1958 Boston Red Sox season

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox baseball team season The 1958 Boston Red Sox season was the 58th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished third in the American League (AL) with a record of 79 wins and 75 losses, 13 games behind the AL and World Series champion New York Yankees. It would be the last time the Red Sox finished a season above .500, until their "Impossible Dream" season of 1967.

Offseason

• January 23, 1958: Norm Zauchin and Albie Pearson were traded by the Red Sox to the Washington Senators for Pete Runnels.
• January 29, 1958: Mickey Vernon was selected off waivers from the Red Sox by the Cleveland Indians.
• Prior to 1958 season: Galen Cisco was signed as an amateur free agent by the Red Sox.

Regular season

Opening day lineup

24	Don Buddin	SS
3	Pete Runnels	1B
10	Gene Stephens	LF
4	Jackie Jensen	RF
11	Frank Malzone	3B
37	Jimmy Piersall	CF
7	Ken Aspromonte	2B
8	Pete Daley	C
18	Frank Sullivan	P

Roster

1958 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers 15 Frank Baumann 28 Ted Bowsfield 23 Tom Brewer 15 Bud Byerly 19 Jerry Casale 14 Ike Delock 20 Mike Fornieles 17 Leo Kiely 27 Bill Monbouquette 21 Willard Nixon 19 Bob Porterfield 29 Al Schroll 39 Dave Sisler 28 Bob Smith 18 Frank Sullivan 27 George Susce 26 Murray Wall 15 Duane Wilson		Catchers 36 Lou Berberet  8 Pete Daley 22 Sammy White Infielders  7 Ken Aspromonte 24 Don Buddin  1 Billy Consolo 25 Dick Gernert 35 Billy Klaus 12 Ted Lepcio 11 Frank Malzone  3 Pete Runnels		Outfielders  4 Jackie Jensen  2 Marty Keough 37 Jimmy Piersall 30 Bill Renna 38 Gene Stephens  9 Ted Williams		Manager  5 Pinky Higgins Coaches 32 Del Baker (First base) 31 Jack Burns (Third base) 33 Dave Ferriss (Pitching) 34 Paul Schreiber (Hitting)

Player stats

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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	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Sammy White	102	328	85	.259	6	35
1B	Dick Gernert	122	431	102	.237	20	69
2B		147	568	183	.322	8	59
SS		136	497	118	.237	12	43
3B	Frank Malzone	155	627	185	.295	15	87
LF	Ted Williams	129	411	135	.328	26	85
CF	Jim Piersall	130	417	99	.237	8	48
RF	Jackie Jensen	154	548	157	.286	35	122

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
	134	270	59	.219	9	25
Lou Berberet	57	167	35	.210	2	18
Ted Lepcio	50	136	27	.199	6	14
Marty Keough	68	118	26	.220	1	9
Billy Klaus	61	88	14	.159	1	7
Billy Consolo	46	72	9	.125	0	5
Pete Daley	27	56	18	.321	2	8
Bill Renna	39	56	15	.268	4	18
Ken Aspromonte	6	16	2	.125	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Tom Brewer	33	227.1	12	12	3.72	124
Frank Sullivan	32	199.1	13	9	3.57	103
	31	160.0	14	8	3.38	82
Dave Sisler	30	149.1	8	9	4.94	71
Duane Wilson	2	6.1	0	0	5.68	3

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Mike Fornieles	37	110.2	4	6	4.96	49
	17	66.2	4	3	3.78	43
	16	65.2	4	2	3.84	38
Bill Monbouquette	10	54.1	3	4	3.31	30
	10	52.1	2	2	4.47	31
Willard Nixon	10	43.1	1	7	6.02	15

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Leo Kiely	47	5	2	12	3.00	26
Murray Wall	52	8	9	9	3.62	53
Bud Byerly	18	1	2	0	1.78	16
Al Schroll	5	0	0	0	4.50	7
Bob Porterfield	2	0	0	0	4.50	1
Jerry Casale	2	0	0	0	0.00	3
	2	0	0	0	18.00	0

Awards and honors

• Jackie Jensen, American League MVP
• Jimmy Piersall, Gold Glove Award (OF)

Farm system

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External links

• 1958 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
• 1958 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com