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1956 Cincinnati Redlegs Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1955 / 1957)
91-63, Finished 3rd in National League
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Scored 775 runs, Allowed 658 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 88-66
Manager: Birdie Tebbetts (91-63)
Ballpark: Crosley Field (ballparks.com)
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 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
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
Ed Bailey 25 L R 6' 2" 205 Apr 15, 1931 4 118 102 118 118 0 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1 All-Star
Bobby Balcena 30 R L 5' 7" 160 Aug 1, 1925 1st 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 4
Matt Batts 34 R R 5' 11" 200 Oct 16, 1921 10 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Gus Bell 27 L R 6' 2" 196 Nov 15, 1928 7 150 149 150 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 149 0 149 1 0 All-Star
Joe Black 32 R R 6' 2" 220 Feb 8, 1924 5 34 0 34 34 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Rocky Bridges 28 R R 5' 8" 175 Aug 7, 1927 6 71 0 71 71 0 0 0 8 51 7 1 0 0 1 2 21
Smoky Burgess 29 L R 5' 8" 187 Feb 6, 1927 7 90 53 90 90 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 0
George Crowe 33 L L 6' 2" 212 Mar 22, 1923 4 77 25 77 77 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 0
Jim Dyck 34 R R 6' 2" 205 Feb 3, 1922 6 18 1 18 18 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 6
Bruce Edwards 32 R R 5' 7" 194 Jul 15, 1923 10 7 0 7 7 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Curt Flood 18 R R 5' 9" 165 Jan 18, 1938 1st 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
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
Joe Frazier 33 L R 6' 0" 180 Oct 6, 1922 4 10 2 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 8 0
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
Alex Grammas 30 R R 6' 0" 178 Apr 3, 1926 3 77 51 77 77 0 0 0 5 58 12 0 0 0 0 2 4
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
Chuck Harmon 32 R R 6' 2" 175 Apr 23, 1924 3 13 0 13 13 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 6 0 8
Ray Jablonski 29 R R 5' 10" 183 Dec 17, 1926 4 130 111 130 130 0 0 0 1 127 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
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
Hal Jeffcoat 31 R R 185 Sep 6, 1924 9 49 16 49 49 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
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
Johnny Klippstein 28 R R 6' 1" 185 Oct 17, 1927 7 37 29 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ted Kluszewski 31 L L 6' 2" 225 Sep 10, 1924 10 138 130 138 138 0 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 All-Star
Paul LaPalme 32 L L 5' 10" 184 Dec 14, 1923 6 11 2 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 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 All-Star
Russ Meyer 32 B R 6' 1" 185 Oct 25, 1923 11 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Nuxhall 27 L L 6' 3" 219 Jul 30, 1928 6 44 32 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
John Oldham 23 R L 6' 3" 198 Nov 6, 1932 1st 1 0 1 1 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 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 4 10 30 1
Wally Post 26 R R 6' 1" 203 Jul 9, 1929 7 143 133 143 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 135 136 6 2
Frank Robinson HOF 20 R R 6' 1" 195 Aug 31, 1935 1st 152 150 152 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 146 8 0 152 1 0 All-Star
Pat Scantlebury 38 L L 6' 1" 180 Nov 11, 1917 1st 8 2 8 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Art Schult 28 R R 6' 4" 220 Jun 20, 1928 2 5 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0
Al Silvera 20 R R 6' 0" 180 Aug 26, 1935 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Frank Smith 28 R R 6' 3" 200 Apr 4, 1928 7 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 All-Star
Bob Thurman 39 L L 6' 1" 205 May 14, 1917 2 80 24 80 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 20 29 51 3
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1955 / 1957 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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