A.L.

New York
92-62
10
1,428,438

1958 Champions

Team
W-L Record
Games Ahead
Attendance

N.L.

Milwaukee
92-62
8
1,971,101

WILLIE MAYS
Best All Around Player Ever?

* Stan Musial: Mays can beat you with
   "his bat, his glove, his arm and his legs"
* 1951 Rookie of the Year at age 20
* Comes out of Army in 1954 & smacks 42 HRs,
   also wins NL bat title (.342) and MVP
* Hits 52 home runs and wins 2nd MVP in 1965
* 100+ runs, 12 years; 100+ RBI's, 10 years
* Ten seasons of .300 hitting
* Winner of 12 Gold Gloves
* 4-time NL HR King, 660 Career Homers

The 1958 season begins--and ends-- with only
one big-league team in New York City
Transplanted Dodgers are a dud in the City
of Angels--finish 7th in front of big crowds
Willie Mays shows Californians how to play ball:
bats .347, scores 121 runs, wins gold glove
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