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1959 Cincinnati Redlegs

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1958 / 1960

74-80, Finished 5th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Mayo Smith (35-45) and Fred Hutchinson (39-35)
Scored 764 runs, Allowed 738 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-75

Ballparks: Crosley Field · Attendance: 801,298 (7th of 8)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 104, Pitching - 103 · one-year: Batting - 103, Pitching - 103

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1958 / 1960 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 29 R R 6' 4" 215 Mar 7, 1930 4 37 0 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3
Luis Arroyo 32 L L 5' 8" 178 Feb 18, 1927 4 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4
Ed Bailey 28 L R 6' 2" 205 Apr 15, 1931 7 121 110 121 117 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 3.7
Jim Bailey 24 B L 6' 2" 210 Dec 16, 1934 1st 3 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2
Gus Bell 30 L R 6' 1" 190 Nov 15, 1928 10 148 137 148 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 141 145 6 0 1.0
Jim Brosnan 29 R R 6' 4" 197 Oct 24, 1929 5 26 9 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0
Cliff Cook 22 R R 6' 0" 185 Aug 20, 1936 1st 9 5 9 9 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.4
Mike Cuellar 22 L L 6' 0" 165 May 8, 1937 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Dutch Dotterer 27 R R 6' 0" 209 Nov 11, 1931 3 52 44 52 51 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.4
Walt Dropo 36 R R 6' 5" 220 Jan 30, 1923 11 26 9 26 23 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.4
Del Ennis 34 R R 6' 0" 195 Jun 8, 1925 14 5 3 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 2 0 -0.2
Buddy Gilbert 23 L R 6' 3" 195 Jul 26, 1935 1st 7 6 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 1 0 0.3
Bobby Henrich 20 R R 6' 1" 185 Dec 24, 1938 3 14 0 14 6 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 9 -0.2
Jay Hook 22 L R 6' 2" 182 Nov 18, 1936 3 19 15 19 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0
Hal Jeffcoat 34 R R 5' 10" 185 Sep 6, 1924 12 17 0 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
Willie Jones 33 R R 6' 1" 188 Aug 16, 1925 13 72 64 72 68 0 0 0 0 68 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.0
Eddie Kasko 27 R R 6' 0" 180 Jun 27, 1932 3 118 90 118 114 0 0 0 2 31 84 0 0 0 0 2 9 0.8
Brooks Lawrence 34 R R 6' 0" 205 Jan 30, 1925 6 43 14 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1
Whitey Lockman 32 L R 6' 1" 175 Jul 25, 1926 14 52 13 52 28 0 0 20 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 24 2 -0.2
Jerry Lynch 28 L R 6' 1" 185 Jul 17, 1930 6 117 94 117 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 98 0 0 98 23 0 0.9
Bob Mabe 29 R R 5' 11" 165 Oct 8, 1929 2 18 1 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.4
Roy McMillan 29 R R 5' 11" 170 Jul 17, 1929 9 79 72 79 73 0 0 0 0 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.5
Don Newcombe 33 L R 6' 4" 220 Jun 14, 1926 9 61 29 61 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 7.1
Joe Nuxhall 30 L L 6' 3" 195 Jul 30, 1928 9 28 21 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7
Jim O'Toole 22 B L 6' 0" 190 Jan 10, 1937 2 29 19 29 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
Claude Osteen 19 L L 5' 11" 160 Aug 9, 1939 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5
Don Pavletich 20 R R 5' 11" 190 Jul 13, 1938 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Orlando Pena 25 R R 5' 11" 154 Nov 17, 1933 2 46 8 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3
Jim Pendleton 35 R R 6' 0" 185 Jan 7, 1924 7 65 23 65 41 0 0 0 0 16 3 24 0 0 24 21 7 -0.1
Vada Pinson 20 L L 5' 11" 170 Aug 11, 1938 2 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 154 0 0 6.3 All-Star
John Powers 29 L R 6' 1" 185 Jul 8, 1929 5 43 2 43 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 5 39 0 0.2
Bob Purkey 29 R R 6' 2" 175 Jul 14, 1929 6 38 33 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9
Frank Robinson HOF 23 R R 6' 1" 183 Aug 31, 1935 4 146 145 146 145 0 0 125 0 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 1 5.9 All-Star
Don Rudolph 27 L L 5' 11" 195 Aug 16, 1931 3 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Willard Schmidt 31 R R 6' 1" 187 May 29, 1928 7 36 4 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4
Johnny Temple 31 R R 5' 11" 175 Aug 8, 1927 8 149 149 149 149 0 0 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 All-Star
Frank Thomas 30 R R 6' 3" 200 Jun 11, 1929 9 108 95 108 102 0 0 14 0 64 0 33 0 0 33 11 0 -1.6
Bob Thurman 42 L L 6' 1" 205 May 14, 1917 5 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.0
Pete Whisenant 29 R R 6' 2" 190 Dec 14, 1929 6 36 17 36 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 16 21 16 0 0.1
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

Don Pavletich

Dutch Dotterer

Eddie Kasko
Willard Schmidt

Roy McMillan

Jim Pendleton

Willie Jones

Frank Thomas

Johnny Temple

Bobby Henrich

Cliff Cook
Walt Dropo

Whitey Lockman

Frank Robinson

Buddy Gilbert
Bob Thurman

Del Ennis
Willie Jones

Jerry Lynch

Gus Bell

John Powers

Vada Pinson

Pete Whisenant

Jim O'Toole

Mike Cuellar
Claude Osteen

Bob Mabe

Don Newcombe

Bob Purkey

Joe Nuxhall

Tom Acker

Jim Bailey

Jim Brosnan
Hal Jeffcoat

Orlando Pena

Willard Schmidt

Brooks Lawrence

Luis Arroyo
Jay Hook
Don Rudolph

1958 / 1960 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers