1979 Wisconsin Rapids Twins Statistics
Team Record: 60-72
Finished 4th in the MWL's North Division
Manager: Rick Stelmaszek (60-72)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Witter Field
Attendance: 41,239, Avg. 625
The Wisconsin Rapids Twins of the Midwest League ended the 1979 season with a record of 60 wins and 72 losses, finishing fourth in the league's North Division.
The Twins plated 596 runs, worst in the league, and yielded 645 runs. George Dierberger and Ronald Grout paced Wisconsin Rapids with 16 home runs apiece., and Antonio Lopez walloped 20 or more, too. Ronald Grout drove in 80 runs. Antonio Lopez led all regular batters with a .285 average. Michael Ungs topped the team with 9 wins, while Steve Mapel recorded a 3 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Brad Havens played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Wisconsin Rapids Twins to do so.
Rick Stelmaszek 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Ungs | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.11 | 32 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 171.0 | 156 | 86 | 59 | 17 | 68 | 4 | 104 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Steve Mapel | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.00 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 117.0 | 96 | 48 | 39 | 10 | 37 | 0 | 89 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Kromy | 8 | 11 | .421 | 3.40 | 29 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 159.0 | 177 | 87 | 60 | 17 | 38 | 0 | 87 | 5 | 2 | 5 | ||
| William Lamkey | 7 | 2 | .778 | 1.84 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44.0 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Blake | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.78 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 81.0 | 68 | 34 | 25 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 58 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Brad Havens | 6 | 1 | .857 | 4.19 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 | 62 | 35 | 34 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Paul Voigt | 4 | 7 | .364 | 3.32 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 84.0 | 82 | 37 | 31 | 3 | 47 | 1 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Rubio Malone | 3 | 6 | .333 | 6.07 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 45 | 45 | 29 | 4 | 46 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Jack Gurholt | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.95 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 66.0 | 66 | 44 | 29 | 10 | 35 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| John Minarcin | 2 | 9 | .182 | 5.14 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 84.0 | 113 | 69 | 48 | 8 | 47 | 0 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Charles Belk | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.16 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37.0 | 33 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Kenneth Francingues | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.40 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30.0 | 33 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Michael Riley | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.57 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 23 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Gary Dobbs | 1 | 7 | .125 | 6.91 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 56.0 | 73 | 55 | 43 | 10 | 35 | 1 | 51 | 3 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Bob Mulligan | 0 | 1 | .000 | 12.60 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| James Grove | 0 | 1 | .000 | 14.14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Robert Jones | 0 | 2 | .000 | 10.80 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 60 | 72 | .455 | 3.94 | 257 | 133 | 0 | 47 | 7 | 9 | 1083.0 | 1091 | 645 | 474 | 116 | 508 | 11 | 723 | 33 | 7 | 51 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antonio Lopez | 130 | 536 | 505 | 78 | 144 | 25 | 3 | 15 | 71 | 11 | 3 | 25 | 53 | .285 | .325 | .436 | .760 | 220 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ronald Grout | 127 | 529 | 471 | 60 | 117 | 26 | 0 | 16 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 71 | .248 | .319 | .406 | .725 | 191 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| George Dierberger | 121 | 467 | 384 | 69 | 109 | 21 | 1 | 16 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 70 | 88 | .284 | .407 | .469 | .876 | 180 | 10 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Luis Bravo | 109 | 445 | 395 | 57 | 100 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 41 | 10 | 38 | 32 | .253 | .325 | .316 | .641 | 125 | 5 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Richard Kyzer | 106 | 415 | 377 | 53 | 88 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 30 | .233 | .280 | .310 | .590 | 117 | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Matthew Henderson | 97 | 371 | 310 | 44 | 83 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 44 | 5 | 4 | 53 | 77 | .268 | .377 | .381 | .757 | 118 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Tarry Boelter | 109 | 377 | 329 | 33 | 78 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 81 | .237 | .305 | .280 | .585 | 92 | 4 | 13 | 2 | ||
