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1958 Philadelphia Phillies season

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General manager(s)
  
Roy Hamey

Local television
  
WRCV WVUE

Owner(s)
  
R. R. M. Carpenter, Jr.

Manager(s)
  
Mayo Smith, Eddie Sawyer

Local radio
  
WIP (By Saam, Claude Haring, Gene Kelly)

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.

Contents

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.

    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.

    • 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

    All-Star Game

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

    • Farm system

    LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Johnson City

    References

    1958 Philadelphia Phillies season Wikipedia
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