1965 St. Cloud Rox Statistics
Team Record: 43-23
Finished 1st in the NL
Manager: Jim Rantz (43-23)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: St. Cloud, Minnesota
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 22,446, Avg. 680
The St. Cloud Rox of the Northern League ended the 1965 season with a record of 43 wins and 23 losses, finishing first in the NL.
The Rox topped the league with 356 runs, ignited by 44 home runs. St. Cloud allowed 212 runs, least in the league. Bobby Brooks drove in 46 runs and topped all regular batters with a .294 average. Bob Gebhard led the squad with 11 wins, while George Lauzerique earned a 0.79 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1965 St. Cloud Rox who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Bobby Brooks, Bob Gebhard, Ron Keller, George Lauzerique and George Mitterwald.
Jim Rantz served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Gebhard | 11 | 2 | .846 | 1.91 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 118.0 | 99 | 39 | 25 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 100 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||
Ron Keller | 9 | 3 | .750 | 2.03 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 111.0 | 80 | 35 | 25 | 4 | 41 | 2 | 132 | 3 | 0 | 9 | |||
Jerry Maye | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1.94 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 88.0 | 74 | 28 | 19 | 6 | 24 | 4 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
Ron Lea | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.48 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 58.0 | 47 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |||
George Lauzerique | 5 | 2 | .714 | 0.79 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 57.0 | 37 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
James Merrick | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.88 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
Ron Rodriguez | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.48 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 35 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||
Tommy Patchen | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.18 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 34.0 | 28 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
Robert Purkhiser | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.60 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
Richard Green | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.00 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
Sandy Hopper | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.50 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
Totals | 43 | 23 | .652 | 2.38 | 110 | 66 | 0 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 564.0 | 473 | 212 | 149 | 25 | 234 | 15 | 514 | 17 | 0 | 48 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Louis Smith | 64 | 283 | 250 | 56 | 70 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 15 | 5 | 19 | 19 | .280 | .332 | .404 | .736 | 101 | 3 | 6 | 5 | ||
Bobby Brooks | 66 | 292 | 235 | 50 | 69 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 46 | 5 | 5 | 51 | 78 | .294 | .428 | .506 | .934 | 119 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
Craig MacKay | 59 | 269 | 234 | 44 | 64 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 20 | .274 | .351 | .376 | .727 | 88 | 7 | 1 | 4 | ||
Nathaniel King | 62 | 262 | 232 | 35 | 63 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 57 | .272 | .335 | .448 | .783 | 104 | 5 | 2 | 4 | ||
George Mitterwald | 37 | 145 | 126 | 17 | 41 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 24 | .325 | .403 | .476 | .879 | 60 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
Al Nordberg | 43 | 161 | 138 | 20 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 29 | .225 | .317 | .312 | .628 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
Neil McPhee | 46 | 174 | 145 | 28 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 36 | .214 | .335 | .393 | .728 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Chuck Shimerdla | 25 | 99 | 84 | 10 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 13 | .262 | .333 | .286 | .619 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||
Steve Tompkins | 39 | 140 | 111 | 13 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 53 | .198 | .353 | .378 | .731 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Pete Britton | 27 | 70 | 56 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | .304 | .443 | .375 | .818 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Leonard Boryca | 33 | 118 | 100 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 41 | .170 | .297 | .250 | .547 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Chuck Gross | 27 | 111 | 82 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 24 | .195 | .396 | .427 | .823 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 1 | ||
Ron Keller | 14 | 50 | 41 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | .268 | .388 | .341 | .729 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Gary Funtas | 17 | 70 | 58 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 20 | .190 | .329 | .259 | .587 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jerome Cawley | 9 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .400 | .464 | .640 | 1.104 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joseph Romary | 11 | 41 | 34 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .235 | .317 | .265 | .582 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
Jerry Ennis | 16 | 48 | 38 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | .184 | .340 | .289 | .630 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Jerry Maye | 12 | 36 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .222 | .382 | .296 | .679 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
Bob Gebhard | 14 | 52 | 42 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | .143 | .260 | .190 | .450 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
Jerry Sutton | 5 | 23 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .200 | .304 | .200 | .504 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ron Lea | 12 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .190 | .292 | .190 | .482 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
George Lauzerique | 7 | 24 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .182 | .217 | .273 | .490 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
James Merrick | 11 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .429 | .714 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tommy Patchen | 5 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .167 | .231 | .167 | .397 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ron Rodriguez | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Sandy Hopper | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .500 | .750 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Robert Purkhiser | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 688 | 2551 | 2151 | 357 | 541 | 88 | 31 | 44 | 316 | 38 | 20 | 312 | 514 | .252 | .353 | .383 | .736 | 823 | 0 | 39 | 24 | 25 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nathaniel King | 1B | 60 | 486 | 23 | 10 | 49 | .981 | 8.483 | ||||
Craig MacKay | 2B | 57 | 155 | 161 | 8 | 44 | .975 | 5.544 | ||||
Neil McPhee | 2B | 14 | 17 | 24 | 2 | 4 | .953 | 2.929 | ||||
Louis Smith | 3B | 64 | 74 | 118 | 22 | 17 | .897 | 3.000 | ||||
George Mitterwald | C | 34 | 273 | 24 | 7 | 5 | .977 | 8.735 | 10 | |||
Chuck Gross | C | 25 | 219 | 11 | 4 | 1 | .983 | 9.200 | 10 | |||
Bobby Brooks | OF | 66 | 103 | 7 | 3 | 2 | .973 | 1.667 | ||||
Al Nordberg | OF | 38 | 49 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .931 | 1.421 | ||||
Steve Tompkins | OF | 36 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
Chuck Shimerdla | OF | 25 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.160 | ||||
Gary Funtas | OF | 17 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .900 | 1.059 | ||||
Jerry Ennis | OF | 14 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.571 | ||||
Pete Britton | OF | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.091 | ||||
Ron Keller | P | 14 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 0 | .970 | 2.286 | ||||
Bob Gebhard | P | 14 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 3 | .913 | 1.500 | ||||
Sandy Hopper | P | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .800 | .308 | ||||
Jerry Maye | P | 12 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .818 | .750 | ||||
Ron Lea | P | 12 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .889 | 1.333 | ||||
Ron Rodriguez | P | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .455 | ||||
James Merrick | P | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .273 | ||||
Richard Green | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
George Lauzerique | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
Tommy Patchen | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
Robert Purkhiser | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
Leonard Boryca | SS | 30 | 32 | 83 | 17 | 10 | .871 | 3.833 | ||||
Neil McPhee | SS | 27 | 50 | 79 | 6 | 16 | .956 | 4.778 | ||||
Totals | 628 | 1595 | 611 | 93 | 155 | .960 | 3.513 | 20 | 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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