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1954 Cincinnati Redlegs (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1953/1955) 74-80, Finished 5th in National League View League Standings and Leaders Scored 729 runs, Allowed 763 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-80 Managed by Birdie Tebbetts Ballpark: Crosley Field (ballparks.com) Attendance: 704,167 (7th of 8) Park Factors   (multi-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 103   (one-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 103   Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers. BR Bullpen: Minor League Affiliates BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms News & Views: ThinkFactory, BallHype, ArmchairGM BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Andy Seminick       33   86  247   25   58   9  4   7   30  48   39  .235  .362  .389   0   0   8   2   1   1       95
1B *Ted Kluszewski      29  149  573  104  187  28  3  49  141  78   35  .326  .407  .642   0   2  12   3   0   5      167
2B  Johnny Temple       26  146  505   60  155  14  8   0   44  62   24  .307  .384  .366  21   7   7   2   6   1       96
3B  Bobby Adams         32  110  390   69  105  25  6   3   23  55   46  .269  .362  .387   2   5   4   3   4   2       95
SS  Roy McMillan        24  154  588   86  147  21  2   4   42  47   54  .250  .308  .313   4   2   9   5  31   6       62
OF *Gus Bell            25  153  619  104  185  38  7  17  101  48   58  .299  .349  .465   5   3  13   4   5   8      109
OF  Jim Greengrass      26  139  542   79  152  27  4  27   95  41   81  .280  .329  .494   0   3  18   0   3   4      110
OF  Wally Post          24  130  451   46  115  21  3  18   83  26   70  .255  .297  .435   2   2  10   3   0   5       87
    Chuck Harmon        30   94  286   39   68   7  3   2   25  17   27  .238  .277  .304   7   3   3   1   4   6       51
   *Ed Bailey           23   73  183   21   36   2  3   9   20  35   34  .197  .324  .388   1   0   2   0   3   1       84
    Bob Borkowski       28   73  162   13   43  12  1   1   19   8   18  .265  .299  .370   0   2   9   1   1   3       73
   *Lloyd Merriman      29   73  112   12   30   8  1   0   16  23   10  .268  .397  .357   3   0   1   3   0   3       98
   *Hobie Landrith      24   48   81   12   16   0  0   5   14  18    9  .198  .340  .383   1   0   1   0   2   1       87
   *Nino Escalera       24   73   69   15   11   1  1   0    3   7   11  .159  .234  .203   1   0   1   0   0   1       15
    Rocky Bridges       26   53   52    4   12   1  0   0    2   7    7  .231  .322  .250   0   1   1   0   2   0       51
    Jim Bolger          22    5    3    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0       74
   *Grady Hatton        31    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0     -100
    Johnny Lipon        31    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0     -100
   *Dick Murphy         22    6    1    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0     -100
    Connie Ryan         34    1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0       1.000         0   0   0   0   0   0         

    Corky Valentine     25   36   65    6    9   3  0   0    3   1   25  .138  .152  .185   0   0   0   0   5   0      -13
    Art Fowler          31   40   60    3    6   0  0   0    2   9   19  .100  .229  .100   0   0   0   1  12   0      -11
   *Joe Nuxhall         25   36   52   13    9   0  0   3    7   8   12  .173  .274  .346   0   0   2   0   4   2       60
   *Fred Baczewski      28   29   42    1    3   0  0   0    0   1   19  .071  .093  .071   0   0   1   0   6   0      -57
    Bud Podbielan       30   27   42    2    6   0  0   0    2   4    9  .143  .217  .143   0   0   0   0   3   0       -4
   *Harry Perkowski     31   28   25    1    4   1  0   1    3   0    7  .160  .154  .320   0   0   0   0   2   1       19
    Howie Judson        28   37   24    2    2   0  0   0    2   1   10  .083  .120  .083   0   0   1   0   0   0      -46
   *Jackie Collum       27   36   13    1    3   1  0   1    3   2    2  .231  .333  .538   0   0   0   0   2   0      122
    Karl Drews          34   22   12    2    2   1  0   0    2   4    2  .167  .353  .250   0   0   0   0   1   1       60
    Frank Smith         26   50   10    2    1   1  0   0    2   3    7  .100  .357  .200   0   0   0   1   2   0       49
    Herm Wehmeier       27   13    9    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0     -100
    Jerry Lane          28    3    4    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    2  .000  .200  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0      -43
    Jim Pearce          29    2    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0     -100
    Ken Raffensberger   36    6    2    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    1  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0      161
   *Moe Savransky       25   16    2    2    1   0  0   0    0   1    0  .500  .667  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0      209
    George Zuverink     29    2    2    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0      161
    Mario Picone        27    4    1    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .500  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0       44
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.0  154 5234  729 1369 221 46 147  685 557  645  .262  .333  .406  47  30 103  29 101  51       97
    Rank among 8 NL teams          6    4    7   5  5   4        5    3     7     4     5   3   5                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Art Fowler          31  40   3.83  12  10  0  29   9   8   1  227.7  256  112   97  20   85   93  998   3   4  0     109
SP  Corky Valentine     25  36   4.45  12  11  1  28   4   7   3  194.3  211   98   96  24   60   73  824   1   4  1      94
SP  Bud Podbielan       30  27   5.36   7  10  0  24   0   4   0  131.0  157   92   78  20   58   42  596   1   2  0      78
SP *Fred Baczewski      28  29   5.26   6   6  0  22   2   4   1  130.0  159   82   76  22   53   43  587   1   1  0      80

