1981 Wisconsin Rapids Twins Statistics
Team Record: 68-65
Finished 3rd in the MWL's North Division
Manager: Ken Staples (68-65)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Witter Field
Attendance: 43,509, Avg. 654
The Wisconsin Rapids Twins of the Midwest League ended the 1981 season with a record of 68 wins and 65 losses, finishing third in the league's North Division.
The Twins scored 671 runs and conceded 628 runs. Jim Eisenreich led Wisconsin Rapids with 23 home runs, while Kenneth Chandler and Ken Foster walloped 15 or more, too. Jim Eisenreich accounted for 99 RBI and topped all regular batters with a .311 average. Rich Yett paced the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 3.68 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1981 Wisconsin Rapids Twins who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Jeff Reed, Rich Yett, Jim Eisenreich and Curt Wardle.
Ken Staples 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Yett | 12 | 6 | .667 | 3.68 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 164.0 | 147 | 87 | 67 | 14 | 77 | 2 | 121 | 5 | 1 | 13 | |
| Manuel Pena | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.98 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 129.0 | 129 | 68 | 57 | 6 | 71 | 1 | 96 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Tony Guerrero | 8 | 14 | .364 | 5.18 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 132.0 | 152 | 96 | 76 | 14 | 80 | 1 | 89 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |
| Smokey Everett | 5 | 2 | .714 | 1.40 | 30 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 45.0 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 4 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Luis Suarez | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.18 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 114.0 | 114 | 59 | 53 | 13 | 88 | 2 | 79 | 3 | 1 | 11 | |
| Larry Harris | 5 | 5 | .500 | 5.12 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 72.0 | 71 | 46 | 41 | 9 | 41 | 0 | 69 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Michael Ungs | 5 | 5 | .500 | 5.35 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 | 88 | 54 | 44 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 46 | 4 | 1 | 4 | |
| Mike Giordano | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.09 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 70.0 | 78 | 28 | 24 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Curt Wardle | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.23 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 49 | 27 | 19 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Eric Broersma | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.09 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 35.0 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Kirby Krueger | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.58 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 78.0 | 83 | 44 | 31 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Jorge Ortiz | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.44 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25.0 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Randy Weibel | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.35 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43.0 | 30 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 29 | 3 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Craig Henderson | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.85 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 38 | 29 | 21 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
| Mark Wright | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.39 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31.0 | 36 | 25 | 22 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jeff Arney | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.00 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 24 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Totals | 68 | 65 | .511 | 4.03 | 261 | 134 | 80 | 54 | 5 | 25 | 1131.0 | 1104 | 628 | 506 | 104 | 586 | 20 | 880 | 31 | 14 | 90 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Eisenreich | 134 | 585 | 489 | 101 | 152 | 27 | 0 | 23 | 99 | 9 | 4 | 84 | 70 | .311 | .407 | .507 | .914 | 248 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 7 | |
| Ken Foster | 122 | 502 | 434 | 64 | 122 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 85 | 10 | 5 | 58 | 50 | .281 | .370 | .408 | .778 | 177 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| John Palica | 131 | 519 | 451 | 61 | 105 | 24 | 3 | 11 | 67 | 15 | 5 | 49 | 77 | .233 | .307 | .373 | .680 | 168 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 1 | |
| Mike Cole | 114 | 497 | 414 | 75 | 103 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 32 | 14 | 63 | 52 | .249 | .359 | .290 | .648 | 120 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | |
| Kenneth Chandler | 100 | 376 | 332 | 39 | 75 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 61 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 119 | .226 | .299 | .413 | .712 | 137 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | |
| Jeff Reed | 106 | 409 | 312 | 63 | 73 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 86 | 36 | .234 | .405 | .317 | .723 | 99 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jim Flores | 75 | 333 | 258 | 48 | 71 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 62 | 34 | .275 | .417 | .310 | .727 | 80 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 3 | |
| Jerry Lomastro | 69 | 260 | 229 | 42 | 63 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 65 | .275 | .341 | .480 | .821 | 110 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |
