1958 Cincinnati Redlegs season

1958 Cincinnati Redlegs
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890)
Location
Crosley Field (since 1934)
Cincinnati (since 1882)
Other information
Owner(s)	Powel Crosley, Jr.
General manager(s)	Gabe Paul
Manager(s)	Birdie Tebbetts, Jimmy Dykes
Local television	WLW (George Bryson, Frank McCormick)
Local radio	WKRC (Waite Hoyt, Jack Moran)
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The 1958 Cincinnati Redlegs season consisted of the Redlegs finishing in fourth place in the National League standings with a record of 76–78, 16 games behind the Milwaukee Braves. The Redlegs played their home games at Crosley Field. 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.

Offseason

October 8, 1957: Steve Bilko was purchased by the Redlegs from the Chicago Cubs.^[1]
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.^[2]
December 28, 1957: Ted Kluszewski was traded by the Redlegs to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Dee Fondy.^[3]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

Record vs. opponents

1958 National League Records Sources:
Team	CHC	CIN	LAD	MIL	PHI	PIT	SF	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

April 21, 1958: Diego Seguí was released by the Redlegs.^[4]
May 17, 1958: Eddie Miksis was signed as a free agent by the Redlegs.^[5]
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.^[1]
June 24, 1958: Walt Dropo was selected off waivers by the Redlegs from the Chicago White Sox.^[6]

Roster

1958 Cincinnati Redlegs

Roster

Pitchers

40 Tom Acker

30 Hersh Freeman

32 Harvey Haddix

31 Lefty Hayden

47 Jay Hook

42 Hal Jeffcoat

34,41 Alex Kellner

45 Bob Kelly

35 Johnny Klippstein

46 Brooks Lawrence

43 Turk Lown

30,36 Don Newcombe

39 Joe Nuxhall

31 Jim O'Toole

43 Orlando Peña

37 Bob Purkey

31 Charlie Rabe

44 Willard Schmidt

33 Ted Wieand

47 Bill Wight

Catchers

6 Ed Bailey

7 Smoky Burgess

9 Dutch Dotterer

Infielders

18 Steve Bilko

15 George Crowe

18 Walt Dropo

19 Dee Fondy

10 Alex Grammas

33 Fred Hatfield

17 Bobby Henrich

12 Don Hoak

11 Roy McMillan

16 Johnny Temple

Outfielders

25 Gus Bell

23 Chuck Coles

26 Jim Fridley

24 Jerry Lynch

28 Eddie Miksis

45 Danny Morejón

5 Vada Pinson

20 Frank Robinson

22 Bob Thurman

29 Pete Whisenant

Manager

1 Birdie Tebbetts

4 Jimmy Dykes

Coaches

4 Jimmy Dykes

3 Tom Ferrick

2 Johnny Riddle

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

Other batters

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
Fondy, DeeDee Fondy	89	124	27	.218	1	11
Bilko, SteveSteve Bilko	31	87	23	.264	4	17
Coles, ChuckChuck Coles	9	11	2	.182	0	2

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Haddix, HarveyHarvey Haddix	29	184	8	7	3.52	110
Hook, JayJay Hook	1	3	0	1	12.00	5

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Acker, TomTom Acker	38	124.2	4	3	4.55	90

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Schmidt, WillardWillard Schmidt	41	3	5	0	2.86	41
Peña, OrlandoOrlando Peña	9	1	0	3	0.60	11
Freeman, HershHersh Freeman	3	0	0	0	3.52	7
Hayden, LeftyLefty Hayden	3	0	0	0	4.91	3
Wieand, TedTed Wieand	1	0	0	0	9.00	2

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Havana Sugar Kings	International League	Nap Reyes and Tony Pacheco
AAA	Seattle Rainiers	Pacific Coast League	Connie Ryan
AA	Nashville Vols	Southern Association	Dick Sisler
A	Savannah Redlegs	Sally League	Bob Wellman
A	Albuquerque Dukes	Western League	Jimmy Brown
B	Wenatchee Chiefs	Northwest League	Bert Haas
C	Visalia Redlegs	California League	Bruce Edwards, Bobby Mattick and Larry Taylor
D	Graceville Oilers	Alabama–Florida League	Mike Fandozzi
D	Palatka Redlegs	Florida State League	Johnny Vander Meer
D	Geneva Redlegs	New York–Penn League	Dave Bristol

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Geneva^[7]

References

1 2 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

1958 Cincinnati Redlegs season at Baseball Reference

1958 MLB season by team
American League	Baltimore Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City New York Washington
National League	Chicago Cincinnati Los Angeles Milwaukee Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco
1958 All-Star Game 1958 World Series

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