1959 Cincinnati Reds season

March 2026 November 2013 Cincinnati Reds 1959 National League Crosley Field Cincinnati Powel Crosley Jr. Gabe Paul Mayo Smith, Fred Hutchinson WLW(George Bryson, Frank McCormick) WKRC(Waite Hoyt, Jack Moran) The 1959 Cincinnati Reds season consisted of the Reds finishing in a fifth-place tie with the Chicago Cubs in the National League standings, with a record of 74–80, 13 games behind the NL and World Champion Los Angeles Dodgers. Prior to the season the club, after calling themselves the Cincinnati Redlegs for the past six seasons, changed its nickname back to the Reds. The Reds played their home games at Crosley Field, where they attracted 801,298 fans, eighth and last in the Senior Circuit.Baseball Reference: 1959 MLB Attendance and Team Age Offseason January 30, 1959: Smoky Burgess, Harvey Haddix and Don Hoak were traded by the Reds to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Whammy Douglas, Jim Pendleton, Frank Thomas, and John Powers.Smoky Burgess page at Baseball Reference March 20, 1959: Eddie Miksis was released by the Reds.Eddie Miksis page at Baseball Reference Regular season For the second consecutive season, the Reds played under two managers. Mayo Smith, hired during the previous off-season, managed the Reds to a 35–45 start, seventh in the eight-team league. He was replaced during the first All-Star break by Fred Hutchinson, manager of their Triple-A Seattle Rainiers affiliate, on July 9. Hutchinson then led Cincinnati to a 39–35 record the rest of the way. Season standings Record vs. opponents CIN Notable transactions May 1, 1959: Del Ennis was traded by the Reds to the Chicago White Sox for Lou Skizas and Don Rudolph.Lou Skizas page at Baseball Reference June 8, 1959: Hal Jeffcoat was traded by the Reds to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jim Brosnan.Hal Jeffcoat page at Baseball Reference June 23, 1959: Walt Dropo was traded by the Reds to the Baltimore Orioles for Whitey Lockman.Walt Dropo page at Baseball Reference Roster 1959 Cincinnati Reds Roster Pitchers 40 Tom Acker 47 Luis Arroyo 41 Jim Bailey 42 Jim Brosnan 32 Mike Cuellar 47 Jay Hook 42 Hal Jeffcoat 46 Brooks Lawrence 35 Bob Mabe 36 Don Newcombe 39 Joe Nuxhall 31 Jim O'Toole 32 Claude Osteen 43 Orlando Peña 37 Bob Purkey 47 Don Rudolph 44 Willard Schmidt Catchers  6 Ed Bailey  9 Dutch Dotterer Infielders 18 Cliff Cook 18 Walt Dropo 17 Bobby Henrich 14,23 Willie Jones 10 Eddie Kasko 19 Whitey Lockman 11 Roy McMillan 20 Frank Robinson 16 Johnny Temple 15 Frank Thomas Outfielders 25 Gus Bell 23 Del Ennis 22 Buddy Gilbert 24 Jerry Lynch 12 Jim Pendleton 28 Vada Pinson 27 John Powers 29 Pete Whisenant Other batters  8 Don Pavletich 22 Bob Thurman Manager  1 Fred Hutchinson  1 Mayo Smith Coaches  2 Cot Deal (Pitching; after 8/4)  2 Clyde King (Pitching; through 8/3)  3 Wally Moses (Hitting & first base)  4 Reggie Otero (Third base) 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 121 379 100 .264 12 40 1B Frank Robinson 146 540 168 .311 36 125 2B Johnny Temple 149 598 186 .311 8 67 SS Eddie Kasko 118 329 93 .283 2 31 3B Willie Jones 72 233 58 .249 7 31 LF Jerry Lynch 117 379 102 .269 17 58 CF Vada Pinson 154 648 205 .316 20 84 RF Gus Bell 148 580 170 .293 19 115 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 Frank Thomas Frank Thomas (outfielder) 108 374 84 .225 12 47 Roy McMillan 79 246 65 .264 9 24 Dutch Dotterer 52 161 43 .267 2 17 Jim Pendleton 65 113 29 .257 3 9 Whitey Lockman 52 84 22 .262 0 7 Pete Whisenant 36 71 17 .239 5 11 John Powers John Powers (baseball) 43 43 11 .256 2 4 Walt Dropo 26 39 4 .103 1 2 Cliff Cook 9 21 8 .381 0 5 Buddy Gilbert 7 20 3 .150 2 2 Del Ennis 5 12 4 .333 0 1 Bob Thurman 4 4 1 .250 0 2 Bobby Henrich 14 3 0 .000 0 0 Don Pavletich 1 0 0 ---- 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 Don Newcombe 30 222.0 13 8 3.16 100 Bob Purkey 38 218.0 13 18 4.25 78 Joe Nuxhall 28 131.2 9 9 4.24 75 Jim O'Toole 28 129.1 5 8 5.15 68 Jay Hook 17 79.0 5 5 5.13 37 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 Orlando Peña 46 136.0 5 9 4.76 76 Brooks Lawrence 43 128.1 7 12 4.77 64 Jim Brosnan 26 83.1 8 3 3.35 56 Jim Bailey Jim Bailey (baseball) 3 11.2 0 1 6.17 7 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 Tom Acker 37 1 2 2 4.12 45 Willard Schmidt 36 3 2 0 3.95 40 Bob Mabe 18 4 2 3 5.46 8 Hal Jeffcoat 17 0 1 1 3.32 12 Luis Arroyo 10 1 0 0 3.95 8 Don Rudolph 5 0 0 0 4.91 8 Claude Osteen 2 0 0 0 7.04 3 Mike Cuellar 2 0 0 0 15.75 5 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Havana Sugar Kings International League Preston Gómez AAA Seattle Rainiers Pacific Coast League Fred Hutchinson and Alan Strange AA Nashville Vols Southern Association Dick Sisler A Savannah Reds Sally League Bob Wellman and Jack Cassini B Topeka Hawks Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Johnny Vander Meer C Visalia Redlegs California League Dave Bristol D Palatka Redlegs Florida State League Clem Koshorek and Tony Pacheco D Geneva Redlegs New York–Penn League Reno DeBenedetti LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: HavanaJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 References External links 1959 Cincinnati Redlegs season at Baseball Reference Category:Cincinnati Reds seasons Cincinnati Reds season Cincinnati Reds