1955 Daytona Beach Islanders Statistics
Team Record: 77-63
Finished 2nd in the FSL
Manager: Johnny Vander Meer (77-63)
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Ballpark: Jackie Robinson Stadium
Attendance: 45,959, Avg. 657
The Daytona Beach Islanders of the Florida State League ended the 1955 season with a record of 77 wins and 63 losses, finishing second in the FSL.
The Islanders paced the circuit with 838 runs, sparked by 37 home runs. Daytona Beach allowed 682 runs. Madison Slade led hitters with significant playing time with a .326 average. Robert Arendt topped the squad with 22 wins, while John Smith and Orlando Peña added 15 or more victories as well Orlando Peña recorded a 1.96 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Orlando Peña and Johnny Vander Meer both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Johnny Vander Meer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Arendt | 22 | 14 | .611 | 2.37 | 40 | 36 | 300.0 | 257 | 117 | 79 | 9 | 113 | ||||||||||
| Orlando Peña | 21 | 8 | .724 | 1.96 | 33 | 30 | 253.0 | 222 | 92 | 55 | 5 | 66 | ||||||||||
| John Smith | 19 | 14 | .576 | 3.66 | 40 | 37 | 253.0 | 177 | 141 | 103 | 6 | 202 | ||||||||||
| Mark Teitelman | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.86 | 17 | 13 | 112.0 | 109 | 71 | 48 | 5 | 60 | ||||||||||
| Robert Tommy | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.69 | 44 | 5 | 121.0 | 126 | 79 | 63 | 6 | 68 | ||||||||||
| Charles Nichols | 2 | 6 | .250 | 5.34 | 13 | 10 | 59.0 | 56 | 49 | 35 | 5 | 43 | ||||||||||
| Louis Lager | 1 | 1 | .500 | 15 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Frank Mirielli | 1 | 1 | .500 | 11 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gerald Jacobs | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Vander Meer | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph Pirro | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Harold Permeter | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Thaddeus Szczepaniak | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jerome Yelvington | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wesley Roberts | 0 | 2 | .000 | 10 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 77 | 63 | .550 | 3.14 | 244 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1098.0 | 947 | 549 | 383 | 36 | 552 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Bennett | 140 | 569 | 569 | 163 | 19 | 19 | 11 | .286 | .286 | .445 | .731 | 253 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Micham | 136 | 563 | 563 | 158 | 26 | 15 | 5 | .281 | .281 | .407 | .687 | 229 | |||||||||||
| Frank Mirielli | 121 | 471 | 471 | 140 | 15 | 5 | 0 | .297 | .297 | .350 | .648 | 165 | |||||||||||
| William Patriss | 138 | 547 | 547 | 137 | 25 | 17 | 9 | .250 | .250 | .408 | .658 | 223 | |||||||||||
| Vern Watercutter | 126 | 463 | 463 | 129 | 21 | 10 | 1 | .279 | .279 | .374 | .652 | 173 | |||||||||||
| Madison Slade | 96 | 393 | 393 | 128 | 23 | 5 | 6 | .326 | .326 | .455 | .781 | 179 | |||||||||||
| Allen Wagner | 76 | 273 | 273 | 70 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .256 | .256 | .297 | .553 | 81 | |||||||||||
| Albert Lagano | 69 | 219 | 219 | 44 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .201 | .201 | .247 | .447 | 54 | |||||||||||
| Robert Arendt | 78 | 206 | 206 | 43 | 8 | 2 | 4 | .209 | .209 | .325 | .534 | 67 | |||||||||||
| Kenneth Heffel | 74 | 168 | 168 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .268 | .482 | 45 | |||||||||||
| Ralph Sita | 40 | 114 | 114 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .254 | .254 | .342 | .596 | 39 | |||||||||||
| Nilo Priede | 40 | 115 | 115 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .235 | .235 | .252 | .487 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Orlando Peña | 33 | 91 | 91 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .176 | .176 | .209 | .385 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Mark Teitelman | 20 | 40 | 40 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .325 | .325 | .450 | .775 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Johnny Vander Meer | 18 | 38 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .237 | .237 | .263 | .500 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Robert Tommy | 44 | 39 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .154 | .179 | .333 | 7 | |||||||||||
| John Smith | 41 | 73 | 73 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .055 | .055 | .055 | .110 | 4 | |||||||||||
| James Wright | 12 | 41 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .073 | .073 | .073 | .146 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Charles Nichols | 13 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Thaddeus Szczepaniak | 3 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Felipe Valdes | 7 | 20 | 20 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Joseph Anile | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Wesley Roberts | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Joseph Pirro | 6 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Harold Permeter | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Louis Lager | 15 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Gerald Jacobs | 7 | 9 | 9 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Donald Ghezzi | 8 | 30 | 30 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Charlie Charles | 6 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| William Benner | 4 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Jerome Yelvington | 4 | 4 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 1387 | 4523 | 4523 | 0 | 1156 | 170 | 81 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .256 | .256 | .354 | .609 | 1599 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Tommy | P | 44 | .000 | |||||
| John Smith | P | 40 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Arendt | P | 40 | .000 | |||||
| Orlando Peña | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
| Mark Teitelman | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| Louis Lager | P | 15 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Nichols | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| Wesley Roberts | P | 10 | .000 | |||||
| Joseph Pirro | P | 6 | .000 | |||||
| Gerald Jacobs | P | 5 | .000 | |||||
| Jerome Yelvington | P | 4 | .000 | |||||
| Thaddeus Szczepaniak | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| Harold Permeter | P | 1 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 231 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
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.
