1958

1958 in baseball
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<< 1957 1959 >>

Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1958.

Club competitions

Professional

Asia and Australia

• Nippon Professional Baseball
  • Nippon Series: Nishitetsu Lions (PL) over the Yomiuri Giants (CL), 4 - 3 - 0 (Details)
    • Central League: Yomiuri Giants (Details)
    • Pacific League: Nishitetsu Lions (Details)
• Claxton Shield: Victoria

Europe

• Baseball-Bundesliga: 1. Mannheimer Baseball Club Knights
• Hoofdklasse Honkbal: EDO Haarlem
• Serie A1: C.U.S. Milano

North America

• Major League Baseball
  • World Series: New York Yankees (AL) over the Milwaukee Braves (NL), 4 - 3 (Details)
    • American League: New York Yankees (Details)
    • National League: Milwaukee Braves (Details)

• Minor League Baseball
  • Junior World Series: Minneapolis Millers (AA) over the Montreal Royals (IL), 4 - 0 (Details)
  • Alabama-Florida League: Dothan Cardinals
  • American Association: Minneapolis Millers (Details)
  • Appalachian League: Johnson City Phillies
  • Arizona-Mexico League: Douglas Copper Kings
  • California League: Fresno Giants
  • Carolina League: Burlington Indians
  • Eastern League: Binghamton Triplets
  • Florida State League: St. Petersburg Saints
  • Georgia-Florida League: Valdosta Tigers
  • International League: Montreal Royals (Details)
  • Midwest League: Waterloo Hawks
  • Nebraska State League: North Platte Indians
  • New York-Penn League: Geneva Redlegs
  • Northern League: Fargo-Moorhead Twins
  • Northwest League: Yakima Bears
  • Pacific Coast League: Phoenix Giants (Details)
  • Pioneer League: Boise Braves
  • Sophomore League: Midland Braves
  • South Atlantic League: Macon Dodgers
  • Southern Association: Birmingham Barons
  • Texas League: Corpus Christi Giants
  • Three-I League: Cedar Rapids Braves
  • Western League: Colorado Springs Sky Sox

• Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo

• Negro Leagues
  • East-West Game: The team representing the East defeated the team representing the West by a score of 6 - 5 at Yankee Stadium (Details)

Winter Leagues

• Serie del Caribe: in San Juan, Puerto Rico; Marianao (Cuba) (Details)
  • Cuban Winter League: Marianao
  • Panamanian League: Carta Vieja
• Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Caguas-Guayama
• Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional: Industriales de Valencia
• Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana: Leones del Escogido defeated the Estrellas Orientales in the league's finals, 5 - 1
• Mexican Pacific Coast League: Mazatlán

Amateur

• College World Series (National Collegiate Athletic Association): The University of Southern California defeated the University of Missouri in the best-of-three finals, 8 - 7 (12 inn.) (Details)
• NAIA College World Series: San Diego State University over the Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 23 - 9 in the finals
  • NJCAA Baseball World Series: Cameron State Agricultural College
• Community College League of California: Coalinga College over Citrus College in the finals
• National Baseball Congress World Series: Drain Black Sox (Details)
• All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series: Rikkyo University defeated the Chuo University in the final, 4 - 3 (Details)
• Japan High School Baseball Federation
  • National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Seiseiko High School (Kumamoto) defeat Chukyo University Senior High School (Aichi), 7 - 1 in the championship (Details)
  • National High School Baseball Championship: Yanai High School (Yamaguchi) defeat Tokushima Commercial High School (Tokushima), 7 - 0 in the championship (Details)
• Little League
  • Little League World Series: Industrial (Monterrey, Nuevo Leon) defeat Kankakee (Kankakee, IL), 10 - 1 in the championship (Details)

International competitions

• European Championship in Amsterdam, Netherlands (Details)
  • The Netherlands (Gold); Italy (Silver); Germany (Bronze)

Culture

Film

• Damn Yankees

Births

Further information: Births in 1958

Deaths

Further information: Deaths in 1958