Has an AFL game ever ended 58-38?
It has. 58-38 has been a AFL final 2 times in 17,053 games. The first was Essendon beat Carlton on May 31, 1902; the latest was Geelong beat Footscray on August 10, 1963.
That makes 58-38 the 2496th most common final score out of 6,649 that have ever occurred in AFL. One point away, 59-38 has happened 2 times and 58-39 has happened 3 times. At one point the score disappeared for 61 years, between 1902 and 1963.