1959 Cincinnati Redlegs

74-80 • 0.481 Win% • 5th in NL

📊 Season Record

74 Wins
80 Losses
0.481 Win %
5th Rank
764 R 738 RA
Diff +26

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⚡ Quick Stats

764 Runs Scored
738 Runs Allowed
+26 Run Diff
801K Attendance

📈 vs. 1959 NL Average

Batting Avg .273 5% above the 1959 league average (.260)
OBP .336 4% above the 1959 league average (.323)
SLG .365 7% above the 1959 league average (.342)
Team ERA 4.31 9% worse than the 1959 league average (3.95)
Runs Scored 764 12% above the 1959 league average (683 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumCrosley Field
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 801,299
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Avg per Game 10,406

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Vada Pinson 0.316 2 Frank Robinson 0.311 3 Johnny Temple 0.311 4 Don Newcombe 0.305 5 Gus Bell 0.293

Home Runs

1 Frank Robinson 36 2 Vada Pinson 20 3 Gus Bell 19 4 Jerry Lynch 17 5 Ed Bailey 12

RBI

1 Frank Robinson 125 2 Gus Bell 115 3 Vada Pinson 84 4 Johnny Temple 67 5 Jerry Lynch 58
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Vada Pinson 154 648 131 205 0 0 20 84 55 98 21 0.316
Johnny Temple 149 598 102 186 0 0 8 67 72 40 14 0.311
Gus Bell 148 580 59 170 0 0 19 115 29 44 2 0.293
Frank Robinson 146 540 106 168 0 0 36 125 69 93 18 0.311
Ed Bailey 121 379 43 100 0 0 12 40 62 53 2 0.264
Jerry Lynch 117 379 49 102 0 0 17 58 29 50 2 0.269
Frank Thomas 108 374 41 84 0 0 12 47 27 56 0 0.225
Eddie Kasko 118 329 39 93 0 0 2 31 14 38 2 0.283
Roy McMillan 79 246 38 65 0 0 9 24 27 27 0 0.264
Willie Jones 72 233 33 58 0 0 7 31 28 26 0 0.249
Dutch Dotterer 52 161 21 43 0 0 2 17 16 23 0 0.267
Jim Pendleton 65 113 13 29 0 0 3 9 8 18 3 0.257
Don Newcombe 61 105 10 32 0 0 3 21 17 23 0 0.305
Whitey Lockman 52 84 10 22 0 0 0 7 4 6 0 0.262
Pete Whisenant 36 71 13 17 0 0 5 11 8 18 0 0.239
Bob Purkey 38 66 8 11 0 0 1 6 6 34 0 0.167
Joe Nuxhall 28 44 5 11 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 0.250
John Powers 43 43 8 11 0 0 2 4 3 13 0 0.256
Brooks Lawrence 43 40 5 6 0 0 0 3 0 13 0 0.150
Walt Dropo 26 39 4 4 0 0 1 2 4 7 0 0.103
Jim O'Toole 29 37 4 5 0 0 0 3 4 11 0 0.135
Orlando Peña 46 34 3 3 0 0 0 3 5 20 0 0.088
Jay Hook 19 24 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 9 0 0.125
Jim Brosnan 26 23 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0.043
Cliff Cook 9 21 3 8 0 0 0 5 2 8 1 0.381
Buddy Gilbert 7 20 4 3 0 0 2 2 3 4 0 0.150
Del Ennis 5 12 1 4 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0.333
Willard Schmidt 36 12 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.083
Tom Acker 37 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.111
Bob Mabe 18 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Bob Thurman 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0.250
Jim Bailey 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Bobby Henrich 14 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Luis Arroyo 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Claude Osteen 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Mike Cuellar 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Hal Jeffcoat 17 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Don Rudolph 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Don Pavletich 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Don Newcombe 3.16 2 Jim Brosnan 3.35 3 Willard Schmidt 3.95 4 Tom Acker 4.12 5 Joe Nuxhall 4.24

Wins

1 Don Newcombe 13 2 Bob Purkey 13 3 Joe Nuxhall 9 4 Jim Brosnan 8 5 Brooks Lawrence 7

Strikeouts

1 Don Newcombe 100 2 Bob Purkey 78 3 Orlando Peña 76 4 Joe Nuxhall 75 5 Jim O'Toole 68
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Don Newcombe 13 8 3.16 30 29 1 222.0 27 100
Bob Purkey 13 18 4.25 38 33 1 218.0 43 78
Orlando Peña 5 9 4.76 46 8 5 136.0 39 76
Joe Nuxhall 9 9 4.24 28 21 1 131.2 35 75
Jim O'Toole 5 8 5.15 28 19 0 129.1 73 68
Brooks Lawrence 7 12 4.77 43 14 10 128.1 45 64
Jim Brosnan 8 3 3.35 26 9 2 83.1 26 56
Jay Hook 5 5 5.13 17 15 0 79.0 39 37
Willard Schmidt 3 2 3.95 36 4 0 70.2 30 40
Tom Acker 1 2 4.12 37 0 2 63.1 37 45
Bob Mabe 4 2 5.46 18 1 3 29.2 19 8
Hal Jeffcoat 0 1 3.32 17 0 1 21.2 10 12
Luis Arroyo 1 0 3.95 10 0 0 13.2 11 8
Jim Bailey 0 1 6.17 3 1 0 11.2 6 7
Claude Osteen 0 0 7.04 2 0 0 7.2 9 3
Don Rudolph 0 0 4.91 5 0 0 7.1 3 8
Mike Cuellar 0 0 15.75 2 0 0 4.0 4 5

👥 Roster (39)

Tom Acker Luis Arroyo Ed Bailey Jim Bailey Gus Bell Jim Brosnan Cliff Cook Mike Cuellar Dutch Dotterer Walt Dropo Del Ennis Buddy Gilbert +27 more

39 players

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