1972 Newark Co-Pilots Statistics
Team Record: 23-46
Finished 7th in the NYPL
Manager: Sandy Johnson (23-46)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Brewers
Location: Newark, New York
Ballpark: Colburn Field
Attendance: 14,151, Avg. 410
The Newark Co-Pilots of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1972 season with a record of 23 wins and 46 losses, finishing seventh in the NYPL.
The Co-Pilots plated 306 runs and yielded 436 runs, most in the circuit. Sam Mejías drove in 32 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .310. William Davidson led the team with 5 wins, while Tom Deidel recorded a 2.76 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Players from the 1972 Newark Co-Pilots who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Greg Erardi, Dan Thomas, Sam Mejías, Roger Miller, Bob Sheldon and Dick Davis.
Sandy Johnson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Davidson | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.04 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 80.0 | 74 | 45 | 27 | 5 | 35 | 0 | 86 | 0 | 1 | 10 | ||
| Tom Deidel | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.76 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 62.0 | 44 | 26 | 19 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 92 | 1 | 1 | 13 | ||
| David Simplot | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.22 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 48 | 30 | 23 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Roger Alexander | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5.81 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 62.0 | 61 | 46 | 40 | 5 | 49 | 0 | 67 | 5 | 1 | 14 | ||
| James Blaine | 3 | 6 | .333 | 7.10 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 52.0 | 63 | 48 | 41 | 8 | 27 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Charles Solano | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.94 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 39 | 36 | 28 | 5 | 43 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Mark Young | 1 | 1 | .500 | 8.18 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 26 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Roger Miller | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.49 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 41.0 | 37 | 26 | 25 | 3 | 31 | 2 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Robert Alexander | 1 | 4 | .200 | 8.76 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 34 | 43 | 37 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Greg Erardi | 1 | 6 | .143 | 5.64 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 67.0 | 82 | 56 | 42 | 9 | 33 | 3 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Robert Brill | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.63 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Mike Duncan | 0 | 3 | .000 | 9.31 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29.0 | 31 | 36 | 30 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 23 | 46 | .333 | 5.44 | 153 | 70 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 572.0 | 558 | 436 | 346 | 46 | 384 | 7 | 537 | 29 | 4 | 87 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Mejías | 59 | 255 | 232 | 38 | 72 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 45 | .310 | .366 | .461 | .827 | 107 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bob Sheldon | 68 | 289 | 248 | 44 | 69 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 38 | 12 | .278 | .381 | .343 | .723 | 85 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Slaton | 68 | 259 | 230 | 23 | 54 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 27 | .235 | .310 | .348 | .658 | 80 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Roger Danson | 60 | 239 | 208 | 25 | 45 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 52 | .216 | .312 | .288 | .601 | 60 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Freddie Tate | 58 | 174 | 157 | 25 | 44 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 39 | .280 | .339 | .478 | .817 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dick Davis | 37 | 149 | 139 | 16 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 31 | .288 | .336 | .374 | .710 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vincent Roberto | 49 | 148 | 139 | 15 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 30 | .266 | .304 | .338 | .642 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Robert Dunn | 52 | 170 | 137 | 25 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 52 | .241 | .382 | .401 | .784 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tim Hamilton | 59 | 225 | 193 | 24 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 64 | .161 | .277 | .228 | .505 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Sam Killingsworth | 46 | 151 | 129 | 15 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 48 | .209 | .320 | .326 | .646 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Antonio Sarabia | 38 | 114 | 98 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 23 | .194 | .301 | .214 | .515 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Kent Jacobson | 12 | 50 | 44 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 13 | .341 | .420 | .591 | 1.011 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Thomas | 12 | 54 | 48 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .271 | .352 | .396 | .748 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Victor Sanchez | 38 | 104 | 90 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 41 | .144 | .260 | .256 | .515 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Richardson | 12 | 51 | 43 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .279 | .392 | .605 | .997 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Mantlo | 10 | 40 | 37 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .162 | .225 | .243 | .468 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Collins | 4 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .308 | .357 | .385 | .742 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Davidson | 17 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .231 | .250 | .481 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mark Young | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roger Miller | 13 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Roger Alexander | 12 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .083 | .267 | .083 | .350 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| James Blaine | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Solano | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Brill | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Simplot | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .000 | .571 | .000 | .571 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Deidel | 9 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .000 | .154 | .000 | .154 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Duncan | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Erardi | 11 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Robert Alexander | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 839 | 2575 | 2253 | 307 | 539 | 101 | 11 | 40 | 250 | 26 | 7 | 280 | 545 | .239 | .328 | .347 | .675 | 782 | 0 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Slaton | 1B | 57 | 406 | 32 | 13 | 24 | .971 | 7.684 | ||||
| Freddie Tate | 1B | 13 | 90 | 9 | 1 | 9 | .990 | 7.615 | ||||
| Tim Hamilton | 2B | 56 | 110 | 100 | 22 | 19 | .905 | 3.750 | ||||
| Victor Sanchez | 2B | 16 | 27 | 27 | 3 | 4 | .947 | 3.375 | ||||
| Roger Danson | 3B | 58 | 48 | 100 | 31 | 8 | .827 | 2.552 | ||||
| Dan Thomas | 3B | 12 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 1 | .826 | 3.167 | ||||
| Sam Killingsworth | C | 40 | 312 | 29 | 16 | 6 | .955 | 8.525 | 11 | |||
| Antonio Sarabia | C | 23 | 144 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .994 | 6.696 | 8 | |||
| Jerry Mantlo | C | 10 | 85 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .979 | 9.300 | 2 | |||
| William Collins | C | 1 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 16.000 | 0 | |||
| Sam Mejías | OF | 59 | 118 | 5 | 1 | 3 | .992 | 2.085 | ||||
| Robert Dunn | OF | 43 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .941 | 1.116 | ||||
| Vincent Roberto | OF | 35 | 49 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .944 | 1.457 | ||||
| Dick Davis | OF | 34 | 41 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .955 | 1.235 | ||||
| Freddie Tate | OF | 18 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .852 | 1.278 | ||||
| Rick Richardson | OF | 12 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.417 | ||||
| Kent Jacobson | OF | 12 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.083 | ||||
| Antonio Sarabia | OF | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| William Davidson | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| James Blaine | P | 21 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Robert Alexander | P | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Mike Duncan | P | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| William Davidson | P | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Roger Miller | P | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .846 | .846 | ||||
| David Simplot | P | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Roger Alexander | P | 12 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .750 | ||||
| Charles Solano | P | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .818 | ||||
| Greg Erardi | P | 11 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.091 | ||||
| Mark Young | P | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .300 | ||||
| Tom Deidel | P | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .444 | ||||
| Robert Brill | P | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .222 | ||||
| Bob Sheldon | SS | 63 | 94 | 149 | 13 | 17 | .949 | 3.857 | ||||
| Victor Sanchez | SS | 9 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 2 | .788 | 2.889 | ||||
| Totals | 731 | 1714 | 578 | 139 | 100 | .943 | 3.135 | 21 | 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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