1956 Cincinnati Redlegs

91-63 • 0.591 Win% • 3rd in NL

📊 Season Record

91 Wins
63 Losses
0.591 Win %
3rd Rank
775 R 658 RA
Diff +117

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⚡ Quick Stats

775 Runs Scored
658 Runs Allowed
+117 Run Diff
1,124K Attendance

📈 vs. 1956 NL Average

Batting Avg .265 4% above the 1956 league average (.256)
OBP .332 4% above the 1956 league average (.320)
SLG .391 14% above the 1956 league average (.343)
Team ERA 3.85 2% worse than the 1956 league average (3.77)
Runs Scored 775 18% above the 1956 league average (659 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumCrosley Field
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 1,124,076
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Avg per Game 14,598

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Ted Kluszewski 0.302 2 Ed Bailey 0.300 3 Bob Thurman 0.295 4 Gus Bell 0.292 5 Frank Robinson 0.290

Home Runs

1 Frank Robinson 38 2 Wally Post 36 3 Ted Kluszewski 35 4 Gus Bell 29 5 Ed Bailey 28

RBI

1 Ted Kluszewski 102 2 Gus Bell 84 3 Wally Post 83 4 Frank Robinson 83 5 Ed Bailey 75
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Johnny Temple 154 632 88 180 0 0 2 41 58 40 14 0.285
Gus Bell 150 603 82 176 0 0 29 84 50 66 6 0.292
Frank Robinson 152 572 122 166 0 0 38 83 64 95 8 0.290
Wally Post 143 539 94 134 0 0 36 83 37 124 6 0.249
Ted Kluszewski 138 517 91 156 0 0 35 102 49 31 1 0.302
Roy McMillan 150 479 51 126 0 0 3 62 76 54 4 0.263
Ray Jablonski 130 407 42 104 0 0 15 66 37 57 2 0.256
Ed Bailey 118 383 59 115 0 0 28 75 52 50 2 0.300
Smoky Burgess 90 229 28 63 0 0 12 39 26 18 0 0.275
George Crowe 77 144 22 36 0 0 10 23 11 28 0 0.250
Alex Grammas 77 140 17 34 0 0 0 16 16 18 0 0.243
Bob Thurman 80 139 25 41 0 0 8 22 10 14 0 0.295
Johnny Klippstein 37 71 4 7 0 0 0 3 3 19 0 0.099
Brooks Lawrence 49 70 4 11 0 0 0 4 2 28 0 0.157
Joe Nuxhall 44 59 6 11 0 0 2 7 4 15 0 0.186
Hal Jeffcoat 49 54 5 8 0 0 0 5 3 20 0 0.148
Stan Palys 40 53 5 12 0 0 2 5 6 13 0 0.226
Art Fowler 45 48 1 7 0 0 0 5 5 11 0 0.146
Tom Acker 29 19 3 1 0 0 0 1 3 12 0 0.053
Rocky Bridges 71 19 9 4 0 0 0 1 4 3 1 0.211
Don Gross 19 19 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 5 0 0.105
Hersh Freeman 64 18 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 4 0 0.056
Joe Frazier 10 17 2 4 0 0 1 2 1 7 0 0.235
Jim Dyck 18 11 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 0.091
Larry Jansen 8 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0.000
Joe Black 34 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.000
Art Schult 5 7 3 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0.429
Bruce Edwards 7 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.200
Chuck Harmon 13 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000
Paul LaPalme 11 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.500
Patricio Scantlebury 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Bobby Balcena 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Matt Batts 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Curt Flood 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Bill Kennedy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Russ Meyer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Oldham 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Al Silvera 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Frank Smith 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Don Gross 1.95 2 Tom Acker 2.37 3 Hersh Freeman 3.40 4 Joe Nuxhall 3.72 5 Hal Jeffcoat 3.84

Wins

1 Brooks Lawrence 19 2 Hersh Freeman 14 3 Joe Nuxhall 13 4 Johnny Klippstein 12 5 Art Fowler 11

Strikeouts

1 Joe Nuxhall 120 2 Brooks Lawrence 96 3 Art Fowler 86 4 Johnny Klippstein 86 5 Hal Jeffcoat 55
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Brooks Lawrence 19 10 3.99 49 30 0 218.2 71 96
Johnny Klippstein 12 11 4.09 37 29 1 211.0 82 86
Joe Nuxhall 13 11 3.72 44 32 3 200.2 87 120
Art Fowler 11 11 4.05 45 23 1 177.2 35 86
Hal Jeffcoat 8 2 3.84 38 16 2 171.0 55 55
Hersh Freeman 14 5 3.40 64 0 18 108.2 34 50
Tom Acker 4 3 2.37 29 7 1 83.2 29 54
Don Gross 3 0 1.95 19 7 0 69.1 20 47
Joe Black 3 2 4.52 32 0 2 61.2 25 27
Larry Jansen 2 3 5.19 8 7 1 34.2 9 16
Paul LaPalme 2 4 4.67 11 2 0 27.0 4 4
Patricio Scantlebury 0 1 6.63 6 2 0 19.0 5 10
Frank Smith 0 0 12.00 2 0 0 3.0 2 1
Bill Kennedy 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 2.0 0 0
Russ Meyer 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 1

👥 Roster (39)

Tom Acker Ed Bailey Bobby Balcena Matt Batts Gus Bell Joe Black Rocky Bridges Smoky Burgess George Crowe Jim Dyck Bruce Edwards Curt Flood +27 more

39 players

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