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1956 Cincinnati Redlegs Statistics

1955 Season 1957 Season

Record: 91-63-1, Finished 3rd in National League (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Birdie Tebbetts (91-63-1)

General Manager: Gabe Paul

Ballpark: Crosley Field

Attendance: 1,125,928 (3rd of 8)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 105, Pitching - 104
One-year: Batting - 106, Pitching - 103

Pythagorean W-L: 88-66, 775 Runs, 658 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	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	448	383	59	115	8	2	28	75	2	0	52	50	.300	.385	.551	.936	143	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	133	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	80	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	98	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	143	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	121	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	108	273	10	4	4	2	2
Rk	Pos	Name	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	170	140	17	34	11	0	0	16	0	1	16	18	.243	.323	.321	.644	71	45	0	1	10	1	1
11	1B	George Crowe*	35	77	157	144	22	36	2	1	10	23	0	0	11	28	.250	.312	.486	.798	107	70	1	2	0	0	1
12	RF	Bob Thurman*	39	80	152	139	25	41	5	2	8	22	0	0	10	14	.295	.340	.532	.872	126	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	69	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	53	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	79	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	149	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	-1	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	6	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	53	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	1	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	-17	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	224	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	27.5	155	6009	5291	775	1406	201	32	221	734	45	22	528	760	.266	.336	.441	.777	103	2334	112	51	90	43	69
		Rank in 8 NL teams				2	1	2	6	8	1		4	2	3	7	2	2	1	1		1		1		2
		Non-Pitcher Totals	27.4	155	5562	4905	749	1356	192	30	219	706	45	21	502	629	.276	.347	.462	.809	111	2265	103	49	61	39	69
		Pitcher Totals	29.6	155	447	386	26	50	9	2	2	28	0	1	26	131	.130	.187	.179	.365	-3	69	9	2	29	4	0
Rk	Pos	Name	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

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
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	98	4.04	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	96	4.46	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	3.73	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	97	3.09	1.272	9.7	0.8	1.8	4.4	2.46
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
5	CL	Hersh Freeman	27	14	5	.737	3.40	64	0	47	0	0	17	108.2	112	44	41	2	34	11	50	1	1	3	458	116	2.66	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	102	3.69	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	3.28	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	2.67	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	5.03	1.395	8.9	1.6	3.6	3.9	1.08
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
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	4.19	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	5.89	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	5.53	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	37	12.37	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	26	8.87	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		0.37	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
		Team Totals	29.6	91	63	.591	3.85	155	155	108	47	4	28	1389.0	1406	658	594	141	458	48	653	28	2	18	5907	102	3.80	1.342	9.1	0.9	3.0	4.2	1.43
		Rank in 8 NL teams		3	6		5				3	7	4	3	6	5	5	2	3		7
Rk	Pos	Name	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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W