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1955 Cincinnati Redlegs Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Smoky Burgess* 28 116 477 421 67 129 15 3 20 77 1 1 47 35 .306 .373 .499 .871 125 210 11 1 2 6 4
2 1B Ted Kluszewski* 30 153 686 612 116 192 25 0 47 113 1 1 66 40 .314 .382 .585 .967 148 358 10 4 0 4 25
3 2B Johnny Temple 27 150 684 588 94 165 20 3 0 50 19 4 80 32 .281 .365 .325 .690 82 191 6 1 10 5 0
4 SS Roy McMillan 25 151 556 470 50 126 21 2 1 37 4 4 66 33 .268 .364 .328 .692 83 154 11 7 10 3 7
5 3B Rocky Bridges 27 95 190 168 20 48 4 0 1 18 1 1 15 19 .286 .341 .327 .668 76 55 4 0 5 2 2
6 LF Stan Palys 25 79 240 222 29 51 14 0 7 30 1 1 12 35 .230 .271 .387 .659 69 86 4 1 4 1 0
7 CF Gus Bell* 26 154 672 610 88 188 30 6 27 104 4 4 54 57 .308 .361 .510 .871 124 311 6 0 2 6 2
8 RF Wally Post 25 154 668 601 116 186 33 3 40 109 7 4 60 102 .309 .372 .574 .946 142 345 15 2 2 3 5
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 UT Ray Jablonski 28 74 239 221 28 53 9 0 9 28 0 1 13 35 .240 .289 .403 .691 78 89 4 3 0 2 1
10 UT Chuck Harmon 31 96 232 198 31 50 6 3 5 28 9 9 26 24 .253 .345 .389 .734 91 77 2 3 3 2 0
11 3B Bobby Adams 33 64 176 150 23 41 11 2 2 20 2 0 20 21 .273 .368 .413 .781 103 62 3 3 2 1 1
12 LF Bob Thurman* 38 82 170 152 19 33 2 3 7 22 0 2 17 26 .217 .296 .408 .704 81 62 6 0 1 0 2
13 3B Milt Smith 26 36 117 102 15 20 3 1 3 8 2 2 13 24 .196 .293 .333 .626 63 34 3 1 1 0 0
14 C Hobie Landrith* 25 43 98 87 9 22 3 0 4 7 0 1 10 14 .253 .330 .425 .755 95 37 2 0 1 0 1
15 C Matt Batts 33 26 78 71 4 18 4 1 0 13 0 0 4 11 .254 .286 .338 .624 62 24 3 0 1 2 0
16 UT Sam Mele 33 35 68 62 4 13 1 0 2 7 0 1 5 13 .210 .279 .323 .602 57 20 5 1 0 0 0
17 LF Jim Greengrass 27 13 48 39 1 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 9 9 .103 .271 .154 .425 15 6 1 0 0 0 0
18 C Ed Bailey* 24 21 46 39 3 8 1 1 1 4 0 0 4 10 .205 .326 .359 .685 79 14 2 3 0 0 0
19 LF Glen Gorbous* 24 8 21 18 2 6 3 0 0 4 0 0 3 1 .333 .429 .500 .929 141 9 0 0 0 0 0
20 UT Bob Borkowski 29 25 20 18 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .167 .211 .222 .433 13 4 1 0 1 0 0
21 Joe Brovia* 33 21 20 18 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 6 .111 .150 .111 .261 -30 2 0 0 0 1 0
22 C Andy Seminick 34 6 15 15 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 .133 .133 .333 .467 17 5 0 0 0 0 0
23 LF Bob Hazle* 24 6 13 13 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .231 .231 .231 .462 21 3 0 0 0 0 0
24 LF Al Silvera 19 13 7 7 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -25 1 0 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
25 P Joe Nuxhall* 26 53 101 86 10 17 4 0 3 14 0 0 8 24 .198 .268 .349 .617 59 30 0 1 4 2 0
26 P Art Fowler 32 46 74 60 6 12 0 0 0 7 0 0 5 13 .200 .254 .200 .454 21 12 1 0 7 2 0
27 P Jackie Collum* 28 32 51 40 8 10 2 0 0 5 0 0 5 3 .250 .348 .300 .648 71 12 1 1 5 0 0
28 P Jerry Staley 34 30 42 36 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 11 .056 .105 .056 .161 -56 2 1 0 4 0 0
29 P Johnny Klippstein 27 39 39 31 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 15 .065 .171 .097 .268 -27 3 1 1 4 0 0
30 P Joe Black 31 32 34 30 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 .100 .129 .100 .229 -39 3 0 0 3 0 0
31 P Rudy Minarcin 25 41 31 28 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 .179 .226 .179 .404 7 5 0 0 0 1 0
32 P Don Gross* 24 17 23 19 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .158 .200 .158 .358 -5 3 0 0 3 0 0
