1956 Cincinnati Redlegs Statistics

National League (NL)
Team Record: 91-63
Finished 3rd in the NL
Attendance: 1,124,076, Avg. 16,531
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Manager: Birdie Tebbetts (91-63)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio

1956 Cincinnati Redlegs Roster
1956 Cincinnati Redlegs Results

The Cincinnati Redlegs of the National League ended the 1956 season with a record of 91 wins and 63 losses, finishing third in the NL.

The Redlegs scored 775 runs, most in the league. Cincinnati conceded 658 runs. Frank Robinson walloped 38 home runs for the squad, while Gus Bell, Ray Jablonski, Ted Kluszewski, Ed Bailey and Wally Post each added 20 or more also. Ted Kluszewski accounted for 102 RBI and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .302 clip. Brooks Lawrence paced the team with 19 wins, and Joe Nuxhall recorded a 3.72 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Birdie Tebbetts coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Brooks Lawrence	19	10	.655	3.99	49	30	12	11	1	0	218.7	210	109	97	26	71	4	96	2	0	0	913
Hersh Freeman	14	5	.737	3.40	64	0	47	0	0	18	108.7	112	44	41	2	34	11	50	1	1	3	458
Joe Nuxhall	13	11	.542	3.72	44	32	6	10	2	3	200.7	196	96	83	18	87	6	120	6	0	3	865
Johnny Klippstein	12	11	.522	4.09	37	29	3	11	0	1	211.0	219	103	96	26	82	13	86	10	1	0	916
Art Fowler	11	11	.500	4.05	45	23	9	8	0	1	177.7	191	92	80	15	35	3	86	0	0	2	738
Hal Jeffcoat	8	2	.800	3.84	38	16	7	2	0	2	171.0	189	79	73	12	55	4	55	5	0	7	744
Tom Acker	4	3	.571	2.37	29	7	3	1	1	1	83.7	60	23	22	7	29	1	54	2	0	0	338
Don Gross	3	0	1.000	1.95	19	7	4	2	0	0	69.3	69	25	15	4	20	2	47	1	0	1	295
Joe Black	3	2	.600	4.52	32	0	11	0	0	2	61.7	61	31	31	11	25	3	27	0	0	0	264
Larry Jansen	2	3	.400	5.19	8	7	1	2	0	1	34.7	39	20	20	5	9	1	16	1	0	0	151
Paul LaPalme	2	4	.333	4.67	11	2	3	0	0	0	27.0	26	14	14	7	4	0	4	0	0	0	110
Russ Meyer	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4
Frank Smith	0	0		12.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	4	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	13
Bill Kennedy	0	0		18.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	6	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11
Pat Scantlebury	0	1	.000	6.63	6	2	0	0	0	0	19.0	24	14	14	5	5	0	10	0	0	2	87
Totals	91	63	.591	3.85	386	155	108	47	4	29	1389.0	1406	658	594	141	458	48	653	28	2	18	5907

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Johnny Temple	154	712	632	88	180	18	3	2	41	14	4	58	40	.285	.344	.332	.676	210	12	1	17	4	0
Gus Bell	150	666	603	82	176	31	4	29	84	6	2	50	66	.292	.347	.501	.848	302	10	3	7	3	4
Frank Robinson	152	668	572	122	166	27	6	38	83	8	4	64	95	.290	.379	.558	.936	319	14	20	8	4	7
Ted Kluszewski	138	574	517	91	156	14	1	35	102	1	0	49	31	.302	.362	.536	.898	277	11	3	0	5	22
Wally Post	143	586	539	94	134	25	3	36	83	6	0	37	124	.249	.301	.506	.807	273	10	4	4	2	2
Roy McMillan	150	574	479	51	126	16	7	3	62	4	3	76	54	.263	.366	.344	.710	165	14	5	8	6	9
Ed Bailey	118	446	383	59	115	8	2	28	75	2	0	52	50	.300	.385	.551	.936	211	7	3	4	4	11
Ray Jablonski	130	458	407	42	104	25	1	15	66	2	4	37	57	.256	.324	.432	.756	176	14	7	1	6	6
Smoky Burgess	90	258	229	28	63	10	0	12	39	0	1	26	18	.275	.346	.476	.822	109	5	0	1	2	4
Bob Thurman	80	150	139	25	41	5	2	8	22	0	0	10	14	.295	.340	.532	.872	74	3	0	0	1	2
George Crowe	77	157	144	22	36	2	1	10	23	0	0	11	28	.250	.312	.486	.798	70	1	2	0	0	1
Alex Grammas	77	168	140	17	34	11	0	0	16	0	1	16	18	.243	.323	.321	.644	45	0	1	10	1	1
Stan Palys	40	60	53	5	12	0	0	2	5	0	0	6	13	.226	.300	.340	.640	18	0	0	0	1	0
Joe Nuxhall	44	68	59	6	11	2	1	2	7	0	0	4	15	.186	.234	.356	.590	21	1	0	4	1	0
Brooks Lawrence	49	81	70	4	11	2	1	0	4	0	0	2	28	.157	.187	.214	.401	15	2	1	6	2	0
Hal Jeffcoat	49	60	54	5	8	2	0	0	5	0	1	3	20	.148	.193	.185	.378	10	1	0	3	0	0
Art Fowler	45	60	48	1	7	1	0	0	5	0	0	5	11	.146	.236	.167	.403	8	1	1	5	1	0
Johnny Klippstein	37	82	71	4	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	19	.099	.135	.099	.234	7	1	0	8	0	0
Joe Frazier	10	18	17	2	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	7	.235	.278	.412	.690	7	1	0	0	0	0
Rocky Bridges	71	23	19	9	4	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	3	.211	.348	.211	.558	4	0	0	0	0	0
Art Schult	5	8	7	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.429	.500	.429	.929	3	0	0	0	0	0
Paul LaPalme	11	6	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.750	1.250	3	0	0	2	0	0
Don Gross	19	21	19	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	.105	.190	.105	.296	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bruce Edwards	7	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Dyck	18	15	11	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.091	.286	.091	.377	1	1	0	1	0	0
Hersh Freeman	64	21	18	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	4	.056	.190	.111	.302	2	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Acker	29	22	19	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	12	.053	.182	.053	.234	1	1	0	0	0	0
Larry Jansen	8	12	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.000	.083	.000	.083	0	1	0	0	0	0
Bobby Balcena	7	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Batts	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Scantlebury	8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Joe Black	34	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
Curt Flood	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chuck Harmon	13	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Oldham	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Al Silvera	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Smith	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Russ Meyer	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Kennedy	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2041	6003	5291	775	1406	201	32	221	734	45	22	528	760	.266	.336	.441	.777	2334	112	51	90	43	69

