1965 St. Cloud Rox

1965 > Class A > 1965 Northern League
Overall: 43-23
Scored 356 runs, Allowed 212 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 48-18

Affiliation: Minnesota Twins-AL
Manager: Jim Rantz
Represented: St. Cloud, MN
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium (St. Cloud, MN)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1964 / 1966

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Leonard Boryca	20	33		100		17	3	1	1						.170		.250		25
2	Hugh Britton*	22	27		56		17	2	1	0						.304		.375		21
3	Bobby Brooks	19	66		235		69	16	5	8						.294		.506		119
4	Jerome Cawley	22	9		25		10	1	1	1						.400		.640		16
5	Jerry Ennis	19	16		38		7	1	0	1						.184		.289		11
6	Gary Funtas	19	17		58		11	2	1	0						.190		.259		15
7	Bob Gebhard	22	14		42		6	2	0	0						.143		.190		8
8	Chuck Gross	22	27		82		16	1	0	6						.195		.427		35
9	Marshall Hopper	19	13		4		1	1	0	0						.250		.500		2
10	Ron Keller	22	14		41		11	1	1	0						.268		.341		14
11	Nathaniel King*	18	62		232		63	11	3	8						.272		.448		104
12	George Lauzerique	17	7		22		4	0	1	0						.182		.273		6
13	Ron Lea#	21	12		21		4	0	0	0						.190		.190		4
14	Craig MacKay	22	59		234		64	10	7	0						.274		.376		88
15	Jerry Maye*	22	12		27		6	2	0	0						.222		.296		8
16	Neil McPhee	21	46		145		31	5	3	5						.214		.393		57
17	James Merrick*	21	11		7		2	1	0	0						.286		.429		3
18	George Mitterwald	20	37		126		41	6	2	3						.325		.476		60
19	Alan Nordberg*	21	43		138		31	6	0	2						.225		.312		43
20	Thomas Patchen*	20	5		12		2	0	0	0						.167		.167		2
21	Robert Purkhiser	22	3		5		1	0	0	0						.200		.200		1
22	Ron Rodriguez	22	11		2		1	0	0	0						.500		.500		1
23	Joseph Romary	22	11		34		8	1	0	0						.235		.265		9
24	Chuck Shimerdla	19	25		84		22	2	0	0						.262		.286		24
25	Louis Smith	21	64		250		70	12	5	3						.280		.404		101
26	Jerry Sutton*	22	5		20		4	0	0	0						.200		.200		4
27	Steve Tompkins	18	39		111		22	2	0	6						.198		.378		42
	27 Players	20.3	66	2551	2151	356	541	88	31	44	312	38	20	312	510	.252	.353	.383	.736	823	39	24	25	9

Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Bob Gebhard	22	11	2	.846	1.91	14	14				118.0	99	39	25	5	23							1.034	7.6	0.4	1.8
2	Richard Green*	23	0	1	.000	6.00	8	0				9.0	9	11	6	0	11							2.222	9.0	0.0	11.0
3	Marshall Hopper	19	0	3	.000	4.50	13	2				26.0	22	14	13	3	21							1.654	7.6	1.0	7.3
4	Ron Keller	22	9	3	.750	2.03	14	14				111.0	80	35	25	4	41							1.090	6.5	0.3	3.3
5	George Lauzerique	17	5	2	.714	0.79	7	7				57.0	37	10	5	0	25							1.088	5.8	0.0	3.9
6	Ron Lea	21	5	1	.833	2.48	12	7				58.0	47	21	16	1	32							1.362	7.3	0.2	5.0
7	Jerry Maye	22	8	3	.727	1.94	12	12				88.0	74	28	19	6	24							1.114	7.6	0.6	2.5
8	James Merrick*	21	3	1	.750	2.88	11	0				25.0	25	9	8	1	10							1.400	9.0	0.4	3.6
9	Thomas Patchen*	20	1	4	.200	3.18	5	5				34.0	28	18	12	1	25							1.559	7.4	0.3	6.6
10	Robert Purkhiser	22	0	1	.000	3.60	3	3				15.0	17	9	6	2	10							1.800	10.2	1.2	6.0
11	Ron Rodriguez	22	1	2	.333	5.48	11	2				23.0	35	18	14	2	12							2.043	13.7	0.8	4.7
	11 Players	21.1	43	23	.652	2.38	66	66	25	41	7	564.1	473	212	149	25	234	15	514	17	0	48	2392	1.253	7.5	0.4	3.7	8.2	2.20

