1957 Cincinnati Redlegs season
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Ballpark | Crosley Field |
City | Cincinnati |
Owners | Powel Crosley, Jr. |
Managers | Birdie Tebbetts |
Television | WLW (George Bryson) |
Radio | WKRC (Waite Hoyt, Jack Moran) |
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]
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
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Milwaukee Braves | 95 | 59 | .617 | — | 45–32 | 50–27 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 87 | 67 | .565 | 8 | 42–35 | 45–32 |
Brooklyn Dodgers | 84 | 70 | .545 | 11 | 43–34 | 41–36 |
Cincinnati Redlegs | 80 | 74 | .519 | 15 | 45–32 | 35–42 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 77 | 77 | .500 | 18 | 38–39 | 39–38 |
New York Giants | 69 | 85 | .448 | 26 | 37–40 | 32–45 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 62 | 92 | .403 | 33 | 36–41 | 26–51 |
Chicago Cubs | 62 | 92 | .403 | 33 | 31–46 | 31–46 |
Record vs. opponents
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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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
- June 26, 1957: Warren Hacker was selected off waivers from the Redlegs by the Philadelphia Phillies.[4]
Roster
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Pitchers
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Infielders
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
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
- ^ Baseball Reference: 1957 MLB Attendance & Team Age
- ^ Ray Jablonski at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Maury Wills at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Warren Hacker at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
External links