1958 Cincinnati Redlegs season

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. 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
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)

Offseason

• October 8, 1957: Steve Bilko was purchased by the Redlegs from the Chicago Cubs.
• 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.
• December 28, 1957: Ted Kluszewski was traded by the Redlegs to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Dee Fondy.

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 record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

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

Roster

1958 Cincinnati Redlegs
Roster
Pitchers 40 Tom Acker 30 Hersh Freeman 32 Harvey Haddix 31 Gene 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
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

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
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

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
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

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
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

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
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

See also: Minor League Baseball

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

External links

• 1958 Cincinnati Redlegs season at Baseball Reference