1958 Missouri Tigers baseball team

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.

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

v t e	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

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

1958 Missouri Tigers
Roster
Doug Gulick Bob Haas Bud Harbin Ralph Hochgrebe Hank Kuhlman Claude Lewis Steve Lewis Larry Luecke		Bob Meyers Ernie Nevers John O'Donoghue Sonny Siebert Gary Starr Paul Stehr Bo Toft Ray Uriarte

Schedule

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

Ernie Nevers

• First Team All Big Eight^[1]

Sonny Siebert

• Third Team All-American^[1]
• All District V^[1]
• First Team All Big Eight^[1]

Bo Toft

• Second Team All-American^[1]
• All District V^[1]
• First Team All Big Eight^[1]

Ray Uriarte

• First Team All-American^[1]
• All District V^[1]
• First Team All Big Eight^[1]