1958 Cincinnati Redlegs season
1958 Cincinnati Redlegs | |
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League | National League |
Ballpark | Crosley Field |
City | Cincinnati |
Owners | Powel Crosley, Jr. |
General managers | Gabe Paul |
Managers | Birdie Tebbetts, Jimmy Dykes |
Television | WLW (George Bryson, Frank McCormick) |
Radio | WKRC (Waite Hoyt, Jack Moran) |
The 1958 Cincinnati Redlegs season consisted of the Redlegs finishing in fourth place in the National League (NL) standings with a record of 76–78, 16 games behind the Milwaukee Braves. The Redlegs played their home games at Crosley Field, and drew 788,582 fans, eighth and last in the NL.[1] The season started with Birdie Tebbetts managing the club, but after the Redlegs went 52–61, Tebbetts was replaced in August by Jimmy Dykes, who went 24–17 the rest of the way. This was the final season the team was known as the "Redlegs." The club reverted to its traditional "Reds" nickname the following year.
Offseason
[edit]- October 8, 1957: Steve Bilko was purchased by the Redlegs from the Chicago Cubs.[2]
- December 5, 1957: Curt Flood and Joe Taylor were traded by the Redlegs to the St. Louis Cardinals for Marty Kutyna, Ted Wieand, and Willard Schmidt.[3]
- December 28, 1957: Ted Kluszewski was traded by the Redlegs to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Dee Fondy.[4]
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Milwaukee Braves | 92 | 62 | .597 | — | 48–29 | 44–33 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 84 | 70 | .545 | 8 | 49–28 | 35–42 |
San Francisco Giants | 80 | 74 | .519 | 12 | 44–33 | 36–41 |
Cincinnati Redlegs | 76 | 78 | .494 | 16 | 40–37 | 36–41 |
Chicago Cubs | 72 | 82 | .468 | 20 | 35–42 | 37–40 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 72 | 82 | .468 | 20 | 39–38 | 33–44 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 71 | 83 | .461 | 21 | 39–38 | 32–45 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 69 | 85 | .448 | 23 | 35–42 | 34–43 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | CHC | CIN | LAD | MIL | PHI | PIT | SFG | STL | |||||
Chicago | — | 10–12 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 13–9 | 9–13 | 12–10 | 7–15 | |||||
Cincinnati | 12–10 | — | 11–11 | 5–17 | 15–7 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 12–10 | |||||
Los Angeles | 11–11 | 11–11 | — | 14–8 | 10–12 | 8–14 | 6–16 | 11–11 | |||||
Milwaukee | 12–10 | 17–5 | 8–14 | — | 13–9 | 11–11 | 16–6 | 15–7 | |||||
Philadelphia | 9–13 | 7–15 | 12–10 | 9–13 | — | 12–10 | 8–14 | 12–10 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 13–9 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 10–12 | — | 12–10 | 12–10 | |||||
San Francisco | 10–12 | 11–11 | 16–6 | 6–16 | 14–8 | 10–12 | — | 13–9 | |||||
St. Louis | 15–7 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 7–15 | 10–12 | 10–12 | 9–13 | — |
Notable transactions
[edit]- April 21, 1958: Diego Seguí was released by the Redlegs.[5]
- May 17, 1958: Eddie Miksis was signed as a free agent by the Redlegs.[6]
- June 15, 1958: Steve Bilko, Johnny Klippstein and players to be named later were traded by the Redlegs to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Don Newcombe. The Redlegs completed the deal by sending Art Fowler and Charlie Rabe to the Dodgers on June 23.[2]
- June 24, 1958: Walt Dropo was selected off waivers by the Redlegs from the Chicago White Sox.[7]
Roster
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Pitchers
| Catchers Infielders
| Outfielders
| Manager Coaches |
Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Ed Bailey | 112 | 360 | 90 | .250 | 11 | 59 |
1B | George Crowe | 111 | 345 | 95 | .275 | 7 | 61 |
2B | Johnny Temple | 141 | 542 | 166 | .306 | 3 | 47 |
SS | Roy McMillan | 145 | 393 | 90 | .229 | 1 | 25 |
3B | Don Hoak | 114 | 417 | 109 | .261 | 6 | 50 |
LF | Frank Robinson | 148 | 554 | 149 | .269 | 31 | 83 |
CF | Gus Bell | 112 | 385 | 97 | .252 | 10 | 46 |
RF | Jerry Lynch | 122 | 420 | 131 | .312 | 16 | 68 |
Other batters
[edit]Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Smoky Burgess | 99 | 251 | 71 | .283 | 6 | 31 |
Alex Grammas | 105 | 216 | 47 | .218 | 0 | 12 |
Pete Whisenant | 85 | 203 | 48 | .236 | 11 | 40 |
Bob Thurman | 94 | 178 | 41 | .230 | 4 | 20 |
Walt Dropo | 63 | 162 | 47 | .290 | 7 | 31 |
Dee Fondy | 89 | 124 | 27 | .218 | 1 | 11 |
Vada Pinson | 27 | 96 | 26 | .271 | 1 | 8 |
Steve Bilko | 31 | 87 | 23 | .264 | 4 | 17 |
Eddie Miksis | 69 | 50 | 7 | .140 | 0 | 4 |
Dutch Dotterer | 11 | 28 | 7 | .250 | 1 | 2 |
Danny Morejón | 12 | 26 | 5 | .192 | 0 | 1 |
Chuck Coles | 9 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 2 |
Jim Fridley | 5 | 9 | 2 | .222 | 0 | 1 |
Bobby Henrich | 5 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Fred Hatfield | 3 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bob Purkey | 37 | 250.0 | 17 | 11 | 3.60 | 70 |
Harvey Haddix | 29 | 184.0 | 8 | 7 | 3.52 | 110 |
Joe Nuxhall | 36 | 175.2 | 12 | 11 | 3.79 | 111 |
Don Newcombe | 20 | 133.1 | 7 | 7 | 3.85 | 53 |
Jim O'Toole | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 1.29 | 4 |
Jay Hook | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 12.00 | 5 |
Other pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Brooks Lawrence | 46 | 181.0 | 8 | 13 | 4.13 | 74 |
Tom Acker | 38 | 124.2 | 4 | 3 | 4.55 | 90 |
Alex Kellner | 18 | 82.0 | 7 | 3 | 2.30 | 42 |
Johnny Klippstein | 12 | 33.0 | 3 | 2 | 4.91 | 22 |
Charlie Rabe | 9 | 18.2 | 0 | 3 | 4.34 | 10 |
Bob Kelly | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Hal Jeffcoat | 49 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 3.72 | 35 |
Willard Schmidt | 41 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2.86 | 41 |
Turk Lown | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.40 | 9 |
Orlando Peña | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.60 | 11 |
Bill Wight | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.05 | 5 |
Hersh Freeman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.52 | 7 |
Gene Hayden | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.91 | 3 |
Ted Wieand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 |
Farm system
[edit]LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Geneva[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Baseball Reference: 1958 MLB Attendance & Team Age
- ^ a b Steve Bilko page at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Curt Flood page at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Dee Fondy page at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Diego Seguí page at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Eddie Miksis page at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Walt Dropo page at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
External links
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