| Mike McCain | 67 | 275 | 232 | 37 | 57 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 45 | .246 | .345 | .375 | .720 | 87 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stan Holmes | 54 | 212 | 182 | 27 | 53 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 35 | .291 | .381 | .484 | .864 | 88 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Nelson Suarez | 59 | 245 | 204 | 21 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 34 | .211 | .297 | .260 | .557 | 53 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 1 | |
| William Price | 41 | 159 | 148 | 18 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 34 | .182 | .224 | .216 | .441 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Donald Smith | 33 | 103 | 93 | 14 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 | .258 | .290 | .312 | .602 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| Mike Sodders | 23 | 89 | 78 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 21 | .179 | .247 | .282 | .529 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| John Randolph | 14 | 52 | 47 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .213 | .275 | .213 | .487 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Proctor | 31 | 74 | 59 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 14 | .153 | .282 | .220 | .502 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Brad Carlson | 11 | 39 | 33 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 13 | .212 | .333 | .273 | .606 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Talbot Aiello | 10 | 41 | 39 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .179 | .220 | .333 | .553 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Robertson | 13 | 32 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .143 | .250 | .179 | .429 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michael Ungs | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Porter | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .200 | .429 | .200 | .629 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Luis Suarez | 25 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1246 | 4815 | 4073 | 638 | 1022 | 153 | 11 | 102 | 555 | 101 | 48 | 585 | 739 | .251 | .348 | .369 | .717 | 1503 | 0 | 38 | 83 | 36 | 22 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Foster | 1B | 121 | 976 | 47 | 14 | 79 | .986 | 8.455 | ||||
| Mike Sodders | 1B | 8 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 7.625 | ||||
| Kenneth Chandler | 1B | 5 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .925 | 7.400 | ||||
| Brad Carlson | 1B | 4 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Gary Robertson | 1B | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.667 | ||||
| Mike Cole | 2B | 111 | 283 | 259 | 31 | 52 | .946 | 4.883 | ||||
| Mike McCain | 2B | 28 | 38 | 63 | 4 | 14 | .962 | 3.607 | ||||
| William Price | 2B | 4 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.500 | ||||
| Donald Smith | 2B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Mike McCain | 3B | 47 | 38 | 72 | 10 | 8 | .917 | 2.340 | ||||
| Ken Proctor | 3B | 27 | 13 | 34 | 7 | 1 | .870 | 1.741 | ||||
| John Randolph | 3B | 10 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .880 | 2.200 | ||||
| Gary Robertson | 3B | 7 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 2.000 | ||||
| Donald Smith | 3B | 6 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.667 | ||||
| Mike Sodders | 3B | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .625 | 1.667 | ||||
| Luis Suarez | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jeff Reed | C | 81 | 547 | 93 | 7 | 9 | .989 | 7.901 | 10 | |||
| Kenneth Chandler | C | 58 | 356 | 72 | 5 | 8 | .988 | 7.379 | 11 | |||
| Eric Porter | C | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | 1 | |||
| Jim Eisenreich | OF | 134 | 295 | 17 | 9 | 2 | .972 | 2.328 | ||||
| John Palica | OF | 131 | 230 | 18 | 10 | 10 | .961 | 1.893 | ||||
| Nelson Suarez | OF | 58 | 76 | 11 | 3 | 2 | .967 | 1.500 | ||||
| Jerry Lomastro | OF | 47 | 66 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .958 | 1.447 | ||||
| Stan Holmes | OF | 37 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.081 | ||||
| Kenneth Chandler | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Brad Carlson | OF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Smokey Everett | P | 30 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .875 | .233 | ||||
| Manuel Pena | P | 26 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 0 | .800 | .615 | ||||
| Rich Yett | P | 25 | 4 | 20 | 5 | 1 | .828 | .960 | ||||
| Luis Suarez | P | 24 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 0 | .931 | 1.125 | ||||
| Tony Guerrero | P | 22 | 4 | 30 | 1 | 1 | .971 | 1.545 | ||||
| Randy Weibel | P | 18 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .778 | ||||
| Curt Wardle | P | 16 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 3 | .882 | .938 | ||||
| Jorge Ortiz | P | 15 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .800 | .267 | ||||
| Mike Giordano | P | 15 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.133 | ||||
| Mark Wright | P | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .462 | ||||
| Larry Harris | P | 12 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .857 | 1.000 | ||||
| Michael Ungs | P | 11 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 0 | .889 | 2.182 | ||||
| Kirby Krueger | P | 11 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 2 | .962 | 2.273 | ||||
| Jeff Arney | P | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .364 | ||||
| Craig Henderson | P | 6 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.167 | ||||
| Eric Broersma | P | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Jim Flores | SS | 75 | 108 | 219 | 17 | 34 | .951 | 4.360 | ||||
| William Price | SS | 36 | 50 | 102 | 13 | 16 | .921 | 4.222 | ||||
| Donald Smith | SS | 26 | 29 | 61 | 14 | 8 | .865 | 3.462 | ||||
| Totals | 1334 | 3364 | 1341 | 182 | 268 | .963 | 3.527 | 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.
