1971 Wisconsin Rapids Twins Statistics
Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 42-78
Finished 5th in the MWL's North Division
Manager: Weldon Bowlin (42-78)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Witter Field
Attendance: 42,581, Avg. 710
1971 Wisconsin Rapids Twins RosterTeam Record: 42-78
Finished 5th in the MWL's North Division
Manager: Weldon Bowlin (42-78)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Witter Field
Attendance: 42,581, Avg. 710
The Wisconsin Rapids Twins of the Midwest League ended the 1971 season with a record of 42 wins and 78 losses, finishing fifth in the league's North Division.
The Twins scored 415 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 564 runs. Bob Gorinski walloped 30 home runs for Wisconsin Rapids and drove in 76 runs. Emmett Miller led batters with significant playing time with a .272 average. Jim Hughes and Dan McCarthy topped the team with 6 wins each, while Jeffrey Hooper registered a 2.66 earned run average, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Bill Campbell, Jim Hughes, Dave McKay, Bob Gorinski, Weldon Bowlin, Mike Poepping and Glenn Borgmann were all players from the 1971 Wisconsin Rapids Twins who played in the Majors during their careers.
Weldon Bowlin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Hughes | 6 | 8 | .429 | 3.02 | 38 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 125.0 | 111 | 59 | 42 | 4 | 65 | 3 | 119 | 8 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Dan McCarthy | 6 | 11 | .353 | 4.67 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 106.0 | 105 | 64 | 55 | 10 | 66 | 5 | 77 | 9 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Bill Campbell | 5 | 3 | .625 | 1.14 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 63.0 | 42 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 91 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Frank Hecomovich | 5 | 10 | .333 | 3.51 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 136.0 | 140 | 81 | 53 | 8 | 66 | 2 | 100 | 7 | 1 | 15 | ||
| Bill Barnes | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.75 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 36 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Milton Kelly | 4 | 8 | .333 | 3.55 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 114.0 | 112 | 56 | 45 | 5 | 67 | 4 | 72 | 9 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Jeffrey Hooper | 4 | 13 | .235 | 2.66 | 25 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 179.0 | 158 | 90 | 53 | 14 | 109 | 6 | 155 | 7 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Clark Ullom | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.55 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 76.0 | 69 | 40 | 30 | 7 | 37 | 0 | 56 | 3 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Joseph Hanzlik | 2 | 6 | .250 | 4.50 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 52 | 31 | 26 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Lon Galli | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.25 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36.0 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Peter Meyers | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.07 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42.0 | 43 | 23 | 19 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Harold Brown | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.50 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 27 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Weldon Bowlin | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| David Allen | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Robert Nielsen | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.89 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 28 | 28 | 23 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Thomas Rogers | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.85 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 37 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 42 | 78 | .350 | 3.53 | 252 | 120 | 0 | 39 | 8 | 11 | 1039.0 | 994 | 564 | 408 | 69 | 563 | 20 | 860 | 60 | 6 | 95 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Gorinski | 120 | 517 | 486 | 65 | 126 | 25 | 1 | 30 | 76 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 143 | .259 | .298 | .500 | .798 | 243 | 8 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Randy Beach | 120 | 481 | 441 | 45 | 95 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 32 | 96 | .215 | .278 | .272 | .550 | 120 | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Emmett Miller | 90 | 394 | 342 | 48 | 93 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 48 | 68 | .272 | .364 | .409 | .773 | 140 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Glenn Borgmann | 55 | 229 | 182 | 27 | 64 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 29 | .352 | .474 | .511 | .985 | 93 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Weldon Bowlin | 83 | 299 | 247 | 32 | 59 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 51 | 38 | .239 | .371 | .352 | .723 | 87 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave McKay | 65 | 277 | 257 | 27 | 58 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 72 | .226 | .282 | .296 | .577 | 76 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Knight | 62 | 241 | 225 | 15 | 57 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 44 | .253 | .299 | .316 | .614 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Patrick Smith | 79 | 314 | 276 | 26 | 53 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 39 | .192 | .283 | .236 | .518 | 65 | 7 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Mel Pettigrew | 50 | 157 | 142 | 14 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 23 | .254 | .316 | .359 | .675 | 51 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Wachutka | 30 | 93 | 83 | 7 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 27 | .241 | .323 | .337 | .660 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Wolfe | 33 | 113 | 97 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 48 | .196 | .301 | .330 | .631 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Moe Hill | 20 | 88 | 78 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 26 | .231 | .307 | .641 | .948 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Daniel Blood | 29 | 108 | 94 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 33 | .191 | .290 | .277 | .566 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Nielsen | 51 | 120 | 98 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 30 | .153 | .280 | .214 | .494 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Jeffrey Hooper | 28 | 70 | 63 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | .222 | .300 | .222 | .522 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Poepping | 29 | 110 | 101 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 48 | .139 | .209 | .208 | .417 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Hasbrouck | 26 | 78 | 67 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 15 | .164 | .269 | .164 | .433 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gary Barker | 33 | 88 | 76 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 29 | .132 | .250 | .158 | .408 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clark Ullom | 14 | 35 | 29 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .276 | .382 | .483 | .865 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dan McCarthy | 31 | 40 | 40 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .200 | .200 | .225 | .425 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Reynold Lyczak | 15 | 53 | 47 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 11 | .170 | .264 | .170 | .434 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Hughes | 38 | 38 | 33 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .182 | .270 | .242 | .513 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Milton Kelly | 23 | 39 | 37 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .162 | .184 | .243 | .427 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Frank Hecomovich | 23 | 52 | 45 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 21 | .133 | .220 | .156 | .376 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Lynch | 17 | 53 | 47 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .128 | .226 | .170 | .397 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Smithson | 9 | 30 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Campbell | 11 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .190 | .292 | .286 | .577 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Barnes | 6 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Peter Meyers | 24 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harold Brown | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lon Galli | 18 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .125 | .222 | .250 | .472 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gordon Fritz | 6 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .111 | .111 | .333 | .444 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Hanzlik | 14 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .062 | .118 | .062 | .180 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Rogers | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ron Davison | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Allen | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1285 | 4220 | 3751 | 392 | 844 | 126 | 13 | 83 | 343 | 54 | 35 | 404 | 967 | .225 | .305 | .332 | .637 | 1245 | 0 | 32 | 22 | 11 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Knight | 1B | 61 | 510 | 32 | 10 | 58 | .982 | 8.885 | ||||
| Mike Poepping | 1B | 28 | 221 | 23 | 4 | 23 | .984 | 8.714 | ||||
| Moe Hill | 1B | 20 | 202 | 10 | 4 | 11 | .981 | 1.600 | ||||
| Gary Barker | 1B | 7 | 54 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .967 | 8.429 | ||||
| Weldon Bowlin | 1B | 4 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 6.500 | ||||
| John Hasbrouck | 1B | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 8.500 | ||||
| Glenn Borgmann | 1B | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 6.000 | ||||
| Robert Nielsen | 1B | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 6.000 | ||||
| Patrick Smith | 2B | 72 | 150 | 171 | 14 | 40 | .958 | 4.458 | ||||
| Daniel Blood | 2B | 19 | 32 | 47 | 8 | 7 | .908 | 4.158 | ||||
| Mel Pettigrew | 2B | 12 | 33 | 26 | 5 | 9 | .922 | 4.917 | ||||
| Reynold Lyczak | 2B | 12 | 19 | 23 | 4 | 7 | .913 | 3.500 | ||||
| Weldon Bowlin | 2B | 12 | 24 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 4.333 | ||||
| Ron Davison | 2B | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Weldon Bowlin | 3B | 36 | 25 | 93 | 14 | 7 | .894 | 3.278 | ||||
| Mel Pettigrew | 3B | 18 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 4 | .811 | 2.389 | ||||
| Robert Nielsen | 3B | 10 | 3 | 23 | 5 | 2 | .839 | 2.600 | ||||
| Daniel Blood | 3B | 6 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .692 | 1.500 | ||||
| Glenn Borgmann | C | 50 | 336 | 45 | 5 | 5 | .987 | 7.620 | 11 | |||
| Gary Wolfe | C | 32 | 268 | 17 | 5 | 5 | .983 | 8.906 | 13 | |||
| John Hasbrouck | C | 20 | 160 | 22 | 5 | 4 | .973 | 9.100 | 6 | |||
| Gary Barker | C | 18 | 98 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .964 | 5.944 | 3 | |||
| Tom Smithson | C | 7 | 45 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .962 | 7.143 | 6 | |||
| Bob Gorinski | OF | 120 | 173 | 14 | 14 | 2 | .930 | 1.558 | ||||
| Randy Beach | OF | 120 | 198 | 14 | 16 | 1 | .930 | 1.767 | ||||
| Emmett Miller | OF | 90 | 148 | 9 | 6 | 0 | .963 | 1.744 | ||||
| Bruce Wachutka | OF | 23 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .919 | 1.478 | ||||
| Robert Nielsen | OF | 10 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.200 | ||||
| Mel Pettigrew | OF | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Jim Hughes | P | 38 | 9 | 23 | 3 | 3 | .914 | .842 | ||||
| Dan McCarthy | P | 29 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 1 | .968 | 1.034 | ||||
| Jeffrey Hooper | P | 25 | 7 | 34 | 5 | 2 | .891 | 1.640 | ||||
| Peter Meyers | P | 24 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .375 | ||||
| Frank Hecomovich | P | 23 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 1 | .938 | 1.304 | ||||
| Milton Kelly | P | 20 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 2 | .920 | 1.150 | ||||
| Lon Galli | P | 18 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .278 | ||||
| Joseph Hanzlik | P | 14 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .643 | ||||
| Clark Ullom | P | 11 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.455 | ||||
| Robert Nielsen | P | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .182 | ||||
| Thomas Rogers | P | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .667 | ||||
| Bill Campbell | P | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Harold Brown | P | 9 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .571 | .444 | ||||
| Bill Barnes | P | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| David Allen | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Weldon Bowlin | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Dave McKay | SS | 65 | 126 | 221 | 26 | 42 | .930 | 5.338 | ||||
| Weldon Bowlin | SS | 24 | 29 | 51 | 8 | 8 | .909 | 3.333 | ||||
| Thomas Lynch | SS | 14 | 13 | 29 | 5 | 7 | .894 | 3.000 | ||||
| Mel Pettigrew | SS | 10 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 3 | .828 | 2.400 | ||||
| Robert Nielsen | SS | 10 | 10 | 23 | 5 | 2 | .868 | 3.300 | ||||
| Patrick Smith | SS | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 2.667 | ||||
| Gordon Fritz | SS | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .750 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1198 | 3069 | 1184 | 223 | 278 | .950 | 3.550 | 39 | 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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