1958 College World Series

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.

Participants

School	Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS Record
Arizona	–	37–12	Frank Sancet	3 (last: 1956)	2nd (1956)	7–6
Clemson	ACC	21–6 (12–3, 0 GB)	Bill Wilhelm	0 (last: none)	none	0–0
Holy Cross	–	16–4	Jack Barry	1 (last: 1952)	1st (1952)	6–1
Lafayette	–	19–8	Charlie Gelbert	2 (last: 1954)	3rd (1953)	3–4
Missouri	Big 8	17–5 (12–3, 0 GB)	Hi Simmons	2 (last: 1954)	1st (1954)	8–3
Northern Colorado	–	20–8	Pete Butler	4 (last: 1957)	5th (1955)	1–8
USC	CIBA	24–2 (14–2, 0 GB)	Rod Dedeaux	4 (last: 1955)	1st (1948)	5–7
Western Michigan	MAC	21–6–1 (10–0, 0 GB)	Charlie Maher	2 (last: 1955)	2nd (1955)	5–4

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

Brackets

	Round 1				Round 2				Round 3				Semifinals				Finals
	Missouri	3
	Western Michigan	1
					Missouri	11
					Northern Colorado	2
	Northern Colorado	10
	Lafayette	5
									Missouri	4
									Holy Cross	1
	Holy Cross	3
	USC	0
					Holy Cross	17
													Missouri	3
					Clemson	4
													Western Michigan	1
	Arizona	1
	Clemson	4
									Clemson	3							Missouri	0	7
					Western Michigan	4
									Western Michigan	5							USC	7	8
					Lafayette	3
					USC	4							Holy Cross	2
									USC	12
					Arizona	0							USC	6
									Northern Colorado	1

Game results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 13	Game 1	Missouri	3–1	Western Michigan
June 14	Game 2	Northern Colorado	10–5	Lafayette
	Game 3	Holy Cross	3–0	USC
	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	Northern Colorado
	Game 8	Holy Cross	17–4	Clemson
June 16	Game 9	Western Michigan	5–3	Clemson	Clemson eliminated
	Game 10	USC	12–1	Northern Colorado	Northern Colorado eliminated
	Game 11	Missouri	4–1	Holy Cross
June 17	Game 12	USC	6–2	Holy Cross	Holy Cross eliminated
	Game 13	Missouri	3–1	Western Michigan	Western Michigan eliminated
June 18	Game 14	USC	7–0	Missouri
June 19	Final	USC	8–7 (12 innings)	Missouri	USC wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

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

Position	Player	Class	School
Pitcher	Doug Gulick	Junior or Senior	Missouri
	Bill Thom	Junior	USC
Catcher	Hank Kuhlmann		Missouri
First baseman	Sonny Siebert		Missouri
Second baseman	Mike Castanon	Junior	USC
Third baseman	Ken Komodzinski	Sophomore	Holy Cross
Shortstop	Fred Scott	Junior	USC
Outfielder	Ron Fairly	Sophomore	USC
	Martin Toft		Missouri
	Marvin Winegar	Senior	Western Michigan

Notable players

• Missouri: Hank Kuhlmann, Sonny Siebert
• USC: 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 Division I Baseball Tournament

External links

• 2006 Men's College World Series RecordsPDF (8.90 MiB)