1958 Brooklyn Dodgers
Record: 81-81
Finish: 4th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 812
Runs Allowed: 767
Exp W-L: 85-77
 
Ballpark: Ebbets Field
Attendance: 1,313,152
Manager: Ty Kubick

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 75-62, 3rd in the NL
AA: 62-75, 6th in the NL
A: 76-61, 4th in the NL
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
CF #Mickey Mantle 26 153 538 130 158 19 5 57 145 6 5 115 150 .294 .417 .665 1.082 137.2 33.0 3.6
3B *Eddie Mathews 26 160 524 99 159 27 2 38 116 3 2 103 89 .303 .417 .580 .997 117.4 27.4 2.1
C  Del Rice 35 148 531 79 166 9 3 22 87 0 0 37 98 .313 .354 .465 .819 84.0 16.2 4.2
SS  Cass Michaels 32 149 533 70 149 24 9 14 62 3 1 33 74 .280 .325 .437 .762 70.5 12.4 4.1
SS *Tony Kubek 21 133 499 58 144 27 3 3 40 0 0 31 59 .289 .330 .373 .703 57.3 9.4 5.4
C  Earl Battey 23 139 463 55 112 22 2 12 69 0 0 49 59 .242 .319 .376 .694 54.7 7.6 3.4
CF  Chuck Diering 35 124 331 46 81 12 2 2 19 0 0 47 64 .245 .339 .311 .650 37.7 5.0 1.3
LF  Bob Nieman 31 78 272 46 84 20 2 7 55 0 0 26 46 .309 .366 .474 .841 44.8 9.5 1.1
LF  Chuck Essegian 26 97 258 34 58 10 1 11 40 0 0 24 70 .225 .289 .399 .688 30.6 4.0 1.1
1B  Daryl Spencer 28 96 243 29 54 8 1 5 27 0 0 28 38 .222 .309 .325 .634 25.8 2.8 1.5
LF *Gene Woodling 35 72 233 40 47 5 0 12 25 0 0 38 43 .202 .316 .378 .694 29.5 4.0 0.9
1B *Ed Stevens 33 68 233 47 84 16 3 3 32 0 0 16 15 .361 .401 .494 .894 39.3 8.9 0.6
C *Russ Nixon 23 69 165 14 36 4 1 1 18 0 0 10 13 .218 .260 .273 .533 11.1 0.0 1.2
3B  Frankie Zak 36 69 156 20 37 4 0 2 21 1 0 8 34 .237 .274 .301 .576 12.1 0.8 1.1
2B  Spook Jacobs 32 50 113 18 28 2 2 0 10 2 0 13 6 .248 .323 .301 .624 11.6 1.3 0.7
P  Frank Sullivan 28 40 108 7 13 4 0 1 6 0 0 0 34 .120 .120 .185 .306 -0.4 0.0 0.0
SS  George Kell 35 37 105 7 19 3 1 0 2 0 1 5 26 .181 .218 .229 .447 2.7 0.0 1.0
P *Seth Morehead 23 40 94 1 7 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 32 .074 .093 .096 .189 -3.0 0.0 0.0
P  Bobby Shantz 32 41 93 7 16 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 19 .172 .181 .172 .353 1.8 0.0 0.0
P  Hersh Freeman 29 41 96 4 16 3 0 0 6 0 0 1 20 .167 .184 .198 .382 1.9 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Kucks 24 48 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .167 .167 .333 .500 0.3 0.0 0.0
P #Billy O'Dell 26 53 7 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .429 .429 .571 1.000 1.3 0.5 0.0
P  Bobby Tiefenauer 28 72 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Arnie Portocarrero 26 76 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.9 2053 5608 812 1472 223 37 190 793 15 9 587 999 .262 .333 .417 .750 767.3 142.9 33.3
  Rank among 8 NL teams 5 2 3 7 3 4 2 4 4 2 6 3 3 3 3 3  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Frank Sullivan 28 15 18 .455 40 40 0 308.7 354 166 41 80 183 4.84 8.1
*Seth Morehead 23 17 13 .567 40 40 0 281.3 285 139 46 77 142 4.45 10.4
 Hersh Freeman 29 17 16 .515 41 41 0 280.0 305 130 27 47 131 4.18 14.0
*Bobby Shantz 32 16 18 .471 41 39 0 269.0 250 122 34 87 145 4.08 13.8
 Bobby Tiefenauer 28 4 5 .444 72 0 15 93.0 85 34 13 10 49 3.29 11.6
 Arnie Portocarrero 26 7 5 .583 76 0 11 90.0 77 50 18 42 67 5.00 5.0
 Johnny Kucks 24 3 3 .500 48 2 5 64.0 80 43 12 30 31 6.05 0.0
*Billy O'Dell 26 2 3 .400 53 0 5 62.0 66 27 11 23 32 3.92 4.0
Team Totals 27.0 81 81 .500 411 162 36 1448.0 1502 711 202 396 780 4.42 66.8
Rank among 8 NL teams 4 4 2 4 5 7 7 4 1 7 4  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .995 30.8
D.Rice 1118.3 126 131 629 34 1 1 .998 26.1
R.Nixon 325.0 36 39 193 9 2 0 .990 12.5
E.Battey 4.7 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1448.0 162 173 825 43 3 1 .997 22.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.38
E.Mathews 613.0 68 72 786 53 6 75 .993 12.32
D.Spencer 379.7 44 46 457 36 3 35 .994 11.69
E.Stevens 375.9 32 35 427 44 5 40 .989 11.28
M.Mantle 7.0 0 4 6 0 0 2 1.000 7.71
Team Total 1375.6 144 157 1676 133 14 152 .992 11.84
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 5.62
C.Michaels 1152.0 130 135 244 475 14 102 .981 5.62
S.Jacobs 242.0 27 34 46 97 6 17 .960 5.32
G.Kell 42.0 5 6 4 18 2 1 .917 4.71
D.Spencer 12.0 0 5 2 7 1 1 .900 6.75
Team Total 1448.0 162 180 296 597 23 121 .975 5.55
