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1956 Cincinnati Reds
Record: 62-100
Finish: 8th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 650
Runs Allowed: 824
Exp W-L: 64-98
 
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Attendance: 1,675,740
Manager: Freddy Wills

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 62-75, 6th in the NL
AA: 71-66, 3rd in the NL
A: 90-47, 1st 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
1B  Ralph Lapointe 34 161 648 56 172 12 0 7 53 2 1 52 84 .265 .320 .316 .636 64.7 7.4 2.4
CF  Willie Mays 25 155 561 92 159 30 5 29 82 30 8 82 67 .283 .375 .510 .885 105.7 22.5 2.9
LF *Charlie Maxwell 29 157 554 76 113 24 4 22 78 10 10 67 139 .204 .289 .381 .670 60.2 5.3 2.4
C  Charlie Silvera 31 143 492 54 134 18 3 6 62 0 0 62 46 .272 .356 .358 .714 60.8 9.6 9.3
RF *Wally Moon 26 142 475 62 135 23 6 8 55 4 0 62 52 .284 .365 .408 .774 69.9 13.0 1.9
1B *Dale Long 30 149 470 82 128 23 2 25 87 0 1 52 80 .272 .343 .489 .832 75.9 13.9 1.9
C  Del Crandall 26 143 445 57 109 18 0 15 71 0 1 32 50 .245 .293 .387 .679 49.0 5.3 3.4
3B  Dick Williams 27 101 379 48 87 18 2 5 26 0 0 29 41 .230 .285 .327 .612 34.1 2.4 2.4
LF  Tom Umphlett 26 121 315 37 88 24 1 3 31 3 1 21 11 .279 .323 .390 .714 34.5 4.8 1.2
3B  Jackie Robinson 37 91 214 16 33 5 0 2 14 0 0 21 60 .154 .233 .206 .439 6.9 0.0 1.0
3B  Snuffy Stirnweiss 37 53 162 12 25 3 0 1 7 2 2 19 40 .154 .243 .191 .434 5.8 0.0 1.2
C  Red Wilson 27 60 116 11 21 3 0 0 8 0 0 16 12 .181 .286 .207 .493 7.5 0.0 1.8
CF *Stan Musial 35 45 104 18 24 7 2 7 19 0 0 6 14 .231 .268 .538 .806 15.1 2.4 0.6
LF *Tom Wright 32 90 97 12 32 5 1 1 9 0 0 5 19 .330 .369 .433 .802 13.2 2.5 0.1
P  Roger Bowman 28 39 77 2 12 4 0 0 7 0 0 2 25 .156 .173 .208 .381 2.3 0.0 0.0
1B *Bill Taylor 26 64 85 8 16 1 0 4 10 0 0 4 14 .188 .225 .341 .566 7.1 0.2 0.1
P *Warren Spahn 35 28 79 4 11 0 0 0 6 0 1 1 21 .139 .150 .139 .289 -0.8 0.0 0.0
P #Joey Jay 20 20 47 1 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 21 .170 .170 .191 .362 0.9 0.0 0.0
P *Whitey Ford 27 26 49 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 .061 .078 .082 .160 -2.1 0.0 0.0
P  Mike Fornieles 24 18 35 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 11 .086 .086 .086 .171 -1.3 0.0 0.0
P *Cliff Fannin 32 16 33 1 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 .182 .229 .182 .410 1.4 0.0 0.0
P *Willard Nixon 28 47 14 1 4 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 3 .286 .286 .429 .714 1.6 0.3 0.0
P  Jim Brosnan 26 82 14 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .214 .214 .214 .429 0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Kelly 28 42 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P #Bob Wiesler 25 37 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Paul Giel 24 45 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Bobo Holloman 31 82 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Dick Littlefield 30 60 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.8 2217 5486 650 1326 222 26 135 640 51 25 536 840 .242 .309 .365 .674 611.0 89.4 32.4
  Rank among 8 NL teams 6 7 7 6 6 6 7 1 8 6 4 7 7 6 7 7  
* - 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
*Roger Bowman 28 7 22 .241 39 39 0 248.3 256 144 35 116 172 5.22 4.5
*Warren Spahn 35 18 6 .750 28 28 0 240.0 174 55 10 60 224 2.06 31.6
 Joey Jay 20 7 10 .412 20 20 0 141.3 128 74 20 56 84 4.71 5.7
*Whitey Ford 27 4 15 .211 26 26 0 128.7 161 87 24 40 55 6.09 0.0
 Cliff Fannin 32 4 9 .308 16 16 0 113.7 132 58 17 34 68 4.59 4.6
 Mike Fornieles 24 4 7 .364 18 15 0 112.7 107 53 8 45 59 4.23 4.6
 Jim Brosnan 26 7 6 .538 82 0 1 106.7 112 66 13 48 63 5.57 2.8
 Bobo Holloman 31 2 7 .222 79 0 2 80.0 71 44 4 52 42 4.95 2.9
 Bob Kelly 28 2 2 .500 42 0 0 73.3 91 50 16 38 26 6.14 0.1
*Dick Littlefield 30 3 3 .500 60 0 3 64.0 54 37 12 42 48 5.20 2.8
 Willard Nixon 28 4 9 .308 47 0 17 62.3 69 37 11 32 19 5.34 2.9
 Paul Giel 24 0 1 .000 45 0 0 38.3 41 19 7 22 25 4.46 1.7
*Bob Wiesler 25 0 3 .000 37 18 0 31.7 36 31 4 31 28 8.81 0.0
Team Totals 27.5 62 100 .383 539 162 23 1440.9 1432 755 181 616 913 4.72 64.2
Rank among 8 NL teams 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 5 5 8  
* - 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 31.3
C.Silvera 1148.7 127 135 748 47 3 1 .996 52.2
R.Wilson 227.3 27 27 148 7 1 0 .994 40.0
D.Crandall 64.0 8 8 47 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
D.Long 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1441.0 162 171 944 54 4 1 .996 50.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.44
D.Long 1006.7 111 125 1148 101 6 108 .995 11.17
T.Umphlett 361.0 43 44 412 32 2 28 .996 11.07
S.Musial 35.4 4 9 41 2 0 4 1.000 10.93
C.Silvera 6.3 0 4 7 2 0 0 1.000 12.80
R.Wilson 2.0 0 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 18.00
D.Williams 1.5 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 12.00
B.Taylor 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1413.9 158 185 1614 138 8 140 .995 11.15
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.73
R.Lapointe 480.0 55 59 104 182 8 39 .973 5.36
J.Robinson 445.7 49 66 93 193 2 28 .993 5.78
S.Stirnweiss 194.1 20 24 49 88 2 23 .986 6.35
D.Long 77.0 9 9 16 11 1 5 .964 3.16
D.Crandall 27.0 3 3 8 16 0 3 1.000 8.00
W.Mays 15.0 1 1 2 3 2 0 .714 3.00
C.Silvera 9.0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 4.00
D.Williams 0.7 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 12.86
Team Total 1248.5 138 164 275 495 15 98 .981 5.55
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.74
D.Crandall 1022.0 118 122 66 246 28 23 .918 2.75
D.Williams 402.5 42 43 30 99 8 8 .942 2.88
S.Stirnweiss 190.0 21 21 11 52 1 4 .984 2.98
J.Robinson 89.0 9 20 2 23 2 0 .926 2.53
R.Wilson 42.0 3 14 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.86
R.Lapointe 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1746.5 193 221 110 423 39 35 .932 2.75
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 4.98
R.Lapointe 886.3 100 100 136 334 24 65 .951 4.77
D.Williams 430.0 41 50 55 174 5 31 .979 4.79
S.Stirnweiss 23.5 2 5 3 10 0 2 1.000 4.98
R.Wilson 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1341.8 143 156 194 518 29 98 .961 4.78
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.89
C.Maxwell 1284.3 148 153 281 6 2 3 .993 2.01
T.Umphlett 79.3 7 13 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.70
S.Musial 23.6 3 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.14
W.Mays 8.3 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.08
T.Wright 8.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
B.Taylor 2.0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
W.Moon 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Williams 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1408.3 158 184 303 7 2 4 .994 1.98
