1958 Baltimore Orioles season

1958 Baltimore Orioles
1958 Baltimore Orioles
League	American League
Ballpark	Memorial Stadium
City	Baltimore, Maryland
Record	74–79 (.484)
League place	6th
Owners	Jerold Hoffberger, Joseph Iglehart
General managers	Paul Richards
Managers	Paul Richards
Television	WJZ-TV
Radio	WBAL (AM); (Ernie Harwell, Herb Carneal)

The 1958 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing 6th in the American League with a record of 74 wins and 79 losses, 17.5 games behind the AL and World Series champion New York Yankees. The team was managed by Paul Richards, and played their home games at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium, which hosted the All-Star Game that season. During the 1958 season, Gus Triandos hit 30 home runs, setting a Baltimore Orioles franchise record (since broken) for most home runs in one season. ^[1]

Offseason

March 24, 1958: Foster Castleman was purchased by the Orioles from the San Francisco Giants for $30,000.^[2]

Regular season

On June 6, 1958, Orioles president James Keelty, Jr. reached agreement with Miami Marlins president George B. Storer to move the Orioles' spring training home from Scottsdale, Arizona to Miami Stadium for the 1959 spring training season.^[3]

On September 20, pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm struck out eight batters while throwing a no-hitter against the New York Yankees. It was the first no-hitter in Baltimore Orioles history, as Gus Triandos contributed a home run in the 1–0 win. ^[4]

Season standings

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American League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	92	62	.597	—	44‍–‍33	48‍–‍29
Chicago White Sox	82	72	.532	10	47‍–‍30	35‍–‍42
Boston Red Sox	79	75	.513	13	49‍–‍28	30‍–‍47
Cleveland Indians	77	76	.503	14½	42‍–‍34	35‍–‍42
Detroit Tigers	77	77	.500	15	43‍–‍34	34‍–‍43
Baltimore Orioles	74	79	.484	17½	46‍–‍31	28‍–‍48
Kansas City Athletics	73	81	.474	19	43‍–‍34	30‍–‍47
Washington Senators	61	93	.396	31	33‍–‍44	28‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

1958 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BAL	BOS	CHW	CLE	DET	KCA	NYY	WSH
Baltimore	—	10–12	9–13–1	10–11	10–12	12–10	8–14	15–7
Boston	12–10	—	10–12	12–10	10–12	12–10	9–13–1	14–8
Chicago	13–9–1	12–10	—	12–10	10–12	12–10	7–15	16–6
Cleveland	11–10	10–12	10–12	—	14–8	10–12	7–15	15–7
Detroit	12–10	12–10	12–10	8–14	—	12–10	12–10	9–13
Kansas City	10–12	10–12	10–12	12–10	10–12	—	9–13	12–10–2
New York	14–8	13–9–1	15–7	15–7	10–12	13–9	—	12–10
Washington	7–15	8–14	6–16	7–15	13–9	10–12–2	10–12	—

Notable transactions

May 16, 1958: Eddie Miksis was released by the Orioles.^[5]
August 23, 1958: Hoyt Wilhelm was selected off waivers by the Orioles from the Cleveland Indians.^[6]

Roster

1958 Baltimore Orioles

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

20 Bert Hamric

Manager

12 Paul Richards

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	Gus Triandos	137	474	116	.245	30	79
1B	Bob Boyd	125	401	124	.309	7	36
2B	Billy Gardner	151	560	126	.225	3	33
SS	Willy Miranda	102	214	43	.201	1	8
3B	Brooks Robinson	145	463	110	.238	3	32
LF	Bob Nieman	105	366	119	.325	16	60
CF	Jim Busby	113	215	51	.237	3	19
RF	Al Pilarcik	141	379	92	.243	1	24

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
Gene Woodling	133	413	114	.276	15	65
Dick Williams	128	409	113	.276	4	32
Foster Castleman	48	200	34	.170	3	14
Jim Marshall	85	191	41	.215	5	19
Joe Ginsberg	61	109	23	.211	3	16
Lenny Green	69	91	21	.231	0	4
Joe Taylor	36	77	21	.273	2	9
Willie Tasby	18	50	10	.200	1	1
Bob Hale	19	20	7	.350	0	3
Ron Hansen	12	19	0	.000	0	1
Jerry Adair	11	19	2	.105	0	0
Chuck Oertel	14	12	2	.167	1	1
Leo Burke	7	11	5	.455	1	4
Bert Hamric	8	8	1	.125	0	0
Eddie Miksis	3	2	0	.000	0	0
Frank Zupo	1	2	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
Jack Harshman	34	236.1	12	15	2.89	161
Arnie Portocarrero	32	204.2	15	11	3.25	90
Hal Brown	19	96.2	7	5	3.07	44

Other pitchers