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1956 Florida State League Batting Leaders

1955 Season 1957 Season

Classification: D

Overall: 553 games, 8 teams, approx. 138 games in season

Attendance: 272,412 (492/game)

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League Player Batting
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Felipe Alou	21	COC	D	NYG	119	534	445	111	169	15	6	21	99	48	68	40	.380	.460	.582	1.042	259	7	3	11	7
2	Don Dillard	19	DYB	D	CLE	128	558	510	87	191	28	17	10	127	4	39	76	.375	.418	.555	.973	283	3	1	5	4
3	Taffy Wright	44	ORL	D		64	262	215	29	76	12	1	2	40	1	42	12	.354	.458	.447	.905	96	2	0	3	3
4	Ken Silvestri	40	SPT	D	NYY	77	198	156	25	50	7	1	4	30	2	38	28	.321	.455	.455	.910	71	2	0	2	5
5	Andy Gurri	22	SPT	D	NYY	87	349	319	32	102	15	6	2	45	4	24	59	.320	.370	.423	.793	135	3	0	3	4
6	Richard Baller	24	DYB	D	CLE	56	261	234	33	73	7	1	1	19	9	19	17	.312	.366	.363	.729	85	1	7	0	0
7	Gene Bennett?	27	DYB	D	CLE	136	601	545	84	169	36	10	10	117	7	44	103	.310	.359	.468	.827	255	2	2	8	3
8	William Capps?	19	LEE	D	MLN	80	368	324	51	99	8	1	1	28	13	36	18	.306	.379	.346	.724	112	2	6	0	1
9	James Miller	22	COC	D	NYG	133	576	484	99	146	17	9	11	85	17	76	69	.302	.402	.442	.845	214	9	2	5	1
10	Charles Tulner	24	WPB	D	CIN	67	291	235	36	71	11	5	5	41	18	43	58	.302	.424	.455	.879	107	9	1	3	5
11	Al Cruz	21	ORL	D		100	447	397	63	118	17	4	2	36	21	41	50	.297	.363	.375	.738	149	1	6	2	1
12	Ben Valley	18	COC	D	NYG	75	352	303	73	90	12	6	10	56	10	39	39	.297	.378	.475	.853	144	2	5	3	0
13	William Close?	29	WPB	D	CIN	74	311	274	31	81	10	4	2	34	2	25	32	.296	.358	.383	.742	105	4	4	4	3
14	Frank Mirielli?	21	DYB	D	CLE	119	514	454	76	133	14	5	1	64	10	39	39	.293	.349	.352	.702	160	4	10	7	3
15	Gene Cockrell	19	COC	D	NYG	134	580	509	85	147	22	5	22	114	10	53	122	.289	.358	.481	.839	245	6	4	8	5
16	David Smith*	22	SPT	D	NYY	75	303	280	36	81	8	2	1	33	8	11	26	.289	.315	.343	.658	96	2	5	5	1
17	German Pizarro	23	GAI	D	STL	135	586	483	102	138	19	8	22	109	12	91	84	.286	.400	.495	.895	239	5	1	6	4
18	Donald Meadows	21	PKA	D	DET	92	411	347	55	99	22	4	6	49	9	57	35	.285	.384	.424	.808	147	1	2	4	2
19	Tommy Howser*	19	WPB	D	CIN	96	428	349	73	99	14	8	5	39	16	69	94	.284	.401	.413	.814	144	1	7	2	2
20	Mark Gallego?	19	DYB	D	CLE	61	266	247	26	69	8	0	1	38	5	14	20	.279	.314	.324	.638	80	0	2	3	1
21	Charles Howard?	19	COC	D	NYG	133	559	448	88	125	21	12	7	77	33	104	76	.279	.418	.426	.844	191	4	1	2	3
22	Tommy Giordano	30	LEE	D	MLN	101	340	284	43	79	12	3	8	44	10	48	32	.278	.386	.426	.813	121	4	1	3	4
23	Leon Franklin*	20	COC	D	NYG	40	170	141	22	39	7	2	1	15	2	24	31	.277	.387	.376	.763	53	2	2	1	1
24	Jim McKnight	20	GAI	D	STL	137	603	524	97	144	16	3	7	71	12	64	55	.275	.357	.357	.714	187	6	3	6	1
25	Cookie Rojas	17	WPB	D	CIN	129	541	476	75	131	19	6	1	43	28	49	36	.275	.344	.347	.691	165	3	9	4	1
