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1956 National League
Team Record GB
Brooklyn Dodgers 93 - 61
Milwaukee Braves 92 - 62 1.0
Cincinnati Redlegs 91 - 63 2.0
St. Louis Cardinals 76 - 78 17.0
Philadelphia Phillies 71 - 83 22.0
New York Giants 67 - 87 26.0
Pittsburgh Pirates 66 - 88 27.0
Chicago Cubs 60 - 94 33.0

3rd (NL)
Runs Scored: 775
Runs Allowed: 658
Attendance: 1,125,928

1956 Cincinnati Redlegs Batting (Starters)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Ed Bailey C 25 118 383 59 115 8 2 28 75 52 11 50 2 0 4 3 7 .300 .385 .551 .936
Ted Kluszewski 1B 31 138 517 91 156 14 1 35 102 49 22 31 1 0 0 3 11 .302 .362 .536 .898
Johnny Temple 2B 28 154 632 88 180 18 3 2 41 58 0 40 14 4 17 1 12 .285 .344 .332 .676
Ray Jablonski 3B 29 130 407 42 104 25 1 15 66 37 6 57 2 4 1 7 14 .256 .324 .432 .756
Roy McMillan SS 26 150 479 51 126 16 7 3 62 76 9 54 4 3 8 5 14 .263 .366 .344 .710
Frank Robinson LF 20 152 572 122 166 27 6 38 83 64 7 95 8 4 8 20 14 .290 .379 .558 .937
Gus Bell CF 27 150 603 82 176 31 4 29 84 50 4 66 6 2 7 3 10 .292 .347 .501 .848
Wally Post RF 26 143 539 94 134 25 3 36 83 37 2 124 6 0 4 4 10 .249 .301 .506 .807

1956 Cincinnati Redlegs Batting (Bench)
Player Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Smoky Burgess 29 90 229 28 63 10 0 12 39 26 4 18 0 1 1 0 5 .275 .346 .476 .822
Bob Thurman 39 80 139 25 41 5 2 8 22 10 2 14 0 0 0 0 3 .295 .340 .532 .872
George Crowe 33 77 144 22 36 2 1 10 23 11 1 28 0 0 0 2 1 .250 .312 .486 .798
Alex Grammas 30 77 140 17 34 11 0 0 16 16 1 18 0 1 10 1 0 .243 .323 .321 .644
Rocky Bridges 28 71 19 9 4 0 0 0 1 4 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 .211 .348 .211 .559
Hal Jeffcoat 31 49 54 5 8 2 0 0 5 3 0 20 0 1 3 0 1 .148 .193 .185 .378
Stan Palys 26 40 53 5 12 0 0 2 5 6 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 .226 .300 .340 .640
Jim Dyck 34 18 11 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 0 1 0 1 .091 .286 .091 .377
Chuck Harmon 32 13 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Joe Frazier 33 10 17 2 4 0 0 1 2 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 .235 .278 .412 .690
Bobby Balcena 30 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Bruce Edwards 32 7 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Curt Flood 18 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Art Schult 28 5 7 3 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .429 .500 .429 .929
Matt Batts 34 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333

1956 Cincinnati Redlegs Batting (Pitchers)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Brooks Lawrence P 31 49 70 4 11 2 1 0 4 2 0 28 0 0 6 1 2 .157 .187 .214 .401
Johnny Klippstein P 28 37 71 4 7 0 0 0 3 3 0 19 0 0 8 0 1 .099 .135 .099 .234
Joe Nuxhall P 27 44 59 6 11 2 1 2 7 4 0 15 0 0 4 0 1 .186 .234 .356 .590
Art Fowler P 33 45 48 1 7 1 0 0 5 5 0 11 0 0 5 1 1 .146 .236 .167 .403
Tom Acker P 26 29 19 3 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 12 0 0 0 0 1 .053 .182 .053 .235
Hersh Freeman P 27 64 18 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 .056 .190 .111 .301
Don Gross P 25 19 19 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 .105 .190 .105 .295
Larry Jansen P 35 8 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .083 .000 .083
Joe Black P 32 34 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Paul LaPalme P 32 11 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250
Pat Scantlebury P 38 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000

1956 Cincinnati Redlegs Pitching (Starters)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Joe Nuxhall 27 44 32 13 11 .542 3.72 200.2 96 83 196 18 87 120 .254 6 3 10 2 3 4.36
Brooks Lawrence 31 49 30 19 10 .655 3.99 218.2 109 97 210 26 71 96 .250 2 0 11 1 0 4.67
Johnny Klippstein 28 37 29 12 11 .522 4.09 211.0 103 96 219 26 82 86 .266 10 0 11 0 1 5.09
Art Fowler 33 45 23 11 11 .500 4.05 177.2 92 80 191 15 35 86 .272 0 2 8 0 1 3.72
Larry Jansen 35 8 7 2 3 .400 5.19 34.2 20 20 39 5 9 16 .277 1 0 2 0 1 4.82

1956 Cincinnati Redlegs Pitching (Bullpen)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Hersh Freeman 27 64 0 14 5 .737 3.40 108.2 44 41 112 2 34 50 .265 1 3 0 0 18 3.29
Hal Jeffcoat 31 38 16 8 2 .800 3.84 171.0 79 73 189 12 55 55 .276 5 7 2 0 2 4.32
Joe Black 32 32 0 3 2 .600 4.52 61.2 31 31 61 11 25 27 .255 0 0 0 0 2 5.66
Tom Acker 26 29 7 4 3 .571 2.37 83.2 23 22 60 7 29 54 .195 2 0 1 1 1 3.91
Don Gross 25 19 7 3 0 1.000 1.95 69.1 25 15 69 4 20 47 .252 1 1 2 0 0 3.30
Paul LaPalme 32 11 2 2 4 .333 4.67 27.0 14 14 26 7 4 4 .245 0 0 0 0 0 6.52
Pat Scantlebury 38 6 2 0 1 .000 6.63 19.0 14 14 24 5 5 10 .293 0 2 0 0 0 6.16
Frank Smith 28 2 0 0 0 .000 12.00 3.0 4 4 3 2 2 1 .273 0 0 0 0 0 13.00
Bill Kennedy 35 1 0 0 0 .000 18.00 2.0 4 4 6 1 0 0 .545 0 0 0 0 0 9.50
Russ Meyer 32 1 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .250 0 0 0 0 0 1.00