1957 Cincinnati Redlegs season

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]

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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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

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
3B	Don Hoak	149	529	155	.293	19	89

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
Joe Taylor	33	107	28	.262	4	9
Pete Whisenant	67	90	19	.211	5	11
Bobby Durnbaugh	2	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

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
Don Gross	43	148.1	7	9	4.31	73
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

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
Bill Kennedy	8	0	2	3	6.39	8

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

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

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

External links

• 1957 Cincinnati Redlegs season at Baseball Reference