| Robert Bohnet | 71 | 306 | 252 | 45 | 68 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 48 | 45 | .270 | .387 | .357 | .744 | 90 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Brendan Rosenberg | 63 | 232 | 200 | 30 | 53 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 51 | .265 | .362 | .440 | .802 | 88 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Manuel Colletti | 69 | 291 | 223 | 33 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 62 | 34 | .206 | .378 | .229 | .606 | 51 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Stan Cannon | 50 | 202 | 168 | 25 | 39 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 26 | 38 | .232 | .330 | .292 | .622 | 49 | 0 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Mark Maher | 44 | 166 | 138 | 22 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 28 | .254 | .370 | .442 | .812 | 61 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Miles Nelson | 41 | 158 | 126 | 20 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 39 | .246 | .372 | .325 | .697 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Alexander Dovalis | 28 | 99 | 87 | 11 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 17 | .276 | .354 | .333 | .687 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jose Rodriguez | 45 | 138 | 124 | 11 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 42 | .194 | .259 | .234 | .493 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Scott Stoltenberg | 19 | 67 | 59 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 20 | .085 | .179 | .153 | .332 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jack Shumate | 4 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .300 | .364 | .300 | .664 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Luis Gonsales | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1235 | 4813 | 4161 | 598 | 1047 | 170 | 15 | 82 | 521 | 86 | 28 | 527 | 750 | .252 | .340 | .359 | .699 | 1493 | 0 | 45 | 47 | 33 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald Grout | 1B | 72 | 595 | 43 | 18 | 46 | .973 | 8.861 | ||||
| Antonio Lopez | 1B | 33 | 278 | 18 | 7 | 18 | .977 | 8.970 | ||||
| Robert Bohnet | 1B | 30 | 266 | 15 | 3 | 22 | .989 | 9.367 | ||||
| Tarry Boelter | 2B | 105 | 225 | 251 | 12 | 59 | .975 | 4.533 | ||||
| Jose Rodriguez | 2B | 23 | 39 | 37 | 9 | 7 | .894 | 3.304 | ||||
| Alexander Dovalis | 2B | 10 | 23 | 25 | 4 | 2 | .923 | 4.800 | ||||
| Luis Gonsales | 2B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Richard Kyzer | 3B | 74 | 74 | 155 | 25 | 14 | .902 | 3.095 | ||||
| Miles Nelson | 3B | 39 | 31 | 86 | 11 | 5 | .914 | 3.000 | ||||
| Robert Bohnet | 3B | 21 | 11 | 40 | 11 | 3 | .823 | 2.429 | ||||
| George Dierberger | C | 101 | 597 | 84 | 16 | 6 | .977 | 6.743 | 15 | |||
| Mark Maher | C | 21 | 97 | 17 | 5 | 0 | .958 | 5.429 | 3 | |||
| Antonio Lopez | C | 7 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .980 | 7.000 | 2 | |||
| Alexander Dovalis | C | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.200 | 1 | |||
| Jack Shumate | C | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | 1 | |||
| Luis Bravo | OF | 106 | 200 | 13 | 12 | 1 | .947 | 2.009 | ||||
| Matthew Henderson | OF | 92 | 155 | 12 | 7 | 1 | .960 | 1.815 | ||||
| Antonio Lopez | OF | 81 | 118 | 7 | 15 | 0 | .893 | 1.543 | ||||
| Brendan Rosenberg | OF | 62 | 124 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .956 | 2.081 | ||||
| Stan Cannon | OF | 48 | 86 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .978 | 1.896 | ||||
| Scott Stoltenberg | OF | 18 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .931 | 1.500 | ||||
| Robert Bohnet | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Michael Ungs | P | 32 | 11 | 25 | 1 | 0 | .973 | 1.125 | ||||
| Ted Kromy | P | 29 | 8 | 19 | 3 | 2 | .900 | .931 | ||||
| Gary Dobbs | P | 29 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .517 | ||||
| Kenneth Francingues | P | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .190 | ||||
| Charles Belk | P | 21 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .800 | .190 | ||||
| William Lamkey | P | 19 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .737 | ||||
| John Minarcin | P | 15 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 2 | .929 | 1.733 | ||||
| Steve Mapel | P | 15 | 5 | 31 | 3 | 1 | .923 | 2.400 | ||||
| Paul Voigt | P | 14 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .500 | ||||
| Jack Gurholt | P | 13 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .923 | ||||
| Robert Blake | P | 13 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.308 | ||||
| Rubio Malone | P | 11 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .750 | .545 | ||||
| Brad Havens | P | 10 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Michael Riley | P | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| James Grove | P | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Bob Mulligan | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Jones | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
| Manuel Colletti | SS | 69 | 79 | 184 | 20 | 32 | .929 | 3.812 | ||||
| Richard Kyzer | SS | 32 | 43 | 99 | 18 | 14 | .888 | 4.438 | ||||
| Jose Rodriguez | SS | 20 | 27 | 70 | 16 | 3 | .858 | 4.850 | ||||
| Alexander Dovalis | SS | 12 | 17 | 34 | 5 | 4 | .911 | 4.250 | ||||
| Tarry Boelter | SS | 4 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .952 | 5.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1349 | 3246 | 1384 | 240 | 251 | .951 | 3.432 | 22 | 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.
