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1955 Cincinnati Redlegs Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1954 / 1956)
75-79, Finished 5th in National League
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Scored 761 runs, Allowed 684 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-70
Manager: Birdie Tebbetts (75-79)
Ballpark: Crosley Field (ballparks.com)
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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Bobby Adams 33 R R 5' 10" 170 Dec 14, 1921 10 64 40 64 64 0 0 0 5 42 0 0 0 0 0 20 1
Fred Baczewski 29 L L 185 May 15, 1926 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ed Bailey 24 L R 6' 2" 205 Apr 15, 1931 3 21 9 21 21 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
Matt Batts 33 R R 5' 11" 200 Oct 16, 1921 9 26 18 26 26 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Gus Bell 26 L R 6' 2" 196 Nov 15, 1928 6 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 154 0 0
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
Bob Borkowski 29 R R 6' 0" 182 Jan 27, 1926 6 25 1 25 25 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 0 0 11 13 0
Rocky Bridges 27 R R 5' 8" 175 Aug 7, 1927 5 95 43 95 95 0 0 0 9 59 26 0 0 0 0 0 11
Joe Brovia 33 L R 6' 3" 195 Feb 18, 1922 1st 21 0 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
Smoky Burgess 28 L R 5' 8" 187 Feb 6, 1927 6 116 103 116 116 0 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 All-Star
Jackie Collum 28 L L 5' 7" 163 Jun 21, 1927 5 32 17 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
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
Hersh Freeman 26 R R 6' 3" 220 Jul 1, 1928 3 53 0 53 53 52 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Glen Gorbous 24 L R 6' 2" 175 Jul 8, 1930 1st 8 4 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 3 1
Jim Greengrass 27 R R 6' 1" 200 Oct 24, 1927 4 13 11 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 11 2 0
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
Chuck Harmon 31 R R 6' 2" 175 Apr 23, 1924 2 96 50 96 96 0 0 4 0 39 0 32 2 0 32 17 19
Bob Hazle 24 L R 6' 0" 190 Dec 9, 1930 1st 6 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 3 0
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
Ray Jablonski 28 R R 5' 10" 183 Dec 17, 1926 3 74 54 74 74 0 0 0 0 28 0 28 0 0 28 20 0
Johnny Klippstein 27 R R 6' 1" 185 Oct 17, 1927 6 39 14 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 All-Star
Hobie Landrith 25 L R 5' 10" 170 Mar 16, 1930 6 43 20 43 43 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
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
Roy McMillan 25 R R 5' 11" 170 Jul 17, 1929 5 151 148 151 151 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 1 0
Sam Mele 33 R R 6' 1" 187 Jan 21, 1922 9 35 11 35 35 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 0 1 13 22 0
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
Joe Nuxhall 26 L L 6' 3" 219 Jul 30, 1928 5 53 33 53 53 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 All-Star
Stan Palys 25 R R 6' 2" 190 May 1, 1930 3 79 48 79 79 0 0 1 0 0 0 55 0 0 55 26 2
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
Bud Podbielan 31 R R 170 Mar 6, 1924 7 17 2 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wally Post 25 R R 6' 1" 203 Jul 9, 1929 6 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 154 0 0
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
Andy Seminick 34 R R 5' 11" 187 Sep 12, 1920 13 6 4 6 6 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Al Silvera 19 R R 6' 0" 180 Aug 26, 1935 1st 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 6
Milt Smith 26 R R 5' 10" 165 Mar 27, 1929 1st 36 28 36 36 0 0 0 5 28 0 0 0 0 0 2 4
Jerry 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
Johnny Temple 27 R R 5' 11" 175 Aug 8, 1927 4 150 149 150 150 0 0 0 149 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Bob Thurman 38 L L 6' 1" 205 May 14, 1917 1st 82 27 82 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 0 0 36 53 2
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
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

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