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1957 Cincinnati Redlegs season

October 19, 2023

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
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Powel Crosley, Jr.
General manager(s)Gabe Paul
Manager(s)Birdie Tebbetts
Local televisionWLW
(George Bryson)
Local radioWKRC
(Waite Hoyt, Jack Moran)
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Offseason Edit

Regular season Edit

Just as in the 1956 season, the Reds were once again in first place at mid-season when, fan voting for the 1957 All-Star Game starting players determined that no fewer than seven Redleg players (Ed Bailey, Johnny Temple, Roy McMillan, Don Hoak, Frank Robinson, Gus Bell and Wally Post) had been elected to start in the All-Star Game, a record that still stands. The only non-Redleg elected for the National League was St. Louis Cardinal first baseman Stan Musial, who had only narrowly beaten his Reds counterpart George Crowe. Although Cincinnati had the second-best offense in the majors (they would score 747 runs that year, surpassed only by Milwaukee), most baseball observers felt they obviously did not deserve seven starters in the All-Star Game.

An investigation was launched by Commissioner Ford Frick, which found that the majority of the ballots cast had come from Cincinnati; in fact, The Cincinnati Times-Star newspaper had printed up pre-marked ballots with the Cincinnati starting lineup on them, and distributed them with each day's paper to make it easy for Redlegs fans to vote often for their favorite players.[4] Meanwhile, Burger Beer, a Redlegs sponsor, had printed 250,000 similar ballots and distributed them to local bars, and stories emerged of bartenders refusing to serve alcohol to customers until they filled out a ballot.

Subsequently, Frick suspended fans' voting rights, and appointed Willie Mays of the New York Giants and Hank Aaron of the Milwaukee Braves to substitute for Bell and Post. Bell was kept as a reserve (he would bat for Redlegs teammate Robinson in the seventh and slap a two-RBI double), while Post was injured and would have been unable to play in any event. Hoak and McMillan were each dismissed from the game after a single at-bat, in favour of future Hall of Famers Eddie Mathews and Ernie Banks, respectively. Temple batted twice before giving way to another future Cooperstown resident, Red Schoendienst. (Bailey caught the whole game, but was pinch-hit for in the bottom of the ninth.)

The Reds faltered after the All-Star break and dropped to fourth place in the season final standings.

Season standings Edit

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 Edit

1957 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BRO 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 Edit

Roster Edit

Player stats Edit

Batting Edit

Starters by position Edit

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 Edit

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 Edit

Starting pitchers Edit

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 37 207.0 12 13 4.52 63
Joe Nuxhall 39 174.1 10 10 4.75 99

Other pitchers Edit

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 46 146.0 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 0 1 6.19 13
Jay Hook 3 10.0 0 1 4.50 6
Charlie Rabe 2 8.1 0 1 2.16 6

Relief pitchers Edit

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 Edit

See also: Minor League Baseball

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[6]

References Edit

  1. ^ Baseball Reference: 1957 MLB Attendance & Team Age
  2. ^ Ray Jablonski at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ Maury Wills at Baseball-Reference
  4. ^ Wulf, Steve (June 29, 2015). "The stuff of legends: In 1957, Cincinnati fans stacked the All-Star team too". ESPN.
  5. ^ Warren Hacker at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links Edit

  • 1957 Cincinnati Redlegs season at Baseball Reference


 