CL  Frank Smith         26  50   2.67   5   8 20   0  43   0   0   81.0   60   29   24  15   29   51  328   0   3  0     157
RP *Jackie Collum       27  36   3.76   7   3  0   2  10   1   0   79.0   86   43   33   8   32   28  349   3   5  0     112
RP  Howie Judson        28  37   3.95   5   7  3   8  10   0   0   93.3   86   47   41   9   42   27  397   2   3  0     106
RP *Joe Nuxhall         25  35   3.89  12   5  0  14  10   5   1  166.7  188   77   72  11   59   85  727   4   6  0     108
RP *Harry Perkowski     31  28   6.11   2   8  0  12   4   3   1   95.7  100   71   65  16   62   32  433   3   1  0      69

    Karl Drews          34  22   6.00   4   4  0   9   7   1   1   60.0   79   44   40   6   19   29  271   3   2  0      70
    Herm Wehmeier       27  12   6.68   0   3  2   3   3   0   0   33.7   36   29   25   6   21   13  157   1   1  0      63
   *Moe Savransky       25  16   4.88   0   2  0   0   9   0   0   24.0   23   13   13   6    8    7  105   0   2  0      86
    Jim Pearce          29   2   0.00   1   0  0   1   0   1   0   11.0    7    1    0   0    5    3   43   0   1  0        
    Jerry Lane          28   3   1.69   1   0  0   0   1   0   0   10.7    9    2    2   0    3    2   41   0   0  0     249
    Mario Picone        27   4   6.10   0   1  0   1   2   0   0   10.3    9    7    7   3    7    1   45   1   0  0      69
   *Ken Raffensberger   36   6   7.84   0   2  0   1   2   0   0   10.3   15   10    9   2    3    5   50   0   0  0      54
    George Zuverink     29   2   9.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    6.0   10    6    6   1    1    2   28   1   0  0      47
   *Cliff Ross          25   4   0.00   0   0  1   0   3   0   0    2.7    0    0    0   0    0    1    8   0   0  0        
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.3 154   4.50  74  80 27 154 120  34   8 1367.0 1491  763  684 169  547  537 5987  24  35  1      93
    Rank among 8 NL teams           5   5   4  3           8   5      6    7    5        7    4    7

