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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 - 104, Pitching - 103;   one-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 104

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1954 / 1956 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
Redesign Note: Summary Batting, Pitching and Fielding Stats are below. Detailed Batting, Pitching, and Fielding Stats are available using the navigation bar just above this note or the "Detailed" links beside the table headers. Leaderboards have been removed since all tables are now sortable by clicking the headers. The all-stars and salaries are on the roster page linked above.

Team Batting

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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 .871 126 210 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 .967 149 358 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 83 191 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 70 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 .871 125 311 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 .946 143 345 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 79 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 92 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 .781 104 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 82 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 64 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 96 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 63 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 .929 142 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 14 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 22 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 60 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 72 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 8 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 53 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 .971 161 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 -12 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
Team Totals 27.7 154 5978 5270 761 1424 216 28 181 726 51 36 556 657 .270 .341 .425 .766 99 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 120 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 6 867 107 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 0 546 115 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 89 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 0 287 100 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 2 386 193 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 6 588 123 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 85 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 2 171 129 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 92 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 56 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 85 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 38 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 105 1.332 9.1 1.1 2.9 3.8 1.30
Rank in 8 NL teams 5 4 8 1 3 6 6 5 5 5 1 8
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 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 2.01 0.94 P
Maurice Fisher 24 1 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 P
Art Fowler 32 46 28 207.2 42 12 30 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 2.80 0.88 P
Joe Nuxhall 26 50 33 256.2 50 12 35 3 4 .940 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 2.70 0.50 P
Bud Podbielan 31 17 2 42.0 9 0 9 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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