1958 International League season

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The 1958 International League season was the 73rd in the league's history, and ended with the Montreal Royals winning their first Governors' Cup in five seasons. The Royals would go on to win the Junior World Series.

Final standings - schedule

Playoff teams in bold.

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Montreal Royals	90	63	.588	--	Clay Bryant	Los Angeles Dodgers
Toronto Maple Leafs	87	65	.572	2½	Dixie Walker	None
Rochester Red Wings	77	75	.507	12½	Cot Deal	St. Louis Cardinals
Columbus Jets	77	77	.500	13½	Clyde King	Pittsburgh Pirates
Miami Marlins	75	78	.490	15	Kerby Farrell	Philadelphia Phillies
Richmond Virginians	71	82	.464	19	Eddie Lopat	New York Yankees
Buffalo Bisons	69	83	.454	21	Phil Cavarretta	Kansas City Athletics
Havana Sugar Kings	65	88	.425	25	Tony Pacheco/Nap Reyes	Cincinnati Reds

Playoffs

	First Round					Governors' Cup Finals
	1	Montreal Royals	4
	4	Columbus Jets	3
						1	Montreal Royals	4
						2	Toronto Maple Leafs	1
	2	Toronto Maple Leafs	4
	3	Rochester Red Wings	1

First Round

Montreal vs. Columbus Date Away Home September 9 Columbus 2 Montreal 8 September 11 Columbus 5 Montreal 1 September 12 Montreal 3 Columbus 13 September 13 Montreal 13 Columbus 1 September 14 Montreal 3 Columbus 9 September 15 Columbus 3 Montreal 12 September 17 Columbus 0 Montreal 11 Montreal wins series 4-3

Toronto vs. Rochester Date Away Home September 10 Rochester 3 Toronto 6 September 11 Rochester 2 Toronto 4 10 innings September 12 Toronto 2 Rochester 3 September 13 Toronto 6 Rochester 2 September 14 Toronto 6 Rochester 2 Toronto wins series 4-1

Governors' Cup Finals

Montreal vs. Toronto Date Away Home September 19 Toronto 3 Montreal 4 September 20 Toronto 9 Montreal 10 11 innings September 22 Montreal 3 Toronto 9 September 23 Montreal 5 Toronto 0 September 24 Montreal 11 Toronto 10 Montreal wins series 4-1 and advances to Junior World Series

References

Brian Bennett, On A Silver Diamond: The Story Of Rochester Community Baseball from 1956-1996. Triphammer Publishing, 1997.

The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Lloyd Johnson and Miles Wolff, editors. Baseball America, 1993.

External Links

1958 Rochester Red Wings review – On A Silver Diamond