
1956 Fayetteville Highlanders Statistics
Team Record: 78-71
Finished 4th in the CL
Manager: Dutch Meyer (78-71)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Fayetteville, North Carolina
Ballpark: Pittman Stadium
Attendance: 49,212, Avg. 661
Playoffs - Fayetteville Highlanders 3 games, High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms 1
Finals - Fayetteville Highlanders 4 games, Danville Leafs 2
The Fayetteville Highlanders of the Carolina League ended the 1956 season with a record of 78 wins and 71 losses, finishing fourth in the CL.
The Highlanders led the league with just 634 runs allowed. Fayetteville scored 711 runs. Richard Hofleit paced all regular hitters by hitting .290. Lawrence Dresen topped the team with 17 wins, while Wynn Hawkins, too added 15 or more wins, too Lawrence Dresen registered a 2.76 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.
Dan Osinski and Wynn Hawkins both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Dutch Meyer 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lawrence Dresen | 17 | 10 | .630 | 2.76 | 33 | 29 | 222.0 | 172 | 107 | 68 | 11 | 99 | ||||||||||
Wynn Hawkins | 16 | 12 | .571 | 2.92 | 37 | 31 | 234.0 | 248 | 99 | 76 | 14 | 60 | ||||||||||
Raymond Konkoleski | 12 | 16 | .429 | 3.70 | 42 | 25 | 202.0 | 177 | 106 | 83 | 13 | 110 | ||||||||||
Ted Fowler | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.25 | 45 | 19 | 194.0 | 188 | 88 | 70 | 16 | 65 | ||||||||||
Dan Osinski | 10 | 11 | .476 | 3.75 | 39 | 20 | 199.0 | 192 | 115 | 83 | 14 | 131 | ||||||||||
Juan Piedra | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3.02 | 39 | 13 | 137.0 | 151 | 64 | 46 | 10 | 63 | ||||||||||
Bill Carr | 5 | 4 | .556 | 5.80 | 25 | 8 | 76.0 | 91 | 54 | 49 | 7 | 39 | ||||||||||
Totals | 78 | 71 | .523 | 3.38 | 260 | 145 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1264.0 | 1219 | 633 | 475 | 85 | 567 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Richard Hofleit | 149 | 541 | 541 | 157 | 29 | 1 | 20 | .290 | .290 | .458 | .749 | 248 | |||||||||||
Bill Kallas | 149 | 573 | 573 | 148 | 20 | 4 | 3 | .258 | .258 | .323 | .581 | 185 | |||||||||||
Glen Phillips | 147 | 503 | 503 | 142 | 18 | 3 | 8 | .282 | .282 | .378 | .660 | 190 | |||||||||||
Edward Cook | 136 | 471 | 471 | 128 | 18 | 2 | 28 | .272 | .272 | .497 | .769 | 234 | |||||||||||
Robert Mayhew | 136 | 469 | 469 | 127 | 19 | 3 | 13 | .271 | .271 | .407 | .678 | 191 | |||||||||||
Donny Montgomery | 112 | 377 | 377 | 113 | 15 | 2 | 7 | .300 | .300 | .406 | .706 | 153 | |||||||||||
James Pokel | 111 | 382 | 382 | 102 | 14 | 2 | 25 | .267 | .267 | .510 | .777 | 195 | |||||||||||
Jim Tolleson | 90 | 294 | 294 | 71 | 14 | 1 | 8 | .241 | .241 | .378 | .619 | 111 | |||||||||||
Larry Spinner | 60 | 207 | 207 | 58 | 7 | 0 | 7 | .280 | .280 | .415 | .696 | 86 | |||||||||||
Tommy Vaughan | 75 | 253 | 253 | 57 | 12 | 1 | 7 | .225 | .225 | .364 | .589 | 92 | |||||||||||
Dayton Todd | 42 | 120 | 120 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .192 | .192 | .258 | .450 | 31 | |||||||||||
Dan Osinski | 50 | 87 | 87 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .184 | .184 | .230 | .414 | 20 | |||||||||||
Raymond Konkoleski | 43 | 74 | 74 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .189 | .189 | .243 | .432 | 18 | |||||||||||
Edward Patterson | 19 | 57 | 57 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .228 | .228 | .246 | .474 | 14 | |||||||||||
Richard Myers | 11 | 34 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .353 | .353 | .412 | .765 | 14 | |||||||||||
Wynn Hawkins | 37 | 82 | 82 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .146 | .146 | .232 | .378 | 19 | |||||||||||
Ed Zander | 20 | 48 | 48 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .229 | .229 | .396 | .625 | 19 | |||||||||||
Lawrence Dresen | 33 | 80 | 80 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .138 | .138 | .212 | .350 | 17 | |||||||||||
Ted Fowler | 45 | 67 | 67 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .149 | .149 | .194 | .343 | 13 | |||||||||||
Robert Pedigree | 11 | 41 | 41 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .220 | .220 | .293 | .512 | 12 | |||||||||||
Bill Carr | 27 | 28 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .321 | .607 | 9 | |||||||||||
Juan Piedra | 39 | 41 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .024 | .024 | .024 | .049 | 1 | |||||||||||
Totals | 1542 | 4829 | 4829 | 0 | 1243 | 188 | 21 | 133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .257 | .257 | .388 | .645 | 1872 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ted Fowler | P | 45 | .000 | |||||
Raymond Konkoleski | P | 42 | .000 | |||||
Juan Piedra | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
Dan Osinski | P | 39 | .000 | |||||
Wynn Hawkins | P | 37 | .000 | |||||
Lawrence Dresen | P | 33 | .000 | |||||
Bill Carr | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
Totals | 260 | 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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