1958 Boston Red Sox | ||
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League | American League | |
Ballpark | Fenway Park | |
City | Boston, Massachusetts | |
Record | 79–75 (.513) | |
League place | 3rd (13 GB) | |
Owners | Tom Yawkey | |
President | Tom Yawkey | |
General managers | Joe Cronin | |
Managers | Pinky Higgins | |
Television | WHDH-TV | |
Radio | WHDH-AM 850 (Curt Gowdy, Bob Murphy, Bill Crowley) | |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |
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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, 13 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
[edit]- January 23, 1958: Norm Zauchin and Albie Pearson were traded by the Red Sox to the Washington Senators for Pete Runnels.[1]
- January 29, 1958: Mickey Vernon was selected off waivers from the Red Sox by the Cleveland Indians.[2]
- Prior to 1958 season: Galen Cisco was signed as an amateur free agent by the Red Sox.[3]
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 92 | 62 | .597 | — | 44–33 | 48–29 |
Chicago White Sox | 82 | 72 | .532 | 10 | 47–30 | 35–42 |
Boston Red Sox | 79 | 75 | .513 | 13 | 49–28 | 30–47 |
Cleveland Indians | 77 | 76 | .503 | 14½ | 42–34 | 35–42 |
Detroit Tigers | 77 | 77 | .500 | 15 | 43–34 | 34–43 |
Baltimore Orioles | 74 | 79 | .484 | 17½ | 46–31 | 28–48 |
Kansas City Athletics | 73 | 81 | .474 | 19 | 43–34 | 30–47 |
Washington Senators | 61 | 93 | .396 | 31 | 33–44 | 28–49 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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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 lineup
[edit]24 | Don Buddin | SS |
3 | Pete Runnels | 1B |
10 | Gene Stephens | LF |
4 | Jackie Jensen | RF |
11 | Frank Malzone | 3B |
37 | Jimmy Piersall | CF |
7 | Ken Aspromonte | 2B |
8 | Pete Daley | C |
18 | Frank Sullivan | P |
Roster
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Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]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 | Sammy White | 102 | 328 | 85 | .259 | 6 | 35 |
1B | Dick Gernert | 122 | 431 | 102 | .237 | 20 | 69 |
2B | Pete Runnels | 147 | 568 | 183 | .322 | 8 | 59 |
SS | Don Buddin | 136 | 497 | 118 | .237 | 12 | 43 |
3B | Frank Malzone | 155 | 627 | 185 | .295 | 15 | 87 |
LF | Ted Williams | 129 | 411 | 135 | .328 | 26 | 85 |
CF | Jim Piersall | 130 | 417 | 99 | .237 | 8 | 48 |
RF | Jackie Jensen | 154 | 548 | 157 | .286 | 35 | 122 |
Other batters
[edit]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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Gene Stephens | 134 | 270 | 59 | .219 | 9 | 25 |
Lou Berberet | 57 | 167 | 35 | .210 | 2 | 18 |
Ted Lepcio | 50 | 136 | 27 | .199 | 6 | 14 |
Marty Keough | 68 | 118 | 26 | .220 | 1 | 9 |
Billy Klaus | 61 | 88 | 14 | .159 | 1 | 7 |
Billy Consolo | 46 | 72 | 9 | .125 | 0 | 5 |
Pete Daley | 27 | 56 | 18 | .321 | 2 | 8 |
Bill Renna | 39 | 56 | 15 | .268 | 4 | 18 |
Ken Aspromonte | 6 | 16 | 2 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]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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Tom Brewer | 33 | 227.1 | 12 | 12 | 3.72 | 124 |
Frank Sullivan | 32 | 199.1 | 13 | 9 | 3.57 | 103 |
Ike Delock | 31 | 160.0 | 14 | 8 | 3.38 | 82 |
Dave Sisler | 30 | 149.1 | 8 | 9 | 4.94 | 71 |
Duane Wilson | 2 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 5.68 | 3 |
Other pitchers
[edit]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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Mike Fornieles | 37 | 110.2 | 4 | 6 | 4.96 | 49 |
Bob Smith | 17 | 66.2 | 4 | 3 | 3.78 | 43 |
Ted Bowsfield | 16 | 65.2 | 4 | 2 | 3.84 | 38 |
Bill Monbouquette | 10 | 54.1 | 3 | 4 | 3.31 | 30 |
Frank Baumann | 10 | 52.1 | 2 | 2 | 4.47 | 31 |
Willard Nixon | 10 | 43.1 | 1 | 7 | 6.02 | 15 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]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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Leo Kiely | 47 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 3.00 | 26 |
Murray Wall | 52 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 3.62 | 53 |
Bud Byerly | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.78 | 16 |
Al Schroll | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 7 |
Bob Porterfield | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 |
Jerry Casale | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 |
George Susce | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 0 |
Awards and honors
[edit]Farm system
[edit]LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Minneapolis, Waterloo
Source:[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ Norm Zauchin page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Mickey Vernon page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Galen Cisco page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
- ^ Boston Red Sox Press-Radio-TV Guide. January 23, 1958. p. 2. Retrieved March 13, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.