1958 San Francisco Giants season

The 1958 San Francisco Giants season was the franchise's inaugural season in San Francisco, California and 76th season overall. The Giants' home ballpark was Seals Stadium. The team had a record of 80–74 finishing in third place in the National League standings, twelve games behind the NL Champion Milwaukee Braves.

1958 San Francisco Giants
1st Season in San Francisco
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Horace Stoneham
General manager(s)Chub Feeney
Manager(s)Bill Rigney
Local televisionKTVU
(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons)
Local radioKSFO
(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill King)
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Of the broadcast team, Russ Hodges left his former broadcasting partners in New York and for that season was joined on both KTVU and KSFO by Lon Simmons.

Offseason

Regular season

Opening day

The Giants and the now-Los Angeles Dodgers, arch-rivals for 68 years in New York, faced each other in their respective first-ever game on the West Coast. On Tuesday afternoon, April 15, 1958, at Seals Stadium, the Giants' temporary home park, San Francisco blanked Los Angeles, 8–0, behind Rubén Gómez' complete game, six-hit shutout. Gómez fanned six, issued no bases on balls, and went two for four at the plate. Daryl Spencer hit the first home run in San Francisco's MLB history with a solo shot in the fourth inning, and rookie Orlando Cepeda followed with another solo blast one inning later. Willie Mays had two runs batted in. Don Drysdale took the loss for the Dodgers. Attendance at the longtime minor league stadium was a sellout, 23,448.[8]

Starting lineup

12Jim Davenport   3B
22Jim KingLF
24Willie MaysCF
29Willie KirklandRF
30Orlando Cepeda   1B
20Daryl SpencerSS
19Danny O'Connell    2B
  7Valmy ThomasC
28Rubén GómezP[8][9]

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
Chicago10–1211–1110–1213–99–1312–107–15
Cincinnati12–1011–115–1715–710–1211–1112–10
Los Angeles 11–1111–1114–810–128–146–1611–11
Milwaukee12–1017–58–1413–911–1116–615–7
Philadelphia9–137–1512–109–1312–108–1412–10
Pittsburgh13–912–1014–811–1110–1212–1012–10
San Francisco10–1211–1116–66–1614–810–1213–9
St. Louis15–710–1211–117–1510–1210–129–13

Notable transactions

Roster

1958 San Francisco Giants
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
CBob Schmidt12739396.2441454
1BOrlando Cepeda148603188.3122596
2BDanny O'Connell10730671.232323
SSDaryl Spencer148539138.2561774
3BJim Davenport134434111.2561241
LFHank Sauer8823659.2501246
CFWillie Mays152600208.3472996
RFWillie Kirkland122418108.2581456

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
Ray Jablonski8623053.2301246
Leon Wagner7422170.3171335
Felipe Alou7518246.253416
Valmy Thomas6314337.259316
Eddie Bressoud6613736.26308
Whitey Lockman9212229.23827
Bob Speake667115.211310
Andre Rodgers226313.206211
Jim King345612.21428
Jackie Brandt185213.25003
Don Taussig395010.20014
Bill White26297.24114
Jim Finigan23255.20001
Nick Testa100----00

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
Johnny Antonelli41241.216133.28143
Rubén Gómez42207.210124.38112
Mike McCormick42178.11184.5982
John Fitzgerald13003.003

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
Stu Miller41182692.47119
Al Worthington54151.11173.6376
Ramón Monzant43150.28114.7293
Paul Giel2992454.7055
Curt Barclay616012.816
Pete Burnside610.2006.754

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
Marv Grissom5175113.9946
Don Johnson170116.2614
Ray Crone141206.757
Gordon Jones113112.378
Jim Constable91015.634
Dom Zanni11002.253
Joe Shipley100033.750

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Phoenix Giants Pacific Coast League Red Davis
AA Corpus Christi Giants Texas League Ray Murray
A Springfield Giants Eastern League Andy Gilbert
B Danville Leafs Carolina League Bobby Hofman
C Fresno Giants California League Mike McCormick
C St. Cloud Rox Northern League Richie Klaus
D Panama City Fliers Alabama–Florida League Bill Brightwell, Charles Clark,
Joe Tipton and Charley Grant
D Michigan City White Caps Midwest League Buddy Kerr
D Hastings Giants Nebraska State League Leo Schrall
D Artesia Giants Sophomore League Jodie Phipps

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Phoenix, Corpus Christi, Fresno[16]

Notes

References

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