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.
1958 MLB season | |
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League | Major League Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | April 14 – October 15, 1958 |
Number of games | 154 |
Number of teams | 16 |
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) |
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AL | New York Yankees | 4 | ||
NL | Milwaukee Braves | 3 |
Team | Manager | Comments |
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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 |
Team | Manager | Comments |
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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 |
Team name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per game |
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Milwaukee Braves[1] | 92 | -3.2% | 1,971,101 | -11.0% | 25,599 |
Los Angeles Dodgers[2] | 71 | -15.5% | 1,845,556 | 79.5% | 23,968 |
New York Yankees[3] | 92 | -6.1% | 1,428,438 | -4.6% | 18,313 |
Pittsburgh Pirates[4] | 84 | 35.5% | 1,311,988 | 54.2% | 17,039 |
San Francisco Giants[5] | 80 | 15.9% | 1,272,625 | 94.6% | 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] | 72 | 16.1% | 979,904 | 46.1% | 12,726 |
Philadelphia Phillies[10] | 69 | -10.4% | 931,110 | -18.8% | 12,092 |
Kansas City Athletics[11] | 73 | 23.7% | 925,090 | 2.7% | 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] | 77 | 1.3% | 663,805 | -8.1% | 8,734 |
Washington Senators[16] | 61 | 10.9% | 475,288 | 4.0% | 6,093 |
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.