The Cincinnati Redlegs came up just a bit short against the Milwaukee Braves, 9 to 8, on May 11, 1956.

1956 Cincinnati Redlegs

Final

MIL

Braves

9-3

9

CIN

Redlegs

12-8

8

MIL

CIN

1

0

1

2

3

1

3

1

3

4

2

0

5

0

0

6

0

1

7

2

2

8

0

0

9

0

0

10

1

0

R

9

8

H

13

12

E

3

1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Danny O'Connell 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Johnny Logan SS 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eddie Mathews 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0
Hank Aaron RF 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Andy Pafko RF 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Bobby Thomson LF 5 2 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 6
Joe Adcock 1B 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Bruton CF 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
Del Crandall C 4 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 2
Lew Burdette P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lou Sleater P 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 2
Ernie Johnson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wes Covington PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dave Jolly P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 13 9 1 5 3 1 0 23

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Lew Burdette 2.0 4 4 4 1 1 2
Lou Sleater 6.2 8 4 3 2 5 1
Ernie Johnson (W) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Jolly (S) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 10.0 12 8 7 4 6 3

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Johnny Temple 2B,RF 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Frank Robinson LF 5 2 2 1 1 0 3 0 0 5
Gus Bell CF 5 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
Ray Jablonski 3B 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Ted Kluszewski 1B 4 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 5
Bob Thurman RF 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Wally Post PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chuck Harmon RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Smoky Burgess PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rocky Bridges 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ed Bailey C 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
Roy McMillan SS 5 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 6
Johnny Klippstein P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hal Jeffcoat P 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Hersh Freeman P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stan Palys PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Art Fowler P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Crowe PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 8 12 7 3 4 6 0 0 25

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Johnny Klippstein 3.0 7 5 5 0 0 1
Hal Jeffcoat 3.0 4 3 3 3 0 0
Hersh Freeman 2.0 1 0 0 2 0 0
Art Fowler (L) 2.0 1 1 1 0 3 0
Totals 10.0 13 9 9 5 3 1

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