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1954 Cincinnati Redlegs

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1953 / 1955

74-80, Finished 5th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Birdie Tebbetts (74-80)
Scored 729 runs, Allowed 763 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-80

Ballparks: Crosley Field · Attendance: 704,167 (7th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 102, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 103

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1953 / 1955 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR
Bobby Adams 32 R R 5' 10" 160 Dec 14, 1921 9 110 95 110 95 0 0 0 2 93 0 0 0 0 0 13 2 1.4
Fred Baczewski 28 L L 6' 2" 185 May 15, 1926 2 29 22 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Ed Bailey 23 L R 6' 2" 205 Apr 15, 1931 2 73 53 73 61 0 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0.7
Gus Bell 25 L R 6' 1" 190 Nov 15, 1928 5 153 152 153 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 153 0 153 1 0 2.5 All-Star
Jim Bolger 22 R R 6' 2" 180 Feb 23, 1932 3 5 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 0.0
Bob Borkowski 28 R R 6' 0" 182 Jan 27, 1926 5 73 33 73 39 0 0 3 0 0 0 14 0 22 36 36 0 -0.7
Rocky Bridges 26 R R 5' 8" 170 Aug 7, 1927 4 53 12 53 51 0 0 0 19 13 20 0 0 0 0 4 2 0.3
Jackie Collum 27 L L 5' 7" 160 Jun 21, 1927 4 36 2 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Karl Drews 34 R R 6' 4" 192 Feb 22, 1920 8 22 9 22 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Nino Escalera 24 L L 5' 10" 165 Dec 1, 1929 1st 73 9 73 23 0 0 8 0 0 1 1 4 10 14 32 28 -0.5
Art Fowler 31 R R 5' 11" 180 Jul 3, 1922 1st 40 29 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.5
Jim Greengrass 26 R R 6' 1" 200 Oct 24, 1927 3 139 137 139 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 137 0 0 137 2 0 2.0
Chuck Harmon 30 R R 6' 2" 175 Apr 23, 1924 1st 94 63 94 70 0 0 3 0 67 0 0 0 0 0 24 4 -0.6
Grady Hatton 31 L R 5' 8" 170 Oct 7, 1922 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
Howie Judson 28 R R 6' 1" 195 Feb 16, 1926 7 37 8 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8
Ted Kluszewski 29 L L 6' 2" 225 Sep 10, 1924 8 149 149 149 149 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.1 All-Star
Hobie Landrith 24 L R 5' 10" 170 Mar 16, 1930 5 48 26 48 42 0 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.4
Jerry Lane 28 R R 6' 0" 205 Feb 7, 1926 2 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Johnny Lipon 31 R R 6' 0" 175 Nov 10, 1922 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
Roy McMillan 24 R R 5' 11" 170 Jul 17, 1929 4 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1
Lloyd Merriman 29 L L 6' 0" 190 Aug 2, 1924 4 73 22 73 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 16 25 49 0 0.7
Dick Murphy 22 L L 5' 11" 170 Oct 25, 1931 1st 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0.0
Joe Nuxhall 25 L L 6' 3" 195 Jul 30, 1928 4 36 14 36 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.2
Jim Pearce 29 R R 6' 6" 180 Jun 9, 1925 4 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7
Harry Perkowski 31 L L 6' 2" 196 Sep 6, 1922 7 28 12 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1
Mario Picone 27 R R 5' 11" 180 Jul 5, 1926 3 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bud Podbielan 30 R R 6' 1" 170 Mar 6, 1924 6 27 24 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8
Wally Post 24 R R 6' 1" 190 Jul 9, 1929 5 130 112 130 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 115 116 15 0 -0.1
Ken Raffensberger 36 R L 6' 2" 185 Aug 8, 1917 15 6 1 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Cliff Ross 25 L L 6' 4" 195 Aug 3, 1928 1st 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Connie Ryan 34 R R 5' 11" 175 Feb 27, 1920 12 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
Moe Savransky 25 L L 5' 11" 175 Jan 13, 1929 1st 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Andy Seminick 33 R R 5' 11" 187 Sep 12, 1920 12 86 75 86 82 0 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1.9
Frank Smith 26 R R 6' 3" 195 Apr 4, 1928 5 50 0 50 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1
Johnny Temple 26 R R 5' 11" 175 Aug 8, 1927 3 146 140 146 144 0 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2.7
Corky Valentine 25 R R 6' 1" 203 Jan 4, 1929 1st 36 28 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Herm Wehmeier 27 R R 6' 2" 185 Feb 18, 1927 9 13 3 13 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.7
George Zuverink 29 R R 6' 4" 195 Aug 20, 1924 3 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Hobie Landrith

Ed Bailey

Andy Seminick

Chuck Harmon

Roy McMillan

Bobby Adams

Rocky Bridges

Jim Bolger
Grady Hatton
Johnny Lipon

Johnny Temple

Ted Kluszewski

Dick Murphy
Connie Ryan

Lloyd Merriman

Nino Escalera

Jim Greengrass

Bob Borkowski

Gus Bell

Wally Post

Karl Drews
Cliff Ross
Herm Wehmeier

Frank Smith

Jackie Collum

Harry Perkowski

Karl Drews
Jerry Lane
Mario Picone
Ken Raffensberger

Bud Podbielan

Joe Nuxhall

Moe Savransky

Fred Baczewski

Howie Judson

Corky Valentine

Art Fowler

Karl Drews
George Zuverink

Jim Pearce

1953 / 1955 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers