1965 St. Cloud Rox Statistics

Northern League (NL) - Class: A
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
1965 St. Cloud Rox Roster

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.


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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
Bob Gebhard112.8461.911414112118.09939255232100401
Ron Keller93.7502.031414112111.08035254412132309
Jerry Maye83.7271.9412128088.0742819624460105
Ron Lea51.8332.481274258.0472116132142307
George Lauzerique52.7140.79776157.037105025058202
James Merrick31.7502.881100025.02598110222103
Ron Rodriguez12.3335.481120023.0351814212117005
Tommy Patchen14.2003.18551034.0281812125229106
Robert Purkhiser01.0003.60330015.0179621005003
Richard Green01.0006.0080009.09116011010002
Sandy Hopper03.0004.501320026.0221413321139205
Totals4323.6522.381106604170564.04732121492523415514170480

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 Smith6428325056701253331551919.280.332.404.736101365
Bobby Brooks662922355069165846555178.294.428.506.934119420
Craig MacKay592692344464107024542320.274.351.376.72788714
Nathaniel King622622323563113844211957.272.335.448.783104524
George Mitterwald37145126174162320001424.325.403.476.87960311
Al Nordberg43161138203160217101929.225.317.312.62843103
Neil McPhee46174145283153520412636.214.335.393.72857111
Chuck Shimerdla25998410222001201613.262.333.286.61924432
Steve Tompkins39140111132220623102753.198.353.378.73142011
Pete Britton27705614172107311410.304.443.375.81821000
Leonard Boryca3311810017173117011741.170.297.250.54725100
Chuck Gross2711182121610622212124.195.396.427.82335701
Ron Keller1450411111110300812.268.388.341.72914010
Gary Funtas1770584112104001220.190.329.259.58715000
Jerome Cawley9282531011170036.400.464.6401.10416000
Joseph Romary11413438100400411.235.317.265.5829102
Jerry Ennis16483857101600811.184.340.289.63011110
Jerry Maye12362706200300610.222.382.296.6798120
Bob Gebhard1452426620030079.143.260.190.4508021
Jerry Sutton523200400030036.200.304.200.5044000
Ron Lea1224212400030032.190.292.190.4824000
George Lauzerique724224401040019.182.217.273.4906010
James Merrick11771210000002.286.286.429.7143000
Tommy Patchen513121200000017.167.231.167.3972000
Ron Rodriguez11220100010000.500.500.5001.0001000
Sandy Hopper13440110000003.250.250.500.7502000
Robert Purkhiser3551100000002.200.200.200.4001000
Totals688255121513575418831443163820312514.252.353.383.73682303924250


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Nathaniel King1B60486231049.9818.483
Craig MacKay2B57155161844.9755.544
Neil McPhee2B14172424.9532.929
Louis Smith3B64741182217.8973.000
George MitterwaldC342732475.9778.73510
Chuck GrossC252191141.9839.20010
Bobby BrooksOF66103732.9731.667
Al NordbergOF3849540.9311.421
Steve TompkinsOF36393011.0001.167
Chuck ShimerdlaOF25290001.0001.160
Gary FuntasOF1717120.9001.059
Jerry EnnisOF14193001.0001.571
Pete BrittonOF11111001.0001.091
Ron KellerP14112110.9702.286
Bob GebhardP1461523.9131.500
Sandy HopperP131311.800.308
Jerry MayeP120921.818.750
Ron LeaP1231321.8891.333
Ron RodriguezP1114001.000.455
James MerrickP1103001.000.273
Richard GreenP8.000
George LauzeriqueP7.000
Tommy PatchenP5.000
Robert PurkhiserP3.000
Leonard BorycaSS3032831710.8713.833
Neil McPheeSS275079616.9564.778
Totals628159561193155.9603.5132000

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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