1958 Major League Baseball season

Schedule

The 1958 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place since the season (except for ) and would be used until in the American League and in the National League.

American League Opening Day took place on April 14, featuring the Boston Red Sox and Washington Senators, while National League Opening Day took place the following day, featuring all eight NL teams. This continued the trend from the previous season which saw both leagues opened on different days. The final day of the regular season was on September 28, which saw fourteen teams play. The World Series took place between October 1 and October 9.

Rule changes

The 1958 season saw the following rule changes:

• The Open Classification level ceased to exist, as the minor-league Pacific Coast League (PCL) was demoted to Triple-A following the relocation of the Giants and Dodgers to California.
• The bonus rule, which stipulated that players signed to major-league contract were required to spend the first two years on the parent team before he could farmed out or if signed to minor-league contract, players could not be moved up or down in the farms system for one year, was removed for the second time. In its place, Any player previously reserved by a minor league team of Double-A classification or higher, and who had been in the major or minor league system for at least four years, were now subjects to an unrestricted draft. For players in Single-A, players needed a minimum of three years to be subject to the draft, while players of lower classifications needed a minimum of two years.
  • Selection prices for players drafted by major-league team were set at $25,000 ().
• Scorers could now change a call if a player or umpire asked for said call to be checked.

Teams

Standings

American League

National League

Postseason

The postseason began on October 1 and ended on October 9 with the New York Yankees defeating the Milwaukee Braves in the 1958 World Series in seven games.

Bracket

| RD1-seed1=AL | RD1-team1=New York Yankees | RD1-score1=4 | RD1-seed2=NL | RD1-team2=Milwaukee Braves | RD1-score2=3

Managerial changes

Off-season

In-season

League leaders

American League

National League

Awards and honors

Regular season

Other awards

• Sport Magazine's World Series Most Valuable Player Award: Bob Turley (NYY)

Monthly awards

Player of the Month

Main article: Major League Baseball Player of the Month Award

Home field attendance

Venues

The Los Angeles Dodgers, newly relocated from their long-time home in Brooklyn as the Brooklyn Dodgers, leave Ebbets Field after playing there for 45 seasons, moving into Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum where they would play for four seasons through .

The San Francisco Giants, newly relocated from their long-time home in New York City as the New York Giants, leave the then-current iteration of the Polo Grounds after playing there for 67 seasons (75 seasons including previous iterations of the Polo Grounds,) moving into Seals Stadium where they would play for two seasons through the following season, .

Television coverage

CBS and NBC aired weekend Game of the Week broadcasts. NBC began airing a special regional feed of its games in the southeast. The All-Star Game and World Series also aired on NBC.

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