1955 Cincinnati Redlegs

75-79 • 0.487 Win% • 5th in NL

📊 Season Record

75 Wins
79 Losses
0.487 Win %
5th Rank
761 R 684 RA
Diff +77

📁 Franchise Info

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⚡ Quick Stats

761 Runs Scored
684 Runs Allowed
+77 Run Diff
704K Attendance

📈 vs. 1955 NL Average

Batting Avg .270 4% above the 1955 league average (.258)
OBP .339 4% above the 1955 league average (.327)
SLG .373 7% above the 1955 league average (.349)
Team ERA 3.95 2% better than the 1955 league average (4.04)
Runs Scored 761 9% above the 1955 league average (697 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumCrosley Field
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 704,164
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Avg per Game 9,144

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Ted Kluszewski 0.314 2 Wally Post 0.309 3 Gus Bell 0.308 4 Smoky Burgess 0.306 5 Rocky Bridges 0.286

Home Runs

1 Ted Kluszewski 47 2 Wally Post 40 3 Gus Bell 27 4 Smoky Burgess 20 5 Ray Jablonski 9

RBI

1 Ted Kluszewski 113 2 Wally Post 109 3 Gus Bell 104 4 Smoky Burgess 77 5 Johnny Temple 50
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Ted Kluszewski 153 612 116 192 0 0 47 113 66 40 1 0.314
Gus Bell 154 610 88 188 0 0 27 104 54 57 4 0.308
Wally Post 154 601 116 186 0 0 40 109 60 102 7 0.309
Johnny Temple 150 588 94 165 0 0 0 50 80 32 19 0.281
Roy McMillan 151 470 50 126 0 0 1 37 66 33 4 0.268
Smoky Burgess 116 421 67 129 0 0 20 77 47 35 1 0.306
Stan Palys 79 222 29 51 0 0 7 30 12 35 1 0.230
Ray Jablonski 74 221 28 53 0 0 9 28 13 35 0 0.240
Chuck Harmon 96 198 31 50 0 0 5 28 26 24 9 0.253
Rocky Bridges 95 168 20 48 0 0 1 18 15 19 1 0.286
Bob Thurman 82 152 19 33 0 0 7 22 17 26 0 0.217
Bobby Adams 64 150 23 41 0 0 2 20 20 21 2 0.273
Milt Smith 36 102 15 20 0 0 3 8 13 24 2 0.196
Hobie Landrith 43 87 9 22 0 0 4 7 10 14 0 0.253
Joe Nuxhall 53 86 10 17 0 0 3 14 8 24 0 0.198
Matt Batts 26 71 4 18 0 0 0 13 4 11 0 0.254
Sam Mele 35 62 4 13 0 0 2 7 5 13 0 0.210
Art Fowler 46 60 6 12 0 0 0 7 5 13 0 0.200
Jackie Collum 32 40 8 10 0 0 0 5 5 3 0 0.250
Ed Bailey 21 39 3 8 0 0 1 4 4 10 0 0.205
Jim Greengrass 13 39 1 4 0 0 0 1 9 9 0 0.103
Gerry Staley 30 36 2 2 0 0 0 3 2 11 0 0.056
Johnny Klippstein 39 31 3 2 0 0 0 1 3 15 0 0.065
Joe Black 32 30 3 3 0 0 0 2 1 10 0 0.100
Rudy Minarcin 41 28 2 5 0 0 0 2 2 6 0 0.179
Don Gross 17 19 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 0.158
Bob Borkowski 25 18 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0.167
Joe Brovia 21 18 0 2 0 0 0 4 1 6 0 0.111
Hersh Freeman 53 18 3 3 0 0 1 3 1 3 0 0.167
Glen Gorbous 8 18 2 6 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 0.333
Andy Seminick 6 15 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0.133
Bob Hazle 6 13 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.231
Al Silvera 13 7 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0.143
Corky Valentine 10 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Steve Ridzik 13 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.167
Bud Podbielan 17 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.400
Maurice Fisher 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Bob Hooper 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Fred Baczewski 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jerry Lane 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Pearce 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Hersh Freeman 2.16 2 Bud Podbielan 3.21 3 Johnny Klippstein 3.39 4 Joe Nuxhall 3.47 5 Jackie Collum 3.63

Wins

1 Joe Nuxhall 17 2 Art Fowler 11 3 Jackie Collum 9 4 Johnny Klippstein 9 5 Hersh Freeman 7

Strikeouts

1 Joe Nuxhall 98 2 Art Fowler 94 3 Johnny Klippstein 68 4 Joe Black 54 5 Jackie Collum 49
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Joe Nuxhall 17 12 3.47 50 33 3 257.0 78 98
Art Fowler 11 10 3.90 46 28 2 207.2 63 94
Johnny Klippstein 9 10 3.39 39 14 0 138.0 60 68
Jackie Collum 9 8 3.63 32 17 1 134.0 37 49
Gerry Staley 5 8 4.66 30 18 0 119.2 28 40
Rudy Minarcin 5 9 4.90 41 12 1 115.2 51 45
Joe Black 5 2 4.22 32 11 3 102.1 25 54
Hersh Freeman 7 4 2.16 52 0 11 91.2 30 37
Don Gross 4 5 4.14 17 11 0 67.1 16 33
Bud Podbielan 1 2 3.21 17 2 0 42.0 11 26
Steve Ridzik 0 3 4.50 13 2 0 30.0 14 6
Corky Valentine 2 1 7.43 10 5 0 26.2 16 14
Bob Hooper 0 2 7.62 8 0 0 13.0 6 6
Jerry Lane 0 2 4.91 8 0 1 11.0 6 5
Jim Pearce 0 1 10.80 2 1 0 3.1 0 0
Maurice Fisher 0 0 6.75 1 0 0 2.2 2 1
Fred Baczewski 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 0

👥 Roster (41)

Bobby Adams Fred Baczewski Ed Bailey Matt Batts Gus Bell Joe Black Bob Borkowski Rocky Bridges Joe Brovia Smoky Burgess Jackie Collum Maurice Fisher +29 more

41 players

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