1958 World Series - New York Yankees over Milwaukee Braves (4-3)

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1958 World Series (4-3): New York Yankees (92-62) over Milwaukee Braves (92-62)

1957 WS / 1959 WS

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 1, 1958 at County Stadium (Milwaukee Braves)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    1  2  0    0  0  0    0     3  8  1
    Milwaukee Braves             0  0  0    2  0  0    0  1  0    1     4 10  0

    PITCHERS: NYY - Ford, Duren (8)
              MLN - Spahn

               WP - Warren Spahn
	       LP - Ryne Duren
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Bauer, Skowron
              MLN - none

  ATTENDANCE: 46,367

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 2, 1958 at County Stadium (Milwaukee Braves)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             1  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  3     5  7  0
    Milwaukee Braves             7  1  0    0  0  0    2  3  x    13 15  1

    PITCHERS: NYY - Turley, Maas (1), Kucks (1), Dickson (5), Monroe (8)
              MLN - Burdette

               WP - Lew Burdette
	       LP - Bob Turley
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Bauer, Mantle (2)
              MLN - Bruton, Burdette

  ATTENDANCE: 46,367

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 4, 1958 at Yankee Stadium I (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Milwaukee Braves             0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  6  0
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  2  0    2  0  x     4  4  0

    PITCHERS: MLN - Rush, McMahon (7)
              NYY - Larsen, Duren (8)

               WP - Don Larsen
	       LP - Bob Rush
             SAVE - Ryne Duren

   HOME RUNS: MLN - none
              NYY - Bauer

  ATTENDANCE: 71,599

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 5, 1958 at Yankee Stadium I (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Milwaukee Braves             0  0  0    0  0  1    1  1  0     3  9  0
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  2  1

    PITCHERS: MLN - Spahn
              NYY - Ford, Kucks (8), Dickson (9)

               WP - Warren Spahn
	       LP - Whitey Ford
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: MLN - none
              NYY - none

  ATTENDANCE: 71,563

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Monday, October 6, 1958 at Yankee Stadium I (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Milwaukee Braves             0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  5  0
    New York Yankees             0  0  1    0  0  6    0  0  x     7 10  0

    PITCHERS: MLN - Burdette, Pizarro (6), Willey (8)
              NYY - Turley

               WP - Bob Turley
	       LP - Lew Burdette
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: MLN - none
              NYY - McDougald

  ATTENDANCE: 65,279

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 8, 1958 at County Stadium (Milwaukee Braves)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             1  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0    2     4 10  1
    Milwaukee Braves             1  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    1     3 10  4

    PITCHERS: NYY - Ford, Ditmar (2), Duren (6), Turley (10)
              MLN - Spahn, McMahon (10)

               WP - Ryne Duren
	       LP - Warren Spahn
             SAVE - Bob Turley

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Bauer, McDougald
              MLN - none

  ATTENDANCE: 46,367

Game 7 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 9, 1958 at County Stadium (Milwaukee Braves)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  2  0    0  0  0    0  4  0     6  8  0
    Milwaukee Braves             1  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0     2  5  2

    PITCHERS: NYY - Larsen, Turley (3)
              MLN - Burdette, McMahon (9)

               WP - Bob Turley
	       LP - Lew Burdette
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - Skowron
              MLN - Crandall

  ATTENDANCE: 46,367

Series MVP - Bob Turley

Series Batting Stats

New York Yankees Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Hank Bauer	7	31	6	10	0	0	4	8	0	5	.323	.323	.710	1.032	0	0	128	452	62	121	12	50	3	.268	.739
Yogi Berra	7	27	3	6	3	0	0	2	1	0	.222	.241	.333	.575	0	0	122	433	60	115	22	90	3	.266	.790
Andy Carey	5	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.083	.083	.083	.167	0	0	102	315	39	90	12	45	1	.286	.849
Murry Dickson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	*34	42	2	11	1	2	0	.262	.629
Art Ditmar	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	38	44	8	11	0	5	0	.250	.533
Ryne Duren	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	44	13	0	1	0	1	0	.077	.371
Whitey Ford	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	30	73	10	15	0	2	0	.205	.485
Elston Howard	6	18	4	4	0	0	0	2	1	4	.222	.263	.222	.485	1	0	103	376	45	118	11	66	1	.314	.827
Tony Kubek	7	21	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	7	.048	.087	.048	.135	0	0	138	559	66	148	2	48	5	.265	.612
Johnny Kucks	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	34	40	2	5	0	2	0	.125	.361
Don Larsen	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	28	49	9	15	4	13	0	.306	.935
Jerry Lumpe	6	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	.167	.231	.167	.397	0	1	81	232	34	59	3	32	1	.254	.681
Duke Maas	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	*32	51	5	6	0	2	0	.118	.339
Mickey Mantle	7	24	4	6	0	1	2	3	7	4	.250	.419	.583	1.003	0	0	150	519	127	158	42	97	18	.304	1.035
Gil McDougald	7	28	5	9	2	0	2	4	2	4	.321	.367	.607	.974	0	0	138	503	69	126	14	65	6	.250	.705
Zach Monroe	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	21	17	2	2	0	0	0	.118	.294
Bobby Richardson	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	73	182	18	45	0	14	1	.247	.578
Norm Siebern	3	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	.125	.364	.125	.489	0	0	134	460	79	138	14	55	5	.300	.842
Bill Skowron	7	27	3	7	0	0	2	7	1	4	.259	.286	.481	.767	0	0	126	465	61	127	14	73	1	.273	.740
Enos Slaughter	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	77	138	21	42	4	19	2	.304	.831
Marv Throneberry	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	60	150	30	34	7	19	1	.227	.742
Bob Turley	4	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	33	88	8	12	2	6	0	.136	.378
Totals	90	233	29	49	5	1	10	29	21	42	.210	.273	.369	.643	1	1	155	5294	759	1418	164		48	.268	.751

