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1955 Cincinnati Redlegs (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1954/1956) 75-79, Finished 5th in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 761 runs, Allowed 684 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-70 Managed by Birdie Tebbetts Ballpark: Crosley Field (ballparks.com) Attendance: 693,662 (7th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 103   (one-year): Batting - 106, Pitching - 104   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  *Smoky Burgess       28  116  421   67  129  15  3  20   77  47   35  .306  .373  .499   1   1  11   1   2   6   4  126
1B *Ted Kluszewski      30  153  612  116  192  25  0  47  113  66   40  .314  .382  .585   1   1  10   4   0   4  25  149
2B  Johnny Temple       27  150  588   94  165  20  3   0   50  80   32  .281  .365  .325  19   4   6   1  10   5   0   83
3B  Rocky Bridges       27   95  168   20   48   4  0   1   18  15   19  .286  .341  .327   1   1   4   0   5   2   2   76
SS  Roy McMillan        25  151  470   50  126  21  2   1   37  66   33  .268  .364  .328   4   4  11   7  10   3   7   83
OF *Gus Bell            26  154  610   88  188  30  6  27  104  54   57  .308  .361  .510   4   4   6   0   2   6   2  125
OF  Wally Post          25  154  601  116  186  33  3  40  109  60  102  .309  .372  .574   7   4  15   2   2   3   5  143
OF  Stan Palys          25   79  222   29   51  14  0   7   30  12   35  .230  .271  .387   1   1   4   1   4   1   0   70
    Ray Jablonski       28   74  221   28   53   9  0   9   28  13   35  .240  .289  .403   0   1   4   3   0   2   1   79
    Chuck Harmon        31   96  198   31   50   6  3   5   28  26   24  .253  .345  .389   9   9   2   3   3   2   0   92
   *Bob Thurman         38   82  152   19   33   2  3   7   22  17   26  .217  .296  .408   0   2   6   0   1   0   2   82
    Bobby Adams         33   64  150   23   41  11  2   2   20  20   21  .273  .368  .413   2   0   3   3   2   1   1  104
    Milt Smith          26   36  102   15   20   3  1   3    8  13   24  .196  .293  .333   2   2   3   1   1   0   0   64
   *Hobie Landrith      25   43   87    9   22   3  0   4    7  10   14  .253  .330  .425   0   1   2   0   1   0   1   96
    Matt Batts          33   26   71    4   18   4  1   0   13   4   11  .254  .286  .338   0   0   3   0   1   2   0   63
    Sam Mele            33   35   62    4   13   1  0   2    7   5   13  .210  .279  .323   0   1   5   1   0   0   0   57
   *Ed Bailey           24   21   39    3    8   1  1   1    4   4   10  .205  .326  .359   0   0   2   3   0   0   0   79
    Jim Greengrass      27   13   39    1    4   2  0   0    1   9    9  .103  .271  .154   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   15
    Bob Borkowski       29   25   18    1    3   1  0   0    1   1    2  .167  .211  .222   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   14
   *Joe Brovia          33   21   18    0    2   0  0   0    4   1    6  .111  .150  .111   0   0   0   0   0   1   0  -30
   *Glen Gorbous        24    8   18    2    6   3  0   0    4   3    1  .333  .429  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  142
    Andy Seminick       34    6   15    1    2   0  0   1    1   0    3  .133  .133  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   17
   *Bob Hazle           24    6   13    0    3   0  0   0    0   0    3  .231  .231  .231   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   22
    Al Silvera          19   13    7    3    1   0  0   0    2   0    1  .143  .143  .143   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -25

