# 1958 Washington Senators season

The 1958 Washington Senators won 61 games, lost 93, and finished in eighth place in the American League, 31 games behind the New York Yankees. They were managed by Cookie Lavagetto and played home games at Griffith Stadium.

## Offseason

* January 23, 1958: Pete Runnels was traded by the Senators to the Boston Red Sox for Norm Zauchin and Albie Pearson.
* February 25, 1958: Milt Bolling was traded by the Senators to the Cleveland Indians for Pete Mesa (minors).

## Regular season

Pedro Ramos led the American League in losses.

### 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 14, 1958: Whitey Herzog was purchased from the Senators by the Kansas City Athletics.
* May 14, 1958: Al Cicotte was purchased by the Senators from the New York Yankees.
* June 23, 1958: Al Cicotte was traded by the Senators to the Detroit Tigers for Vito Valentinetti.

### 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 | Clint Courtney | 134 | 450 | 113 | .251 | 8 | 62 |
| 1B | Norm Zauchin | 96 | 303 | 69 | .228 | 15 | 37 |
| 2B | Ken Aspromonte | 92 | 253 | 57 | .225 | 5 | 27 |
| SS | Rocky Bridges | 116 | 377 | 99 | .263 | 5 | 28 |
| 3B | Eddie Yost | 134 | 406 | 91 | .224 | 8 | 37 |
| LF | Roy Sievers | 148 | 550 | 162 | .295 | 39 | 108 |
| CF | Albie Pearson | 146 | 530 | 146 | .275 | 3 | 33 |
| RF | Jim Lemon | 142 | 501 | 123 | .246 | 26 | 75 |

#### 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 |
| Herb Plews | 111 | 380 | 98 | .258 | 2 | 29 |
| Neil Chrisley | 105 | 233 | 50 | .215 | 5 | 26 |
| Ossie Álvarez | 87 | 196 | 41 | .209 | 0 | 5 |
| Julio Bécquer | 86 | 164 | 39 | .238 | 0 | 12 |
| Ed Fitz Gerald | 58 | 114 | 30 | .263 | 0 | 11 |
| Faye Throneberry | 44 | 87 | 16 | .184 | 4 | 7 |
| Bobby Malkmus | 41 | 70 | 13 | .186 | 0 | 3 |
| Steve Korcheck | 21 | 51 | 4 | .078 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Allison | 11 | 35 | 7 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| Harmon Killebrew | 13 | 31 | 6 | .194 | 0 | 2 |
| Johnny Schaive | 7 | 24 | 6 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
| Jerry Snyder | 6 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 1 |
| Lou Berberet | 5 | 6 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
| Whitey Herzog | 8 | 5 | 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 |
| Pedro Ramos | 43 | 259.1 | 14 | 18 | 4.23 | 132 |
| Russ Kemmerer | 40 | 224.1 | 6 | 15 | 4.61 | 111 |
| Camilo Pascual | 31 | 177.1 | 8 | 12 | 3.15 | 146 |
| Bill Fischer | 3 | 21.0 | 0 | 3 | 3.86 | 10 |

#### 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 |
| Hal Griggs | 32 | 137.0 | 3 | 11 | 5.52 | 69 |
| Vito Valentinetti | 23 | 95.2 | 4 | 6 | 5.08 | 33 |
| Chuck Stobbs | 19 | 56.2 | 2 | 6 | 6.04 | 23 |
| John Romonosky | 18 | 55.1 | 2 | 4 | 6.51 | 38 |
| Al Cicotte | 8 | 28.0 | 0 | 3 | 4.82 | 14 |
| Jim Constable | 15 | 27.2 | 0 | 1 | 4.88 | 25 |
| Ralph Lumenti | 8 | 21.0 | 1 | 2 | 8.57 | 20 |
| Jack Spring | 3 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 14.14 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Dick Hyde | 53 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 1.75 | 49 |
| Tex Clevenger | 55 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 4.35 | 70 |
| Bud Byerly | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6.75 | 13 |
| Joe Albanese | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 3 |
| Bob Wiesler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 5 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AA | Chattanooga Lookouts | Southern Association | Red Marion |
| A | Charlotte Hornets | Sally League | Gene Verble |
| B | Fox Cities Foxes | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Pete Suder |
| C | Missoula Timberjacks | Pioneer League | Jack McKeon |
| D | Fort Walton Beach Jets | Alabama–Florida League | Nesbit Wilson and Vince Magi |
| D | Gainesville G-Men | Florida State League | Buddy Leftridge and Red Dulaney |
| D | Superior Senators | Nebraska State League | Hal Keller |
| D | Elmira Pioneers | New York–Penn League | Mel Kerestes and Packy Rogers |