Tournament details | |
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Dates | August 19–August 22 |
Teams | 7 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Industrial Little League Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico |
Runner-up | Jaycee Little League Kankakee, Illinois |
The 1958 Little League World Series took place on August 19 through 22 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.[1] Industrial Little League of Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico,[2] won its second consecutive Little League World Series by defeating the Jaycee Little League of Kankakee, Illinois, in the 12th Championship Game.
This was the last LLWS to be played at Original Field.[1] This was the first LLWS to include teams from more than four qualifying regions, and also the first to give automatic berths to teams from Canada, represented by the Valleyfield Little League of Valleyfield, Quebec, and to Latin America, represented by Monterrey.
Teams
United States | International |
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Kankakee, Illinois North Region Jaycee Little League |
Valleyfield, Quebec Canada Region Valleyfield Little League |
Darien, Connecticut East Region Darien Little League |
Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico Latin America Region Industrial Little League |
Gadsden, Alabama South Region National League of Gadsden |
Honolulu, Hawaii Pacific Region Pearl Harbor Little League |
Portland, Oregon West region Rose City Little League |
Bracket
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
August 19 | ||||||||||
Connecticut | 7 | |||||||||
August 20 | ||||||||||
Canada | 2 | |||||||||
Connecticut | 5 | |||||||||
August 19 | ||||||||||
Mexico | 11 | |||||||||
Mexico | 11 | |||||||||
August 22 | ||||||||||
Hawaii | 0 | |||||||||
Mexico | 10 | |||||||||
August 19 | ||||||||||
Illinois | 1 | |||||||||
Illinois | 2 | |||||||||
August 20 | ||||||||||
Oregon | 1 | |||||||||
Illinois | 3 | |||||||||
August 19 | ||||||||||
Alabama | 1 | Third place | ||||||||
Alabama | ||||||||||
August 21 | ||||||||||
Bye | ||||||||||
Connecticut | 0 | |||||||||
Alabama | 2 | |||||||||
1958 Little League World Series Champions |
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Industrial Little League Monterrey, Nuevo León |
Champions path
Round | Opposition | Result |
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Mexico Championship | ||
? | Tolteca LL | ? |
? | Metropolitana LL | ? |
? | Maya LL | ? |
Latinoamerican Championship | ||
? | Puerto Rico | 15–0 |
? | Venezuela | 2–0 |
Notable players
- Keith Lampard (Portland, Oregon) - former MLB outfielder - Houston Astros
- Héctor Torres (Monterrey, Mexico) - former MLB SS, 2B, 3B, and coach
- Carlos "Bobby" Trevino (Monterrey, Mexico) - former MLB outfielder - California Angels
- Rick Wise (Portland, Oregon) - former MLB pitcher
Footnotes
- 1 2 "Little League Series Opens". The Daily News. Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. August 19, 1958. p. 4. Retrieved August 22, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
- ↑ See: Mexico in the Little League World Series.
External links
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