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Template:Infobox Little League World Series The 1958 Little League World Series took place during August 1958 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Industrial Little League of Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico,[1] won its second consecutive Little League World Series by defeating the Jaycee Little League of Kankakee, Illinois, in the Championship Game. This was the first LLWS tournament to expand to seven teams, and also the first to give automatic LLWS berths to teams from Canada, which was represented by the Valleyfield Little League of Valleyfield, Quebec, and Latin America, which was represented by Monterrey.

Qualification

Teams
Illinois Kankakee, Illinois
North Region
Jaycee		 Oregon Portland, Oregon
West region
Rose City		 Connecticut Darien, Connecticut
East Region
Darien

Alabama Gadsden, Alabama
South Region
National League of Gadsden

Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii
Pacific Region
Pearl Harbor

MexicoNuevo León Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Latin America Region
Industrial

CanadaQuebec Valleyfield, Quebec
Canada Region
Valleyfield

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Connecticut Connecticut7
 
 
 
Canada Canada2
 
Connecticut Connecticut5
 
 
 
Mexico Mexico11
 
Mexico Mexico11
 
 
 
Hawaii Hawaii0
 
Mexico Mexico10
 
 
 
Illinois Illinois1
 
Illinois Illinois2
 
 
 
Oregon Oregon1
 
Illinois Illinois3
 
 
 
Alabama Alabama1 Third place
 
Alabama Alabama
 
 
 
Bye
 
Connecticut Connecticut0
 
 
Alabama Alabama2
 
1958 Little League World Series Champions
Mexico
Industrial Little League
Monterrey, Nuevo León

Champions path

Round Opposition Result
Mexico Championship
? Tolteca LL ?
? Metropolitana LL ?
? Maya LL ?
Latinoamerican Championship
? Puerto Rico 15–0
? Venezuela 2–0

Notable players

  • Rick Wise (Portland, Oregon) - former MLB pitcher
  • Hector Torres (Monterrey, Mexico) - former Major League Baseball SS,2B,3B. coach
  • Keith Lampard - Portland , Oregon - former MLB player Outfielder - Houston Astros
  • Robert " Bobby " Trevino - Monterrey, Mexico - former MLB player - outfielder- California Angels

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ See: Mexico in the Little League World Series.
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