1958 Boston Red Sox season

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.

1958 Boston Red Sox
Jackie Jensen named AL MVP
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record79–75 (.513)
League place3rd (13 GB)
Other information
OwnersTom Yawkey
PresidentTom Yawkey
General managersJoe Cronin
ManagersPinky Higgins
Local televisionWHDH-TV
Local radioWHDH-AM 850
(Curt Gowdy, Bob Murphy, Bill Crowley)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9262 0.597 — 44–33 48–29
Chicago White Sox 8272 0.532 10 47–30 35–42
Boston Red Sox 7975 0.513 13 49–28 30–47
Cleveland Indians 7776 0.503 14½ 42–34 35–42
Detroit Tigers 7777 0.500 15 43–34 34–43
Baltimore Orioles 7479 0.484 17½ 46–31 28–48
Kansas City Athletics 7381 0.474 19 43–34 30–47
Washington Senators 6193 0.396 31 33–44 28–49

Record vs. opponents
1958 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CHW CLE DET KCA 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

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
CSammy White10232885.259635
1BDick Gernert122431102.2372069
2BPete Runnels147568183.322859
SSDon Buddin136497118.2371243
3BFrank Malzone155627185.2951587
LFTed Williams129411135.3282685
CFJim Piersall13041799.237848
RFJackie Jensen154548157.28635122

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
Lou Berberet5716735.210218
Ted Lepcio5013627.199614
Marty Keough6811826.22019
Billy Klaus618814.15917
Billy Consolo46729.12505
Pete Daley275618.32128
Bill Renna395615.268418
Ken Aspromonte6162.12500

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
Frank Sullivan32199.11393.57103
Ike Delock31160.01483.3882
Dave Sisler30149.1894.9471
Duane Wilson26.1005.683

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
Mike Fornieles37110.2464.9649
Bob Smith1766.2433.7843
Ted Bowsfield1665.2423.8438
Bill Monbouquette1054.1343.3130
Frank Baumann1052.1224.4731
Willard Nixon1043.1176.0215

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
Leo Kiely4752123.0026
Murray Wall528993.6253
Bud Byerly181201.7816
Al Schroll50004.507
Bob Porterfield20004.501
Jerry Casale20000.003
George Susce200018.000

Awards and honors

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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
Source:[4][5]

References
  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
  5. Boston Red Sox Press-Radio-TV Guide. January 23, 1958. p. 2. Retrieved March 13, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.
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