1958 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 1958 throughout the world.

Major League Baseball

 * World Series: New York Yankees over Milwaukee Braves (4-3); Bob Turley, MVP
 * All-Star Game, July 8 at Memorial Stadium: American League, 4-3

Other champions

 * Caribbean World Series: Marianao (Cuba)
 * College World Series: USC
 * Japan Series: Nishitetsu Lions over Yomiuri Giants (4-3)
 * Little League World Series: Industrial, Monterrey, Mexico

Awards and honors

 * Most Valuable Player:
 * AL: Jackie Jensen, Boston Red Sox
 * NL: Ernie Banks, Chicago Cubs


 * Cy Young Award: Bob Turley, New York Yankees


 * Rookie of the Year:
 * AL: Albie Pearson, Washington Senators
 * NL: Orlando Cepeda, San Francisco Giants

January-March

 * January 29 - Brooklyn Dodgers catcher Roy Campanella suffers a broken neck in an early morning auto accident on Long Island. His spinal column is nearly severed and his legs are permanently paralyzed.


 * February 4 - The Baseball Hall of Fame fails to elect any new members for the first time since 1950.

April-June

 * April 15 - The San Francisco Giants defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers in the first major league game at San Francisco's Seals Stadium, with Ruben Gomez pitching an 8-0 shutout win for the Giants. Giants shortstop Daryl Spencer hits the first home run. The Giants set an attendance record for Seals Stadium by drawing 23,192 fans.


 * April 25 - The Dodgers set a record for the most fans at a regular season night game as 60,635 attend a game at the Los Angeles Coliseum. Los Angeles beats the St. Louis Cardinals 5-3.

October-December

 * October 8 - The New York Yankees win the 1958 World Series handily as Moose Skowron's 3-run home run off Milwaukee Braves pitcher Lew Burdette in the 8th inning puts the game on ice, 6-2. The Yankees became only the second team to cme back from a 3-1 deficit to win the World Series (the 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates were the first to do it). Milwaukee's Eddie Mathews strikes out for the 11th time, a record that will stand until 1980, when broken by Willie Wilson of the Kansas City Royals. The Braves' 53 strikeouts are also a new World Series record. This is Casey Stengel's 7th world championship, tying him with Joe McCarthy for the most Series won.

Movies

 * Damn Yankees

Births

 * February 21 - Alan Trammell
 * June 15 - Wade Boggs
 * August 19 - Gary Gaetti
 * September 16 - Orel Hershiser
 * November 28 - Dave Righetti
 * December 25 - Rickey Henderson

Deaths

 * March 28 - Chuck Klein, 53, slugging right fielder, primarily with the Philadelphia Phillies, who was named the NL's MVP in 1932 and won the Triple Crown one year later; the 7th player to hit 300 home runs, winning four league titles
 * November 21 - Mel Ott, 49, Hall of Fame outfielder and 12-time All-Star for the New York Giants who held National League career record for home runs (511), leading league 6 times
 * November 27 - Harry G. Salsinger, 71, sportswriter for the Detroit News for over 50 years
 * December 8 - Tris Speaker, 70, Hall of Fame center fielder known for spectacular defense as well as superlative batting, becoming the second player to compile over 3,500 hits and posting a .345 career average