# 1958 Baltimore Orioles season

The 1958 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing 6th in the American League with a record of 74 wins and 79 losses, 17.5 games behind the AL and World Series champion New York Yankees. The team was managed by Paul Richards, and played their home games at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium, which hosted the All-Star Game that season. During the 1958 season, Gus Triandos hit 30 home runs, setting a Baltimore Orioles franchise record (since broken) for most home runs in one season.

## Offseason

* March 24, 1958: Foster Castleman was purchased by the Orioles from the San Francisco Giants for $30,000.

## Regular season

On June 6, 1958, Orioles president James Keelty, Jr. reached agreement with Miami Marlins president George B. Storer to move the Orioles' spring training home from Scottsdale, Arizona to Miami Stadium for the 1959 spring training season.
On September 20, pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm struck out eight batters while throwing a no-hitter against the New York Yankees. It was the first no-hitter in Baltimore Orioles history, as Gus Triandos contributed a home run in the 1–0 win.

### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 92 | 62 | .597 | — | 44‍–‍33 | 48‍–‍29 |
| Chicago White Sox | 82 | 72 | .532 | 10 | 47‍–‍30 | 35‍–‍42 |
| Boston Red Sox | 79 | 75 | .513 | 13 | 49‍–‍28 | 30‍–‍47 |
| Cleveland Indians | 77 | 76 | .503 | 14½ | 42‍–‍34 | 35‍–‍42 |
| Detroit Tigers | 77 | 77 | .500 | 15 | 43‍–‍34 | 34‍–‍43 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 74 | 79 | .484 | 17½ | 46‍–‍31 | 28‍–‍48 |
| Kansas City Athletics | 73 | 81 | .474 | 19 | 43‍–‍34 | 30‍–‍47 |
| Washington Senators | 61 | 93 | .396 | 31 | 33‍–‍44 | 28‍–‍49 |

### Record vs. opponents

1958 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CHW | CLE | DET | KCA | NYY | WSH |
| Baltimore | — | 10–12 | 9–13–1 | 10–11 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 8–14 | 15–7 |
| Boston | 12–10 | — | 10–12 | 12–10 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 9–13–1 | 14–8 |
| Chicago | 13–9–1 | 12–10 | — | 12–10 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 7–15 | 16–6 |
| Cleveland | 11–10 | 10–12 | 10–12 | — | 14–8 | 10–12 | 7–15 | 15–7 |
| Detroit | 12–10 | 12–10 | 12–10 | 8–14 | — | 12–10 | 12–10 | 9–13 |
| Kansas City | 10–12 | 10–12 | 10–12 | 12–10 | 10–12 | — | 9–13 | 12–10–2 |
| New York | 14–8 | 13–9–1 | 15–7 | 15–7 | 10–12 | 13–9 | — | 12–10 |
| Washington | 7–15 | 8–14 | 6–16 | 7–15 | 13–9 | 10–12–2 | 10–12 | — |

### Notable transactions

* May 16, 1958: Eddie Miksis was released by the Orioles.
* August 23, 1958: Hoyt Wilhelm was selected off waivers by the Orioles from the Cleveland Indians.

### Roster
## 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 |
| C | Gus Triandos | 137 | 474 | 116 | .245 | 30 | 79 |
| 1B | Bob Boyd | 125 | 401 | 124 | .309 | 7 | 36 |
| 2B | Billy Gardner | 151 | 560 | 126 | .225 | 3 | 33 |
| SS | Willy Miranda | 102 | 214 | 43 | .201 | 1 | 8 |
| 3B | Brooks Robinson | 145 | 463 | 110 | .238 | 3 | 32 |
| LF | Bob Nieman | 105 | 366 | 119 | .325 | 16 | 60 |
| CF | Jim Busby | 113 | 215 | 51 | .237 | 3 | 19 |
| RF | Al Pilarcik | 141 | 379 | 92 | .243 | 1 | 24 |

#### 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 |
| Gene Woodling | 133 | 413 | 114 | .276 | 15 | 65 |
| Dick Williams | 128 | 409 | 113 | .276 | 4 | 32 |
| Foster Castleman | 48 | 200 | 34 | .170 | 3 | 14 |
| Jim Marshall | 85 | 191 | 41 | .215 | 5 | 19 |
| Joe Ginsberg | 61 | 109 | 23 | .211 | 3 | 16 |
| Lenny Green | 69 | 91 | 21 | .231 | 0 | 4 |
| Joe Taylor | 36 | 77 | 21 | .273 | 2 | 9 |
| Willie Tasby | 18 | 50 | 10 | .200 | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Hale | 19 | 20 | 7 | .350 | 0 | 3 |
| Ron Hansen | 12 | 19 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
| Jerry Adair | 11 | 19 | 2 | .105 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Oertel | 14 | 12 | 2 | .167 | 1 | 1 |
| Leo Burke | 7 | 11 | 5 | .455 | 1 | 4 |
| Bert Hamric | 8 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Miksis | 3 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Zupo | 1 | 2 | 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 |
| Jack Harshman | 34 | 236.1 | 12 | 15 | 2.89 | 161 |
| Arnie Portocarrero | 32 | 204.2 | 15 | 11 | 3.25 | 90 |
| Hal Brown | 19 | 96.2 | 7 | 5 | 3.07 | 44 |

#### 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 |
| Billy O'Dell | 41 | 221.1 | 14 | 11 | 2.97 | 137 |
| Milt Pappas | 31 | 135.1 | 10 | 10 | 4.06 | 72 |
| Connie Johnson | 26 | 118.1 | 6 | 9 | 3.88 | 68 |
| Billy Loes | 32 | 114.0 | 3 | 9 | 3.63 | 44 |
| Charlie Beamon | 21 | 49.2 | 1 | 3 | 4.35 | 26 |
| Hoyt Wilhelm | 9 | 40.2 | 1 | 3 | 1.99 | 35 |

#### 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 |
| George Zuverink | 45 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3.39 | 22 |
| Ken Lehman | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.48 | 36 |
| Jerry Walker | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.97 | 6 |
| Lou Sleater | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12.86 | 5 |
| Ron Moeller | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.15 | 3 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Louisville Colonels | American Association | Del Wilber |
| AAA | Vancouver Mounties | Pacific Coast League | Charlie Metro |
| AA | San Antonio Missions | Texas League | Grady Hatton |
| A | Knoxville Smokies | Sally League | George Staller |
| B | Wilson Tobs | Carolina League | Bob Hooper and Barney Lutz |
| C | Aberdeen Pheasants | Northern League | Barney Lutz and Billy DeMars |
| D | Pensacola Dons | Alabama–Florida League | Lou Fitzgerald |
| D | Bluefield Orioles | Appalachian League | Barney Lutz, Fred Hofmann and Bob Hooper |
| D | Dublin Orioles | Georgia–Florida League | Earl Weaver |