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.
1958 Chicago Cubs | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Wrigley Field | |
City | Chicago | |
Owners | Philip K. Wrigley | |
General managers | John Holland | |
Managers | Bob Scheffing | |
Television | WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd) | |
Radio | WGN (Jack Quinlan, Lou Boudreau) | |
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National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Milwaukee Braves | 92 | 62 | 0.597 | — | 48–29 | 44–33 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 84 | 70 | 0.545 | 8 | 49–28 | 35–42 |
San Francisco Giants | 80 | 74 | 0.519 | 12 | 44–33 | 36–41 |
Cincinnati Redlegs | 76 | 78 | 0.494 | 16 | 40–37 | 36–41 |
Chicago Cubs | 72 | 82 | 0.468 | 20 | 35–42 | 37–40 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 72 | 82 | 0.468 | 20 | 39–38 | 33–44 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 71 | 83 | 0.461 | 21 | 39–38 | 32–45 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 69 | 85 | 0.448 | 23 | 35–42 | 34–43 |
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Team | CHC | CIN | LAD | MIL | PHI | PIT | SFG | STL | |||||
Chicago | — | 10–12 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 13–9 | 9–13 | 12–10 | 7–15 | |||||
Cincinnati | 12–10 | — | 11–11 | 5–17 | 15–7 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 12–10 | |||||
Los Angeles | 11–11 | 11–11 | — | 14–8 | 10–12 | 8–14 | 6–16 | 11–11 | |||||
Milwaukee | 12–10 | 17–5 | 8–14 | — | 13–9 | 11–11 | 16–6 | 15–7 | |||||
Philadelphia | 9–13 | 7–15 | 12–10 | 9–13 | — | 12–10 | 8–14 | 12–10 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 13–9 | 12–10 | 14–8 | 11–11 | 10–12 | — | 12–10 | 12–10 | |||||
San Francisco | 10–12 | 11–11 | 16–6 | 6–16 | 14–8 | 10–12 | — | 13–9 | |||||
St. Louis | 15–7 | 10–12 | 11–11 | 7–15 | 10–12 | 10–12 | 9–13 | — |
1958 Chicago Cubs | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
Coaches
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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 |
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C | Sammy Taylor | 96 | 301 | 78 | .259 | 6 | 36 |
1B | Dale Long | 142 | 480 | 130 | .271 | 20 | 75 |
2B | Tony Taylor | 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 |
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 |
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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 | 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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Dick Drott | 39 | 167.1 | 7 | 11 | 5.43 | 127 |
Moe Drabowski | 22 | 125.2 | 9 | 11 | 4.51 | 77 |
John Briggs | 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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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 | 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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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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 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3.80 | 14 |
Hersh Freeman | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.31 | 7 |
Freddy Rodríguez | 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 |