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1958 Cincinnati Redlegs

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1957 / 1959

76-78, Finished 4th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Birdie Tebbetts (52-61) and Jimmy Dykes (24-17)
Scored 695 runs, Allowed 621 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-69

Ballparks: Crosley Field · Attendance: 788,582 (8th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 106, Pitching - 105 · one-year: Batting - 108, Pitching - 107

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1957 / 1959 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR
Tom Acker 28 R R 6' 4" 215 Mar 7, 1930 3 38 10 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9
Ed Bailey 27 L R 6' 2" 205 Apr 15, 1931 6 112 95 112 99 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 2.4
Gus Bell 29 L R 6' 1" 190 Nov 15, 1928 9 112 101 112 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 90 0 107 8 0 -0.8
Steve Bilko 29 R R 6' 1" 230 Nov 13, 1928 7 31 21 31 21 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0.4
Smoky Burgess 31 L R 5' 8" 185 Feb 6, 1927 9 99 53 99 58 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 0 1.1
Chuck Coles 27 L L 5' 9" 180 Jun 27, 1931 1st 5 4 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 4 1 0 0.0
George Crowe 37 L L 6' 2" 210 Mar 22, 1921 6 111 87 111 93 0 0 93 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 0.5 All-Star
Dutch Dotterer 26 R R 6' 0" 209 Nov 11, 1931 2 11 6 11 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.1
Walt Dropo 35 R R 6' 5" 220 Jan 30, 1923 10 63 37 63 43 0 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 1.0
Dee Fondy 33 L L 6' 3" 195 Oct 13, 1924 8 89 20 89 59 0 0 37 0 0 0 7 0 15 22 26 36 -0.6
Hersh Freeman 29 R R 6' 3" 220 Jul 1, 1928 6 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Jim Fridley 33 R R 6' 2" 205 Sep 6, 1924 3 5 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 0 0.0
Alex Grammas 32 R R 6' 0" 175 Apr 3, 1926 5 105 69 105 104 0 0 0 14 38 61 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.4
Harvey Haddix 32 L L 5' 9" 170 Sep 18, 1925 7 42 26 42 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 4.0
Fred Hatfield 33 L R 6' 1" 171 Mar 18, 1925 9 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0
Lefty Hayden 23 L L 6' 2" 175 Apr 14, 1935 1st 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Bobby Henrich 19 R R 6' 1" 185 Dec 24, 1938 2 5 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 -0.1
Don Hoak 30 R R 6' 1" 170 Feb 5, 1928 5 114 109 114 112 0 0 0 0 112 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.1
Jay Hook 21 L R 6' 2" 182 Nov 18, 1936 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Hal Jeffcoat 33 R R 5' 10" 185 Sep 6, 1924 11 50 0 50 50 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.3
Alex Kellner 33 R L 6' 0" 200 Aug 26, 1924 11 18 7 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6
Bob Kelly 30 R R 6' 0" 180 Oct 4, 1927 4 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Johnny Klippstein 30 R R 6' 1" 173 Oct 17, 1927 9 12 4 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Brooks Lawrence 33 R R 6' 0" 205 Jan 30, 1925 5 46 23 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0
Turk Lown 34 R R 6' 0" 180 May 30, 1924 7 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Jerry Lynch 27 L R 6' 1" 185 Jul 17, 1930 5 122 95 122 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 101 101 27 0 0.6
Roy McMillan 28 R R 5' 11" 170 Jul 17, 1929 8 145 131 145 145 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Eddie Miksis 31 R R 6' 0" 185 Sep 11, 1926 14 69 8 69 56 0 0 1 7 14 5 6 3 24 31 5 21 -0.6
Danny Morejon 27 R R 6' 1" 175 Jul 21, 1930 1st 12 10 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 3 11 1 1 -0.1
Don Newcombe 32 L R 6' 4" 220 Jun 14, 1926 8 39 18 39 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 3.2
Joe Nuxhall 29 L L 6' 3" 195 Jul 30, 1928 8 36 26 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Jim O'Toole 21 B L 6' 0" 190 Jan 10, 1937 1st 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Orlando Pena 24 R R 5' 11" 154 Nov 17, 1933 1st 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6
Vada Pinson 19 L L 5' 11" 170 Aug 11, 1938 1st 27 25 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 18 27 0 1 0.4
Bob Purkey 28 R R 6' 2" 175 Jul 14, 1929 5 37 34 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 All-Star
Charlie Rabe 26 L L 6' 1" 180 May 6, 1932 2 9 1 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Frank Robinson HOF 22 R R 6' 1" 183 Aug 31, 1935 3 148 141 148 146 0 0 0 0 11 0 85 55 0 138 4 1 4.5
Willard Schmidt 30 R R 6' 1" 187 May 29, 1928 6 41 2 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2
Johnny Temple 30 R R 5' 11" 175 Aug 8, 1927 7 141 139 141 141 0 0 1 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4.1
Bob Thurman 41 L L 6' 1" 205 May 14, 1917 4 94 35 94 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 0 9 41 57 0 0.4
Pete Whisenant 28 R R 6' 2" 190 Dec 14, 1929 5 85 45 85 66 0 0 0 1 0 0 26 2 41 66 28 1 2.0
Ted Wieand 25 R R 6' 2" 195 Apr 4, 1933 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1
Bill Wight 36 L L 6' 1" 180 Apr 12, 1922 12 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR

Ed Bailey

Smoky Burgess

Dutch Dotterer

Alex Grammas

Roy McMillan

Don Hoak

George Crowe

Johnny Temple

Bobby Henrich

Steve Bilko
Walt Dropo

Dee Fondy

Frank Robinson

Bob Thurman

Chuck Coles

Jerry Lynch

Gus Bell

Jim Fridley

Eddie Miksis
Vada Pinson

Pete Whisenant

Hersh Freeman
Don Newcombe

Lefty Hayden
Jim O'Toole
Charlie Rabe

Harvey Haddix

Fred Hatfield
Ted Wieand

Johnny Klippstein
Ted Wieand

Don Newcombe

Bob Purkey

Joe Nuxhall

Tom Acker

Alex Kellner

Hal Jeffcoat

Orlando Pena
Willard Schmidt

Willard Schmidt

Bob Kelly
Turk Lown
Danny Morejon

Brooks Lawrence

Jay Hook
Bill Wight

Turk Lown

1957 / 1959 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers