1958 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

Standings Totals Player Register Batting Leaders Pitching Leaders Award Winners Debuts Deaths Calendar

Page Notes

A high-level summary of the 1958 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

1958

World Series Champions

New York Yankees

Runner Up

Milwaukee Braves

Most Valuable Players

AL: Jackie Jensen NL: Ernie Banks

Cy Young Winners

AL: NL:

Rookies of the Year

AL: Albie Pearson NL: Orlando Cepeda

Managers of the Year

AL: NL:

#1 Draft Pick

All-Star Game

Baltimore,Maryland

Teams

Players

576

Attendance

17,460,630

Payroll

About the Data:MLB Data | Standings Data

Learn more about TBC data and the site in the About TBC section. Also, don't forget to find a way to Support TBC.

Related Data Products:MLB Stats History | Stats Register | | Draft Register

The TBC Data Store allows you to purchase the data you see on the site. The store has standard pre-determined data products as well as the ability to work with us to produce custom data extracts based on your requirements.

Get TBC PREMIUM and remove ads, cleaner display, access to research applications, data store discounts and more!

The TBC Newsletter will keep you periodically up-to-date on what is happening at The Baseball Cube.

1958 Major League Baseball Standings

top csv share Sort ✔PREV | NEXT

Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	2	New York Yankees	T - S - R - L	154	92	62	.597	--	759	577	182	Won World Series (Braves)	1,428,438	3	George Weiss	Casey Stengel	Yankee Stadium I
2	2	4	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R - L	154	82	72	.532	10.0	634	615	19	dnq	797,451	13	Charlie Comiskey	Al Lopez	Comiskey Park
3	3	6	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R - L	154	79	75	.513	13.0	697	691	6	dnq	1,077,047	7	Joe Cronin	Pinky Higgins	Fenway Park
4	4	7	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R - L	153	77	76	.503	14.5	694	635	59	dnq	663,805	15	Frank Lane	Joe Gordon, Bobby Bragan	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
5	5	8	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R - L	154	77	77	.500	15.0	659	606	53	dnq	1,098,924	6	John McHale	Bill Norman, Jack Tighe	Briggs Stadium
6	6	10	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R - L	153	74	79	.484	17.5	521	575	-54	dnq	829,991	12	Paul Richards	Paul Richards	Memorial Stadium
7	7	11	Kansas City Athletics	T - S - R - L	154	73	81	.474	19.0	642	713	-71	dnq	925,090	11	George Selkirk	Harry Craft	Municipal Stadium
8	8	16	Washington Senators I	T - S - R - L	154	61	93	.396	31.0	553	747	-194	dnq	475,288	16	Calvin Griffith	Cookie Lavagetto	Griffith Stadium
National League -
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	Milwaukee Braves	T - S - R - L	154	92	62	.597	--	675	541	134	Lost World Series (Yankees)	1,971,101	1	John Quinn	Fred Haney	County Stadium
2	2	3	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R - L	154	84	70	.545	8.0	662	607	55	dnq	1,311,988	4	Joe Brown	Danny Murtaugh	Forbes Field
3	3	5	San Francisco Giants	T - S - R - L	154	80	74	.519	12.0	727	698	29	dnq	1,272,625	5	Chub Feeney	Bill Rigney	Seals Stadium
4	4	9	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R - L	154	76	78	.494	16.0	695	621	74	dnq	788,582	14	Gabe Paul	Birdie Tebbetts, Jimmy Dykes	Crosley Field
5	5	13	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R - L	154	72	82	.468	20.0	619	704	-85	dnq	1,063,730	8	Bing Devine	Fred Hutchinson, Stan Hack	Sportsman's Park
6	6	12	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R - L	154	72	82	.468	20.0	709	725	-16	dnq	979,904	9	John Holland	Bob Scheffing	Wrigley Field
7	7	14	Los Angeles Dodgers	T - S - R - L	154	71	83	.461	21.0	668	761	-93	dnq	1,845,556	2	Buzzie Bavasi	Walter Alston	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
8	8	15	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R - L	154	69	85	.448	23.0	664	762	-98	dnq	931,110	10	Roy Hamey	Mayo Smith, Eddie Sawyer	Connie Mack Stadium
16 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

About the Newsletter