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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 1957 Cincinnati RedlegsMajor League affiliationsNational League since 1890 LocationCrosley Field since 1934 Cincinnati since 1882 Other informationOwner s Powel Crosley Jr General manager s Gabe PaulManager s Birdie TebbettsLocal televisionWLW George Bryson Local radioWKRC Waite Hoyt Jack Moran lt Previous season Next season gt Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular season 2 1 Season standings 2 2 Record vs opponents 2 3 Notable transactions 2 4 Roster 3 Player stats 3 1 Batting 3 1 1 Starters by position 3 1 2 Other batters 3 2 Pitching 3 2 1 Starting pitchers 3 2 2 Other pitchers 3 2 3 Relief pitchers 4 Farm system 5 References 6 External linksOffseason EditNovember 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 EditJust as in the 1956 season the Reds were once again in first place at mid season when fan voting for the 1957 All Star Game starting players determined that no fewer than seven Redleg players Ed Bailey Johnny Temple Roy McMillan Don Hoak Frank Robinson Gus Bell and Wally Post had been elected to start in the All Star Game a record that still stands The only non Redleg elected for the National League was St Louis Cardinal first baseman Stan Musial who had only narrowly beaten his Reds counterpart George Crowe Although Cincinnati had the second best offense in the majors they would score 747 runs that year surpassed only by Milwaukee most baseball observers felt they obviously did not deserve seven starters in the All Star Game An investigation was launched by Commissioner Ford Frick which found that the majority of the ballots cast had come from Cincinnati in fact The Cincinnati Times Star newspaper had printed up pre marked ballots with the Cincinnati starting lineup on them and distributed them with each day s paper to make it easy for Redlegs fans to vote often for their favorite players 4 Meanwhile Burger Beer a Redlegs sponsor had printed 250 000 similar ballots and distributed them to local bars and stories emerged of bartenders refusing to serve alcohol to customers until they filled out a ballot Subsequently Frick suspended fans voting rights and appointed Willie Mays of the New York Giants and Hank Aaron of the Milwaukee Braves to substitute for Bell and Post Bell was kept as a reserve he would bat for Redlegs teammate Robinson in the seventh and slap a two RBI double while Post was injured and would have been unable to play in any event Hoak and McMillan were each dismissed from the game after a single at bat in favour of future Hall of Famers Eddie Mathews and Ernie Banks respectively Temple batted twice before giving way to another future Cooperstown resident Red Schoendienst Bailey caught the whole game but was pinch hit for in the bottom of the ninth The Reds faltered after the All Star break and dropped to fourth place in the season final standings Season standings Edit vteNational League W L Pct GB Home RoadMilwaukee Braves 95 59 0 617 45 32 50 27St Louis Cardinals 87 67 0 565 8 42 35 45 32Brooklyn Dodgers 84 70 0 545 11 43 34 41 36Cincinnati Redlegs 80 74 0 519 15 45 32 35 42Philadelphia Phillies 77 77 0 500 18 38 39 39 38New York Giants 69 85 0 448 26 37 40 32 45Pittsburgh Pirates 62 92 0 403 33 36 41 26 51Chicago Cubs 62 92 0 403 33 31 46 31 46Record vs opponents Edit 1957 National League recordvteSources 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Team BRO CHC CIN MIL NYG PHI PIT STLBrooklyn 17 5 12 10 10 12 12 10 9 13 12 10 12 10Chicago 5 17 7 15 9 13 9 13 8 14 1 12 10 1 12 10Cincinnati 10 12 15 7 4 18 12 10 16 6 14 8 9 13Milwaukee 12 10 13 9 18 4 13 9 12 10 1 16 6 11 11New York 10 12 13 9 10 12 9 13 10 12 9 13 8 14Philadelphia 13 9 14 8 1 6 16 10 12 1 12 10 13 9 9 13Pittsburgh 10 12 10 12 1 8 14 6 16 13 9 9 13 6 16St Louis 10 12 10 12 13 9 11 11 14 8 13 9 16 6 Notable transactions Edit