1959 Cincinnati Reds season

1959 Cincinnati Reds
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)	Mayo Smith, Fred Hutchinson
Local television	WLW (George Bryson, Frank McCormick)
Local radio	WKRC (Waite Hoyt, Jack Moran)
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The 1959 Cincinnati Reds season consisted of the Reds finishing in a fifth-place tie with the Chicago Cubs in the National League standings, with a record of 74–80, 13 games behind the NL and World Champion Los Angeles Dodgers.

Prior to the season the club, after calling themselves the Cincinnati Redlegs for the past six seasons, changed its nickname back to the Reds. The Reds played their home games at Crosley Field.

Offseason

January 30, 1959: Smoky Burgess, Harvey Haddix and Don Hoak were traded by the Reds to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Whammy Douglas, Jim Pendleton, Frank Thomas, and John Powers.^[1]
March 20, 1959: Eddie Miksis was released by the Reds.^[2]

Regular season

For the second consecutive season, the Reds played under two managers. Mayo Smith managed the Reds to a 35–45 start. He was replaced in mid-season by Fred Hutchinson, who led the club to a 39–35 record the rest of the way.

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Dodgers	88	68	0.564	—	46–32	42–36
Milwaukee Braves	86	70	0.551	2	49–29	37–41
San Francisco Giants	83	71	0.539	4	42–35	41–36
Pittsburgh Pirates	78	76	0.506	9	47–30	31–46
Chicago Cubs	74	80	0.481	13	38–39	36–41
Cincinnati Reds	74	80	0.481	13	43–34	31–46
St. Louis Cardinals	71	83	0.461	16	42–35	29–48
Philadelphia Phillies	64	90	0.416	23	37–40	27–50

Record vs. opponents

1959 National League Records Sources:
Team	CHC	CIN	LAD	MIL	PHI	PIT	SF	STL
Chicago	—	9–13	11–11	10–12	10–12–1	12–10	12–10	10–12
Cincinnati	13–9	—	13–9	11–11	9–13	9–13	8–14	11–11
Los Angeles	11–11	9–13	—	14–10	17–5	11–11	14–8	12–10
Milwaukee	12–10	11–11	10–14	—	13–9	15–7–1	12–10	13–9
Philadelphia	12–10–1	13–9	5–17	9–13	—	9–13	9–13	7–15
Pittsburgh	10–12	13–9	11–11	7–15–1	13–9	—	10–12	14–8
San Francisco	10–12	14–8	8–14	10–12	13–9	12–10	—	16–6
St. Louis	12–10	11–11	10–12	9–13	15–7	8–14	6–16	—

Notable transactions

May 1, 1959: Del Ennis was traded by the Reds to the Chicago White Sox for Lou Skizas and Don Rudolph.^[3]
June 8, 1959: Hal Jeffcoat was traded by the Reds to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jim Brosnan.^[4]
June 23, 1959: Walt Dropo was traded by the Reds to the Baltimore Orioles for Whitey Lockman.^[5]

Roster

1959 Cincinnati Reds

Roster

Pitchers

40 Tom Acker

47 Luis Arroyo

41 Jim Bailey

42 Jim Brosnan

32 Mike Cuellar

47 Jay Hook

42 Hal Jeffcoat

46 Brooks Lawrence

35 Bob Mabe

36 Don Newcombe

39 Joe Nuxhall

31 Jim O'Toole

32 Claude Osteen

43 Orlando Peña

37 Bob Purkey

47 Don Rudolph

44 Willard Schmidt

Catchers

6 Ed Bailey

9 Dutch Dotterer

Infielders

18 Cliff Cook

18 Walt Dropo

17 Bobby Henrich

14,23 Willie Jones

10 Eddie Kasko

19 Whitey Lockman

11 Roy McMillan

20 Frank Robinson

16 Johnny Temple

15 Frank Thomas

Outfielders

25 Gus Bell

23 Del Ennis

22 Buddy Gilbert

24 Jerry Lynch

12 Jim Pendleton

28 Vada Pinson

27 John Powers

29 Pete Whisenant

Other batters

8 Don Pavletich

22 Bob Thurman

Manager

1 Fred Hutchinson

1 Mayo Smith

Coaches

2 Cot Deal

2 Clyde King

3 Wally Moses

4 Reggie Otero

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

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
Thomas, FrankFrank Thomas	108	374	84	.225	12	47
Pendleton, JimJim Pendleton	65	113	29	.257	3	9
Powers, JohnJohn Powers	43	43	11	.256	2	4
Ennis, DelDel Ennis	5	12	4	.333	0	1

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

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
Bailey, JimJim Bailey	3	11.2	0	1	6.17	7

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
Acker, TomTom Acker	37	1	2	2	4.12	45
Arroyo, LuisLuis Arroyo	10	1	0	0	3.95	8
Rudolph, DonDon Rudolph	5	0	0	0	4.91	8

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Havana Sugar Kings	International League	Preston Gómez
AAA	Seattle Rainiers	Pacific Coast League	Fred Hutchinson and Alan Strange
AA	Nashville Vols	Southern Association	Dick Sisler
A	Savannah Reds	Sally League	Bob Wellman and Jack Cassini
B	Topeka Hawks	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Johnny Vander Meer
C	Visalia Redlegs	California League	Dave Bristol
D	Palatka Redlegs	Florida State League	Clem Koshorek and Tony Pacheco
D	Geneva Redlegs	New York–Penn League	Reno DeBenedetti

References

↑ Smoky Burgess page at Baseball Reference
↑ Eddie Miksis page at Baseball Reference
↑ Lou Skizas page at Baseball Reference
↑ Hal Jeffcoat page at Baseball Reference
↑ Walt Dropo page 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

1959 Cincinnati Redlegs season at Baseball Reference

1959 MLB season by team

American League	Baltimore Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City New York Washington

National League	Chicago Cincinnati Los Angeles Milwaukee Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco

1959 All-Star Game (1st, 2nd) 1959 World Series

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