1956 Fayetteville Highlanders Statistics

Carolina League (CL) - Class: B
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

1956 Fayetteville Highlanders Roster

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.

Wynn Hawkins and Dan Osinski both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Dutch Meyer 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
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	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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