1958 Season Leaders

Top performers from the 1958 baseball season. Click column headers to sort.

These are the 1958 Major League Baseball season leaders in batting and pitching. Ernie Banks led with 47 home runs, Ernie Banks led with 129 RBI, and Richie Ashburn led with 215 hits. Batting average, OBP, SLG and OPS list qualified hitters only — 3.1 plate appearances per team game, which is 477 plate appearances at 154 team games; ERA and WHIP require one inning per team game (154 innings). Lines below those thresholds are shown and marked unqualified.

AVG (Batting Average):
Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):
Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):
Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
ERA (Earned Run Average):
Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.

Data updated

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Batting Leaders

Qualified: 3.1 plate appearances per team game — 477 plate appearances at 154 team games. 72 of the 178 hitters listed qualify; the rest cleared 200+ plate appearances and are marked UNQ. Rate columns (AVG/OBP/SLG/OPS) rank qualified hitters first.

1958 OPS Distribution

Every qualified batter that season, plotted as a histogram. The highlighted bin contains the league leader.

Complete Statistics

1958 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
Richie Ashburn PHI 152 725 615 98 215 24 13 2 33 30 97 48 .350 .440 .441 .881
Willie Mays SFN 152 685 600 121 208 33 11 29 96 31 78 56 .347 .419 .583 1.002
Stan Musial SLN 135 549 472 64 159 35 2 17 62 0 72 26 .337 .423 .528 .950
Ted Williams BOS 129 517 411 81 135 23 2 26 85 1 98 49 .328 .458 .584 1.042
Hank Aaron ML1 153 664 601 109 196 34 4 30 95 4 59 49 .326 .386 .546 .931
Pete Runnels BOS 147 666 568 103 183 32 5 8 59 1 87 49 .322 .416 .438 .854
Bob Skinner PIT 144 596 529 93 170 33 9 13 70 12 58 55 .321 .387 .491 .879
Harvey Kuenn DET 139 619 561 73 179 39 3 8 54 5 51 34 .319 .373 .442 .815
Al Kaline DET 146 607 543 84 170 34 7 16 85 7 54 47 .313 .374 .490 .864
Ernie Banks CHN 154 682 617 119 193 23 11 47 129 4 52 87 .313 .366 .614 .980
Vic Power 2 teams 145 620 590 98 184 37 10 16 80 3 20 14 .312 .332 .490 .822
Orlando Cepeda SFN 148 644 603 88 188 38 4 25 96 15 29 84 .312 .342 .512 .854
Ken Boyer SLN 150 631 570 101 175 21 9 23 90 11 49 53 .307 .360 .496 .857
Johnny Temple CIN 141 652 542 82 166 31 6 3 47 15 91 41 .306 .405 .402 .807
Bob Cerv KC1 141 572 515 93 157 20 7 38 104 3 50 82 .305 .371 .592 .963
Mickey Mantle NYA 150 654 519 127 158 21 1 42 97 18 129 120 .304 .443 .592 1.035
Lee Walls CHN 136 576 513 80 156 19 3 24 72 4 47 62 .304 .370 .493 .863
Rocky Colavito CLE 143 578 489 80 148 26 3 41 113 0 84 89 .303 .405 .620 1.024
Minnie Miñoso CLE 149 638 556 94 168 25 2 24 80 14 59 53 .302 .383 .484 .867
Harry Anderson PHI 140 585 515 80 155 34 6 23 97 0 59 95 .301 .373 .524 .897
Nellie Fox CHA 155 698 623 82 187 21 6 0 49 5 47 11 .300 .357 .353 .710
Norm Siebern NYA 134 533 460 79 138 19 5 14 55 5 66 87 .300 .388 .454 .842
Dick Groat PIT 151 622 584 67 175 36 9 3 66 2 23 32 .300 .328 .408 .735
Al Dark 2 teams 132 572 528 61 156 16 4 4 48 1 31 29 .295 .337 .364 .700
Frank Malzone BOS 155 672 627 76 185 30 2 15 87 1 33 53 .295 .333 .421 .754
Roy Sievers WS1 148 614 550 85 162 18 1 39 108 3 53 63 .295 .357 .544 .900
Roberto Clemente PIT 140 556 519 69 150 24 10 6 50 8 31 41 .289 .327 .408 .736
Jackie Jensen BOS 154 655 548 83 157 31 0 35 122 9 99 65 .286 .396 .535 .931
Bobby Thomson CHN 152 615 547 67 155 27 5 21 82 0 56 76 .283 .351 .466 .817
Frank Thomas PIT 149 620 562 89 158 26 4 35 109 0 42 79 .281 .334 .528 .863
Gene Green SLN 137 489 442 47 124 18 3 13 55 2 37 48 .281 .333 .423 .756
