1958 Minnesota Twins
Record: 57-105
Finish: 8th in AL American Division
Runs Scored: 638
Runs Allowed: 848
Exp W-L: 60-102
 
Ballpark: Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 2,164,909
Manager: Cookie Lavagetto

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 61-76, 6th in the AL
AA: 57-80, 8th in the AL
A: 72-65, 2nd 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
LF *Jerry Lynch 27 156 591 77 153 34 4 14 56 0 2 49 76 .259 .317 .401 .718 70.5 9.7 3.0
CF  Al Kaline 23 155 584 81 169 35 2 17 75 1 1 53 51 .289 .348 .443 .792 81.6 13.6 3.5
2B  Roy Hartsfield 32 155 604 69 170 20 1 16 80 7 4 23 109 .281 .306 .397 .703 69.2 8.9 3.4
CF  Jim Busby 31 158 583 76 160 19 7 13 68 5 2 31 76 .274 .309 .398 .707 67.9 8.4 4.2
3B  Bobby Thomson 34 154 572 62 129 29 2 18 77 0 0 46 113 .226 .283 .378 .660 58.3 4.7 2.6
1B *Bobby Brown 33 156 553 60 165 17 5 4 44 4 1 61 41 .298 .368 .369 .737 74.8 12.2 5.3
C  Gil Hodges 34 141 506 79 123 25 7 20 71 1 1 54 116 .243 .316 .439 .754 70.9 10.7 6.2
1B  Darrell Johnson 29 149 505 42 130 11 1 3 48 0 2 40 61 .257 .316 .301 .617 46.0 4.0 2.6
1B *Ed Bouchee 25 94 149 14 24 7 0 1 15 0 0 24 37 .161 .282 .228 .510 9.6 0.0 0.7
SS  Gene Mauch 32 92 146 6 31 7 0 0 13 0 0 12 18 .212 .270 .260 .531 9.5 0.0 1.2
CF  Bob Usher 33 56 133 14 31 5 1 4 14 0 0 10 34 .233 .287 .376 .663 12.7 0.9 0.5
RF *Paul Lehner 37 103 130 16 32 6 1 3 8 0 0 4 25 .246 .274 .377 .651 11.6 0.8 0.3
C  El Tappe 31 37 127 8 20 4 1 1 8 0 0 4 12 .157 .183 .228 .412 2.5 0.0 1.8
1B  Virgil Stallcup 36 89 128 9 42 9 0 0 25 0 0 0 17 .328 .328 .398 .727 13.6 2.2 0.3
P #Pedro Ramos 23 42 106 1 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 41 .066 .083 .066 .149 -5.1 0.0 0.0
P #Jim Constable 25 41 91 4 13 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 34 .143 .143 .154 .297 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Paul Foytack 27 36 88 4 14 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 31 .159 .178 .205 .382 2.0 0.0 0.0
P *Luis Arroyo 31 35 75 8 24 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 17 .320 .320 .347 .667 8.0 1.0 0.0
3B *Jim King 25 16 20 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .150 .150 .150 .300 -0.4 0.0 0.2
SS  Kermit Wahl 35 9 10 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 .200 .333 .300 .633 0.8 0.1 0.0
P *Bud Daley 25 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Mabe 28 67 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Porterfield 34 36 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Gene Fodge 26 50 4 4 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1.0 0.2 0.0
P  Tom Gorman 33 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Klippstein 30 66 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Bill Kennedy 37 29 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.2 2154 5722 638 1444 233 32 115 619 19 14 418 917 .252 .304 .365 .668 603.4 77.4 35.6
  Rank among 8 AL teams 1 8 4 8 4 7 8 5 5 8 4 6 8 8 8 8  
* - 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
 Pedro Ramos 23 11 25 .306 42 42 0 325.0 327 168 46 130 174 4.65 8.2
*Jim Constable 25 9 18 .333 41 41 0 286.3 280 136 33 115 174 4.27 11.0
 Paul Foytack 27 11 17 .393 36 36 0 269.3 295 128 21 104 127 4.28 12.0
