1958 Holy Cross Crusaders baseball team

1958 Holy Cross Crusaders baseball
District I champions
ConferenceIndependent
Record18–6
Head coach
CaptainTom Ryan (Senior year)
Home stadiumFitton Field
Seasons
← 1957
1959 →

The 1958 Holy Cross Crusaders baseball team represented the College of the Holy Cross in the 1958 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Crusaders played their home games at Fitton Field. The team was coached by Jack Barry in his 38th year as head coach at Holy Cross.

The Crusaders won the District I playoff to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Southern California Trojans.

Roster

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1958 Holy Cross Crusaders baseball team
Players Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town
P Hal Dietz /
P Robert Defino L/L
P Jim Farino /
INF Ken Komodzinski /
So
INF Ronnie Liptak /
C Larry Rancourt /
INF Tom Ryan (C) /
Sr
Head coach

Jack Barry

Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: October 2, 2021

Schedule

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1958 Holy Cross Crusaders baseball game log
Regular season
April (–)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record
April 19 Dartmouth Fitton FieldWorcester, Massachusetts 4–6
April 24 Tufts Unknown • Unknown 5–2
May (–)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record
May 10 Harvard Fitton Field • Worcester, Massachusetts 11–3
May 21 Connecticut Unknown • Unknown 10–0
Postseason
District I Playoff (3–0)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record
18 June 4 vs Colby Unknown • Springfield, Massachusetts 4–3 14–4
19 June 4 vs Colby Unknown • Springfield, Massachusetts 5–1 15–4
20 June 8 vs Connecticut Unknown • Springfield, Massachusetts 2–1 16–4
College World Series (2–2)
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record
21 June 14 vs Southern California Omaha Municipal StadiumOmaha, Nebraska 3–0 17–4
22 June 15 vs Clemson Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 17–4 18–4
23 June 16 vs Missouri Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 1–4 18–5
24 June 17 vs Southern California Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 2–6 18–6

Awards and honors

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Ken Komodzinski
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[1]

References

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  1. ^ "College World Series record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved October 7, 2021.