1958 USC Trojans baseball team

American college baseball season

1958 USC Trojans baseball

College World Series champions Pacific Coast Conference champions
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	28–3 (14–2 PCC)
Head coach	Rod Dedeaux (17th year)
Home stadium	Bovard Field
Seasons ← 1957 1959 →

1958 Pacific Coast Conference baseball standings
v t e	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

The 1958 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California in the 1958 NCAA University Division baseball season. The team was coached by Rod Dedeaux in his 17th season.

The Trojans won the College World Series, defeating the Missouri Tigers in the championship game.

Roster

1958 USC Trojans roster

Pitchers

Jim Barudoni
Bob Blakeslee
Joe Camperi
Jim Conroy
Tony DeCarbo
Bruce Gardner
Pat Gillick
Hal Jeffs
Bill Thom

Catchers

John Christiansen
Bill Heath
Frank McDermott
Bob Santich

Infielders

Bob Allen
Don Biasotti
Mike Blewett
Gary Boone
Mike Castanon
Julius Guccione
Ken Guffey Miller
Don Mullane
Bob Peccole
Fred Scott
Al Waxman
John Werhas

Outfielders

Ben Breskovich
Don Buford
Ron Fairly
Jim Hanna
Rex Johnston
Jerry Siegert
Ron Silverman
Dave Stephenson
Rocky Tarchione

Coaches

Rod Dedeaux

Schedule

1958 USC Trojans baseball game log

Regular season

March

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall record	PCC record
March 18	Cal Poly	10–0	1–0	–
March 28	Santa Clara	7–3	2–0	1–0
March 29	Santa Clara	21–5	3–0	2–0

April

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall record	PCC record
April 11	at California	4–2	4–0	3–0
April 12	at Stanford	10–5	5–0	4–0
April 12	at Stanford	13–4	6–0	5–0
April 19	California	5–7	6–1	5–1
April 19	California	10–5	7–1	6–1
April 25	at Saint Mary's	13–4	8–1	–
April 29	Loyola	8–2	9–1	–

May

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall record	PCC record
May 2	at UCLA	3–0	10–1	7–1
May 3	UCLA	21–2	11–1	8–1
May 6	Pepperdine	16–2	12–1	–
May 9	Stanford	19–13	13–1	9–1
May 10	Stanford	9–2	14–1	10–1
May 13	Whittier	5–4	15–1	–
May 16	at California	6–7	15–2	10–2
May 17	at Santa Clara	12–11	16–2	11–2
May 17	at Santa Clara	5–4	17–2	12–2
May 23	UCLA	23–1	18–2	13–2
May 24	at UCLA	15–1	19–2	14–2

Post-season

Pacific Coast Conference Playoff

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall record
May 30	Oregon State	7–0	20–2
May 31	Oregon State	15–0	21–2

NCAA tournament: District 8 playoffs

Date	Opponent	Score	Overall record
June 6	vs. Portland	6–0	22–2
June 7	vs. Portland	11–1	23–2

NCAA tournament: College World Series

Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record
June 14	vs. Holy Cross	Rosenblatt Stadium	0–3	23–3
June 15	vs. Arizona	Rosenblatt Stadium	4–0	24–3
June 16	vs. Northern Colorado	Rosenblatt Stadium	12–1	25–3
June 17	vs. Holy Cross	Rosenblatt Stadium	6–2	26–3
June 18	vs. Missouri	Rosenblatt Stadium	7–0	27–3
June 19	vs. Missouri	Rosenblatt Stadium	8–7	28–3

Awards and honors

Mike Castanon

All-American Second Team^[2]
College World Series All-Tournament Team^[3]
All-PCC First Team^[2]

Ron Fairly

College World Series All-Tournament Team^[3]
All-PCC First Team^[2]

Ken Guffey Miller

All-American 1959
All-PCC First Team 1957, 1958 and 1959^[2]

Fred Scott

All-PCC First Team^[2]
College World Series All-Tournament Team^[3]

Jerry Siegert

All-America First Team^[2]

Bill Thom

College World Series Most Outstanding Player^[3]
All-PCC First Team^[2]

References

^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1958". Boyd's World. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "2012 USC Trojans Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). USCTrojans.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2012. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "College World Series record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 22, 2012.

v t e USC Trojans 1958 College World Series champions
Don Buford Jim Conroy Ron Fairly Pat Gillick Rex Johnston Bill Thom (College World Series MOP)
Head Coach Rod Dedeaux
Regular season NCAA tournament College World Series

v t e USC Trojans baseball
Venues	Bovard Field (?–1973) Dedeaux Field (1974–present)
Rivalries	UCLA
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
National Championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics

v t e NCAA Division I baseball champions
1947 California 1948 USC 1949 Texas 1950 Texas 1951 Oklahoma 1952 Holy Cross 1953 Michigan 1954 Missouri 1955 Wake Forest 1956 Minnesota 1957 California 1958 USC 1959 Oklahoma State 1960 Minnesota 1961 USC 1962 Michigan 1963 USC 1964 Minnesota 1965 Arizona State 1966 Ohio State 1967 Arizona State 1968 USC 1969 Arizona State 1970 USC 1971 USC 1972 USC 1973 USC 1974 USC 1975 Texas 1976 Arizona 1977 Arizona State 1978 USC 1979 Cal State Fullerton 1980 Arizona 1981 Arizona State 1982 Miami 1983 Texas 1984 Cal State Fullerton 1985 Miami 1986 Arizona 1987 Stanford 1988 Stanford 1989 Wichita State 1990 Georgia 1991 LSU 1992 Pepperdine 1993 LSU 1994 Oklahoma 1995 Cal State Fullerton 1996 LSU 1997 LSU 1998 USC 1999 Miami 2000 LSU 2001 Miami 2002 Texas 2003 Rice 2004 Cal State Fullerton 2005 Texas 2006 Oregon State 2007 Oregon State 2008 Fresno State 2009 LSU 2010 South Carolina 2011 South Carolina 2012 Arizona 2013 UCLA 2014 Vanderbilt 2015 Virginia 2016 Coastal Carolina 2017 Florida 2018 Oregon State 2019 Vanderbilt 2020 No tournament 2021 Mississippi State 2022 Ole Miss 2023 LSU

NCAA Division I baseball champions