1963 Rocky Mount Leafs Statistics
Team Record: 72-72
Finished 3rd in the CL's East Division
Manager: John Davis (72-72)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 53,023, Avg. 736
The Rocky Mount Leafs of the Carolina League ended the 1963 season with a record of 72 wins and 72 losses, finishing third in the league's East Division.
The Leafs scored 652 runs and conceded 617 runs. Joe Wilson led Rocky Mount with 26 home runs, and Lee May walloped 15 or more also. Joe Wilson drove in 106 runs. Bill Oplinger paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .304 clip. Jerry Merz topped the team with 17 wins, while Don Flynn as well added 15 or more victories as well Stan Jones recorded a 2.47 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1963 Rocky Mount Leafs who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Darrell Osteen, Jim Woods, Len Boehmer, Lee May and Tom Tischinski.
John Davis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Merz | 17 | 10 | .630 | 2.72 | 35 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 202.0 | 182 | 85 | 61 | 8 | 84 | 4 | 164 | 8 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Don Flynn | 15 | 9 | .625 | 3.03 | 39 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 211.0 | 193 | 95 | 71 | 15 | 61 | 3 | 164 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Edward Stein | 10 | 8 | .556 | 4.53 | 29 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 133.0 | 160 | 79 | 67 | 10 | 27 | 2 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Stan Jones | 9 | 6 | .600 | 2.47 | 54 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 153.0 | 127 | 47 | 42 | 9 | 34 | 7 | 121 | 6 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Ray Diener | 8 | 12 | .400 | 3.42 | 37 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 163.0 | 150 | 75 | 62 | 17 | 57 | 6 | 105 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Kenneth Reuter | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.08 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 64.0 | 66 | 33 | 29 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Huber | 2 | 5 | .286 | 7.60 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 67 | 55 | 49 | 2 | 48 | 11 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Harvey Alex | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kenneth Widman | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.79 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19.0 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Andrew Dustal | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.06 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Keller | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.00 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Jerry Bean | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.50 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12.0 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Joseph Carboni | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.81 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 55 | 30 | 28 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Barry Shollenberger | 1 | 10 | .091 | 3.21 | 34 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 115.0 | 101 | 60 | 41 | 6 | 78 | 5 | 79 | 9 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Michael Thornton | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Darrell Osteen | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.24 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 72 | 72 | .500 | 3.62 | 328 | 144 | 0 | 43 | 10 | 0 | 1234.0 | 1196 | 617 | 496 | 88 | 498 | 47 | 869 | 42 | 3 | 46 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Wilson | 136 | 589 | 505 | 88 | 151 | 34 | 2 | 26 | 106 | 6 | 2 | 74 | 71 | .299 | .385 | .529 | .914 | 267 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Bill Oplinger | 130 | 586 | 484 | 86 | 147 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 53 | 16 | 7 | 87 | 46 | .304 | .407 | .366 | .773 | 177 | 0 | 11 | 4 | ||
| Lee May | 144 | 583 | 520 | 79 | 137 | 23 | 4 | 18 | 80 | 11 | 4 | 48 | 96 | .263 | .330 | .427 | .757 | 222 | 7 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Len Boehmer | 143 | 613 | 537 | 75 | 137 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 62 | 9 | 7 | 58 | 67 | .255 | .326 | .335 | .661 | 180 | 2 | 9 | 7 | ||
| Marv Schultz | 111 | 475 | 425 | 58 | 114 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 44 | 21 | 6 | 40 | 61 | .268 | .340 | .353 | .693 | 150 | 7 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Tom Tischinski | 104 | 379 | 339 | 36 | 84 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 31 | 61 | .248 | .309 | .313 | .621 | 106 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Jim Woods | 69 | 270 | 241 | 32 | 58 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 37 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 61 | .241 | .307 | .398 | .705 | 96 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||
| George Evans | 87 | 311 | 259 | 32 | 56 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 47 | 57 | .216 | .340 | .320 | .660 | 83 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Kushner | 53 | 202 | 179 | 31 | 55 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 34 | .307 | .377 | .520 | .896 | 93 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Jan Firek | 39 | 152 | 137 | 19 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 34 | .241 | .302 | .409 | .711 | 56 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Greg Nash | 48 | 139 | 112 | 14 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 50 | .196 | .345 | .286 | .631 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Paul LaRocca | 37 | 108 | 101 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 28 | .198 | .226 | .297 | .523 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Larry Helms | 29 | 95 | 79 | 13 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 27 | .241 | .358 | .316 | .674 