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1955 Cincinnati Redlegs

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1954 / 1956

75-79, Finished 5th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Birdie Tebbetts (75-79)
Scored 761 runs, Allowed 684 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-70

Ballparks: Crosley Field · Attendance: 693,662 (7th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 104 · one-year: Batting - 107, Pitching - 105

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1954 / 1956 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 33 R R 5' 10" 160 Dec 14, 1921 10 64 40 64 46 0 0 0 5 42 0 0 0 0 0 20 1 2.0
Fred Baczewski 29 L L 6' 2" 185 May 15, 1926 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Ed Bailey 24 L R 6' 2" 205 Apr 15, 1931 3 21 9 21 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0.2
Matt Batts 33 R R 5' 11" 200 Oct 16, 1921 9 26 18 26 21 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.3
Gus Bell 26 L R 6' 1" 190 Nov 15, 1928 6 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 154 0 0 3.7
Joe Black 31 R R 6' 2" 220 Feb 8, 1924 4 32 11 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bob Borkowski 29 R R 6' 0" 182 Jan 27, 1926 6 25 1 25 12 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 0 0 11 13 0 -0.3
Rocky Bridges 27 R R 5' 8" 170 Aug 7, 1927 5 95 43 95 90 0 0 0 9 59 27 0 0 0 0 0 11 0.7
Joe Brovia 33 L R 6' 3" 195 Feb 18, 1922 1st 21 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 -0.2
Smoky Burgess 28 L R 5' 8" 185 Feb 6, 1927 6 116 103 116 107 0 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 3.1 All-Star
Jackie Collum 28 L L 5' 7" 160 Jun 21, 1927 5 32 17 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2
Maurice Fisher 24 R R 6' 5" 210 Feb 16, 1931 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Art Fowler 32 R R 5' 11" 180 Jul 3, 1922 2 46 28 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.8
Hersh Freeman 26 R R 6' 3" 220 Jul 1, 1928 3 53 0 53 52 52 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.1
Glen Gorbous 24 L R 6' 2" 175 Jul 8, 1930 1st 8 4 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 3 1 0.2
Jim Greengrass 27 R R 6' 1" 200 Oct 24, 1927 4 13 11 13 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 11 2 0 -0.3
Don Gross 24 L L 5' 11" 186 Jun 30, 1931 1st 17 11 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7
Chuck Harmon 31 R R 6' 2" 175 Apr 23, 1924 2 96 50 96 72 0 0 4 0 38 0 32 2 0 33 17 19 0.6
Bob Hazle 24 L R 6' 0" 190 Dec 9, 1930 1st 6 3 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 3 0 0.2
Bob Hooper 33 R R 5' 11" 195 May 30, 1922 6 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Ray Jablonski 28 R R 5' 10" 175 Dec 17, 1926 3 74 54 74 56 0 0 0 0 28 0 28 0 0 28 20 0 -0.7
Johnny Klippstein 27 R R 6' 1" 173 Oct 17, 1927 6 39 14 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5
Ted Kluszewski 30 L L 6' 2" 225 Sep 10, 1924 9 153 153 153 153 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.4 All-Star
Hobie Landrith 25 L R 5' 10" 170 Mar 16, 1930 6 43 20 43 27 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0.2
Jerry Lane 29 R R 6' 0" 205 Feb 7, 1926 3 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.1
Roy McMillan 25 R R 5' 11" 170 Jul 17, 1929 5 151 148 151 150 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.7
Sam Mele 33 R R 6' 1" 183 Jan 21, 1922 9 35 11 35 14 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 0 1 13 22 0 -0.3
Rudy Minarcin 25 R R 6' 0" 195 Mar 25, 1930 1st 41 12 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9
Joe Nuxhall 26 L L 6' 3" 195 Jul 30, 1928 5 53 33 53 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3.9 All-Star
Stan Palys 25 R R 6' 2" 190 May 1, 1930 3 80 48 80 57 0 0 1 0 0 0 56 0 0 56 26 2 -0.1
Jim Pearce 30 R R 6' 6" 180 Jun 9, 1925 5 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Bud Podbielan 31 R R 6' 1" 170 Mar 6, 1924 7 17 2 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9
Wally Post 25 R R 6' 1" 190 Jul 9, 1929 6 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 154 0 0 5.3
Steve Ridzik 26 R R 5' 11" 170 Apr 29, 1929 5 13 2 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Andy Seminick 34 R R 5' 11" 187 Sep 12, 1920 13 6 4 6 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.2
Al Silvera 19 R R 6' 0" 180 Aug 26, 1935 1st 14 0 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 6 0.0
Milt Smith 26 R R 5' 10" 165 Mar 27, 1929 1st 36 28 36 33 0 0 0 6 28 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 -0.5
Gerry Staley 34 R R 6' 0" 195 Aug 21, 1920 9 30 18 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Johnny Temple 27 R R 5' 11" 175 Aug 8, 1927 4 150 149 150 149 0 0 0 149 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.9
Bob Thurman 38 L L 6' 1" 205 May 14, 1917 1st 82 27 82 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 0 0 36 53 2 -0.6
Corky Valentine 26 R R 6' 1" 203 Jan 4, 1929 2 10 5 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Hobie Landrith
Ed Bailey
Matt Batts
Smoky Burgess
Andy Seminick
Ed Bailey
Chuck Harmon
Roy McMillan
Bobby Adams
Ray Jablonski
Milt Smith
Rocky Bridges

Ray Jablonski
Johnny Temple
Ted Kluszewski
Bob Thurman
Jim Greengrass
Stan Palys
Bob Borkowski
Sam Mele
Gus Bell
Joe Brovia
Bob Hazle

Glen Gorbous
Al Silvera
Wally Post
Hersh Freeman
Don Gross
Jerry Lane
Jim Pearce
Steve Ridzik
Jackie Collum
Johnny Klippstein

Rudy Minarcin
Bob Hooper
Bud Podbielan
Joe Nuxhall
Gerry Staley
Maurice Fisher
Fred Baczewski
Joe Black
Corky Valentine

Art Fowler
Rudy Minarcin

1954 / 1956 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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