1972 Wisconsin Rapids Twins Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 70-56
Finished 3rd in the MWL's North Division
Manager: Jay Ward (70-56)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Witter Field
Attendance: 53,639, Avg. 851

1972 Wisconsin Rapids Twins Roster

Playoffs - Appleton Foxes 1 game, Wisconsin Rapids Twins 0

The Wisconsin Rapids Twins of the Midwest League ended the 1972 season with a record of 70 wins and 56 losses, finishing third in the league's North Division.

The Twins scored 612 runs, best in the league. Wisconsin Rapids yielded 546 runs. Dale Soderholm and Moe Hill led the squad with 20 home runs apiece., while Jeff Kalish walloped 15 or more, too. Jeff Kalish drove in 78 runs. Ken Dempsey paced all regular batters with a .303 average. Bill Barnes topped the squad with 11 wins, and Frank Schuster registered a 3.13 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Tom Johnson played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Wisconsin Rapids Twins to do so.

Jay Ward 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
Bill Barnes	11	8	.579	3.41	22	20		10	1	0	153.0	145	75	58	17	45	2	146	12	0	18
Frank Schuster	10	10	.500	3.13	24	24		8	3	0	158.0	157	70	55	10	45	1	119	2	0	6
Tom Johnson	10	12	.455	3.61	24	24		12	2	0	172.0	175	88	69	14	53	6	188	6	1	4
Coley Smith	9	7	.562	3.42	22	22		8	1	0	163.0	160	72	62	20	39	2	117	1	0	4
Reginald Rowe	7	2	.778	3.56	34	4		2	1	3	81.0	73	45	32	11	40	5	75	2	0	4
Thomas Hroncich	7	4	.636	4.35	21	15		4	2	0	93.0	97	49	45	8	26	0	77	6	0	3
Harold Dixon	7	5	.583	3.79	34	1		0	0	5	57.0	43	27	24	2	30	2	44	2	1	3
Donald Gentry	6	3	.667	3.66	21	15		4	0	2	113.0	113	60	46	11	40	1	105	3	1	4
Mark Connor	3	3	.500	3.83	32	0		0	0	5	54.0	49	29	23	1	25	1	51	4	0	6
Brad Cutler	0	0		0.00	7	0		0	0	4	6.0	2	0	0	0	3	1	5	0	0	0
Avery Morris	0	0		6.00	3	0		0	0	0	6.0	11	6	4	1	1	0	6	0	0	4
Michael Smith	0	1	.000	6.75	1	0		0	0	0	4.0	4	3	3	1	4	0	2	0	0	0
Jeffrey Snowdon	0	1	.000	17.00	9	1		0	0	0	9.0	25	22	17	3	8	0	2	0	0	0
Totals	70	56	.556	3.69	254	126	0	48	10	19	1069.0	1054	546	438	99	359	21	937	38	3	56	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
Ken Dempsey	116	487	413	69	125	21	2	7	51	3	2	70	49	.303	.405	.414	.819	171		2	0	2
Frank Grundler	117	489	420	71	123	19	3	10	62	41	5	65	95	.293	.387	.424	.811	178		1	1	2
Frank Cappiello	124	546	455	71	115	23	3	6	46	4	9	83	85	.253	.374	.356	.730	162		6	1	1
Jeff Kalish	120	504	430	67	114	20	4	17	78	1	1	64	98	.265	.359	.449	.808	193		3	0	7
Randy Beach	105	424	357	55	91	15	3	8	44	16	8	59	62	.255	.363	.381	.744	136		2	5	1
Moe Hill	101	401	359	71	88	9	2	20	69	10	5	36	81	.245	.318	.448	.766	161		3	1	2
Dale Soderholm	108	432	373	63	73	11	2	20	50	15	4	55	157	.196	.297	.397	.694	148		0	1	3
Michael Uremovich	82	299	270	29	72	8	1	7	43	1	0	27	43	.267	.332	.381	.714	103		0	1	1
Avery Morris	84	307	269	33	67	11	3	3	38	5	1	31	55	.249	.325	.346	.670	93		1	2	4
