1958 San Francisco Giants season

Offseason

• December 2, 1957: Tony Taylor was drafted from the Giants by the Chicago Cubs in the 1957 rule 5 draft.
• December 2, 1957: 1957 minor league draft
  • Lee Tate was drafted from the Giants by the St. Louis Cardinals.
  • Ramón Conde was drafted from the Giants by the Kansas City Athletics.
• December 10, 1957: Freddy Rodríguez was traded by the Giants to the Chicago Cubs for Tom Poholsky.
• March 24, 1958: Foster Castleman was purchased from the Giants by the Baltimore Orioles for $30,000.
• Prior to 1958 season:
  • Dick LeMay was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants.
  • Eddie Fisher was signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent.

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.

Starting lineup

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

• April 2, 1958: Ray Katt was traded by the Giants to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jim King.
• April 3, 1958: Bobby Thomson was traded by the Giants to the Chicago Cubs for Bob Speake and cash.
• May 17, 1958: Nick Testa was released by the Giants.
• June 3, 1958: Gaylord Perry was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants.
• July 15, 1958: Jim King was acquired from the Giants by the Toronto Maple Leafs.
• August 25, 1958: Jesús Alou was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants.

Roster

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; SB = Stolen bases

Other batters

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

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Other pitchers

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

Relief pitchers

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

Awards and honors

• Orlando Cepeda – National League Rookie of the Year

All-Star Game

Farm system

Joe Tipton and Charley Grant LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Phoenix, Corpus Christi, Fresno

Notes

References

• 1958 San Francisco Giants team page at Baseball Reference
• 1958 San Francisco Giants team page at Baseball Almanac

References

1. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tayloto02.shtml Tony Taylor page at Baseball Reference]
2. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tatele01.shtml Lee Tate page at Baseball Reference]
3. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/condera01.shtml Ramón Conde page at Baseball Reference]
4. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/poholto01.shtml Tom Poholsky page at Baseball Reference]
5. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/castlfo01.shtml Foster Castleman page at Baseball-Reference]
6. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lemaydi01.shtml Dick LeMay page at Baseball Reference]
7. "Eddie Fisher Stats".
8. [[Retrosheet]] [http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1958/B04150SFN1958.htm box score: 1958-04-15]
9. [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1958&t=SFN Baseball Almanac]
10. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kattra01.shtml Ray Katt page at Baseball Reference]
11. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/speakbo01.shtml Bob Speake page at Baseball Reference]
12. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/testani01.shtml Nick Testa page at Baseball Reference]
13. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/perryga01.shtml Gaylord Perry page at Baseball Reference]
14. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kingji01.shtml Jim King page at Baseball Reference]
15. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/alouje01.shtml Jesús Alou page at Baseball Reference]
16. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007