Los Angeles Dodgers | |
Season: | 1958 |
League: | National League |
Ballpark: | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
City: | Los Angeles |
Owners: | Walter O'Malley, James & Dearie Mulvey |
President: | Walter O'Malley |
General Managers: | Buzzie Bavasi |
Managers: | Walter Alston |
Television: | KTTV (11) |
Radio: | KMPC Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett KWKW René Cárdenas, Miguel Alonzo, Milt Nava |
Prev Season: | 1957 Brooklyn Dodgers season |
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 home 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. Vin Scully and company moved to KTTV (television) and KMPC (radio) from that year onward, and the Dodgers became one of the first teams that commenced Spanish language radio broadcasts for Latinos, with KWKW as the first station to offer a Spanish-language service.
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]
Name | Position |
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Center fielder | |
Shortstop | |
Left fielder | |
First baseman | |
Second baseman | |
Third baseman | |
Right fielder | |
Rube Walker | Catcher |
Starting pitcher | |
Name | Position |
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Left fielder | |
Shortstop | |
Right fielder | |
First baseman | |
Second baseman | |
Third baseman | |
Center fielder | |
John Roseboro | Catcher |
Starting pitcher | |
1958 Los Angeles Dodgers | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | CatchersInfielders | Outfielders | ManagerCoaches |
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 | 114 | 384 | 104 | .271 | 14 | 43 | ||
1B | 141 | 475 | 123 | .259 | 22 | 64 | ||
2B | 140 | 473 | 120 | .254 | 22 | 65 | ||
SS | 127 | 455 | 119 | .262 | 17 | 60 | ||
3B | 58 | 197 | 49 | .249 | 9 | 30 | ||
LF | 147 | 555 | 145 | .261 | 2 | 43 | ||
CF | 106 | 327 | 102 | .312 | 15 | 58 | ||
RF | 122 | 411 | 119 | .290 | 18 | 83 |
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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109 | 325 | 80 | .246 | 9 | 27 | ||
99 | 253 | 70 | .277 | 4 | 29 | ||
59 | 147 | 33 | .224 | 4 | 17 | ||
63 | 142 | 31 | .218 | 9 | 17 | ||
43 | 106 | 20 | .189 | 5 | 8 | ||
65 | 101 | 25 | .248 | 1 | 14 | ||
47 | 101 | 21 | .208 | 7 | 18 | ||
20 | 69 | 27 | .391 | 1 | 5 | ||
35 | 65 | 12 | .185 | 1 | 4 | ||
15 | 53 | 15 | .283 | 2 | 8 | ||
25 | 44 | 5 | .114 | 1 | 7 | ||
12 | 30 | 4 | .133 | 0 | 4 | ||
8 | 29 | 7 | .241 | 1 | 2 | ||
8 | 22 | 4 | .182 | 0 | 0 | ||
8 | 15 | 3 | .200 | 0 | 0 | ||
3 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
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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39 | 210.1 | 13 | 15 | 3.72 | 143 | ||
27 | 119.0 | 9 | 7 | 4.01 | 80 | ||
13 | 48.1 | 2 | 6 | 7.45 | 26 | ||
6 | 26.1 | 1 | 1 | 3.76 | 14 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
44 | 211.2 | 12 | 13 | 4.17 | 131 | ||
40 | 158.2 | 11 | 11 | 4.48 | 131 | ||
40 | 102.1 | 6 | 6 | 5.01 | 58 | ||
31 | 98.1 | 4 | 4 | 5.13 | 54 | ||
11 | 34.1 | 0 | 6 | 7.86 | 16 | ||
9 | 32.0 | 2 | 1 | 4.50 | 16 | ||
3 | 11.2 | 1 | 1 | 4.63 | 11 |
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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52 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 4.15 | 43 | ||
45 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3.80 | 73 | ||
32 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3.48 | 26 | ||
19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.33 | 13 | ||
16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.50 | 16 | ||
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.46 | 2 | ||
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.15 | 2 | ||
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 0 |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Montreal