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1955 Cincinnati Reds  (1954)  (1956) 93-61, 2nd in National League Scored 829 runs, Allowed 647 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 96-58 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .718 Park Factor: Batting - 103 / Pitching - 101 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 94-60   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 75-79 Manager(s): Larry Cupp

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Duke Snider          28  154  573  122  173  40   9  51  126   1   1  109   93  .302  .409  .670  160  10.3  1(-3)e5    34  
 1B *Ted Kluszewski       30  154  645  119  208  35   0  51  140   0   0   52   42  .322  .370  .614  145   8.5  4e8        17  
 OF  Wally Post           25  154  639  116  190  41   4  44  116   4   2   59  112  .297  .355  .581  127   7.3  2(-3)e7   -11  
 OF *Wally Moon           25  149  562  108  185  17   3  30   82   0   4   51   49  .329  .389  .530  114   7.9  3(+1)e10  111  
 2B  Johnny Temple        27  154  633   90  176  17   5   0   42  18   1   80   37  .278  .358  .321   82   4.5  2e26      -11  
 SS  Dick Groat           24  152  580   66  162  28   2   4   63   0   0   35   25  .279  .319  .355   65   3.9  2e33        5  
 3B  Ken Boyer            24  124  461   56  117  16   3  15   64   4   1   29   68  .254  .294  .399   55   4.3  2e26      -42  
 C   Andy Seminick        34  136  334   27   71  11   0   9   36   0   2   34   77  .213  .292  .326   31   2.9  2(-1)e2  -111  
 1B  Frank Kellert        31   95   83   14   32   6   3   5   20   0   0   15   13  .386  .480  .711   28  14.5  3e29      231  
 3B  Bobby Adams          33   50  162   24   42  12   1   1   14   0   2   27   23  .259  .383  .364   25   5.6  3e16        9  
 C   Ed Fitzgerald        31   80  211   22   51   4   0   4   26   0   0   17   15  .242  .303  .318   20   3.3  3(0)e6     -5  
 OF  Bob Cerv             30   68   94   11   28   6   1   1   15   1   1    8   18  .298  .376  .415   16   6.3  3(0)e16  -161  
 3B  Milt Smith           26   21   21    8    7   1   0   3    7   0   0    3    2  .333  .400  .810    6  11.1  4e47      583  
 PH *Charlie Maxwell      28   35   34    7    9   2   0   4   12   0   0    2    5  .265  .324  .676    6   6.4            164  
 OF  Jim Greengrass       27   31   25    5    6   2   1   0    2   0   0    3    4  .240  .310  .400    3   4.7  4(-1)e3   -46  
 PH  Matt Batts           33    6    4    1    2   2   0   0    3   0   0    1    0  .500  .600 1.000    2  34.5            976  
 OF  Stan Palys           25   52   20    2    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    1  .200  .200  .200    0   1.0  3(0)e3   -280  
 PH *Bob Thurman          38    3    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000  .333  .000    0   1.2           -370  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           893                    9

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Frank Sullivan       25  21  11  .656  38  38   7   0   0   0   2  286.0  265  104   96  26  124  145  3.02  129   4.1   -8  
  P *Harvey Haddix        29  15  11  .577  39  37   0   2   0   0   0  201.0  218  125  104  30   75  150  4.66  118   5.1   29  
  P *Herb Score           22  15  11  .577  33  33   6   0   0   0   1  237.2  180  118   98  26  160  253  3.71  113   4.3   24  
  P  Murry Dickson        38  15  12  .556  37  35   1   0   0   0   1  233.2  209  108  102  25   93  100  3.93  108   4.2  -29  
  P  Bob Miller           29   7   6  .538  63   0   0  47  30   8   0   99.0   81   40   34   8   30   25  3.09   33   3.0  -57  
  P  Hersh Freeman        27   6   5  .545  59   0   0  27   5   1   0   96.1  109   36   30   7   30   41  2.80   48   4.6   -3  
  P *Paul LaPalme         31   4   2  .667  62   0   0  28   4   2   0   81.1   82   43   39  12   32   30  4.32   47   5.2   89  
  P  Bud Podbielan        31   3   0 1.000  17   2   0   5   0   0   0   35.1   39   16   12   2   16   24  3.06   19   4.9   63  
  P  Phil Paine           25   3   0 1.000  12   0   0   6   0   0   0   25.0   17    6    6   2   11   28  2.16    7   2.6  -72  
  P  Joe Black            31   3   2  .600  24   8   0  10   3   0   0   56.1   70   35   33  11   17   31  5.27   40   6.5   73  
  P  Bobby Tiefenauer     25   1   1  .500  26   0   0  12   0   0   0   27.1   24   10    8   3    7   12  2.63    9   3.2 -165  
  P  Dick Marlowe         26   0   0  .000  13   0   0   1   1   0   0    5.2    5    2    2   0    1    3  3.18    2   3.4   80  
  P  Gordon Jones         25   0   0  .000   6   1   0   1   0   0   0    7.2    5    4    4   1    3    4  4.70    3   3.7 -141  
  P  Corky Valentine      26   0   0  .000   1   0   0   1   0   0   0    1.0    1    0    0   0    0    0  0.00    0    .0 -378  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      681          2

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Andy Seminick 861 86 133 556 29 5 6 .992 17 6 Ed Fitzgerald 523 67 77 400 17 6 2 .986 12 4 Frank Kellert 8 1 1 9 2 0 0 1.000 0 2 Matt Batts 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ted Kluszewski 1371 154 154 1462 160 6 137 .996 10.65 Frank Kellert 13 0 10 15 3 1 0 .947 12.46 Charlie Maxwell 6 0 2 9 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 Wally Moon 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 Stan Palys 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Johnny Temple 1392 154 154 356 478 18 116 .979 5.39 Milt Smith 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.40 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ken Boyer 963 107 115 83 206 15 17 .951 2.70 Bobby Adams 379 43 47 30 83 1 8 .991 2.68 Milt Smith 50 4 10 6 12 1 1 .947 3.22 Frank Kellert 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dick Groat 1327 149 152 233 537 35 105 .957 5.22 Ken Boyer 58 4 16 13 18 0 4 1.000 4.81 Jim Greengrass 5 0 1 1 5 0 0 1.000 10.80 Milt Smith 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.37 Johnny Temple 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Wally Moon 1202 141 142 252 6 12 0 .956 1.93 Bob Cerv 109 13 15 18 2 1 1 .952 1.65 Stan Palys 70 0 44 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.54 Charlie Maxwell 8 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 Jim Greengrass 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Duke Snider 1393 154 154 356 20 6 2 .984 2.43 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Wally Post 1393 154 154 265 8 6 1 .978 1.76 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1955 Draft

Round 1 (#8):	Harvey Haddix
Round 2 (#22):	Murry Dickson
Round 3 (#36):	Paul LaPalme
Round 4 (#49):	Frankie Kelleher
Round 5 (#62):	Gordon Jones
Round 6 (#75):	Russ Meyer

Transactions

• 1955-01: traded Sam Jones, CIN#1 to BAA for Herb Score
• 1955-01: acquired Dick Marlowe as a free agent
• 1955-02: acquired Bobby Tiefenauer as a free agent
• 1955-03: acquired Phil Paine as a free agent
• 1955 postseason: released Dick Groat, Phil Paine, Moe Savransky

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