June 26 1957 Warren Hacker was selected off waivers from the Redlegs by the Philadelphia Phillies 5 Roster Edit 1957 Cincinnati RedlegsRosterPitchers 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 Raul Sanchez 45 Dave Skaugstad Catchers 6 Ed Bailey 7 Smoky Burgess 8 Dutch DottererInfielders 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 WhisenantOther batters 9 Don Pavletich Manager 1 Birdie TebbettsCoaches 4 Jimmy Dykes 3 Tom Ferrick 2 Frank McCormickPlayer stats EditBatting Edit Starters by position Edit 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 RBIC Ed Bailey 122 391 102 261 20 481B George Crowe 133 494 134 271 31 922B Johnny Temple 145 557 158 284 0 37SS Roy McMillan 151 448 122 272 1 553B Don Hoak 149 529 155 293 19 89LF Frank Robinson 150 611 197 322 29 75CF Gus Bell 121 510 149 292 13 61RF Wally Post 134 467 114 244 20 74Other batters Edit 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 RBISmoky Burgess 90 205 58 283 14 39Bob Thurman 74 190 47 247 16 40Ted Kluszewski 69 127 34 268 6 21Jerry Lynch 67 124 32 258 4 13Joe Taylor 33 107 28 262 4 9Alex Grammas 73 99 30 303 0 8Pete Whisenant 67 90 19 211 5 11Art Schult 21 34 9 265 0 4Dutch Dotterer 4 12 1 083 0 2Bobby Henrich 29 10 2 200 0 1Curt Flood 3 3 1 333 1 1Rocky Bridges 5 1 0 000 0 0Bobby Durnbaugh 2 1 0 000 0 0Don Pavletich 1 1 0 000 0 0Pitching Edit Starting pitchers Edit Note G Games pitched IP Innings pitched W Wins L Losses ERA Earned run average SO Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SOHal Jeffcoat 37 207 0 12 13 4 52 63Joe Nuxhall 39 174 1 10 10 4 75 99Other pitchers Edit Note G Games pitched IP Innings pitched W Wins L Losses ERA Earned run average SO Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SOBrooks Lawrence 49 250 1 16 13 3 52 121Don Gross 43 148 1 7 9 4 31 73Johnny Klippstein 46 146 0 8 11 5 05 99Art Fowler 33 87 2 3 0 6 47 45Warren Hacker 15 43 1 3 2 5 19 18Vicente Amor 9 27 1 1 2 5 93 9Bud Podbielan 5 16 0 0 1 6 19 13Jay Hook 3 10 0 0 1 4 50 6Charlie Rabe 2 8 1 0 1 2 16 6Relief pitchers Edit Note G Games pitched W Wins L Losses SV Saves ERA Earned run average SO Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SOHersh Freeman 52 7 2 8 4 52 36Tom Acker 49 10 5 4 4 97 67Raul Sanchez 38 3 2 5 4 76 37Bill Kennedy 8 0 2 3 6 39 8Claude Osteen 3 0 0 0 2 25 3Dave Skaugstad 2 0 0 0 1 59 4Farm system EditSee also Minor League Baseball Level Team League ManagerOpen Seattle Rainiers Pacific Coast League Lefty O DoulAAA Havana Sugar Kings International League Nap ReyesAA Nashville Vols Southern Association Dick SislerA Savannah Redlegs Sally League Jimmy BrownB Port Arthur Temple Redlegs Big State League Al BarillariB Wenatchee Chiefs Northwest League Don Lundberg and Bert HaasB Clovis Pioneers Southwestern League Bert HaasC Visalia Redlegs California League Bruce EdwardsC Wausau Lumberjacks Northern League Walt NovickD Graceville Oilers Alabama Florida League Bob Wellman and Charley GrantD Palatka Redlegs Florida State League Johnny Vander MeerD Hornell Redlegs New York Penn League Dave BristolLEAGUE CO CHAMPIONS GracevillePort 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 6 References Edit Baseball Reference 1957 MLB Attendance amp Team Age Ray Jablonski at Baseball Reference Maury Wills at Baseball Reference Wulf Steve June 29 2015 The stuff of legends In 1957 Cincinnati fans stacked the All Star team too ESPN Warren Hacker at Baseball Reference Johnson Lloyd and Wolff Miles ed The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 3rd edition Durham North Carolina Baseball America 2007External links Edit1957 Cincinnati Redlegs season at Baseball Reference nbsp This article relating to a Cincinnati Reds baseball season is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1957 Cincinnati Redlegs season amp oldid 1179791084, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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