1958 Boston Red Sox season

1958 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Tom Yawkey
General manager(s) Joe Cronin
Manager(s) Pinky Higgins
Local television WHDH-TV
Local radio WHDH-AM 850
(Curt Gowdy, Bob Murphy, Bill Crowley)
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The 1958 Boston Red Sox season was the 58th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished third in the American League (AL) with a record of 79 wins and 75 losses, thirteen games behind the AL and World Series champion New York Yankees. It would be the last time the Red Sox finished a season above .500, until their "Impossible Dream" season of 1967.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees9262.597--
Chicago White Sox8272.53210
Boston Red Sox7975.51313
Cleveland Indians7776.50314.5
Detroit Tigers7777.50015
Baltimore Orioles7479.48417.5
Kansas City Athletics7381.47419
Washington Senators6193.39631

Record vs. opponents

1958 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC NYY WSH
Baltimore —10–129–13–110–1110–1212–108–1415–7
Boston 12–10—10–1212–1010–1212–109–13–114–8
Chicago 13–9–112–10—12–1010–1212–107–1516–6
Cleveland 11–1010–1210–12—14–810–127–1515–7
Detroit 12–1012–1012–108–14—12–1012–109–13
Kansas City 10–1210–1210–1212–1010–12—9–1312–10–2
New York 14–813–9–115–715–710–1213–9—12–10
Washington 7–158–146–167–1513–910–12–210–12—

Opening day lineup

24Don BuddinSS
  3Pete Runnels1B
10Gene Stephens   LF
  4Jackie JensenRF
11Frank Malzone3B
37Jimmy PiersallCF
  7Ken Aspromonte   2B
  8Pete DaleyC
18Frank SullivanP

Roster

1958 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
2BPete Runnels147568183.322859
SSDon Buddin136497118.2371243

Other batters

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
Gene Stephens13427059.219925

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Tom Brewer33227.112123.72124

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bob Smith1766.2433.7843
Ted Bowsfield1665.2423.8438
Frank Baumann1052.1224.4731

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
George Susce200018.000

Awards and honors

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Minneapolis Millers American Association Gene Mauch
AA Memphis Chicks Southern Association Sheriff Robinson
A Allentown Red Sox Eastern League Eddie Popowski
B Raleigh Capitals Carolina League Len Okrie
D Waterloo Hawks Midwest League Ken Deal
D Lexington Red Sox Nebraska State League Jack Kaiser
D Corning Red Sox New York–Penn League Elmer Yoter

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Minneapolis, Waterloo[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Norm Zauchin page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Mickey Vernon page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Galen Cisco page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

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