1958 Philadelphia Phillies season

1958 Philadelphia Phillies
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883)
Location
Connie Mack Stadium (since 1938)
Philadelphia (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	R. R. M. Carpenter, Jr.
General manager(s)	Roy Hamey
Manager(s)	Mayo Smith, Eddie Sawyer
Local television	WRCV WVUE
Local radio	WIP (By Saam, Claude Haring, Gene Kelly)
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The 1958 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 76th in franchise history. The Phillies finished the season in last place in the National League. It was the Phillies third losing season in five seasons, and their fourth losing season during the 1950s.

Offseason

• December 11, 1957: Dave Philley was purchased by the Phillies from the Detroit Tigers.

Spring training

Following their off-season move from Brooklyn to Los Angeles, the Dodgers played their first game as the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Phillies at Miami Stadium in the 1958 spring training opener on March 8, 1958. The Phillies won 7 to 4.

Regular season

With the move of the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants to California prior to the 1958 season, the Phillies became the closest National League club to New York City, and in response, contracted to broadcast 78 games into the New York metropolitan television market to fill the void in National League games on TV in New York. Al Helfer and Rex Barney called the games for New York's WOR-TV. However, due to competition with games at Yankee Stadium, Phillies games were not able to match the audience for Yankee broadcasts, and thus, they stopped broadcasting games in the New York television market in the 1959 season.

On July 22 with the team sporting a 39–44 record General Manager Roy Hamey fired Manager Mayo Smith rehiring Eddie Sawyer, who led the team to the 1950 World Series.

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Milwaukee Braves	92	62	0.597	—	48–29	44–33
Pittsburgh Pirates	84	70	0.545	8	49–28	35–42
San Francisco Giants	80	74	0.519	12	44–33	36–41
Cincinnati Redlegs	76	78	0.494	16	40–37	36–41
Chicago Cubs	72	82	0.468	20	35–42	37–40
St. Louis Cardinals	72	82	0.468	20	39–38	33–44
Los Angeles Dodgers	71	83	0.461	21	39–38	32–45
Philadelphia Phillies	69	85	0.448	23	35–42	34–43

Record vs. opponents

1958 National League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	CHC	CIN	LAD	MIL	PHI	PIT	SF	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 15, 1958: Ramón Conde was acquired by the Phillies from the Kansas City Athletics.
• June 8, 1958: Danny Cater was signed as an amateur free agent by the Phillies.
• June 13, 1958: Joe Lonnett was traded by the Phillies to the Milwaukee Braves for Carl Sawatski.
• July 9, 1958: John Boozer was signed as an amateur free agent by the Phillies.
• July 21, 1958: Dwight Siebler was signed as an amateur free agent by the Phillies.
• August 15, 1958: Ramón Conde was purchased from the Phillies by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
• September 29, 1958: Solly Hemus was traded by the Phillies to the St. Louis Cardinals for Gene Freese.

Roster

1958 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
Pitchers  3 John Anderson 46 Don Cardwell 41 Bob Conley 25 Don Erickson 43 Turk Farrell 38 Johnny Gray 49 Warren Hacker 22 Jim Hearn 50 Angelo LiPetri 19 Hank Mason 42 Jack Meyer 19 Bob Miller 44 Seth Morehead 49 Jim Owens 33 Tom Qualters 36 Robin Roberts 39 Jack Sanford 48 Ray Semproch 28 Curt Simmons		Catchers 27 Jimmie Coker 38 Jim Hegan  8 Joe Lonnett 29 Stan Lopata 58 Carl Sawatski Infielders  5 Ed Bouchee 16,17 Chico Fernández  2 Granny Hamner  4 Solly Hemus 18 Pancho Herrera  6 Willie Jones  7 Ted Kazanski 17 Roy Smalley 37 Bobby Young		Outfielders  9 Harry Anderson  1 Richie Ashburn 10 Bob Bowman 37 Chuck Essegian 12 Dave Philley 14 Wally Post 15 Rip Repulski Other batters 34 Mack Burk		Manager 24 Mayo Smith 24 Eddie Sawyer Coaches 11 Benny Bengough 32 Wally Moses 31 Bill Posedel 21 Andy Seminick

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
2B	Solly Hemus	105	334	95	.284	8	36
SS	Chico Fernández	146	522	120	.230	6	51

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
Dave Philley	91	207	64	.309	3	31
Carl Sawatski	60	183	42	.230	5	12
Pancho Herrera	29	63	17	.270	1	6
Roy Smalley	1	2	0	.000	0	0
Mack Burk	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
Robin Roberts	35	269.2	17	14	3.24	130
Don Cardwell	16	107.2	3	6	4.51	77
Bob Conley	2	8.1	0	0	7.56	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
Jack Meyer	37	90.1	3	6	7.88	9
John Anderson	5	16	0	0	7.88	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
Turk Farrell	54	8	9	11	3.35	73
Jim Hearn	39	5	3	0	4.17	33
Bob Miller	17	1	1	0	11.69	9
Johnny Gray	15	0	0	0	4.15	10
Warren Hacker	9	0	1	0	7.41	4
Don Erickson	9	0	1	1	4.63	9
Angelo LiPetri	4	0	0	0	11.25	1

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

• Richie Ashburn, starter, outfield
• Turk Farrell, reserve

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Miami Marlins	International League	Kerby Farrell
AA	Tulsa Oilers	Texas League	Al Widmar and Jim Fanning
A	Williamsport Grays	Eastern League	Dick Carter
B	High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms	Carolina League	Frank Lucchesi
C	Bakersfield Bears	California League	Paul Owens
D	Johnson City Phillies	Appalachian League	Eddie Lyons
D	Tampa Tarpons	Florida State League	Charlie Gassaway
D	Brunswick Phillies	Georgia–Florida League	Cart Howerton
D	Olean Oilers	New York–Penn League	Benny Zientara

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Johnson City

External links

• 1958 Philadelphia Phillies season at Baseball Reference