Year: | 1958 |
Team: | Holy Cross Crusaders |
Sport: | baseball |
Conference: | Independent |
Record: | 18–6 |
Head Coach: | Jack Barry |
Hc Year: | 38th |
Captain: | Tom Ryan |
Captain Year: | Senior |
Stadium: | Fitton Field |
Champion: | District I champions |
Tourney: | College World Series |
Tourney Result: | 4th |
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.
|-! style="" | Regular season|-|-! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="3%" | #! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | Date! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="14%" | Opponent! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="25%" | Site/stadium! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Score! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Overall record|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| || April 19 || || Fitton Field • Worcester, Massachusetts || 4–6 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| || April 24 || || Unknown • Unknown || 5–2 || –|-|-! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="3%" | #! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | Date! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="14%" | Opponent! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="25%" | Site/stadium! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Score! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Overall record|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| || May 10 || || Fitton Field • Worcester, Massachusetts || 11–3 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| || May 21 || || Unknown • Unknown || 10–0 || –|-|-! style="" | Postseason|-|-! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="3%" | #! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | Date! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="14%" | Opponent! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="25%" | Site/stadium! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Score! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Overall record|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 18 || June 4 || vs || Unknown • Springfield, Massachusetts || 4–3 || 14–4|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 19 || June 4 || vs Colby || Unknown • Springfield, Massachusetts || 5–1 || 15–4|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 20 || June 8 || vs Connecticut || Unknown • Springfield, Massachusetts || 2–1 || 16–4|-|-! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="3%" | #! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7%" | Date! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="14%" | Opponent! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="25%" | Site/stadium! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Score! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" | Overall record|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 21 || June 14 || vs Southern California || Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska || 3–0 || 17–4|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 22 || June 15 || vs Clemson || Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska || 17–4 || 18–4|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 23 || June 16 || vs Missouri || Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska || 1–4 || 18–5|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 24 || June 17 || vs Southern California || Omaha Municipal Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska || 2–6 || 18–6|-|-|