1964 Wisconsin Rapids Twins Statistics
Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 50-71
Finished 9th in the MWL
Manager: Joseph Christian (50-71)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Witter Field
Attendance: 67,330, Avg. 1,113
1964 Wisconsin Rapids Twins RosterTeam Record: 50-71
Finished 9th in the MWL
Manager: Joseph Christian (50-71)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Witter Field
Attendance: 67,330, Avg. 1,113
The Wisconsin Rapids Twins of the Midwest League ended the 1964 season with a record of 50 wins and 71 losses, finishing ninth in the MWL.
The Twins plated 506 runs, worst in the league, and yielded 635 runs. Pat Kelly paced Wisconsin Rapids with 16 home runs and recorded 70 runs batted in, while leading all regular batters with a .357 average. William Hansche topped the squad with 10 wins, and George Talsma recorded a 2.74 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Pat Kelly and John Sevcik both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Joseph Christian 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Hansche | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.02 | 38 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 134.0 | 132 | 61 | 45 | 6 | 46 | 8 | 127 | 2 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Pedro Sierra | 8 | 10 | .444 | 4.08 | 37 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 159.0 | 167 | 104 | 72 | 16 | 66 | 8 | 99 | 6 | 0 | 5 | |||
| George Talsma | 8 | 11 | .421 | 2.74 | 29 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 187.0 | 176 | 80 | 57 | 14 | 88 | 10 | 154 | 7 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Michael Roberts | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.98 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 113.0 | 101 | 67 | 50 | 7 | 85 | 3 | 152 | 8 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Rich Peterson | 6 | 13 | .316 | 3.87 | 25 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 135.0 | 136 | 87 | 58 | 12 | 77 | 8 | 128 | 6 | 3 | 6 | |||
| Michael Peschel | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.19 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 65 | 43 | 27 | 5 | 50 | 9 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Creighton Burns | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.69 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 61.0 | 66 | 32 | 25 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| James Wood | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.04 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 91.0 | 87 | 65 | 51 | 7 | 67 | 4 | 87 | 5 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Bill MacInnes | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.40 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brian Wilhelm | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.70 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 28 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Joseph Christian | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Ervin Palica | 0 | 0 | 11.25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| John Crotty | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| William Pittman | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.86 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Chuck Papp | 0 | 3 | .000 | 7.96 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 32 | 30 | 23 | 4 | 27 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Totals | 50 | 71 | .413 | 3.92 | 250 | 121 | 0 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 1031.0 | 1042 | 635 | 449 | 89 | 573 | 56 | 919 | 44 | 8 | 57 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Kelly | 104 | 463 | 387 | 79 | 138 | 26 | 5 | 16 | 70 | 15 | 2 | 72 | 70 | .357 | .458 | .574 | 1.031 | 222 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Lanny Vessell | 114 | 518 | 437 | 51 | 111 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 19 | 7 | 62 | 61 | .254 | .347 | .316 | .662 | 138 | 2 | 13 | 4 | ||
| John Livingston | 98 | 380 | 321 | 51 | 73 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 50 | 71 | .227 | .336 | .283 | .619 | 91 | 3 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Marvin Lotz | 85 | 353 | 305 | 41 | 67 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 112 | .220 | .321 | .413 | .734 | 126 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| James Sevcik | 63 | 272 | 230 | 29 | 60 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 52 | .261 | .353 | .378 | .731 | 87 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| John Counsell | 76 | 304 | 249 | 38 | 60 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 44 | 67 | .241 | .365 | .341 | .707 | 85 | 6 | 3 | 2 | ||
| John Sevcik | 59 | 240 | 201 | 31 | 57 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 38 | .284 | .388 | .413 | .801 | 83 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Mickey Hoien | 65 | 247 | 216 | 26 | 43 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 82 | .199 | .282 | .245 | .528 | 53 | 1 | 6 | 0 | ||
