1978 Wisconsin Rapids Twins Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 62-76
Finished 3rd in the MWL's North Division
Manager: Rick Stelmaszek (62-76)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Witter Field
Attendance: 51,154, Avg. 741

1978 Wisconsin Rapids Twins Roster

The Wisconsin Rapids Twins of the Midwest League ended the 1978 season with a record of 62 wins and 76 losses, finishing third in the league's North Division.

The Twins scored 670 runs and allowed 692 runs. Mark Funderburk and Moe Hill led Wisconsin Rapids with 25 home runs apiece., and Lance Hallberg walloped 15 or more also. Moe Hill recorded 94 runs batted in. Lance Hallberg paced all regular hitters with a .298 average. John Minarcin topped the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 3.56 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Rick Stelmaszek and Mark Funderburk both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Rick Stelmaszek 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
John Minarcin	10	2	.833	3.56	18	18		9	3	0	129.0	123	53	51	10	54	2	56	2	0	7
Clyde Reichard	9	7	.562	1.82	36	1		0	0	7	79.0	50	23	16	5	47	9	96	3	0	9
Joe Isaacs	8	10	.444	3.86	25	25		9	1	0	161.0	151	94	69	19	62	0	81	8	0	10
Eric Prevost	7	12	.368	4.35	20	20		7	0	0	118.0	106	74	57	17	73	0	81	2	0	7
Wade Adamson	5	7	.417	3.21	15	15		6	2	0	101.0	87	47	36	6	44	0	68	1	1	8
Gary Dobbs	5	10	.333	4.32	15	15		5	0	0	100.0	112	66	48	13	33	0	46	0	0	10
Nemo Lingerman	4	2	.667	5.58	27	1		0	0	2	50.0	54	32	31	6	21	1	19	0	0	1
Robert Blake	4	4	.500	4.50	11	11		5	0	0	78.0	73	44	39	11	40	0	42	0	0	6
Ted Kromy	2	2	.500	7.04	7	3		0	0	0	23.0	34	24	18	2	20	0	12	1	0	1
Louie Uribe	2	2	.500	10.89	8	3		0	0	0	19.0	37	26	23	6	8	0	10	0	0	1
Ken Angulo	2	7	.222	3.36	10	10		5	0	0	67.0	57	35	25	6	36	0	54	4	1	6
Richard Johnson	1	0	1.000	1.93	4	1		1	0	0	14.0	15	10	3	0	9	0	7	0	0	0
Abner Johnson	1	0	1.000	4.41	17	0		0	0	1	49.0	38	30	24	0	43	0	26	2	0	2
Bradley Barclay	1	6	.143	6.34	11	9		2	0	0	44.0	51	42	31	7	26	0	28	3	0	2
Mark Kryka					8						0.0
Michael Gustave	0	0		12.00	1	0		0	0	0	3.0	2	4	4	0	4	0	3	0	0	0
John Altman	0	1	.000	8.18	2	2		1	0	0	11.0	12	15	10	5	4	0	9	2	0	0
Juan Gonzalez	0	2	.000	4.94	8	2		0	0	0	31.0	39	22	17	5	11	0	13	0	1	1
Dean Moranda	0	2	.000	6.60	16	2		0	0	1	45.0	57	37	33	10	40	0	33	0	0	4
Totals	61	76	.445	4.29	259	138	0	50	6	11	1122.0	1098	678	535	128	575	12	684	28	3	75	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
Lance Hallberg	124	509	443	73	132	22	4	20	71	11	9	49	72	.298	.367	.501	.868	222		3	7	7
Mark Funderburk	132	550	497	76	128	19	1	25	78	14	6	46	129	.258	.324	.451	.774	224		4	0	3
Moe Hill	117	495	416	62	116	25	0	25	94	8	2	68	112	.279	.379	.519	.899	216		3	2	6
Francisco Vilorio	87	381	336	45	100	13	0	2	39	21	6	33	35	.298	.361	.354	.715	119		3	4	5
Daniel Spain	82	372	314	47	82	11	0	1	36	30	10	52	47	.261	.368	.306	.674	96		1	5	0
Butch Rowe	103	404	331	47	68	9	2	9	46	1	0	60	76	.205	.332	.326	.658	108		4	6	3
Michael Gustave	89	330	298	44	64	9	2	0	30	12	2	25	34	.215	.280	.258	.538	77		3	1	3
Les Pearsey	58	227	201	29	59	10	1	14	34	2	1	24	53	.294	.367	.562	.929	113		0	1	1
Ronnie Mears	70	263	229	34	58	7	1	1	19	8	5	25	55	.253	.335	.306	.640	70		4	3	2
Mark Maher	63	245	208	31	55	16	0	4	21	0	0	27	61	.264	.353	.399	.752	83		3	4	3
