1956 Cincinnati Redlegs Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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	Ed Bailey*	25	118	446	383	59	115	8	2	28	75	2	0	52	50	.300	.385	.551	.936	142	211	7	3	4	4	11
2	1B	Ted Kluszewski*	31	138	574	517	91	156	14	1	35	102	1	0	49	31	.302	.362	.536	.898	132	277	11	3	0	5	22
3	2B	Johnny Temple	28	154	712	632	88	180	18	3	2	41	14	4	58	40	.285	.344	.332	.676	79	210	12	1	17	4	0
4	SS	Roy McMillan	26	150	574	479	51	126	16	7	3	62	4	3	76	54	.263	.366	.344	.710	89	165	14	5	8	6	9
5	3B	Ray Jablonski	29	130	458	407	42	104	25	1	15	66	2	4	37	57	.256	.324	.432	.756	97	176	14	7	1	6	6
6	LF	Frank Robinson	20	152	668	572	122	166	27	6	38	83	8	4	64	95	.290	.379	.558	.936	142	319	14	20	8	4	7
7	CF	Gus Bell*	27	150	666	603	82	176	31	4	29	84	6	2	50	66	.292	.347	.501	.848	120	302	10	3	7	3	4
8	RF	Wally Post	26	143	586	539	94	134	25	3	36	83	6	0	37	124	.249	.301	.506	.807	107	273	10	4	4	2	2
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	C	Smoky Burgess*	29	90	258	229	28	63	10	0	12	39	0	1	26	18	.275	.346	.476	.822	114	109	5	0	1	2	4
10	3B	Alex Grammas	30	77	168	140	17	34	11	0	0	16	0	1	16	18	.243	.323	.321	.644	70	45	0	1	10	1	1
11	1B	George Crowe*	33	77	157	144	22	36	2	1	10	23	0	0	11	28	.250	.312	.486	.798	106	70	1	2	0	0	1
12	RF	Bob Thurman*	39	80	150	139	25	41	5	2	8	22	0	0	10	14	.295	.340	.532	.872	125	74	3	0	0	1	2
13	OF	Stan Palys	26	40	60	53	5	12	0	0	2	5	0	0	6	13	.226	.300	.340	.640	68	18	0	0	0	1	0
14	IF	Rocky Bridges	28	71	23	19	9	4	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	3	.211	.348	.211	.558	52	4	0	0	0	0	0
15	LF	Joe Frazier*	33	10	18	17	2	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	7	.235	.278	.412	.690	78	7	1	0	0	0	0
16	CI	Jim Dyck	34	18	15	11	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.091	.286	.091	.377	6	1	1	0	1	0	0
17	LF	Art Schult	28	5	8	7	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.429	.500	.429	.929	148	3	0	0	0	0	0
18	UT	Bruce Edwards	32	7	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	6	1	0	0	0	0	0
19	UT	Chuck Harmon	32	13	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
20		Matt Batts	34	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	LF	Bobby Balcena	30	7	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
22		Curt Flood	18	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
23		Al Silvera	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
24		John Oldham	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
25	P	Johnny Klippstein	28	37	82	71	4	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	19	.099	.135	.099	.234	-37	7	1	0	8	0	0
26	P	Brooks Lawrence	31	49	81	70	4	11	2	1	0	4	0	0	2	28	.157	.187	.214	.401	5	15	2	1	6	2	0
27	P	Joe Nuxhall*	27	44	68	59	6	11	2	1	2	7	0	0	4	15	.186	.234	.356	.590	52	21	1	0	4	1	0
28	P	Art Fowler	33	45	60	48	1	7	1	0	0	5	0	0	5	11	.146	.236	.167	.403	9	8	1	1	5	1	0
29	P	Hal Jeffcoat	31	49	60	54	5	8	2	0	0	5	0	1	3	20	.148	.193	.185	.378	0	10	1	0	3	0	0
30	P	Tom Acker	26	29	22	19	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	12	.053	.182	.053	.234	-34	1	1	0	0	0	0
31	P	Don Gross*	25	19	21	19	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	.105	.190	.105	.296	-19	2	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Hersh Freeman	27	64	21	18	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	4	.056	.190	.111	.302	-18	2	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Larry Jansen	35	8	12	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.000	.083	.000	.083	-75	0	1	0	0	0	0