   *Joe Nuxhall         26   53   86   10   17   4  0   3   14   8   24  .198  .268  .349   0   0   0   1   4   2   0   60
    Art Fowler          32   46   60    6   12   0  0   0    7   5   13  .200  .254  .200   0   0   1   0   7   2   0   21
   *Jackie Collum       28   32   40    8   10   2  0   0    5   5    3  .250  .348  .300   0   0   1   1   5   0   0   72
    Jerry Staley        34   30   36    2    2   0  0   0    3   2   11  .056  .105  .056   0   0   1   0   4   0   0  -56
    Johnny Klippstein   27   39   31    3    2   1  0   0    1   3   15  .065  .171  .097   0   0   1   1   4   0   0  -27
    Joe Black           31   32   30    3    3   0  0   0    2   1   10  .100  .129  .100   0   0   0   0   3   0   0  -39
    Rudy Minarcin       25   41   28    2    5   0  0   0    2   2    6  .179  .226  .179   0   0   0   0   0   1   0    8
   *Don Gross           24   17   19    0    3   0  0   0    1   1    6  .158  .200  .158   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   -5
    Hersh Freeman       26   53   18    3    3   1  0   1    3   1    3  .167  .211  .389   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   53
    Corky Valentine     26   10    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Steve Ridzik        26   13    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    5  .167  .167  .167   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -12
    Bud Podbielan       31   17    5    0    2   0  0   0    0   2    0  .400  .571  .400   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  161
    Maurice Fisher      24    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Bob Hooper          33    8    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.8  154 5270  761 1424 216 28 181  726 556  657  .270  .340  .425  51  36 104  33  76  43  50  105
    Rank among 8 NL teams          3    2    1   4  8   3        3    5     2     2     3   3   3                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Joe Nuxhall         26  50   3.47  17  12  3  33   8  14   5  257.0  240  108   99  25   78   98 1061   5   5  0   6 120
SP  Art Fowler          32  46   3.90  11  10  2  28   9   8   3  207.7  198   96   90  20   63   94  867   6   1  0   3 107
SP  Jerry Staley        34  30   4.66   5   8  0  18   3   2   0  119.7  146   72   62  22   28   40  519   1   3  0   3  89
SP *Jackie Collum       28  32   3.63   9   8  1  17   8   5   0  134.0  128   65   54  17   37   49  546   0   2  0   4 115
SP *Don Gross           24  17   4.14   4   5  0  11   6   2   1   67.3   79   33   31  11   16   33  287   0   1  0   0 100

CL  Hersh Freeman       26  52   2.16   7   4 11   0  27   0   0   91.7   94   31   22   3   30   37  386   2   2  1   6 193
RP  Rudy Minarcin       25  41   4.90   5   9  1  12  11   3   1  115.7  116   73   63  17   51   45  506   4   3  0   7  85
RP  Johnny Klippstein   27  39   3.39   9  10  0  14  14   3   2  138.0  120   66   52  13   60   68  588   6   4  0   5 123
RP  Joe Black           31  32   4.22   5   2  3  11  13   1   0  102.3  106   58   48  13   25   54  439   0   0  1   3  99
RP  Bud Podbielan       31  17   3.21   1   2  0   2   5   0   0   42.0   36   16   15   4   11   26  171   2   1  0   0 129

    Steve Ridzik        26  13   4.50   0   3  0   2   3   0   0   30.0   35   16   15   4   14    6  134   2   1  0   1  92
    Corky Valentine     26  10   7.43   2   1  0   5   2   0   0   26.7   29   23   22   5   16   14  127   0   1  1   2  56
    Bob Hooper          33   8   7.62   0   2  0   0   1   0   0   13.0   20   12   11   2    6    6   65   0   0  0   0  55
    Jerry Lane          29   8   4.91   0   2  1   0   6   0   0   11.0   11    6    6   2    6    5   47   0   0  0   2  85
    Jim Pearce          30   2  10.80   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    3.3    8    5    4   0    0    0   18   0   0  0   0  38
    Maurice Fisher      24   1   6.75   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.7    5    2    2   1    2    1   15   0   0  0   0  62
   *Fred Baczewski      29   1  18.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    1.0    2    2    2   2    0    0    5   0   0  0   0  23
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.4 154   3.95  75  79 22 154 116  38  12 1363.0 1373  684  598 161  443  576 5781  28  24  3  42 105
    Rank among 8 NL teams           5   5   4  3           8   1      6    6    5        5    1    8

