1969 Rocky Mount Leafs Statistics
Carolina League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 82-62
Finished 1st in the CL's East Division
Manager: Al Federoff (82-62)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 41,957, Avg. 583
1969 Rocky Mount Leafs RosterTeam Record: 82-62
Finished 1st in the CL's East Division
Manager: Al Federoff (82-62)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 41,957, Avg. 583
Playoffs - Peninsula Astros 2 games, Rocky Mount Leafs 0
The Rocky Mount Leafs of the Carolina League ended the 1969 season with a record of 82 wins and 62 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Leafs plated 588 runs and yielded 525 runs. Tim Hosley paced Rocky Mount with 27 home runs and drove in 79 runs. Ronnie Chambers and Elliott Maddox topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .301 clip. Jerome Donahue led the squad with 10 wins, while Arnold Helwig recorded a 2.66 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1969 Rocky Mount Leafs who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ike Blessitt, Dennis Saunders, Paul Jata, Chuck Scrivener, Tim Hosley, Bob Molinaro, Don Leshnock, Bill Gilbreth, Phil Meeler and Elliott Maddox.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerome Donahue | 10 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.89 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 95.0 | 73 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 51 | 7 | 85 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||
| George Zalocha | 9 | 10 | .474 | 3.31 | 22 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 125.0 | 123 | 52 | 46 | 7 | 46 | 2 | 71 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Mike Cook | 8 | 1 | .889 | 2.12 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 89.0 | 67 | 30 | 21 | 3 | 38 | 2 | 73 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Bill Gilbreth | 8 | 4 | .667 | 3.06 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 94.0 | 78 | 36 | 32 | 3 | 46 | 2 | 103 | 4 | 1 | 12 | ||
| Robert Ware | 8 | 6 | .571 | 2.72 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 119.0 | 108 | 45 | 36 | 3 | 48 | 3 | 101 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Keith Spicer | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.42 | 25 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 108.0 | 114 | 57 | 41 | 8 | 38 | 0 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 5 | ||
| John Bevil | 7 | 8 | .467 | 4.16 | 24 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 106.0 | 107 | 60 | 49 | 6 | 50 | 1 | 77 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| James Young | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.69 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 71.0 | 87 | 43 | 37 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Arnold Helwig | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.66 | 30 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 125.0 | 126 | 55 | 37 | 6 | 25 | 2 | 74 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Richard Holliday | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.66 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 42 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| James Dietz | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.02 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 66 | 33 | 29 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Phil Meeler | 3 | 6 | .333 | 1.50 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 96.0 | 59 | 29 | 16 | 0 | 41 | 7 | 95 | 3 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Larry Whitley | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.78 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23.0 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Dennis Saunders | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.26 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19.0 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Timothy Grisdale | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.40 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20.0 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Donald Murphy | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Faehr | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Larry Groce | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Michael Fremuth | 0 | 0 | 5.25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12.0 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| Joseph Brauer | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don Leshnock | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 82 | 62 | .569 | 3.08 | 369 | 144 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 45 | 1222.0 | 1133 | 525 | 418 | 53 | 490 | 30 | 897 | 40 | 4 | 63 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Jata | 137 | 577 | 524 | 65 | 147 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 76 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 42 | .281 | .330 | .363 | .693 | 190 | 0 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Elliott Maddox | 118 | 471 | 412 | 60 | 124 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 56 | 13 | 6 | 46 | 52 | .301 | .379 | .415 | .794 | 171 | 7 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Ronnie Chambers | 130 | 484 | 412 | 53 | 124 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 70 | 1 | 1 | 61 | 50 | .301 | .393 | .400 | .794 | 165 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Tommy Grayson | 107 | 430 | 387 | 58 | 111 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 29 | .287 | .342 | .432 | .774 | 167 | 2 | 6 | 3 | ||
| Bob Molinaro | 111 | 457 | 415 | 66 | 107 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 5 | 29 | 39 | .258 | .311 | .328 | .639 | 136 | 4 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Tim Hosley | 130 | 480 | 392 | 77 | 105 | 12 | 1 | 27 | 79 | 4 | 2 | 71 | 99 | .268 | .385 | .510 | .895 | 200 | 8 | 2 | 7 | ||
| John Faehr | 106 | 325 | 276 | 30 | 60 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 51 | .217 | .327 | .315 | .642 | 87 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Michael Reed | 75 | 267 | 247 | 27 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 53 | .202 | .245 | .223 | .468 | 55 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Chuck Scrivener | 63 | 248 | 226 | 18 | 48 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 36 | .212 | .272 | .265 | .538 | 60 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Larry Groce | 59 | 225 | 177 | 31 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 40 | .226 | .372 | .379 | .751 | 67 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Miguel Medina | 50 | 129 | 114 | 14 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 20 | .272 | .357 | .333 | .690 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Murray | 57 | 154 | 139 | 10 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 22 | .223 | .272 | .245 | .516 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Robert Welz | 39 | 125 | 115 | 11 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 37 | .226 | .288 | .278 | .566 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oscar Cartaya | 34 | 107 | 100 | 8 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .230 | .260 | .310 | .570 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Dave Yoakum | 17 | 59 | 54 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .241 | .293 | .296 | .589 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Monte Little | 29 | 59 | 50 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 18 | .240 | .345 | .360 | .705 