Midwest League Managers

Ken Staples

Two Midwest League seasons:

Manager, Wisconsin Rapids [Twins] (1981-82)

Playing Career

Drafted/Signed: Dodgers, free agent, 1945 (catcher, Humboldt HS [St. Paul])
Professional Career: Ten minor league seasons in the Dodgers organization.
Midwest League: Never played in the Midwest League or its predecessors.

Management style

Staples preferred to have his pitchers complete their games, and liked to call for sac bunts.

Staples evidently spent most of his adult life as baseball coach for Robbinsdale Cooper High School, in New Hope, Minnesota. He also conducted baseball clinics on behalf of the Twins for 40 years.

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Year	Team	League (Class)	Affiliate	G	CG	IBB	SBA	SB%	SH	W	L	PCT
Kenneth Arthur Staples
DOB: November 9, 1925			Saint Paul, Minnesota


1982	Wisconsin Rapids	Midwest (A)	Twins	138	46	28	158	.74	73	56	82	.406
1981	Wisconsin Rapids	Midwest (A)	Twins	134	54	20	165	.68	78	68	65	.489
1972-80
1971	St. Cloud	Northern (A)	Twins	71	28	11	109	.74	32	42	28	.600
			Best Record, League Champion
1968-70
1967	St. Cloud	Northern (A)	Twins	70	25	11	80	.73	45	44	26	.629
			Best Record, League Champion
1966	St. Cloud	Northern (A)	Twins	67	41	10	76	.75	21	49	18	.731
			Best Record, League Champion
1955-65
1945-54				Playing Career

Minors		5 Seasons		480	194	80	588	.72	249	259	219	.542

Total		5 Seasons		480	194	80	588	.72	249	259	219	.542
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Key to the Manager Statistics
G	= games
CG	= complete games
IBB	= intentional walks
SBA	= stolen base attempts
SB%	= stolen base percentage
SH	= sacrifice hits (bunts)
W	= wins
L	= losses
PCT	= won/lost percent
A note about using stats to compare managers.
Sources My standard sources are described here.

1982 Midwest League Managers
Bevington	Bialas	Davidson	Enright	Fischer
Garrett	Gil	Harrison	Hodge	Kim
Monteagudo	Scott	Staples

1981 Midwest League Managers
Bevington	Davidson	Ewing	Hodge
Kim	Morales	Plummer	Staples

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The Midwest League plays Single-A, professional baseball in America's agricultural and industrial heartland. 16 teams play a 140 game schedule which begins in early April and ends Labor Day weekend.

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Midwest League Managers

Ken Staples

Playing Career

Management style

Kenneth Arthur Staples

Key to the Manager Statistics

Sources