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- SBurgess 107 457 35 7 6 .986 8 HLandrith 27 86 14 0 3 1.000 1 MBatts 21 65 8 1 2 .986 0 EBailey 11 42 8 2 3 .962 1 ASeminick 5 26 0 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 676 65 10 14 .987 10 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .991 9.09 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TKluszewski 153 1388 86 8 153 .995 9.63 CHarmon 4 12 0 0 2 1.000 3.00 BBorkowski 1 6 1 1 1 .875 7.00 SMele 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 SPalys 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1407 87 9 156 .994 9.87 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .974 5.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JTemple 149 408 410 24 119 .971 5.49 RBridges 9 10 10 0 3 1.000 2.22 BAdams 5 4 4 0 1 1.000 1.60 MSmith 5 9 7 0 0 1.000 3.20 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 431 431 24 123 .973 5.69 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .951 2.81 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RBridges 59 48 88 5 7 .965 2.31 BAdams 42 35 88 4 11 .969 2.93 CHarmon 39 38 48 6 3 .935 2.21 RJablonski 28 24 44 10 3 .872 2.43 MSmith 28 21 54 7 4 .915 2.68 HFreeman 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 166 322 32 28 .938 3.22 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .964 4.57 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RMcMillan 150 290 495 25 111 .969 5.23 RBridges 26 11 19 1 4 .968 1.15 JTemple 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 301 514 26 115 .969 5.38 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .977 2.10 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- GBell 154 364 4 5 0 .987 2.39 0 154 0 WPost 154 298 13 7 2 .978 2.02 0 0 154 SPalys 55 116 3 1 0 .992 2.16 55 0 0 BThurman 36 54 2 3 0 .949 1.56 36 0 0 CHarmon 32 76 2 0 1 1.000 2.44 32 2 0 RJablonski 28 45 2 1 0 .979 1.68 28 0 0 SMele 13 24 0 1 0 .960 1.85 12 0 1 BBorkowski 11 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.45 11 0 0 JGreengrass 11 30 1 0 0 1.000 2.82 11 0 0 GGorbous 5 12 0 2 0 .857 2.40 5 0 0 BHazle 3 12 1 0 0 1.000 4.33 3 0 0 ASilvera 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 1036 28 20 3 .982 2.34 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .950 2.04 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JNuxhall 50 12 35 3 4 .940 1.65 AFowler 46 12 30 0 1 1.000 1.82 JKlippstein 39 9 23 3 0 .914 2.09 JCollum 32 6 24 3 0 .909 2.01 JStaley 30 9 24 2 3 .943 2.48 RMinarcin 41 8 28 1 2 .973 2.80 JBlack 32 3 17 2 1 .909 1.76 HFreeman 52 4 20 0 4 1.000 2.36 DGross 17 3 12 2 1 .882 2.01 BPodbielan 17 0 9 0 0 1.000 1.93 SRidzik 13 1 4 1 0 .833 1.50 CValentine 10 2 9 1 0 .917 3.71 BHooper 8 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.77 JLane 8 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.27 JPearce 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.73 MFisher 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 FBaczewski 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 71 242 18 16 .946 2.07 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Kluszewski .314 On-base % Kluszewski .382 Slugging % Kluszewski .585 OPS Kluszewski .967 Games Bell and Post 154 At Bats Kluszewski 612 Plate Appearances (approx.) Kluszewski 686 Runs Kluszewski and Post 116 Hits Kluszewski 192 Total Bases Kluszewski 358 Doubles Post 33 Triples Bell 6 Home Runs Kluszewski 47 RBI Kluszewski 113 Bases on Balls Temple 80 Strikeouts Post 102 Stolen Bases Temple 19 Singles Temple 142 Adjusted OPS+ Kluszewski 149 Runs Created Kluszewski 136 Adjusted Batting Runs Kluszewski 42 Batting Wins Kluszewski 4.1 Extra-Base Hits Post 76 Times on Base Kluszewski 262 Offensive Win% Kluszewski .743 Hit By Pitch McMillan 7 Sac. Hits McMillan and Temple 10 Sac. Flies Bell and Burgess 6 Intentional Walks Kluszewski 25 Grounded into Double Plays Post 15 Caught Stealing Harmon 9 Power/Speed Number Post 11.9 At Bats per Strikeout Temple 18.4 At Bats per Home Run Kluszewski 13.0 Outs Temple 448

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Nuxhall 3.47 Wins Nuxhall 17 Won-Loss % Nuxhall .586 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Nuxhall 1.237 Hits Allowed/9IP Nuxhall 8.40 Bases on Balls/9IP Fowler and Nuxhall 2.73 Strikeouts/9IP Fowler 4.07 Games Freeman 52 Saves Freeman 11 Innings Nuxhall 257.0 Strikeouts Nuxhall 98 Games Started Nuxhall 33 Comp. Games Nuxhall 14 Shutouts Nuxhall 5 Home Runs Allow. Nuxhall 25 Bases On Balls Allow. Nuxhall 78 Hits Allowed Nuxhall 240 SO to Walk Fowler 1.49 Losses Nuxhall 12 Earned Runs Allow. Nuxhall 99 Wild Pitches Fowler and Klippstein 6 Hit Batsmen Nuxhall 5 Batters Faced Nuxhall 1061 Games Finished Freeman 27 Adjusted ERA+ Nuxhall 120

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Smoky Burgess
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Joe Nuxhall

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