1958 San Francisco Giants season

March 2026 November 2013 San Francisco Giants 1958 San Francisco Giants Cap Insignia.svg National League Seals Stadium 80 74 y 3rd San Francisco, California Horace Stoneham Chub Feeney Bill Rigney KTVU(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons) KSFO(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill King) 1957 New York Giants (MLB) season The 1958 San Francisco Giants season was the franchise's first season in San Francisco, California, and 76th season overall. The Giants' home ballpark was Seals Stadium. The team had a record of 80–74 finishing in third place in the National League standings, twelve games behind the NL Champion Milwaukee Braves. Of the broadcast team, Russ Hodges left his former broadcasting partners in New York and for that season was joined on both KTVU and KSFO by Lon Simmons. Offseason December 2, 1957: Tony Taylor was drafted from the Giants by the Chicago Cubs in the 1957 rule 5 draft.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.Lee Tate page at Baseball Reference Ramón Conde was drafted from the Giants by the Kansas City Athletics.Ramón Conde page at Baseball Reference December 10, 1957: Freddy Rodríguez was traded by the Giants to the Chicago Cubs for Tom Poholsky.Tom Poholsky page at Baseball Reference March 24, 1958: Foster Castleman was purchased from the Giants by the Baltimore Orioles for $30,000.Foster Castleman page at Baseball-Reference Prior to 1958 season: Dick LeMay was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants.Dick LeMay page at Baseball Reference Eddie Fisher was signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fisheed02.shtml Eddie Fisher Stats 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 12 Jim Davenport    3B22 Jim King LF24 Willie Mays CF29 Willie Kirkland RF30 Orlando Cepeda    1B20 Daryl Spencer SS19 Danny O'Connell     2B  7 Valmy Thomas C28 Rubén Gómez PRetrosheet box score: 1958-04-15Baseball Almanac Season standings San Francisco Giants Record vs. opponents SF Notable transactions April 2, 1958: Ray Katt was traded by the Giants to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jim King.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.Bob Speake page at Baseball Reference May 17, 1958: Nick Testa was released by the Giants.Nick Testa page at Baseball Reference June 3, 1958: Gaylord Perry was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants.Gaylord Perry page at Baseball Reference July 15, 1958: Jim King was acquired from the Giants by the Toronto Maple Leafs.Jim King page at Baseball Reference August 25, 1958: Jesús Alou was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants.Jesús Alou page at Baseball Reference Roster 1958 San Francisco Giants Roster Pitchers 43 Johnny Antonelli 39 Curt Barclay 35 Pete Burnside 48 Jim Constable 44 Ray Crone 35 John Fitzgerald 31 Paul Giel 28 Rubén Gómez 42 Marv Grissom 44 Don Johnson 38 Gordon Jones 40 Mike McCormick 37 Stu Miller 41 Ramón Monzant 38 Joe Shipley 32 Al Worthington 48 Dom Zanni Catchers 27 Bob Schmidt 45,47 Nick Testa  7 Valmy Thomas Infielders 16 Ed Bressoud 30 Orlando Cepeda 12 Jim Davenport 17 Jim Finigan 10 Ray Jablonski 19,22 Danny O'Connell 15 Andre Rodgers 20 Daryl Spencer 17 Bill White Outfielders 49 Felipe Alou 22 Jackie Brandt 22 Jim King 29 Willie Kirkland 25 Whitey Lockman 24 Willie Mays  6 Hank Sauer 23 Bob Speake 14 Don Taussig 39 Leon Wagner Manager 18 Bill Rigney Coaches  3 Herman Franks    Lefty O'Doul  2 Salty Parker 45 Nick Testa  9 Wes Westrum Player stats = Indicates team leader = 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; SB = Stolen bases Pos. Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI SB C Bob Schmidt Bob Schmidt (baseball) 127 393 96 .244 14 540 1B Orlando Cepeda 148 603 188 .312 25 9615 2B Danny O'Connell 107 306 71 .232 3 232 SS Daryl Spencer 148 539 138 .256 17 741 3B Jim Davenport 134 434 111 .256 12 411 LF Hank Sauer 88 236 59 .250 12 460 CF Willie Mays 152 600 208 .347 29 96 31 RF Willie Kirkland 122 418 108 .258 14 563 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 Ray Jablonski 86 230 53 .230 12 46 Leon Wagner 74 221 70 .317 13 35 Felipe Alou 75 182 46 .253 4 16 Valmy Thomas 63 143 37 .259 3 16 Ed Bressoud 66 137 36 .263 0 8 Whitey Lockman 92 122 29 .238 2 7 Bob Speake 66 71 15 .211 3 10 Andre Rodgers 22 63 13 .206 2 11 Jim King Jim King (baseball) 34 56 12 .214 2 8 Jackie Brandt 18 52 13 .250 0 3 Don Taussig 39 50 10 .200 1 4 Bill White Bill White (first baseman) 26 29 7 .241 1 4 Jim Finigan 23 25 5 .200 0 1 Nick Testa 1 0 0 ---- 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 Johnny Antonelli 41 241.2 16 13 3.28 143 Rubén Gómez Rubén Gómez (baseball) 42 207.2 10 12 4.38 112 Mike McCormick Mike McCormick (pitcher) 42 178.1 11 8 4.59 82 John Fitzgerald John Fitzgerald (1950s pitcher) 1 3.0 0 0 3.00 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 Stu Miller 41 182.0 6 9 2.47 119 Al Worthington 54 151.1 11 7 3.63 76 Ramón Monzant 43 150.2 8 11 4.72 93 Paul Giel 29 92.0 4 5 4.70 55 Curt Barclay 6 16.0 0 1 2.81 6 Pete Burnside 6 10.2 0 0 6.75 4 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 Marv Grissom 51 7 5 11 3.99 46 Don Johnson Don Johnson (pitcher) 17 0 1 1 6.26 14 Ray Crone 14 1 2 0 6.75 7 Gordon Jones Gordon Jones (baseball) 11 3 1 1 2.37 8 Jim Constable 9 1 0 1 5.63 4 Dom Zanni 1 1 0 0 2.25 3 Joe Shipley 1 0 0 0 33.75 0 Awards and honors Orlando Cepeda – National League Rookie of the Year All-Star Game Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Phoenix Giants Pacific Coast League Red Davis AA Corpus Christi Giants Texas League Ray Murray A Springfield Giants Eastern League Andy Gilbert B Danville Leafs Carolina League Bobby Hofman C Fresno Giants California League Mike McCormick C St. Cloud Rox Northern League Richie Klaus D Panama City Fliers Alabama–Florida League Bill Brightwell, Charles Clark, Joe Tipton and Charley Grant D Michigan City White Caps Midwest League Buddy Kerr D Hastings Giants Nebraska State League Leo Schrall D Artesia Giants Sophomore League 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 Notes 2 References 1958 San Francisco Giants team page at Baseball Reference 1958 San Francisco Giants team page at Baseball Almanac Category:San Francisco Giants seasons San Francisco Giants season Category:1958 in sports in California Category:1950s in San Francisco