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1958 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees

Field	Value
name	New York Yankees
season	1958
misc	World Series champions
American League champions
league	American League
ballpark	Yankee Stadium
city	New York City
record
league_place	1st
owners	Dan Topping and Del Webb
general_managers	George Weiss
managers	Casey Stengel
television	WPIX
(Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto)
radio	WMGM
(Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto)

American League champions (Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto) (Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto) |}} The 1958 New York Yankees season was the 56th season for the team. The team finished with a record of 92–62, winning their 24th pennant, finishing 10 games ahead of the Chicago White Sox. In the World Series, they defeated the Milwaukee Braves in 7 games. New York was managed by Casey Stengel. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. In 1958, the Yankees became New York City's only professional baseball team after the Brooklyn Dodgers moved to Los Angeles and the New York Giants left for San Francisco. The Yankees would hold this distinction until 1962, when the New York Mets began play.

Offseason

December 2, 1957: Harry Chiti was drafted from the Yankees by the Kansas City Athletics in the 1957 rule 5 draft.
Prior to 1958 season: Rich Barry was signed as an amateur free agent by the Yankees.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

May 14, 1958: Al Cicotte was purchased from the Yankees by the Washington Senators.

Roster

1958 New York Yankees
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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	122	433	115	.266	22	90
1B	126	465	127	.273	14	73
2B	138	503	126	.250	14	65
3B	102	315	90	.286	12	45
SS	138	559	148	.265	2	48
LF	134	460	138	.300	14	55
CF	150	519	158	.304	42	97
RF	128	462	121	.268	12	50

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
103	376	118	.314	11	66
81	232	59	.254	3	32
73	182	45	.247	0	14
60	150	34	.227	7	19
77	138	42	.304	4	19
24	51	11	.216	0	6
5	16	4	.250	0	0
12	5	1	.200	0	0
2	0	0	----	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
33	245.1	21	7	2.97	168
30	219.1	14	7	2.01	145
19	114.1	9	6	3.07	55
15	70.2	3	6	4.20	41

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
38	139.2	9	8	3.42	52
34	126.0	8	8	3.93	46
33	126.0	7	6	3.36	80
22	101.1	7	3	3.82	50
21	58.0	4	2	3.26	18
7	23.1	1	1	4.63	7
6	20.1	1	2	5.75	9

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
44	6	4	20	2.02	87
25	2	1	1	4.54	26
11	0	1	0	5.51	11
1	0	0	0	0.00	1

1958 World Series

Main article: 1958 World Series

AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL Milwaukee Braves (3)

	Game		Score		Date		Location		Attendance
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

Awards and honors

Elston Howard, Babe Ruth Award
Bob Turley, Cy Young Award
- Turley became the first American League pitcher to win the Cy Young Award. All-Star Game

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Binghamton, Fargo-Moorhead, St. Petersburg

Notes

References

1958 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference
1958 World Series
1958 New York Yankees at Baseball Almanac

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/chitiha01.shtml Harry Chiti] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/barryri01.shtml Rich Barry] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cicotal01.shtml Al Cicotte] at ''Baseball Reference''
"MLB Babe Ruth Award Winners".
''Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures'', 2008 Edition, p. 234, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, {{ISBN. 978-0-451-22363-0
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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