1955 Cincinnati Redlegs season
1955 Cincinnati Redlegs | |
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League | National League |
Ballpark | Crosley Field |
City | Cincinnati |
Owners | Powel Crosley, Jr. |
General managers | Gabe Paul |
Managers | Birdie Tebbetts |
Television | WCPO-TV (Waite Hoyt, Jack Moran) |
Radio | WSAI (Waite Hoyt, Jack Moran) |
The 1955 Cincinnati Redlegs season was a season in American baseball. It consisted of the Redlegs finishing in fifth place in the National League, with a record of 75–79, 23+1⁄2 games behind the NL and World Series Champion Brooklyn Dodgers. The Redlegs were managed by Birdie Tebbetts and played their home games at Crosley Field.
Offseason
[edit]- October 1, 1954: Jim Bolger, Harry Perkowski and Ted Tappe were traded by the Redlegs to the Chicago Cubs for Johnny Klippstein and Jim Willis.[1]
- December 8, 1954: Frank Smith was traded by the Redlegs to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ray Jablonski and Gerry Staley.[2]
- February 10, 1955: Lloyd Merriman was purchased from the Redlegs by the Chicago White Sox.[3]
- Prior to 1955 season (exact date unknown)
- Jesse Gonder was signed as an amateur free agent by the Redlegs.[4]
- Ernie Broglio was acquired from the Cincinnati Redlegs by the Stockton Ports.[5]
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Brooklyn Dodgers | 98 | 55 | .641 | — | 56–21 | 42–34 |
Milwaukee Braves | 85 | 69 | .552 | 13½ | 46–31 | 39–38 |
New York Giants | 80 | 74 | .519 | 18½ | 44–35 | 36–39 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 77 | 77 | .500 | 21½ | 46–31 | 31–46 |
Cincinnati Redlegs | 75 | 79 | .487 | 23½ | 46–31 | 29–48 |
Chicago Cubs | 72 | 81 | .471 | 26 | 43–33 | 29–48 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 68 | 86 | .442 | 30½ | 41–36 | 27–50 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 60 | 94 | .390 | 38½ | 36–39 | 24–55 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BR | CHC | CIN | MIL | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Brooklyn | — | 14–7–1 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 13–9 | 16–6 | 14–8 | 14–8 | |||||
Chicago | 7–14–1 | — | 11–11 | 7–15 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 14–8 | |||||
Cincinnati | 10–12 | 11–11 | — | 9–13 | 9–13 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 11–11 | |||||
Milwaukee | 7–15 | 15–7 | 13–9 | — | 14–8 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 11–11 | |||||
New York | 9–13 | 10–12 | 13–9 | 8–14 | — | 10–12 | 17–5 | 13–9 | |||||
Philadelphia | 6–16 | 12–10 | 11–11 | 8–14 | 12–10 | — | 15–7 | 13–9 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 8–14 | 11–11 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 5–17 | 7–15 | — | 10–12 | |||||
St. Louis | 8–14 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 9–13 | 9–13 | 12–10 | — |
Notable transactions
[edit]- April 30, 1955: Andy Seminick, Glen Gorbous, and Jim Greengrass were traded by the Redlegs to the Philadelphia Phillies for Smoky Burgess, Stan Palys and Steve Ridzik.[6]
- September 10, 1955: Gene Hayden was obtained by the Redlegs from the Seattle Rainiers as part of a working agreement.[7]
- September 14, 1955: Gerry Staley was selected off waivers from the Redlegs by the New York Yankees.[8]
Roster
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Pitchers
| Catchers Infielders
| Outfielders
Other batters
| Manager Coaches |
Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Smokey Burgess | 116 | 421 | 129 | .306 | 20 | 77 |
1B | Ted Kluszewski | 153 | 612 | 192 | .314 | 47 | 113 |
2B | Johnny Temple | 150 | 588 | 165 | .281 | 0 | 50 |
SS | Roy McMillan | 151 | 470 | 126 | .268 | 1 | 37 |
3B | Rocky Bridges | 95 | 168 | 48 | .286 | 1 | 18 |
LF | Stan Palys | 79 | 222 | 51 | .230 | 7 | 30 |
CF | Gus Bell | 154 | 610 | 188 | .308 | 27 | 104 |
RF | Wally Post | 154 | 601 | 186 | .309 | 40 | 109 |
Other batters
[edit]Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Ray Jablonski | 74 | 221 | 53 | .240 | 9 | 28 |
Chuck Harmon | 96 | 198 | 50 | .253 | 5 | 28 |
Bob Thurman | 82 | 152 | 33 | .217 | 7 | 22 |
Bobby Adams | 64 | 150 | 41 | .273 | 2 | 20 |
Milt Smith | 36 | 102 | 20 | .196 | 3 | 8 |
Hobie Landrith | 43 | 87 | 22 | .253 | 4 | 7 |
Matt Batts | 26 | 71 | 18 | .254 | 0 | 13 |
Sam Mele | 35 | 62 | 13 | .210 | 2 | 7 |
Jim Greengrass | 13 | 39 | 4 | .103 | 0 | 1 |
Ed Bailey | 21 | 39 | 8 | .205 | 1 | 4 |
Glen Gorbous | 8 | 18 | 6 | .333 | 0 | 4 |
Bob Borkowski | 25 | 18 | 3 | .167 | 0 | 1 |
Joe Brovia | 21 | 18 | 2 | .111 | 0 | 4 |
Andy Seminick | 6 | 15 | 2 | .133 | 1 | 1 |
Bob Hazle | 6 | 13 | 3 | .231 | 0 | 0 |
Al Silvera | 13 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 2 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Joe Nuxhall | 50 | 257.0 | 17 | 12 | 3.47 | 98 |
Art Fowler | 46 | 207.2 | 11 | 10 | 3.90 | 94 |
Other pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Johnny Klippstein | 39 | 138.0 | 9 | 10 | 3.39 | 68 |
Jackie Collum | 32 | 134.0 | 9 | 8 | 3.63 | 49 |
Gerry Staley | 30 | 119.2 | 5 | 8 | 4.66 | 40 |
Rudy Minarcin | 41 | 115.2 | 5 | 9 | 4.90 | 45 |
Joe Black | 32 | 102.1 | 5 | 2 | 4.22 | 54 |
Don Gross | 17 | 67.1 | 4 | 5 | 4.14 | 33 |
Steve Ridzik | 13 | 30.0 | 0 | 3 | 4.50 | 6 |
Corky Valentine | 10 | 26.2 | 2 | 1 | 7.43 | 14 |
Jim Pearce | 2 | 3.1 | 0 | 1 | 10.80 | 0 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Hersh Freeman | 52 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2.16 | 37 |
Bud Podbielan | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.21 | 26 |
Bob Hooper | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7.62 | 6 |
Jerry Lane | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4.91 | 5 |
Maurice Fisher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1 |
Fred Baczewski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 |
Farm system
[edit]LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Douglas[9]
References
[edit]- ^ Jim Bolger page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Ray Jablonski page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Lloyd Merriman page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Jesse Gonder page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Ernie Broglio page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Smoky Burgess page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Lefty Hayden page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Jerry Staley page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
External links
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