1957 Cincinnati Redlegs season

1957 Cincinnati Redlegs
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1890);
Location
	Crosley Field (since 1934); Cincinnati (since 1882);
Other information
Owner(s)	Powel Crosley, Jr.
General manager(s)	Gabe Paul
Manager(s)	Birdie Tebbetts
Local television	WLW; (George Bryson)
Local radio	WKRC; (Waite Hoyt, Jack Moran)
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The 1957 Cincinnati Redlegs season consisted of the Redlegs finishing in fourth place in the National League, with a record of 80–74, 15 games behind the NL and World Series Champion Milwaukee Braves. The Redlegs were managed by Birdie Tebbetts and played their home games at Crosley Field, where they attracted 1,070,850 fans, fourth in the eight-team league.[1]

Offseason

November 13, 1956: Ray Jablonski and Elmer Singleton were traded by the Redlegs to the Chicago Cubs for Don Hoak, Warren Hacker, and Pete Whisenant.[2]
December 3, 1956: Maury Wills was drafted by the Redlegs from the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1956 minor league draft.[3]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Milwaukee Braves	95	59	0.617	—	45–32	50–27
St. Louis Cardinals	87	67	0.565	8	42–35	45–32
Brooklyn Dodgers	84	70	0.545	11	43–34	41–36
Cincinnati Redlegs	80	74	0.519	15	45–32	35–42
Philadelphia Phillies	77	77	0.500	18	38–39	39–38
New York Giants	69	85	0.448	26	37–40	32–45
Pittsburgh Pirates	62	92	0.403	33	36–41	26–51
Chicago Cubs	62	92	0.403	33	31–46	31–46

Record vs. opponents

1957 National League Records Sources:
Team	BR	CHC	CIN	MIL	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Brooklyn	—	17–5	12–10	10–12	12–10	9–13	12–10	12–10
Chicago	5–17	—	7–15	9–13	9–13	8–14–1	12–10–1	12–10
Cincinnati	10–12	15–7	—	4–18	12–10	16–6	14–8	9–13
Milwaukee	12–10	13–9	18–4	—	13–9	12–10–1	16–6	11–11
New York	10–12	13–9	10–12	9–13	—	10–12	9–13	8–14
Philadelphia	13–9	14–8–1	6–16	10–12–1	12–10	—	13–9	9–13
Pittsburgh	10–12	10–12–1	8–14	6–16	13–9	9–13	—	6–16
St. Louis	10–12	10–12	13–9	11–11	14–8	13–9	16–6	—

Notable transactions

June 26, 1957: Warren Hacker was selected off waivers from the Redlegs by the Philadelphia Phillies.[4]

Roster

1957 Cincinnati Redlegs

Roster

Pitchers

40 Tom Acker

36 Vicente Amor

51 Art Fowler

30 Hersh Freeman

31 Don Gross

36 Warren Hacker

47 Jay Hook

42 Hal Jeffcoat

19 Bill Kennedy

35 Johnny Klippstein

46 Brooks Lawrence

39 Joe Nuxhall

34 Claude Osteen

38 Bud Podbielan

33 Charlie Rabe

32 Raúl Sanchéz

45 Dave Skaugstad

Catchers

6 Ed Bailey

7 Smoky Burgess

8 Dutch Dotterer

Infielders

14 Rocky Bridges

15 George Crowe

19 Bobby Durnbaugh

21 Curt Flood

10 Alex Grammas

17 Bobby Henrich

12 Don Hoak

18 Ted Kluszewski

11 Roy McMillan

16 Johnny Temple

Outfielders

25 Gus Bell

24 Jerry Lynch

28 Wally Post

20 Frank Robinson

27 Art Schult

27 Joe Taylor

22 Bob Thurman

29 Pete Whisenant

Other batters

9 Don Pavletich

Manager

1 Birdie Tebbetts

Coaches

4 Jimmy Dykes

3 Tom Ferrick

2 Frank McCormick

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
C	Ed Bailey	122	391	102	.261	20	48
1B	George Crowe	133	494	134	.271	31	92
2B	Johnny Temple	145	557	158	.284	0	37
SS	Roy McMillan	151	448	122	.272	1	55
3B	Don Hoak	149	529	155	.293	19	89
LF	Frank Robinson	150	611	197	.322	29	75
CF	Gus Bell	121	510	149	.292	13	61
RF	Wally Post	134	467	114	.244	20	74

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	90	205	58	.283	14	39
Bob Thurman	74	190	47	.247	16	40
Ted Kluszewski	69	127	34	.268	6	21
Jerry Lynch	67	124	32	.258	4	13
Joe Taylor	33	107	28	.262	4	9
Alex Grammas	73	99	30	.303	0	8
Pete Whisenant	67	90	19	.211	5	11
Art Schult	21	34	9	.265	0	4
Dutch Dotterer	4	12	1	.083	0	2
Bobby Henrich	29	10	2	.200	0	1
Curt Flood	3	3	1	.333	1	1
Rocky Bridges	5	1	0	.000	0	0
Bobby Durnbaugh	2	1	0	.000	0	0
Don Pavletich	1	1	0	.000	0	0

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
Hal Jeffcoat	37	207	12	13	4.52	63
Joe Nuxhall	39	174.1	10	10	4.75	99

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	49	250.1	16	13	3.52	121
Don Gross	43	148.1	7	9	4.31	73
Johnny Klippstein	46	146	8	11	5.05	99
Art Fowler	33	87.2	3	0	6.47	45
Warren Hacker	15	43.1	3	2	5.19	18
Vicente Amor	9	27.1	1	2	5.93	9
Bud Podbielan	5	16	0	1	6.19	13
Jay Hook	3	10	0	1	4.50	6
Charlie Rabe	2	8.1	0	1	2.16	6

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
Hersh Freeman	52	7	2	8	4.52	36
Tom Acker	49	10	5	4	4.97	67
Raúl Sánchez	38	3	2	5	4.76	37
Bill Kennedy	8	0	2	3	6.39	8
Claude Osteen	3	0	0	0	2.25	3
Dave Skaugstad	2	0	0	0	1.59	4

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
Open	Seattle Rainiers	Pacific Coast League	Lefty O'Doul
AAA	Havana Sugar Kings	International League	Nap Reyes
AA	Nashville Vols	Southern Association	Dick Sisler
A	Savannah Redlegs	Sally League	Jimmy Brown
B	Port Arthur/Temple Redlegs	Big State League	Al Barillari
B	Wenatchee Chiefs	Northwest League	Don Lundberg and Bert Haas
B	Clovis Pioneers	Southwestern League	Bert Haas
C	Visalia Redlegs	California League	Bruce Edwards
C	Wausau Lumberjacks	Northern League	Walt Novick
D	Graceville Oilers	Alabama–Florida League	Bob Wellman and Charley Grant
D	Palatka Redlegs	Florida State League	Johnny Vander Meer
D	Hornell Redlegs	New York–Penn League	Dave Bristol

LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Graceville
Port Arthur franchise transferred to Temple, May 30, 1957, then folded, August 20; Clovis franchise folded, June 16; Hornell replaced disbanded Bradford franchise in mid-season and began play May 28[5]

References

Baseball Reference: 1957 MLB Attendance & Team Age
Ray Jablonski at Baseball-Reference
Maury Wills at Baseball-Reference
Warren Hacker at Baseball Reference
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

1957 Cincinnati Redlegs season at Baseball Reference

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[1] Baseball Reference: 1957 MLB Attendance & Team Age

[2] Ray Jablonski at Baseball-Reference

[3] Maury Wills at Baseball-Reference

[4] Warren Hacker at Baseball Reference

[5] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

1957 MLB season by team
American League	Baltimore Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City New York Washington
National League	Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
1957 All-Star Game 1957 World Series