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
Record vs. opponents
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 Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches
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 140 497 117 .235 6 27 SS Ernie Banks 154 617 193 .313 47 129 3B 114 464 137 .295 3 43 LF Walt Moryn 143 512 135 .264 26 77 CF 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 24 35 6 .171 1 6 El Tappe 17 28 6 .214 0 4 Moe Thacker 11 24 6 .250 2 3 18 20 3 .150 0 1 Frank Ernaga 9 8 1 .125 0 0 8 8 2 .250 0 1 Jerry Kindall 3 6 1 .167 0 0 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 39 167.1 7 11 5.43 127 22 125.2 9 11 4.51 77 20 95.2 5 5 4.52 46 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 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 19 2 2 1 3.80 14 Hersh Freeman 9 0 1 0 8.31 7 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
Notes
References
1958 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference