1958 New York (A) Yankees
Record: 87-75
Finish: 3rd in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 794
Runs Allowed: 791
Exp W-L: 81-81
 
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 2,291,513
Manager: Jason Spiegel

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 74-63, 3rd in the AL
AA: 88-49, 1st in the AL
A: 54-83, 8th in the AL
 
 
 
 
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
1B *Earl Torgeson 34 154 562 105 146 28 1 41 101 8 6 101 84 .260 .371 .532 .903 105.6 19.4 2.2
2B *Don Blasingame 26 151 598 89 184 30 2 2 38 14 2 54 45 .308 .364 .375 .738 81.3 13.9 5.4
1B *Vic Wertz 33 155 591 98 166 20 5 43 116 0 0 51 94 .281 .338 .550 .888 105.1 20.0 3.0
SS *Preston Ward 30 154 525 64 143 26 1 19 79 0 0 62 62 .272 .346 .434 .781 79.6 13.3 4.5
1B  Randy Jackson 32 126 497 95 154 25 5 32 93 5 3 46 79 .310 .366 .573 .940 96.2 20.1 2.6
LF *Dusty Rhodes 31 151 476 60 121 22 3 16 65 0 2 41 89 .254 .311 .414 .725 59.3 7.5 2.2
CF  Bob Cerv 32 144 470 53 111 23 1 18 57 1 1 36 93 .236 .292 .404 .697 57.0 6.6 3.5
C *Smoky Burgess 31 124 405 59 121 30 5 10 66 0 0 33 52 .299 .351 .472 .822 59.1 10.4 6.5
1B  Hector Lopez 28 124 309 38 92 8 1 14 46 0 0 13 33 .298 .324 .466 .790 43.0 6.5 2.1
C  Elston Howard 29 107 301 35 83 16 1 9 42 0 0 14 50 .276 .308 .425 .733 36.3 5.2 4.1
LF  Ralph Kiner 35 86 161 29 40 5 0 10 22 0 0 28 41 .248 .360 .466 .826 27.7 4.8 0.6
1B  Norm Zauchin 28 57 120 15 23 7 0 2 10 0 0 12 29 .192 .263 .300 .563 9.0 0.0 1.1
C *Johnny Blanchard 25 48 112 20 27 4 0 6 12 0 0 17 25 .241 .338 .438 .776 17.6 2.7 0.9
P  Don Kaiser 23 39 99 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 36 .030 .050 .040 .090 -6.9 0.0 0.0
P  Don Drysdale 21 45 82 5 22 1 1 0 5 0 0 3 27 .268 .299 .305 .604 8.4 0.4 0.0
CF *Al Pilarcik 27 35 81 5 16 2 0 0 5 1 1 14 7 .198 .313 .222 .535 6.9 0.0 0.6
SS  Eddie Kasko 26 51 91 7 21 3 1 0 10 0 0 3 13 .231 .255 .286 .541 5.7 0.0 0.9
P  Ryne Duren 29 42 81 0 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 45 .049 .083 .074 .157 -3.3 0.0 0.0
P  Jack Meyer 26 31 52 5 9 4 0 0 5 0 0 1 19 .173 .189 .250 .439 1.8 0.0 0.0
P  Lindy McDaniel 22 40 22 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 12 .045 .087 .045 .132 -1.1 0.0 0.0
P  Tom Qualters 23 63 16 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .063 .063 .063 .125 -0.9 0.0 0.0
P  Don Ferrarese 29 30 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Dick Hall 27 113 8 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .375 .375 .375 .750 1.0 0.2 0.0
P *Chris Van Cuyk 31 25 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 0.5 0.2 0.0
P  Dick Marlowe 29 44 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Tom Sturdivant 28 16 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
CF  Curt Flood 20 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.0 2157 5682 794 1495 257 27 222 778 29 16 534 952 .263 .325 .435 .761 788.4 131.2 40.2
  Rank among 8 AL teams 3 3 2 5 6 2 3 3 6 6 5 3 4 2 2 2  
* - 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
 Don Drysdale 21 14 14 .500 45 34 0 271.7 280 128 37 77 171 4.24 16.9
