1959 Cincinnati Redlegs Statistics and Roster

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1959 Cincinnati Redlegs (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1958/1960)
74-80, Finished 5th in National League
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Scored 764 runs, Allowed 738 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 79-75
Managed by Mayo Smith and Fred Hutchinson

Ballpark: Crosley Field (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 801,298 (7th of 8)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 104, Pitching - 103
  (one-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 103
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1959 Stats (1958/1960) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / Gamelogs: Bat / Pitch

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  *Ed Bailey           28  121  379   43  100  13  0  12   40  62   53  .264  .370  .393   2   0  10   2   4   0   6  101
1B  Frank Robinson      23  146  540  106  168  31  4  36  125  69   93  .311  .391  .583  18   8  16   8   0   9   9  152
2B  Johnny Temple       31  149  598  102  186  35  6   8   67  72   40  .311  .380  .430  14   3  11   2  11  13   2  112
3B  Willie Jones        33   72  233   33   58  12  1   7   31  28   26  .249  .330  .399   0   2   8   1   1   2   1   90
SS  Eddie Kasko         27  118  329   39   93  14  1   2   31  14   38  .283  .309  .350   2   2   5   0   1   3   5   73
LF *Jerry Lynch         28  117  379   49  102  16  3  17   58  29   50  .269  .320  .462   2   0   7   1   3   3   1  102
CF *Vada Pinson         20  154  648  131  205  47  9  20   84  55   98  .316  .371  .509  21   6   9   1   2   0   3  128
RF *Gus Bell            30  148  580   59  170  27  2  19  115  29   44  .293  .325  .445   2   3  13   2   1   8   1  100
    Frank Thomas        30  108  374   41   84  18  2  12   47  27   56  .225  .278  .380   0   2  13   3   2   6   6   71
    Roy McMillan        29   79  246   38   65  14  2   9   24  27   27  .264  .345  .447   0   2  11   4   2   1   3  106
    Dutch Dotterer      27   52  161   21   43   7  0   2   17  16   23  .267  .328  .348   0   0   3   0   1   3   1   78
    Jim Pendleton       35   65  113   13   29   2  0   3    9   8   18  .257  .309  .354   3   0   4   1   0   1   2   74
   *Whitey Lockman      32   52   84   10   22   5  1   0    7   4    6  .262  .292  .345   0   0   1   0   0   1   0   67
    Pete Whisenant      29   36   71   13   17   2  0   5   11   8   18  .239  .316  .479   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  105
   *John Powers         29   43   43    8   11   2  1   2    4   3   13  .256  .319  .488   0   0   0   1   0   0   0  108
    Walt Dropo          36   26   39    4    4   1  0   1    2   4    7  .103  .205  .205   0   0   3   1   0   0   0    8
    Cliff Cook          22    9   21    3    8   2  1   0    5   2    8  .381  .435  .571   1   0   0   0   1   0   1  162
   *Buddy Gilbert       23    7   20    4    3   0  0   2    2   3    4  .150  .261  .450   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   82
    Del Ennis           34    5   12    1    4   0  0   0    1   2    2  .333  .429  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   1  104
   *Bob Thurman         42    4    4    1    1   0  0   0    2   0    1  .250  .250  .250   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   32
    Bobby Henrich       20   14    3    3    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Don Pavletich       20    1    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0   0   0     

   *Don Newcombe        33   61  105   10   32   2  0   3   21  17   23  .305  .402  .410   0   0   1   0   1   0   1  114
    Bob Purkey          29   38   66    8   11   2  1   1    6   6   34  .167  .247  .273   0   0   1   1   4   0   0   36
   *Joe Nuxhall         30   28   44    5   11   3  0   0    2   1    4  .250  .283  .318   0   0   2   1   2   0   0   58
    Brooks Lawrence     34   43   40    5    6   1  0   0    3   0   13  .150  .150  .175   0   0   1   0   2   0   0  -15
   #Jim O'Toole         22   29   37    4    5   0  0   0    3   4   11  .135  .220  .135   0   0   1   0   3   0   0   -4
    Orlando Pena        25   46   34    3    3   1  0   0    3   5   20  .088  .205  .118   0   0   0   0   5   0   0  -12
   *Jay Hook            22   19   24    2    3   0  0   0    1   1    9  .125  .160  .125   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -24
    Jim Brosnan         29   26   23    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    7  .043  .083  .043   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -65
    Willard Schmidt     31   36   12    2    1   0  0   0    0   1    4  .083  .313  .083   0   0   0   3   1   0   0   11
    Tom Acker           29   37    9    1    1   0  0   0    0   1    3  .111  .200  .111   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -15
    Bob Mabe            29   18    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
   #Jim Bailey          24    3    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Luis Arroyo         32   10    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Claude Osteen       19    2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Mike Cuellar        22    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Hal Jeffcoat        34   17    1    1    1   1  0   0    0   0    0 1.000 1.000 2.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  664
   *Don Rudolph         27    5    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.9  154 5288  764 1448 258 34 161  721 499  763  .274  .336  .427  65  28 121  32  53  50  43  105
    Rank among 8 NL teams          5    1    1   1  8   4        2    6     1     1     1   3   5                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Bob Purkey          29  38   4.25  13  18  1  33   5   9   1  218.0  241  118  103  25   43   78  927   4   6  0   2  96
SP  Don Newcombe        33  30   3.16  13   8  1  29   1  17   2  222.0  216   87   78  25   27  100  899   4   5  0   3 129
SP *Joe Nuxhall         30  28   4.24   9   9  1  21   3   6   1  131.7  155   76   62  10   35   75  574   0   1  1   1  96
SP *Jim O'Toole         22  28   5.15   5   8  0  19   4   3   1  129.3  144   78   74  14   73   68  592   8   4  1   2  79
SP  Jay Hook            22  17   5.13   5   5  0  15   1   4   0   79.0   79   46   45  11   39   37  341   1   3  0   1  79