Jim Landis CHA 142 593 523 72 145 23 7 15 64 19 52 80 .277 .351 .434 .785
Gene Woodling BAL 133 485 413 57 114 16 1 15 65 4 66 49 .276 .378 .429 .806
Albie Pearson WS1 146 610 530 63 146 25 5 3 33 7 64 31 .275 .354 .358 .712
Bill Mazeroski PIT 152 607 567 69 156 24 6 19 68 1 25 71 .275 .308 .439 .747
Don Blasingame SLN 143 608 547 71 150 19 10 2 36 20 57 47 .274 .343 .356 .700
Sherm Lollar CHA 127 491 421 53 115 16 0 20 84 2 57 37 .273 .367 .454 .821
Bill Skowron NYA 126 503 465 61 127 22 3 14 73 1 28 69 .273 .317 .424 .740
Gail Harris DET 134 498 451 63 123 18 8 20 83 1 36 60 .273 .328 .481 .809
Del Crandall ML1 131 485 427 50 116 23 1 18 63 4 48 38 .272 .348 .457 .805
Dale Long CHN 142 554 480 68 130 26 4 20 75 2 66 64 .271 .357 .467 .824
Frank Robinson CIN 148 623 554 90 149 25 6 31 83 10 62 80 .269 .350 .504 .854
Frank Bolling DET 154 681 610 91 164 25 4 14 75 6 54 54 .269 .328 .392 .720
Hank Bauer NYA 128 490 452 62 121 22 6 12 50 3 32 56 .268 .316 .423 .739
Bill Virdon PIT 144 662 604 75 161 24 11 9 46 5 52 70 .267 .324 .387 .712
Luis Aparicio CHA 145 604 557 76 148 20 9 2 40 29 35 38 .266 .309 .345 .653
Tony Kubek NYA 138 597 559 66 148 21 1 2 48 5 25 57 .265 .295 .317 .612
Walt Moryn CHN 143 587 512 77 135 26 7 26 77 1 62 83 .264 .350 .494 .845
Don Zimmer LAN 127 495 455 52 119 15 2 17 60 14 28 92 .262 .305 .415 .720
Jim Gilliam LAN 147 636 555 81 145 25 5 2 43 18 78 22 .261 .352 .335 .687
Hector Lopez KC1 151 631 564 84 147 28 4 17 73 2 49 61 .261 .317 .415 .732
Gil Hodges LAN 141 532 475 68 123 15 1 22 64 8 52 87 .259 .330 .434 .764
Daryl Spencer SFN 148 626 539 71 138 20 5 17 74 1 73 60 .256 .343 .406 .750
Jim Davenport SFN 134 493 434 70 111 22 3 12 41 1 33 64 .256 .317 .403 .720
Billy Martin DET 131 536 498 56 127 19 1 7 42 5 16 62 .255 .279 .339 .619
Charlie Neal LAN 140 549 473 87 120 9 6 22 65 7 61 91 .254 .341 .438 .779
Al Smith CHA 139 541 480 61 121 23 5 12 58 3 48 77 .252 .323 .396 .719
Clint Courtney WS1 134 515 450 46 113 18 0 8 62 1 48 23 .251 .332 .344 .676
Eddie Mathews ML1 149 649 546 97 137 18 1 31 77 5 85 85 .251 .349 .458 .807
Gil McDougald NYA 138 578 503 69 126 19 1 14 65 6 59 75 .250 .329 .376 .705
Jim Lemon WS1 142 555 501 65 123 15 9 26 75 2 50 120 .246 .314 .467 .781
Gus Triandos BAL 137 544 474 59 116 10 0 30 79 1 60 65 .245 .327 .456 .782
Roger Maris 2 teams 150 637 583 87 140 19 4 28 80 4 45 85 .240 .294 .431 .725
Brooks Robinson BAL 145 507 463 31 110 16 3 3 32 1 31 51 .238 .292 .305 .597
Don Buddin BOS 136 594 497 74 118 25 2 12 43 0 82 106 .237 .349 .368 .717
Dick Gernert BOS 122 496 431 59 102 19 1 20 69 2 59 78 .237 .330 .425 .755
Tony Taylor CHN 140 555 497 63 117 15 3 6 27 21 40 93 .235 .299 .314 .613
Bill Tuttle KC1 148 594 511 77 118 14 9 11 51 7 74 58 .231 .327 .358 .685
Chico Fernandez PHI 148 578 522 38 120 18 5 6 51 12 37 48 .230 .280 .318 .598
Johnny Logan ML1 145 590 530 54 120 20 0 11 53 1 40 57 .226 .286 .326 .612
Billy Gardner BAL 151 607 560 32 126 28 2 3 33 2 34 53 .225 .271 .298 .569
Eddie Yost WS1 134 503 406 55 91 16 0 8 37 3 81 43 .224 .361 .323 .683
Wes Covington UNQ ML1 90 324 294 43 97 12 1 24 74 0 20 35 .330 .380 .622 1.003
Bob Nieman UNQ BAL 105 414 366 56 119 20 2 16 60 2 44 57 .325 .395 .522 .917
Leon Wagner UNQ SFN 74 240 221 31 70 9 0 13 35 1 18 34 .317 .371 .534 .905
Elston Howard UNQ NYA 103 406 376 45 118 19 5 11 66 1 22 60 .314 .348 .479 .827
Duke Snider UNQ LAN 106 365 327 45 102 12 3 15 58 2 32 49 .312 .371 .505 .875
Jerry Lynch UNQ CIN 122 443 420 58 131 20 5 16 68 1 18 54 .312 .338 .498 .835
Joe Cunningham UNQ SLN 131 424 337 61 105 20 3 12 57 4 82 23 .312 .449 .496 .945
Bob Boyd UNQ BAL 125 432 401 58 124 21 5 7 36 1 25 24 .309 .350 .439 .789
Dave Philley UNQ PHI 91 225 207 30 64 11 4 3 31 1 15 20 .309 .357 .444 .802
