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1958 Milwaukee Braves season

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1958 Milwaukee Braves
National League Champions
LeagueNational League
BallparkMilwaukee County Stadium
CityMilwaukee, Wisconsin
Record92–62 (.597)
League place1st
OwnersLouis R. Perini
General managersJohn J. Quinn
ManagersFred Haney
RadioWEMP
WTMJ
(Earl Gillespie, Blaine Walsh)
← 1957
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The 1958 Milwaukee Braves season was the sixth in Milwaukee and the 88th overall season of the franchise. The Braves finished first in the National League with a 92–62 record and returned to the World Series for the second consecutive year, losing to the New York Yankees in seven games. The Braves set a Major League record which still stands for the fewest players caught stealing in a season, with 8.[1]

Offseason

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Regular season

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Season summary

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The core of the Braves team was once again Hank Aaron, Eddie Mathews, Joe Adcock, Warren Spahn, and Lew Burdette. Also, outfielder Bill Bruton came back from his season-ending injury in 1957 to play in 100 games. Aaron led the team with 196 hits, 109 runs scored, .326 batting average and 95 runs batted in, and Mathews led the team with 31 home runs.

However, in 1958 the Braves' third starting pitcher, Bob Buhl, was injured after pitching in just 11 games (winning five), which put even more pressure on Spahn, Burdette, and their manager Fred Haney to be able to win. Also, because of injuries, Adcock played in only 105 games, and Wes Covington played in just 90. Red Schoendienst played in just 106 games, including many as just a pinch hitter, and it was discovered the next year that he had tuberculosis. In this difficult situation, Spahn posted a 22–11 record in 290 innings pitched and 23 complete games, and Burdette had a 20–10 record in 275.1 innings.

The Braves repeated as the National League champions, this time by a margin of eight games over the Pittsburgh Pirates. The New York Yankees again won the American League, hence the two teams faced off against each other again in the World Series. The Braves roared ahead by winning three of the first four games for a 3–1 lead in the series. However, the Yankees regrouped and won games five, six, and seven—the final two in Milwaukee County Stadium, the Braves' home stadium—to win the World Championship.

Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Milwaukee Braves 92 62 .597 48‍–‍29 44‍–‍33
Pittsburgh Pirates 84 70 .545 8 49‍–‍28 35‍–‍42
San Francisco Giants 80 74 .519 12 44‍–‍33 36‍–‍41
Cincinnati Redlegs 76 78 .494 16 40‍–‍37 36‍–‍41
Chicago Cubs 72 82 .468 20 35‍–‍42 37‍–‍40
St. Louis Cardinals 72 82 .468 20 39‍–‍38 33‍–‍44
Los Angeles Dodgers 71 83 .461 21 39‍–‍38 32‍–‍45
Philadelphia Phillies 69 85 .448 23 35‍–‍42 34‍–‍43

Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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


Opening Day lineup

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Red Schoendienst 2B
Bob Hazle RF
Eddie Mathews 3B
Hank Aaron CF
Frank Torre 1B
Harry Hanebrink LF
Johnny Logan SS
Del Crandall C
Warren Spahn P

Notable transactions

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Roster

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1958 Milwaukee Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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= Indicates team leader

Batting

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Starters by position

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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
C Del Crandall 131 427 116 .272 18 63
1B Frank Torre 138 372 115 .309 6 55
2B Red Schoendienst 106 427 112 .262 1 24
SS Johnny Logan 145 530 120 .226 11 53
3B Eddie Mathews 149 536 137 .251 31 77
LF Wes Covington 90 294 97 .330 24 74
CF Bill Bruton 100 325 91 .280 3 28
RF Hank Aaron 153 601 196 .326 30 95

Other batters

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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
Joe Adcock 105 320 88 .275 19 54
Félix Mantilla 85 226 50 .221 7 19
Andy Pafko 95 164 39 .238 3 23
Mel Roach 44 136 42 .309 3 10
Harry Hanebrink 63 133 25 .188 4 10
Del Rice 43 121 27 .223 1 8
Casey Wise 31 71 14 .197 0 0
Bob Hazle 20 56 10 .179 0 5
Eddie Haas 9 14 5 .357 0 1
Carl Sawatski 10 10 1 .100 0 1
Joe Koppe 16 9 4 .444 0 0
Hawk Taylor 4 8 1 .125 0 0
John DeMerit 3 3 2 .667 0 0
Bob Roselli 1 1 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Warren Spahn 38 290.0 22 11 3.07 150
Lew Burdette 40 275.1 20 10 2.91 113
Bob Buhl 11 73.0 5 2 3.45 27

