1958 Detroit Tigers
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkBriggs Stadium
CityDetroit, Michigan
OwnersFred Knorr, John Fetzer
General managersJohn McHale
ManagersJack Tighe, Bill Norman
TelevisionWJBK
RadioWKMH
(Van Patrick, Mel Ott)
← 1957 Seasons 1959 →

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

Regular season

Season standings

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 92 62 0.597 — 44–33 48–29
Chicago White Sox 82 72 0.532 10 47–30 35–42
Boston Red Sox 79 75 0.513 13 49–28 30–47
Cleveland Indians 77 76 0.503 14½ 42–34 35–42
Detroit Tigers 77 77 0.500 15 43–34 34–43
Baltimore Orioles 74 79 0.484 17½ 46–31 28–48
Kansas City Athletics 73 81 0.474 19 43–34 30–47
Washington Senators 61 93 0.396 31 33–44 28–49

Record vs. opponents

1958 American League record

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

Roster

1958 Detroit Tigers
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 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 Billy Martin 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
Jim Bunning 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
Hank Aguirre 44 3 4 5 3.75 38
Tom Morgan 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
Mickey McDermott 2 0 0 0 9.00 0
Don Lee 1 0 0 0 9.00 0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Charleston Senators American Association Bill Norman and Bill Adair
AA Birmingham Barons Southern Association Cal Ermer
A Lancaster Red Roses Eastern League Johnny Pesky
A Augusta Tigers Sally League Bill Adair, Stan Charnofsky
and Wayne Blackburn
B Durham Bulls Carolina League Chuck Kress
C Idaho Falls Russets Pioneer League Al Lakeman
D Montgomery Rebels Alabama–Florida League Schoolboy Rowe and Neil Berry
D Valdosta Tigers Georgia–Florida League Stubby Overmire
D Decatur Commodores Midwest League Frank Carswell
D Erie Sailors New York–Penn League Steve Gromek

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Birmingham, Valdosta

Notes

  1. ^ Billy Martin at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Dave Philley at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Jay Porter at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ a b Vito Valentinetti at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Ray Boone at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Mickey Lolich at Baseball Reference

References

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