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1959 Cincinnati Reds season

Field	Value
name	Cincinnati Reds
season	1959
league	National League
ballpark	Crosley Field
city	Cincinnati
owners	Powel Crosley Jr.
general_managers	Gabe Paul
managers	Mayo Smith, Fred Hutchinson
television	WLW
(George Bryson, Frank McCormick)
radio	WKRC
(Waite Hoyt, Jack Moran)

(George Bryson, Frank McCormick) (Waite Hoyt, Jack Moran)

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, where they attracted 801,298 fans, eighth and last in the Senior Circuit.

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.
March 20, 1959: Eddie Miksis was released by the Reds.

Regular season

For the second consecutive season, the Reds played under two managers. Mayo Smith, hired during the previous off-season, managed the Reds to a 35–45 start, seventh in the eight-team league. He was replaced during the first All-Star break by Fred Hutchinson, manager of their Triple-A Seattle Rainiers affiliate, on July 9. Hutchinson then led Cincinnati to a 39–35 record the rest of the way.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

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

Roster

1959 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

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	121	379	100	.264	12	40
1B	Frank Robinson	146	540	168	.311	36	125
2B	Johnny Temple	149	598	186	.311	8	67
SS	Eddie Kasko	118	329	93	.283	2	31
3B	Willie Jones	72	233	58	.249	7	31
LF	Jerry Lynch	117	379	102	.269	17	58
CF	Vada Pinson	154	648	205	.316	20	84
RF	Gus Bell	148	580	170	.293	19	115

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
	108	374	84	.225	12	47
Roy McMillan	79	246	65	.264	9	24
Dutch Dotterer	52	161	43	.267	2	17
	65	113	29	.257	3	9
Whitey Lockman	52	84	22	.262	0	7
Pete Whisenant	36	71	17	.239	5	11
	43	43	11	.256	2	4
Walt Dropo	26	39	4	.103	1	2
Cliff Cook	9	21	8	.381	0	5
Buddy Gilbert	7	20	3	.150	2	2
	5	12	4	.333	0	1
Bob Thurman	4	4	1	.250	0	2
Bobby Henrich	14	3	0	.000	0	0
Don Pavletich	1	0	0	----	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
Don Newcombe	30	222.0	13	8	3.16	100
Bob Purkey	38	218.0	13	18	4.25	78
Joe Nuxhall	28	131.2	9	9	4.24	75
Jim O'Toole	28	129.1	5	8	5.15	68
Jay Hook	17	79.0	5	5	5.13	37

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
Orlando Peña	46	136.0	5	9	4.76	76
Brooks Lawrence	43	128.1	7	12	4.77	64
Jim Brosnan	26	83.1	8	3	3.35	56
	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
	37	1	2	2	4.12	45
Willard Schmidt	36	3	2	0	3.95	40
Bob Mabe	18	4	2	3	5.46	8
Hal Jeffcoat	17	0	1	1	3.32	12
	10	1	0	0	3.95	8
	5	0	0	0	4.91	8
Claude Osteen	2	0	0	0	7.04	3
Mike Cuellar	2	0	0	0	15.75	5

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Havana

References

[[Baseball Reference]]: [https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1959-misc.shtm 1959 MLB Attendance and Team Age]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/burgesm01.shtml Smoky Burgess page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/miksied01.shtml Eddie Miksis page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/skizalo01.shtml Lou Skizas page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jeffcha01.shtml Hal Jeffcoat page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/dropowa01.shtml 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

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