1972 Rocky Mount Leafs Statistics
Carolina League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 49-88
Finished 6th in the CL
Manager: Len Okrie (49-88)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 21,242, Avg. 310
1972 Rocky Mount Leafs RosterTeam Record: 49-88
Finished 6th in the CL
Manager: Len Okrie (49-88)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 21,242, Avg. 310
The Rocky Mount Leafs of the Carolina League ended the 1972 season with a record of 49 wins and 88 losses, finishing sixth in the CL.
The Leafs plated 508 runs, worst in the circuit, and allowed 692 runs, most in the league. Ron Cash recorded 62 runs batted in. Raul Colon led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .297 clip. David DeLuca topped the squad with 11 wins, while Kenneth Forfar registered a 3.24 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1972 Rocky Mount Leafs who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Vern Ruhle, Dan Gonzales, Gary Ignasiak, Leon Roberts and Ron Cash.
Len Okrie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David DeLuca | 11 | 7 | .611 | 4.12 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 155.0 | 177 | 86 | 71 | 8 | 66 | 0 | 103 | 3 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Daniel Maluzhinsky | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.59 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 51.0 | 56 | 44 | 26 | 8 | 25 | 5 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Michael Dwyer | 5 | 8 | .385 | 2.63 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 89.0 | 87 | 39 | 26 | 3 | 33 | 7 | 92 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Vern Ruhle | 5 | 8 | .385 | 4.75 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 72.0 | 87 | 53 | 38 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||
| David Baye | 4 | 7 | .364 | 3.00 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 87.0 | 80 | 48 | 29 | 5 | 42 | 3 | 70 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Kenneth Forfar | 4 | 9 | .308 | 3.24 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 111.0 | 104 | 53 | 40 | 3 | 54 | 3 | 85 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Richard Miceli | 4 | 9 | .308 | 4.35 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 120.0 | 113 | 79 | 58 | 5 | 64 | 7 | 101 | 3 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Richard Lawson | 3 | 7 | .300 | 4.14 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 63.0 | 71 | 40 | 29 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Frank Fisher | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.05 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20.0 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Thomas Lantz | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.60 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 39 | 27 | 18 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Everett Meggitt | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 10.50 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Ian Fink | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.86 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 63.0 | 55 | 37 | 27 | 5 | 34 | 1 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Stephen Tissot | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.95 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56.0 | 59 | 40 | 37 | 6 | 39 | 3 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 11 | ||
| Nils Lambert | 1 | 11 | .083 | 5.96 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 74.0 | 94 | 64 | 49 | 7 | 43 | 2 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Jerry Clark | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Joseph Rizzardi | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.77 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 49 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Brian Sheekey | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.50 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Gary Ignasiak | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.43 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 16 | 27 | 20 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Totals | 49 | 88 | .358 | 4.20 | 327 | 137 | 0 | 33 | 7 | 13 | 1103.0 | 1140 | 692 | 515 | 69 | 566 | 36 | 897 | 36 | 7 | 91 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raul Colon | 119 | 474 | 407 | 74 | 121 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 55 | 6 | 1 | 46 | 78 | .297 | .378 | .445 | .822 | 181 | 9 | 8 | 4 | ||
| Ron Cash | 104 | 424 | 356 | 59 | 107 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 62 | 15 | 1 | 52 | 68 | .301 | .391 | .447 | .838 | 159 | 4 | 7 | 5 | ||
| Ted Brazell | 118 | 407 | 347 | 48 | 94 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 48 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 55 | .271 | .352 | .383 | .735 | 133 | 12 | 6 | 7 | ||
| Carlos Quinones | 90 | 305 | 287 | 25 | 78 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 34 | .272 | .305 | .303 | .608 | 87 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Andy Kanoza | 95 | 410 | 316 | 60 | 73 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 5 | 7 | 85 | 75 | .231 | .395 | .326 | .721 | 103 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Daniel Grant | 100 | 327 | 280 | 31 | 66 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 34 | .236 | .331 | .300 | .631 | 84 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Jerry Clark | 87 | 295 | 264 | 25 | 63 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 58 | .239 | .308 | .345 | .653 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| James Wosman | 65 | 243 | 210 | 22 | 57 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 62 | .271 | .362 | .433 | .795 | 91 | 5 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dan Gonzales | 65 | 233 | 215 | 15 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 34 | .237 | .284 | .256 | .540 | 55 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| James Tanner | 65 | 233 | 212 | 26 | 45 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 45 | .212 | .268 | .288 | .555 | 61 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| John Hetrick | 64 | 212 | 190 | 16 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 44 | .205 | .276 | .247 | .524 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Michael Belcik | 61 | 153 | 136 | 21 | 34 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 29 | .250 | .325 | .346 | .670 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Allan Striano | 38 | 121 | 106 | 9 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 17 | .255 | .339 | .340 | .678 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jim Eschen | 28 | 110 | 92 | 15 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 14 | .272 | .385 | .326 | .711 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ronnie Chambers | 36 | 114 | 91 | 12 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 26 | .253 | .404 | .308 | .711 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fernand Poirier | 27 | 89 | 77 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 18 | .260 | .333 | .312 | .645 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Nat Calamis | 29 | 111 | 98 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 13 | .173 | .270 | .173 | .444 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hal Hensler | 36 | 97 | 87 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 23 | .172 | .258 | .218 | .476 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David