34	P	Joe Black	32	34	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0
35	P	Paul LaPalme*	32	11	6	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.750	1.250	223	3	0	0	2	0	0
36	P	Pat Scantlebury*	38	8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
37	P	Russ Meyer#	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Frank Smith	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Bill Kennedy*	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	27.4	155	6003	5291	775	1406	201	32	221	734	45	22	528	760	.266	.336	.441	.777	102	2334	112	51	90	43	69
		Rank in 8 NL teams				2	1	2	6	8	1		4	7	3	2	2	2	1	1		1
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

* - 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	Brooks Lawrence	31	19	10	.655	3.99	49	30	12	11	1	0	218.2	210	109	97	26	71	4	96	2	0	0	913	99	1.285	8.6	1.1	2.9	4.0	1.35
2	SP	Johnny Klippstein	28	12	11	.522	4.09	37	29	3	11	0	1	211.0	219	103	96	26	82	13	86	10	1	0	916	97	1.427	9.3	1.1	3.5	3.7	1.05
3	SP	Joe Nuxhall*	27	13	11	.542	3.72	44	32	6	10	2	3	200.2	196	96	83	18	87	6	120	6	0	3	865	106	1.410	8.8	0.8	3.9	5.4	1.38
4	SP	Art Fowler	33	11	11	.500	4.05	45	23	9	8	0	1	177.2	191	92	80	15	35	3	86	0	0	2	738	98	1.272	9.7	0.8	1.8	4.4	2.46
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
5	CL	Hersh Freeman	27	14	5	.737	3.40	64	0	47	0	0	18	108.2	112	44	41	2	34	11	50	1	1	3	458	117	1.344	9.3	0.2	2.8	4.1	1.47
6	RP	Hal Jeffcoat	31	8	2	.800	3.84	38	16	7	2	0	2	171.0	189	79	73	12	55	4	55	5	0	7	744	103	1.427	9.9	0.6	2.9	2.9	1.00
7	RP	Tom Acker	26	4	3	.571	2.37	29	7	3	1	1	1	83.2	60	23	22	7	29	1	54	2	0	0	338	167	1.064	6.5	0.8	3.1	5.8	1.86
8	RP	Don Gross*	25	3	0	1.000	1.95	19	7	4	2	0	0	69.1	69	25	15	4	20	2	47	1	0	1	295	203	1.284	9.0	0.5	2.6	6.1	2.35
9	RP	Joe Black	32	3	2	.600	4.52	32	0	11	0	0	2	61.2	61	31	31	11	25	3	27	0	0	0	264	87	1.395	8.9	1.6	3.6	3.9	1.08
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
10		Larry Jansen	35	2	3	.400	5.19	8	7	1	2	0	1	34.2	39	20	20	5	9	1	16	1	0	0	151	76	1.385	10.1	1.3	2.3	4.2	1.78
11		Paul LaPalme*	32	2	4	.333	4.67	11	2	3	0	0	0	27.0	26	14	14	7	4	0	4	0	0	0	110	85	1.111	8.7	2.3	1.3	1.3	1.00
12		Pat Scantlebury*	38	0	1	.000	6.63	6	2	0	0	0	0	19.0	24	14	14	5	5	0	10	0	0	2	87	60	1.526	11.4	2.4	2.4	4.7	2.00
13		Frank Smith	28	0	0		12.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	4	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	13	33	1.667	9.0	6.0	6.0	3.0	0.50
14		Bill Kennedy*	35	0	0		18.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	6	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	22	3.000	27.0	4.5	0.0	0.0
15		Russ Meyer	32	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4		1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
		Team Totals	29.6	91	63	.591	3.85	155	155	108	47	4	29	1389.0	1406	658	594	141	458	48	653	28	2	18	5907	103	1.342	9.1	0.9	3.0	4.2	1.43
		Rank in 8 NL teams		3	6		5				3	7	3	3	6	5	5	2	3		5695
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

* - 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
Tom Acker	26	29	7	83.2	24	9	15	0	0	1.000									2.58	0.83						P
Ed Bailey	25	106	102	924.0	572	511	52	9	10	.984	6.0	7.8						6	5.48	5.31	4	10	30	25	45%	C
