The Los Angeles Dodgers took the field before 78,672 fans at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on April 18, 1958, to usher in the beginning of the team's new home in Los Angeles. It was a rough season, as the Dodgers finished 21 games in back of the pennant-winning Milwaukee Braves in the National League standings, but it was the beginning of the second phase for the team. Vin Scully and company moved to KTTV (television) and KMPC (radio) from that year onward, and the Dodgers became one of the first teams that commenced Spanish language radio broadcasts for Latinos, with KWKW as the first station to offer a Spanish-language service.
1958 Los Angeles Dodgers | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | |
City | Los Angeles | |
Owners | Walter O'Malley, James & Dearie Mulvey | |
President | Walter O'Malley | |
General managers | Buzzie Bavasi | |
Managers | Walter Alston | |
Television | KTTV (11) | |
Radio | KMPC Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett KWKW René Cárdenas, Miguel Alonzo, Milt Nava | |
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The Dodgers played their first exhibition game as the Los Angeles Dodgers on March 8, 1958. The team faced the Philadelphia Phillies at Miami Stadium. Ron Negray started for the Dodgers and gave up four runs in a 7 to 4 Dodgers loss. The New York Times noted that as much as the game was a historic milestone for the franchise, it was a chance for manager Walter Alston to evaluate players under game conditions, especially catchers, following Roy Campanella's offseason auto accident that ended his career before he could ever play for Los Angeles.[1]
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Milwaukee Braves | 92 | 62 | 0.597 | — | 48–29 | 44–33 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 84 | 70 | 0.545 | 8 | 49–28 | 35–42 |
San Francisco Giants | 80 | 74 | 0.519 | 12 | 44–33 | 36–41 |
Cincinnati Redlegs | 76 | 78 | 0.494 | 16 | 40–37 | 36–41 |
Chicago Cubs | 72 | 82 | 0.468 | 20 | 35–42 | 37–40 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 72 | 82 | 0.468 | 20 | 39–38 | 33–44 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 71 | 83 | 0.461 | 21 | 39–38 | 32–45 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 69 | 85 | 0.448 | 23 | 35–42 | 34–43 |
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Team | CHC | CIN | LAD | MIL | PHI | PIT | SFG | STL | |||||
Chicago | — | 10–12 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 13–9 | 9–13 | 12–10 | 7–15 | |||||
Cincinnati | 12–10 | — | 11–11 | 5–17 | 15–7 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 12–10 | |||||
Los Angeles | 11–11 | 11–11 | — | 14–8 | 10–12 | 8–14 | 6–16 | 11–11 | |||||
Milwaukee | 12–10 | 17–5 | 8–14 | — | 13–9 | 11–11 | 16–6 | 15–7 | |||||
Philadelphia | 9–13 | 7–15 | 12–10 | 9–13 | — | 12–10 | 8–14 | 12–10 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 13–9 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 10–12 | — | 12–10 | 12–10 | |||||
San Francisco | 10–12 | 11–11 | 16–6 | 6–16 | 14–8 | 10–12 | — | 13–9 | |||||
St. Louis | 15–7 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 7–15 | 10–12 | 10–12 | 9–13 | — |
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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 | John Roseboro | 114 | 384 | 104 | .271 | 14 | 43 |
1B | Gil Hodges | 141 | 475 | 123 | .259 | 22 | 64 |
2B | Charlie Neal | 140 | 473 | 120 | .254 | 22 | 65 |
SS | Don Zimmer | 127 | 455 | 119 | .262 | 17 | 60 |
3B | Dick Gray | 58 | 197 | 49 | .249 | 9 | 30 |
LF | Jim Gilliam | 147 | 555 | 145 | .261 | 2 | 43 |
CF | Duke Snider | 106 | 327 | 102 | .312 | 15 | 58 |
RF | Carl Furillo | 122 | 411 | 119 | .290 | 18 | 83 |
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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Gino Cimoli | 109 | 325 | 80 | .246 | 9 | 27 |
Norm Larker | 99 | 253 | 70 | .277 | 4 | 29 |
Pee Wee Reese | 59 | 147 | 33 | .224 | 4 | 17 |
Joe Pignatano | 63 | 142 | 31 | .218 | 9 | 17 |
Don Demeter | 43 | 106 | 20 | .189 | 5 | 8 |
Elmer Valo | 65 | 101 | 25 | .248 | 1 | 14 |
Steve Bilko | 47 | 101 | 21 | .208 | 7 | 18 |
Bob Lillis | 20 | 69 | 27 | .391 | 1 | 5 |
Randy Jackson | 35 | 65 | 12 | .185 | 1 | 4 |
Ron Fairly | 15 | 53 | 15 | .283 | 2 | 8 |
Rube Walker | 25 | 44 | 5 | .114 | 1 | 7 |
Jim Gentile | 12 | 30 | 4 | .133 | 0 | 4 |
Frank Howard | 8 | 29 | 7 | .241 | 1 | 2 |
Don Miles | 8 | 22 | 4 | .182 | 0 | 0 |
Earl Robinson | 8 | 15 | 3 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Wilson | 3 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
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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Johnny Podres | 39 | 210.1 | 13 | 15 | 3.72 | 143 |
Stan Williams | 27 | 119.0 | 9 | 7 | 4.01 | 80 |
Danny McDevitt | 13 | 48.1 | 2 | 6 | 7.45 | 26 |
Bob Giallombardo | 6 | 26.1 | 1 | 1 | 3.76 | 14 |
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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Don Drysdale | 44 | 211.2 | 12 | 13 | 4.17 | 131 |
Sandy Koufax | 40 | 158.2 | 11 | 11 | 4.48 | 131 |
Fred Kipp | 40 | 102.1 | 6 | 6 | 5.01 | 58 |
Carl Erskine | 31 | 98.1 | 4 | 4 | 5.13 | 54 |
Don Newcombe | 11 | 34.1 | 0 | 6 | 7.86 | 16 |
Roger Craig | 9 | 32.0 | 2 | 1 | 4.50 | 16 |
Ralph Mauriello | 3 | 11.2 | 1 | 1 | 4.63 | 11 |
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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Clem Labine | 52 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 4.15 | 43 |
Johnny Klippstein | 45 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3.80 | 73 |
Ed Roebuck | 32 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3.48 | 26 |
Don Bessent | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.33 | 13 |
Babe Birrer | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.50 | 16 |
Larry Sherry | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.46 | 2 |
Ron Negray | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.15 | 2 |
Jackie Collum | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 0 |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Montreal