1958 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1958 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 76th in franchise history. The Phillies finished the season in last place in the National League. It was the Phillies third losing season in five seasons, and their fourth losing season during the 1950s.

1958 Philadelphia Phillies
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)R. R. M. Carpenter, Jr.
General manager(s)Roy Hamey
Manager(s)Mayo Smith, Eddie Sawyer
Local televisionWRCV
WVUE
Local radioWIP
(By Saam, Claude Haring, Gene Kelly)
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Offseason

Spring training

Following their off-season move from Brooklyn to Los Angeles, the Dodgers played their first game as the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Phillies at Miami Stadium in the 1958 spring training opener on March 8, 1958. The Phillies won 7 to 4.[2]

Regular season

With the move of the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants to California prior to the 1958 season, the Phillies became the closest National League club to New York City, and in response, contracted to broadcast 78 games into the New York metropolitan television market to fill the void in National League games on TV in New York.[3][4][5] Al Helfer and Rex Barney called the games for New York's WOR-TV.[6] However, due to competition with games at Yankee Stadium, Phillies games were not able to match the audience for Yankee broadcasts, and thus, they stopped broadcasting games in the New York television market in the 1959 season.[7]

On July 22 with the team sporting a 39–44 record General Manager Roy Hamey fired Manager Mayo Smith rehiring Eddie Sawyer, who led the team to the 1950 World Series.[8]

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Milwaukee Braves 9262 0.597 — 48–29 44–33
Pittsburgh Pirates 8470 0.545 8 49–28 35–42
San Francisco Giants 8074 0.519 12 44–33 36–41
Cincinnati Redlegs 7678 0.494 16 40–37 36–41
Chicago Cubs 7282 0.468 20 35–42 37–40
St. Louis Cardinals 7282 0.468 20 39–38 33–44
Los Angeles Dodgers 7183 0.461 21 39–38 32–45
Philadelphia Phillies 6985 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—10–1211–1110–1213–99–1312–107–15
Cincinnati12–10—11–115–1715–710–1211–1112–10
Los Angeles 11–1111–11—14–810–128–146–1611–11
Milwaukee12–1017–58–14—13–911–1116–615–7
Philadelphia9–137–1512–109–13—12–108–1412–10
Pittsburgh13–912–1014–811–1110–12—12–1012–10
San Francisco10–1211–1116–66–1614–810–12—13–9
St. Louis15–710–1211–117–1510–1210–129–13—

Notable transactions

Game log
Legend
 Phillies win
 Phillies loss
 Postponement
BoldPhillies team member
1958 Game Log[15]
Overall Record: 69–85
^[a] The second game on June 1 was suspended (Sunday curfew[25][26]) in the top of the ninth inning with the score 11–11 and was completed August 11, 1958.[27][28]
^[b] The second game on June 22 was suspended (Sunday curfew[29][30]) in the bottom of the sixth inning with the score 0–1 and was completed July 23, 1958.[31][32] (The initial completion date of July 22[33] was postponed by rain.[21])
^[c] The second game on June 29 was suspended (Sunday curfew[34][35]) in the bottom of the eighth inning with the score 3–4 and was completed July 29, 1958.[36][37]
^[d] The second game on July 27 was suspended (Sunday curfew[38][39]) in the bottom of the sixth inning with the score 2–1 and was completed September 9, 1958.[40][41]

Roster
1958 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 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
2BSolly Hemus10533495.284836
SSChico Fernández146522120.230651

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
Dave Philley9120764.309331
Carl Sawatski6018342.230512
Pancho Herrera296317.27016
Roy Smalley120.00000
Mack Burk110.00000

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
Robin Roberts35269.217143.24130
Don Cardwell16107.2364.5177
Bob Conley28.1007.560

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
Jack Meyer3790.1367.889
John Anderson516007.889

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
Turk Farrell5489113.3573
Jim Hearn395304.1733
Bob Miller1711011.699
Johnny Gray150004.1510
Warren Hacker90107.414
Don Erickson90114.639
Angelo LiPetri400011.251

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Miami Marlins International League Kerby Farrell
AA Tulsa Oilers Texas League Al Widmar and Jim Fanning
A Williamsport Grays Eastern League Dick Carter
B High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms Carolina League Frank Lucchesi
C Bakersfield Bears California League Paul Owens
D Johnson City Phillies Appalachian League Eddie Lyons
D Tampa Tarpons Florida State League Charlie Gassaway
D Brunswick Phillies Georgia–Florida League Cart Howerton
D Olean Oilers New York–Penn League Benny Zientara

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Johnson City[43]

References
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