Events 1958 in baseball

1 events

1.1 january–march
1.2 april–june
1.3 july–september
1.4 october–december

events
january–march

january 28 – los angeles dodgers catcher roy campanella suffers broken neck in morning auto accident on long island. spinal column severed , legs permanently paralyzed. campanella never play dodgers after move los angeles, although newspaper story (showing picture of him wearing brooklyn cap) describes him being of los angeles dodgers.
february 4 – baseball hall of fame fails elect new members first time since 1950.
february 6 – ted williams signs one-year contract boston red sox. reports on worth of contract estimate $135,000 $150,000. either way, williams becomes highest paid player in major league history.

april–june

april 15 – in first major league baseball game played on west coast, rubén gómez of san francisco giants hurls 8-0 shutout against los angeles dodgers. giants shortstop daryl spencer hits first major league home run on pacific coast. park-record 23,192 fans pack seals stadium witness historic game.
april 25 – los angeles dodgers beats st. louis cardinals, 5–3, setting record fans @ regular season night game 60,635 attend game @ los angeles coliseum.
may 12 – willie mays hits first grand slam in san francisco giants history. mays belts home run in 12–3 victory on rival los angeles dodgers.
may 13

san francisco giants teammates willie mays , daryl spencer each have 4 extra-base hits san francisco beats dodgers in los angeles, 16–9. mays hits 2 home runs, 2 triples, single , drives in 4 runs, while spencer has 2 home runs, triple, double , 6 rbi combined 28 total bases.
stan musial of st. louis cardinals collects 3,000th career hit when pinch hit double off chicago cubs pitcher moe drabowsky @ wrigley field. cardinals win, 5–3.


may 23 – willie mays hits 200th career home run, helping san francisco giants beat milwaukee braves, 5–3.
june 12 – in shortstops transaction, cleveland indians send chico carrasquel kansas city athletics in exchange billy hunter.
june 15 – chico carrasquel went 5-for-6 4 runs batted in , scored 2 times, kansas city athletics edged boston red sox, 17–6, @ fenway park. héctor lópez collected 4 rbi, while bob cerv , frank house added 2 runs , 3 rbi piece. ralph terry winning pitcher , jack urban earned save, while willard nixon got loss. carrasquel, fifth five-hit game of career.
june 27 – against washington senators @ comiskey park, billy pierce of chicago white sox has perfect game broken 2 out in ninth—by inches. pinch-hitter ed fitz gerald hits pierce s first pitch down right field line, ball landing inside foul line double, hit pierce allows in 3-0 white sox victory. perfect game have been first in regular season play since of white sox, charlie robertson, in 1922.

july–september

july 8 – @ memorial stadium, home of baltimore orioles, american league defeated national league, 4-3, in all-star game. first all-star game without extra-base hit.
july 20 – in first game of doubleheader @ fenway park, jim bunning of detroit tigers no-hits boston red sox 3-0.
july 28 – sixth time in career, mickey mantle hits home runs both sides of plate. new york beats athletics, 14-7.
august 23 – @ yankee stadium, nellie fox of chicago white sox strikes out against whitey ford in first inning of white sox 7-1 victory on new york yankees. strikeout ends fox s streak of 98 consecutive games without striking out; had last struck out on may 16 against dick tomanek of cleveland indians.
september 14 – new york yankees sweep doubleheader against kansas city athletics, 5-3 , 12-7 (14 innings), clinching fourth straight american league pennant.
september 20 – @ memorial stadium, hoyt wilhelm of baltimore orioles no-hits new york yankees 1-0, striking out 8 along way. first no-hitter since franchise s move baltimore. wilhelm had pitched exclusively in relief prior season; ninth career start.
september 21 – milwaukee braves clinch second consecutive national league pennant 6-5 victory on cincinnati reds, ensuring yankees-braves world series second straight year.

october–december

october 9 – new york yankees defeat milwaukee braves, 6–2, in decisive game 7 of world series win eighteenth world championship title. yankees 1b moose skowron s three-run home run off milwaukee pitcher lew burdette in 8th inning puts game on ice. yankees became second team come 3-1 deficit win world series (the 1925 pittsburgh pirates first it). milwaukee s eddie mathews strikes out 11th time, record stand until 1980, when broken willie wilson of kansas city royals. braves 53 strikeouts new series record. seventh world series title manager casey stengel, tying him joe mccarthy series won. yankees p bob turley named series mvp.
november 12 – new york yankees pitcher bob turley, posted 21-7 record 168 strikeouts , 2.97 earned run average, named mlb cy young award. 1 award given 2 leagues, turley gathers 5 votes 4 previous winner, warren spahn of milwaukee braves, went 22-11 150 , 3.07 era.
november 25 – chicago cubs slugger ernie banks, hit .313 average 47 home runs , 129 rbi, named national league mvp. willie mays of san francisco giants runner-up, after going .347, 29, 96.
november 26 – boston red sox outfielder jackie jensen, hit .286 31 home runs , 122 rbi, named american league mvp, winning on new york yankees pitcher bob turley (21-7, 2.94 era), , cleveland indians outfielder rocky colavito (.303, 41, 113).
november 28:

the american league announces opening day april 9 making earliest date ever open junior circuit s regular season.
the boston red sox sign teenage sensation carl yastrzemski reported bonus of $100,000. future hall of famer make major league debut boston in 1961 season.


november 30 – italian baseball commissioner prince borghese visits united states seek aid in organizing italian teams.
december 2:

international league president frank shaughnessy reports club owners sympathetic player demands pension plan, says there no way $250,000 can raised start one.
national league president warren giles says doubts new york city franchise several years. says nl reject expansion now, if assured of stadium , financial backing.
the cleveland indians send 2b bobby Ávila baltimore orioles p russ heman , cash consideration. in separate trade, cleveland sends 1b vic wertz , of gary geiger boston red sox in exchange of jimmy piersall.


december 4 – american association expands 10 teams admitting houston buffs, dallas rangers, , fort worth cats texas league. denudes texas league, leaving 5 teams , vacancy.




^ hunter goes indians chico