1962 Rocky Mount Leafs Statistics
Carolina League (CL) - Class: B
Team Record: 60-80
Finished 7th in the CL
Manager: Hersh Freeman (0-0), Jack Cassini (0-0)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 53,651, Avg. 766
1962 Rocky Mount Leafs RosterTeam Record: 60-80
Finished 7th in the CL
Manager: Hersh Freeman (0-0), Jack Cassini (0-0)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 53,651, Avg. 766
The Rocky Mount Leafs of the Carolina League ended the 1962 season with a record of 60 wins and 80 losses, finishing seventh in the CL.
The Leafs plated 757 runs and allowed 800 runs, most in the league. Bert Barth walloped 33 home runs for Rocky Mount, while Tony Pérez, Larry Helms and Greg Nash each swatted 15 or more as well. Bert Barth drove in 136 runs. César Tovar led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .329 clip. Jim Duckworth topped the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 2.86 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1962 Rocky Mount Leafs who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Casey Cox, César Tovar, Jim Duckworth and Tony Pérez.
Hersh Freeman and Jack Cassini 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Duckworth | 10 | 8 | .556 | 2.86 | 24 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 167.0 | 118 | 65 | 53 | 12 | 96 | 5 | 173 | 8 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Joseph Carboni | 9 | 11 | .450 | 4.96 | 31 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 147.0 | 120 | 99 | 81 | 17 | 128 | 1 | 190 | 5 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Stan Jones | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.91 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 159.0 | 153 | 91 | 69 | 22 | 40 | 2 | 153 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Jerry Merz | 8 | 10 | .444 | 5.04 | 31 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 157.0 | 158 | 107 | 88 | 20 | 117 | 1 | 168 | 5 | 0 | 11 | |||
| Scott Seger | 7 | 8 | .467 | 4.43 | 30 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 122.0 | 96 | 66 | 60 | 12 | 81 | 0 | 123 | 4 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Richard Butler | 5 | 8 | .385 | 5.11 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 81.0 | 90 | 60 | 46 | 6 | 50 | 0 | 57 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Casey Cox | 4 | 8 | .333 | 4.37 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 103.0 | 109 | 58 | 50 | 16 | 28 | 2 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Larry Dovel | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.40 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 70.0 | 67 | 56 | 42 | 3 | 63 | 1 | 71 | 6 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Harvey Alex | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.68 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 50.0 | 52 | 34 | 26 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Calvin Newton | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.81 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| James Daniel | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.26 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 53 | 36 | 32 | 10 | 33 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Michael Thornton | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.71 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 16 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Thomas Leder | 1 | 1 | .500 | 15.00 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Marc Hoy | 0 | 0 | 2.45 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jesse Merrell | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Ray Diener | 0 | 0 | 15.00 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Don Flynn | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Namon Johnson | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.33 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Daniel Paul | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.53 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Robert Metz | 0 | 2 | .000 | 13.50 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 18 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 60 | 80 | .429 | 4.78 | 312 | 138 | 0 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 1227.0 | 1156 | 808 | 651 | 140 | 792 | 13 | 1169 | 46 | 4 | 78 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| César Tovar | 131 | 596 | 510 | 115 | 168 | 35 | 4 | 10 | 78 | 56 | 72 | 44 | .329 | .416 | .473 | .888 | 241 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Ronnie Flender | 132 | 582 | 518 | 77 | 168 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 60 | 8 | 56 | 33 | .324 | .394 | .413 | .807 | 214 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Bert Barth | 135 | 583 | 479 | 82 | 137 | 26 | 4 | 33 | 136 | 13 | 87 | 93 | .286 | .401 | .564 | .965 | 270 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Dudley Whitley | 111 | 463 | 376 | 72 | 115 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 64 | 11 | 78 | 58 | .306 | .421 | .431 | .852 | 162 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Larry Helms | 134 | 553 | 466 | 74 | 113 | 13 | 2 | 16 | 78 | 6 | 77 | 145 | .242 | .355 | .382 | .737 | 178 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Tony Pérez | 100 | 461 | 384 | 72 | 112 | 20 | 8 | 18 | 74 | 8 | 68 | 61 | .292 | .397 | .526 | .923 | 202 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Robert Martin | 127 | 530 | 429 | 73 | 110 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 4 | 91 | 54 | .256 | .387 | .322 | .709 | 138 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Greg Nash | 110 | 378 | 306 | 54 | 76 | 13 | 2 | 16 | 57 | 1 | 66 | 80 | .248 | .381 | .461 | .842 | 141 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Dale Shuey | 42 | 161 | 139 | 18 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 20 | 17 | .237 | .335 | .302 | .638 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pedro Martinez | 61 | 229 | 201 | 19 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 21 | 43 | .164 | .256 | .254 | .509 | 51 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Carlton | 35 | 145 | 129 | 15 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 21 | .233 | .292 | .341 | .633 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| James Wakeling | 53 | 155 | 124 | 14 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 37 | .161 | .320 | .218 | .538 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Lee