Paul Croft	82	329	256	53	55	6	1	14	44	17	7	61	127	.215	.371	.410	.781	105		5	3	4
George Slembecker	82	289	225	48	52	12	0	6	28	2	4	60	73	.231	.392	.364	.756	82		0	3	1
Harold Washington	46	164	144	15	27	9	0	2	17	2	1	18	51	.188	.282	.292	.574	42		1	1	0
George Dierberger	43	146	116	19	22	4	1	4	19	0	0	28	32	.190	.356	.345	.701	40		2	0	0
Warren Allen	32	124	112	10	19	2	0	0	10	3	1	8	9	.170	.228	.188	.415	21		1	1	2
Stan Cannon	24	97	84	11	17	4	1	0	3	3	1	12	24	.202	.302	.274	.576	23		0	1	0
Rick Stelmaszek	23	76	55	15	15	6	0	0	7	0	0	16	7	.273	.440	.382	.822	21		2	1	2
Arthur Piccolotti	13	45	41	3	7	2	0	0	2	0	1	3	7	.171	.227	.220	.447	9		0	1	0
Timothy Savage	9	25	21	2	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	6	.190	.320	.190	.510	4		0	0	0
Dale Jones	9	29	21	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	9	.095	.345	.143	.488	3		0	0	0
Rufus Thompson	4	15	10	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	.100	.400	.100	.500	1		1	0	0
Totals	1292	5115	4358	670	1083	187	14	127	599	135	56	631	1024	.249	.346	.385	.731	1679	0	40	44	42	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Mark Funderburk	1B	108	1017	45	20	95	.982	9.833
Moe Hill	1B	32	274	17	2	28	.993	9.094
Ronnie Mears	2B	47	104	130	11	33	.955	4.979
Warren Allen	2B	30	69	78	10	18	.936	4.900
George Slembecker	2B	24	37	82	3	13	.975	4.958
Les Pearsey	2B	21	58	58	1	17	.991	5.524
Butch Rowe	2B	11	33	32	7	10	.903	5.909
Francisco Vilorio	2B	10	23	24	2	9	.959	4.700
Butch Rowe	3B	92	92	200	24	16	.924	3.174
Les Pearsey	3B	37	29	77	9	11	.922	2.865
Ronnie Mears	3B	10	7	21	4	1	.875	2.800
George Slembecker	3B	2	2	4	1	0	.857	3.000
Mark Maher	C	63	345	29	5	2	.987	5.937	12
George Dierberger	C	43	229	30	8	3	.970	6.023	7
Rick Stelmaszek	C	23	99	13	2	1	.982	4.870	1
Timothy Savage	C	9	50	7	1	3	.983	6.333	4
Dale Jones	C	9	43	10	2	2	.964	5.889	3
Lance Hallberg	OF	116	135	15	11	2	.932	1.293
Daniel Spain	OF	82	178	9	7	1	.964	2.280
Paul Croft	OF	81	148	11	10	3	.941	1.963
Michael Gustave	OF	67	133	2	7	0	.951	2.015
Harold Washington	OF	40	52	6	7	0	.892	1.450
Stan Cannon	OF	15	29	2	2	2	.939	2.067
Arthur Piccolotti	OF	11	11	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Mark Funderburk	OF	5	5	1	0	0	1.000	1.200
Moe Hill	OF	2	3	0	1	0	.750	1.500
Clyde Reichard	P	36	4	14	3	1	.857	.500
Nemo Lingerman	P	27	4	7	0	2	1.000	.407
Joe Isaacs	P	25	9	35	3	2	.936	1.760
Eric Prevost	P	20	4	21	2	4	.926	1.250
John Minarcin	P	18	4	19	2	2	.920	1.278
Abner Johnson	P	17	1	2	0	0	1.000	.176
Dean Moranda	P	16	1	9	0	1	1.000	.625
Gary Dobbs	P	15	4	20	0	0	1.000	1.600
Wade Adamson	P	15	0	15	3	3	.833	1.000
Robert Blake	P	11	2	8	1	0	.909	.909
Bradley Barclay	P	11	1	5	1	0	.857	.545
Ken Angulo	P	10	1	8	0	0	1.000	.900
Louie Uribe	P	8	1	2	0	0	1.000	.375
Mark Kryka	P	8						.000
Juan Gonzalez	P	8	1	0	0	0	1.000	.125
Ted Kromy	P	7	2	6	1	0	.889	1.143
Richard Johnson	P	4	1	4	0	0	1.000	1.250
John Altman	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Michael Gustave	P	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Francisco Vilorio	SS	77	102	284	20	47	.951	5.013
George Slembecker	SS	54	72	179	12	35	.954	4.648
Ronnie Mears	SS	11	18	24	2	5	.955	3.818
Totals		1391	3438	1566	207	372	.960	3.597	27	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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