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 2.84
E.Battey 1098.3 126 132 70 258 8 18 .976 2.69
F.Zak 312.7 36 41 17 74 2 4 .978 2.62
D.Rice 16.7 0 8 0 5 0 1 1.000 2.70
E.Mathews 10.0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.90
D.Spencer 6.3 0 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.27
C.Michaels 4.0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1448.0 162 193 89 341 10 23 .977 2.67
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 4.95
T.Kubek 1063.0 124 130 156 454 20 94 .968 5.16
G.Kell 184.0 21 25 29 68 2 15 .980 4.74
D.Spencer 154.7 16 27 25 67 0 12 1.000 5.35
C.Michaels 25.0 1 9 5 9 0 1 1.000 5.04
F.Zak 21.3 0 11 6 9 0 4 1.000 6.33
Team Total 1448.0 162 202 221 607 22 126 .974 5.15
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.87
B.Nieman 419.1 50 54 99 4 3 1 .972 2.21
G.Woodling 415.3 42 42 88 1 1 0 .989 1.93
C.Essegian 392.3 46 49 90 2 3 0 .968 2.11
C.Diering 25.7 1 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.05
E.Stevens 19.3 0 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.87
E.Mathews 10.3 0 6 4 1 0 0 1.000 4.36
E.Battey 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Nixon 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Jacobs 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1286.0 139 167 288 8 7 1 .977 2.07
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.37
M.Mantle 1291.3 144 146 397 9 9 1 .978 2.83
C.Diering 153.7 18 18 35 1 0 0 1.000 2.11
G.Woodling 3.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Battey 2.0 0 1 2 0 2 0 .500 9.00
E.Mathews 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.5 162 167 434 10 11 1 .976 2.75
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.86
E.Mathews 625.7 70 73 138 1 1 0 .993 2.00
C.Diering 556.7 64 65 122 0 2 0 .984 1.97
B.Nieman 185.8 22 22 32 1 1 0 .971 1.60
C.Essegian 150.7 18 18 43 1 0 0 1.000 2.63
G.Woodling 91.6 8 11 19 1 0 1 1.000 1.97
E.Stevens 37.0 2 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.46
Team Total 1647.4 184 196 360 4 4 1 .989 1.99
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.13
F.Sullivan 308.7 40 40 15 50 5 1 .929 1.90
S.Morehead 281.3 40 40 14 47 5 8 .924 1.95
H.Freeman 280.0 41 41 12 48 1 3 .984 1.93
B.Shantz 269.0 39 41 15 52 0 6 1.000 2.24
B.Tiefenauer 93.0 0 72 8 16 0 0 1.000 2.32
A.Portocarrero 90.0 0 76 7 19 1 0 .963 2.60
J.Kucks 64.0 2 48 6 9 1 0 .938 2.11
B.O'Dell 62.0 0 53 6 13 0 1 1.000 2.76
Team Total 1448.0 162 411 83 254 13 19 .963 2.09
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Rice .313
On-Base Pct Mantle .417
Slugging Pct Mantle .665
OPS Mantle 1.082
XR Mantle 137.2
Games Mathews 160
At-Bats Mantle 538
Runs Mantle 130
Hits Rice 166
Total Bases Mantle 358
Singles Rice 132
Doubles Kubek, Mathews 27
Triples Michaels 9
Homeruns Mantle 57
RBIs Mantle 145
Stolen Bases Mantle 6
Caught Stealing Mantle 5
Walks Mantle 115
Strikeouts Mantle 150
ERA Shantz 4.08
Wins Freeman, Morehead 17
Losses Shantz, Sullivan 18
Winning Pct Morehead .567
Saves Tiefenauer 15
Games Pitched Portocarrero 76
Games Started Freeman 41
Complete Games Sullivan 13
Shutouts Freeman 2
Innings Pitched Sullivan 308.7
Hits Allowed Sullivan 354
Homeruns Allowed Morehead 46
Strikeouts Sullivan 183
Walks Allowed Shantz 87
Walks per 9IP Freeman 1.5
Hits per 9IP Shantz 8.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Sullivan 5.3
WHiP Shantz 1.25
OAVG Shantz .247
OOBP Shantz .308
OSLG Shantz .397
OOPS Shantz .706
Team All-Stars
Hersh Freeman
Mickey Mantle
Eddie Mathews
Del Rice
Player Salaries
Mickey Mantle $ 12,000,000
Bob Nieman $ 5,050,503
Del Rice $ 5,050,000
Eddie Mathews $ 4,278,571
Hersh Freeman $ 4,071,429
Ed Stevens $ 2,510,000
Bobby Shantz $ 2,500,000
Cass Michaels $ 2,200,000
Chuck Diering $ 1,790,000
Frankie Zak $ 450,000
George Kell $ 405,000
Billy O'Dell $ 350,000
Daryl Spencer $ 350,000
Spook Jacobs $ 350,000
Bobby Tiefenauer $ 350,000
Russ Nixon $ 300,000
Earl Battey $ 300,000
Johnny Kucks $ 300,000
Tony Kubek $ 300,000
Chuck Essegian $ 300,000
Seth Morehead $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Traded Bobby Hofman Detroit Bill Howerton
Frankie Zak
Bobby Shantz
7/1 Traded Bill Howerton
Gene Woodling
Pittsburgh Bob Nieman
Ed Stevens
10/3 Released Frank Sullivan    
10/3 Released Arnie Portocarrero