CL  Brooks Lawrence     34  43   4.77   7  12 10  14  22   3   0  128.3  144   74   68  17   45   64  564   4   4  0   9  85
RP  Orlando Pena        25  46   4.76   5   9  5   8  16   1   0  136.0  150   80   72  26   39   76  587   1   0  0   5  85
RP  Tom Acker           29  37   4.12   1   2  2   0  11   0   0   63.3   57   31   29  10   37   45  277   1   4  0   5  99
RP  Willard Schmidt     31  36   3.95   3   2  0   4  10   0   0   70.7   80   36   31   4   30   40  307   2   1  0   4 103
RP  Jim Brosnan         29  26   3.35   8   3  2   9  10   1   1   83.3   79   35   31   7   26   56  358   0   5  0   2 121

    Bob Mabe            29  18   5.46   4   2  3   1   9   0   0   29.7   29   28   18   6   19    8  134   0   0  0   2  74
    Hal Jeffcoat        34  17   3.32   0   1  1   0  11   0   0   21.7   21    8    8   3   10   12   93   1   0  0   2 122
   *Luis Arroyo         32  10   3.95   1   0  0   0   5   0   0   13.7   17   11    6   0   11    8   72   2   0  0   3 103
   *Jim Bailey          24   3   6.17   0   1  0   1   0   0   0   11.7   17    8    8   1    6    7   58   0   1  0   1  66
   *Claude Osteen       19   2   7.04   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    7.7   11   10    6   1    9    3   44   0   0  0   1  58
   *Don Rudolph         27   5   4.91   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    7.3   13    4    4   1    3    8   36   0   0  0   1  83
   *Mike Cuellar        22   2  15.75   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    4.0    7    8    7   1    4    5   24   1   0  0   1  26
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.8 154   4.31  74  80 26 154 110  44   7 1357.0 1460  738  650 162  456  690 5887  29  34  2  45  94
    Rank among 8 NL teams           7   5   3  1           5   7      7    8    8        8    3    8

