1958 College World Series

College World Series
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The 1958 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 13 to June 19. The participating schools qualified by winning one of eight district tournaments. The twelfth tournament's champion was the University of Southern California coached by Rod Dedeaux. The Most Outstanding Player was Bill Thom of the University of Southern California.

Participating Teams

Berth	School	Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS W-L Record
District 6	University of Arizona	Border Conference	37 - 12 (n/a)	Frank Sancet	3 (last: 1956)	2nd (1956)	7 - 6
District 3	Clemson University	Atlantic Coast Conference	21 - 6 (12 - 3, 0 GB)	Bill Wilhelm	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
District 7	Colorado State College	Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference	20 - 8 (n/a)	Pete Butler	4 (last: 1957)	5th (1955)	1 - 8
District 1	College of the Holy Cross		16 - 4 (n/a)	Jack Barry	1 (last: 1952)	1st (1952)	6 - 1
District 2	Lafayette College		19 - 8 (n/a)	Charlie Gelbert	2 (last: 1954)	3rd (1953)	3 - 4
District 5	University of Missouri	Big Eight Conference	17 - 5 (12 - 3, 0 GB)	Hi Simmons	2 (last: 1954)	1st (1954)	8 - 3
District 8	University of Southern California	California Intercollegiate Baseball Association	24 - 2 (14 - 2, 0 GB)	Rod Dedeaux	4 (last: 1955)	1st (1948)	5 - 7
District 4	Western Michigan University	Mid-American Conference	21 - 6 - 1 (10 - 0, 0 GB)	Charlie Maher	2 (last: 1955)	2nd (1955)	5 - 4

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round
		Missouri	3
		Western Michigan	1
							Missouri	11
							Colorado St. Col.	2
		Colorado St. Col.	10
		Lafayette	5
												Missouri	4
												Holy Cross	1
		Holy Cross	3
		USC	0
							Holy Cross	17
							Clemson	4
		Clemson	4
		Arizona	1
						Loser's bracket
							Western Michigan	4
							Lafayette	3				Clemson	3
												Western Michigan	5
							USC	4
							Arizona	0				Colorado St. Col.	1
												USC	12

	Semifinals					Elimination					Final
	Re-ordered Semifinals
		Missouri	3									USC	8
		Western Michigan	1									Missouri	7
							Missouri	0
							USC	7
		Holy Cross	2
		USC	6

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	Southern California	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 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	Southern California
Catcher	Hank Kuhlmann		Missouri
First baseman	Sonny Siebert		Missouri
Second baseman	Mike Castanon	Junior	Southern California
Third baseman	Ken Komodzinski	Sophomore	Holy Cross
Shortstop	Fred Scott	Junior	Southern California
Outfielder	Ron Fairly	Sophomore	Southern California
	Martin Toft		Missouri
	Marvin Winegar	Senior	Western Michigan

Notable Players

• University of Arizona: Dave Baldwin, Gene Leek
• Clemson University: Hal Stowe
• Colorado State College: Ron Herbel
• College of the Holy Cross: Bill Spanswick
• Lafayette College:
• University of Missouri: John O'Donoghue, Mike Shannon, Sonny Siebert
• University of Southern California: Don Buford, Ron Fairly, Pat Gillick, Bill Heath, Rex Johnston, Johnny Werhas
• Western Michigan University: Jim Bouton, John Goetz

Related Sites

• OmahaSeries.com: for more info on the College World Series
• BoydsWorld.com: for more info on College Baseball