1957 Cincinnati Redlegs season

1957 Cincinnati Redlegs
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1890);
Location
	Crosley Field (since 1934);
	Cincinnati, Ohio (since 1882);
Other information
Owner(s)	Powel Crosley, Jr.
Manager(s)	Birdie Tebbetts
Local television	WLW; (George Bryson)
Local radio	WKRC; (Waite Hoyt, Jack Moran)
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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.

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.^[1]
December 3, 1956: Maury Wills was drafted by the Redlegs from the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1956 minor league draft.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	GB	Pct.
Milwaukee Braves	95	59	--	.617
St. Louis Cardinals	87	67	8	.565
Brooklyn Dodgers	84	70	11	.545
Cincinnati Redlegs	80	74	15	.519
Philadelphia Phillies	77	77	18	.500
New York Giants	69	85	26	.448
Chicago Cubs	62	92	33	.403
Pittsburgh Pirates	62	92	33	.403

Notable transactions

June 26, 1957: Warren Hacker was selected off waivers from the Redlegs by the Philadelphia Phillies.^[3]

Roster

1957 Cincinnati Redlegs

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

9 Don Pavletich

Manager

1 Birdie Tebbetts

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
3B	Hoak, DonDon 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
Taylor, JoeJoe Taylor	33	107	28	.262	4	9
Whisenant, PetePete Whisenant	67	90	19	.211	5	11
Durnbaugh, BobbyBobby 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

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
Gross, DonDon Gross	43	148.1	7	9	4.31	73
Fowler, ArtArt Fowler	33	87.2	3	0	6.47	45
Hacker, WarrenWarren Hacker	15	43.1	3	2	5.19	18
Amor, VicenteVicente 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
Freeman, HershHersh Freeman	52	7	2	8	4.52	36
Acker, TomTom Acker	49	10	5	4	4.97	67
Kennedy, BillBill Kennedy	8	0	2	3	6.39	8

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager

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^[4]

References

^ Ray Jablonski page at Baseball Reference
^ Maury Wills page at Baseball Reference
^ Warren Hacker at Baseball Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

External links

1957 Cincinnati Redlegs season at Baseball Reference

[1] Ray Jablonski page at Baseball Reference

[2] Maury Wills page at Baseball Reference

[3] Warren Hacker at Baseball Reference

[4] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

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