1958 Chicago Cubs season

The 1958 Chicago Cubs season was the 87th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 83rd in the National League and the 43rd at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fifth in the National League with a record of 72–82.

Offseason

October 8, 1957: Steve Bilko was purchased from the Cubs by the Cincinnati Redlegs.
November 16, 1957: Casey Wise was traded by the Cubs to the Milwaukee Braves for Chick King, Ben Johnson, Leonard Williams and cash.
December 2, 1957: Tony Taylor was drafted by the Cubs from the San Francisco Giants in the 1957 rule 5 draft.
December 10, 1957: Tom Poholsky was traded by the Cubs to the San Francisco Giants for Freddy Rodríguez.

Regular season

Notable transactions

April 3, 1958: Bob Speake and cash were traded by the Cubs to the San Francisco Giants for Bobby Thomson.
May 20, 1958: Jim Brosnan was traded by the Cubs to the St. Louis Cardinals for Alvin Dark.

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	Sammy Taylor	96	301	78	.259	6	36
1B	Dale Long	142	480	130	.271	20	75
2B		140	497	117	.235	6	27
SS	Ernie Banks	154	617	193	.313	47	129
3B		114	464	137	.295	3	43
LF	Walt Moryn	143	512	135	.264	26	77
CF		152	547	155	.283	21	82
RF	Lee Walls	136	513	156	.304	24	72

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
Johnny Goryl	83	219	53	.242	4	14
Cal Neeman	76	201	52	.259	12	29
Jim Bolger	84	120	27	.225	1	11
Chuck Tanner	73	103	27	.262	4	17
Bobby Adams	62	96	27	.281	0	4
Jim Marshall	26	81	22	.272	5	11
	24	35	6	.171	1	6
El Tappe	17	28	6	.214	0	4
Moe Thacker	11	24	6	.250	2	3
	18	20	3	.150	0	1
Frank Ernaga	9	8	1	.125	0	0
	8	8	2	.250	0	1
Jerry Kindall	3	6	1	.167	0	0
	8	5	0	.000	0	0
Bob Will	6	4	1	.250	0	0
Gabe Gabler	3	3	0	.000	0	0
Gordon Massa	2	2	0	.000	0	0
Bobby Morgan	1	1	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
	39	167.1	7	11	5.43	127
	22	125.2	9	11	4.51	77
	20	95.2	5	5	4.52	46
	8	51.2	3	4	3.14	24
Dick Ellsworth	1	2.1	0	1	15.43	0

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
Taylor Phillips	39	170.1	7	10	4.76	102
Glen Hobbie	55	168.1	10	6	3.74	91
Dave Hillman	31	125.2	4	8	3.15	65
	17	65.2	3	3	3.97	51
Marcelino Solis	15	52.0	3	3	6.06	15
Gene Fodge	16	39.2	1	1	4.76	15
John Buzhardt	6	24.1	3	0	1.85	9

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
Don Elston	69	9	8	11	2.88	84
Bill Henry	44	5	4	6	2.88	58
Dolan Nichols	24	0	4	1	5.01	9
	19	2	2	1	3.80	14
Hersh Freeman	9	0	1	0	8.31	7
	7	0	0	2	7.36	5
Turk Lown	4	0	0	0	4.50	4
Elmer Singleton	2	1	0	0	0.00	2