1974 Wisconsin Rapids Twins Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 80-48
Finished 1st in the MWL's North Division
Manager: Johnny Goryl (80-48)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Witter Field
Attendance: 69,856, Avg. 1,092

1974 Wisconsin Rapids Twins Roster

Playoffs - Appleton Foxes 2 games, Wisconsin Rapids Twins 0

The Wisconsin Rapids Twins of the Midwest League ended the 1974 season with a record of 80 wins and 48 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.

The Twins topped the league with 686 runs, fueled by 123 home runs. Wisconsin Rapids surrendered 474 runs. Moe Hill walloped 32 home runs for the squad, while Gary Ward and Al Woods swatted 15 or more, too. Moe Hill recorded 113 runs batted in and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .339 average. Michael Messman led the team with 16 wins, and Michael Van De Casteele recorded a 1.84 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Players from the 1974 Wisconsin Rapids Twins who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Doug Clarey, Al Woods, Terry Bulling, Gary Ward, Larry Wolfe and Jerry Garvin.

Johnny Goryl served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Michael Messman	16	5	.762	2.90	27	27		11	1	0	180.0	162	80	58	6	88	2	127	6	1	7
Michael Van De Casteele	14	7	.667	1.84	26	24		13	4	1	186.0	143	53	38	10	49	3	137	2	1	12
Jerry Garvin	14	7	.667	3.75	27	25		9	2	0	163.0	168	82	68	17	44	2	138	2	0	11
Brad Duncan	12	6	.667	3.13	30	26		11	1	2	187.0	177	78	65	13	57	1	89	2	0	6
Paul Ausman	8	2	.800	2.45	35	1		1	1	2	55.0	45	20	15	3	27	0	53	1	0	2
William Srock	8	4	.667	2.82	24	13		4	1	0	99.0	81	36	31	8	39	3	67	3	0	8
Lynn Buehner	3	6	.333	3.12	28	3		0	0	3	72.0	55	30	25	5	49	4	72	3	1	4
David Thole	2	1	.667	4.41	26	0		0	0	2	51.0	45	34	25	2	37	6	31	0	0	8
Mike Heinen	2	7	.222	5.93	18	3		0	0	2	41.0	42	28	27	8	25	2	13	1	1	6
Clarence Cooper	1	1	.500	3.82	6	5		1	0	0	33.0	28	15	14	0	29	3	30	0	0	3
Arthur Castillo	0	0		0.00	2	0		0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Mike Angione	0	2	.000	4.50	10	1		0	0	0	26.0	25	18	13	4	17	0	16	0	0	1
Totals	80	48	.625	3.12	259	128	0	50	10	12	1095.0	971	474	379	76	461	26	775	20	4	68	0