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- EBailey 961 110 117 549 64 6 6 .990 3 17 20 27 DDotterer 395 44 51 230 20 2 3 .992 3 11 20 8 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1357 154 154 779 84 8 9 .991 6 28 40 35 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 *9.58 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FRobinson 1036 123 125 998 75 17 111 .984 9.32 FThomas 118 14 14 111 15 2 11 .984 9.61 WDropo 104 9 23 103 11 0 11 1.000 9.84 WLockman 98 8 20 92 10 3 9 .971 9.30 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1357 154 154 1304 111 22 142 .985 9.38 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 *5.27 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JTemple 1302 149 149 322 390 19 96 .974 4.92 WLockman 51 5 6 9 13 0 4 1.000 3.88 EKasko 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1357 154 154 331 404 19 100 .975 4.87 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .950 *2.97 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WJones 566 64 68 92 105 7 9 .966 3.13 FThomas 512 63 64 55 111 13 8 .927 2.92 JPendleton 127 14 16 13 28 2 0 .953 2.90 EKasko 99 8 31 10 23 2 2 .943 2.98 CCook 49 5 9 7 13 2 2 .909 3.62 BHenrich 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 WLockman 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1357 154 154 177 281 26 21 .946 3.04 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 *5.11 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EKasko 723 82 84 182 271 11 61 .976 5.64 RMcMillan 621 72 73 163 205 10 50 .974 5.33 BHenrich 8 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 JPendleton 5 0 3 1 1 0 1 1.000 3.60 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1357 154 154 348 477 21 112 .975 5.47 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 *2.04 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JLynch 757 94 98 177 5 4 3 .978 2.16 FRobinson 222 22 40 52 2 1 0 .982 2.19 FThomas 183 18 33 36 0 4 0 .900 1.77 JPendleton 98 9 24 32 1 1 0 .971 3.02 GBell 46 6 6 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.74 DEnnis 23 3 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.57 PWhisenant 14 1 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 JPowers 13 1 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.68 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1357 154 154 320 8 10 3 .970 2.18 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.63 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- VPinson 1355 154 154 420 11 7 4 .984 2.86 WLockman 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1357 154 154 422 11 7 4 .984 2.87 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *1.96 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GBell 1189 131 141 258 9 1 1 .996 2.02 PWhisenant 112 16 16 23 1 1 1 .960 1.93 BGilbert 47 6 6 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.87 JPowers 9 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1357 154 154 299 10 2 2 .994 2.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *2.21 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- VPinson 1355 154 154 423 11 7 4 .984 2.88 GBell 1235 137 145 269 15 1 1 .996 2.07 JLynch 757 94 98 180 5 4 3 .979 2.20 FRobinson 222 22 40 51 3 1 0 .982 2.19 FThomas 183 18 33 40 0 4 0 .909 1.96 PWhisenant 126 17 21 27 1 1 1 .966 2.00 JPendleton 98 9 24 31 2 1 0 .971 3.02 BGilbert 47 6 6 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.87 DEnnis 23 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.96 JPowers 22 2 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.61 WLockman 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1357 154 154 1047 37 19 9 .983 2.40 154 154 154 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 *1.99 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DNewcombe 222 29 30 14 31 1 4 .978 1.82 BPurkey 218 33 38 19 35 2 1 .964 2.23 OPena 136 8 46 12 16 1 1 .966 1.85 JNuxhall 131 21 28 6 19 1 1 .962 1.71 JO'Toole 129 19 28 5 24 0 2 1.000 2.02 BLawrence 128 14 43 7 22 3 1 .906 2.04 JBrosnan 83 9 26 5 15 1 2 .952 2.16 JHook 79 15 17 7 8 1 2 .937 1.71 WSchmidt 70 4 36 5 16 0 2 1.000 2.67 TAcker 63 0 37 1 5 0 0 1.000 0.85 BMabe 29 1 18 1 3 0 2 1.000 1.21 HJeffcoat 21 0 17 4 2 0 1 1.000 2.49 LArroyo 13 0 10 0 5 1 0 .833 3.28 JBailey 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 COsteen 7 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.17 DRudolph 7 0 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.23 MCuellar 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1357 154 154 86 203 11 19 .963 1.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Pinson .316

On-base % Robinson .391

Slugging % Robinson .583

OPS Robinson .974

Games Pinson 154

At Bats Pinson 648

Plate Appearances (approx.) Pinson 706

Runs Pinson 131

Hits Pinson 205

Total Bases Pinson 330

Doubles Pinson 47

Triples Pinson 9

Home Runs Robinson 36

RBI Robinson 125

Bases on Balls Temple 72

Strikeouts Pinson 98

Stolen Bases Pinson 21

Singles Temple 137

Adjusted OPS+ Robinson 152

Runs Created Pinson 124

Adjusted Batting Runs Robinson 42

Batting Wins Robinson 4.1

Extra-Base Hits Pinson 76

Times on Base Pinson 261

Offensive Win% Robinson .734

Hit By Pitch Robinson 8

Sac. Hits Temple 11

Sac. Flies Temple 13

Intentional Walks Robinson 9

Grounded into Double Plays Robinson 16

Caught Stealing Robinson 8

Power/Speed Number Robinson 24.0

At Bats per Strikeout Temple 15.0

At Bats per Home Run Robinson 15.0

Outs Pinson 460

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ERA Newcombe 3.16

Wins Newcombe and Purkey 13

Won-Loss % Newcombe .619

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Newcombe 1.095

Hits Allowed/9IP Newcombe 8.76

Bases on Balls/9IP Newcombe 1.09

Strikeouts/9IP Newcombe 4.05

Games Pena 46

Saves Lawrence 10

Innings Newcombe 222.0

Strikeouts Newcombe 100

Games Started Purkey 33

Comp. Games Newcombe 17

Shutouts Newcombe 2

Home Runs Allow. Pena 26

Bases On Balls Allow. O'Toole 73

Hits Allowed Purkey 241

SO to Walk Newcombe 3.70

Losses Purkey 18

Earned Runs Allow. Purkey 103

Wild Pitches O'Toole 8

Hit Batsmen Purkey 6

Batters Faced Purkey 927

Games Finished Lawrence 22

Adjusted ERA+ Newcombe 129

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