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.[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.

1958 Cincinnati Redlegs
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Powel Crosley, Jr.
General manager(s)Gabe Paul
Manager(s)Birdie Tebbetts, Jimmy Dykes
Local televisionWLW
(George Bryson, Frank McCormick)
Local radioWKRC
(Waite Hoyt, Jack Moran)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Milwaukee Braves 9262 0.597 48–29 44–33
Pittsburgh Pirates 8470 0.545 8 49–28 35–42
San Francisco Giants 8074 0.519 12 44–33 36–41
Cincinnati Redlegs 7678 0.494 16 40–37 36–41
Chicago Cubs 7282 0.468 20 35–42 37–40
St. Louis Cardinals 7282 0.468 20 39–38 33–44
Los Angeles Dodgers 7183 0.461 21 39–38 32–45
Philadelphia Phillies 6985 0.448 23 35–42 34–43

Record vs. opponents

1958 National League Records

Sources:
Team CHC CIN LAD MIL PHI PIT SF STL
Chicago10–1211–1110–1213–99–1312–107–15
Cincinnati12–1011–115–1715–710–1211–1112–10
Los Angeles 11–1111–1114–810–128–146–1611–11
Milwaukee12–1017–58–1413–911–1116–615–7
Philadelphia9–137–1512–109–1312–108–1412–10
Pittsburgh13–912–1014–811–1110–1212–1012–10
San Francisco10–1211–1116–66–1614–810–1213–9
St. Louis15–710–1211–117–1510–1210–129–13

Notable transactions

Roster

1958 Cincinnati Redlegs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
Dee Fondy8912427.218111
Steve Bilko318723.264417
Chuck Coles9112.18202

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
Harvey Haddix29184873.52110
Jay Hook130112.005

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
Tom Acker38124.2434.5590

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
Willard Schmidt413502.8641
Orlando Peña91030.6011
Hersh Freeman30003.527
Lefty Hayden30004.913
Ted Wieand10009.002

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[8]

References


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