# 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. 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.
* 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.
* December 28, 1957: Ted Kluszewski was traded by the Redlegs to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Dee Fondy.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Milwaukee Braves | 92 | 62 | .597 | — | 48‍–‍29 | 44‍–‍33 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 84 | 70 | .545 | 8 | 49‍–‍28 | 35‍–‍42 |
| San Francisco Giants | 80 | 74 | .519 | 12 | 44‍–‍33 | 36‍–‍41 |
| Cincinnati Redlegs | 76 | 78 | .494 | 16 | 40‍–‍37 | 36‍–‍41 |
| Chicago Cubs | 72 | 82 | .468 | 20 | 35‍–‍42 | 37‍–‍40 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 72 | 82 | .468 | 20 | 39‍–‍38 | 33‍–‍44 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 71 | 83 | .461 | 21 | 39‍–‍38 | 32‍–‍45 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 69 | 85 | .448 | 23 | 35‍–‍42 | 34‍–‍43 |

### Record vs. opponents

1958 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | CHC | CIN | LAD | MIL | PHI | PIT | SFG | STL |
| Chicago | — | 10–12 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 13–9 | 9–13 | 12–10 | 7–15 |
| Cincinnati | 12–10 | — | 11–11 | 5–17 | 15–7 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 12–10 |
| Los Angeles | 11–11 | 11–11 | — | 14–8 | 10–12 | 8–14 | 6–16 | 11–11 |
| Milwaukee | 12–10 | 17–5 | 8–14 | — | 13–9 | 11–11 | 16–6 | 15–7 |
| Philadelphia | 9–13 | 7–15 | 12–10 | 9–13 | — | 12–10 | 8–14 | 12–10 |
| Pittsburgh | 13–9 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 10–12 | — | 12–10 | 12–10 |
| San Francisco | 10–12 | 11–11 | 16–6 | 6–16 | 14–8 | 10–12 | — | 13–9 |
| St. Louis | 15–7 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 7–15 | 10–12 | 10–12 | 9–13 | — |

### Notable transactions

* April 21, 1958: Diego Seguí was released by the Redlegs.
* May 17, 1958: Eddie Miksis was signed as a free agent by the Redlegs.
* 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.

### Roster
## 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 | 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 | 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

| 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 |
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