1959 Cincinnati Reds roster

Manager: Mayo Smith, Fred Hutchinson

32 players appeared for the Cincinnati Reds in the 1959 MLB season.

1959 Reds roster: batting

1959 Cincinnati Reds batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Vada Pinson20154648131205208421.316.371.880
Johnny Temple3114959810218686714.311.380.809
Gus Bell3014858059170191152.293.325.770
Frank Robinson231465401061683612518.311.391.975
Ed Bailey281213794310012402.264.370.763
Jerry Lynch281173794910217582.269.320.782
Frank Thomas30108374418412470.225.278.658
Eddie Kasko2711832939932312.283.309.659
Roy McMillan287924638659240.264.345.792
Dutch Dotterer275216121432170.267.328.676
Jim Pendleton35651131329393.257.309.663
Pete Whisenant29367113175110.239.316.795
John Powers294343811240.256.319.808
Cliff Cook2292138051.381.4351.006
Buddy Gilbert2372043220.150.261.711
Bob Thurman424411020.250.250.500
Bobby Henrich2014330000.000.000.000

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1959 Reds roster: pitching

1959 Cincinnati Reds pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Don NewcombeP3330291383.16222.01001.091
Bob PurkeyP29383313184.25218.0781.301
Orlando PenaP25468594.76136.0761.395
Joe NuxhallP302821994.24131.2751.441
Jim O'tooleP222819585.15129.1681.680
Brooks LawrenceP3443147124.77128.1641.4710
Jay HookP221715555.1379.0371.490
Willard SchmidtP31364323.9570.2401.560
Tom AckerP29370124.1263.1451.482
Bob MabeP29181425.4629.281.623
Luis ArroyoP32100103.9513.282.050
Jim BaileyP2431016.1711.271.970
Claude OsteenP1920007.047.232.610
Mike CuellarP22200015.754.052.750

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.