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The 1958 Chicago Cubs season was the 87th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 83rd in the National League and the 43rd at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fifth in the National League with a record of 72–82.

Offseason

October 8, 1957: Steve Bilko was purchased from the Cubs by the Cincinnati Redlegs.
November 16, 1957: Casey Wise was traded by the Cubs to the Milwaukee Braves for Chick King, Ben Johnson, Leonard Williams (minors) and cash.
December 2, 1957: Tony Taylor was drafted by the Cubs from the San Francisco Giants in the 1957 rule 5 draft.
December 10, 1957: Tom Poholsky was traded by the Cubs to the San Francisco Giants for Freddy Rodríguez.

Regular season

Season standings

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National League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Milwaukee Braves	92	62	.597	—	48‍–‍29	44‍–‍33
Pittsburgh Pirates	84	70	.545	8	49‍–‍28	35‍–‍42
San Francisco Giants	80	74	.519	12	44‍–‍33	36‍–‍41
Cincinnati Redlegs	76	78	.494	16	40‍–‍37	36‍–‍41
Chicago Cubs	72	82	.468	20	35‍–‍42	37‍–‍40
St. Louis Cardinals	72	82	.468	20	39‍–‍38	33‍–‍44
Los Angeles Dodgers	71	83	.461	21	39‍–‍38	32‍–‍45
Philadelphia Phillies	69	85	.448	23	35‍–‍42	34‍–‍43

Record vs. opponents

1958 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	CHC	CIN	LAD	MIL	PHI	PIT	SFG	STL
Chicago	—	10–12	11–11	10–12	13–9	9–13	12–10	7–15
Cincinnati	12–10	—	11–11	5–17	15–7	10–12	11–11	12–10
Los Angeles	11–11	11–11	—	14–8	10–12	8–14	6–16	11–11
Milwaukee	12–10	17–5	8–14	—	13–9	11–11	16–6	15–7
Philadelphia	9–13	7–15	12–10	9–13	—	12–10	8–14	12–10
Pittsburgh	13–9	12–10	14–8	11–11	10–12	—	12–10	12–10
San Francisco	10–12	11–11	16–6	6–16	14–8	10–12	—	13–9
St. Louis	15–7	10–12	11–11	7–15	10–12	10–12	9–13	—

Notable transactions

April 3, 1958: Bob Speake and cash were traded by the Cubs to the San Francisco Giants for Bobby Thomson.
May 20, 1958: Jim Brosnan was traded by the Cubs to the St. Louis Cardinals for Alvin Dark.

Roster

1958 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers 32 Bob Anderson 30 John Briggs 23 Jim Brosnan 26 Moe Drabowsky 18 Dick Drott 31 Dick Ellsworth 36 Don Elston 24 Gene Fodge 32 Hersh Freeman 19 Bill Henry 21 Dave Hillman 28 Glen Hobbie 31 Turk Lown 20 Ed Mayer 27 Dolan Nichols 29 Taylor Phillips 22 Freddy Rodríguez 42 Elmer Singleton 20 Marcelino Solis		Catchers 11 Cal Neeman 10 El Tappe 15 Sammy Taylor 19,23 Moe Thacker Infielders 16 Bobby Adams 14 Ernie Banks 17 Alvin Dark 4 Johnny Goryl 23 Jerry Kindall 8 Dale Long 27 Jim Marshall 19 Paul Smith 5 Tony Taylor		Outfielders 3 Jim Bolger 22 Lou Jackson 20 Chick King 7 Walt Moryn 6 Chuck Tanner 9 Bobby Thomson 2 Lee Walls 16 Bob Will Other batters 17 Frank Ernaga 24 Gabe Gabler 12 Footer Johnson 22 Gordon Massa 12 Bobby Morgan		Manager 25 Bob Scheffing Coaches 33 Fred Fitzsimmons 35 Rogers Hornsby 34 George Myatt

1958 Chicago Cubs

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

25 Bob Scheffing

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	Sammy Taylor	96	301	78	.259	6	36
1B	Dale Long	142	480	130	.271	20	75
2B	Tony Taylor	140	497	117	.235	6	27
SS	Ernie Banks	154	617	193	.313	47	129
3B	Alvin Dark	114	464	137	.295	3	43
LF	Walt Moryn	143	512	135	.264	26	77
CF	Bobby Thomson	152	547	155	.283	21	82
RF	Lee Walls	136	513	156	.304	24	72

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
Johnny Goryl	83	219	53	.242	4	14
Cal Neeman	76	201	52	.259	12	29
Jim Bolger	84	120	27	.225	1	11
Chuck Tanner	73	103	27	.262	4	17
Bobby Adams	62	96	27	.281	0	4
Jim Marshall	26	81	22	.272	5	11
Lou Jackson	24	35	6	.171	1	6
El Tappe	17	28	6	.214	0	4
Moe Thacker	11	24	6	.250	2	3
Paul Smith	18	20	3	.150	0	1
Frank Ernaga	9	8	1	.125	0	0
Chick King	8	8	2	.250	0	1
Jerry Kindall	3	6	1	.167	0	0
Footer Johnson	8	5	0	.000	0	0
Bob Will	6	4	1	.250	0	0
Gabe Gabler	3	3	0	.000	0	0
Gordon Massa	2	2	0	.000	0	0
Bobby Morgan	1	1	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
Dick Drott	39	167.1	7	11	5.43	127
Moe Drabowski	22	125.2	9	11	4.51	77
John Briggs	20	95.2	5	5	4.52	46
Jim Brosnan	8	51.2	3	4	3.14	24
Dick Ellsworth	1	2.1	0	1	15.43	0

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
Taylor Phillips	39	170.1	7	10	4.76	102
Glen Hobbie	55	168.1	10	6	3.74	91
Dave Hillman	31	125.2	4	8	3.15	65
Bob Anderson	17	65.2	3	3	3.97	51
Marcelino Solis	15	52.0	3	3	6.06	15
Gene Fodge	16	39.2	1	1	4.76	15
John Buzhardt	6	24.1	3	0	1.85	9

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
Don Elston	69	9	8	11	2.88	84
Bill Henry	44	5	4	6	2.88	58
Dolan Nichols	24	0	4	1	5.01	9
Ed Mayer	19	2	2	1	3.80	14
Hersh Freeman	9	0	1	0	8.31	7
Freddy Rodríguez	7	0	0	2	7.36	5
Turk Lown	4	0	0	0	4.50	4
Elmer Singleton	2	1	0	0	0.00	2

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Portland Beavers	Pacific Coast League	Tommy Heath and Larry Jansen
AA	Fort Worth Cats	Texas League	Lou Klein
A	Pueblo Bruins	Western League	Ray Mueller
B	Burlington Bees	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Walt Dixon
C	Magic Valley Cowboys	Pioneer League	Dick Wilson
D	Pulaski Cubs	Appalachian League	Hersh Martin
D	Paris Lakers	Midwest League	Verlon Walker
D	Carlsbad Potashers	Sophomore League	Tony York

Notes

References

Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
1958 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

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