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- ASeminick 82 327 44 4 11 .989 4 EBailey 61 194 20 6 2 .973 4 HLandrith 42 123 15 2 1 .986 1 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 154 644 79 12 14 .984 9 0 0 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base G PO A E DP .991 9.26 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TKluszewski 149 1237 101 5 166 .996 8.98 NEscalera 8 22 1 0 0 1.000 2.88 BBorkowski 3 13 0 0 1 1.000 4.33 CHarmon 3 16 3 0 3 1.000 6.33 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 1288 105 5 170 .996 9.17 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .976 5.31 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JTemple 144 428 374 22 117 .973 5.57 RBridges 19 29 38 2 10 .971 3.53 BAdams 2 7 3 0 1 1.000 5.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 464 415 24 128 .973 5.79 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .952 2.82 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BAdams 93 127 186 16 24 .951 3.37 CHarmon 67 70 129 8 19 .961 2.97 RBridges 13 5 7 0 1 1.000 0.92 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 202 322 24 44 .956 3.45 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .959 4.63 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RMcMillan 154 341 464 34 129 .959 5.23 RBridges 20 11 15 0 2 1.000 1.30 NEscalera 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 352 479 34 131 .961 5.47 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Outfield G PO A E DP .975 2.18 LF CF RF -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- GBell 153 406 12 6 2 .986 2.73 0 153 0 JGreengrass 137 298 9 10 0 .968 2.24 137 0 0 WPost 116 231 13 11 2 .957 2.10 0 1 115 BBorkowski 36 69 3 0 0 1.000 2.00 13 0 23 LMerriman 25 51 0 1 0 .981 2.04 9 0 16 NEscalera 14 22 3 1 1 .962 1.79 1 3 10 JBolger 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 2 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 154 1077 40 29 5 .975 2.45 154 154 154 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers G PO A E DP .960 2.07 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- AFowler 40 10 35 2 4 .957 1.78 CValentine 36 9 25 1 6 .971 1.57 JNuxhall 35 4 29 1 5 .971 1.78 BPodbielan 27 12 13 0 1 1.000 1.72 FBaczewski 29 12 16 1 1 .966 1.94 HPerkowski 28 5 12 1 2 .944 1.60 HJudson 37 4 10 1 1 .933 1.35 FSmith 50 1 15 0 0 1.000 1.78 JCollum 36 11 24 1 0 .972 3.99 KDrews 22 2 12 0 1 1.000 2.10 HWehmeier 12 2 12 1 0 .933 3.74 MSavransky 16 2 7 0 1 1.000 3.38 JPearce 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.45 JLane 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 KRaffensber 6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 MPicone 4 1 4 0 0 1.000 4.37 GZuverink 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 CRoss 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.33 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 154 76 217 9 22 .970 1.93 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Kluszewski .326 On-base % Kluszewski .407 Slugging % Kluszewski .642 OPS Kluszewski 1.049 Games McMillan 154 At Bats Bell 619 Plate Appearances (approx.) Bell 684 Runs Bell and Kluszewski 104 Hits Kluszewski 187 Total Bases Kluszewski 368 Doubles Bell 38 Triples Temple 8 Home Runs Kluszewski 49 RBI Kluszewski 141 Bases on Balls Kluszewski 78 Strikeouts Greengrass 81 Stolen Bases Temple 21 Singles Temple 133 Adjusted OPS+ Kluszewski 167 Runs Created Kluszewski 149 Adjusted Batting Runs Kluszewski 56 Batting Wins Kluszewski 5.3 Extra-Base Hits Kluszewski 80 Times on Base Kluszewski 268 Offensive Win% Kluszewski .789 Hit By Pitch McMillan 5 Sac. Hits McMillan 31 Sac. Flies Bell 8 Grounded into Double Plays Greengrass 18 Caught Stealing Temple 7 Power/Speed Number Bell 7.7 At Bats per Strikeout Temple 21.0 At Bats per Home Run Kluszewski 11.7 Outs McMillan 489

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Fowler 3.83 Wins Fowler, Nuxhall, and Valentine 12 Won-Loss % Nuxhall .706 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Valentine 1.395 Hits Allowed/9IP Valentine 9.77 Bases on Balls/9IP Valentine 2.78 Strikeouts/9IP Nuxhall 4.59 Games Smith 50 Saves Smith 20 Innings Fowler 227.7 Strikeouts Fowler 93 Games Started Fowler 29 Comp. Games Fowler 8 Shutouts Valentine 3 Home Runs Allow. Valentine 24 Bases On Balls Allow. Fowler 85 Hits Allowed Fowler 256 SO to Walk Nuxhall 1.44 Losses Valentine 11 Earned Runs Allow. Fowler 97 Wild Pitches Nuxhall 4 Hit Batsmen Nuxhall 6 Batters Faced Fowler 998 Games Finished Smith 43 Adjusted ERA+ Fowler 109

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