1958 Cleveland Indians | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | |
City | Cleveland, Ohio | |
Owners | William R. Daley | |
General managers | Frank Lane | |
Managers | Bobby Bragan, Joe Gordon | |
Television | WEWS-TV (Ken Coleman, Bill McColgan) | |
Radio | WERE (Jimmy Dudley, Bob Neal) | |
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American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 92 | 62 | 0.597 | — | 44–33 | 48–29 |
Chicago White Sox | 82 | 72 | 0.532 | 10 | 47–30 | 35–42 |
Boston Red Sox | 79 | 75 | 0.513 | 13 | 49–28 | 30–47 |
Cleveland Indians | 77 | 76 | 0.503 | 14½ | 42–34 | 35–42 |
Detroit Tigers | 77 | 77 | 0.500 | 15 | 43–34 | 34–43 |
Baltimore Orioles | 74 | 79 | 0.484 | 17½ | 46–31 | 28–48 |
Kansas City Athletics | 73 | 81 | 0.474 | 19 | 43–34 | 30–47 |
Washington Senators | 61 | 93 | 0.396 | 31 | 33–44 | 28–49 |
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Team | BAL | BOS | CHW | CLE | DET | KCA | NYY | WSH | |||||
Baltimore | — | 10–12 | 9–13–1 | 10–11 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 8–14 | 15–7 | |||||
Boston | 12–10 | — | 10–12 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 9–13–1 | 14–8 | |||||
Chicago | 13–9–1 | 12–10 | — | 12–10 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 7–15 | 16–6 | |||||
Cleveland | 11–10 | 10–12 | 10–12 | — | 14–8 | 10–12 | 7–15 | 15–7 | |||||
Detroit | 12–10 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 8–14 | — | 12–10 | 12–10 | 9–13 | |||||
Kansas City | 10–12 | 10–12 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 10–12 | — | 9–13 | 12–10–2 | |||||
New York | 14–8 | 13–9–1 | 15–7 | 15–7 | 10–12 | 13–9 | — | 12–10 | |||||
Washington | 7–15 | 8–14 | 6–16 | 7–15 | 13–9 | 10–12–2 | 10–12 | — |
Opening Day Starters | ||
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# | Name | Position |
17 | Chico Carrasquel | SS |
5 | Roger Maris | RF |
9 | Minnie Miñoso | LF |
14 | Larry Doby | CF |
8 | Mickey Vernon | 1B |
15 | Russ Nixon | C |
7 | Fred Hatfield | 3B |
16 | Billy Moran | 2B |
27 | Herb Score | P |
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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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C | Russ Nixon | 113 | 376 | 113 | .301 | 9 | 46 |
1B | Mickey Vernon | 119 | 355 | 104 | .293 | 8 | 55 |
2B | Bobby Ávila | 113 | 375 | 95 | .253 | 5 | 30 |
SS | Billy Hunter | 76 | 190 | 37 | .195 | 0 | 9 |
3B | Vic Power | 93 | 385 | 122 | .317 | 12 | 53 |
LF | Minnie Miñoso | 149 | 556 | 168 | .302 | 24 | 80 |
CF | Larry Doby | 89 | 247 | 70 | .285 | 13 | 45 |
RF | Rocky Colavito | 143 | 489 | 148 | .303 | 41 | 113 |
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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Billy Moran | 115 | 257 | 58 | .226 | 1 | 18 |
Billy Harrell | 101 | 229 | 50 | .218 | 7 | 19 |
Gary Geiger | 91 | 195 | 45 | .231 | 1 | 6 |
Roger Maris | 51 | 182 | 41 | .225 | 9 | 27 |
Dick Brown | 68 | 173 | 41 | .237 | 7 | 20 |
Chico Carrasquel | 49 | 156 | 40 | .225 | 9 | 27 |
Preston Ward | 48 | 148 | 50 | .338 | 4 | 21 |
Woodie Held | 67 | 144 | 28 | .194 | 3 | 17 |
Randy Jackson | 29 | 91 | 22 | .242 | 4 | 13 |
Jay Porter | 40 | 85 | 17 | .200 | 4 | 19 |
Earl Averill Jr. | 17 | 55 | 10 | .182 | 2 | 7 |
Carroll Hardy | 27 | 49 | 10 | .204 | 1 | 6 |
Vic Wertz | 25 | 43 | 12 | .279 | 3 | 12 |
Larry Raines | 7 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Hal Naragon | 9 | 9 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Rod Graber | 4 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
Fred Hatfield | 3 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 1 |
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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Cal McLish | 39 | 225.2 | 16 | 8 | 2.99 | 97 |
Gary Bell | 33 | 182.0 | 12 | 10 | 3.31 | 110 |
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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Mudcat Grant | 44 | 204.0 | 10 | 11 | 3.84 | 111 |
Ray Narleski | 44 | 183.1 | 13 | 10 | 4.07 | 102 |
Don Ferrarese | 28 | 94.2 | 3 | 4 | 3.71 | 62 |
Hal Woodeshick | 14 | 71.2 | 6 | 6 | 3.64 | 27 |
Dick Tomanek | 18 | 57.2 | 2 | 3 | 5.62 | 42 |
Herb Score | 12 | 41.0 | 2 | 3 | 3.95 | 48 |
Bob Kelly | 13 | 27.2 | 0 | 2 | 5.20 | 12 |
Jim Constable | 6 | 9.1 | 0 | 1 | 11.57 | 3 |
Mike Garcia | 6 | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 |
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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Hoyt Wilhelm | 30 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2.49 | 57 |
Don Mossi | 43 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3.90 | 55 |
Morrie Martin | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2.41 | 5 |
Bob Lemon | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.33 | 8 |
Steve Ridzik | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.08 | 6 |
Chuck Churn | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.23 | 4 |
Dick Brodowski | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 12 |
Rocky Colavito | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
Gary Geiger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 |
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