*Luis Arroyo 31 8 11 .421 35 35 0 227.0 208 107 38 95 173 4.24 12.3
 Bob Mabe 28 6 6 .500 66 2 3 92.7 101 50 10 52 39 4.86 3.8
 Johnny Klippstein 30 6 10 .375 66 0 2 80.0 82 50 15 40 44 5.63 1.9
 Bob Porterfield 34 1 4 .200 36 0 1 43.3 56 37 10 23 12 7.69 0.0
*Bill Kennedy 37 2 5 .286 29 0 9 35.3 33 15 4 19 18 3.82 3.9
 Tom Gorman 33 0 6 .000 21 2 1 31.7 57 37 8 22 10 10.52 0.0
 Gene Fodge 26 2 1 .667 19 0 0 29.0 34 18 5 15 9 5.59 0.8
*Bud Daley 25 1 1 .500 11 4 4 28.3 28 12 1 13 4 3.81 2.4
 Corky Valentine 29 0 1 .000 20 0 1 24.7 23 11 3 10 8 4.01 1.6
Team Totals 29.0 57 105 .352 422 162 21 1472.6 1524 769 194 638 792 4.70 58.0
Rank among 8 AL teams 8 8 8 8 1 8 8 8 8 7 7  
* - 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
G.Hodges 1164.7 128 131 651 37 8 3 .989 31.3
E.Tappe 298.0 34 35 163 13 0 0 1.000 50.0
D.Johnson 10.0 0 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1472.7 162 171 821 50 8 3 .991 35.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.41
D.Johnson 1152.0 143 145 1322 129 10 142 .993 11.34
E.Bouchee 280.3 17 73 334 26 3 35 .992 11.56
V.Stallcup 20.0 2 4 19 0 0 2 1.000 8.55
G.Hodges 10.0 0 4 11 1 0 0 1.000 10.80
B.Thomson 3.3 0 1 4 1 0 0 1.000 13.51
J.King 3.0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
P.Lehner 2.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
B.Brown 2.0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1472.7 162 232 1698 158 13 179 .993 11.34
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 5.75
R.Hartsfield 1317.7 148 152 319 559 38 130 .959 6.00
G.Mauch 137.3 13 29 41 58 3 17 .971 6.49
K.Wahl 14.7 1 4 1 7 2 2 .800 4.91
J.King 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Brown 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1472.7 162 187 361 625 43 149 .958 6.03
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.73
B.Thomson 1304.7 145 149 101 295 23 31 .945 2.73
V.Stallcup 110.3 13 16 5 29 2 1 .944 2.77
G.Mauch 40.7 4 8 2 13 0 1 1.000 3.32
D.Johnson 8.0 0 7 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.38
K.Wahl 6.0 0 2 1 3 1 0 .800 6.00
J.King 3.0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1472.7 162 184 110 344 26 33 .946 2.77
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 5.11
B.Brown 1339.3 150 153 213 533 12 116 .984 5.01
G.Mauch 124.0 12 24 29 55 6 15 .933 6.10
V.Stallcup 9.3 0 4 1 5 0 1 1.000 5.79
Team Total 1472.7 162 181 243 593 18 132 .979 5.11
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 1.84
J.Lynch 1298.3 144 148 288 4 7 2 .977 2.02
B.Usher 108.0 12 16 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.42
P.Lehner 61.0 6 10 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.21
G.Hodges 4.3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
B.Thomson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1472.7 162 177 321 4 7 2 .979 1.99
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.38
J.Busby 1315.7 150 156 369 8 2 1 .995 2.58
B.Usher 86.0 10 15 20 0 1 0 .952 2.09
P.Lehner 46.7 2 17 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.16
J.Lynch 10.3 0 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.48
B.Thomson 7.0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Kaline 5.0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40
