1958 Los Angeles Dodgers season

1958 Los Angeles Dodgers
1st season in Los Angeles
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Los Angeles (since 1958)
Other information
Owner(s) Walter O'Malley, James & Dearie Mulvey
General manager(s) Buzzie Bavasi
Manager(s) Walter Alston
Local television KTTV (11)
Local radio

KMPC
Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett

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René Cárdenas, Miguel Alonzo, Milt Nava
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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 life 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.

Offseason

Spring training

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]

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
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

Record vs. opponents

1958 National League Records

Sources:
Team CHC CIN LAD MIL PHI PIT SF 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 —

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day starters
Name Position
Gino Cimoli Center fielder
Pee Wee Reese Shortstop
Duke Snider Left fielder
Gil Hodges First baseman
Charlie Neal Second baseman
Dick Gray Third baseman
Carl Furillo Right fielder
Rube WalkerCatcher
Don Drysdale Starting pitcher

Notable transactions

Roster

1958 Los Angeles Dodgers
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
1B Hodges, GilGil Hodges 141 475 123 .259 22 64
C Roseboro, JohnJohn Roseboro 114 384 104 .271 14 43

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

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

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

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
Bessent, DonDon Bessent 19 1 0 0 3.33 13
Negray, RonRon Negray 4 0 0 0 7.15 2

Awards and honors

All-stars

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Montreal Royals International League Clay Bryant
AAA St. Paul Saints American Association Max Macon
AA Victoria Rosebuds Texas League Lou Rochelli
A Macon Dodgers South Atlantic League Danny Ozark
A Pueblo Dodgers Western League Ray Mueller
B Green Bay Bluejays Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Pete Reiser
C Great Falls Electrics Pioneer League Stan Wasiak
C Reno Silver Sox California League Ray Perry
D Columbus Foxes Alabama–Florida League Brandy Davis
D Kokomo Dodgers Midwest League Edward Serrano
D Thomasville Dodgers Georgia–Florida League Rudy Rufer
Sam Suplizio

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Montreal

Notes

  1. ↑ Gordon S. White Jr. (March 9, 1958). "Phillies Triumph Over Dodgers, 7–4". New York Times. p. S1.
  2. ↑ http://www.thebaseballpage.com/players/snidedu01.php[]
  3. ↑ Don Newcombe at Baseball-Reference
  4. ↑ Randy Jackson at Baseball-Reference
  5. ↑ Ramón Conde at Baseball-Reference

References

External links

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