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bob Rush 28 147.1 10 6 3.42 84
Carl Willey 23 140.0 9 7 2.70 74
Juan Pizarro 16 96.2 6 4 2.70 84
Joey Jay 18 96.2 7 5 2.14 74
Gene Conley 26 72.0 0 6 4.88 53
Bob Trowbridge 27 55.0 1 3 3.93 31

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Don McMahon 38 7 2 8 3.68 37
Humberto Robinson 19 2 4 1 3.02 26
Ernie Johnson 15 3 1 1 8.10 13
Dick Littlefield 4 0 1 1 4.26 7

1958 World Series

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Game 1

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October 1, 1958, at Milwaukee County Stadium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
New York (A) 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 1
Milwaukee (N) 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 10 0
W: Warren Spahn (1–0)  L: Ryne Duren (0–1)
HR: NYYBill Skowron (1), Hank Bauer (1)

Game 2

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October 2, 1958, at Milwaukee County Stadium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York (A) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 5 7 0
Milwaukee (N) 7 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 x 13 15 1
W: Lew Burdette (1–0)  L: Bob Turley (0–1)
HR: NYYMickey Mantle (1, 2), Hank Bauer (2)    MILBill Bruton (1), Lew Burdette (1)

Game 3

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October 4, 1958, at Yankee Stadium in New York City

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Milwaukee (N) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
New York (A) 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 x 4 4 0
W: Don Larsen (1–0)   L: Bob Rush (0–1)
HR: NYYHank Bauer (3)

Game 4

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October 5, 1958, at Yankee Stadium in New York City

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Milwaukee (N) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 9 0
New York (A) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
W: Warren Spahn (2–0)   L: Whitey Ford (0–1)

Game 5

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October 6, 1958, at Yankee Stadium in New York City

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Milwaukee (N) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
New York (A) 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 x 7 10 0
W: Bob Turley (1–1)   L: Lew Burdette (1–1)
HR: NYYGil McDougald (1)

Game 6

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October 8, 1958, at Milwaukee County Stadium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
New York (A) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 10 1
Milwaukee (N) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 10 4
W: Ryne Duren (1–1)  L: Warren Spahn (2–1)   S: Bob Turley (1)
HR: NYYHank Bauer (4), Gil McDougald (2)

Game 7

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October 9, 1958, at Milwaukee County Stadium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York (A) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 6 8 0
Milwaukee (N) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 5 2
W: Bob Turley (2–1)  L: Lew Burdette (1–2)
HR: NYYBill Skowron (2)    MILDel Crandall (1)

Awards and honors

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1958 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
Starters: Hank Aaron, Del Crandall, and Warren Spahn
Reserves: Eddie Mathews, Don McMahon

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Wichita Braves American Association Ben Geraghty
AAA Sacramento Solons Pacific Coast League Sibby Sisti
AA Atlanta Crackers Southern Association Bud Bates
AA Austin Senators Texas League Peanuts Lowrey
A Jacksonville Braves Sally League Joe Just and Chuck Buheller
A Topeka Hawks Western League George McQuinn
B Cedar Rapids Braves Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Alex Monchak
B Yakima Bears Northwest League Hub Kittle
C Salinas Packers California League Vic Marasco and Al Forthmann
C Eau Claire Braves Northern League Gordon Maltzberger
C Boise Braves Pioneer League Billy Smith
D Waycross Braves Georgia–Florida League Everett Robinson
D McCook Braves Nebraska State League Bill Steinecke
D Wellsville Braves New York–Penn League Harry Minor
D Midland Braves Sophomore League Travis Jackson, Earle Halstead and Ernie White

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Cedar Rapids, Yakima, Boise, Midland

Notes

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  1. ^ "Caught Stealing: Single Season Team Records". baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved April 5, 2012.
  2. ^ Claude Raymond page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Manny Jiménez page at Baseball-Reference
  4. ^ Wolf, Gregory H., editor, There's Joy in Braveland: The 1957 Milwaukee Braves. Phoenix, AZ: The Society for American Baseball Research, 2014. E-book ISBN 978-1-933599-72-4.
  5. ^ Carl Sawatski page at Baseball Reference

References

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