1958 MLB season (Jayverse)

The 1958 MLB Season is the 58th Season for Major League Baseball

Rookie Draft Selections

Jim Hicks (LF) - Chicago White Sox

Pat House (RP) - Milwaukee Brewers

Jim Maloney (SP) - Cincinnati Reds

Joe Pepitone (CF) - New York Yankees

Cecil Perkins (CF) - New York Yankees

Ray Sadecki (SP) - St. Louis Cardinals

Willie Stargell (1B) - Pittsburgh Pirates

Jose Vidal (CF) - Pittsburgh Pirates

Brant Alyea (LF) - Washington Nationals

Ramon Hernandez (RP) - Los Angeles Angels

Mickey Lolich (SP) - Detroit Tigers

Dennis Aust (RP) - St. Louis Cardinals

Del Bates (C) - Los Angeles Angels

Tony Cloninger (SP) - Atlanta Braves

Dick Ellsworth (SP) - Chicago Cubs

Final Standings

AL East: New York Yankees (98-68), Detroit Tigers (95-71), Boston Red Sox (92-74), Philadelphia Athletics (91-75), Cleveland Buckeyes (75-91), Baltimore Orioles (66-100)

AL West: Chicago White Sox (100-66), San Francisco Seals (98-68), Seattle Rainiers (76-90), Dallas Rangers (73-93), Kansas City Monarchs (73-93), Los Angeles Angels (59-107)

NL East: Brooklyn Dodgers (103-65), New York GIants (99-67), Philadelphia Phillies (86-80), Atlanta Braves (84-82), Pittsburgh Pirates (79-87), Washington Nationals (60-106)

NL West: Cincinnati Reds (100-66), Minnesota Twins (90-76), Chicago Cubs (86-80), St. Louis Cardinals (81-85), Los Angeles Knights (67-99), Milwaukee Brewers (61-105)

ALCS: NY Yankees def. Chicago White Sox 4-2

NLCS: Cincinnati def. Brooklyn 4-2

WS: NY Yankees def. Cincinnati 4-3

League Leaders

Batting Average - Norm Siebern (Brooklyn) .368

Home Runs - Joe Gentile (Seattle) 37

RBI - Brooks Robinson (Brooklyn) 133

Stolen Bases - Yasumitsu Toyoda (Minnesota) 31

OBP + Slugging % - Norm Siebern (Brooklyn) 1.012

ERA - Bob Thorpe (San Francisco) 1.99

Wins - Bubba Harris (NY Giants) 24

Strikeouts - Ed Albrecht (Chicago Cubs) 264