1956 Leesburg Braves Statistics

Florida State League (FSL) - Class: D
Team Record: 58-82
Finished 7th in the FSL
Manager: Tommy Giordano (58-82)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Leesburg, Florida
Ballpark: Venetian Gardens
Attendance: 22,971, Avg. 328

1956 Leesburg Braves Roster

The Leesburg Braves of the Florida State League ended the 1956 season with a record of 58 wins and 82 losses, finishing seventh in the FSL.

The Braves scored 544 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 652 runs. Dick Myers led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .227. Tony Komisar topped Leesburg with 12 wins, while Ross Carter recorded a 2.49 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Bobby Knoop and Tommy Giordano both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Tommy Giordano 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
Tony Komisar	12	11	.522	2.94	34	27					196.0	164	86	64	3	116
Ross Carter	10	3	.769	2.49	17	13					112.0	85	39	31	1	60
William Bergstraesser	8	12	.400	3.57	33	24					174.0	147	95	69	7	119
Michael Marinko	8	12	.400	3.71	24	19					131.0	98	77	54	1	120
William Garcia	7	8	.467	4.41	18	6					100.0	115	60	49	3	61
Melvin McGavock	5	7	.417	3.47	29	11					122.0	120	61	47	13	40
James Hoffman	4	12	.250	4.20	52	15					152.0	118	82	71	2	115
Paul Lochridge	1	2	.333		8						0.0
Demont Seagrave	1	2	.333		5						0.0
Gene Cochran	1	5	.167	3.04	32	1					77.0	66	36	26	4	57
John Hughes	0	0			1						0.0
Robert Wade	0	0			2						0.0
Daniel Dolan	0	0			1						0.0
Ronald Schneider	0	0			1						0.0
A. J. White	0	0			5						0.0
Tommy Giordano	0	0			2						0.0
Bill Holmes	0	0		0.00	4						10.0
Thomas Malik	0	1	.000		2						0.0
Warren McLea	0	1	.000		3						0.0
Gerald Fryfogle	0	2	.000		6						0.0
Patrick Stratton	0	2	.000		4						0.0
John Brennan	0	2	.000		3						0.0
Totals	57	82	.410	3.44	286	116	0	0	0	0	1074.0	913	536	411	34	688	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
Dick Myers	133	463	463		105	10	2	3						.227	.227	.276	.503	128
William Capps	80	324	324		99	8	1	1						.306	.306	.346	.651	112
Jerry Williams	86	316	316		81	17	1	8						.256	.256	.392	.649	124
Tommy Giordano	101	284	284		79	12	3	8						.278	.278	.426	.704	121
Dan Peters	83	293	293		79	8	1	1						.270	.270	.314	.584	92
Don Carter	73	275	275		73	16	8	1						.265	.265	.393	.658	108
Jerry Carswell	73	288	288		65	8	1	2						.226	.226	.281	.507	81
George DesMeules	86	301	301		60	6	0	0						.199	.199	.219	.419	66
A. J. White	47	170	170		42	6	1	5						.247	.247	.382	.629	65
Charles White	48	179	179		38	4	1	0						.212	.212	.246	.458	44
Andrew Kasper	94	258	258		38	6	0	1						.147	.147	.182	.329	47
John Stapp	52	165	165		36	0	0	0						.218	.218	.218	.436	36
Gordon Tanner	33	105	105		30	7	1	0						.286	.286	.371	.657	39
Bobby Knoop	42	137	137		26	6	1	1						.190	.190	.270	.460	37
Ted Forsyth	25	94	94		25	2	0	4						.266	.266	.415	.681	39
William Garcia	43	94	94		23	6	1	4						.245	.245	.457	.702	43
Tony Komisar	34	71	71		17	1	0	0						.239	.239	.254	.493	18
Buddy Lowe	26	88	88		15	0	0	0						.170	.170	.170	.341	15
Glenwood White	25	85	85		13	3	2	0						.153	.153	.235	.388	20
Mervin Bergeron	13	45	45		11	1	1	0						.244	.244	.311	.556	14
Ross Carter	24	39	39		10	0	1	1						.256	.256	.385	.641	15
Phillip White	11	37	37		9	0	0	0						.243	.243	.243	.486	9
James Hoffman	52	46	46		9	2	0	0						.196	.196	.239	.435	11
Michael Marinko	31	50	50		8	2	0	0						.160	.160	.200	.360	10
William Bergstraesser	35	58	58		8	1	0	0						.138	.138	.155	.293	9
Roger Belanger	13	41	41		6	2	0	0						.146	.146	.195	.341	8
Melvin McGavock	32	43	43		5	0	0	0						.116	.116	.116	.233	5
Al Dahl	5	17	17		4									.235	.235	.235	.471	4
James Dunevant	3	7	7		3									.429	.429	.429	.857	3
Demont Seagrave	6	11	11		3									.273	.273	.273	.545	3
Roger Tinder	6	16	16		3									.188	.188	.188	.375	3
Gerald Patrick	3	8	8		2									.250	.250	.250	.500	2
Lester Hiscoe	4	11	11		2									.182	.182	.182	.364	2
Gene Cochran	33	25	25		2	0	0	0						.080	.080	.080	.160	2
Patrick Stratton	4	9	9		1									.111	.111	.111	.222	1
Kelvin Roberts	5	16	16		1									.062	.062	.062	.125	1
Henry Cole	1	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
John Brennan	3	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Thomas Malik	2	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Douglas Stowell	1	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Gerald Fryfogle	6	3	3		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Bill Holmes	4	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Paul Lochridge	8	8	8		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Warren McLea	3	2	2		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Robert Stanton	1	1	1		0									.000	.000	.000	.000	0
Totals	1493	4491	4491	0	1031	134	26	40	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.230	.298	.527	1337	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
James Hoffman	P	52					.000
Tony Komisar	P	34					.000
William Bergstraesser	P	33					.000
Gene Cochran	P	32					.000
Melvin McGavock	P	29					.000
Michael Marinko	P	24					.000
Ross Carter	P	17					.000
Paul Lochridge	P	8					.000
Gerald Fryfogle	P	6					.000
Demont Seagrave	P	5					.000
Patrick Stratton	P	4					.000
Bill Holmes	P	4					.000
Warren McLea	P	3					.000
John Brennan	P	3					.000
Robert Wade	P	2					.000
Thomas Malik	P	2					.000
Ronald Schneider	P	1					.000
Daniel Dolan	P	1					.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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