1956 Daytona Beach Islanders Statistics

Florida State League (FSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 72-65
Finished 4th in the FSL
Manager: Hank Majeski (72-65)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Ballpark: Jackie Robinson Stadium
Attendance: 34,168, Avg. 499

1956 Daytona Beach Islanders Roster

The Daytona Beach Islanders of the Florida State League ended the 1956 season with a record of 72 wins and 65 losses, finishing fourth in the FSL.

The Islanders plated 697 runs and yielded 645 runs. Don Dillard led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .375 average. Ron Taylor and Virgil Brinson topped Daytona Beach with 17 wins each, while Dave Tyriver recorded a 2.92 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1956 Daytona Beach Islanders who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ron Taylor, Don Dillard and Dave Tyriver.

Hank Majeski served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Virgil Brinson	17	9	.654	3.13	30	27					210.0	196	95	73	9	73
Ron Taylor	17	11	.607	3.13	32	28					227.0	228	126	79	7	74
Dave Tyriver	13	7	.650	2.92	28	22					185.0	128	86	60	4	121
Howard Becraft	10	11	.476	2.98	34	22					187.0	183	79	62	2	56
Elwood Engelbrekt	9	13	.409	4.63	37	19					173.0	167	128	89	6	111
Melvin Wolfe	5	11	.312	3.79	24	14					126.0	133	79	53	4	52
Roger Piper	0	0			8						0.0
John Gray	0	0			1						0.0
Frank Mirielli	0	1	.000		2						0.0
Frank Szymanski	0	1	.000		2						0.0
Howard Cailor	0	1	.000		4						0.0
Totals	71	65	.522	3.38	202	132	0	0	0	0	1108.0	1035	593	416	32	487	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
Don Dillard	128	510	510		191	28	17	10						.375	.375	.555	.929	283
Gene Bennett	136	545	545		169	36	10	10						.310	.310	.468	.778	255
Frank Mirielli	119	454	454		133	14	5	1						.293	.293	.352	.645	160
Charles Mathews	136	492	492		128	11	1	1						.260	.260	.293	.553	144
Robert Smith	117	381	381		96	10	2	0						.252	.252	.289	.541	110
Frank Szymanski	123	402	402		77	7	7	10						.192	.192	.318	.510	128
Richard Baller	56	234	234		73	7	1	1						.312	.312	.363	.675	85
Mark Gallego	61	247	247		69	8	0	1						.279	.279	.324	.603	80
Dick Banse	81	268	268		49	3	2	1						.183	.183	.220	.403	59
David Henderson	51	187	187		42	7	2	0						.225	.225	.283	.508	53
Joe Morlan	50	168	168		32	8	2	1						.190	.190	.280	.470	47
Dave Tyriver	50	76	76		24	2	0	0						.316	.316	.342	.658	26
Virgil Brinson	32	77	77		15	1	0	2						.195	.195	.286	.481	22
Bill Mattox	32	106	106		14	2	1	1						.132	.132	.198	.330	21
John Gray	22	70	70		12	0	0	0						.171	.171	.171	.343	12
Elwood Engelbrekt	47	74	74		10	1	0	0						.135	.135	.149	.284	11
Ron Taylor	33	80	80		9	1	0	0						.112	.112	.125	.238	10
Melvin Wolfe	24	43	43		6	2	0	0						.140	.140	.186	.326	8
Howard Becraft	35	57	57		5	0	0	0						.088	.088	.088	.175	5
Roger Piper	8	3	3		1									.333	.333	.333	.667	1
Lee Irby	6	5	5		1									.200	.200	.200	.400	1
Ernie Nietzke	3	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Howard Cailor	4	7	7		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1354	4488	4488	0	1156	148	50	39	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.258	.339	.596	1521	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
Elwood Engelbrekt	P	37					.000
Howard Becraft	P	34					.000
Ron Taylor	P	32					.000
Virgil Brinson	P	30					.000
Dave Tyriver	P	28					.000
Melvin Wolfe	P	24					.000
Roger Piper	P	8					.000
Howard Cailor	P	4					.000
Totals		197	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.

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