
1956 Cincinnati Redlegs Statistics
Team Record: 91-63
Finished 3rd in the NL
Attendance: 1,125,928, Avg. 16,531
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Manager: Birdie Tebbetts (91-63)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
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 Ray Jablonski, Ted Kluszewski, Ed Bailey, Wally Post and Gus Bell 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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