Frank Torre UNQ ML1 138 430 372 41 115 22 5 6 55 2 42 14 .309 .386 .444 .829
Russ Nixon UNQ CLE 113 395 376 42 113 17 4 9 46 0 13 38 .301 .322 .439 .761
Billy Goodman UNQ CHA 116 471 425 41 127 15 5 0 40 1 37 21 .299 .355 .358 .712
Red Wilson UNQ DET 103 343 298 31 89 13 1 3 29 10 35 30 .299 .373 .379 .752
Mickey Vernon UNQ CLE 119 404 355 49 104 22 3 8 55 0 44 56 .293 .372 .439 .812
Ted Kluszewski UNQ PIT 100 331 301 29 88 13 4 4 37 0 26 16 .292 .348 .402 .750
Carl Furillo UNQ LAN 122 459 411 54 119 19 3 18 83 0 35 28 .290 .343 .482 .825
Bob Bowman UNQ PHI 91 202 184 31 53 11 2 8 24 0 16 30 .288 .343 .500 .843
Andy Carey UNQ NYA 102 365 315 39 90 19 4 12 45 1 34 43 .286 .363 .486 .849
Solly Hemus UNQ PHI 105 401 334 53 95 14 3 8 36 3 51 34 .284 .390 .416 .806
Preston Ward UNQ 2 teams 129 464 416 50 118 13 2 10 45 0 37 63 .284 .340 .397 .737
Larry Doby UNQ CLE 89 276 247 41 70 10 1 13 45 0 26 49 .283 .348 .490 .838
Smoky Burgess UNQ CIN 99 274 251 28 71 12 1 6 31 0 22 20 .283 .343 .410 .753
Wally Post UNQ PHI 110 420 379 51 107 21 3 12 62 0 32 74 .282 .340 .449 .788
Bill Bruton UNQ ML1 100 361 325 47 91 11 3 3 28 4 27 37 .280 .336 .360 .696
Norm Larker UNQ LAN 99 291 253 32 70 16 5 4 29 1 29 21 .277 .352 .427 .779
Dick Williams UNQ BAL 128 462 409 36 113 17 0 4 32 0 37 47 .276 .336 .347 .683
George Crowe UNQ CIN 111 392 345 31 95 12 5 7 61 1 41 51 .275 .348 .400 .748
Joe Adcock UNQ ML1 105 349 320 40 88 15 1 19 54 0 21 63 .275 .317 .506 .823
Bubba Phillips UNQ CHA 84 286 260 26 71 10 0 5 30 3 15 14 .273 .310 .369 .679
Hal Smith UNQ KC1 99 351 315 32 86 19 2 5 46 0 25 47 .273 .323 .394 .717
Charlie Maxwell UNQ DET 131 466 397 56 108 14 4 13 65 6 64 54 .272 .369 .426 .795
Willie Jones UNQ PHI 118 456 398 52 108 15 1 14 60 1 49 45 .271 .351 .420 .771
John Roseboro UNQ LAN 114 431 384 52 104 11 9 14 43 11 36 56 .271 .333 .456 .788
Harry Chiti UNQ KC1 103 327 295 32 79 11 3 9 44 3 18 48 .268 .311 .417 .728
Dick Stuart UNQ PIT 67 271 254 38 68 12 5 16 48 0 11 75 .268 .310 .543 .853
Walt Dropo UNQ 2 teams 91 238 214 21 57 8 2 9 39 0 17 42 .266 .319 .449 .768
Earl Torgeson UNQ CHA 96 236 188 37 50 8 0 10 30 7 48 29 .266 .415 .468 .883
Yogi Berra UNQ NYA 122 476 433 60 115 17 3 22 90 3 35 35 .266 .319 .471 .790
Rocky Bridges UNQ WS1 116 411 377 38 99 14 3 5 28 0 27 32 .263 .315 .355 .671
Red Schoendienst UNQ ML1 106 465 427 47 112 23 1 1 24 3 31 21 .262 .313 .328 .641
Del Ennis UNQ SLN 106 352 329 22 86 18 1 3 47 0 15 35 .261 .290 .350 .639
Don Hoak UNQ CIN 114 466 417 51 109 30 0 6 50 6 43 36 .261 .333 .376 .709
Bob Martyn UNQ KC1 95 254 226 25 59 10 7 2 23 1 26 36 .261 .336 .394 .730
Curt Flood UNQ SLN 121 461 422 50 110 17 2 10 41 2 31 56 .261 .317 .382 .699
Sammy White UNQ BOS 102 351 328 25 85 15 3 6 35 1 21 37 .259 .305 .378 .683
Sammy Taylor UNQ CHN 96 329 301 30 78 12 2 6 36 2 27 46 .259 .319 .372 .691
Cal Neeman UNQ CHN 76 226 201 30 52 7 0 12 29 0 21 41 .259 .336 .473 .809
Willie Kirkland UNQ SFN 122 470 418 48 108 25 6 14 56 3 43 69 .258 .332 .447 .779
Herb Plews UNQ WS1 111 401 380 46 98 12 6 2 29 2 17 45 .258 .291 .337 .628
Ed Bouchee UNQ PHI 89 389 334 55 86 19 5 9 39 1 51 74 .257 .355 .425 .780
Coot Veal UNQ DET 58 230 207 29 53 10 2 0 16 1 14 21 .256 .304 .324 .627
Harry Simpson UNQ 2 teams 102 297 263 22 67 9 2 7 33 0 32 45 .255 .338 .384 .722
Jerry Lumpe UNQ NYA 81 262 232 34 59 8 4 3 32 1 23 21 .254 .319 .362 .681
Tito Francona UNQ 2 teams 86 226 197 21 50 8 2 1 20 2 29 40 .254 .350 .330 .680
Bobby Avila UNQ CLE 113 445 375 54 95 21 3 5 30 5 55 45 .253 .349 .365 .714
Felipe Alou UNQ SFN 75 204 182 21 46 9 2 4 16 4 19 34 .253 .325 .390 .715
Frank House UNQ KC1 76 218 202 16 51 6 3 4 24 1 12 13 .252 .295 .371 .666
Gus Bell UNQ CIN 112 433 385 42 97 16 2 10 46 2 36 40 .252 .314 .382 .696
