1958 Little League World Series

1958 Little League World Series
Dates
Teams participating 7
Champion Mexico Industrial Little League
Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Runner-up United StatesIllinois Jaycee Little League
Kankakee, Illinois

The 1958 Little League World Series took place during August 1958 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Industrial Little League of Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico,[1] won its second consecutive Little League World Series by defeating the Jaycee Little League of Kankakee, Illinois, in the Championship Game. This was the first LLWS tournament to expand to seven teams, and also the first to give automatic LLWS berths to teams from Canada, which was represented by the Valleyfield Little League of Valleyfield, Quebec, and Latin America, which was represented by Monterrey.

Qualification

Teams
Illinois Kankakee, Illinois
North Region
Jaycee
Oregon Portland, Oregon
West region
Rose City
Connecticut Darien, Connecticut
East Region
Darien

Alabama Gadsden, Alabama
South Region
National League of Gadsden

Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii
Pacific Region
Pearl Harbor

MexicoNuevo León Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Latin America Region
Industrial

CanadaQuebec Valleyfield, Quebec
Canada Region
Valleyfield

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
         
 Connecticut Connecticut  7
 
 Canada Canada  2  
 Connecticut Connecticut  5
 
   Mexico Mexico  11  
 Mexico Mexico  11
 
 Hawaii Hawaii  0  
 Mexico Mexico  10
 
   Illinois Illinois  1
 Illinois Illinois  2
 
 Oregon Oregon  1  
 Illinois Illinois  3 Third place
 
   Alabama Alabama  1  
 Alabama Alabama     Connecticut Connecticut  0
 Bye       Alabama Alabama  2
 
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

See also

Footnotes

External links

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