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

Champions

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

MLB Statistical Leaders

American League National League Type Name Stat Name Stat AVG Ted Williams .328 Richie Ashburn .350 HR Mickey Mantle 42 Ernie Banks 47 RBI Jackie Jensen 122 Ernie Banks 129 Wins Bob Turley 21 Bob Friend & Warren Spahn 22 ERA Whitey Ford 2.01 Stu Miller 2.47

Major League Baseball final standings

American League final standings

American League Club Wins Losses Win %   GB New York Yankees 92 62 .597 -- Chicago White Sox 82 72 .532 10 Boston Red Sox 79 75 .513 13 Cleveland Indians 77 76 .503 14 Detroit Tigers 77 77 .500 15 Baltimore Orioles 74 79 .484 17.5 Kansas City Athletics 73 81 .474 19 Washington Senators 61 93 .396 31

National League final standings

National League Club Wins Losses Win %   GB Milwaukee Braves 92 62 .597 -- Pittsburgh Pirates 84 70 .545 8 San Francisco Giants 80 74 .519 12 Cincinnati Reds 76 78 .494 16 Chicago Cubs 72 82 .468 20 St. Louis Cardinals 72 82 .468 20 Los Angeles Dodgers 71 83 .461 21 Philadelphia Phillies 69 85 .448 23

Events

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