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Donald Murphy | 43 | 65 | 56 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | .196 | .297 | .232 | .529 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ike Blessitt | 15 | 73 | 61 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | .164 | .301 | .213 | .514 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Walls | 27 | 65 | 59 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | .153 | .231 | .169 | .400 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Ware | 20 | 45 | 39 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .205 | .262 | .231 | .493 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Keith Spicer | 27 | 43 | 37 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .162 | .225 | .216 | .441 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| George Zalocha | 34 | 50 | 43 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 17 | .140 | .245 | .163 | .408 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| James Young | 19 | 24 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .278 | .300 | .333 | .633 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Robert Cole | 6 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .278 | .381 | .667 | 1.048 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Gilbreth | 16 | 37 | 33 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .152 | .171 | .182 | .353 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| John Bevil | 29 | 41 | 33 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .152 | .243 | .182 | .425 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Arnold Helwig | 30 | 39 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19 | .091 | .189 | .121 | .310 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Richard Holliday | 9 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .154 | .267 | .231 | .497 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marty Barski | 5 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | .143 | .333 | .143 | .476 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Cook | 42 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .133 | .188 | .200 | .388 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Timothy Grisdale | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerome Donahue | 47 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .045 | .045 | .045 | .091 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| James Dietz | 13 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Saunders | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joseph Brauer | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Whitley | 21 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michael Fremuth | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Phil Meeler | 54 | 23 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Don Leshnock | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1743 | 5240 | 4594 | 587 | 1133 | 164 | 38 | 66 | 521 | 63 | 35 | 501 | 804 | .247 | .323 | .342 | .665 | 1571 | 0 | 38 | 71 | 36 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Jata | 1B | 73 | 570 | 37 | 7 | 37 | .989 | 8.315 | ||||
| Robert Welz | 1B | 34 | 242 | 19 | 5 | 23 | .981 | 7.676 | ||||
| John Faehr | 1B | 22 | 190 | 16 | 2 | 13 | .990 | 9.364 | ||||
| Tim Hosley | 1B | 19 | 160 | 10 | 7 | 17 | .960 | 8.947 | ||||
| Larry Groce | 1B | 14 | 68 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | 5.143 | ||||
| Robert Cole | 1B | 5 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 7.400 | ||||
| Tommy Grayson | 2B | 97 | 238 | 261 | 17 | 63 | .967 | 5.144 | ||||
| Oscar Cartaya | 2B | 30 | 62 | 59 | 8 | 12 | .938 | 4.033 | ||||
| Dave Yoakum | 2B | 16 | 38 | 42 | 4 | 6 | .952 | 5.000 | ||||
| Monte Little | 2B | 9 | 17 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 4.333 | ||||
| Marty Barski | 2B | 4 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 4.750 | ||||
| Elliott Maddox | 2B | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .941 | 5.333 | ||||
| Elliott Maddox | 3B | 78 | 60 | 170 | 9 | 18 | .962 | 2.949 | ||||
| Paul Jata | 3B | 52 | 39 | 88 | 22 | 7 | .852 | 2.442 | ||||
| Richard Walls | 3B | 12 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 1.750 | ||||
| Tommy Grayson | 3B | 11 | 7 | 20 | 5 | 1 | .844 | 2.455 | ||||
| Monte Little | 3B | 9 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .778 | ||||
| Tim Hosley | C | 102 | 660 | 66 | 17 | 11 | .977 | 7.118 | 22 | |||
| Michael Murray | C | 41 | 217 | 12 | 8 | 2 | .966 | 5.585 | 8 | |||
| Donald Murphy | C | 16 | 66 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .986 | 4.312 | 5 | |||
| Paul Jata | C | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | 3 | |||
| Ronnie Chambers | OF | 126 | 151 | 16 | 5 | 1 | .971 | 1.325 | ||||
| Bob Molinaro | OF | 108 | 194 | 9 | 5 | 1 | .976 | 1.880 | ||||
| John Faehr | OF | 62 | 76 | 8 | 5 | 1 | .944 | 1.355 | ||||
| Larry Groce | OF | 50 | 87 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .989 | 1.840 | ||||
| Elliott Maddox | OF | 44 | 70 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .975 | 1.750 | ||||
| Miguel Medina | OF | 43 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .982 | 1.302 | ||||
| Paul Jata | OF | 26 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .943 | 1.269 | ||||
| Ike Blessitt | OF | 15 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .975 | 2.600 | ||||
| Phil Meeler | P | 54 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .957 | .407 | ||||
| Jerome Donahue | P | 47 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .447 | ||||
| Mike Cook | P | 42 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .952 | .476 | ||||
| Arnold Helwig | P | 30 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 0 | .840 | .700 | ||||
| Keith Spicer | P | 25 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .857 | .720 | ||||
| John Bevil | P | 24 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .960 | 1.000 | ||||
| George Zalocha | P | 22 | 9 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.773 | ||||
| Robert Ware | P | 20 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .947 | .900 | ||||
| James Young | P | 19 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 1 | .857 | .947 | ||||
| Larry Whitley | P | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .118 | ||||
| Bill Gilbreth | P | 16 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .909 | 1.250 | ||||
| James Dietz | P | 13 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.692 | ||||
| Richard Holliday | P | 9 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .923 | 1.333 | ||||
| Timothy Grisdale | P | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .250 | ||||
| Michael Fremuth | P | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Larry Groce | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dennis Saunders | P | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Don Leshnock | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Joseph Brauer | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Donald Murphy | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Faehr | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Michael Reed | SS | 75 | 105 | 132 | 22 | 43 | .915 | 3.160 | ||||
| Chuck Scrivener | SS | 63 | 95 | 220 | 17 | 30 | .949 | 5.000 | ||||
| Richard Walls | SS | 13 | 10 | 26 | 5 | 2 | .878 | 2.769 | ||||
| Oscar Cartaya | SS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1644 | 3693 | 1485 | 203 | 323 | .962 | 3.150 | 38 | 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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