| Breaking News |  | Saturday, November 24th, 1956: Cincinnati Comes to Terms with Banta
Team insiders were tight-lipped prior to today's deal that brought 31-year-old reliever Jack Banta to Cincinnati.
Banta is considered one of the league's A-list players, and certainly will enhance any chances the Reds have to win a playoff spot this year.
Banta has pitched in 141 games in his career, posting 5 saves, 273 strikeouts and a record of 17 victories and 27 losses. His lifetime ERA stands at 4.72. |
 | Thursday, October 11th, 1956: NL's Top Rookie Announced
Jackie Brandt made quite a name for himself and his lethal bat in his rookie year. The Cincinnati left fielder brought home the 1956 Rookie of the Year Award today in recognition of his extraordinary rookie campaign.
Brandt played in 142 games, batted .305, collected 177 hits in 581 at-bats, 25 home runs, 116 RBIs, 81 runs scored, 27 walks and compiled a .337 OBP.
All of the league award winners will be recognized this weekend at the SBWA annual dinner.
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 | Saturday, September 8th, 1956: Pittsburgh Blanked by Cincinnati
"Good pitching beats good hitting" is an old baseball adage.
Well, good pitching also beats bad batting.
In his postgame interview the Pittsburgh manager said, "Bob Lemon made us look real bad today. He was outstanding. He was down in the zone with all his pitches. Everything was sinking."
Lemon had 10 strikeouts, no walks and allowed only 5 hits as the Cincinnati Reds whitewashed the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-0.
Thus far this season, Lemon has worked 227.2 innings with 136 strikeouts en route to a 11-13 record and a 4.23 ERA.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 81-73, .526 PCT | | Position in Division | 3rd, 10.0 GB | | Record at home | 42-35, .545 PCT | | Record on the road | 39-38, .506 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 11-5, .688 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 29-16, .644 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 20-13, .606 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 61-60, .504 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 8-2, .800 PCT | | Record in April | 14-13, .519 PCT | | Record in May | 17-12, .586 PCT | | Record in June | 11-15, .423 PCT | | Record in July | 16-12, .571 PCT | | Record in August | 13-16, .448 PCT | | Record in September | 10-5, .667 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .266 - 3rd in NL | | On-Base Percentage | .323 - 6th in NL | | Slugging Percentage | .400 - 4th in NL | | On-Base + Slugging | .722 - 6th in NL | | Runs Scored | 715 - 6th in NL | | Hits | 1423 - 2nd in NL | | Extra-Base Hits | 382 - 5th in NL | | Home Runs | 153 - 6th in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 440 - 8th in NL | | Strikeouts | 547 - 1st in NL | | Stolen Bases | 34 - 5th in NL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 4.10 - 3rd in NL | | Starters' ERA | 4.11 - 5th in NL | | Bullpen ERA | 4.07 - 2nd in NL | | Runs allowed | 720 - 3rd in NL | | Hits allowed | 1285 - 3rd in NL | | Opponents AVG | .246 - 3rd in NL | | BABIP | .263 - 3rd in NL | | Home Runs allowed | 156 - 5th in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 742 - 8th in NL | | Strikeouts | 758 - 2nd in NL |
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