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1955 Cincinnati Reds
Record: 85-77
Finish: 6th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 743
Runs Allowed: 684
Exp W-L: 87-75
 
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Attendance: 1,919,397
Manager: Freddy Wills

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 77-60, 3rd in the NL
AA: 67-70, 4th in the NL
A: 65-72, 7th in the NL
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
SS  Ernie Banks 24 152 621 99 167 25 5 32 94 7 6 49 78 .269 .321 .480 .800 89.9 13.4 5.8
CF  Willie Mays 24 154 555 102 165 16 3 40 112 36 7 72 56 .297 .378 .553 .931 113.9 22.9 3.7
C  Charlie Silvera 30 144 529 72 160 21 4 6 58 0 0 73 39 .302 .388 .391 .779 78.9 13.7 9.6
LF *Charlie Maxwell 28 144 467 85 122 18 1 29 78 17 2 80 90 .261 .370 .490 .860 88.5 16.7 2.7
1B *Dale Long 29 137 449 65 117 21 4 20 77 0 1 48 79 .261 .331 .459 .789 66.0 10.4 1.9
RF *Wally Moon 25 115 375 45 96 21 1 8 35 2 0 50 41 .256 .346 .381 .727 49.0 6.8 2.2
2B  Pee Wee Reese 36 98 368 61 104 11 3 8 34 9 5 43 46 .283 .358 .394 .752 51.4 7.8 4.1
1B  Ralph Lapointe 33 116 364 42 112 5 1 6 34 0 2 30 34 .308 .359 .376 .736 46.5 7.0 3.3
3B  Jackie Robinson 36 119 338 32 88 10 3 1 28 3 4 28 51 .260 .330 .317 .646 35.4 3.5 2.1
C  Del Crandall 25 105 305 35 73 5 0 15 48 1 0 22 26 .239 .290 .403 .693 35.7 3.3 3.4
LF  Tom Umphlett 25 112 303 35 82 12 2 3 27 3 1 15 8 .271 .303 .353 .656 30.1 2.7 1.4
3B  Dick Williams 26 109 279 22 75 17 0 7 37 0 1 20 21 .269 .318 .405 .723 33.4 4.2 1.8
P *Warren Spahn 34 41 124 10 19 1 0 0 5 1 0 2 32 .153 .165 .161 .327 1.0 0.0 0.0
P #Joey Jay 19 41 96 3 9 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 36 .094 .101 .115 .216 -2.0 0.0 0.0
C  Red Wilson 26 43 104 14 25 5 0 3 16 1 0 6 9 .240 .282 .375 .657 10.8 1.0 1.7
P  Roger Bowman 27 38 89 7 17 2 0 0 6 0 0 1 25 .191 .198 .213 .411 3.5 0.0 0.0
1B *Bill Taylor 25 58 89 11 19 3 1 4 13 0 0 0 19 .213 .213 .404 .618 5.8 0.0 0.3
P *Billy Pierce 28 15 37 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .054 .054 .054 .108 -2.0 0.0 0.0
LF *Tom Wright 31 31 32 2 9 2 0 0 10 0 0 2 3 .281 .324 .344 .667 2.8 0.2 0.2
P *Whitey Ford 26 39 21 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .048 .048 .048 .095 -1.2 0.0 0.0
P *Dick Littlefield 29 66 17 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .176 .176 .176 .353 0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Willard Nixon 27 46 12 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .167 .214 .167 .381 0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Brosnan 25 20 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
P #Bob Wiesler 24 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Bud Byerly 34 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Phil Paine 25 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Kelly 27 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Tom Poholsky 25 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Paul Giel 23 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 27.4 2043 5585 743 1468 197 28 182 720 80 29 543 719 .263 .329 .406 .734 738.1 113.5 44.3
  Rank among 8 NL teams 3 6 5 7 8 5 6 1 8 7 2 5 6 6 6 6  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
*Warren Spahn 34 29 6 .829 41 41 0 348.7 251 80 14 64 317 2.07 43.8
 Joey Jay 19 9 24 .273 41 41 0 293.0 289 169 43 151 146 5.19 2.9
*Roger Bowman 27 17 11 .607 38 38 0 270.0 232 107 25 104 159 3.57 20.2
