1958 Cincinnati Redlegs season

March 2026 November 2013 Cincinnati Redlegs 1958 National League Crosley Field Cincinnati Powel Crosley Jr. Gabe Paul Birdie Tebbetts, Jimmy Dykes WLW(George Bryson, Frank McCormick) 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.Baseball Reference: 1958 MLB Attendance & Team Age 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 October 8, 1957: Steve Bilko was purchased by the Redlegs from the Chicago Cubs.Steve Bilko page at Baseball-Reference 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.Curt Flood page at Baseball-Reference December 28, 1957: Ted Kluszewski was traded by the Redlegs to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Dee Fondy.Dee Fondy page at Baseball-Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents CIN Notable transactions April 21, 1958: Diego Seguí was released by the Redlegs.Diego Seguí page at Baseball-Reference May 17, 1958: Eddie Miksis was signed as a free agent by the Redlegs.Eddie Miksis page at Baseball-Reference 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.Walt Dropo page at Baseball-Reference 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 = Indicates team leader 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 Chuck Coles (baseball) 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 Minor League Baseball 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: GenevaJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 References External links 1958 Cincinnati Redlegs season at Baseball Reference Category:Cincinnati Reds seasons Cincinnati Redlegs season Cincinnati Reds Category:Long stubs with short prose