1958 College World Series

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The 1958 NCAA Men's Division I College World Series (CWS) involved 8 schools playing in double-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college baseball. It began on June 13, and ended with the championship game on June 19. A total of 15 games were played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska.

The tournament field consisted of 27 teams, 13 automatic berths and 14 at-large selections. The 27 teams competed in 8 districts, each sending their winner to the CWS.

The University of Southern California won the national championship with an 8-7 victory over the University of Missouri in 12 innings in front of 3,021 fans.

1 All-Tournament team
2 Teams
3 Brackets
4 Quick facts
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] All-Tournament team

For the first time, an All-Tournament team was selected:

1B: Sonny Siebert, Missouri
2B: Mike Castanon, USC, Jr.
3B: Ken Komodzinski, Holy Cross, So.
SS: Fred Scott, USC, Jr.
OF: Martin Toft, Missouri
OF: Marvin Winegar, WMU, Sr.
OF: Ron Fairly, USC, So.
C: Hank Kuhlmann, Missouri
P: Bill Thom, USC, Jr. (Most Outstanding Player)
P: Doug Gulick, Missouri

[edit] Teams

Team	Coach	Final Record	CWS Record	District Record (District)
Clemson University	Bill Wilhelm	22-8	1-2	4-1 (3)
College of the Holy Cross	Jack Barry	18-6	2-2	3-0 (1)
Lafayette College	Charlie Gelbert	19-10	0-2	2-0 (2)
University of Arizona	Frank Sancet	37-14	0-2	2-1 (6)
University of Missouri	Hi Simmons	21-7	4-2	2-0 (5)
University of Northern Colorado	Pete Butler	21-10	1-2	1-2 (7) *
University of Southern California	Rod Dedeaux	29-4	5-1	2-0 (8)
Western Michigan University	Charlie Mahr	23-8-1	2-2	3-0 (4)

* Brigham Young University withdrew from district. Northern Colorado was selected as District 7 representative.

[edit] Brackets

Round 1		Round 2		Round 3		Semifinals		Finals

Missouri	3
Missouri	3
Western Michigan	1
Western Michigan	1	Missouri	11
		Missouri	11
		Northern Colorado	2
Northern Colorado	10	Northern Colorado	2
Northern Colorado	10
Lafayette	5
Lafayette	5			Missouri	4
				Missouri	4
				Holy Cross	1
Holy Cross	3			Holy Cross	1
Holy Cross	3
USC	0
USC	0	Holy Cross	17
		Holy Cross	17			Missouri	3
		Clemson	4			Missouri	3
		Clemson	4			Western Michigan	1
Arizona	1					Western Michigan	1
Arizona	1
Clemson	4
Clemson	4

				Clemson	3			Missouri	0	7
		Western Michigan	4	Clemson	3			Missouri	0	7
		Western Michigan	4	Western Michigan	5			USC	7	8
		Lafayette	3	Western Michigan	5			USC	7	8
		Lafayette	3


		USC	4			Holy Cross	2
		USC	4	USC	12	Holy Cross	2
		Arizona	0	USC	12	USC	6
		Arizona	0	Northern Colorado	1	USC	6
				Northern Colorado	1

[edit] Quick facts

In 1996, Rod Dedeaux of USC was named to the College World Series All-Time Team (1947-95) by the Oklahoma World-Herald as part of the 50th CWS celebration; 1958 marked the first of his 10 titles as sole head coach, after having won the 1948 CWS as co-coach with Sam Barry.
In 1971, Ron Fairly (OF) of USC was named to the College World Series All-Time Team (1947-70) by the blue-ribbon committee chaired by Abe Chanin as part of the 25th CWS celebration.
In 1996, Alan Hall (C) of Arizona and Ken Komodzinski (3B) of Holy Cross were named to the 1940s-50s All-Decade Team by a panel of 60 voters representing CWS head coaches, media, and chairs of the Division I Baseball Committee.
USC's Robert Blakeslee pitched a two-hitter against Northern Colorado.
25,931 fans watched the CWS (10 sessions).
The championship game was umpired by Bob Stewart, Vinnie Smith, Jerry Carlton, and George Hametz.
The following records were tied:
- Most Sacrifice Bunts, Individual, Single Game - 3, Paul Chamberlain, vs Lafayette, W 10-5, tied
- Most Triples, Individual, CWS - 3, Sonny Siebert, Missouri, 6 games, tied (2 others)
- Most Errors, Individual, Championship Game - 3, Gary Starr, Missouri, vs USC, L 8-7 (12), tied (2 others)
- Most Runs, One Inning, Team, Championship Game - 7, USC, vs Missouri, 4th inning, W 8-7 (12), tied
- Most Errors, Team, Championship Game - 6, Missouri, vs USC, L 8-7 (12), tied
- Most Errors, Both Teams, Championship Game - 8, Missouri (6) vs USC (2), USC 8-7 (12), tied (2 others)
- Largest Margin Overcome for Victory, Championship Game - 4, USC, vs Missouri, W 8-7 (12), tied

[edit] External links

2006 Men's College World Series RecordsPDF (8.9 MB)

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