1958 Chicago Cubs season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago Cubs 1958 National League Wrigley Field Chicago 72 82 y 5th Philip K. Wrigley John Holland Bob Scheffing WGN-TV(Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd) WGN(Jack Quinlan, Lou Boudreau) The 1958 Chicago Cubs season was the 87th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 83rd in the National League and the 43rd at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fifth in the National League with a record of 72–82. Offseason October 8, 1957: Steve Bilko was purchased from the Cubs by the Cincinnati Redlegs.Steve Bilko page at Baseball Reference November 16, 1957: Casey Wise was traded by the Cubs to the Milwaukee Braves for Chick King, Ben Johnson, Leonard Williams (minors) and cash.Ben Johnson page at Baseball Reference December 2, 1957: Tony Taylor was drafted by the Cubs from the San Francisco Giants in the 1957 rule 5 draft.Tony Taylor page at Baseball Reference December 10, 1957: Tom Poholsky was traded by the Cubs to the San Francisco Giants for Freddy Rodríguez.Tom Poholsky page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Chicago Cubs Record vs. opponents CHC Notable transactions April 3, 1958: Bob Speake and cash were traded by the Cubs to the San Francisco Giants for Bobby Thomson.Bob Speake page at Baseball Reference May 20, 1958: Jim Brosnan was traded by the Cubs to the St. Louis Cardinals for Alvin Dark.Jim Brosnan page at Baseball Reference Roster 1958 Chicago Cubs Roster Pitchers 32 Bob Anderson 30 John Briggs 23 Jim Brosnan 26 Moe Drabowsky 18 Dick Drott 31 Dick Ellsworth 36 Don Elston 24 Gene Fodge 32 Hersh Freeman 19 Bill Henry 21 Dave Hillman 28 Glen Hobbie 31 Turk Lown 20 Ed Mayer 27 Dolan Nichols 29 Taylor Phillips 22 Freddy Rodríguez 42 Elmer Singleton 20 Marcelino Solis Catchers 11 Cal Neeman 10 El Tappe 15 Sammy Taylor 19,23 Moe Thacker Infielders 16 Bobby Adams 14 Ernie Banks 17 Alvin Dark  4 Johnny Goryl 23 Jerry Kindall  8 Dale Long 27 Jim Marshall 19 Paul Smith  5 Tony Taylor Outfielders  3 Jim Bolger 22 Lou Jackson 20 Chick King  7 Walt Moryn  6 Chuck Tanner  9 Bobby Thomson  2 Lee Walls 16 Bob Will Other batters 17 Frank Ernaga 24 Gabe Gabler 12 Footer Johnson 22 Gordon Massa 12 Bobby Morgan Manager 25 Bob Scheffing Coaches 33 Fred Fitzsimmons 35 Rogers Hornsby 34 George Myatt 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 Sammy Taylor 96 301 78 .259 6 36 1B Dale Long 142 480 130 .271 20 75 2B Tony Taylor Tony Taylor (baseball) 140 497 117 .235 6 27 SS Ernie Banks 154 617 193 .313 47 129 3B Alvin Dark 114 464 137 .295 3 43 LF Walt Moryn 143 512 135 .264 26 77 CF Bobby Thomson 152 547 155 .283 21 82 RF Lee Walls 136 513 156 .304 24 72 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 Johnny Goryl 83 219 53 .242 4 14 Cal Neeman 76 201 52 .259 12 29 Jim Bolger 84 120 27 .225 1 11 Chuck Tanner 73 103 27 .262 4 17 Bobby Adams 62 96 27 .281 0 4 Jim Marshall 26 81 22 .272 5 11 Lou Jackson 24 35 6 .171 1 6 El Tappe 17 28 6 .214 0 4 Moe Thacker 11 24 6 .250 2 3 Paul Smith Paul Smith (first baseman) 18 20 3 .150 0 1 Frank Ernaga 9 8 1 .125 0 0 Chick King 8 8 2 .250 0 1 Jerry Kindall 3 6 1 .167 0 0 Footer Johnson 8 5 0 .000 0 0 Bob Will 6 4 1 .250 0 0 Gabe Gabler 3 3 0 .000 0 0 Gordon Massa 2 2 0 .000 0 0 Bobby Morgan 1 1 0 .000 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 Dick Drott 39 167.1 7 11 5.43 127 Moe Drabowski 22 125.2 9 11 4.51 77 John Briggs John Briggs (baseball) 20 95.2 5 5 4.52 46 Jim Brosnan 8 51.2 3 4 3.14 24 Dick Ellsworth 1 2.1 0 1 15.43 0 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 Taylor Phillips 39 170.1 7 10 4.76 102 Glen Hobbie 55 168.1 10 6 3.74 91 Dave Hillman 31 125.2 4 8 3.15 65 Bob Anderson Bob Anderson (baseball) 17 65.2 3 3 3.97 51 Marcelino Solis 15 52.0 3 3 6.06 15 Gene Fodge 16 39.2 1 1 4.76 15 John Buzhardt 6 24.1 3 0 1.85 9 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 Don Elston 69 9 8 11 2.88 84 Bill Henry 44 5 4 6 2.88 58 Dolan Nichols 24 0 4 1 5.01 9 Ed Mayer Ed Mayer (pitcher) 19 2 2 1 3.80 14 Hersh Freeman 9 0 1 0 8.31 7 Freddy Rodríguez Freddy Rodríguez (baseball) 7 0 0 2 7.36 5 Turk Lown 4 0 0 0 4.50 4 Elmer Singleton 2 1 0 0 0.00 2 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Portland Beavers Pacific Coast League Tommy Heath and Larry Jansen AA Fort Worth Cats Texas League Lou Klein A Pueblo Bruins Western League Ray Mueller B Burlington Bees Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Walt Dixon C Magic Valley Cowboys Pioneer League Dick Wilson D Pulaski Cubs Appalachian League Hersh Martin D Paris Lakers Midwest League Verlon Walker D Carlsbad Potashers Sophomore League Tony York Notes 2 References Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 1958 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference Category:Chicago Cubs seasons Chicago Cubs season Category:1958 in sports in Illinois Category:1958 in Chicago