 Ryne Duren 29 17 11 .607 42 42 0 267.7 216 98 15 158 280 3.30 21.1
 Don Kaiser 23 15 11 .577 39 39 0 263.3 296 127 29 71 131 4.34 11.5
 Jack Meyer 26 10 9 .526 31 31 0 184.3 148 87 26 91 180 4.25 10.5
 Dick Hall 27 5 9 .357 99 2 8 133.3 148 72 12 32 50 4.86 7.8
 Lindy McDaniel 22 4 5 .444 40 10 0 100.0 111 43 12 38 61 3.87 5.8
 Tom Qualters 23 9 4 .692 63 0 18 86.0 83 37 0 53 56 3.87 10.7
 Dick Marlowe 29 7 4 .636 44 0 4 52.3 57 37 10 19 33 6.36 1.9
*Don Ferrarese 29 1 4 .200 30 3 1 44.0 70 52 10 43 39 10.64 0.0
*Chris Van Cuyk 31 2 3 .400 25 0 3 41.3 42 18 9 21 31 3.92 3.1
 Tom Sturdivant 28 2 0 1.000 16 1 0 19.3 20 15 4 16 11 6.98 0.0
 Johnny Blanchard 25 0 1 .000 1 0 0 3.0 3 3 1 1 1 9.00 0.0
 Eddie Kasko 26 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 2.0 3 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.4
Team Totals 26.1 87 75 .537 476 162 34 1468.3 1477 717 165 621 1044 4.39 89.6
Rank among 8 AL teams 3 3 3 3 2 4 3 5 7 2 5  
* - 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 .994 30.3
S.Burgess 834.0 87 110 622 26 3 2 .995 38.5
E.Howard 534.3 63 64 391 13 1 1 .998 20.0
J.Blanchard 100.0 12 12 65 3 0 0 1.000 50.0
Team Total 1468.3 162 186 1078 42 4 3 .996 35.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.41
E.Torgeson 1319.3 146 152 1525 114 17 129 .990 11.18
J.Blanchard 68.7 8 10 62 7 1 7 .986 9.04
H.Lopez 45.0 5 6 37 4 1 5 .976 8.20
N.Zauchin 21.3 2 5 26 3 0 4 1.000 12.24
R.Jackson 7.0 0 4 12 1 0 0 1.000 16.71
E.Kasko 7.0 1 2 8 1 0 0 1.000 11.57
Team Total 1468.3 162 179 1670 130 19 145 .990 11.03
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 5.75
D.Blasingame 1058.3 125 125 239 449 19 93 .973 5.85
H.Lopez 282.7 25 51 65 131 5 20 .975 6.24
P.Ward 72.0 8 8 18 27 0 7 1.000 5.63
E.Kasko 54.3 4 15 9 25 2 2 .944 5.63
E.Howard 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1468.3 162 200 331 633 26 122 .974 5.91
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.73
R.Jackson 1090.3 120 121 63 220 14 18 .953 2.34
N.Zauchin 239.7 29 31 11 68 1 10 .988 2.97
H.Lopez 129.3 13 19 8 28 2 1 .947 2.51
E.Kasko 9.0 0 4 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1468.3 162 175 82 319 17 29 .959 2.46
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 5.11
P.Ward 1081.0 123 125 163 429 13 75 .979 4.93
D.Blasingame 229.0 25 30 25 74 4 10 .961 3.89
E.Kasko 156.3 14 29 26 68 3 13 .969 5.41
N.Zauchin 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1468.3 162 185 214 571 20 98 .975 4.81
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 1.84
D.Rhodes 905.7 99 115 163 9 6 3 .966 1.71
R.Kiner 270.7 33 36 54 3 3 1 .950 1.90
V.Wertz 144.0 14 19 20 1 0 1 1.000 1.31
H.Lopez 75.0 9 10 16 1 3 0 .850 2.04
E.Howard 34.0 3 8 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.85
J.Blanchard 29.0 3 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.55
B.Cerv 6.0 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
P.Ward 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
A.Pilarcik 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1468.3 162 198 270 14 12 5 .959 1.74
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.38
