1958 New York Yankees season

1958 New York Yankees
1958 World Series Champions 1958 American League Champions
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Yankee Stadium (since 1923)
New York City (since 1903)
Other information
Owner(s)	Dan Topping and Del Webb
General manager(s)	George Weiss
Manager(s)	Casey Stengel
Local television	WPIX (Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto)
Local radio	WMGM (Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto)
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The 1958 New York Yankees season was the 56th season for the team in New York, and its 58th season overall. The team finished with a record of 92–62, winning their 24th pennant, finishing 10 games ahead of the Chicago White Sox. In the World Series, they defeated the Milwaukee Braves in 7 games. New York was managed by Casey Stengel. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. In 1958, the Yankees became New York City's only professional baseball team after the Brooklyn Dodgers moved to Los Angeles and the New York Giants left for San Francisco. The Yankees would hold this distinction until 1962, when the New York Mets began play.

Offseason

• December 2, 1957: Harry Chiti was drafted from the Yankees by the Kansas City Athletics in the 1957 rule 5 draft.^[1]
• Prior to 1958 season: Rich Barry was signed as an amateur free agent by the Yankees.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	92	62	.597	--
Chicago White Sox	82	72	.532	10
Boston Red Sox	79	75	.513	13
Cleveland Indians	77	76	.503	14.5
Detroit Tigers	77	77	.500	15
Baltimore Orioles	74	79	.484	17.5
Kansas City Athletics	73	81	.474	19
Washington Senators	61	93	.396	31

Record vs. opponents

1958 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	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	—

Notable transactions

• May 14, 1958: Al Cicotte was purchased from the Yankees by the Washington Senators.^[3]

Roster

1958 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers 23 Murry Dickson 28 Art Ditmar 26 Ryne Duren 16 Whitey Ford 55 Bob Grim 27 Johnny James 53 Johnny Kucks 18 Don Larsen 24 Duke Maas 21 Sal Maglie 55 Zach Monroe 30 Bobby Shantz 47 Tom Sturdivant 21 Virgil Trucks 19 Bob Turley		Catchers  8 Yogi Berra 32 Elston Howard 22 Darrell Johnson Infielders 29 Fritz Brickell  6 Andy Carey 10 Tony Kubek 11 Jerry Lumpe 12 Gil McDougald  1 Bobby Richardson 14 Bill Skowron 20 Marv Throneberry		Outfielders  9 Hank Bauer 27 Bobby Del Greco  7 Mickey Mantle 25 Norm Siebern 36 Harry Simpson 17 Enos Slaughter		Manager 37 Casey Stengel Coaches  2 Frankie Crosetti 35 Ralph Houk 33 Charlie Keller 31 Jim Turner

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
C	Berra, YogiYogi Berra	122	433	115	.266	22	90
1B	Skowron, BillBill Skowron	126	465	127	.273	14	73
2B	McDougald, GilGil McDougald	138	503	126	.250	14	65
3B	Carey, AndyAndy Carey	102	315	90	.286	12	45
SS	Kubek, TonyTony Kubek	138	559	148	.265	2	48
LF	Siebern, NormNorm Siebern	134	460	138	.300	14	55
CF	Mantle, MickeyMickey Mantle	150	519	158	.304	42	97
RF	Bauer, HankHank Bauer	128	462	121	.268	12	50

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
Howard, ElstonElston Howard	103	376	118	.314	11	66
Lumpe, JerryJerry Lumpe	81	232	59	.254	3	32
Richardson, BobbyBobby Richardson	73	182	45	.247	0	14
Throneberry, MarvMarv Throneberry	60	150	34	.227	7	19
Slaughter, EnosEnos Slaughter	77	138	42	.304	4	19
Simpson, HarryHarry Simpson	24	51	11	.216	0	6
Johnson, DarrellDarrell Johnson	5	16	4	.250	0	0
Del Greco, BobbyBobby Del Greco	12	5	1	.200	0	0
Brickell, FritzFritz Brickell	2	0	0	----	0	0

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
Turley, BobBob Turley	33	245.1	21	7	2.97	168
Ford, WhiteyWhitey Ford	30	219.1	14	7	2.01	145
Larsen, DonDon Larsen	19	114.1	9	6	3.07	55
Sturdivant, TomTom Sturdivant	15	70.2	3	6	4.20	41

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
Ditmar, ArtArt Ditmar	38	139.2	9	8	3.42	52
Kucks, JohnnyJohnny Kucks	34	126	8	8	3.93	46
Shantz, BobbyBobby Shantz	33	126	7	6	3.36	80
Maas, DukeDuke Maas	22	101.1	7	3	3.82	50
Monroe, ZachZach Monroe	21	58	4	2	3.26	18
Maglie, SalSal Maglie	7	23.1	1	1	4.63	7
Dickson, MurryMurry Dickson	6	20.1	1	2	5.75	9

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
Duren, RyneRyne Duren	44	6	4	20	2.02	87
Trucks, VirgilVirgil Trucks	25	2	1	1	4.54	26
Grim, BobBob Grim	11	0	1	0	5.51	11
James, JohnnyJohnny James	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

1958 World Series

AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Milwaukee Braves (3)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Yankees – 3, Braves – 4 (10 innings)	October 1	Milwaukee County Stadium	46,367
2	Yankees – 5, Braves – 13	October 2	Milwaukee County Stadium	46,367
3	Braves – 0, Yankees – 4	October 4	Yankee Stadium	71,599
4	Braves – 3, Yankees – 0	October 5	Yankee Stadium	71,563
5	Braves – 0, Yankees – 7	October 6	Yankee Stadium	65,279
6	Yankees – 4, Braves – 3 (10 innings)	October 8	Milwaukee County Stadium	46,367
7	Yankees – 6, Braves – 2	October 9	Milwaukee County Stadium	46,367

Awards and honors

• Elston Howard, Babe Ruth Award
• Bob Turley, Cy Young Award
  • Turley became the first American League pitcher to win the Cy Young Award.^[4]

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Denver Bears	American Association	Andy Cohen
AAA	Richmond Virginians	International League	Eddie Lopat
AA	New Orleans Pelicans	Southern Association	Charlie Silvera and Ray Yochim
A	Binghamton Triplets	Eastern League	Steve Souchock
B	Greensboro Yankees	Carolina League	Vern Hoscheit
C	Modesto Reds	California League	Dee Phillips
C	Fargo-Moorhead Twins	Northern League	Ken Silvestri
D	St. Petersburg Saints	Florida State League	Tom Hamilton
D	Kearney Yankees	Nebraska State League	Randy Gumpert
D	Auburn Yankees	New York–Penn League	Tom Gott

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Binghamton, Fargo-Moorhead, St. Petersburg^[5]

Notes

1. Harry Chiti page at Baseball Reference
2. Rich Barry page at Baseball Reference
3. Al Cicotte page at Baseball Reference
4. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 234, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
5. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

• 1958 New York Yankees
• 1958 World Series
• 1958 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com