Back دورى كورة القاعده الرئيسى 1958 ARZ Temporada 1958 de las Grandes Ligas de Béisbol Spanish 1958年のメジャーリーグベースボール Japanese МЛБ в сезоне 1958 Russian 1958年美國職棒大聯盟球季 Chinese
| 1958 MLB season | |
|---|---|
| League | American League (AL) National League (NL) |
| Sport | Baseball |
| Duration | Regular season:
|
| Number of games | 154 |
| Number of teams | 16 (8 per league) |
| TV partner(s) | NBC, CBS |
| Regular season | |
| Season MVP | AL: Jackie Jensen (BOS) NL: Ernie Banks (CHC) |
| AL champions | New York Yankees |
| AL runners-up | Chicago White Sox |
| NL champions | Milwaukee Braves |
| NL runners-up | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| World Series | |
| Champions | New York Yankees |
| Runners-up | Milwaukee Braves |
| World Series MVP | Bob Turley (NY) |
The 1958 major league baseball season began on April 14, 1958. The regular season ended on September 28, with the Milwaukee Braves and New York Yankees as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. In a rematch of the previous season, the postseason began with Game 1 of the 55th World Series on October 1 and ended with Game 7 on October 9. The Yankees defeated the Braves, four games to three, capturing the 18th championship in franchise history.
The 25th Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played on July 8, hosted by the Baltimore Orioles in Baltimore, Maryland, with the American League winning, 4–3.
Following the relocation trend that began in 1953, the National League's Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants moved from New York, New York (Brooklyn and Manhattan, respectively) to California (Los Angeles and San Francisco, respectively), becoming the fourth and fifth teams to relocate in the relocation era and leaving New York a one-team city. The moves to California marked the first time major-league teams played on the West Coast. The National League exodus from New York would go on to inspire the proposed Continental League the folloinwg year, which pressured the two existing leagues to begin expansion.[1] New York went without a National League team for four seasons, until the expansion New York Mets began play in 1962.
On June 6, the Detroit Tigers became the 15th team in professional baseball to break the color line when they fielded Ozzie Virgil Sr..[2]
- ^ Longley, Neil (December 12, 2013). An Absence of Competition: The Sustained Competitive Advantage of the Monopoly Sports Leagues. New York: Springer Publishing. p. 50. ISBN 9781461494850.
- ^ "These players integrated each MLB team". MLB.com. Retrieved November 14, 2024.