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1958 Western Michigan Broncos baseball team

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1958 Western Michigan Broncos baseball
Mid-American Conference champions
District IV champions
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record23–8–1 (10–0 MAC)
Head coach
Assistant coachDon Edwards
Home stadiumHyames Field
Seasons
← 1957
1959 →
1958 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍y 10 0 0   1.000 23 8 1   .734
Ohio  ‍‍‍ 8 1 0   .889 17 4 0   .810
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍ 4 5 0   .444 7 7 0   .500
Kent State  ‍‍‍ 4 7 0   .364 12 10 0   .545
Toledo  ‍‍‍ 4 8 0   .333 6 13 0   .316
Marshall  ‍‍‍ 4 8 0   .333 8 10 0   .444
Miami (OH)  ‍‍‍ 2 7 0   .222 7 10 0   .412
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1958[1]

The 1958 Western Michigan Broncos baseball team represented Western Michigan University in the 1958 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Broncos played their home games at Hyames Field. The team was coached by Charlie Maher in his 20th year at Western Michigan.

The Broncos won the District IV playoff to advanced to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Missouri Tigers.

Roster

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1958 Western Michigan Broncos baseball team
Players Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town
Phil Bareis /
Jerrt Belanger /
Bill Blackwell /
Larry Buchanan /
Dick Churches /
Len Grabowski /
Jim Greenwood /
Joe Gresser /
Ed Gustafson /
Jim Hedberg /
Jim Hock /
Norm Hradek /
Frank Karwoski /
Jess Kuaffman /
Jack Krueger /
Terry Mack /
Bob Mason /
Craig Morris /
Art Morrissey /
Jim Phillips /
George Pratt /
Larry Randall /
RHP Jack Rumohr /R
John Shelonder /
Dick Sosnowski /
Jim Stainoff /
Bill Topp /
Jerry Watkowski /
Ron White /
Marv Winegar /
Lyle Witham /
Tom Wood /
Jack Zaski /
Head coach

Charlie Maher

Assistant coach(es)

Don Edwards


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Current redshirt

Schedule

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1958 Western Michigan Broncos baseball game log
Regular season
April (9–3–1)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record MAC record
1 April 4  at Indiana Sembower FieldBloomington, Indiana 1–4 0–1
2 April 4  at Indiana Sembower Field • Bloomington, Indiana 6–3 1–1
3 April 5  at Indiana Sembower Field • Bloomington, Indiana 12–3 2–1
4 April 5  at Indiana Sembower Field • Bloomington, Indiana 5–7 2–2
5 April 8  at Indiana Sembower Field • Bloomington, Indiana 19–2 3–2
6 April 8  at Indiana Sembower Field • Bloomington, Indiana 11–4 4–2
7 April 15  at Michigan Ray Fisher StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan 2–7 4–3
8 April 18  Marshall Hyames FieldKalamazoo, Michigan 7–4 5–3 1–0
9 April 19  Marshall Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, Michigan 6–3 6–3 2–0
10 April 21  at Iowa Unknown • Iowa City, Iowa 7–7 6–3–1 2–0
11 April 25  Bowling Green Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, Michigan 3–2 7–3–1 3–0
12 April 26  Bowling Green Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, Michigan 3–1 8–3–1 4–0
13 April 30  Michigan State Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, Michigan 7–5 9–3–1 4–0
May (6–1)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record MAC record
14 May 2  Toledo Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, Michigan 8–1 10–3–1 5–0
15 May 3  Toledo Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, Michigan 6–0 11–3–1 6–0
16 May 9  at Miami (OH) Unknown • Oxford, Ohio 7–0 12–3–1 7–0
17 May 10  at Miami (OH) Unknown • Oxford, Ohio 6–3 13–3–1 8–0
18 May 13  Michigan Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, Michigan 6–8 13–4–1 8–0
19 May 16  at Kent State Unknown • Kent, Ohio 5–2 14–4–1 9–0
20 May 17  at Kent State Unknown • Kent, Ohio 6–2 15–4–1 10–0
21 May 19  Wisconsin Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, Michigan 3–7 15–5–1 10–0
22 May 20  Wisconsin Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, Michigan 2–23 15–6–1 10–0
23 May 23  Notre Dame Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, Michigan 2–1 16–6–1 10–0
Postseason
District IV Playoff (3–0)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record MAC record
24 May 28 Minnesota Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, Michigan 4–0 17–6–1 10–0
25 May 29 Valparaiso Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, Michigan 24–2 18–6–1 10–0
26 May 30 Notre Dame Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, Michigan 5–4 19–6–1 10–0
May/June (2–0)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record MAC record
27 May 31  Notre Dame Hyames Field • Kalamazoo, Michigan 5–2 20–6–1 10–0
28 June 7  at Michigan State Old College FieldEast Lansing, Michigan 5–4 21–6–1 10–0
College World Series (2–2)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record MAC record
29 June 13 vs Missouri Omaha Municipal StadiumOmaha, Nebraska 1–3 21–7–1 10–0
30 June 15 vs Lafayette Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 4–3 22–7–1 10–0
31 June 16 vs Clemson Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 5–3 23–7–1 10–0
32 June 17 vs Missouri Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 1–3 23–8–1 10–0

Awards and honors

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Bob Mason
  • First Team All-MAC
Dick Sosnowski
  • First Team All-MAC
Marv Winegar
  • First Team All-MAC[2]

References

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  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1958". Boyds World. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  2. ^ "Mid-American Conference Award Winners". www.wmubroncos.com. Western Michigan University. Retrieved November 21, 2020.