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
George Mitterwald	34		273	24	7		.977	8.74
Chuck Gross	25		219	11	4		.983	9.20

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Nathaniel King	60		486	23	10		.981	8.48

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Craig MacKay	57		155	161	8		.975	5.54

3B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Louis Smith	64		74	118	22		.897	3.00

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Leonard Boryca	30		32	83	17		.871	3.83
Neil McPhee	27		50	79	6		.956	4.78

OF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Bobby Brooks	66	103	7	3	.973	1.67
Alan Nordberg	38	49	5	4	.931	1.42
Steve Tompkins	36	39	3	0	1.000	1.17
Chuck Shimerdla	25	29	0	0	1.000	1.16
Gary Funtas	17	17	1	2	.900	1.06
Jerry Ennis	14	19	3	0	1.000	1.57
Hugh Britton	11	11	1	0	1.000	1.09

P

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Bob Gebhard	14							0.00
Ron Keller	14							0.00
Marshall Hopper	13							0.00
Ron Lea	12							0.00
Jerry Maye	12							0.00
James Merrick	11							0.00
Ron Rodriguez	11							0.00
Richard Green	8							0.00
George Lauzerique	7							0.00
Thomas Patchen	5							0.00
Robert Purkhiser	3							0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Leonard Boryca	20	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	1945
Hugh Britton	22	L	R	5' 9.0"	15	1943
Bobby Brooks	19	R	R	5' 8.0"	165	Nov 1, 1945	Los Angeles, CA, US
Jerome Cawley	22	R	R	5' 10.0"	190	1943
Jerry Ennis	19	R	R	6' 2.0"	175	1946
Gary Funtas	19	R	R	6' 2.0"	205	Jan 4, 1946
Bob Gebhard	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	210	Jan 3, 1943	Lamberton, MN, US
Richard Green	23	L	L	5' 10.0"	180	Jul 12, 1941	Carneys Point, NJ, US
Chuck Gross	22	R	R	5' 11.0"	210	Jul 6, 1942
Marshall Hopper	19	R	R	6' 3.0"	200	Dec 4, 1945
Ron Keller	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	200	Jun 3, 1943	Indianapolis, IN, US
Nathaniel King	18	L	R	6' 2.0"	200	Sep 29, 1946
George Lauzerique	17	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Jul 22, 1947	La Habana, La Habana, CU
Ron Lea	21	S	R	6' 3.0"	175	Jul 12, 1943	Marshall, TX, US
Craig MacKay	22	R	R	6' 0.0"	170	1943
Jerry Maye	22	L	R	6' 2.0"	180	1943
Neil McPhee	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Oct 14, 1943
James Merrick	21	L	L	5' 9.0"	170	Nov 5, 1943	Hemet, CA, US
George Mitterwald	20	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Jun 7, 1945	Berkeley, CA, US
Alan Nordberg	21	L	L	6' 3.0"	180	Mar 5, 1944	Worcester, MA, US
Thomas Patchen	20	L	L	6' 0.0"	175	1945
Robert Purkhiser	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	180	1943
Ron Rodriguez	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	180	Aug 4, 1942	San Leandro, CA, US
Joseph Romary	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	165	1943
Chuck Shimerdla	19	R	R	6' 3.0"	185	Oct 20, 1945
Louis Smith	21	R	R	5' 10.0"	180	1944
Jerry Sutton	22	L	R	6' 3.0"	200	Oct 19, 1942	Lansing, MI, US
Steve Tompkins	18	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	Jul 22, 1946

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