B.Cerv 1107.7 126 130 282 4 3 1 .990 2.32
A.Pilarcik 201.3 19 29 51 2 3 1 .946 2.37
P.Ward 151.3 16 19 38 1 1 0 .975 2.32
C.Flood 8.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
Team Total 1468.3 162 180 372 7 7 2 .982 2.32
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 1.83
V.Wertz 1175.7 132 133 236 9 6 1 .976 1.88
D.Rhodes 141.0 14 19 26 1 0 0 1.000 1.72
H.Lopez 95.3 10 13 17 1 2 0 .900 1.70
J.Blanchard 34.3 4 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.84
A.Pilarcik 22.0 2 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.82
Team Total 1468.3 162 175 288 11 8 1 .974 1.83
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 2.09
D.Drysdale 271.7 34 45 17 35 2 2 .963 1.72
R.Duren 267.7 42 42 15 36 0 6 1.000 1.71
D.Kaiser 263.3 39 39 17 58 4 2 .949 2.56
J.Meyer 184.3 31 31 12 24 1 2 .973 1.76
D.Hall 133.3 2 99 8 40 2 3 .960 3.24
L.McDaniel 100.0 10 40 3 26 2 0 .935 2.61
T.Qualters 86.0 0 63 6 14 0 1 1.000 2.09
D.Marlowe 52.3 0 44 1 9 0 0 1.000 1.72
D.Ferrarese 44.0 3 30 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.23
C.Van Cuyk 41.3 0 25 0 6 0 1 1.000 1.31
T.Sturdivant 19.3 1 16 2 7 0 2 1.000 4.19
J.Blanchard 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Kasko 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1468.3 162 476 83 259 11 19 .969 2.10
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Jackson .310
On-Base Pct Torgeson .371
Slugging Pct Jackson .573
OPS Jackson .940
XR Torgeson 105.6
Games Wertz 155
At-Bats Blasingame 598
Runs Torgeson 105
Hits Blasingame 184
Total Bases Wertz 325
Singles Blasingame 150
Doubles Burgess, Blasingame 30
Triples Burgess, Jackson, Wertz 5
Homeruns Wertz 43
RBIs Wertz 116
Stolen Bases Blasingame 14
Caught Stealing Torgeson 6
Walks Torgeson 101
Strikeouts Wertz 94
ERA Duren 3.30
Wins Duren 17
Losses Drysdale 14
Winning Pct Duren .607
Saves Qualters 18
Games Pitched Hall 99
Games Started Duren 42
Complete Games Drysdale 9
Shutouts Drysdale, Duren 1
Innings Pitched Drysdale 271.7
Hits Allowed Kaiser 296
Homeruns Allowed Drysdale 37
Strikeouts Duren 280
Walks Allowed Duren 158
Walks per 9IP Kaiser 2.4
Hits per 9IP Meyer 7.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Duren 9.4
WHiP Meyer 1.30
OAVG Meyer .217
OOBP Meyer .308
OSLG Duren .335
OOPS Duren .669
Team All-Stars
Ryne Duren
Randy Jackson
Tom Qualters
Vic Wertz
Player Salaries
Earl Torgeson $ 15,090,300
Vic Wertz $ 10,500,000
Ralph Kiner $ 7,000,000
Bob Cerv $ 6,200,000
Ryne Duren $ 6,014,286
Randy Jackson $ 5,990,000
Dusty Rhodes $ 2,421,429
Preston Ward $ 2,171,429
Smoky Burgess $ 1,000,000
Chris Van Cuyk $ 550,000
Don Blasingame $ 300,000
Don Ferrarese $ 300,000
Curt Flood $ 300,000
Dick Hall $ 300,000
Elston Howard $ 300,000
Don Drysdale $ 300,000
Don Kaiser $ 300,000
Johnny Blanchard $ 300,000
Hector Lopez $ 300,000
Norm Zauchin $ 300,000
Dick Marlowe $ 300,000
Lindy McDaniel $ 300,000
Jack Meyer $ 300,000
Al Pilarcik $ 300,000
Tom Qualters $ 300,000
Tom Sturdivant $ 300,000
Joe Taylor $ 300,000
Eddie Kasko $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/21 Traded Bud Daley
Jim King
Bobby Brown
Minnesota Vic Wertz