Ed Bailey UNQ CIN 112 414 360 39 90 23 1 11 59 2 47 61 .250 .337 .411 .748
Hank Sauer UNQ SFN 88 277 236 27 59 8 0 12 46 0 35 37 .250 .354 .436 .790
Gene Freese UNQ 2 teams 79 221 209 29 52 11 1 7 18 1 11 34 .249 .286 .411 .698
Dick Gray UNQ LAN 58 221 197 25 49 5 6 9 30 1 19 30 .249 .327 .472 .799
Stan Lopata UNQ PHI 86 322 258 36 64 9 0 9 33 0 60 63 .248 .391 .388 .779
Gino Cimoli UNQ LAN 109 352 325 35 80 6 3 9 27 3 18 49 .246 .292 .366 .658
Bob Schmidt UNQ SFN 127 432 393 46 96 20 2 14 54 0 33 59 .244 .306 .412 .718
Rip Repulski UNQ PHI 85 262 238 33 58 9 4 13 40 0 15 47 .244 .296 .479 .775
Ozzie Virgil UNQ DET 49 203 193 19 47 10 2 3 19 1 8 20 .244 .272 .363 .635
Al Pilarcik UNQ BAL 141 430 379 40 92 21 0 1 24 7 42 37 .243 .320 .306 .626
Johnny Goryl UNQ CHN 83 250 219 27 53 9 3 4 14 0 27 34 .242 .331 .365 .696
Ray Boone UNQ 2 teams 116 401 360 41 87 16 2 13 61 1 32 46 .242 .304 .406 .710
Wally Moon UNQ SLN 108 340 290 36 69 10 3 7 38 2 47 30 .238 .342 .366 .708
Jim Piersall UNQ BOS 130 469 417 55 99 13 5 8 48 12 42 43 .237 .303 .350 .653
Jim Busby UNQ BAL 113 245 215 32 51 7 2 3 19 6 24 37 .237 .320 .330 .650
Pete Whisenant UNQ CIN 85 229 203 33 48 9 2 11 40 3 18 37 .236 .292 .463 .755
Chico Carrasquel UNQ 2 teams 108 355 316 33 74 11 1 4 34 0 35 27 .234 .311 .313 .624
Steve Bilko UNQ 2 teams 78 210 188 25 44 5 4 11 35 0 18 57 .234 .295 .479 .774
Reno Bertoia UNQ DET 86 273 240 28 56 6 0 6 27 5 20 35 .233 .290 .333 .623
Danny O'Connell UNQ SFN 107 368 306 44 71 12 2 3 23 2 51 35 .232 .340 .314 .654
Jim Marshall UNQ 2 teams 111 305 272 29 63 6 3 10 30 4 30 43 .232 .308 .386 .694
Gary Geiger UNQ CLE 91 229 195 28 45 3 1 1 6 2 27 43 .231 .330 .272 .602
Ray Jablonski UNQ SFN 82 251 230 28 53 15 1 12 46 2 17 50 .230 .287 .461 .748
Bob Thurman UNQ CIN 94 203 178 23 41 7 4 4 20 1 20 38 .230 .320 .382 .702
Roy McMillan UNQ CIN 145 447 393 48 90 18 3 1 25 5 47 33 .229 .312 .298 .610
Ted Kazanski UNQ PHI 95 318 289 21 66 12 2 3 35 2 22 34 .228 .291 .315 .606
Norm Zauchin UNQ WS1 96 349 303 35 69 8 2 15 37 0 38 68 .228 .310 .416 .726
Hal Smith UNQ SLN 77 238 220 13 50 4 1 1 24 0 14 14 .227 .272 .268 .541
Billy Moran UNQ CLE 115 279 257 26 58 11 0 1 18 3 13 23 .226 .262 .280 .542
Jim Rivera UNQ CHA 116 309 276 37 62 8 4 9 35 21 24 49 .225 .282 .380 .663
Carl Sawatski UNQ 2 teams 70 216 193 13 43 4 1 5 13 0 18 47 .223 .296 .332 .628
Felix Mantilla UNQ ML1 85 252 226 37 50 5 1 7 19 2 20 20 .221 .282 .345 .627
Eddie Kasko UNQ SLN 104 283 259 20 57 8 1 2 22 1 21 25 .220 .277 .282 .558
Joe DeMaestri UNQ KC1 139 468 442 32 97 11 1 6 38 1 16 84 .219 .247 .290 .536
Ken Aspromonte UNQ 2 teams 98 301 269 15 59 9 1 5 27 1 28 29 .219 .294 .316 .610
Gene Stephens UNQ BOS 134 295 270 38 59 10 1 9 25 1 22 46 .219 .279 .363 .642
Billy Harrell UNQ CLE 101 248 229 36 50 4 0 7 19 12 15 36 .218 .271 .328 .599
Alex Grammas UNQ CIN 105 259 216 25 47 8 0 0 12 2 34 24 .218 .329 .255 .584
Neil Chrisley UNQ WS1 105 251 233 19 50 7 4 5 26 1 16 18 .215 .265 .343 .608
Mike Baxes UNQ KC1 73 257 231 31 49 10 1 0 8 1 21 24 .212 .286 .264 .550
Ossie Alvarez UNQ WS1 87 217 196 20 41 3 0 0 5 1 16 26 .209 .269 .224 .493
Lou Berberet UNQ 2 teams 62 210 173 11 36 5 3 2 18 0 35 33 .208 .344 .306 .651
Hank Foiles UNQ PIT 104 314 264 31 54 10 2 8 30 0 45 53 .205 .322 .348 .670
Woodie Held UNQ 2 teams 114 313 275 25 56 6 1 7 33 1 25 64 .204 .281 .309 .590
Jim Hegan UNQ 2 teams 70 203 189 19 38 12 0 1 13 0 14 48 .201 .256 .280 .537
Willy Miranda UNQ BAL 102 230 214 15 43 6 0 1 8 1 14 25 .201 .250 .243 .493
Billy Hunter UNQ 2 teams 98 280 248 27 46 11 3 2 20 5 22 44 .185 .254 .278 .532
Foster Castleman UNQ BAL 98 223 200 15 34 5 0 3 14 2 16 34 .170 .242 .240 .482
Showing 1-50 of 178 batters listed (72 qualified)

Pitching Leaders

Qualified: 1 inning pitched per team game — 154 innings at 154 team games. 54 of the 150 pitchers listed qualify; the rest cleared 50+ innings and are marked UNQ. ERA and WHIP rank qualified pitchers first.

Complete Statistics

1958 Season Leaders — Complete Statistics
Player Team W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA WHIP
Whitey Ford NYA 14 7 30 29 15 7 1 219.1 174 49 62 145 2.01 1.08
Stu Miller SFN 6 9 41 20 4 1 0 182.0 160 50 49 119 2.47 1.15
Billy Pierce CHA 17 11 35 32 19 3 2 245.0 204 73 66 144 2.68 1.10
Sam Jones SLN 14 13 35 35 14 2 0 250.0 204 80 107 225 2.88 1.24
Jack Harshman BAL 12 15 34 29 17 3 4 236.1 204 76 75 161 2.89 1.18
Frank Lary DET 16 15 39 34 19 3 1 260.1 249 84 68 131 2.90 1.22
Lew Burdette ML1 20 10 40 36 19 3 0 275.1 279 89 50 113 2.91 1.19
Billy O'Dell BAL 14 11 41 25 12 3 8 221.1 201 73 51 137 2.97 1.14
Bob Turley NYA 21 7 33 31 19 6 1 245.1 178 81 128 168 2.97 1.25
Cal McLish CLE 16 8 39 30 13 0 1 225.2 214 75 70 97 2.99 1.26
Dick Donovan CHA 15 14 34 34 16 4 0 248.0 240 83 53 127 3.01 1.18
Warren Spahn ML1 22 11 38 36 23 2 1 290.0 257 99 76 150 3.07 1.15
Camilo Pascual WS1 8 12 31 27 6 2 0 177.1 166 62 60 146 3.15 1.27
Robin Roberts PHI 17 14 35 34 21 1 0 269.2 270 97 51 130 3.24 1.19
Arnie Portocarrero BAL 15 11 32 27 10 3 2 204.2 173 74 57 90 3.25 1.12
Johnny Antonelli SFN 16 13 41 34 13 0 3 241.2 216 88 87 143 3.28 1.25
Gary Bell CLE 12 10 33 23 10 0 1 182.0 141 67 73 110 3.31 1.18
Jim Brosnan 2 teams 11 8 41 20 4 0 7 166.2 148 62 79 89 3.35 1.36
Ike Delock BOS 14 8 31 19 9 1 2 160.0 155 60 56 82 3.38 1.32
Vinegar Bend Mizell SLN 10 14 30 29 8 2 0 189.2 178 72 91 80 3.42 1.42
Paul Foytack DET 15 13 39 33 16 2 1 230.0 198 88 77 135 3.44 1.20
Ray Herbert KC1 8 8 42 16 5 0 3 175.0 161 68 55 108 3.50 1.23
Harvey Haddix CIN 8 7 29 26 8 1 0 184.0 191 72 43 110 3.52 1.27
Jim Bunning DET 14 12 35 34 10 3 0 219.2 188 86 79 177 3.52 1.22
Ron Kline PIT 13 16 32 32 11 2 0 237.1 220 93 92 109 3.53 1.31
Frank Sullivan BOS 13 9 32 29 10 2 3 199.1 216 79 49 103 3.57 1.33
Bob Purkey CIN 17 11 37 34 17 3 0 250.0 259 100 49 70 3.60 1.23
Bob Friend PIT 22 14 38 38 16 1 0 274.0 299 112 61 135 3.68 1.31
Larry Jackson SLN 13 13 49 23 11 1 8 198.0 211 81 51 124 3.68 1.32
Tom Brewer BOS 12 12 33 32 10 1 0 227.1 227 94 93 124 3.72 1.41
Johnny Podres LAN 13 15 39 31 10 2 1 210.1 208 87 78 143 3.72 1.36
Glen Hobbie CHN 10 6 55 16 2 1 2 168.1 163 70 93 91 3.74 1.52
Joe Nuxhall CIN 12 11 36 26 5 0 0 175.2 169 74 63 111 3.79 1.32
Mudcat Grant CLE 10 11 44 28 11 1 4 204.0 173 87 104 111 3.84 1.36
Duke Maas 2 teams 11 8 32 20 5 2 1 156.2 142 67 49 69 3.85 1.22
Ray Semproch PHI 13 11 36 30 12 2 0 204.1 211 89 58 92 3.92 1.32
Vern Law PIT 14 12 35 29 6 1 3 202.1 235 89 39 56 3.96 1.35
Ned Garver KC1 12 11 31 28 10 3 1 201.0 192 90 66 72 4.03 1.28
Ray Narleski CLE 13 10 44 24 7 0 1 183.1 179 83 91 102 4.07 1.47
Jim Wilson CHA 9 9 28 23 4 1 1 155.2 156 71 63 70 4.10 1.41
Brooks Lawrence CIN 8 13 46 23 6 2 5 181.0 194 83 55 74 4.13 1.38
Early Wynn CHA 14 16 40 34 11 4 2 239.2 214 110 104 179 4.13 1.33
Don Drysdale LAN 12 13 44 29 6 1 0 211.2 214 98 72 131 4.17 1.35
Pedro Ramos WS1 14 18 43 37 10 4 3 259.1 277 122 77 132 4.23 1.37
Ralph Terry KC1 11 13 40 33 8 3 2 216.2 217 102 61 134 4.24 1.28
Ruben Gomez SFN 10 12 42 30 8 1 1 207.2 204 101 77 112 4.38 1.35
