1958 NCAA University Division baseball season

1958 NCAA University Division baseball season
NCAA Tournament
College World Series
Champions Southern California
Runners-up Penn State
MOP Bill Thom (Southern California)
Seasons

 1957

1959 

The 1958 NCAA University Division baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1958. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1958 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the twelfth time in 1958, consisted of one team from each of eight geographical districts and was held in Omaha, Nebraska at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Southern California claimed the championship.[1]

Realignment

Prior to the 1958 season, Oklahoma A&M, now Oklahoma State, rejoined the Big Seven Conference, which then became known as the Big Eight.

Conference winners

This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1958 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA Tournament. 13 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 14 teams earned at-large selections.[1][2]

Conference Regular Season Winner
Atlantic Coast Conference Clemson
Big Eight Conference Missouri
Big Ten Conference Minnesota
CIBA Southern California
EIBL Harvard
Mid-American Conference Western Michigan
Pacific Coast Conference Oregon State
Southeastern Conference Auburn
Southern Conference George Washington
Richmond
Southwest Conference Texas

Conference standings

The following is an incomplete list of conference standings:

1958 Big Eight Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Missouri y 12 3   .800     21 7   .750
Oklahoma State 13 5   .722     17 6   .739
Oklahoma 11 5   .688     12 8   .600
Kansas 11 6   .647     14 8   .636
Nebraska 12 9   .571     17 10   .630
Iowa State 8 12   .400     8 15   .348
Colorado 5 16   .238     7 19   .269
Kansas State 2 18   .100     2 18   .100
Conference champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1958[3]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
1958 Pacific Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
North Division
Oregon State 10 4   .714     18 11   .621
Washington State 9 5   .643     19 11   .633
Oregon 9 5   .643      
Idaho 4 11   .267      
Washington 3 10   .231     12 13   .480
California Intercollegiate Baseball Association
Southern California y 14 2   .875     29 3   .906
California 9 7   .563     19 12   .613
Stanford 7 9   .438     23 12   .657
Santa Clara 5 11   .313      
UCLA 5 11   .313     15 19   .441
Conference champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1958[4]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

College World Series

The 1958 season marked the twelfth NCAA Baseball Tournament, which culminated with the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Southern California claiming their second championship with an 8–7 win over Missouri in the final.[1]

  First Round     Second Round     Third Round
                           
  Winner's Bracket
   Missouri 3  
     Western Michigan 1    
         Missouri 11  
         Colorado State 2    
   Colorado State 10          
   Lafayette 5        
         Missouri 4
         Holy Cross 1
   Holy Cross 3        
     Southern California 0          
         Holy Cross 17    
         Clemson 4  
   Arizona 1    
   Clemson 4  
  Loser's Bracket
   Western Michigan 4  
   Lafayette 3      Clemson 3
       Western Michigan 5
   Southern California 4  
   Arizona 0      Southern California 12
       Colorado State 1
  Semifinals     Finals     if needed
                           
  Re-ordered Semi-finals
   Missouri 3        Missouri 7
     Western Michigan 1            Southern California 8
         Missouri 0    
         Southern California 7  
   Holy Cross 2    
   Southern California 6  

Award winners

All-America team

References

  1. 1 2 3 W.C. Madden and Patrick J. Stewart (2004). The College World Series:A Baseball History, 1947-2003. McFarland & Co. pp. 31–34. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
  2. "NCAA Men's College World Series Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. p. 7. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
  3. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1958". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
  4. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1958". Boyd's World. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
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