1958 NCAA University Division 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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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)
← 1957  NCAA Division I Baseball Championship 1959 →

Tournament

District 1

	Semifinals						Finals
	Connecticut	1	10	–
	Dartmouth	0	0	–
							Connecticut	1^10
							Holy Cross	2
	Holy Cross	4	5	–
	Colby	3	1	–

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		14	1
											Clemson		15	3
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						Florida State		5^10
	George Washington		2			Clemson		8
	Clemson		4

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		5	—
											Notre Dame		4	—
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						Valparaiso		4
	Notre Dame		11			Notre Dame		10
	Minnesota		7

District 5

	Finals
	Missouri	11	13	—
	Northern Iowa	7	3	—

District 6

	Semifinal				Final
					Texas	14	4	2
	Texas	3			Arizona	3	16	5
	Houston	2

District 7

	Finals
	BYU	4	0	9
	Colorado State College	3	8	5

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

District 8

	Semifinals						Finals
	Portland	2	3	3
	Occidental	5	0	0
							Portland	0	1	—
							Southern California	6	11	—

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 College^[a]^[b]	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

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final					Semifinals					Final
	Missouri		3
	Western Michigan		1
						Missouri		11
						Colorado State College		2
	Colorado State College		10
	Lafayette		5
											Missouri		4
											Holy Cross		1
	Holy Cross		3
																Missouri		3
	Southern California		0
						Holy Cross		17								Western Michigan		1
						Clemson		4
	Arizona		1
	Clemson		4
																					Missouri		0	7
						Lower round 1					Lower round 2										Southern California		7	8^12
											Clemson		3
						Western Michigan		4^10			Western Michigan		5
																Holy Cross		2
						Lafayette		3
																Southern California		6
											Southern California		12
						Southern California		4			Colorado State College		1
						Arizona		0

Game results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 13	Game 1	Missouri	3–1	Western Michigan
June 14	Game 2	Colorado State College	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 College
	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 College	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	Missouri
	Bill Thom (MOP)	USC
C	Hank Kuhlmann	Missouri
1B	Sonny Siebert	Missouri
2B	Mike Castanon	USC
3B	Ken Komodzinski	Holy Cross
SS	Fred Scott	USC
OF	Ron Fairly	USC
	Martin Toft	Missouri
	Marvin Winegar	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

Notes

1. Colorado State College is currently known as the University of Northern Colorado. Not to be confused with Colorado State University, then known as Colorado A&M.
2. BYU withdrew from district. Northern Colorado was selected as District 7 representative.

See also

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

References

1. "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 192. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
2. "1958 College World Series". Omaha.com. Retrieved October 1, 2019.