Speca | 22 | 94 | 82 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 11 | .207 | .309 | .293 | .601 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Blasberg | 14 | 41 | 35 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .257 | .341 | .371 | .713 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Carboni | 31 | 55 | 50 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .160 | .157 | .180 | .337 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Scott Seger | 39 | 56 | 43 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 19 | .163 | .333 | .233 | .566 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stan Jones | 42 | 67 | 58 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 23 | .121 | .203 | .155 | .358 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Duckworth | 25 | 69 | 64 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 35 | .109 | .109 | .125 | .234 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Dotterer | 12 | 45 | 35 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 8 | .171 | .356 | .171 | .527 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Shepherd | 11 | 46 | 37 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .162 | .273 | .189 | .462 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Larry Dovel | 30 | 30 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .208 | .321 | .208 | .530 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Montgomery | 9 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .200 | .273 | .300 | .573 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Merz | 31 | 59 | 49 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 34 | .041 | .130 | .061 | .191 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Namon Johnson | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .143 | .400 | .143 | .543 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Daniel | 22 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .133 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Casey Cox | 18 | 37 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 17 | .040 | .250 | .040 | .290 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Thornton | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .667 | .000 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Paul | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .400 | .000 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Calvin Newton | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Metz | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Leder | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marc Hoy | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Flynn | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Diener | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Butler | 20 | 33 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | .000 | .161 | .000 | .161 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harvey Alex | 10 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .000 | .059 | .000 | .059 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jesse Merrell | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 1568 | 5552 | 4657 | 741 | 1194 | 195 | 38 | 115 | 672 | 115 | 0 | 754 | 929 | .256 | .362 | .389 | .751 | 1810 | 0 | 44 | 55 | 42 | 27 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bert Barth | 1B | 102 | 577 | 58 | 6 | 65 | .991 | 6.225 | ||||
| James Wakeling | 1B | 35 | 240 | 25 | 4 | 17 | .985 | 7.571 | ||||
| Lee Speca | 1B | 21 | 139 | 9 | 3 | 11 | .980 | 7.048 | ||||
| César Tovar | 2B | 126 | 301 | 318 | 20 | 59 | .969 | 4.913 | ||||
| Dudley Whitley | 2B | 12 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .967 | 2.417 | ||||
| Tony Pérez | 3B | 99 | 88 | 178 | 30 | 23 | .899 | 2.687 | ||||
| Jerry Carlton | 3B | 35 | 21 | 61 | 9 | 4 | .901 | 2.343 | ||||
| Greg Nash | C | 82 | 599 | 54 | 11 | 5 | .983 | 7.963 | 12 | |||
| Pedro Martinez | C | 57 | 462 | 53 | 5 | 6 | .990 | 9.035 | 14 | |||
| William Blasberg | C | 14 | 63 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .957 | 4.714 | 3 | |||
| Larry Helms | OF | 130 | 176 | 18 | 10 | 4 | .951 | 1.492 | ||||
| Ronnie Flender | OF | 129 | 246 | 11 | 24 | 0 | .915 | 1.992 | ||||
| Dudley Whitley | OF | 58 | 64 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .946 | 1.207 | ||||
| Dale Shuey | OF | 40 | 70 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .934 | 1.775 | ||||
| Bert Barth | OF | 35 | 53 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .950 | 1.629 | ||||
| William Shepherd | OF | 11 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.273 | ||||
| Stan Jones | P | 36 | 16 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.111 | ||||
| Jerry Merz | P | 31 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 0 | .839 | .839 | ||||
| Joseph Carboni | P | 31 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .452 | ||||
| Scott Seger | P | 30 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .733 | ||||
| Larry Dovel | P | 29 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .379 | ||||
| Jim Duckworth | P | 24 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .958 | .958 | ||||
| James Daniel | P | 22 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Richard Butler | P | 20 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 3 | .938 | .750 | ||||
| Casey Cox | P | 18 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .947 | 1.000 | ||||
| Namon Johnson | P | 12 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .917 | ||||
| Calvin Newton | P | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .182 | ||||
| Harvey Alex | P | 10 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.900 | ||||
| Daniel Paul | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Michael Thornton | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Thomas Leder | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Metz | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Don Flynn | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ray Diener | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jesse Merrell | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Marc Hoy | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Martin | SS | 125 | 205 | 323 | 33 | 56 | .941 | 4.224 | ||||
| Dudley Whitley | SS | 30 | 55 | 49 | 14 | 7 | .881 | 3.467 | ||||
| Totals | 1453 | 3454 | 1331 | 196 | 268 | .961 | 3.293 | 29 | 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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