1959 Cincinnati Reds season

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. The Reds played their home games at Crosley Field.

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Pitching
4 Farm system
5 References
6 External links

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	GB	Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers	88	68	--	.564
Milwaukee Braves	86	70	2	.551
San Francisco Giants	83	71	4	.539
Pittsburgh Pirates	78	76	9	.506
Chicago Cubs	74	80	13	.481
Cincinnati Reds	74	80	13	.481
St. Louis Cardinals	71	83	16	.461
Philadelphia Phillies	64	90	23	.416

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

Catchers

6 Ed Bailey
9 Dutch Dotterer

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

8 Don Pavletich
22 Bob Thurman

Manager

1 Fred Hutchinson
1 Mayo Smith

Coaches

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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Havana^[6]

References

External links

1959 Cincinnati Redlegs season at Baseball Reference

v t e 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

Cincinnati Reds

Formerly the Cincinnati Red Stockings and the Cincinnati Redlegs
Based in Cincinnati, Ohio

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Riverside Park; Tinker Field; Sixto Escobar Stadium; Plant Field; Al Lopez Field; Plant City Stadium; Ed Smith Stadium; Goodyear Ballpark

Culture

Rosie Reds
Mr. Red
The Big Red Machine
Tom Browning's perfect game
The Nasty Boys
Dowd Report
1999 National League Wild Card tie-breaker game

Rivalries

Cleveland Indians

Retired numbers

Key personnel

Owner: Robert Castellini
General Manager: Walt Jocketty
Manager: Dusty Baker

Championships (5)

National League
pennants (9)

Other titles

American Association pennants: 1882
National League Central: 1995; 2010; 2012
National League West: 1970; 1972; 1973; 1975; 1976; 1979; 1990

Minors

Louisville Bats (AAA)
Pensacola Blue Wahoos (AA)
Bakersfield Blaze (A)
Dayton Dragons (A)
Billings Mustangs (Rookie)
AZL Reds (Rookie)
DSL Reds (Rookie)
DSL Rojos (Rookie)

Media

Seasons (131)

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