1958 Los Angeles Dodgers season
| 1958 Los Angeles Dodgers | ||
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Home opener at the Coliseum on April 18 and Downtown Parade welcoming the Dodgers | ||
| League | National League | |
| Ballpark | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | |
| City | Los Angeles | |
| Record | 71–83 (.461) | |
| Divisional place | 7th | |
| Owners | Walter O'Malley, James & Dearie Mulvey | |
| President | Walter O'Malley | |
| General managers | Buzzie Bavasi | |
| Managers | Walter Alston | |
| Television | KTTV (11) | |
| Radio | KMPC Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett KWKW René Cárdenas, Miguel Alonzo, Milt Nava | |
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The 1958 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 69th season for the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise in Major League Baseball (MLB), their 1st season in Los Angeles, California, and their 1st season playing their home games at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles California. The Dodgers took the field before 78,672 fans at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on April 18, 1958, to usher in the beginning of the team's new home in Los Angeles. It was a rough season, as the Dodgers finished 21 games in back of the pennant-winning Milwaukee Braves in the National League standings, but it was the beginning of the second phase for the team. Vin Scully and company moved to KTTV (television) and KMPC (radio) from that year onward, and the Dodgers became one of the first teams that commenced Spanish language radio broadcasts for Latinos, with KWKW as the first station to offer a Spanish-language service.