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Moe Hill	121	510	443	95	150	25	2	32	113	11	6	61	83	.339	.418	.621	1.038	275	7	2	0	4	6
Larry Wolfe	127	527	462	67	140	23	1	14	77	3	4	53	62	.303	.372	.448	.820	207	4	1	6	5	3
Ronnie Farkas	120	557	459	88	131	17	4	6	32	9	10	88	79	.285	.401	.379	.781	174	5	1	9	0	3
Al Woods	111	464	405	87	126	17	5	18	77	10	4	55	47	.311	.394	.511	.905	207	2	1	2	1	3
Gary Ward	126	545	467	104	122	12	5	26	78	7	7	73	110	.261	.359	.475	.834	222	15	0	2	3	2
Doug Clarey	120	484	427	47	99	18	2	9	57	7	3	48	88	.232	.316	.347	.663	148	9	5	3	1	1
Robert Steigerwald	90	349	295	59	85	16	3	3	39	4	3	50	48	.288	.394	.393	.787	116	12	2	1	1	5
Rick Tintor	97	372	334	42	78	13	2	4	34	0	0	33	76	.234	.301	.320	.621	107	6	0	3	2	2
Arthur Castillo	83	260	231	26	53	5	3	3	24	1	1	20	59	.229	.289	.316	.605	73	6	0	7	2	1
Michael Beck	35	103	82	9	20	1	0	1	10	2	2	17	12	.244	.382	.293	.675	24	2	2	1	1	2
Jerry Garvin	27	69	59	9	16	2	0	2	11	0	0	1	12	.271	.283	.407	.690	24		0	9	0
Michael Van De Casteele	26	78	65	5	15	4	0	0	7	0	0	6	18	.231	.296	.292	.588	19		0	7	0
Wayne Caughey	27	67	57	4	13	2	0	0	4	1	1	8	9	.228	.333	.263	.596	15	2	1	1	0	0
Glenn Richmond	34	109	91	9	13	4	2	0	5	0	0	16	34	.143	.271	.231	.502	21	0	0	2	0	1
Brad Duncan	30	78	66	9	12	1	0	2	4	0	0	4	34	.182	.225	.288	.513	19		0	7	1
Douglas Elf	21	31	30	5	11	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	5	.367	.387	.400	.787	12	1	0	0	0	0
Michael Messman	27	77	70	3	9	3	0	1	3	0	0	1	23	.129	.139	.214	.353	15		0	5	1
Lynn Buehner	28	27	25	3	8	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	8	.320	.346	.480	.826	12		0	1	0
Clarence Cooper	6	14	13	2	5	1	0	1	4	0	0	1	4	.385	.429	.692	1.121	9		0	0	0
David Thole	26	14	10	2	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	3	.400	.538	.700	1.238	7		1	1	0
William Srock	24	40	30	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.133	.235	.133	.369	4		1	6	0
Terry Bulling	4	16	12	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	2	.250	.438	.250	.688	3	0	0	0	0	1
Archie Amerson	15	28	25	4	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	9	.120	.214	.120	.334	3	1	0	0	0	1
Mike Heinen	18	11	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.111	.111	.222	.333	2		0	2	0	0
Paul Ausman	35	15	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.083	.083	.083	.167	1		0	3	0	0
Mike Angione	10	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.143	.000	.143	0		0	0	0
Totals	1388	4852	4185	685	1122	168	30	123	593	55	41	550	848	.268	.354	.411	.765	1719	72	17	78	22	31

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Robert Steigerwald	1B	83	756	43	10	68	.988	9.627
Moe Hill	1B	51	423	26	8	39	.982	8.804
Gary Ward	1B	1	8	1	0	1	1.000	9.000
Doug Clarey	2B	120	272	319	23	80	.963	4.925
Ronnie Farkas	2B	7	17	13	1	3	.968	4.286
Douglas Elf	2B	4	7	5	2	0	.857	3.000
Larry Wolfe	3B	126	114	310	18	25	.959	3.365
Wayne Caughey	3B	4	1	7	1	1	.889	2.000
Archie Amerson	3B	2	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.500
Rick Tintor	C	96	601	51	12	7	.982	6.792	21
Glenn Richmond	C	32	176	17	2	1	.990	6.031	11
Terry Bulling	C	4	31	1	1	0	.970	8.000	1
Gary Ward	OF	125	176	18	11	2	.946	1.552
Al Woods	OF	107	207	6	5	2	.977	1.991
Arthur Castillo	OF	77	102	5	4	1	.964	1.390
Moe Hill	OF	73	108	12	6	1	.952	1.644
Michael Beck	OF	25	22	3	0	1	1.000	1.000
Douglas Elf	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Paul Ausman	P	35	0	6	1	0	.857	.171
Brad Duncan	P	30	9	34	4	1	.915	1.433
Lynn Buehner	P	28	2	15	4	2	.810	.607
Michael Messman	P	27	10	28	5	0	.884	1.407
Jerry Garvin	P	27	7	32	4	1	.907	1.444
Michael Van De Casteele	P	26	9	41	4	2	.926	1.923
David Thole	P	26	2	10	0	0	1.000	.462
William Srock	P	24	3	11	1	0	.933	.583
Mike Heinen	P	18	5	7	0	1	1.000	.667
Mike Angione	P	10	1	2	0	1	1.000	.300
Clarence Cooper	P	6	1	5	0	0	1.000	1.000
Arthur Castillo	P	2	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.500
Ronnie Farkas	SS	115	194	412	40	68	.938	5.270
Wayne Caughey	SS	11	15	32	5	5	.904	4.273
Archie Amerson	SS	6	2	9	2	1	.846	1.833
Totals		1329	3282	1487	174	314	.965	3.588	33	0	0

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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