J.King 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1472.7 162 204 404 8 3 1 .993 2.52
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 1.83
A.Kaline 1314.0 146 151 304 11 2 3 .994 2.16
B.Usher 94.0 11 13 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.72
P.Lehner 35.0 3 7 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.31
J.King 17.0 2 2 8 0 0 0 1.000 4.24
E.Bouchee 7.0 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 5.14
B.Thomson 3.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Busby 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1472.7 162 177 343 11 2 3 .994 2.16
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 2.09
P.Ramos 325.0 42 42 24 52 0 1 1.000 2.10
J.Constable 286.3 41 41 15 46 2 5 .968 1.92
P.Foytack 269.3 36 36 20 55 1 3 .987 2.51
L.Arroyo 227.0 35 35 14 37 1 2 .981 2.02
B.Mabe 92.7 2 66 5 17 0 2 1.000 2.14
J.Klippstein 80.0 0 66 3 16 0 1 1.000 2.14
B.Porterfield 43.3 0 36 4 4 0 0 1.000 1.66
B.Kennedy 35.3 0 29 3 6 0 0 1.000 2.29
T.Gorman 31.7 2 21 3 5 1 0 .889 2.27
G.Fodge 29.0 0 19 4 8 1 2 .923 3.72
B.Daley 28.3 4 11 3 3 0 0 1.000 1.91
C.Valentine 24.7 0 20 7 5 0 1 1.000 4.38
Team Total 1472.6 162 422 105 254 6 17 .984 2.19
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Brown .298
On-Base Pct Brown .368
Slugging Pct Kaline .443
OPS Kaline .792
XR Kaline 81.6
Games Busby 158
At-Bats Hartsfield 604
Runs Kaline 81
Hits Hartsfield 170
Total Bases Kaline 259
Singles Brown 139
Doubles Kaline 35
Triples Busby, Hodges 7
Homeruns Hodges 20
RBIs Hartsfield 80
Stolen Bases Hartsfield 7
Caught Stealing Hartsfield 4
Walks Brown 61
Strikeouts Hodges 116
ERA Arroyo 4.24
Wins Foytack, Ramos 11
Losses Ramos 25
Winning Pct Arroyo .421
Saves Kennedy 9
Games Pitched Klippstein, Mabe 66
Games Started Ramos 42
Complete Games Ramos 18
Shutouts Ramos 1
Innings Pitched Ramos 325.0
Hits Allowed Ramos 327
Homeruns Allowed Ramos 46
Strikeouts Constable, Ramos 174
Walks Allowed Ramos 130
Walks per 9IP Foytack 3.5
Hits per 9IP Arroyo 8.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Arroyo 6.9
WHiP Arroyo 1.33
OAVG Arroyo .243
OOBP Arroyo .318
OSLG Foytack .400
OOPS Constable .738
Team All-Stars
Tom Gorman
Gil Hodges
Player Salaries
Bobby Brown $ 8,500,000
Gil Hodges $ 6,750,000
Roy Hartsfield $ 6,000,000
Paul Foytack $ 5,057,143
Bobby Thomson $ 3,500,000
Jim Busby $ 3,500,000
Al Kaline $ 2,928,571
Jerry Lynch $ 2,142,857
Luis Arroyo $ 1,478,571
Bob Porterfield $ 1,250,000
Tom Gorman $ 874,286
Gene Mauch $ 775,714
Paul Lehner $ 450,000
Virgil Stallcup $ 350,000
Darrell Johnson $ 350,000
Gene Fodge $ 300,000
Jim Constable $ 300,000
Ed Bouchee $ 300,000
Bud Daley $ 300,000
Jim King $ 300,000
Kermit Wahl $ 300,000
Johnny Klippstein $ 300,000
Bob Mabe $ 300,000
Pedro Ramos $ 300,000
El Tappe $ 300,000
Bob Usher $ 300,000
Corky Valentine $ 300,000
Bill Kennedy $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/21 Traded Bob Miller
Duke Snider
Johnny Logan
Boston (A) Al Kaline
Ed Bouchee
Jim Constable
Pedro Ramos
Jim Busby
2/21 Traded Vic Wertz New York (A) Bud Daley
Jim King
Bobby Brown
3/3 Traded Billy Pierce Detroit El Tappe
4/2 Signed     Clem Koshorek
4/2 Signed     Johnny Klippstein
4/2 Signed     Dave Pope
4/2 Signed     Bill Kennedy