33 P Hersh Freeman 26 53 19 18 3 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 3 .167 .211 .389 .599 52 7 1 0 0 0 0
34 P Bud Podbielan 31 17 8 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .400 .571 .400 .971 160 2 0 0 1 0 0
35 P Corky Valentine 26 10 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 P Steve Ridzik 26 13 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .167 .167 .167 .333 -13 1 0 0 0 0 0
37 P Bob Hooper 33 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 P Maurice Fisher 24 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 P Jim Pearce 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 P Jerry Lane 29 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 P Fred Baczewski* 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 27.7 154 5978 5270 761 1424 216 28 181 726 51 36 556 657 .270 .341 .425 .766 98 2239 104 33 76 43 50
Rank in 8 NL teams 3 2 1 4 8 3 3 3 3 5 2 2 3 2 3
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Joe Nuxhall* 26 17 12 .586 3.47 50 33 8 14 5 3 257.0 240 108 99 25 78 6 98 5 0 5 1061 121 1.237 8.4 0.9 2.7 3.4 1.26
2 SP Art Fowler 32 11 10 .524 3.90 46 28 9 8 3 2 207.2 198 96 90 20 63 3 94 1 0 6 867 108 1.257 8.6 0.9 2.7 4.1 1.49
3 SP Jackie Collum* 28 9 8 .529 3.63 32 17 8 5 0 1 134.0 128 65 54 17 37 4 49 2 0 0 546 116 1.231 8.6 1.1 2.5 3.3 1.32
4 SP Jerry Staley 34 5 8 .385 4.66 30 18 3 2 0 0 119.2 146 72 62 22 28 3 40 3 0 1 519 90 1.454 11.0 1.7 2.1 3.0 1.43
5 SP Don Gross* 24 4 5 .444 4.14 17 11 6 2 1 0 67.1 79 33 31 11 16 0 33 1 0 0 287 101 1.411 10.6 1.5 2.1 4.4 2.06
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 CL Hersh Freeman 26 7 4 .636 2.16 52 0 27 0 0 11 91.2 94 31 22 3 30 6 37 2 1 2 386 194 1.353 9.2 0.3 2.9 3.6 1.23
7 RP Johnny Klippstein 27 9 10 .474 3.39 39 14 14 3 2 0 138.0 120 66 52 13 60 5 68 4 0 6 588 124 1.304 7.8 0.8 3.9 4.4 1.13
8 RP Rudy Minarcin 25 5 9 .357 4.90 41 12 11 3 1 1 115.2 116 73 63 17 51 7 45 3 0 4 506 86 1.444 9.0 1.3 4.0 3.5 0.88
9 RP Joe Black 31 5 2 .714 4.22 32 11 13 1 0 3 102.1 106 58 48 13 25 3 54 0 1 0 439 99 1.280 9.3 1.1 2.2 4.7 2.16
10 RP Bud Podbielan 31 1 2 .333 3.21 17 2 5 0 0 0 42.0 36 16 15 4 11 0 26 1 0 2 171 131 1.119 7.7 0.9 2.4 5.6 2.36
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
11 Steve Ridzik 26 0 3 .000 4.50 13 2 3 0 0 0 30.0 35 16 15 4 14 1 6 1 0 2 134 93 1.633 10.5 1.2 4.2 1.8 0.43
12 Corky Valentine 26 2 1 .667 7.42 10 5 2 0 0 0 26.2 29 23 22 5 16 2 14 1 1 0 127 57 1.688 9.8 1.7 5.4 4.7 0.88
13 Bob Hooper 33 0 2 .000 7.62 8 0 1 0 0 0 13.0 20 12 11 2 6 0 6 0 0 0 65 55 2.000 13.8 1.4 4.2 4.2 1.00
14 Jerry Lane 29 0 2 .000 4.91 8 0 6 0 0 1 11.0 11 6 6 2 6 2 5 0 0 0 47 86 1.545 9.0 1.6 4.9 4.1 0.83
15 Jim Pearce 30 0 1 .000 10.80 2 1 0 0 0 0 3.1 8 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 39 2.400 21.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
16 Maurice Fisher 24 0 0 6.75 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 5 2 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 15 62 2.625 16.9 3.4 6.8 3.4 0.50
17 Fred Baczewski* 29 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 23 2.000 18.0 18.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 28.4 75 79 .487 3.95 154 154 116 38 12 22 1363.0 1373 684 598 161 443 42 576 24 3 28 5781 106 1.332 9.1 1.1 2.9 3.8 1.30
Rank in 8 NL teams 5 4 5 8 1 3 6 6 5 5 5 1 5420
