# 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. 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

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

### District 2

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

### District 3

| Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper final | Upper final | Upper final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Florida State | Florida State | 3 | | | | | | | |
| George Washington | George Washington | 1 | | | | | | | |
| George Washington | George Washington | 1 | Florida State | Florida State | 1 | | | | |
| | | | Florida | Florida | 2 | | | | |
| Florida | Florida | 8 | Florida | Florida | 2 | | | | |
| Clemson | Clemson | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Clemson | Clemson | 6 | | | | Florida | Florida | 14 | 1 |
| | | | | | | Clemson | Clemson | 15 | 3 |
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower final | Lower final | Lower final | Clemson | Clemson | 15 | 3 |
| | | | Florida State | Florida State | 5 | | | | |
| George Washington | George Washington | 2 | Clemson | Clemson | 8 | | | | |
| Clemson | Clemson | 4 | | | | | | | |

### District 4

| Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper final | Upper final | Upper final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Valparaiso | Valparaiso | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Notre Dame | Notre Dame | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Notre Dame | Notre Dame | 0 | Valparaiso | Valparaiso | 2 | | | | |
| | | | Western Michigan | Western Michigan | 24 | | | | |
| Western Michigan | Western Michigan | 4 | Western Michigan | Western Michigan | 24 | | | | |
| Minnesota | Minnesota | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Minnesota | Minnesota | 0 | | | | Western Michigan | Western Michigan | 5 | — |
| | | | | | | Notre Dame | Notre Dame | 4 | — |
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower final | Lower final | Lower final | Notre Dame | Notre Dame | 4 | — |
| | | | Valparaiso | Valparaiso | 4 | | | | |
| Notre Dame | Notre Dame | 11 | Notre Dame | Notre Dame | 10 | | | | |
| Minnesota | Minnesota | 7 | | | | | | | |

### District 5

| Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Missouri | 11 | 13 | — |
| Northern Iowa | 7 | 3 | — |

### District 6

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

### District 7

| Finals | Finals | Finals | 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Portland | 2 | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| Occidental | 5 | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| 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 | 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 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper round 2 | Upper round 2 | Upper final | Upper final | Upper final | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Missouri | Missouri | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Western Michigan | Western Michigan | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Western Michigan | Western Michigan | 1 | Missouri | Missouri | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Colorado State College | Colorado State College | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Colorado State College | Colorado State College | 10 | Colorado State College | Colorado State College | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Lafayette | Lafayette | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lafayette | Lafayette | 5 | | | | Missouri | Missouri | 4 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Holy Cross | Holy Cross | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Holy Cross | Holy Cross | 3 | | | | Holy Cross | Holy Cross | 1 | | | | | |
| Holy Cross | Holy Cross | 3 | | | | | | | Missouri | Missouri | 3 | | |
| Southern California | Southern California | 0 | | | | | | | Missouri | Missouri | 3 | | |
| Southern California | Southern California | 0 | Holy Cross | Holy Cross | 17 | | | | Western Michigan | Western Michigan | 1 | | |
| | | | Clemson | Clemson | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Arizona | Arizona | 1 | Clemson | Clemson | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Clemson | Clemson | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Missouri | Missouri | 0 | 7 |
| | | | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | | | | | Southern California | Southern California | 7 | 8$^{12}$ |
| | | | | | | Clemson | Clemson | | | | | | 3 |
| | | | Western Michigan | Western Michigan | 4$^{10}$ | Western Michigan | Western Michigan | | | | | | 5 |
| | | | Western Michigan | Western Michigan | 4$^{10}$ | Western Michigan | Western Michigan | | Holy Cross | Holy Cross | 2 | | 5 |
| | | | Lafayette | Lafayette | 3 | | | | Holy Cross | Holy Cross | 2 | |
| | | | Lafayette | Lafayette | 3 | | | | Southern California | Southern California | 6 | |
| | | | | | | Southern California | Southern California | | Southern California | Southern California | 6 | 12 | |
| | | | Southern California | Southern California | 4 | Colorado State College | Colorado State College | | | | | 1 | |
| | | | Arizona | 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 | |
| June 14 | Game 3 | Holy Cross | 3–0 | Southern California | |
| June 14 | Game 4 | Clemson | 4–1 | Arizona | |
| June 15 | Game 5 | Western Michigan | 4–3 (10 innings) | Lafayette | Lafayette eliminated |
| June 15 | Game 6 | USC | 4–0 | Arizona | Arizona eliminated |
| June 15 | Game 7 | Missouri | 11–2 | Colorado State College | |
| June 15 | Game 8 | Holy Cross | 17–4 | Clemson | |
| June 16 | Game 9 | Western Michigan | 5–3 | Clemson | Clemson eliminated |
| June 16 | Game 10 | Southern California | 12–1 | Colorado State College | Colorado State College eliminated |
| June 16 | Game 11 | Missouri | 4–1 | Holy Cross | |
| June 17 | Game 12 | Southern California | 6–2 | Holy Cross | Holy Cross eliminated |
| June 17 | 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 |
| P | 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 |
| OF | Martin Toft | Missouri |
| OF | 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