1958 NCAA University Division baseball tournament

Template:Use mdy dates Template:Short description Template:Infobox NCAA Baseball Tournament The 1958 NCAA University Division baseball tournament was played at the end of the 1958 NCAA University Division baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its twelfth year. Eight regional districts sent representatives to the College World Series with preliminary rounds within each district serving to determine each representative. These events would later become known as regionals. Each district had its own format for selecting teams, resulting in 26 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The College World Series was held in Omaha, NE from June 13 to June 19. The twelfth tournament's champion was Southern California, coached by Rod Dedeaux. The Most Outstanding Player was Bill Thom of Southern California.

Tournament

District 7

Brigham Young University withdrew from district. Colorado State College was selected as District 7 representative in the College World Series.

College World Series

Participants

School	Conference	Record (conference)	Head coach	CWS appearances	CWS best finish	CWS record
Arizona	Border	37–12 (7–1)	Frank Sancet	3 (last: 1956)	2nd (1956)	7–6
Clemson	ACC	21–6 (12–3)	Bill Wilhelm	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Colorado State CollegeTemplate:EfnTemplate:Efn	RMC	20–8	Pete Butler	4 (last: 1957)	5th (1955)	1–8
Holy Cross	Independent	16–4	Jack Barry	1 (last: 1952)	1st (1952)	6–1
Lafayette	Independent	19–8	Charlie Gelbert	2 (last: 1954)	3rd (1953)	3–4
Missouri	Big 8	17–5 (12–3)	Hi Simmons	2 (last: 1954)	1st (1954)	8–3
USC	CIBA	24–2 (14–2)	Rod Dedeaux	4 (last: 1955)	1st (1948)	5–7
Western Michigan	MAC	21–6–1 (10–0)	Charlie Maher	2 (last: 1955)	2nd (1955)	5–4

Brackets

Game results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 13	Game 1	Missouri	3–1	Western Michigan
June 14	Game 2	Template:Cbsb link	10–5	Lafayette
	Game 3	Holy Cross	3–0	Southern California
	Game 4	Clemson	4–1	Arizona
June 15	Game 5	Western Michigan	4–3 (10 innings)	Lafayette	Lafayette eliminated
	Game 6	USC	4–0	Arizona	Arizona eliminated
	Game 7	Missouri	11–2	Template:Cbsb link
	Game 8	Holy Cross	17–4	Clemson
June 16	Game 9	Western Michigan	5–3	Clemson	Clemson eliminated
	Game 10	Southern California	12–1	Template:Cbsb link	Colorado State College eliminated
	Game 11	Missouri	4–1	Holy Cross
June 17	Game 12	Southern California	6–2	Holy Cross	Holy Cross eliminated
	Game 13	Missouri	3–1	Western Michigan	Western Michigan eliminated
June 18	Game 14	Southern California	7–0	Missouri
June 19	Final	Southern California	8–7 (12 innings)	Missouri	Southern California wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.

Position	Player	School
P	Doug Gulick	style=Template:CollegePrimaryStyle|Missouri
	Bill Thom (MOP)	style=Template:CollegePrimaryStyle|USC
C	Hank Kuhlmann	style=Template:CollegePrimaryStyle|Missouri
1B	Sonny Siebert	style=Template:CollegePrimaryStyle|Missouri
2B	Mike Castanon	style=Template:CollegePrimaryStyle|USC
3B	Ken Komodzinski	style=Template:CollegePrimaryStyle|Holy Cross
SS	Fred Scott	style=Template:CollegePrimaryStyle|USC
OF	Ron Fairly	style=Template:CollegePrimaryStyle|USC
	Martin Toft	style=Template:CollegePrimaryStyle|Missouri
	Marvin Winegar	style=Template:CollegePrimaryStyle|Western Michigan

Notable players

• Missouri: Hank Kuhlmann, Sonny Siebert
• Southern California: Don Buford, Ron Fairly, Pat Gillick, Fred Scott, Bill Thom

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

See also

• 1958 NCAA College Division baseball tournament
• 1958 NAIA World Series