1958 Boston Red Sox season

1958 Boston Red Sox
	Jackie Jensen named AL MVP
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1901);
Location
	Fenway Park (since 1912); Boston, Massachusetts (since 1901);
Results
Record	79–75 (.513)
League place	3rd (13 GB)
Other information
Owner(s)	Tom Yawkey
General manager(s)	Joe Cronin
Manager(s)	Pinky Higgins
Local television	WHDH-TV
Local radio	WHDH-AM 850; (Curt Gowdy, Bob Murphy, Bill Crowley)
Stats	ESPN.com; BB-reference
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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.

Offseason

January 23, 1958: Norm Zauchin and Albie Pearson were traded by the Red Sox to the Washington Senators for Pete Runnels.[1]
January 29, 1958: Mickey Vernon was selected off waivers from the Red Sox by the Cleveland Indians.[2]
Prior to 1958 season: Galen Cisco was signed as an amateur free agent by the Red Sox.[3]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	92	62	0.597	—	44–33	48–29
Chicago White Sox	82	72	0.532	10	47–30	35–42
Boston Red Sox	79	75	0.513	13	49–28	30–47
Cleveland Indians	77	76	0.503	14½	42–34	35–42
Detroit Tigers	77	77	0.500	15	43–34	34–43
Baltimore Orioles	74	79	0.484	17½	46–31	28–48
Kansas City Athletics	73	81	0.474	19	43–34	30–47
Washington Senators	61	93	0.396	31	33–44	28–49

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	—

Opening day lineup

24	Don Buddin	SS
3	Pete Runnels	1B
10	Gene Stephens	LF
4	Jackie Jensen	RF
11	Frank Malzone	3B
37	Jimmy Piersall	CF
7	Ken Aspromonte	2B
8	Pete Daley	C
18	Frank Sullivan	P

Roster

1958 Boston Red Sox

Roster

Pitchers

15 Frank Baumann

28 Ted Bowsfield

23 Tom Brewer

15 Bud Byerly

19 Jerry Casale

14 Ike Delock

20 Mike Fornieles

17 Leo Kiely

27 Bill Monbouquette

21 Willard Nixon

19 Bob Porterfield

29 Al Schroll

39 Dave Sisler

28 Bob Smith

18 Frank Sullivan

27 George Susce

26 Murray Wall

15 Duane Wilson

Catchers

36 Lou Berberet

8 Pete Daley

22 Sammy White

Infielders

7 Ken Aspromonte

24 Don Buddin

1 Billy Consolo

25 Dick Gernert

35 Billy Klaus

12 Ted Lepcio

11 Frank Malzone

3 Pete Runnels

Outfielders

4 Jackie Jensen

2 Marty Keough

37 Jimmy Piersall

30 Bill Renna

38 Gene Stephens

9 Ted Williams

Manager

5 Pinky Higgins

Coaches

32 Del Baker (First base)

31 Jack Burns (Third base)

33 Dave Ferriss (Pitching)

34 Paul Schreiber (Hitting)

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
C	Sammy White	102	328	85	.259	6	35
1B	Dick Gernert	122	431	102	.237	20	69
2B	Pete Runnels	147	568	183	.322	8	59
SS	Don Buddin	136	497	118	.237	12	43
3B	Frank Malzone	155	627	185	.295	15	87
LF	Ted Williams	129	411	135	.328	26	85
CF	Jim Piersall	130	417	99	.237	8	48
RF	Jackie Jensen	154	548	157	.286	35	122

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 Stephens	134	270	59	.219	9	25
Lou Berberet	57	167	35	.210	2	18
Ted Lepcio	50	136	27	.199	6	14
Marty Keough	68	118	26	.220	1	9
Billy Klaus	61	88	14	.159	1	7
Billy Consolo	46	72	9	.125	0	5
Pete Daley	27	56	18	.321	2	8
Bill Renna	39	56	15	.268	4	18
Ken Aspromonte	6	16	2	.125	0	0

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 Brewer	33	227.1	12	12	3.72	124
Frank Sullivan	32	199.1	13	9	3.57	103
Ike Delock	31	160	14	8	3.38	82
Dave Sisler	30	149.1	8	9	4.94	71
Duane Wilson	2	6.1	0	0	5.68	3

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 Fornieles	37	110.2	4	6	4.96	49
Bob Smith	17	66.2	4	3	3.78	43
Ted Bowsfield	16	65.2	4	2	3.84	38
Bill Monbouquette	10	54.1	3	4	3.31	30
Frank Baumann	10	52.1	2	2	4.47	31
Willard Nixon	10	43.1	1	7	6.02	15

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
Murray Wall	52	8	9	9	3.62	53
Leo Kiely	47	5	2	12	3.00	26
Bud Byerly	18	1	2	0	1.78	16
Al Schroll	5	0	0	0	4.50	7
Bob Porterfield	2	0	0	0	4.50	1
Jerry Casale	2	0	0	0	0.00	3
George Susce	2	0	0	0	18.00	0

Awards and honors

Jackie Jensen, American League MVP
Jimmy Piersall, Gold Glove Award (OF)

Farm system

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[4]

Notes

Norm Zauchin page at Baseball Reference
Mickey Vernon page at Baseball Reference
Galen Cisco page at Baseball Reference
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

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[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

1958 MLB season by team
American League	Baltimore Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City New York Washington
National League	Chicago Cincinnati Los Angeles Milwaukee Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco
1958 All-Star Game 1958 World Series