26	Dave Bristol	23	WPB	D	CIN	117	507	441	72	121	21	6	4	57	20	44	59	.274	.339	.376	.715	166	2	14	6	2
27	Dave Davis	18	SPT	D	NYY	95	424	362	54	99	11	1	2	39	18	51	70	.274	.365	.326	.691	118	3	5	3	0
28	Price Westbrook?	23	GAI	D	STL	136	575	485	75	133	24	7	1	82	11	72	75	.274	.363	.359	.722	174	1	8	9	5
29	Terry Laschen?	21	SPT	D	NYY	138	630	555	96	151	23	10	2	52	22	55	83	.272	.339	.360	.699	200	4	10	6	0
30	Dan Peters?	19	LEE	D	MLN	83	351	293	58	79	8	1	1	36	5	47	81	.270	.375	.314	.689	92	4	4	3	0
31	Ray Wilson	29	GAI	D	STL	129	540	453	65	122	15	2	1	53	14	67	38	.269	.368	.318	.686	144	7	8	5	3
32	Don Carter	21	LEE	D	MLN	73	313	275	35	73	16	8	1	30	7	34	50	.266	.343	.393	.736	108	0	1	3	3
33	Bob Sadowski	19	GAI	D	STL	136	605	498	95	131	24	8	3	56	26	93	85	.263	.383	.361	.744	180	6	4	4	3
34	Charles Smith	18	PKA	D	DET	69	292	259	28	68	7	1	2	29	5	22	45	.263	.318	.321	.639	83	1	6	4	1
35	Charles Mathews?	23	DYB	D	CLE	136	629	492	114	128	11	1	1	43	12	120	58	.260	.408	.293	.701	144	4	12	1	1
36	Gerald Weber?	21	GAI	D	STL	69	239	182	32	47	5	0	0	30	4	44	38	.258	.419	.286	.705	52	7	5	1	5
37	Thomas Wright	21	COC	D	NYG	138	650	563	110	145	28	2	4	60	27	73	69	.258	.344	.336	.680	189	2	10	2	0
38	Jerry Williams	22	LEE	D	MLN	86	363	316	41	81	17	1	8	51	11	37	75	.256	.339	.392	.731	124	4	3	3	4
39	Dan Briner*	19	PKA	D	DET	92	421	362	60	92	8	3	3	30	23	41	51	.254	.340	.318	.658	115	7	9	2	0
40	Richard Coleman	21	COC	D	NYG	134	568	460	58	117	16	5	3	67	12	95	108	.254	.383	.330	.713	152	4	4	5	2
41	Emil Fiore	19	SPT	D	NYY	140	600	498	74	126	24	10	1	73	9	81	69	.253	.356	.347	.704	173	4	8	9	4
42	Louis Marchegiano?	22	ORL	D		138	600	461	68	116	15	5	4	68	7	118	55	.252	.413	.332	.745	153	12	5	4	1
43	Robert Smith	19	DYB	D	CLE	117	479	381	46	96	10	2	0	34	4	89	79	.252	.394	.289	.682	110	2	4	3	1
44	Barett Payne*	19	PKA	D	DET	70	294	261	41	65	7	0	2	31	3	29	32	.249	.324	.299	.623	78	0	4	0	1
45	A.J. White	22	LEE	D	MLN	47	198	170	14	42	6	1	5	19	4	19	0	.247	.330	.382	.712	65	4	1	4	0
46	John Riddle*	23	GAI	D	STL	137	609	520	91	128	19	8	4	63	31	73	103	.246	.337	.337	.674	175	1	10	5	0
47	Anthony Kiburis?	19	PKA	D	DET	47	185	164	18	40	4	0	0	21	0	15	26	.244	.322	.268	.591	44	4	2	0	1
48	Charles Pearson?	20	COC	D	NYG	97	371	332	51	80	10	2	18	50	2	30	132	.241	.313	.446	.758	148	5	3	1	9
49	Sergio Hebra	23	ORL	D		74	226	204	17	49	7	0	0	22	1	18	47	.240	.307	.275	.581	56	2	1	1	1
50	Richard Shedd?	18	PKA	D	DET	98	349	314	30	75	12	3	1	37	3	25	59	.239	.293	.306	.599	96	1	4	5	4
51	Wib Estermyer?	22	PKA	D	DET	67	283	259	33	61	7	1	1	46	7	16	45	.236	.285	.282	.567	73	3	2	3	1
52	Richard Dickey	23	WPB	D	CIN	71	277	246	29	57	5	4	1	36	5	23	27	.232	.300	.297	.597	73	2	4	2	5
53	Stanley Martin*	21	SPT	D	NYY	131	554	482	63	112	16	4	14	65	10	59	110	.232	.312	.369	.682	178	1	3	9	9