Samuel Hess	53	199	163	21	38	5	2	1	21	0	0	31	37	.233	.355	.307	.662	50		1	2	2
Randy Atchison	48	128	112	15	24	2	0	1	13	1	0	12	27	.214	.299	.259	.558	29		2	1	1
Michael Smith	61	138	119	16	18	5	1	0	6	0	0	16	41	.151	.261	.210	.471	25		2	0	1
Donald Gentry	21	43	33	3	9	2	0	0	2	0	1	5	10	.273	.368	.333	.702	11		0	5	0
Tom Johnson	24	67	56	5	6	0	0	0	5	0	0	5	23	.107	.177	.107	.285	6		0	5	1
Coley Smith	23	63	59	5	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	23	.085	.129	.102	.231	6		0	1	0
Frank Alfano	12	29	24	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	4	.167	.276	.167	.443	4		0	0	1
Bill Barnes	22	61	52	6	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	8	19	.077	.200	.077	.277	4		0	1	0
Frank Schuster	24	62	49	6	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	21	.061	.193	.061	.254	3		0	5	0
Mark Connor	32	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.125	.125	.125	.250	1		0	0	0
Harold Dixon	34	11	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.100	.182	.100	.282	1		0	0	0
Reginald Rowe	34	19	16	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	.062	.167	.125	.292	2		0	1	0
Thomas Hroncich	21	34	28	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	15	.036	.206	.071	.277	2		0	0	0
Jeffrey Snowdon	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Totals	1375	4753	4077	612	983	154	26	100	537	97	36	591	957	.241	.338	.365	.704	1489	0	23	33	29	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Frank Grundler	1B	100	874	40	14	61	.985	9.140
Michael Smith	1B	27	210	9	6	11	.973	8.111
Moe Hill	1B	2	16	0	2	2	.889	8.000
Frank Cappiello	2B	94	209	230	19	43	.959	4.670
Randy Atchison	2B	29	57	70	6	17	.955	4.379
Frank Alfano	2B	6	10	16	0	2	1.000	4.333
Jeff Kalish	3B	120	88	289	26	12	.935	3.142
Frank Cappiello	3B	8	2	14	3	3	.842	2.000
Michael Uremovich	C	79	594	44	12	3	.982	8.076	8
Samuel Hess	C	53	363	32	10	2	.975	7.453	13
Ken Dempsey	OF	112	190	12	5	2	.976	1.804
Randy Beach	OF	99	170	8	11	1	.942	1.798
Moe Hill	OF	92	113	5	15	1	.887	1.283
Avery Morris	OF	76	112	8	3	1	.976	1.579
Frank Grundler	OF	10	10	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Reginald Rowe	P	34	2	9	3	1	.786	.324
Harold Dixon	P	34	2	11	0	1	1.000	.382
Mark Connor	P	32	3	6	4	0	.692	.281
Frank Schuster	P	24	4	28	4	0	.889	1.333
Tom Johnson	P	24	14	33	5	2	.904	1.958
Coley Smith	P	22	8	26	1	2	.971	1.545
Bill Barnes	P	22	0	19	1	1	.950	.864
Thomas Hroncich	P	21	6	9	2	0	.882	.714
Donald Gentry	P	21	8	24	2	1	.941	1.524
Jeffrey Snowdon	P	9	1	4	0	0	1.000	.556
Brad Cutler	P	7	0	1	0	0	1.000	.143
Avery Morris	P	3	0	2	0	0	1.000	.667
Michael Smith	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Dale Soderholm	SS	106	112	296	49	41	.893	3.849
Frank Cappiello	SS	24	32	64	13	6	.881	4.000
Totals		1291	3210	1309	216	216	.954	3.500	21	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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