1958 New York Yankees season

{{short description|Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees}}

{{Infobox baseball team season

| name = New York Yankees

| season = 1958

| misc = World Series Champions
American League Champions

| league = American League

| ballpark = Yankee Stadium

| city = New York City

| 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)

|}}

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.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/chitiha01.shtml Harry Chiti] at Baseball Reference
Prior to 1958 season: Rich Barry was signed as an amateur free agent by the Yankees.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/barryri01.shtml Rich Barry] at Baseball Reference

Regular season

=Season standings=

= Record vs. opponents =

=Notable transactions=

May 14, 1958: Al Cicotte was purchased from the Yankees by the Washington Senators.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cicotal01.shtml Al Cicotte] at Baseball Reference

=Roster=

class="toccolours" style="font-size: 95%;"
colspan="10" style="background-color: #1c2841; color: white; text-align: center;" \| 1958 New York Yankees
colspan="10" style="background-color: #1c2841; color: white; text-align: center;" \| Roster
valign="top" \| Pitchers {{MLBplayer\|23\|Murry Dickson}} {{MLBplayer\|28\|Art Ditmar}} {{MLBplayer\|26\|Ryne Duren}} {{MLBplayer\|16\|Whitey Ford}} {{MLBplayer\|55\|Bob Grim}} {{MLBplayer\|27\|Johnny James}} {{MLBplayer\|53\|Johnny Kucks}} {{MLBplayer\|18\|Don Larsen}} {{MLBplayer\|24\|Duke Maas}} {{MLBplayer\|21\|Sal Maglie}} {{MLBplayer\|55\|Zach Monroe}} {{MLBplayer\|30\|Bobby Shantz}} {{MLBplayer\|47\|Tom Sturdivant}} {{MLBplayer\|21\|Virgil Trucks}} {{MLBplayer\|19\|Bob Turley}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Catchers {{MLBplayer\| 8\|Yogi Berra}} {{MLBplayer\|32\|Elston Howard}} {{MLBplayer\|22\|Darrell Johnson}} Infielders {{MLBplayer\|29\|Fritz Brickell}} {{MLBplayer\| 6\|Andy Carey}} {{MLBplayer\|10\|Tony Kubek}} {{MLBplayer\|11\|Jerry Lumpe}} {{MLBplayer\|12\|Gil McDougald}} {{MLBplayer\| 1\|Bobby Richardson}} {{MLBplayer\|14\|Bill Skowron}} {{MLBplayer\|20\|Marv Throneberry}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Outfielders {{MLBplayer\| 9\|Hank Bauer}} {{MLBplayer\|27\|Bobby Del Greco}} {{MLBplayer\| 7\|Mickey Mantle}} {{MLBplayer\|25\|Norm Siebern}} {{MLBplayer\|36\|Harry Simpson}} {{MLBplayer\|17\|Enos Slaughter}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Manager {{MLBplayer\|37\|Casey Stengel}} Coaches {{MLBplayer\| 2\|Frankie Crosetti}} {{MLBplayer\|35\|Ralph Houk}} {{MLBplayer\|33\|Charlie Keller}} {{MLBplayer\|31\|Jim Turner}}

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colspan="10" style="background-color: #1c2841; color: white; text-align: center;" | 1958 New York Yankees

colspan="10" style="background-color: #1c2841; color: white; text-align: center;" | Roster

valign="top" | Pitchers

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Catchers

Infielders

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Outfielders

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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| = Indicates team leader

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| = 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

style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="5%" \| Pos ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="16%" \| Player ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" \| G ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" \| AB ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" \| H ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" \| Avg. ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" \| HR ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| C	{{sortname\|Yogi\|Berra}}	122	433	115	.266	22	90
align="center" \| 1B	{{sortname\|Bill\|Skowron}}	126	465	127	.273	14	73
align="center" \| 2B	{{sortname\|Gil\|McDougald}}	138	503	126	.250	14	65
align="center" \| 3B	{{sortname\|Andy\|Carey}}	102	315	90	.286	12	45
align="center" \| SS	{{sortname\|Tony\|Kubek}}	138	style="background:#fc0;\| 559	148	.265	2	48
align="center" \| LF	{{sortname\|Norm\|Siebern}}	134	460	138	.300	14	55
align="center" \| CF	{{sortname\|Mickey\|Mantle}}	style="background:#fc0;\|150	519	style="background:#fc0;\|158	style="background:#fc0;\| .304	style="background:#DDFFDD;\|42	style="background:#fc0;\|97
align="center" \| RF	{{sortname\|Hank\|Bauer}}	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