54	Richard Beck	20	PKA	D	DET	97	403	333	43	77	15	1	2	29	2	62	70	.231	.354	.300	.655	100	2	5	1	2
55	Henry Johnson	19	SPT	D	NYY	95	372	305	37	70	7	2	3	38	0	58	83	.230	.364	.295	.659	90	7	1	1	3
56	James Yarbrough?	21	WPB	D	CIN	101	418	339	49	78	17	4	5	47	6	66	82	.230	.358	.348	.706	118	4	4	5	5
57	Dick Myers?	20	LEE	D	MLN	133	571	463	64	105	10	2	3	47	8	87	106	.227	.351	.277	.628	128	5	10	6	2
58	Jerry Carswell?	20	LEE	D	MLN	73	319	288	29	65	8	1	2	17	9	24	32	.226	.284	.281	.566	81	0	6	1	1
59	David Henderson?	19	DYB	D	CLE	51	213	187	31	42	7	2	0	12	3	21	44	.225	.311	.283	.595	53	3	1	1	0
60	Jack Gallop?	21	GAI	D	STL	67	302	250	40	56	8	3	0	23	10	44	47	.224	.350	.280	.630	70	5	2	1	5
61	John Stapp	19	LEE	D	MLN	52	203	165	13	36	0	0	0	19	7	31	22	.218	.348	.218	.567	36	3	2	2	2
62	Luis Boullon	19	WPB	D	CIN	118	390	318	40	69	9	3	2	35	5	60	71	.217	.341	.283	.624	90	3	3	6	4
63	Roberto Herrera	17	GAI	D	STL	56	170	151	15	32	6	1	1	26	2	16	49	.212	.292	.285	.577	43	1	2	0	0
64	Ronald Paul	19	SPT	D	NYY	108	423	387	30	82	11	7	0	47	6	29	109	.212	.268	.277	.544	107	2	1	4	4
65	Charles White?	21	LEE	D	MLN	48	202	179	26	38	4	1	0	13	2	17	36	.212	.281	.246	.527	44	1	3	2	2
66	Floyd Fehrenbach?	22	WPB	D	CIN	42	174	140	19	29	7	0	1	18	1	32	23	.207	.353	.279	.631	39	0	1	1	2
67	Julian Castro	23	ORL	D		39	157	140	13	28	5	0	2	14	0	10	37	.200	.269	.279	.548	39	4	1	2	0
68	George DesMeules?	20	LEE	D	MLN	86	334	301	24	60	6	0	0	21	6	26	52	.199	.264	.219	.483	66	1	4	2	1
69	Frank Szymanski?	19	DYB	D	CLE	123	526	402	75	77	7	7	10	55	11	107	140	.192	.370	.318	.688	128	10	1	6	4
70	Joe Morlan	19	DYB	D	CLE	50	196	168	13	32	8	2	1	19	0	22	38	.191	.294	.280	.574	47	3	2	1	0
71	James Baker	19	ORL	D		94	341	293	24	55	10	1	0	28	1	42	70	.188	.292	.229	.521	67	2	2	2	1
72	Allen Harris?	--	GAI	D	STL	50	183	138	30	26	2	1	0	15	3	37	31	.188	.361	.217	.579	30	2	3	3	1
73	Modesto Zarza?	18	ORL	D		118	453	402	47	75	6	3	0	34	3	33	62	.187	.253	.216	.469	87	3	14	1	1
74	Michael Kassabian?	29	PKA	D	DET	44	186	145	19	27	2	1	0	14	2	36	19	.186	.355	.214	.569	31	3	0	2	1
75	Charles Morsberger?	19	ORL	D		81	327	275	24	51	4	1	2	25	2	43	84	.186	.299	.229	.529	63	3	3	3	0
76	Jerry Paparella?	21	PKA	D	DET	102	466	371	51	69	11	0	0	21	6	78	69	.186	.341	.216	.556	80	10	5	2	0
77	Gordon Maxwell?	20	PKA	D	DET	43	182	146	25	27	7	1	1	18	5	27	24	.185	.315	.267	.582	39	2	4	3	0
78	Billy Bentley?	21	SPT	D	NYY	46	182	163	17	30	3	1	0	9	2	13	41	.184	.260	.215	.474	35	4	1	1	1
79	Dick Banse	18	DYB	D	CLE	81	295	268	33	49	3	2	1	24	1	18	98	.183	.235	.220	.455	59	1	5	3	0
80	Jose Padilla	21	WPB	D	CIN	134	501	403	41	72	9	4	0	32	17	83	91	.179	.317	.221	.538	89	0	12	3	4
81	Stan Anderson	20	COC	D	NYG	77	316	253	35	44	3	0	1	21	3	55	70	.174	.322	.198	.519	50	1	5	2	2
82	Andrew Kasper?	20	LEE	D	MLN	94	299	258	21	38	6	0	1	13	1	30	72	.147	.246	.182	.428	47	4	6	1	3