Bobby Balcena	30	2	0	3.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0.3	-120.0	-0.3	-0.3	0.0	0			3.00	0.50						LF
Gus Bell	27	149	149	1330.0	341	324	12	5	4	.985	-23.3	-21.0	-23.3	-14.1	-9.2	0			2.27	2.26						CF
Joe Black	32	32	0	61.2	13	5	7	1	2	.923									1.75	0.38						P
Rocky Bridges	28	67	0	138.0	50	25	24	1	1	.980	-2.0	-17.4	-2.0	-1.1	-0.9		0		3.20	0.73						3B-SS-2B-LF
Smoky Burgess	29	55	53	463.0	275	257	18	0	2	1.000	0.0	0.0						0	5.35	5.00	4	9	20	7	26%	C
George Crowe	33	32	25	242.0	253	225	25	3	15	.988	3.5	17.4	2.5	1.4	1.1		1		9.30	7.81						1B
Jim Dyck	34	2	1	9.1	5	4	1	0	0	1.000	0.2	25.7	0.2	0.2	0.0		0		4.82	2.50						3B-1B
Bruce Edwards	32	4	0	3.0	2	0	1	1	0	.500	0.3	120.0	0.3	0.3	0.0		0	0	3.00	0.25	0	0	0	0		C-2B-3B
Art Fowler	33	45	23	177.2	48	12	35	1	0	.979									2.38	1.04						P
Joe Frazier	33	4	2	17.0	0	0	0	0	0		-1.9	-134.1	-0.9	-0.9	0.0	-1			0.00	0.00						LF
Hersh Freeman	27	64	0	109.0	23	8	15	0	2	1.000									1.90	0.36						P
Alex Grammas	30	75	51	424.2	158	57	96	5	11	.968	5.4	15.3	4.4	3.4	1.0		1		3.24	2.04						3B-SS-2B
Don Gross	25	19	7	69.1	19	6	13	0	3	1.000									2.47	1.00						P
Chuck Harmon	32	8	0	20.1	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0	0		2.21	0.63						RF-1B-CF-LF
Ray Jablonski	29	128	111	942.0	298	117	172	9	11	.970	-6.0	-7.6	-5.0	-0.1	-4.9		-1		2.76	2.26						3B-2B
Larry Jansen	35	8	7	34.2	7	3	4	0	0	1.000									1.82	0.88						P
Hal Jeffcoat	31	38	16	170.2	65	21	42	2	4	.969									3.32	1.66						P
Bill Kennedy	35	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0										0.00	0.00						P
Johnny Klippstein	28	37	29	211.0	53	10	42	1	3	.981									2.22	1.41						P
Ted Kluszewski	31	131	130	1142.1	1268	1166	89	13	110	.990	-4.0	-4.2	-5.0	1.2	-6.3		1		9.89	9.58						1B
Paul LaPalme	32	11	2	27.0	5	0	5	0	1	1.000									1.67	0.45						P
Brooks Lawrence	31	49	30	218.2	68	13	53	2	5	.971									2.72	1.35						P
Roy McMillan	26	150	150	1311.0	851	319	511	21	105	.975	19.9	18.2	18.9	2.5	16.4		1		5.70	5.53						SS
Russ Meyer	32	1	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000									9.00	1.00						P
Joe Nuxhall	27	44	32	200.2	39	6	31	2	3	.949									1.66	0.84						P
Stan Palys	26	10	6	61.0	16	15	0	1	0	.938	0.1	2.0	0.1	-0.2	0.3	0			2.21	1.50						RF-LF
Wally Post	26	136	133	1201.1	313	288	15	10	2	.968	7.7	7.7	3.7	3.4	0.3	4			2.27	2.23						RF-LF
Frank Robinson	20	154	150	1327.2	341	327	6	8	1	.977	7.5	6.8	4.5	1.6	2.9	3			2.26	2.16						LF-CF
Pat Scantlebury	38	6	2	19.0	4	1	3	0	0	1.000									1.89	0.67						P
Art Schult	28	1	1	8.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0.2	-30.0	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0			0.00	0.00						LF
Frank Smith	28	2	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0										0.00	0.00						P
Johnny Temple	28	155	152	1345.2	837	389	432	16	89	.981	3.6	3.2	5.6	2.7	2.9		-2		5.49	5.30						2B-RF
Bob Thurman	39	29	24	198.2	43	39	2	2	1	.953	-1.1	-6.6	-1.1	-0.7	-0.3	0			1.86	1.41						RF-LF
Team Totals	27.8	155	1395	12501.0	6002	4168	1721	113	384	.981	15.4	1.5	2.4	-1.0	3.4	6	1	6	4.24	3.30	8	19	50	32	39%
Rank in 8 NL teams								7	4	1
	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

1955 / 1957 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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