| William Hansche | 88 | 240 | 210 | 22 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 73 | .200 | .287 | .348 | .635 | 73 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Joseph Christian | 45 | 155 | 126 | 16 | 41 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 22 | .325 | .422 | .571 | .994 | 72 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Kenneth Gilbert | 72 | 251 | 196 | 24 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 53 | .194 | .349 | .281 | .630 | 55 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Irvin Ramsburg | 61 | 195 | 158 | 19 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 56 | .209 | .330 | .247 | .577 | 39 | 2 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Alan Menke | 36 | 155 | 129 | 14 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 25 | .209 | .323 | .279 | .602 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Victor Smith | 25 | 84 | 78 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 19 | .244 | .280 | .321 | .601 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Pablo Nieves | 33 | 125 | 117 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 33 | .120 | .169 | .179 | .349 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| George Talsma | 32 | 70 | 63 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .190 | .227 | .254 | .481 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Pedro Sierra | 37 | 59 | 56 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | .196 | .211 | .286 | .496 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Rich Peterson | 26 | 50 | 44 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | .227 | .306 | .318 | .624 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gary Cafego | 22 | 62 | 47 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 18 | .213 | .403 | .340 | .744 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Berger | 13 | 36 | 31 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .258 | .361 | .290 | .651 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Macklin | 19 | 74 | 70 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .114 | .162 | .143 | .305 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Yuskas | 10 | 29 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .192 | .276 | .231 | .507 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Roberts | 21 | 46 | 41 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .122 | .163 | .122 | .285 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Gary Hassett | 12 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .250 | .250 | .375 | .625 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| James Wood | 25 | 35 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | .136 | .345 | .409 | .754 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Michael Peschel | 30 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Lyscio | 20 | 51 | 41 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 17 | .049 | .235 | .049 | .284 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Wilhelm | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ruben Francis | 8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill MacInnes | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Crotty | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Creighton Burns | 10 | 25 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .000 | .087 | .000 | .087 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| William Pittman | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ervin Palica | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1330 | 4577 | 3877 | 505 | 905 | 138 | 24 | 76 | 445 | 62 | 24 | 568 | 1036 | .233 | .334 | .340 | .675 | 1319 | 0 | 34 | 69 | 29 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvin Lotz | 1B | 85 | 625 | 34 | 12 | 67 | .982 | 7.753 | ||||
| Michael Macklin | 1B | 18 | 146 | 8 | 6 | 11 | .962 | 8.556 | ||||
| Alan Menke | 1B | 14 | 120 | 4 | 5 | 10 | .961 | 8.857 | ||||
| Lanny Vessell | 2B | 114 | 261 | 278 | 29 | 80 | .949 | 4.728 | ||||
| James Sevcik | 3B | 48 | 40 | 88 | 22 | 11 | .853 | 2.667 | ||||
| Irvin Ramsburg | 3B | 30 | 20 | 41 | 8 | 5 | .884 | 2.033 | ||||
| Alan Menke | 3B | 21 | 21 | 35 | 11 | 0 | .836 | 2.667 | ||||
| Victor Smith | 3B | 10 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .957 | 2.200 | ||||
| John Sevcik | C | 58 | 444 | 40 | 12 | 6 | .976 | 8.345 | 13 | |||
| Kenneth Gilbert | C | 55 | 423 | 33 | 5 | 6 | .989 | 8.291 | 14 | |||
| Gary Cafego | C | 15 | 101 | 11 | 6 | 1 | .949 | 7.467 | 10 | |||
| Pat Kelly | OF | 104 | 144 | 10 | 13 | 1 | .922 | 1.481 | ||||
| John Livingston | OF | 93 | 195 | 9 | 11 | 2 | .949 | 2.194 | ||||
| John Counsell | OF | 74 | 86 | 7 | 7 | 0 | .930 | 1.257 | ||||
| William Hansche | OF | 42 | 58 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .938 | 1.452 | ||||
| Joseph Christian | OF | 27 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .920 | .852 | ||||
| James Sevcik | OF | 18 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.556 | ||||
| Jerry Lyscio | OF | 15 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.467 | ||||
| William Hansche | P | 38 | 4 | 30 | 1 | 4 | .971 | .895 | ||||
| Pedro Sierra | P | 37 | 9 | 51 | 6 | 3 | .909 | 1.622 | ||||
| Michael Peschel | P | 30 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .929 | .433 | ||||
| George Talsma | P | 29 | 8 | 39 | 1 | 0 | .979 | 1.621 | ||||
| Rich Peterson | P | 25 | 4 | 27 | 1 | 0 | .969 | 1.240 | ||||
| James Wood | P | 24 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 2 | .926 | 1.042 | ||||
| Michael Roberts | P | 20 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .958 | 1.150 | ||||
| Chuck Papp | P | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Creighton Burns | P | 10 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.000 | ||||
| Brian Wilhelm | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joseph Christian | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| William Pittman | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ervin Palica | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill MacInnes | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Crotty | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mickey Hoien | SS | 65 | 100 | 168 | 26 | 35 | .912 | 4.123 | ||||
| Pablo Nieves | SS | 33 | 61 | 75 | 17 | 14 | .889 | 4.121 | ||||
| Irvin Ramsburg | SS | 16 | 16 | 25 | 9 | 3 | .820 | 2.562 | ||||
| Totals | 1205 | 2977 | 1091 | 221 | 267 | .948 | 3.376 | 37 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
