1958 in baseball
The following are the baseball events of the year 1958 throughout the world.
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[edit] Champions
[edit] Major League Baseball
- World Series: New York Yankees over Milwaukee Braves (4-3); Bob Turley, MVP
- All-Star Game, July 8 at Memorial Stadium: American League, 4-3
[edit] Other champions
- Caribbean World Series: Marianao (Cuba)
- College World Series: USC
- Japan Series: Nishitetsu Lions over Yomiuri Giants (4-3)
- Little League World Series: Industrial, Monterrey, Mexico
[edit] Awards and honors
[edit] MLB Statistical Leaders
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[edit] Major League Baseball final standings
[edit] American League final standings
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[edit] National League final standings
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[edit] Events
[edit] January-March
- January 29 - Brooklyn Dodgers catcher Roy Campanella suffers a broken neck in an early morning auto accident on Long Island. His spinal column is nearly severed and his legs are permanently paralyzed.
- February 4 - The Baseball Hall of Fame fails to elect any new members for the first time since 1950.
[edit] April-June
- April 15 - The San Francisco Giants defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers in the first major league game at San Francisco's Seals Stadium, with Ruben Gomez pitching an 8-0 shutout win for the Giants. Giants shortstop Daryl Spencer hits the first home run. The Giants set an attendance record for Seals Stadium by drawing 23,192 fans.
- April 25 - The Dodgers set a record for the most fans at a regular season night game as 60,635 attend a game at the Los Angeles Coliseum. Los Angeles beats the St. Louis Cardinals 5-3.
[edit] July-September
[edit] October-December
- October 8 - The New York Yankees win the 1958 World Series handily as Moose Skowron's 3-run home run off Milwaukee Braves pitcher Lew Burdette in the 8th inning puts the game on ice, 6-2. The Yankees became only the second team to cme back from a 3-1 deficit to win the World Series (the 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates were the first to do it). Milwaukee's Eddie Mathews strikes out for the 11th time, a record that will stand until 1980, when broken by Willie Wilson of the Kansas City Royals. The Braves' 53 strikeouts are also a new World Series record. This is Casey Stengel's 7th world championship, tying him with Joe McCarthy for the most Series won.
[edit] Movies
[edit] Births
- February 21 - Alan Trammell
- June 15 - Wade Boggs
- August 19 - Gary Gaetti
- September 16 - Orel Hershiser
- November 28 - Dave Righetti
- December 25 - Rickey Henderson
[edit] Deaths
- March 28 - Chuck Klein, 53, slugging right fielder, primarily with the Philadelphia Phillies, who was named the NL's MVP in 1932 and won the Triple Crown one year later; the 7th player to hit 300 home runs, winning four league titles
- November 21 - Mel Ott, 49, Hall of Fame outfielder and 12-time All-Star for the New York Giants who held National League career record for home runs (511), leading league 6 times
- November 27 - Harry G. Salsinger, 71, sportswriter for the Detroit News for over 50 years
- December 8 - Tris Speaker, 70, Hall of Fame center fielder known for spectacular defense as well as superlative batting, becoming the second player to compile over 3,500 hits and posting a .345 career average
