1958 Little League World Series

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.

1958 Little League World Series
DatesAugust 19–August 22
Teams participating7
Champion Industrial Little League
Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Runner-up Jaycee Little League
Kankakee, Illinois
Little League World Series

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
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-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
August 19
 
 
Connecticut7
 
August 20
 
Canada2
 
Connecticut5
 
August 19
 
Mexico11
 
Mexico11
 
August 22
 
Hawaii0
 
Mexico10
 
August 19
 
Illinois1
 
Illinois2
 
August 20
 
Oregon1
 
Illinois3
 
August 19
 
Alabama1 Third place
 
Alabama
 
August 21
 
Bye
 
Connecticut0
 
 
Alabama2
 
1958 Little League World Series Champions

Industrial Little League
Monterrey, Nuevo León

Champions path

RoundOppositionResult
Mexico Championship
?Tolteca LL?
?Metropolitana LL?
?Maya LL?
Latinoamerican Championship
?Puerto Rico15–0
?Venezuela2–0

Notable players

Footnotes

  1. "Little League Series Opens". The Daily News. Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. August 19, 1958. p. 4. Retrieved August 22, 2018 via newspapers.com.
  2. See: Mexico in the Little League World Series.
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