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.
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) |
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Milwaukee Braves | 92 | 62 | 0.597 | — | 48–29 | 44–33 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 84 | 70 | 0.545 | 8 | 49–28 | 35–42 |
San Francisco Giants | 80 | 74 | 0.519 | 12 | 44–33 | 36–41 |
Cincinnati Redlegs | 76 | 78 | 0.494 | 16 | 40–37 | 36–41 |
Chicago Cubs | 72 | 82 | 0.468 | 20 | 35–42 | 37–40 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 72 | 82 | 0.468 | 20 | 39–38 | 33–44 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 71 | 83 | 0.461 | 21 | 39–38 | 32–45 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 69 | 85 | 0.448 | 23 | 35–42 | 34–43 |
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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 | — |
1958 Cincinnati Redlegs | |||||||||
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Geneva[8]