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.37
W.Mays 1275.7 144 145 345 4 8 3 .978 2.46
T.Umphlett 137.3 17 17 30 0 0 0 1.000 1.97
S.Musial 131.0 18 19 44 1 1 0 .978 3.09
D.Williams 38.2 4 4 13 0 0 0 1.000 3.06
W.Moon 21.0 1 3 4 2 0 2 1.000 2.57
T.Wright 7.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
Team Total 1610.2 184 191 438 7 9 5 .980 2.49
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.91
W.Moon 1082.3 124 136 222 3 2 1 .991 1.87
T.Umphlett 115.0 14 17 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
B.Taylor 85.0 10 13 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.06
T.Wright 53.3 4 14 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.01
S.Musial 34.9 5 6 8 1 0 0 1.000 2.32
D.Crandall 8.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
W.Mays 6.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1384.6 157 189 272 5 2 1 .993 1.80
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.20
R.Bowman 248.3 39 39 23 45 0 6 1.000 2.46
W.Spahn 240.0 28 28 18 40 3 3 .951 2.18
J.Jay 141.3 20 20 14 21 0 1 1.000 2.23
W.Ford 128.7 26 26 5 28 1 1 .971 2.31
C.Fannin 113.7 16 16 6 19 0 1 1.000 1.98
M.Fornieles 112.7 15 18 10 24 2 2 .944 2.72
J.Brosnan 106.7 0 82 4 20 0 0 1.000 2.03
B.Holloman 80.0 0 79 6 25 1 1 .969 3.49
B.Kelly 73.3 0 42 8 12 0 0 1.000 2.45
D.Littlefield 64.0 0 60 3 8 0 1 1.000 1.55
W.Nixon 62.3 0 47 2 11 1 0 .929 1.88
P.Giel 38.3 0 45 1 12 0 0 1.000 3.05
B.Wiesler 31.7 18 37 2 7 0 1 1.000 2.56
Team Total 1440.9 162 539 102 272 8 17 .979 2.34
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Moon .284
On-Base Pct Mays .375
Slugging Pct Mays .510
OPS Mays .885
XR Mays 105.7
Games Lapointe 161
At-Bats Lapointe 648
Runs Mays 92
Hits Lapointe 172
Total Bases Mays 286
Singles Lapointe 153
Doubles Mays 30
Triples Moon 6
Homeruns Mays 29
RBIs Long 87
Stolen Bases Mays 30
Caught Stealing Maxwell 10
Walks Mays 82
Strikeouts Maxwell 139
ERA Spahn 2.06
Wins Spahn 18
Losses Bowman 22
Winning Pct Spahn .750
Saves Nixon 17
Games Pitched Brosnan 82
Games Started Bowman 39
Complete Games Spahn 14
Shutouts Spahn 3
Innings Pitched Bowman 248.3
Hits Allowed Bowman 256
Homeruns Allowed Bowman 35
Strikeouts Spahn 224
Walks Allowed Bowman 116
Walks per 9IP Spahn 2.3
Hits per 9IP Spahn 6.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Spahn 8.4
WHiP Spahn 0.98
OAVG Spahn .201
OOBP Spahn .254
OSLG Spahn .288
OOPS Spahn .542
Team All-Stars
Dale Long
Willard Nixon
Charlie Silvera
Warren Spahn
Player Salaries
Stan Musial $ 13,500,000
Cliff Fannin $ 6,350,000
Willie Mays $ 6,250,000
Jackie Robinson $ 4,070,000
Roger Bowman $ 3,907,143
Charlie Silvera $ 3,500,000
Ernie Banks $ 3,407,143
Charlie Maxwell $ 3,135,714
Snuffy Stirnweiss $ 3,000,000
Dale Long $ 2,178,571
Ralph Lapointe $ 1,221,429
Whitey Ford $ 1,154,286
Willard Nixon $ 600,000
Dick Littlefield $ 600,000
Erv Palica $ 350,000
Dick Bokelmann $ 350,000
Del Crandall $ 350,000
Ben Wade $ 350,000
Joey Jay $ 300,000
Red Wilson $ 300,000
Jim Brosnan $ 300,000
Bob Wiesler $ 300,000
Mike Fornieles $ 300,000
Bobo Holloman $ 300,000
Bob Kelly $ 300,000
Tom Umphlett $ 300,000
Tom Wright $ 300,000
Bill Taylor $ 300,000
Wally Moon $ 300,000
Paul Giel $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
7/31 Traded Dick Williams
Warren Spahn		 San Diego Cliff Fannin
Ed Roebuck
Stan Musial
Snuffy Stirnweiss
 
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