1958 Boston Red Sox season

1958 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1901);
Location
	Fenway Park (since 1912);
	Boston, Massachusetts (since 1901);
Other information
Owner(s)	Tom Yawkey
Manager(s)	Pinky Higgins
Local television	WHDH-TV
Local radio	WHDH-AM 850; (Curt Gowdy, Bob Murphy, Bill Crowley)
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The 1958 Boston Red Sox season involved the Red Sox finishing third in the American League with a record of 79 wins and 75 losses, thirteen games behind the World Champion New York Yankees. It would also be the last time the Red Sox finished a season above .500, until their American League pennant-winning 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
New York Yankees	92	62	.597	--
Chicago White Sox	82	72	.532	10
Boston Red Sox	79	75	.513	13
Cleveland Indians	77	76	.503	14.5
Detroit Tigers	77	77	.500	15
Baltimore Orioles	74	79	.484	17.5
Kansas City Athletics	73	81	.474	19
Washington Senators	61	93	.396	31

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

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

5 Pinky Higgins

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

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
2B	Runnels, PetePete Runnels	147	568	183	.322	8	59
SS	Buddin, DonDon Buddin	136	497	118	.237	12	43

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
Stephens, GeneGene Stephens	134	270	59	.219	9	25

Pitching

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
Brewer, TomTom Brewer	33	227.1	12	12	3.72	124

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
Smith, BobBob Smith	17	66.2	4	3	3.78	43
Bowsfield, TedTed Bowsfield	16	65.2	4	2	3.84	38
Baumann, FrankFrank Baumann	10	52.1	2	2	4.47	31

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
Susce, GeorgeGeorge Susce	2	0	0	0	18.00	0

Awards and honors

Jackie Jensen, Outfield, American League MVP

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager

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, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

References

[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, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

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