Curt Simmons PHI 7 14 29 27 7 1 1 168.1 196 82 40 78 4.38 1.40
Jack Sanford PHI 10 13 38 27 7 2 0 186.1 197 92 81 106 4.44 1.49
Sandy Koufax LAN 11 11 40 26 5 0 1 158.2 132 79 105 131 4.48 1.49
Mike McCormick SFN 11 8 42 28 8 2 1 178.1 192 91 60 82 4.59 1.41
Russ Kemmerer WS1 6 15 40 30 6 0 0 224.1 234 115 74 111 4.61 1.37
Don Newcombe 2 teams 7 13 31 26 8 0 1 167.2 212 87 36 69 4.67 1.48
Taylor Phillips CHN 7 10 39 27 5 1 1 170.1 178 90 79 102 4.76 1.51
Dick Drott CHN 7 11 39 31 4 0 0 167.1 156 101 99 127 5.43 1.52
Red Witt UNQ PIT 9 2 18 15 5 3 0 106.0 78 19 59 81 1.61 1.29
Dick Hyde UNQ WS1 10 3 53 0 0 0 18 103.0 82 20 35 49 1.75 1.14
Ryne Duren UNQ NYA 6 4 44 1 0 0 20 75.2 40 17 43 87 2.02 1.10
Joey Jay UNQ ML1 7 5 18 12 6 3 0 96.2 60 23 43 74 2.14 1.07
Hoyt Wilhelm UNQ 2 teams 3 10 39 10 4 1 5 131.0 95 34 45 92 2.34 1.07
Juan Pizarro UNQ ML1 6 4 16 10 7 1 1 96.2 75 29 47 84 2.70 1.26
Carl Willey UNQ ML1 9 7 23 19 9 4 0 140.0 110 42 53 74 2.70 1.16
Willard Schmidt UNQ CIN 3 5 41 2 0 0 0 69.1 60 22 33 41 2.86 1.34
Don Elston UNQ CHN 9 8 69 0 0 0 10 97.0 75 31 39 84 2.88 1.18
Bill Henry UNQ CHN 5 4 44 0 0 0 6 81.1 63 26 17 58 2.88 0.98
Roy Face UNQ PIT 5 2 57 0 0 0 20 84.0 77 27 22 47 2.89 1.18
Leo Kiely UNQ BOS 5 2 47 0 0 0 12 81.0 77 27 18 26 3.00 1.17
Don Larsen UNQ NYA 9 6 19 19 5 3 0 114.1 100 39 52 55 3.07 1.33
Hal Brown UNQ BAL 7 5 19 17 4 2 1 96.2 96 33 20 44 3.07 1.20
Dave Hillman UNQ CHN 4 8 31 16 3 0 1 125.2 132 44 31 65 3.15 1.30
Tom Morgan UNQ DET 2 5 39 1 0 0 1 62.2 70 22 4 32 3.16 1.18
Gerry Staley UNQ CHA 4 5 50 0 0 0 8 85.1 81 30 24 27 3.16 1.23
Zach Monroe UNQ NYA 4 2 21 6 1 0 1 58.0 57 21 27 18 3.26 1.45
Bud Daley UNQ KC1 3 2 26 5 1 0 0 70.2 67 26 19 39 3.31 1.22
Bill Monbouquette UNQ BOS 3 4 10 8 3 0 0 54.1 52 20 20 30 3.31 1.33
Bob Porterfield UNQ 2 teams 4 6 39 6 2 1 5 91.2 81 34 19 40 3.34 1.09
Alex Kellner UNQ 2 teams 7 5 25 13 4 0 0 115.2 114 43 28 64 3.35 1.23
Turk Farrell UNQ PHI 8 9 54 0 0 0 11 94.0 84 35 40 73 3.35 1.32
Bobby Shantz UNQ NYA 7 6 33 13 3 0 0 126.0 127 47 35 80 3.36 1.29
George Zuverink UNQ BAL 2 2 45 0 0 0 7 69.0 74 26 17 22 3.39 1.32
Ron Blackburn UNQ PIT 2 1 38 2 0 0 3 63.2 61 24 27 31 3.39 1.38
Art Ditmar UNQ NYA 9 8 38 13 4 0 4 139.2 124 53 38 52 3.42 1.16
Bob Rush UNQ ML1 10 6 28 20 5 2 0 147.1 142 56 31 84 3.42 1.17
Bob Buhl UNQ ML1 5 2 11 10 3 0 1 73.0 74 28 30 27 3.45 1.42
Ken Lehman UNQ BAL 2 1 31 1 1 0 0 62.0 64 24 18 36 3.48 1.32
Tom Gorman UNQ KC1 4 4 50 1 0 0 8 89.2 86 35 20 44 3.51 1.18
Phil Paine UNQ SLN 5 1 46 0 0 0 1 73.1 70 29 31 45 3.56 1.38
Jack Meyer UNQ PHI 3 6 37 5 1 0 2 90.1 77 36 33 87 3.59 1.22
Herb Moford UNQ DET 4 9 25 11 6 0 1 109.2 83 44 42 58 3.61 1.14
Curt Raydon UNQ PIT 8 4 31 20 2 1 1 134.1 118 54 61 85 3.62 1.33
Murray Wall UNQ BOS 8 9 52 1 0 0 10 114.1 109 46 33 53 3.62 1.24
Al Worthington UNQ SFN 11 7 54 12 1 0 6 151.1 152 61 57 76 3.63 1.38
Billy Loes UNQ BAL 3 9 32 10 1 0 5 114.0 106 46 44 44 3.63 1.32
Hal Woodeshick UNQ CLE 6 6 14 9 3 0 0 71.2 71 29 25 27 3.64 1.34
Virgil Trucks UNQ 2 teams 2 2 41 0 0 0 4 61.2 58 25 39 41 3.65 1.57
Don McMahon UNQ ML1 7 2 38 0 0 0 8 58.2 50 24 29 37 3.68 1.35
Murry Dickson UNQ 2 teams 10 7 33 11 3 0 2 119.1 117 49 43 55 3.70 1.34
Don Ferrarese UNQ CLE 3 4 28 10 2 0 1 94.2 91 39 46 62 3.71 1.45
Hal Jeffcoat UNQ CIN 6 8 49 0 0 0 9 75.0 76 31 26 35 3.72 1.36
Hank Aguirre UNQ DET 3 4 44 3 0 0 5 69.2 67 29 27 38 3.75 1.35
