1958 San Francisco Giants season

The 1958 San Francisco Giants season was the franchise's first season in San Francisco, California and 76th season overall. The Giants' home ballpark was Seals Stadium. The team had a record of 80Ã¢ÂÂ74 finishing in third place in the National League standings, twelve games behind the NL Champion Milwaukee Braves.

Of the broadcast team, Russ Hodges left his former broadcasting partners in New York and for that season was joined on both KTVU and KSFO by Lon Simmons.

Offseason

December 2, 1957: Tony Taylor was drafted from the Giants by the Chicago Cubs in the 1957 rule 5 draft.
December 2, 1957: 1957 minor league draft
Lee Tate was drafted from the Giants by the St. Louis Cardinals.
RamÃÂ³n Conde was drafted from the Giants by the Kansas City Athletics.
December 10, 1957: Freddy RodrÃÂguez was traded by the Giants to the Chicago Cubs for Tom Poholsky.
March 24, 1958: Foster Castleman was purchased from the Giants by the Baltimore Orioles for $30,000.
Prior to 1958 season:
Dick LeMay was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants.
Eddie Fisher was signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent.

Regular season

Opening day

The Giants and the now-Los Angeles Dodgers, arch-rivals for 68 years in New York, faced each other in their respective first-ever game on the West Coast. On Tuesday afternoon, April 15, 1958, at Seals Stadium, the Giants' temporary home park, San Francisco blanked Los Angeles, 8Ã¢ÂÂ0, behind RubÃÂ©n GÃÂ³mez' complete game, six-hit shutout. GÃÂ³mez fanned six, issued no bases on balls, and went two for four at the plate. Daryl Spencer hit the first home run in San Francisco's MLB history with a solo shot in the fourth inning, and rookie Orlando Cepeda followed with another solo blast one inning later. Willie Mays had two runs batted in. Don Drysdale took the loss for the Dodgers. Attendance at the longtime minor league stadium was a sellout, 23,448.

Starting lineup

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

April 2, 1958: Ray Katt was traded by the Giants to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jim King.
April 3, 1958: Bobby Thomson was traded by the Giants to the Chicago Cubs for Bob Speake and cash.
May 17, 1958: Nick Testa was released by the Giants.
June 3, 1958: Gaylord Perry was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants.
July 15, 1958: Jim King was acquired from the Giants by the Toronto Maple Leafs.
August 25, 1958: JesÃÂºs Alou was signed as an amateur free agent by the Giants.

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; SB = Stolen bases

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Other pitchers