DeLuca | 29 | 69 | 61 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25 | .115 | .203 | .131 | .334 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Leon Roberts | 6 | 24 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .273 | .333 | .318 | .652 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Baye | 15 | 31 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .222 | .276 | .259 | .535 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Kenneth Forfar | 28 | 37 | 32 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .188 | .235 | .188 | .423 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Stephen Tissot | 24 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .231 | .214 | .462 | .676 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Michael Dwyer | 47 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .158 | .158 | .158 | .316 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Richard Miceli | 37 | 37 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .097 | .200 | .161 | .361 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Nicholas Misch | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Maluzhinsky | 32 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nils Lambert | 35 | 26 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .095 | .208 | .095 | .304 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Vern Ruhle | 14 | 26 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .083 | .120 | .125 | .245 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Brian Sheekey | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Fisher | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .167 | .167 | .333 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Rizzardi | 18 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Scott Thompson | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lawrence Bubla | 10 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .091 | .167 | .091 | .258 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Lantz | 9 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .067 | .125 | .067 | .192 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ian Fink | 19 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .067 | .263 | .067 | .330 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Sherman | 9 | 24 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .050 | .208 | .050 | .258 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Lawson | 14 | 27 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .000 | .074 | .000 | .074 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Donald Pavic | 4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Ignasiak | 10 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1608 | 4803 | 4164 | 508 | 1005 | 151 | 34 | 43 | 446 | 55 | 26 | 495 | 889 | .241 | .327 | .325 | .652 | 1353 | 0 | 50 | 59 | 35 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raul Colon | 1B | 72 | 545 | 30 | 7 | 55 | .988 | 7.986 | ||||
| James Wosman | 1B | 63 | 484 | 27 | 9 | 35 | .983 | 8.111 | ||||
| Carlos Quinones | 1B | 4 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .912 | 7.750 | ||||
| Carlos Quinones | 2B | 62 | 107 | 173 | 16 | 34 | .946 | 4.516 | ||||
| Andy Kanoza | 2B | 39 | 79 | 116 | 8 | 23 | .961 | 5.000 | ||||
| Jim Eschen | 2B | 27 | 45 | 84 | 9 | 18 | .935 | 4.778 | ||||
| Jerry Clark | 2B | 6 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 4 | .962 | 4.167 | ||||
| Donald Pavic | 2B | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 4.000 | ||||
| Nat Calamis | 2B | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Ron Cash | 3B | 77 | 68 | 111 | 20 | 12 | .899 | 2.325 | ||||
| Ted Brazell | 3B | 57 | 45 | 93 | 13 | 15 | .914 | 2.421 | ||||
| Carlos Quinones | 3B | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .818 | 4.500 | ||||
| Scott Thompson | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jerry Clark | 3B | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 4.000 | ||||
| Daniel Grant | C | 87 | 563 | 37 | 13 | 6 | .979 | 6.897 | 24 | |||
| Hal Hensler | C | 35 | 194 | 9 | 6 | 0 | .971 | 5.800 | 11 | |||
| Michael Belcik | C | 25 | 154 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .983 | 6.800 | 13 | |||
| Lawrence Bubla | C | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 6.000 | 0 | |||
| Ted Brazell | C | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 5.000 | 0 | |||
| John Hetrick | OF | 63 | 111 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .966 | 1.825 | ||||
| Dan Gonzales | OF | 63 | 100 | 4 | 9 | 0 | .920 | 1.651 | ||||
| James Tanner | OF | 62 | 118 | 4 | 12 | 0 | .910 | 1.968 | ||||
| Raul Colon | OF | 46 | 77 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .952 | 1.717 | ||||
| Ted Brazell | OF | 46 | 59 | 3 | 6 | 1 | .912 | 1.348 | ||||
| Allan Striano | OF | 32 | 50 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .926 | 1.562 | ||||
| Ronnie Chambers | OF | 31 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.194 | ||||
| Ron Cash | OF | 27 | 54 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .983 | 2.111 | ||||
| Fernand Poirier | OF | 24 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .943 | 1.375 | ||||
| Michael Belcik | OF | 14 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .882 | 1.071 | ||||
| Jerry Clark | OF | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| David Sherman | OF | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
| Leon Roberts | OF | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Carlos Quinones | OF | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 2.333 | ||||
| Richard Miceli | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Michael Dwyer | P | 47 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .213 | ||||
| Richard Miceli | P | 34 | 10 | 23 | 2 | 4 | .943 | .971 | ||||
| Daniel Maluzhinsky | P | 31 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .290 | ||||
| Nils Lambert | P | 31 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 1 | .765 | .419 | ||||
| Kenneth Forfar | P | 26 | 10 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .969 | 1.192 | ||||
| David DeLuca | P | 24 | 10 | 24 | 1 | 1 | .971 | 1.417 | ||||
| Stephen Tissot | P | 23 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .652 | ||||
| Ian Fink | P | 19 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .895 | ||||
| Joseph Rizzardi | P | 18 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| David Baye | P | 14 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .929 | ||||
| Vern Ruhle | P | 13 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .615 | ||||
| Richard Lawson | P | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Thomas Lantz | P | 9 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.111 | ||||
| Gary Ignasiak | P | 9 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .778 | ||||
| Brian Sheekey | P | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Everett Meggitt | P | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Frank Fisher | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Jerry Clark | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Andy Kanoza | SS | 56 | 79 | 142 | 10 | 35 | .957 | 3.946 | ||||
| Jerry Clark | SS | 55 | 80 | 127 | 15 | 17 | .932 | 3.764 | ||||
| Nat Calamis | SS | 25 | 37 | 85 | 10 | 15 | .924 | 4.880 | ||||
| Carlos Quinones | SS | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1466 | 3300 | 1283 | 212 | 285 | .956 | 3.126 | 48 | 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.
