1958 Los Angeles Dodgers season

March 2026 November 2013 1958 Los Angeles Dodgers Opening Day montage.jpg 300px Home opener at the Coliseum on April 18 and Downtown Parade welcoming the Dodgers Los Angeles Dodgers 1958 National League Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles 71 83 y 7th Walter O'Malley, James & Dearie Mulvey Walter O'Malley Buzzie Bavasi Walter Alston KTTV (11) KMPC(Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett) KWKW (René Cárdenas, Miguel Alonzo, Milt Nava) 1957 Brooklyn Dodgers season The 1958 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 69th season for the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise in Major League Baseball (MLB), their 1st season in Los Angeles, California, and their 1st season playing their home games at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles California. The Dodgers took the field before 78,672 fans at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on April 18, 1958, to usher in the beginning of the team's new home in Los Angeles. It was a rough season, as the Dodgers finished 21 games in back of the pennant-winning Milwaukee Braves in the National League standings, but it was the beginning of the second phase for the team. Vin Scully and company moved to KTTV (television) and KMPC (radio) from that year onward, and the Dodgers became one of the first teams that commenced Spanish language radio broadcasts for Latinos, with KWKW as the first station to offer a Spanish-language service. Offseason Spring training The Dodgers played their first exhibition game as the Los Angeles Dodgers on March 8, 1958. The team faced the Philadelphia Phillies at Miami Stadium. Ron Negray started for the Dodgers and gave up four runs in a 7 to 4 Dodgers loss. The New York Times noted that as much as the game was a historic milestone for the franchise, it was a chance for manager Walter Alston to evaluate players under game conditions, especially catchers, following Roy Campanella's offseason auto accident that ended his career before he could ever play for Los Angeles.Phillies Triumph Over Dodgers, 7–4 Gordon S. White Jr. New York Times March 9, 1958 https://www.nytimes.com/1958/03/09/archives/phillies-triumph-over-dodgers-74-error-on-throw-by-walker-in-first.html S1 Regular season April 15–20, 1958: The Dodgers and Giants played their first six official National League games as representatives of their new cities on the West Coast with back-to-back three-game series, first at Seals Stadium, San Francisco, then at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The Giants won four of those six games. In the season opener April 15, San Francisco blanked Los Angeles, 8–0, behind Rubén Gómez' complete game, six-hit shutout. Don Drysdale took the loss, and Charlie Neal notched Los Angeles' first hit, a single, in the second inning.Retrosheet box score: 1958-04-15 In their home opener April 18 in Los Angeles, the Dodgers built a 5–2 lead behind starting pitcher Carl Erskine, and held on to win 6–5. A throng of 78,762 witnessed the event at the Coliseum. Dick Gray, who hit the first home run in Los Angeles Dodger history April 16 in the second game of the 1958 season, also hit the first four-bagger before their home crowd in the seventh inning, giving Los Angeles an insurance run. The Giants nearly tied the game in the ninth inning, but Jim Davenport was ruled out for failing to touch third base after apparently scoring on a triple by San Francisco's Willie Kirkland.Retrosheet box score: 1958-04-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20191215232952/https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1958/B04180LAN1958.htm December 15, 2019 +Opening Day startersName Position Gino Cimoli Center fielderPee Wee Reese ShortstopDuke Snider Left fielderGil Hodges First basemanCharlie Neal Second basemanDick Gray Third basemanCarl Furillo Right fielderRube WalkerCatcherDon Drysdale Starting pitcher +Home opener startersName Position Jim Gilliam Left fielderPee Wee Reese ShortstopDuke Snider Right fielderGil Hodges First basemanCharlie Neal Second basemanDick Gray Third basemanGino Cimoli Center fielderJohn RoseboroCatcherCarl Erskine Starting pitcher April 23, 1958: Gil Hodges hit his 300th home run, and Pee Wee Reese played his 2,000th game, on the same day that Duke Snider injured his arm before the game trying to throw a ball out of the Los Angeles Coliseum.http://www.thebaseballpage.com/players/snidedu01.php Duke Snider | the BASEBALL Page www.thebaseballpage.com 6 June 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20060304170320/http://www.thebaseballpage.com/players/snidedu01.php 4 March 2006 dead Season standings Record vs. opponents LAD Notable transactions June 15, 1958: The Dodgers traded Don Newcombe to Cincinnati Redlegs for Steve Bilko, Johnny Klippstein and players to be named later. The Redlegs completed the deal by sending Art Fowler and Charlie Rabe to the Dodgers on June 23.Don Newcombe at Baseball-Reference August 4, 1958: Randy Jackson was purchased from the Dodgers by the Cleveland Indians.Randy Jackson at Baseball-Reference August 15, 1958: Ramón Conde was purchased by the Dodgers from the Philadelphia Phillies.Ramón Conde at Baseball-Reference Roster 1958 Los Angeles Dodgers Roster Pitchers 46 Don Bessent 12,37 Babe Birrer 55 Jackie Collum 40 Roger Craig 53 Don Drysdale 17 Carl Erskine 16 Bob Giallombardo 26 Fred Kipp 35 Johnny Klippstein 32 Sandy Koufax 41 Clem Labine 29 Ralph Mauriello 16 Danny McDevitt 38 Ron Negray 36 Don Newcombe 22 Johnny Podres 37 Ed Roebuck 35,51 Larry Sherry 40 Stan Williams Catchers 58 Joe Pignatano  8 John Roseboro 10 Rube Walker Infielders 33,36 Steve Bilko 27 Jim Gentile 11 Dick Gray 14 Gil Hodges  2 Randy Jackson 11,30 Bob Lillis 43 Charlie Neal  1 Pee Wee Reese 61 Earl Robinson 23 Don Zimmer Outfielders  9 Gino Cimoli 2,27 Don Demeter 55 Ron Fairly  6 Carl Furillo 19 Jim Gilliam 25 Frank Howard  5 Norm Larker 45 Don Miles  4 Duke Snider  3 Elmer Valo 16 Bob Wilson Manager 24 Walter Alston Coaches 33 Joe Becker  7 Charlie Dressen 31 Greg Mulleavy 10 Rube Walker Player stats 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 John Roseboro 114 384 104 .271 14 43 1B Gil Hodges 141 475 123 .259 22 64 2B Charlie Neal 140 473 120 .254 22 65 SS Don Zimmer 127 455 119 .262 17 60 3B Dick Gray 58 197 49 .249 9 30 LF Jim Gilliam 147 555 145 .261 2 43 CF Duke Snider 106 327 102 .312 15 58 RF Carl Furillo 122 411 119 .290 18 83 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 Gino Cimoli 109 325 80 .246 9 27 Norm Larker 99 253 70 .277 4 29 Pee Wee Reese 59 147 33 .224 4 17 Joe Pignatano 63 142 31 .218 9 17 Don Demeter 43 106 20 .189 5 8 Elmer Valo 65 101 25 .248 1 14 Steve Bilko 47 101 21 .208 7 18 Bob Lillis 20 69 27 .391 1 5 Randy Jackson Randy Jackson (baseball) 35 65 12 .185 1 4 Ron Fairly 15 53 15 .283 2 8 Rube Walker 25 44 5 .114 1 7 Jim Gentile 12 30 4 .133 0 4 Frank Howard Frank Howard (baseball) 8 29 7 .241 1 2 Don Miles 8 22 4 .182 0 0 Earl Robinson Earl Robinson (baseball) 8 15 3 .200 0 0 Bob Wilson Bob Wilson (baseball) 3 5 1 .200 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 Podres 39 210.1 13 15 3.72 143 Stan Williams Stan Williams (baseball) 27 119.0 9 7 4.01 80 Danny McDevitt 13 48.1 2 6 7.45 26 Bob Giallombardo 6 26.1 1 1 3.76 14 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 Don Drysdale 44 211.2 12 13 4.17 131 Sandy Koufax 40 158.2 11 11 4.48 131 Fred Kipp 40 102.1 6 6 5.01 58 Carl Erskine 31 98.1 4 4 5.13 54 Don Newcombe 11 34.1 0 6 7.86 16 Roger Craig Roger Craig (baseball) 9 32.0 2 1 4.50 16 Ralph Mauriello 3 11.2 1 1 4.63 11 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 Clem Labine 52 6 6 14 4.15 43 Johnny Klippstein 45 3 5 9 3.80 73 Ed Roebuck 32 0 1 5 3.48 26 Don Bessent 19 1 0 0 3.33 13 Babe Birrer 16 0 0 1 4.50 16 Larry Sherry 5 0 0 0 12.46 2 Ron Negray 4 0 0 0 7.15 2 Jackie Collum 2 0 0 0 8.10 0 Awards and honors Gold Glove Award Gil Hodges All-stars 1958 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Johnny Podres reserve John Roseboro reserve Farm system AAA Montreal Royals International League Clay Bryant AAA St. Paul Saints American Association Max Macon AA Victoria Rosebuds Texas League Lou Rochelli A Macon Dodgers South Atlantic League Danny Ozark A Pueblo Dodgers Western League Ray Mueller B Green Bay Bluejays Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Pete Reiser C Great Falls Electrics Pioneer League Stan Wasiak C Reno Silver Sox California League Ray Perry D Columbus Foxes Alabama–Florida League Brandy Davis D Kokomo Dodgers Midwest League Edward Serrano D Thomasville Dodgers Georgia–Florida League Rudy RuferSam Suplizio LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Montreal Notes 2 References Baseball-Reference season page Baseball Almanac season page External links 1958 Los Angeles Dodgers uniform Los Angeles Dodgers official web site Category:Los Angeles Dodgers seasons Los Angeles Dodgers season Category:Events at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Category:1958 in sports in California Category:1958 in Los Angeles