The 1958 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 77–77, 15 games behind the New York Yankees.

Offseason November 20, 1957: Bill Tuttle, Jim Small, Duke Maas, John Tsitouris, Frank House, Kent Hadley and a player to be named later were traded by the Tigers to the Kansas City Athletics for Billy Martin, Mickey McDermott, Tom Morgan, Lou Skizas, Tim Thompson, and Gus Zernial. The Tigers completed the deal by sending Jim McManus to the Athletics on April 3.Billy Martin at Baseball Reference December 11, 1957: Dave Philley was purchased from the Tigers by the Philadelphia Phillies.Dave Philley at Baseball Reference February 18, 1958: Jay Porter and Hal Woodeshick were traded by the Tigers to the Cleveland Indians for Hank Aguirre and Jim Hegan.Jay Porter at Baseball Reference March 27, 1958: Pete Wojey and $20,000 were traded by the Tigers to the Cleveland Indians for Vito Valentinetti and Milt Bolling.Vito Valentinetti at Baseball Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions June 15, 1958: Ray Boone and Bob Shaw were traded by the Tigers to the Chicago White Sox for Bill Fischer and Tito Francona.Ray Boone at Baseball Reference June 23, 1958: Vito Valentinetti was traded by the Tigers to the Washington Senators for Al Cicotte. June 30, 1958: Mickey Lolich was signed as an amateur free agent by the Tigers.Mickey Lolich at Baseball Reference

Roster 1958 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

Player stats = Indicates team leader

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 Red Wilson 103 298 89 .299 3 29 1B Gail Harris 134 451 123 .273 20 82 2B Frank Bolling 154 610 164 .269 14 75 SS 131 498 127 .255 7 42 3B Reno Bertoia 86 240 56 .233 6 27 LF Charlie Maxwell 131 397 108 .272 13 65 CF Harvey Kuenn 139 561 179 .319 8 54 RF Al Kaline 146 543 170 .313 16 85

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 Coot Veal 58 207 53 .256 0 16 Ozzie Virgil Sr. 49 193 47 .244 3 19 Johnny Groth 88 146 41 .281 2 11 Jim Hegan 45 130 25 .192 1 7 Gus Zernial 66 124 40 .323 5 23 Ray Boone 39 114 27 .237 6 20 Tito Francona 45 69 17 .246 0 10 Charley Lau 30 68 10 .147 0 6 Bob Hazle 43 58 14 .241 2 5 Lou Skizas 23 33 8 .242 1 2 Milt Bolling 24 31 6 .194 0 0 Bill Taylor 8 8 3 .375 0 1 Tim Thompson 4 6 1 .167 0 0 George Alusik 2 2 0 .000 0 0 Steve Boros 6 2 0 .000 0 0 Bobo Osborne 2 2 0 .000 0 0 Jack Feller 1 0 0 ---- 0 0 George Thomas 1 0 0 ---- 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 Frank Lary 39 260.1 16 15 2.90 131 Paul Foytack 39 230.0 15 13 3.44 135 35 219.2 14 12 3.52 177

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 Billy Hoeft 36 143.0 10 9 4.15 94 Herb Moford 25 109.2 4 9 3.61 58 George Susce 27 90.2 4 3 3.67 42 Al Cicotte 14 43.0 3 1 3.56 21 Bob Shaw 11 26.2 1 2 5.06 17 Herm Wehmeier 7 22.2 1 0 2.38 11

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 44 3 4 5 3.75 38 39 2 5 1 3.16 32 Bill Fischer 22 2 4 2 7.63 16 Vito Valentinetti 15 1 0 2 3.38 10 Joe Presko 7 0 0 2 3.38 6 George Spencer 7 1 0 0 2.70 5 Lou Sleater 4 0 0 0 6.75 4 2 0 0 0 9.00 0 Don Lee 1 0 0 0 9.00 0

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Birmingham, Valdosta

Notes

References

1958 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference