1966 Rocky Mount Leafs Statistics
Team Record: 72-63
Finished 2nd in the CL's East Division
Manager: Al Federoff (0-0), Bob Mavis (0-0), Al Federoff (0-0)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 34,004, Avg. 504
Playoffs - Rocky Mount Leafs 2 games, Kinston Eagles 0
Finals - Rocky Mount Leafs 2 games, Winston-Salem Red Sox 0
The Rocky Mount Leafs of the Carolina League ended the 1966 season with a record of 72 wins and 63 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.
The Leafs yielded 496 runs, fewest in the league. Rocky Mount plated 538 runs. Emerito Lopez paced the team with 21 home runs Dave Kelly drove in 76 runs. Bob Christian led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .276 clip. Dick Drago topped the squad with 15 wins and a team-best 1.79 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Jim Rooker, Fred Scherman, Dick Drago, Bob Christian, Ron Woods, Gene Lamont, Gary Taylor and Bill Butler were all players from the 1966 Rocky Mount Leafs who played in the Majors during their careers.
Al Federoff, Bob Mavis and Al Federoff 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Drago | 15 | 9 | .625 | 1.79 | 29 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 186.0 | 144 | 45 | 37 | 10 | 49 | 4 | 151 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |||
| Jim Rooker | 12 | 5 | .706 | 2.05 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 145.0 | 98 | 44 | 33 | 5 | 75 | 0 | 99 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Bill Butler | 9 | 13 | .409 | 3.47 | 29 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 148.0 | 119 | 64 | 57 | 12 | 92 | 4 | 122 | 5 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Darrell Clark | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.02 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 125.0 | 95 | 49 | 42 | 9 | 72 | 0 | 95 | 8 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Fred Scherman | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.77 | 22 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 136.0 | 135 | 67 | 57 | 10 | 39 | 1 | 85 | 10 | 0 | 5 | |||
| John Skulley | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5.54 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 52.0 | 53 | 35 | 32 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| William Newton | 4 | 3 | .571 | 5.01 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 88.0 | 80 | 57 | 49 | 7 | 44 | 3 | 69 | 4 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Gary Taylor | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.59 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Bruce Buys | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.31 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 49 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Paul Coleman | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.23 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 41 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Dennis Grossini | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.24 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gerald Napoli | 15 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Franklin Driggers | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Wallace Sherer | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Gene Voss | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Michael Small | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.62 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 28 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Totals | 67 | 58 | .536 | 3.25 | 276 | 126 | 0 | 49 | 15 | 0 | 1052.0 | 891 | 448 | 380 | 65 | 480 | 13 | 779 | 37 | 1 | 59 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Woods | 135 | 572 | 499 | 80 | 132 | 24 | 8 | 11 | 48 | 14 | 5 | 69 | 81 | .265 | .356 | .411 | .766 | 205 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Dave Kelly | 136 | 543 | 456 | 64 | 123 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 76 | 17 | 9 | 69 | 81 | .270 | .366 | .384 | .750 | 175 | 4 | 8 | 6 | ||
| Emerito Lopez | 136 | 503 | 438 | 65 | 106 | 17 | 3 | 21 | 71 | 8 | 3 | 51 | 120 | .242 | .321 | .438 | .760 | 192 | 3 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Bob Christian | 103 | 416 | 366 | 35 | 101 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 49 | 3 | 5 | 45 | 45 | .276 | .352 | .369 | .721 | 135 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| George Kalafatis | 133 | 497 | 438 | 55 | 98 | 19 | 3 | 11 | 50 | 5 | 1 | 52 | 143 | .224 | .308 | .356 | .664 | 156 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Wallace Sherer | 134 | 550 | 439 | 71 | 95 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 44 | 11 | 3 | 98 | 82 | .216 | .362 | .333 | .694 | 146 | 3 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Larry Haggitt | 113 | 397 | 372 | 41 | 86 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 83 | .231 | .263 | .368 | .631 | 137 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Jim Leyland | 67 | 212 | 173 | 24 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 35 | .243 | .370 | .277 | .648 | 48 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Gene