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Steven Reeves | 31 | 111 | 87 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 27 | .218 | .364 | .356 | .720 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Joe Pulliam | 17 | 63 | 55 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2 | .255 | .349 | .309 | .658 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barry Shollenberger | 37 | 45 | 40 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .300 | .364 | .325 | .689 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Carlton | 31 | 87 | 83 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | .145 | .184 | .217 | .401 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stan Jones | 60 | 53 | 49 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | .224 | .255 | .367 | .622 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Tom Perdue | 22 | 69 | 60 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11 | .183 | .265 | .233 | .498 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Oscar Pickering | 28 | 72 | 54 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 26 | .148 | .338 | .148 | .486 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jerry Merz | 35 | 79 | 60 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 36 | .133 | .270 | .150 | .420 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Don Flynn | 39 | 71 | 65 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | .123 | .162 | .123 | .285 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Ray Diener | 37 | 61 | 48 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 18 | .146 | .281 | .167 | .447 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Edward Stein | 29 | 53 | 43 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 24 | .140 | .229 | .140 | .369 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Carboni | 7 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .214 | .214 | .286 | .500 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Huber | 37 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | .071 | .278 | .071 | .349 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Reuter | 16 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .050 | .050 | .050 | .100 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Widman | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Thornton | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Bean | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Darrell Osteen | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andrew Dustal | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Martin | 12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Keller | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Harvey Alex | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1610 | 5358 | 4641 | 651 | 1154 | 184 | 37 | 87 | 574 | 91 | 39 | 573 | 946 | .249 | .333 | .360 | .694 | 1673 | 0 | 37 | 63 | 44 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee May | 1B | 144 | 1288 | 74 | 27 | 125 | .981 | 9.458 | ||||
| Bill Oplinger | 2B | 130 | 263 | 379 | 28 | 98 | .958 | 4.938 | ||||
| Jim Woods | 2B | 14 | 22 | 36 | 3 | 4 | .951 | 4.143 | ||||
| Jim Woods | 3B | 53 | 47 | 77 | 8 | 17 | .939 | 2.340 | ||||
| George Evans | 3B | 42 | 29 | 75 | 6 | 3 | .945 | 2.476 | ||||
| Marv Schultz | 3B | 19 | 11 | 35 | 6 | 3 | .885 | 2.421 | ||||
| Jerry Carlton | 3B | 19 | 12 | 25 | 3 | 2 | .925 | 1.947 | ||||
| Oscar Pickering | 3B | 15 | 5 | 23 | 5 | 1 | .848 | 1.867 | ||||
| Tom Tischinski | C | 97 | 593 | 68 | 8 | 6 | .988 | 6.814 | 18 | |||
| Greg Nash | C | 28 | 155 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .988 | 6.071 | 3 | |||
| Paul LaRocca | C | 25 | 163 | 14 | 6 | 1 | .967 | 7.080 | 8 | |||
| Joe Wilson | OF | 136 | 255 | 21 | 17 | 2 | .942 | 2.029 | ||||
| Marv Schultz | OF | 95 | 154 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .982 | 1.695 | ||||
| Jerry Kushner | OF | 52 | 95 | 10 | 6 | 1 | .946 | 2.019 | ||||
| Jan Firek | OF | 39 | 60 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .942 | 1.667 | ||||
| George Evans | OF | 33 | 43 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .957 | 1.364 | ||||
| Steven Reeves | OF | 26 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .907 | 1.500 | ||||
| Larry Helms | OF | 21 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .865 | 1.524 | ||||
| Tom Perdue | OF | 17 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.471 | ||||
| Joe Pulliam | OF | 15 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | ||||
| Greg Nash | OF | 14 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.214 | ||||
| Stan Jones | P | 54 | 10 | 35 | 1 | 1 | .978 | .833 | ||||
| Don Flynn | P | 39 | 10 | 24 | 9 | 1 | .791 | .872 | ||||
| Ray Diener | P | 37 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .811 | ||||
| John Huber | P | 36 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .857 | .500 | ||||
| Jerry Merz | P | 35 | 6 | 32 | 1 | 1 | .974 | 1.086 | ||||
| Barry Shollenberger | P | 34 | 9 | 26 | 1 | 0 | .972 | 1.029 | ||||
| Edward Stein | P | 29 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 3 | .926 | .862 | ||||
| Kenneth Reuter | P | 16 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .562 | ||||
| Darrell Osteen | P | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .545 | ||||
| Kenneth Widman | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Andrew Dustal | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joseph Carboni | P | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerry Bean | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Michael Thornton | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Keller | P | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Harvey Alex | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Len Boehmer | SS | 143 | 314 | 469 | 49 | 98 | .941 | 5.476 | ||||
| Totals | 1505 | 3694 | 1530 | 210 | 368 | .961 | 3.471 | 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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