1958 Little League World Series

1958 Little League World Series
Tournament details
DatesAugust 19–August 22
Teams7
Final positions
ChampionsMexico Industrial Little League
Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Runner-upUnited StatesIllinois Jaycee Little League
Kankakee, Illinois
← 1957
1959 →

The 1958 Little League World Series took place on August 19 through 22 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.[1] Industrial Little League of Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico,[2] won its second consecutive Little League World Series (LLWS) by defeating the Jaycee Little League of Kankakee, Illinois, in the 12th championship game.

This was the last LLWS to be played at Original Field in Williamsport.[1] This was the first LLWS to include teams from more than four qualifying regions, and also the first to give automatic berths to teams from Canada, represented by the Valleyfield Little League of Valleyfield, Quebec, and to Latin America, represented by Monterrey.

  1. ^ a b "Little League Series Opens". The Daily News. Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. August 19, 1958. p. 4. Retrieved August 22, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
  2. ^ See: Mexico in the Little League World Series.