Lamont | 36 | 119 | 102 | 9 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 23 | .255 | .361 | .373 | .734 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Cernich | 48 | 156 | 131 | 9 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 23 | .160 | .288 | .252 | .540 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Wayne Ginste | 23 | 98 | 80 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 4 | .212 | .340 | .225 | .565 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jim Rooker | 43 | 80 | 75 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25 | .213 | .241 | .373 | .614 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Fred Scherman | 23 | 51 | 45 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | .244 | .320 | .244 | .564 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Gilhooley | 11 | 46 | 41 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .220 | .304 | .366 | .670 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Drago | 29 | 73 | 61 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 29 | .115 | .179 | .131 | .310 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| George Zalocha | 15 | 33 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | .154 | .303 | .269 | .572 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| George Gmelch | 13 | 35 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .129 | .200 | .161 | .361 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bill Butler | 29 | 51 | 46 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | .087 | .106 | .130 | .237 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Gary Taylor | 19 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .214 | .267 | .214 | .481 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Darrell Clark | 25 | 44 | 38 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | .079 | .146 | .079 | .225 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Michael Small | 10 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .286 | .286 | .429 | .714 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Huizenga | 4 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Skulley | 16 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .143 | .333 | .143 | .476 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Paul Coleman | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Grossini | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Newton | 34 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .000 | .100 | .000 | .100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Buys | 32 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edward Brancaccio | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1390 | 4575 | 3941 | 514 | 916 | 141 | 27 | 89 | 467 | 66 | 34 | 527 | 882 | .232 | .324 | .350 | .673 | 1378 | 0 | 21 | 54 | 32 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Kalafatis | 1B | 132 | 1088 | 50 | 14 | 127 | .988 | 8.621 | ||||
| Dave Kelly | 2B | 103 | 260 | 260 | 23 | 84 | .958 | 5.049 | ||||
| Wayne Ginste | 2B | 23 | 58 | 57 | 4 | 18 | .966 | 5.000 | ||||
| Robert Gilhooley | 2B | 10 | 16 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.900 | ||||
| Bob Christian | 3B | 93 | 85 | 171 | 29 | 26 | .898 | 2.753 | ||||
| Dave Kelly | 3B | 34 | 23 | 61 | 5 | 3 | .944 | 2.471 | ||||
| Jim Leyland | C | 59 | 369 | 23 | 1 | 6 | .997 | 6.644 | 7 | |||
| Joseph Cernich | C | 43 | 253 | 18 | 7 | 4 | .975 | 6.302 | 5 | |||
| Gene Lamont | C | 34 | 213 | 19 | 5 | 1 | .979 | 6.824 | 6 | |||
| Ron Woods | OF | 134 | 275 | 11 | 4 | 6 | .986 | 2.134 | ||||
| Wallace Sherer | OF | 131 | 210 | 11 | 9 | 6 | .961 | 1.687 | ||||
| Larry Haggitt | OF | 96 | 129 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .977 | 1.354 | ||||
| George Zalocha | OF | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| William Newton | P | 34 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .889 | .471 | ||||
| Bruce Buys | P | 32 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .344 | ||||
| Dick Drago | P | 29 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .960 | .828 | ||||
| Bill Butler | P | 29 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .917 | .759 | ||||
| Darrell Clark | P | 25 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .812 | .520 | ||||
| Jim Rooker | P | 23 | 9 | 27 | 1 | 2 | .973 | 1.565 | ||||
| Fred Scherman | P | 22 | 3 | 35 | 2 | 2 | .950 | 1.727 | ||||
| Gary Taylor | P | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| John Skulley | P | 16 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .833 | .312 | ||||
| Paul Coleman | P | 14 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .778 | .500 | ||||
| Michael Small | P | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Dennis Grossini | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gene Voss | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Franklin Driggers | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Emerito Lopez | SS | 136 | 173 | 408 | 35 | 93 | .943 | 4.272 | ||||
| Totals | 1298 | 3195 | 1276 | 154 | 384 | .967 | 3.445 | 18 | 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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