1958 Los Angeles Dodgers season

Offseason

The Dodgers played their first exhibition game as the Los Angeles Dodgers on March 8, 1958, against the Philadelphia Phillies at Miami Stadium, losing 7–4. Ron Negray started and allowed four runs. Manager Walter Alston used the game to evaluate players, particularly catchers, following Roy Campanella's offseason auto accident that ended his career before he could play for Los Angeles.

Regular season

The Dodgers and Giants opened the season with six games, three in San Francisco and three in Los Angeles, from April 15 to 20. The Giants won four of those six. In the season opener on April 15, San Francisco shut out Los Angeles 8–0 behind Rubén Gómez' six-hit complete game; Don Drysdale took the loss, and Charlie Neal recorded the first hit for Los Angeles, a single in the second inning. In the home opener on April 18, the Dodgers built a 5–2 lead behind Carl Erskine and won 6–5 before 78,762 fans.

Dick Gray hit the first home run in Los Angeles Dodger history on April 16 and also hit the first home run at the Coliseum in the seventh inning of the home opener. The Giants nearly tied the game in the ninth, but Jim Davenport was ruled out for missing third base after appearing to score on a triple by Willie Kirkland. On April 23, Gil Hodges hit his 300th home run, and Pee Wee Reese played his 2,000th game, while Duke Snider injured his arm before the game trying to throw a ball out of the Coliseum.

On June 15, the Dodgers traded Don Newcombe to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Steve Bilko, Johnny Klippstein, and players to be named later; the Redlegs completed the deal on June 23 by sending Art Fowler and Charlie Rabe to Los Angeles. On August 4, Randy Jackson was purchased from the Dodgers by the Cleveland Indians. On August 15, Ramón Conde was purchased by the Dodgers from the Philadelphia Phillies.