1958 Cincinnati Redlegs season explained

Cincinnati Redlegs
Season:	1958
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)

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.

Offseason

• October 8, 1957: Steve Bilko was purchased by the Redlegs from the Chicago Cubs.^[2]
• 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.^[3]
• December 28, 1957: Ted Kluszewski was traded by the Redlegs to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Dee Fondy.^[4]

Regular season

Notable transactions

• April 21, 1958: Diego Seguí was released by the Redlegs.^[5]
• May 17, 1958: Eddie Miksis was signed as a free agent by the Redlegs.^[6]
• 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.^[2]
• June 24, 1958: Walt Dropo was selected off waivers by the Redlegs from the Chicago White Sox.^[7]

Roster

1958 Cincinnati Redlegs
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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		112	360	90	.250	11	59
1B		111	345	95	.275	7	61
2B		141	542	166	.306	3	47
SS		145	393	90	.229	1	25
3B		114	417	109	.261	6	50
LF		148	554	149	.269	31	83
CF		112	385	97	.252	10	46
RF		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
	99	251	71	.283	6	31
	105	216	47	.218	0	12
	85	203	48	.236	11	40
	94	178	41	.230	4	20
	63	162	47	.290	7	31
	89	124	27	.218	1	11
	27	96	26	.271	1	8
	31	87	23	.264	4	17
	69	50	7	.140	0	4
	11	28	7	.250	1	2
	12	26	5	.192	0	1
	9	11	2	.182	0	2
	5	9	2	.222	0	1
	5	3	0	.000	0	0
	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
	37	250.0	17	11	3.60	70
	29	184.0	8	7	3.52	110
	36	175.2	12	11	3.79	111
	20	133.1	7	7	3.85	53
	1	7.0	0	1	1.29	4
	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
	46	181.0	8	13	4.13	74
	38	124.2	4	3	4.55	90
	18	82.0	7	3	2.30	42
	12	33.0	3	2	4.91	22
	9	18.2	0	3	4.34	10
	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
	49	6	8	9	3.72	35
	41	3	5	0	2.86	41
	11	0	2	0	5.40	9
	9	1	0	3	0.60	11
	7	0	1	0	4.05	5
	3	0	0	0	3.52	7
	3	0	0	0	4.91	3
	1	0	0	0	9.00	2

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Geneva^[8]

External links

• 1958 Cincinnati Redlegs season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. [Baseball Reference]
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bilkost01.shtml Steve Bilko page at Baseball-Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/floodcu01.shtml Curt Flood page at Baseball-Reference
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fondyde01.shtml Dee Fondy page at Baseball-Reference
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/seguidi01.shtml Diego Seguí page at Baseball-Reference
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/miksied01.shtml Eddie Miksis page at Baseball-Reference
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dropowa01.shtml Walt Dropo page at Baseball-Reference
8. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007