Bob Smith UNQ BOS 4 3 17 7 1 0 0 66.2 61 28 45 43 3.78 1.59
Bob Grim UNQ 2 teams 7 7 37 14 5 1 0 130.0 130 55 51 65 3.81 1.39
Ray Moore UNQ CHA 9 7 32 20 4 2 2 136.2 107 58 70 73 3.82 1.30
Ted Bowsfield UNQ BOS 4 2 16 10 2 0 0 65.2 58 28 36 38 3.84 1.43
Connie Johnson UNQ BAL 6 9 26 17 4 0 1 118.1 116 51 32 68 3.88 1.25
Don Mossi UNQ CLE 7 8 43 5 0 0 3 101.2 106 44 30 55 3.90 1.34
Bob Trowbridge UNQ ML1 1 3 27 4 0 0 1 55.0 53 24 26 31 3.93 1.44
Johnny Kucks UNQ NYA 8 8 34 15 4 1 4 126.0 132 55 39 46 3.93 1.36
Bob Anderson UNQ CHN 3 3 17 8 2 0 0 65.2 61 29 29 51 3.97 1.37
Bud Byerly UNQ 2 teams 3 2 35 0 0 0 1 54.1 65 24 18 29 3.98 1.53
Don Gross UNQ PIT 5 7 40 3 0 0 7 74.2 67 33 38 59 3.98 1.41
George Susce UNQ 2 teams 4 3 29 10 2 0 1 92.2 96 41 27 42 3.98 1.33
Marv Grissom UNQ SFN 7 5 51 0 0 0 10 65.1 71 29 26 46 3.99 1.48
Stan Williams UNQ LAN 9 7 27 21 3 2 0 119.0 99 53 65 80 4.01 1.38
Al Cicotte UNQ 2 teams 3 4 22 6 0 0 0 71.0 86 32 29 35 4.06 1.62
Milt Pappas UNQ BAL 10 10 31 21 3 0 0 135.1 135 61 48 72 4.06 1.35
Johnny Klippstein UNQ 2 teams 6 7 57 4 0 0 10 123.0 118 56 58 95 4.10 1.43
Billy Hoeft UNQ DET 10 9 36 21 6 0 3 143.0 148 66 49 94 4.15 1.38
Clem Labine UNQ LAN 6 6 52 2 0 0 14 104.0 112 48 33 43 4.15 1.39
Jim Hearn UNQ PHI 5 3 39 1 0 0 0 73.1 88 34 27 33 4.17 1.57
Tom Sturdivant UNQ NYA 3 6 15 10 0 0 0 70.2 77 33 38 41 4.20 1.63
Turk Lown UNQ 2 teams 3 5 42 0 0 0 8 56.1 63 27 43 53 4.31 1.88
Tex Clevenger UNQ WS1 9 9 55 4 0 0 6 124.0 119 60 50 70 4.35 1.36
Bob Smith UNQ PIT 2 2 35 4 0 0 1 61.0 61 30 31 24 4.43 1.51
Frank Baumann UNQ BOS 2 2 10 7 2 0 0 52.1 56 26 27 31 4.47 1.59
Dick Tomanek UNQ 2 teams 7 8 54 8 3 0 5 130.0 130 65 56 92 4.50 1.43
Moe Drabowsky UNQ CHN 9 11 22 20 4 1 0 125.2 118 63 73 77 4.51 1.52
Bob Mabe UNQ SLN 3 9 31 13 4 0 0 111.2 113 56 41 74 4.51 1.38
Don Cardwell UNQ PHI 3 6 16 14 3 0 0 107.2 99 54 37 77 4.51 1.26
John Briggs UNQ CHN 5 5 20 17 3 1 0 95.2 99 48 45 46 4.52 1.51
Tom Acker UNQ CIN 4 3 38 10 3 0 1 124.2 126 63 43 90 4.55 1.36
Paul Giel UNQ SFN 4 5 29 9 0 0 0 92.0 89 48 55 55 4.70 1.57
Sal Maglie UNQ 2 teams 3 7 17 13 2 0 0 76.1 73 40 34 28 4.72 1.40
Ramon Monzant UNQ SFN 8 11 43 16 4 1 1 150.2 160 79 57 93 4.72 1.44
Bob Shaw UNQ 2 teams 5 4 40 5 0 0 1 90.2 99 48 41 35 4.76 1.54
Vito Valentinetti UNQ 2 teams 5 6 38 10 2 0 2 114.1 124 61 54 43 4.80 1.56
Gene Conley UNQ ML1 0 6 26 7 0 0 2 72.0 89 39 17 53 4.88 1.47
Bill Wight UNQ 2 teams 3 1 35 1 1 0 2 64.0 71 35 36 23 4.92 1.67
Billy Muffett UNQ SLN 4 6 35 6 1 0 5 84.0 107 46 42 41 4.93 1.77
Dave Sisler UNQ BOS 8 9 30 25 4 1 0 149.1 157 82 79 71 4.94 1.58
Mike Fornieles UNQ BOS 4 6 37 7 1 0 1 110.2 123 61 33 49 4.96 1.41
Fred Kipp UNQ LAN 6 6 40 9 0 0 0 102.1 107 57 45 58 5.01 1.49
Chuck Stobbs UNQ 2 teams 3 9 36 8 0 0 1 96.1 127 54 30 48 5.04 1.63
Carl Erskine UNQ LAN 4 4 31 9 2 1 0 98.1 115 56 35 54 5.13 1.53
Hal Griggs UNQ WS1 3 11 32 21 3 0 0 137.0 138 84 74 69 5.52 1.55
Lindy McDaniel UNQ SLN 5 7 26 17 2 1 0 108.2 139 70 31 47 5.80 1.56
Seth Morehead UNQ PHI 1 6 27 11 0 0 0 92.1 121 60 26 54 5.85 1.59
Jack Urban UNQ KC1 8 11 30 24 5 1 1 132.0 150 87 51 54 5.93 1.52
Marcelino Solis UNQ CHN 3 3 15 4 0 0 0 52.0 74 35 20 15 6.06 1.81
Bill Fischer UNQ 2 teams 4 10 42 6 0 0 2 88.0 113 62 31 42 6.34 1.64
John Romonosky UNQ WS1 2 4 18 5 1 0 0 55.1 52 40 28 38 6.51 1.45
Showing 1-50 of 150 pitchers listed (54 qualified)

