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1958 Boston Red Sox season

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General manager
  
Joe Cronin

Manager
  
Pinky Higgins

Local television
  
WHDH

Start date
  
1958

Owner
  
Tom Yawkey

Local radio
  
WHDH-AM 850(Curt Gowdy, Bob Murphy, Bill Crowley)

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1956 Boston Red Sox season

The 1958 Boston Red Sox season was the 58th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished third in the American League (AL) with a record of 79 wins and 75 losses, thirteen games behind the AL and World Series champion New York Yankees. It would be the last time the Red Sox finished a season above .500, until their "Impossible Dream" season of 1967.

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Offseason

  • January 23, 1958: Norm Zauchin and Albie Pearson were traded by the Red Sox to the Washington Senators for Pete Runnels.
  • January 29, 1958: Mickey Vernon was selected off waivers from the Red Sox by the Cleveland Indians.
  • Prior to 1958 season: Galen Cisco was signed as an amateur free agent by the Red Sox.

    • Starters by position

    Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

    Other batters

    Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

    Starting pitchers

    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Other pitchers

    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Relief pitchers

    Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Awards and honors

  • Jackie Jensen, Outfield, American League MVP

    • Farm system

    LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Minneapolis, Waterloo

    References

    1958 Boston Red Sox season Wikipedia
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