style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="16%" \| Player ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" \| G ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" \| AB ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" \| H ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" \| Avg. ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" \| HR ! style="background:#1c2841;color:white;" width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Elston\|Howard}}	103	376	118	.314	11	66
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Jerry\|Lumpe}}	81	232	59	.254	3	32
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Bobby\|Richardson}}	73	182	45	.247	0	14
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Marv\|Throneberry}}	60	150	34	.227	7	19
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Enos\|Slaughter}}	77	138	42	.304	4	19
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Harry\|Simpson}}	24	51	11	.216	0	6
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Darrell\|Johnson}}	5	16	4	.250	0	0
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Bobby\|Del Greco}}	12	5	1	.200	0	0
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Fritz\|Brickell}}	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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Bob\|Turley}}	33	style="background:#fc0;\|245.1	style="background:#DDFFDD;\|21	7	2.97	style="background:#fc0;\| 168
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Whitey\|Ford}}	30	219.1	14	7	style="background:#DDFFDD;\|2.01	145
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Don\|Larsen}}	19	114.1	9	6	3.07	55
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Tom\|Sturdivant}}	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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Art\|Ditmar}}	38	139.2	9	style="background:#fc0;\|8	3.42	52
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Johnny\|Kucks}}	34	126.0	8	style="background:#fc0;\| 8	3.93	46
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Bobby\|Shantz}}	33	126.0	7	6	3.36	80
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Duke\|Maas}}	22	101.1	7	3	3.82	50
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Zach\|Monroe}}	21	58.0	4	2	3.26	18
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Sal\|Maglie}}	7	23.1	1	1	4.63	7
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Murry\|Dickson}}	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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SV ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Ryne\|Duren}}	style="background:#fc0;\|44	6	4	style="background:#DDFFDD;\|20	2.02	87
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Virgil\|Trucks}}	25	2	1	1	4.54	26
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Bob\|Grim\|Bob Grim (baseball)}}	11	0	1	0	5.51	11
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Johnny\|James}}	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

1958 World Series

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

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style="background: #e3e3e3;" !\|Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
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1	Yankees – 3, Braves – 4 (10 innings)	October 1	Milwaukee County Stadium	46,367
style="background: #e3e3e3;" \|2	Yankees – 5, Braves – 13	October 2	Milwaukee County Stadium	46,367
3	Braves – 0, Yankees – 4	October 4	Yankee Stadium	71,599
style="background: #e3e3e3;" \|4	Braves – 3, Yankees – 0	October 5	Yankee Stadium	71,563
5	Braves – 0, Yankees – 7	October 6	Yankee Stadium	65,279
style="background: #e3e3e3;" \|6	Yankees – 4, Braves – 3 (10 innings)	October 8	Milwaukee County Stadium	46,367
7	Yankees – 6, Braves – 2	October 9	Milwaukee County Stadium	46,367
style="background: #e3e3e3;"

Awards and honors

Elston Howard, Babe Ruth Award{{Cite web |title=MLB Babe Ruth Award Winners |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/ruth.shtml |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}
Bob Turley, Cy Young Award
Turley became the first American League pitcher to win the Cy Young Award.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}}

All-Star Game

Farm system

{{MLB Farm System

|level11=AAA|team11=Denver Bears|league11=American Association|manager11=Andy Cohen

|level12=AAA|team12=Richmond Virginians|league12=International League|manager12=Eddie Lopat

|level13=AA |team13=New Orleans Pelicans|league13=Southern Association|manager13=Charlie Silvera and Ray Yochim

|level14=A|team14=Binghamton Triplets|league14=Eastern League|manager14=Steve Souchock

|level15=B|team15=Greensboro Yankees|league15=Carolina League|manager15=Vern Hoscheit

|level16=C|team16=Modesto Reds|league16=California League|manager16=Dee Phillips

|level17=C|team17=Fargo-Moorhead Twins|league17=Northern League|manager17=Ken Silvestri

|level18=D|team18=St. Petersburg Saints|league18=Florida State League|manager18=Tom Hamilton

|level19=D|team19=Kearney Yankees|league19=Nebraska State League|manager19=Randy Gumpert

|level20=D|team20=Auburn Yankees|league20=New York–Penn League|manager20=Tom Gott

}}

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Binghamton, Fargo-Moorhead, St. PetersburgJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

Notes

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1958.shtml 1958 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1958_WS.shtml 1958 World Series]
[http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1958&t=NYA 1958 New York Yankees] at Baseball Almanac

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