Reading the 1958 leader tables

72 of the 178 hitters in the 1958 table reach the qualification line. Richie Ashburn tops the qualified hitters in batting average (.350); Willie Mays is second at .347. Ted Williams has the highest qualified OPS, 1.042. The HR column peaks with Ernie Banks's 47. Willie Mays's 31 steals are the most listed. On the 1958 pitching side, 54 of 150 listed pitchers qualify. The qualified ERA race is led by Whitey Ford at 2.01. Sorted by the counting stats, the leaders are Warren Spahn in wins (22), Sam Jones in strikeouts (225), and Ryne Duren in saves (20).

1958 Season Leaders: Frequently Asked Questions

Who led MLB in home runs in 1958?
Ernie Banks led with 47 home runs in 1958.
Who led MLB in RBI in 1958?
Ernie Banks led with 129 RBI in 1958.
Who led MLB in hits in 1958?
Richie Ashburn led with 215 hits in 1958.
Who led MLB in batting average in 1958?
Richie Ashburn led at .350 in 1958, among qualified hitters (3.1 plate appearances per team game).
Who led MLB in wins in 1958?
Warren Spahn and Bob Friend tied for the lead with 22 wins in 1958.
Who led MLB in strikeouts in 1958?
Sam Jones led with 225 strikeouts in 1958.