1955 Cincinnati Redlegs season explained

Cincinnati Redlegs
Season:	1955
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, 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

• 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

Notable transactions

• 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

1955 Cincinnati Redlegs
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
C		116	421	129	.306	20	77
1B		153	612	192	.314	47	113
2B		150	588	165	.281	0	50
SS		151	470	126	.268	1	37
3B		95	168	48	.286	1	18
LF		79	222	51	.230	7	30
CF		154	610	188	.308	27	104
RF		154	601	186	.309	40	109

Other batters

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
	74	221	53	.240	9	28
	96	198	50	.253	5	28
	82	152	33	.217	7	22
	64	150	41	.273	2	20
	36	102	20	.196	3	8
	43	87	22	.253	4	7
	26	71	18	.254	0	13
	35	62	13	.210	2	7
	13	39	4	.103	0	1
	21	39	8	.205	1	4
	8	18	6	.333	0	4
	25	18	3	.167	0	1
	21	18	2	.111	0	4
	6	15	2	.133	1	1
	6	13	3	.231	0	0
	13	7	1	.143	0	2

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	50	257.0	17	12	3.47	98
	46	207.2	11	10	3.90	94

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	39	138.0	9	10	3.39	68
	32	134.0	9	8	3.63	49
	30	119.2	5	8	4.66	40
	41	115.2	5	9	4.90	45
	32	102.1	5	2	4.22	54
	17	67.1	4	5	4.14	33
	13	30.0	0	3	4.50	6
	10	26.2	2	1	7.43	14
	2	3.1	0	1	10.80	0

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	52	7	4	11	2.16	37
	17	1	2	0	3.21	26
	8	0	2	0	7.62	6
	8	0	2	1	4.91	5
	1	0	0	0	6.75	1
	1	0	0	0	18.00	1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Douglas^[9]

External links

• 1955 Cincinnati Redlegs season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bolgeji01.shtml Jim Bolger page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jablora01.shtml Ray Jablonski page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/merrill01.shtml Lloyd Merriman page at Baseball Reference
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gondeje01.shtml Jesse Gonder page at Baseball Reference
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/brogler01.shtml Ernie Broglio page at Baseball Reference
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/burgesm01.shtml Smoky Burgess page at Baseball Reference
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/haydele01.shtml Lefty Hayden page at Baseball Reference
8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stalege01.shtml Jerry Staley page at Baseball Reference
9. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007