1958 San Francisco Giants season

• December 2, 1957: Tony Taylor was drafted from the Giants by the Chicago Cubs in the 1957 rule 5 draft.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tayloto02.shtml Tony Taylor page at Baseball Reference]
• December 2, 1957: 1957 minor league draft
• Lee Tate was drafted from the Giants by the St. Louis Cardinals.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tatele01.shtml Lee Tate page at Baseball Reference]
• Ramón Conde was drafted from the Giants by the Kansas City Athletics.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/condera01.shtml Ramón Conde page at Baseball Reference]
• December 10, 1957: Freddy Rodríguez was traded by the Giants to the Chicago Cubs for Tom Poholsky.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/poholto01.shtml Tom Poholsky page at Baseball Reference]
• March 24, 1958: Foster Castleman was purchased from the Giants by the Baltimore Orioles for $30,000.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/castlfo01.shtml Foster Castleman page at Baseball-Reference]
• Prior to 1958 season:
• Dick LeMay was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lemaydi01.shtml Dick LeMay page at Baseball Reference]
• Eddie Fisher was signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fisheed02.shtml|title=Eddie Fisher Stats}}

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.

{{1958 National League standings}}

{{1958 NL Record vs. opponents|team=SF}}

• April 2, 1958: Ray Katt was traded by the Giants to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jim King.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kattra01.shtml Ray Katt page at Baseball Reference]
• April 3, 1958: Bobby Thomson was traded by the Giants to the Chicago Cubs for Bob Speake and cash.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/speakbo01.shtml Bob Speake page at Baseball Reference]
• May 17, 1958: Nick Testa was released by the Giants.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/testani01.shtml Nick Testa page at Baseball Reference]
• June 3, 1958: Gaylord Perry was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/perryga01.shtml Gaylord Perry page at Baseball Reference]
• July 15, 1958: Jim King was acquired from the Giants by the Toronto Maple Leafs.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kingji01.shtml Jim King page at Baseball Reference]
• August 25, 1958: Jesús Alou was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/alouje01.shtml Jesús Alou page at Baseball Reference]

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

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

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

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

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

• Orlando Cepeda – National League Rookie of the Year

All-Star Game

{{See also|Minor League Baseball}}

{{MLB Farm System|level11=AAA|team11=Phoenix Giants|league11=Pacific Coast League|manager11=Red Davis

|level12=AA |team12=Corpus Christi Giants|league12=Texas League|manager12=Ray Murray

|level13=A|team13=Springfield Giants|league13=Eastern League|manager13=Andy Gilbert

|level14=B|team14=Danville Leafs|league14=Carolina League|manager14=Bobby Hofman

|level15=C|team15=Fresno Giants|league15=California League|manager15=Mike McCormick

|level16=C|team16=St. Cloud Rox|league16=Northern League|manager16=Richie Klaus

|level17=D|team17=Panama City Fliers|league17=Alabama–Florida League|manager17=Bill Brightwell, Charles Clark,
Joe Tipton and Charley Grant

|level18=D|team18=Michigan City White Caps|league18=Midwest League|manager18=Buddy Kerr

|level19=D|team19=Hastings Giants|league19=Nebraska State League|manager19=Leo Schrall

|level20=D|team20=Artesia Giants|league20=Sophomore League|manager20=Jodie Phipps

}}

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Phoenix, Corpus Christi, FresnoJohnson, 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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• [https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SFG/1958.shtml 1958 San Francisco Giants team page at Baseball Reference]
• [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1958&t=SFN 1958 San Francisco Giants team page at Baseball Almanac]

{{1958 MLB season by team}}

{{San Francisco Giants}}

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