Milwaukee Braves Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Hank Aaron	7	27	3	9	2	0	0	2	4	6	.333	.419	.407	.827	0	0	153	601	109	196	30	95	4	.326	.931
Joe Adcock	4	13	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.308	.357	.308	.665	0	0	105	320	40	88	19	54	0	.275	.823
Bill Bruton	7	17	2	7	0	0	1	2	5	5	.412	.545	.588	1.134	0	0	100	325	47	91	3	28	4	.280	.696
Lew Burdette	3	9	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	3	.111	.111	.444	.556	0	0	47	99	11	24	3	15	0	.242	.635
Wes Covington	7	26	2	7	0	0	0	4	2	4	.269	.310	.269	.580	0	0	90	294	43	97	24	74	0	.330	1.003
Del Crandall	7	25	4	6	0	0	1	3	3	10	.240	.310	.360	.670	0	0	131	427	50	116	18	63	4	.272	.805
Harry Hanebrink	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	63	133	14	25	4	10	0	.188	.571
Johnny Logan	7	25	3	3	2	0	0	2	2	4	.120	.185	.200	.385	0	0	145	530	54	120	11	53	1	.226	.612
Felix Mantilla	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	85	226	37	50	7	19	2	.221	.627
Eddie Mathews	7	25	3	4	2	0	0	3	6	11	.160	.323	.240	.563	1	0	149	546	97	137	31	77	5	.251	.807
Don McMahon	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	38	9	0	1	0	0	0	.111	.384
Andy Pafko	4	9	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.300	.444	.744	0	0	95	164	17	39	3	23	0	.238	.654
Juan Pizarro	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	16	32	4	8	0	6	0	.250	.618
Bob Rush	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	28	45	2	9	0	1	0	.200	.467
Red Schoendienst	7	30	5	9	3	1	0	0	2	1	.300	.344	.467	.810	0	0	106	427	47	112	1	24	3	.262	.641
Warren Spahn	3	12	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	6	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	41	108	10	36	2	15	0	.333	.844
Frank Torre	7	17	0	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	.176	.263	.176	.440	0	0	138	372	41	115	6	55	2	.309	.829
Carl Willey	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	23	48	0	5	0	1	0	.104	.250
Casey Wise	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	31	71	8	14	0	0	1	.197	.451
Totals	84	240	25	60	10	1	3	24	27	56	.250	.322	.338	.660	1	0	154	5225	675	1388	167		26	.266	.741

New York Yankees Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Murry Dickson	2	0	4.50	0	0	0	0	4.0	4	2	0	1	1.000	*33	11	3.70	10	7	2	119.1	117	43	55	1.341
Art Ditmar	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	3.2	2	0	0	2	0.545	38	13	3.42	9	8	4	139.2	124	38	52	1.160
Ryne Duren	3	0	1.93	1	1	1	0	9.1	7	2	6	14	1.393	44	1	2.02	6	4	20	75.2	40	43	87	1.097
Whitey Ford	3	3	4.11	0	1	0	0	15.1	19	7	5	16	1.565	30	29	2.01	14	7	1	219.1	174	62	145	1.076
Johnny Kucks	2	0	2.08	0	0	0	0	4.1	4	1	1	0	1.154	34	15	3.93	8	8	4	126.0	132	39	46	1.357
Don Larsen	2	2	0.96	1	0	0	0	9.1	9	1	6	9	1.607	19	19	3.07	9	6	0	114.1	100	52	55	1.329
Duke Maas	1	0	81.00	0	0	0	0	0.1	2	3	1	0	9.000	*32	20	3.85	11	8	1	156.2	142	49	69	1.219
Zach Monroe	1	0	27.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	3	1	1	4.000	21	6	3.26	4	2	1	58.0	57	27	18	1.448
Bob Turley	4	2	2.76	2	1	1	1	16.1	10	5	7	13	1.041	33	31	2.97	21	7	1	245.1	178	128	168	1.247
Totals	19	7	3.39	4	3	2	1	63.2	60	24	27	56	1.366	155	155	3.218	92	62		1379.0	1201	557	796	1.275

Milwaukee Braves Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Lew Burdette	3	3	5.64	1	2	0	1	22.1	22	14	4	12	1.164	40	36	2.91	20	10	0	275.1	279	50	113	1.195
Don McMahon	3	0	5.40	0	0	0	0	3.1	3	2	3	5	1.800	38	0	3.68	7	2	8	58.2	50	29	37	1.347
Juan Pizarro	1	0	5.40	0	0	0	0	1.2	2	1	1	3	1.800	16	10	2.70	6	4	1	96.2	75	47	84	1.262
Bob Rush	1	1	3.00	0	1	0	0	6.0	3	2	5	2	1.333	28	20	3.42	10	6	0	147.1	142	31	84	1.174
Warren Spahn	3	3	2.20	2	1	0	2	28.2	19	7	8	18	0.942	38	36	3.07	22	11	1	290.0	257	76	150	1.148
Carl Willey	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	2	0.000	23	19	2.70	9	7	0	140.0	110	53	74	1.164
Totals	12	7	3.71	3	4	0	3	63.0	49	26	21	42	1.111	154	154	3.211	92	62		1376.0	1261	426	773	1.226

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