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

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 Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 89 124 27 .218 1 11 Vada Pinson 27 96 26 .271 1 8 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 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 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 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 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 41 3 5 0 2.86 41 Turk Lown 11 0 2 0 5.40 9 9 1 0 3 0.60 11 Bill Wight 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

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