1959 Cincinnati Reds

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1 Summary
2 Roster and Statistics
3 Batting Leaders
4 Pitching Leaders

[edit] Summary

The 1959 Cincinnati Reds finished with a record of 74-80. They scored 764 runs and belted 161 home runs to go along with a .274 batting average. The offense was powered by Frank Robinson, who led the team with 36 home runs and 125 RBI. Vada Pinson led the team with 205 hits for a .316 average.

The team allowed 738 runs and had a team ERA of 4.31. Don Newcombe and Bob Purkey were tied for the team lead in wins with 13. Don Newcombe led the team with 100 strikeouts. Brooks Lawrence was the team's best fireman, with 10 saves.

[edit] Roster and Statistics

Player Name	Pos	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	OBP	SLG	OPS	AVG
Infielders
Cliff Cook	3B	9	21	3	8	0	5	1	.435	.571	1.006	.381
Walt Dropo	1B	26	39	4	4	1	2	0	.205	.205	.410	.103
Bobby Henrich	SS	14	3	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Willie Jones	3B	72	233	33	58	7	31	0	.330	.399	.729	.249
Eddie Kasko	SS	118	329	39	93	2	31	2	.309	.350	.659	.283
Whitey Lockman	1B	52	84	10	22	0	7	0	.292	.345	.637	.262
Roy McMillan	SS	79	246	38	65	9	24	0	.345	.447	.792	.264
Frank Robinson	1B	146	540	106	168	36	125	18	.391	.583	.974	.311
Johnny Temple	2B	149	598	102	186	8	67	14	.380	.430	.810	.311
Frank Thomas	3B	108	374	41	84	12	47	0	.278	.380	.658	.225
Outfielders
Gus Bell	OF	148	580	59	170	19	115	2	.325	.445	.770	.293
Del Ennis	OF	5	12	1	4	0	1	0	.429	.333	.762	.333
Buddy Gilbert	OF	7	20	4	3	2	2	0	.261	.450	.711	.150
Jerry Lynch	OF	117	379	49	102	17	58	2	.320	.462	.782	.269
Jim Pendleton	OF	65	113	13	29	3	9	3	.309	.354	.663	.257
Vada Pinson	OF	154	648	131	205	20	84	21	.371	.509	.880	.316
John Powers	OF	43	43	8	11	2	4	0	.319	.488	.807	.256
Pete Whisenant	OF	36	71	13	17	5	11	0	.316	.479	.795	.239
Catchers
Ed Bailey	C	121	379	43	100	12	40	2	.370	.393	.763	.264
Dutch Dotterer	C	52	161	21	43	2	17	0	.328	.348	.676	.267
Other
Don Pavletich		1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Bob Thurman		4	4	1	1	0	2	0	.250	.250	.500	.250
Team Totals	-	-	5288	764	1448	161	721	65	.334	.427	.761	.274

Player Name	G	GS	IP	W	L	Win %	SV	SO	BB	ERA	WHIP
Pitchers
Tom Acker	37	0	63.3	1	2	.333	2	45	37	4.12	1.485
Luis Arroyo	10	0	13.7	1	0	1.000	0	8	11	3.95	2.044
Jim Bailey	3	1	11.7	0	1	.000	0	7	6	6.17	1.966
Jim Brosnan	26	9	83.3	8	3	.727	2	56	26	3.35	1.261
Mike Cuellar	2	0	4	0	0	.000	0	5	4	15.75	2.750
Jay Hook	17	15	79	5	5	.500	0	37	39	5.13	1.494
Hal Jeffcoat	17	0	21.7	0	1	.000	1	12	10	3.32	1.429
Brooks Lawrence	43	14	128.3	7	12	.368	10	64	45	4.77	1.473
Bob Mabe	18	1	29.7	4	2	.667	3	8	19	5.46	1.616
Don Newcombe	30	29	222	13	8	.619	1	100	27	3.16	1.095
Joe Nuxhall	28	21	131.7	9	9	.500	1	75	35	4.24	1.443
Claude Osteen	2	0	7.7	0	0	.000	0	3	9	7.04	2.597
Jim O'Toole	28	19	129.3	5	8	.385	0	68	73	5.15	1.678
Orlando Pena	46	8	136	5	9	.357	5	76	39	4.76	1.390
Bob Purkey	38	33	218	13	18	.419	1	78	43	4.25	1.303
Don Rudolph	5	0	7.3	0	0	.000	0	8	3	4.91	2.192
Willard Schmidt	36	4	70.7	3	2	.600	0	40	30	3.95	1.556
Team Totals	386	154	1357.4	74	80	.481	26	690	456	4.31	1.412

[edit] Batting Leaders

Category
Games	Vada Pinson	154
At Bats	Vada Pinson	648
Plate Appearances (approx.)	Vada Pinson	706
Batting Average	Vada Pinson	.316
On-Base %	Frank Robinson	.391
Slugging %	Frank Robinson	.583
OPS	Frank Robinson	.974
Runs	Vada Pinson	131
Hits	Vada Pinson	205
Total Bases	Vada Pinson	330
Doubles	Vada Pinson	47
Triples	Vada Pinson	9
Home Runs	Frank Robinson	36
RBI	Frank Robinson	125
Walks	Johnny Temple	72
Strikeouts	Vada Pinson	98
Stolen Bases	Vada Pinson	21
Caught Stealing	Frank Robinson	8
Sacrifice Hits	Johnny Temple	11
Sacrifice Flies	Johnny Temple	13
Grounded into Double Plays	Frank Robinson	16

[edit] Pitching Leaders

Category
Wins	Don Newcombe and Bob Purkey	13
Losses	Bob Purkey	18
Saves	Brooks Lawrence	10
Won-Loss %	Don Newcombe	.619
ERA	Don Newcombe	3.16
WHIP	Don Newcombe	1.095
Innings Pitched	Don Newcombe	222
Games	Orlando Pena	46
Games Started	Bob Purkey	33
Strikeouts	Don Newcombe	100
Complete Games	Don Newcombe	17
Shutouts	Don Newcombe	2
Batters Faced	Bob Purkey	927
Earned Runs Allowed	Bob Purkey	103
Hits Allowed	Bob Purkey	241
Walks Allowed	Jim O'Toole	73
Home Runs Allowed	Orlando Pena	26
Doubles Allowed	Bob Purkey	41
Triples Allowed	Don Newcombe, Joe Nuxhall, Jim O'Toole, and Bob Purkey	6
Wild Pitches	Jim O'Toole	8
Hit Batsmen	Bob Purkey	6
Double Plays Induced	Don Newcombe	19

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1959 Cincinnati Reds

Contents

[edit] Summary

[edit] Roster and Statistics

[edit] Batting Leaders

[edit] Pitching Leaders