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary
Bobby Adams 33 47 40 326.1 135 39 92 4 12 .970 8.0 29.4 7.0 1.9 5.2 1 3.61 2.79 3B-2B
Fred Baczewski 29 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Ed Bailey 24 11 9 76.0 52 42 8 2 3 .962 1.0 15.8 1 5.92 4.55 1 1 0 4 100% C
Matt Batts 33 21 18 155.1 74 65 8 1 2 .986 0.0 0.0 0 4.23 3.48 0 4 3 3 50% C
Gus Bell 26 154 154 1357.2 377 367 5 5 0 .987 -8.3 -7.3 -8.3 -6.1 -2.2 0 2.47 2.42 CF
Joe Black 31 32 11 102.1 22 3 17 2 1 .909 1.76 0.63 P
Bob Borkowski 29 12 1 24.1 13 11 1 1 1 .923 -0.6 -29.6 -0.6 -1.4 0.7 0 0 4.44 1.00 LF-1B
Rocky Bridges 27 94 43 476.0 192 69 117 6 14 .969 4.2 10.6 4.2 3.8 0.5 0 3.52 1.98 3B-SS-2B
Smoky Burgess 28 107 103 912.0 499 457 35 7 6 .986 -1.0 -1.3 -1 4.86 4.60 8 21 25 18 42% C
Jackie Collum 28 32 17 134.0 33 6 24 3 0 .909 2.01 0.94 P
Maurice Fisher 24 1 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Art Fowler 32 46 28 207.2 42 12 30 0 1 1.000 1.82 0.91 P
Hersh Freeman 26 53 0 92.0 24 4 20 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.35 0.45 P-3B
Glen Gorbous 24 5 4 36.0 14 12 0 2 0 .857 1.0 33.3 1.0 0.9 0.0 0 3.00 2.40 LF
Jim Greengrass 27 11 11 96.0 31 30 1 0 0 1.000 2.4 30.0 1.4 3.0 -1.7 1 2.91 2.82 LF
Don Gross 24 17 11 67.1 17 3 12 2 1 .882 2.00 0.88 P
Chuck Harmon 31 77 50 480.2 174 118 50 6 6 .966 1.2 3.0 3.2 -0.4 3.7 -1 -1 3.15 2.18 3B-LF-1B-CF
Bob Hazle 24 4 3 21.0 13 12 1 0 0 1.000 2.8 160.0 1.8 0.6 1.3 1 5.57 3.25 LF
Bob Hooper 33 8 0 13.0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.77 0.50 P
Ray Jablonski 28 56 54 430.1 127 70 46 11 3 .913 -4.7 -13.1 -4.7 -2.1 -2.6 0 0 2.43 2.07 3B-LF
Johnny Klippstein 27 39 14 138.0 35 9 23 3 0 .914 2.09 0.82 P
Ted Kluszewski 30 153 153 1343.2 1482 1388 86 8 153 .995 0.6 0.5 -0.4 -1.5 1.1 1 9.87 9.63 1B
Hobie Landrith 25 27 20 183.1 100 86 14 0 3 1.000 3.0 19.6 3 4.91 3.70 1 2 2 5 71% C
Jerry Lane 29 8 0 11.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.27 0.50 P
Roy McMillan 25 150 148 1275.0 810 290 495 25 111 .969 18.7 17.6 17.7 7.0 10.7 1 5.54 5.23 SS
Sam Mele 33 14 11 92.0 24 23 0 1 0 .958 0.7 9.1 0.7 0.7 0.0 0 2.25 1.64 LF-RF-1B
Rudy Minarcin 25 41 12 115.2 37 8 28 1 2 .973 2.80 0.88 P
Joe Nuxhall 26 50 33 256.2 50 12 35 3 4 .940 1.65 0.94 P
Stan Palys 25 57 48 437.2 119 116 2 1 0 .992 3.8 10.4 3.8 -0.5 4.3 0 2.43 2.07 LF-1B
Jim Pearce 30 2 1 3.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 0.50 P
Bud Podbielan 31 17 2 42.0 9 0 9 0 0 1.000 1.93 0.53 P
Wally Post 25 154 154 1356.2 320 299 14 7 1 .978 0.6 0.5 -1.4 0.3 -1.7 2 2.08 2.03 RF
Steve Ridzik 26 13 2 30.0 6 1 4 1 0 .833 1.50 0.38 P
Andy Seminick 34 5 4 36.0 26 26 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.50 5.20 0 1 1 1 50% C
Al Silvera 19 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 LF
Milt Smith 26 33 28 255.0 98 30 61 7 4 .929 -0.4 -1.9 -0.4 1.6 -2.0 0 3.21 2.76 3B-2B
Jerry Staley 34 30 18 119.2 35 9 24 2 3 .943 2.48 1.10 P
Johnny Temple 27 150 149 1288.0 842 408 410 24 119 .971 5.8 5.4 3.8 -4.8 8.6 2 5.72 5.45 2B-SS
Bob Thurman 38 36 27 239.0 61 56 2 3 0 .951 -0.3 -1.5 0.7 -2.5 3.2 -1 2.18 1.61 LF
Corky Valentine 26 10 5 26.2 12 2 9 1 0 .917 3.71 1.10 P
Team Totals 27.7 154 1386 12264.0 5916 4088 1689 139 455 .977 38.5 3.8 29.5 0.5 29.1 2 4 3 4.24 3.25 10 29 31 31 50%
Rank in 8 NL teams 6 2 3
Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary

1954 / 1956 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics