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[]

v t 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 v t Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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[]

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	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

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
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		Big State League	Al Barillari
B	Wenatchee Chiefs	Northwest League	and Bert Haas
B	Clovis Pioneers	Southwestern League	Bert Haas
C	Visalia Redlegs	California League	Bruce Edwards
C	Wausau Lumberjacks	Northern League
D	Graceville Oilers	Alabama–Florida League	Bob Wellman and
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[]

External links[]

• 1957 Cincinnati Redlegs season at Baseball Reference