The 1958 Cleveland Indians season was the 58th season for the franchise, the 44th as the Indians and the 27th season at Cleveland Stadium. They improved upon their 76–77 campaign from the previous season, but missed the playoffs for the 4th consecutive season, finishing the season at 77–76.

Offseason December 4, 1957: Early Wynn and Al Smith were traded by the Indians to the Chicago White Sox for Minnie Miñoso and Fred Hatfield.Minnie Miñoso page at Baseball-Reference January 29, 1958: Mickey Vernon was selected off waivers by the Indians from the Boston Red Sox.Mickey Vernon page at Baseball-Reference February 18, 1958: Hank Aguirre and Jim Hegan were traded by the Indians to the Detroit Tigers for Jay Porter and Hal Woodeshick.Jay Porter page at Baseball-Reference February 25, 1958: Pete Mesa (minors) was traded by the Indians to the Washington Senators for Milt Bolling.Milt Bolling page at Baseball-Reference March 27, 1958: Vito Valentinetti and Milt Bolling were traded by the Indians to the Detroit Tigers for Pete Wojey and $20,000.Vito Valentinetti page at Baseball-Reference Prior to 1958 season (exact date unknown) Doc Edwards was signed as an amateur free agent by the Indians.Doc Edwards page at Baseball-Reference Jim Weaver was signed as an amateur free agent by the Indians.Jim Weaver page at Baseball-Reference

Regular season May 17, 1958: Carroll Hardy hit his first major league home run when he pinch hit for Roger Maris in the 11th inning of a 4–4 tie against the Chicago White Sox.Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero, p. 96, Tom Clavin and Danny Peary, Touchstone Books, Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 2010, June 26, 1958: First-year skipper Bobby Bragan was fired after 67 games, the shortest stint (at the time) for a Cleveland Indians manager.Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero, p. 97 Cleveland was 31–36 (.463) and in sixth place at the time. Former Tribe All-Star second baseman Joe Gordon took the reins on June 27, and led the Indians to a 46–40 (.535) mark for the rest of the season.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions June 12, 1958: Chico Carrasquel was traded by the Indians to the Kansas City Athletics for Billy Hunter.Hunter goes to Indians for Chico June 15, 1958: Roger Maris, Dick Tomanek and Preston Ward were traded by the Indians to the Kansas City Athletics for Woodie Held and Vic Power.Roger Maris page at Baseball Reference July 2, 1958: Bob Lemon was released by the Indians.Bob Lemon page at Baseball Reference July 2, 1958: Morrie Martin was selected off waivers by the Indians from the St. Louis Cardinals.Morrie Martin page at Baseball Reference August 4, 1958: Randy Jackson was purchased by the Indians from the Los Angeles Dodgers.Randy Jackson page at Baseball Reference August 23, 1958: Hoyt Wilhelm was selected off waivers from the Indians by the Baltimore Orioles.Hoyt Wilhelm page at Baseball Reference

Opening Day Lineup +Opening Day Starters # Name Position17 Chico Carrasquel SS5 Roger Maris RF9 Minnie Miñoso LF14 Larry Doby CF8 Mickey Vernon 1B15 Russ Nixon C7 Fred Hatfield 3B16 Billy Moran 2B27 Herb Score P "1958 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference"

Roster 1958 Cleveland Indians Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches (Pitching) (First Base) (Bullpen) (Third Base)

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 Russ Nixon 113 376 113 .301 9 46 1B 119 355 104 .293 8 55 2B Bobby Ávila 113 375 95 .253 5 30 SS Billy Hunter 76 190 37 .195 0 9 3B Vic Power 93 385 122 .317 12 53 LF 149 556 168 .302 24 80 CF Larry Doby 89 247 70 .285 13 45 RF Rocky Colavito 143 489 148 .303 41 113

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 Billy Moran 115 257 58 .226 1 18 Billy Harrell 101 229 50 .218 7 19 91 195 45 .231 1 6 51 182 41 .225 9 27 Dick Brown 68 173 41 .237 7 20 49 156 40 .225 9 27 Preston Ward 48 148 50 .338 4 21 67 144 28 .194 3 17 Randy Jackson 29 91 22 .242 4 13 40 85 17 .200 4 19 Earl Averill Jr. 17 55 10 .182 2 7 Carroll Hardy 27 49 10 .204 1 6 Vic Wertz 25 43 12 .279 3 12 Larry Raines 7 9 0 .000 0 0 Hal Naragon 9 9 3 .333 0 0 Rod Graber 4 8 1 .125 0 0 3 8 1 .125 0 1

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 Cal McLish 39 225.2 16 8 2.99 97 33 182.0 12 10 3.31 110

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 44 204.0 10 11 3.84 111 Ray Narleski 44 183.1 13 10 4.07 102 28 94.2 3 4 3.71 62 14 71.2 6 6 3.64 27 18 57.2 2 3 5.62 42 Herb Score 12 41.0 2 3 3.95 48 Bob Kelly 13 27.2 0 2 5.20 12 Jim Constable 6 9.1 0 1 11.57 3 Mike Garcia 6 8.0 1 0 9.00 2

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 Hoyt Wilhelm 30 2 7 5 2.49 57 Don Mossi 43 7 8 3 3.90 55 Morrie Martin 14 2 0 1 2.41 5 Bob Lemon 11 0 1 0 5.33 8 Steve Ridzik 6 0 2 0 2.08 6 6 0 0 0 6.23 4 5 1 0 0 0.00 12 Rocky Colavito 1 0 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 9.00 2

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Burlington, North PlatteJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

Notes

References 1958 Cleveland Indians team page at Baseball Reference 1958 Cleveland Indians team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

External links 1958 Cleveland Indians Schedule and Statistics at MLB.com