*Dick Littlefield 29 5 8 .385 66 14 2 105.3 82 46 15 58 88 3.93 7.5
*Billy Pierce 28 6 5 .545 15 15 0 104.0 82 48 12 46 76 4.15 5.1
*Whitey Ford 26 6 7 .462 39 9 2 91.3 82 37 7 31 49 3.65 7.1
 Willard Nixon 27 2 6 .250 46 4 21 65.7 88 51 8 31 23 6.99 0.0
 Dick Bokelmann 28 2 4 .333 65 0 2 58.3 66 30 7 30 25 4.63 2.4
 Jim Brosnan 25 5 1 .833 20 0 0 31.0 36 16 4 15 10 4.65 2.1
 Paul Giel 23 0 0 .000 30 0 0 26.3 21 7 2 17 13 2.39 2.6
 Bob Kelly 27 1 2 .333 17 0 0 17.7 28 11 2 8 6 5.61 0.2
 Bud Byerly 34 3 1 .750 12 0 0 16.3 9 4 1 6 10 2.20 2.5
*Bob Wiesler 24 0 2 .000 19 0 0 15.3 20 16 4 10 5 9.39 0.0
 Tom Poholsky 25 0 0 .000 9 0 0 9.7 8 3 1 6 10 2.80 0.8
 Phil Paine 25 0 0 .000 12 0 0 7.0 8 7 2 10 4 9.00 0.0
Team Totals 26.7 85 77 .525 470 162 27 1459.6 1302 632 147 587 941 3.90 97.1
Rank among 8 NL teams 7 7 5 6 1 3 2 2 3 4 2  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .995 29.9
C.Silvera 1088.3 120 128 717 38 2 0 .997 43.8
R.Wilson 194.3 22 24 114 8 0 0 1.000 50.0
D.Crandall 177.0 20 20 124 8 1 0 .992 75.0
Team Total 1459.7 162 172 955 54 3 0 .997 47.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 11.55
D.Long 1045.7 115 130 1203 102 7 128 .995 11.23
T.Umphlett 256.3 32 32 291 24 6 31 .981 11.06
C.Silvera 100.0 11 14 103 9 0 8 1.000 10.08
D.Williams 34.0 4 7 43 1 0 3 1.000 11.65
J.Robinson 8.7 0 5 11 0 0 1 1.000 11.43
W.Moon 7.0 0 1 8 0 0 1 1.000 10.29
R.Lapointe 5.0 0 2 7 2 0 4 1.000 16.20
R.Wilson 3.0 0 1 4 0 0 1 1.000 12.00
Team Total 1459.7 162 192 1670 138 13 177 .993 11.15
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.75
P.Reese 843.7 87 97 199 331 9 88 .983 5.65
R.Lapointe 523.3 61 62 115 191 11 38 .965 5.26
J.Robinson 156.7 18 25 34 68 5 14 .953 5.86
Team Total 1523.7 166 184 348 590 25 140 .974 5.54
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.85
D.Crandall 582.7 68 75 37 155 14 11 .932 2.97
D.Williams 467.3 53 62 24 122 6 11 .961 2.81
J.Robinson 259.7 24 45 26 60 3 8 .966 2.98
R.Lapointe 142.3 17 21 8 44 0 3 1.000 3.29
R.Wilson 6.7 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.35
T.Wright 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.8 162 206 95 382 23 33 .954 2.94
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.06
E.Banks 1343.7 149 149 181 513 21 114 .971 4.65
R.Lapointe 112.7 13 13 17 46 5 11 .926 5.03
P.Giel 2.3 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 7.73
D.Long 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1459.7 162 164 199 561 26 126 .967 4.69
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 1.96
C.Maxwell 1101.0 121 136 251 3 3 2 .988 2.08
J.Robinson 291.0 35 37 51 1 0 0 1.000 1.61
D.Williams 33.0 4 6 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
T.Umphlett 25.7 2 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.75
W.Mays 8.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
T.Wright 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.9 162 190 317 4 3 2 .991 1.98
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.51
W.Mays 1288.0 143 144 338 3 5 0 .986 2.38
D.Williams 86.0 10 11 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.67
T.Umphlett 61.7 7 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.17
T.Wright 54.3 12 17 16 0 1 0 .941 2.65
W.Moon 19.0 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89
Team Total 1509.0 174 181 382 3 6 0 .985 2.30
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 1.92
W.Moon 911.0 101 109 200 3 4 3 .981 2.01
T.Umphlett 377.7 46 50 79 2 0 0 1.000 1.93
