1958 Missouri Tigers baseball team

American college baseball season

1958 Missouri Tigers baseball

College World Series Runner-up
Big Eight Conference champions

Conference| Big Eight Conference
Record| 22–7 (12–3 Big Eight)
Head coach|

* Hi Simmons (20th year)

Seasons

<- 1957

1959 ->

1958 Big Eight Conference baseball standings

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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

The 1958 Missouri Tigers baseball team represented the University of Missouri in the 1958 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Rollins Field. The team was coached by Hi Simmons in his 20th season at Missouri.

Led by All-Americans Sonny Siebert, Bo Toft and Ray Uriarte, the Tigers advanced to the 1958 College World Series, where they lost to Southern California in the championship game.

## Roster

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1958 Missouri Tigers

Roster

* Doug Gulick
* Bob Haas
* Bud Harbin
* Ralph Hochgrebe
* Hank Kuhlman
* Claude Lewis
* Steve Lewis
* Larry Luecke

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* Bob Meyers
* Ernie Nevers
* John O'Donoghue
* Sonny Siebert
* Gary Starr
* Paul Stehr
* Bo Toft
* Ray Uriarte

## Schedule

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1958 Missouri Tigers baseball game log

| Regular season

Opponent  | Score  | Overall record  | Big Eight record
Ole Miss | 12–6 | 1–0 | –
Ole Miss | 14–5 | 2–0 | –
Arkansas State | 13–0 | 3–0 | –
Arkansas State | 2–3 | 3–1 | –
Nebraska | 3–6 | 3–2 | 0-1
Nebraska | 9–6 | 4–2 | 1-1
Nebraska | 12–5 | 5–2 | 2-1
Washington University | 4–5 | 5–3 | –
Kansas | 25–14 | 6–3 | 3-1
Kansas State | 24–2 | 7–3 | 4-1
Kansas State | 5–0 | 8–3 | 5-1
Kansas State | 3–6 | 8–4 | 5-2
Oklahoma | 5–4 | 9–4 | 6-2
Washington University | 12–3 | 10–4 | –
Iowa State | 8–6 | 11–4 | 7-2
Iowa State | 7–8 | 11–5 | 7-3
Iowa State | 11–0 | 12–5 | 8-3
Colorado | 17–8 | 13–5 | 9-3
Colorado | 9–3 | 14–5 | 10-3
Colorado | 8–3 | 15–5 | 11-3
Oklahoma State | 14–4 | 16–5 | 12-3
Post-season
| NCAA tournament: Division V Playoff

Opponent  | Score  | Overall record
Iowa State Teachers | 11–7 | 17–5
Iowa State Teachers | 13–3 | 18–5
| NCAA tournament: College World Series

Date  | Opponent  | Site/stadium  | Score  | Overall record
June 13 | vs. Western Michigan | Rosenblatt Stadium | 3–1 | 19–5
June 15 | vs. Colorado State | Rosenblatt Stadium | 11–2 | 20–5
June 16 | vs. Holy Cross | Rosenblatt Stadium | 4–1 | 21–5
June 17 | vs. Western Michigan | Rosenblatt Stadium | 3–1 | 22–5
June 18 | vs. Southern California | Rosenblatt Stadium | 0–7 | 22–6
June 19 | vs. Southern California | Rosenblatt Stadium | 7–8 | 22–7

## Awards and honors

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Ernie Nevers

* First Team All Big Eight[2]

Sonny Siebert

* Third Team All-American[2]
* All District V[2]
* First Team All Big Eight[2]

Bo Toft

* Second Team All-American[2]
* All District V[2]
* First Team All Big Eight[2]

Ray Uriarte

* First Team All-American[2]
* All District V[2]
* First Team All Big Eight[2]

## References

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1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1958". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "2012 Mizzou Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). mutigers.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 14, 2014. Retrieved June 13, 2012.

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