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1958 Boston Red Sox season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	Boston Red Sox
season	1958
league	American League
ballpark	Fenway Park
city	Boston, Massachusetts
record	79–75 (.513)
league_place	3rd
owners	Tom Yawkey
president	Tom Yawkey
general_managers	Joe Cronin
managers	Pinky Higgins
television	WHDH-TV
radio	WHDH-AM 850
(Curt Gowdy, Bob Murphy, Bill Crowley)
espntn	bos
brtn	BOS

(Curt Gowdy, Bob Murphy, Bill Crowley) 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.
January 29, 1958: Mickey Vernon was selected off waivers from the Red Sox by the Cleveland Indians.
Prior to 1958 season: Galen Cisco was signed as an amateur free agent by the Red Sox.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening day lineup

Roster

1958 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

	= Indicates league leader

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
C	Sammy White	102	328	85	.259	6	35
1B	Dick Gernert	122	431	102	.237	20	69
2B		147	568	183	.322	8	59
SS		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
	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

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
Tom Brewer	33	227.1	12	12	3.72	124
Frank Sullivan	32	199.1	13	9	3.57	103
	31	160.0	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
	17	66.2	4	3	3.78	43
	16	65.2	4	2	3.84	38
Bill Monbouquette	10	54.1	3	4	3.31	30
	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
Leo Kiely	47	5	2	12	3.00	26
Murray Wall	52	8	9	9	3.62	53
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
	2	0	0	0	18.00	0

Awards and honors

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

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Minneapolis, Waterloo Source:

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/z/zauchno01.shtml Norm Zauchin page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/v/vernomi01.shtml Mickey Vernon page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/ciscoga01.shtml 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
(January 23, 1958). "Boston Red Sox Press-Radio-TV Guide".

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