1958 Major League Baseball season

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1958 MLB season
League Major League Baseball
Sport Baseball
DurationApril 14 – October 15, 1958
Number of games154
Number of teams16
TV partner(s) NBC, CBS
Regular season
Season MVP AL: Jackie Jensen (BOS)
NL: Ernie Banks (CHC)
AL champions New York Yankees
  AL runners-up Chicago White Sox
NL champions Milwaukee Braves
  NL runners-up Pittsburgh Pirates
World Series
Champions New York Yankees
  Runners-up Milwaukee Braves
World Series MVP Bob Turley (NY)
MLB seasons
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Locations of teams for the 1958 National League season
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The 1958 Major League Baseball season was played from April 14 to October 15, 1958. It was the first season of play in California for both the Los Angeles Dodgers (formerly of Brooklyn) and the San Francisco Giants (formerly of New York City); in turn, this marked the first teams to ever play on the West Coast. Three teams had relocated earlier in the decade: the Milwaukee Braves, Baltimore Orioles, and Kansas City Athletics. New York went without a National League team for four seasons, until the expansion New York Mets began play in 1962.

Contents

Awards and honors

MLB statistical leaders

  American League National League
TypeNameStatNameStat
AVG Ted Williams BOS.328 Richie Ashburn PHI.350
HR Mickey Mantle NY42 Ernie Banks CHC47
RBIs Jackie Jensen BOS122 Ernie Banks CHC129
Wins Bob Turley NY21 Bob Friend PIT
Warren Spahn MIL		22
ERA Whitey Ford NY2.01 Stu Miller SF2.47
SO Early Wynn CWS179 Sam Jones STL225
SV Ryne Duren NY20 Roy Face PIT20
SB Luis Aparicio CWS29 Willie Mays SF31

Standings

American League

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9262.597—44‍–‍3348‍–‍29
Chicago White Sox 8272.5321047‍–‍3035‍–‍42
Boston Red Sox 7975.5131349‍–‍2830‍–‍47
Cleveland Indians 7776.50314½42‍–‍3435‍–‍42
Detroit Tigers 7777.5001543‍–‍3434‍–‍43
Baltimore Orioles 7479.48417½46‍–‍3128‍–‍48
Kansas City Athletics 7381.4741943‍–‍3430‍–‍47
Washington Senators 6193.3963133‍–‍4428‍–‍49

National League

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Milwaukee Braves 9262.597—48‍–‍2944‍–‍33
Pittsburgh Pirates 8470.545849‍–‍2835‍–‍42
San Francisco Giants 8074.5191244‍–‍3336‍–‍41
Cincinnati Redlegs 7678.4941640‍–‍3736‍–‍41
Chicago Cubs 7282.4682035‍–‍4237‍–‍40
St. Louis Cardinals 7282.4682039‍–‍3833‍–‍44
Los Angeles Dodgers 7183.4612139‍–‍3832‍–‍45
Philadelphia Phillies 6985.4482335‍–‍4234‍–‍43

Postseason

Bracket

World Series
         
AL New York Yankees 3 5 40 74106
NL Milwaukee Braves 410*130 30 3 2

*Denotes walk-off

Managers

American League

TeamManagerComments
Baltimore Orioles Paul Richards
Boston Red Sox Pinky Higgins Finished 3rd
Chicago White Sox Marty Marion Finished 2nd
Cleveland Indians Bobby Bragan and Joe Gordon
Detroit Tigers Jack Tighe and Bill Norman
Kansas City Athletics Harry Craft
New York Yankees Casey Stengel Won 4th straight pennant and World Series
Washington Senators Cookie Lavagetto

National League

TeamManagerComments
Chicago Cubs Bob Scheffing
Cincinnati Reds Birdie Tebbetts and Jimmy Dykes
Los Angeles Dodgers Walter Alston
Milwaukee Braves Fred Haney Won second consecutive pennant
Philadelphia Phillies Mayo Smith and Eddie Sawyer
Pittsburgh Pirates Danny Murtaugh Finished 2nd
St. Louis Cardinals Fred Hutchinson and Stan Hack
San Francisco Giants Bill Rigney Finished 3rd in inaugural season in SF

Home field attendance

Team nameWins%±Home attendance%±Per game
Milwaukee Braves [1] 92−3.2%1,971,101−11.0%25,599
Los Angeles Dodgers [2] 71−15.5%1,845,55679.5%23,968
New York Yankees [3] 92−6.1%1,428,438−4.6%18,313
Pittsburgh Pirates [4] 8435.5%1,311,98854.2%17,039
San Francisco Giants [5] 8015.9%1,272,62594.6%16,528
Detroit Tigers [6] 77−1.3%1,098,924−13.6%14,272
Boston Red Sox [7] 79−3.7%1,077,047−8.8%13,988
St. Louis Cardinals [8] 72−17.2%1,063,730−10.1%13,815
Chicago Cubs [9] 7216.1%979,90446.1%12,726
Philadelphia Phillies [10] 69−10.4%931,110−18.8%12,092
Kansas City Athletics [11] 7323.7%925,0902.7%11,860
Baltimore Orioles [12] 74−2.6%829,991−19.4%10,641
Chicago White Sox [13] 82−8.9%797,451−29.8%10,357
Cincinnati Redlegs [14] 76−5.0%788,582−26.4%10,241
Cleveland Indians [15] 771.3%663,805−8.1%8,734
Washington Senators [16] 6110.9%475,2884.0%6,093

Events

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Television coverage

CBS and NBC aired weekend Game of the Week broadcasts. NBC began airing a special regional feed of its games in the southeast. The All-Star Game and World Series also aired on NBC.

Movies

Births

Deaths

See also

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