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1958 Chicago Cubs
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1876)
Location
Wrigley Field (Since 1916) Chicago, Illinois (Since 1871)
1958 Information
Owner(s)	Philip K. Wrigley
General manager(s)	John Holland
Manager(s)	Bob Scheffing
Local television	WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd)
Local radio	WGN (Jack Quinlan, Lou Boudreau)
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Contents

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Pitching
4 Farm system
5 Notes
6 References

Offseason

October 8, 1957: Steve Bilko was purchased from the Cubs by the Cincinnati Redlegs.^[1]
November 16, 1957: Casey Wise was traded by the Cubs to the Milwaukee Braves for Chick King, Ben Johnson, Leonard Williams (minors) and cash.^[2]
December 2, 1957: Tony Taylor was drafted by the Cubs from the San Francisco Giants in the 1957 rule 5 draft.^[3]
December 10, 1957: Tom Poholsky was traded by the Cubs to the San Francisco Giants for Freddy Rodríguez.^[4]

Regular season

Season standings

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

Notable transactions

April 3, 1958: Bob Speake and cash were traded by the Cubs to the San Francisco Giants for Bobby Thomson.^[5]
May 20, 1958: Jim Brosnan was traded by the Cubs to the St. Louis Cardinals for Alvin Dark.^[6]

Roster

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
2B	Taylor, TonyTony Taylor	140	497	117	.235	6	27
3B	Dark, AlvinAlvin Dark	114	464	137	.295	3	43
CF	Thomson, BobbyBobby Thomson	152	547	155	.283	21	82

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
Jackson, LouLou Jackson	24	35	6	.171	1	6
Smith, PaulPaul Smith	18	20	3	.150	0	1
King, ChickChick King	8	8	2	.250	0	1
Johnson, FooterFooter Johnson	8	5	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
Drott, DickDick Drott	39	167.1	7	11	5.43	127
Drabowski, MoeMoe Drabowski	22	125.2	9	11	4.51	77
Briggs, JohnJohn Briggs	20	95.2	5	5	4.52	46
Brosnan, JimJim Brosnan	8	51.2	3	4	3.14	24

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
Anderson, BobBob Anderson	17	65.2	3	3	3.97	51

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
Mayer, EdEd Mayer	19	2	2	1	3.80	14
Rodríguez, FreddyFreddy Rodríguez	7	0	0	2	7.36	5

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, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
1958 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

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American League	Baltimore Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City New York Washington

National League	Chicago Cincinnati Los Angeles Milwaukee Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco

1958 All-Star Game 1958 World Series

Chicago Cubs

Formerly the Chicago White Stockings, Chicago Colts and the Chicago Orphans • Based in Chicago, Illinois

Franchise

History • Seasons • Records • No-hitters • Players • Managers • Owners and executives • Broadcasters • Opening Day starting pitchers • First-round draft picks

Ballparks

23rd Street Grounds • Lakefront Park • West Side Park I • South Side Park • West Side Park II • Wrigley Field
Spring training: Plant Field • Blair Field • HoHoKam Park

Lore

Babe Ruth's called shot • The Inning • Gatorade Glove Play • Homer in the Gloamin' • The Sandberg Game • Fall of '69 • Sandy Koufax's perfect game • Home Run Chase • Brock for Broglio • Merkle's Boner • Worst to First • Monday Saves the Flag • College of Coaches • Ken Hubbs incident • Billy Jurges incident • Game 163

Culture

Steve Bartman • Curse of the Billy Goat • Ex-Cubs Factor • Tinker to Evers to Chance • Rookie of the Year • This Old Cub • Ronnie Woo Woo • Grant DePorter • Wrigley Rooftops • Cubby Bear • Wrigleyville • Wayne Messmer • Yosh Kawano • Mike Royko • Holy Cow! • Wrigley Company • Hey Hey Holy Mackerel • Bill Holden • Bleacher Bums • The Heckler • Arne Harris • Voice of Chicago • Billy Sianis • "Go, Cubs, Go" • The Natural • Pat and Ron Show • "All the Way" • Cubs Win Flag • Brant Brown • JDRF • Addison Red Line Station • Sheridan Red Line Station • Taking Care of Business • Billy Goat Tavern • Heel Click • Winter Classic • Clark Street • Addison Street • Radio Network • "Let's Play Two!" • Mr. Cub • A League of Their Own • Take Me Out to the Ball Game • I.O. • The Cubs Fan's Guide To Happiness • Pat Pieper • The Cubby Bear • Great Chicago Fire • Harry Caray's Italian Steakhouse • Bohemian National Cemetery Columbarium

Rivalries

Milwaukee Brewers • St. Louis Cardinals • Chicago White Sox

Retired numbers

10 • 14 • 23 • 26 • 31 • 31 • 42 • Hey Hey!

Key personnel

Owner: Family of Joe Ricketts; operated by Tom Ricketts • President of Baseball Operations: Theo Epstein • General Manager: Jed Hoyer • Manager: Dale Sveum

World Series
Championships (4)

1882 • 1885 • 1907 • 1908

National League
Championships (16)

1876 • 1880 • 1881 • 1882 • 1885 • 1886 • 1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 1910 • 1918 • 1929 • 1932 • 1935 • 1938 • 1945

Division
Championships

Eastern	1984 • 1989

Central	2003 • 2007 • 2008

Wild Card	1998

Minor league
affiliates

Iowa Cubs (AAA) • Tennessee Smokies (AA) • Daytona Cubs (A) • Peoria Chiefs (A) • Boise Hawks (A) • Arizona League Cubs (Rookie) • DSL Cubs1 (Rookie) • DSL Cubs2 (Rookie)

Other assets

Comcast SportsNet Chicago • WGN

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