1958 NCAA University Division baseball tournament

1958 NCAA University Division
baseball tournament

Season	1958
Teams	26
Finals site	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, NE
Champions	Southern California (2nd title)
Runner-up	Missouri (2nd CWS Appearance)
Winning coach	Rod Dedeaux (2nd title)
MOP	Bill Thom (Southern California)

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 1

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District 2

	Semifinals					Finals
	NYU		2
	Villanova		1
						NYU		1
						Lafayette		5
	Lafayette		9
	Penn State		1

District 3

Upper round 1

Upper final

Final

Florida State

3

George Washington

1

Florida State

1

Florida

2

Florida

8

Clemson

6

Florida

Clemson

Lower round 1

Lower final

Florida State

5†

George Washington

2

Clemson

8†

Clemson

4

† - Indicates game required 10 innings.

District 4

Upper round 1

Upper final

Final

Valparaiso

2

Notre Dame

0

Valparaiso

2

Western Michigan

24

Western Michigan

4

Minnesota

0

Western Michigan

Notre Dame

Lower round 1

Lower final

Valparaiso

4

Notre Dame

11

Notre Dame

10

Minnesota

7

District 6

	Texas vs Houston
	Texas		3
	Houston		2

District 7

Brigham Young University withdrew from district. Colorado State 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	–	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
Colorado State	–	20–8	Pete Butler	4 (last: 1957)	5th (1955)	1–8
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
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

Brackets

Game results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 13	Game 1	Missouri	3–1	Western Michigan
June 14	Game 2	Colorado State	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	Colorado State
	Game 8	Holy Cross	17–4	Clemson
June 16	Game 9	Western Michigan	5–3	Clemson	Clemson eliminated
	Game 10	Southern California	12–1	Colorado State	Colorado State 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	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
• 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