B.Taylor 117.3 11 23 26 0 0 0 1.000 1.99
J.Robinson 18.0 2 2 3 0 1 0 .750 1.50
W.Mays 13.7 0 4 2 0 2 0 .500 1.32
T.Wright 4.2 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.14
Team Total 1441.9 161 190 311 5 7 3 .978 1.97
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.25
W.Spahn 348.7 41 41 26 50 2 4 .974 1.96
J.Jay 293.0 41 41 27 53 5 7 .941 2.46
R.Bowman 270.0 38 38 19 38 2 6 .966 1.90
D.Littlefield 105.3 14 66 4 11 1 1 .938 1.28
B.Pierce 104.0 15 15 5 17 2 3 .917 1.90
W.Ford 91.3 9 39 4 19 0 3 1.000 2.27
W.Nixon 65.7 4 46 3 10 0 0 1.000 1.78
D.Bokelmann 58.3 0 65 5 22 0 0 1.000 4.17
J.Brosnan 31.0 0 20 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.32
P.Giel 26.3 0 30 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.03
B.Kelly 17.7 0 17 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.04
B.Byerly 16.3 0 12 2 3 0 1 1.000 2.76
B.Wiesler 15.3 0 19 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.94
T.Poholsky 9.7 0 9 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.86
P.Paine 7.0 0 12 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29
Team Total 1459.6 162 470 102 239 12 25 .966 2.10
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Silvera .302
On-Base Pct Silvera .388
Slugging Pct Mays .553
OPS Mays .931
XR Mays 113.9
Games Mays 154
At-Bats Banks 621
Runs Mays 102
Hits Banks 167
Total Bases Mays 307
Singles Silvera 129
Doubles Banks 25
Triples Banks 5
Homeruns Mays 40
RBIs Mays 112
Stolen Bases Mays 36
Caught Stealing Mays 7
Walks Maxwell 80
Strikeouts Maxwell 90
ERA Spahn 2.07
Wins Spahn 29
Losses Jay 24
Winning Pct Spahn .829
Saves Nixon 21
Games Pitched Littlefield 66
Games Started Jay, Spahn 41
Complete Games Spahn 27
Shutouts Spahn 7
Innings Pitched Spahn 348.7
Hits Allowed Jay 289
Homeruns Allowed Jay 43
Strikeouts Spahn 317
Walks Allowed Jay 151
Walks per 9IP Spahn 1.7
Hits per 9IP Spahn 6.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Spahn 8.2
WHiP Spahn 0.90
OAVG Spahn .201
OOBP Spahn .242
OSLG Spahn .277
OOPS Spahn .519
Team All-Stars
Willard Nixon
Warren Spahn
Player Salaries
Warren Spahn $ 28,000,000
Willie Mays $ 5,250,000
Jackie Robinson $ 4,070,000
Roger Bowman $ 3,721,429
Willard Nixon $ 2,821,429
Charlie Silvera $ 2,257,143
Dale Long $ 2,178,571
Charlie Maxwell $ 1,985,714
Bob Lemon $ 400,400
Dick Littlefield $ 377,143
Dick Bokelmann $ 350,000
Ben Wade $ 350,000
Erv Palica $ 350,000
Whitey Ford $ 350,000
Red Wilson $ 300,000
Jim Brosnan $ 300,000
Del Crandall $ 300,000
Art Fowler $ 300,000
Paul Giel $ 300,000
Joey Jay $ 300,000
Bob Kelly $ 300,000
Brooks Lawrence $ 300,000
Bill Taylor $ 300,000
Ernie Banks $ 300,000
Dick Williams $ 300,000
Tom Wright $ 300,000
Wally Moon $ 300,000
Bob Wiesler $ 300,000
Phil Paine $ 300,000
Tom Umphlett $ 300,000
Ralph Lapointe $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Dale Mitchell New York (A) Howie Schultz
2/10 Signed     Warren Spahn
3/3 Traded Gus Bell
Dick Groat
Faye Throneberry
Bob Skinner
Harry Chiti		 Tampa Bay Pee Wee Reese
3/3 Traded Bob Turley
Red Embree
Snuffy Stirnweiss		 Tampa Bay Ralph Lapointe
5/1 Traded Pete Burnside Montreal Billy Pierce
5/1 Traded Jerry Coleman
Tom Poholsky		 Cleveland Bob Kelly
Art Fowler
6/1 Traded Bob Stephenson Tampa Bay Sonny Dixon
6/1 Traded Bud Byerly Montreal Tom Wright
7/31 Traded Pee Wee Reese New York (N) Erv Palica
Ben Wade
Bob Lemon
7/31 Traded Billy Pierce New York (N) Bob Milliken
Jim Brosnan
$1,650,000
 
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