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%
Ted Kluszewski	1B	131	130	1142.3	1166	89	13	110	.990	9.888	9.580	0	0	0	0
George Crowe	1B	32	25	242.0	225	25	3	15	.988	9.298	7.813	0	0	0	0
Chuck Harmon	1B	2	0	2.3	1	0	0	0	1.000	3.857	.500	0	0	0	0
Jim Dyck	1B	1	0	2.3	4	0	0	0	1.000	15.429	4.000	0	0	0	0
Johnny Temple	2B	154	152	1344.7	389	432	16	89	.981	5.495	5.331	0	0	0	0
Alex Grammas	2B	5	3	26.3	4	8	0	1	1.000	4.101	2.400	0	0	0	0
Rocky Bridges	2B	8	0	17.0	7	4	0	0	1.000	5.824	1.375	0	0	0	0
Bruce Edwards	2B	1	0	0.7	0	1	0	0	1.000	13.500	1.000	0	0	0	0
Ray Jablonski	2B	1	0	0.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Ray Jablonski	3B	127	111	941.7	117	172	9	11	.970	2.762	2.276	0	0	0	0
Alex Grammas	3B	58	43	342.3	41	79	4	8	.968	3.155	2.069	0	0	0	0
Rocky Bridges	3B	51	0	97.7	15	13	1	1	.966	2.580	.549	0	0	0	0
Jim Dyck	3B	1	1	7.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.286	1.000	0	0	0	0
Bruce Edwards	3B	1	0	0.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Ed Bailey	C	106	102	924.0	511	52	9	10	.984	5.484	5.311	4	10	30	25	45.5
Smoky Burgess	C	55	53	463.0	257	18	0	2	1.000	5.346	5.000	4	9	20	7	25.9
Bruce Edwards	C	2	0	2.0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Gus Bell	OF	149	149	1330.0	330	12	5	4	.986	2.314	2.295	0	0	0	0
Frank Robinson	OF	152	150	1327.7	323	5	8	1	.976	2.223	2.158	0	0	0	0
Wally Post	OF	136	133	1201.3	292	16	10	1	.969	2.307	2.265	0	0	0	0
Bob Thurman	OF	29	24	198.7	39	2	2	1	.953	1.857	1.414	0	0	0	0
Stan Palys	OF	10	6	61.0	13	0	1	0	.929	1.918	1.300	0	0	0	0
Chuck Harmon	OF	6	0	18.0	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	.667	0	0	0	0
Joe Frazier	OF	4	2	17.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Art Schult	OF	1	1	8.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Bobby Balcena	OF	2	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	3.000	.500	0	0	0	0
Rocky Bridges	OF	1	0	1.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Johnny Temple	OF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Brooks Lawrence	P	49	30	218.7	13	53	2	5	.971	2.716	1.347	0	0	0	0
Johnny Klippstein	P	37	29	211.0	10	42	1	3	.981	2.218	1.405	0	0	0	0
Joe Nuxhall	P	44	32	200.7	6	31	2	3	.949	1.659	.841	0	0	0	0
Art Fowler	P	45	23	177.7	12	35	1	0	.979	2.381	1.044	0	0	0	0
Hal Jeffcoat	P	38	16	170.7	21	42	2	4	.969	3.322	1.658	0	0	0	0
Hersh Freeman	P	64	0	109.0	8	15	0	2	1.000	1.899	.359	0	0	0	0
Tom Acker	P	29	7	83.7	9	15	0	0	1.000	2.582	.828	0	0	0	0
Don Gross	P	19	7	69.3	6	13	0	3	1.000	2.466	1.000	0	0	0	0
Joe Black	P	32	0	61.7	5	7	1	2	.923	1.751	.375	0	0	0	0
Larry Jansen	P	8	7	34.7	3	4	0	0	1.000	1.817	.875	0	0	0	0
Paul LaPalme	P	11	2	27.0	0	5	0	1	1.000	1.667	.455	0	0	0	0
Pat Scantlebury	P	6	2	19.0	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.895	.667	0	0	0	0
Frank Smith	P	2	0	3.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Bill Kennedy	P	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Russ Meyer	P	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	9.000	1.000	0	0	0	0
Roy McMillan	SS	150	150	1311.0	319	511	21	105	.975	5.698	5.533	0	0	0	0
Alex Grammas	SS	12	5	56.0	12	9	1	2	.955	3.375	1.750	0	0	0	0
Rocky Bridges	SS	7	0	22.0	3	7	0	0	1.000	4.091	1.429	0	0	0	0
Totals		1782	1395	12501.0	4168	1721	113	384	.981	4.240	3.305	8	19	50	32	39.0

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