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1956 Cincinnati Redlegs

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955 / 1957

91-63, Finished 3rd in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Birdie Tebbetts (91-63)
Scored 775 runs, Allowed 658 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-66

Ballparks: Crosley Field · Attendance: 1,125,928 (3rd of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 105 · one-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 103

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1955 / 1957 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
Tom Acker 26 R R 6' 4" 215 Mar 7, 1930 1st 29 7 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1
Ed Bailey 25 L R 6' 2" 205 Apr 15, 1931 4 118 102 118 105 0 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1 5.0 All-Star
Bobby Balcena 30 R L 5' 7" 160 Aug 1, 1925 1st 7 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 4 -0.1
Matt Batts 34 R R 5' 11" 200 Oct 16, 1921 10 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0
Gus Bell 27 L R 6' 1" 190 Nov 15, 1928 7 150 149 150 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 149 1 0 1.9 All-Star
Joe Black 32 R R 6' 2" 220 Feb 8, 1924 5 34 0 34 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
Rocky Bridges 28 R R 5' 8" 170 Aug 7, 1927 6 71 0 71 65 0 0 0 8 50 7 1 0 0 1 2 21 -0.1
Smoky Burgess 29 L R 5' 8" 185 Feb 6, 1927 7 90 53 90 55 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 0 2.0
George Crowe 35 L L 6' 2" 210 Mar 22, 1921 4 77 25 77 32 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 0 0.9
Jim Dyck 34 R R 6' 2" 200 Feb 3, 1922 6 18 1 18 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 -0.1
Bruce Edwards 32 R R 5' 8" 180 Jul 15, 1923 10 7 0 7 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.1
Curt Flood 18 R R 5' 9" 165 Jan 18, 1938 1st 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 -0.1
Art Fowler 33 R R 5' 11" 180 Jul 3, 1922 3 45 23 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Joe Frazier 33 L R 6' 0" 180 Oct 6, 1922 4 10 2 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 8 0 -0.2
Hersh Freeman 27 R R 6' 3" 220 Jul 1, 1928 4 64 0 64 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3
Alex Grammas 30 R R 6' 0" 175 Apr 3, 1926 3 77 51 77 74 0 0 0 5 58 12 0 0 0 0 2 4 1.0
Don Gross 25 L L 5' 11" 186 Jun 30, 1931 2 19 7 19 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4
Chuck Harmon 32 R R 6' 2" 175 Apr 23, 1924 3 13 0 13 8 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 6 0 8 -0.1
Ray Jablonski 29 R R 5' 10" 175 Dec 17, 1926 4 130 111 130 127 0 0 0 1 127 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0.4
Larry Jansen 35 R R 6' 2" 190 Jul 16, 1920 9 8 7 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hal Jeffcoat 31 R R 5' 10" 185 Sep 6, 1924 9 49 16 49 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1.5
Bill Kennedy 35 L L 6' 2" 195 Mar 14, 1921 7 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Johnny Klippstein 28 R R 6' 1" 173 Oct 17, 1927 7 37 29 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6
Ted Kluszewski 31 L L 6' 2" 225 Sep 10, 1924 10 138 130 138 130 0 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 3.1 All-Star
Paul LaPalme 32 L L 5' 10" 175 Dec 14, 1923 6 11 2 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2
Brooks Lawrence 31 R R 6' 0" 205 Jan 30, 1925 3 49 30 49 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 All-Star
Roy McMillan 26 R R 5' 11" 170 Jul 17, 1929 6 150 150 150 150 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.3 All-Star
Russ Meyer 32 B R 6' 1" 175 Oct 25, 1923 11 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Joe Nuxhall 27 L L 6' 3" 195 Jul 30, 1928 6 44 32 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 All-Star
John Oldham 23 R L 6' 3" 198 Nov 6, 1932 1st 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Stan Palys 26 R R 6' 2" 190 May 1, 1930 4 40 6 40 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 4 10 30 1 0.1
Wally Post 26 R R 6' 1" 190 Jul 9, 1929 7 143 133 143 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 135 136 6 2 3.1
Frank Robinson HOF 20 R R 6' 1" 183 Aug 31, 1935 1st 152 150 152 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 146 8 0 152 1 0 6.2 All-Star
Pat Scantlebury 38 L L 6' 1" 180 Nov 11, 1917 1st 8 2 8 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -0.4
Art Schult 28 R R 6' 3" 210 Jun 20, 1928 2 5 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 0.2
Al Silvera 20 R R 6' 0" 180 Aug 26, 1935 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Frank Smith 28 R R 6' 3" 195 Apr 4, 1928 7 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Johnny Temple 28 R R 5' 11" 175 Aug 8, 1927 5 154 152 154 154 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1.8 All-Star
Bob Thurman 39 L L 6' 1" 205 May 14, 1917 2 80 24 80 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 20 29 51 3 0.5
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

Ed Bailey
Smoky Burgess
Matt Batts
Bruce Edwards
Joe Frazier
Alex Grammas
Chuck Harmon
Roy McMillan
Ray Jablonski
Rocky Bridges
George Crowe

Johnny Temple
Ted Kluszewski
Frank Robinson
Bob Thurman
Stan Palys
Bobby Balcena
Gus Bell
Jim Dyck
Russ Meyer

Curt Flood
Al Silvera
Wally Post
Hersh Freeman
Don Gross
Frank Smith
Johnny Klippstein
Paul LaPalme
John Oldham
Art Schult

Joe Nuxhall
Tom Acker
Hal Jeffcoat
Larry Jansen
Bill Kennedy
Brooks Lawrence
Pat Scantlebury
Joe Black
Art Fowler

1955 / 1957 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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