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1958 Little League World Series

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Teams participating
  
7

Champion
  
Industrial Little League Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico

Runner-up
  
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, 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.

Notable players

  • Rick Wise (Portland, Oregon) - former MLB pitcher
  • Hector Torres (Monterrey, Mexico) - former Major League Baseball SS,2B,3B. coach
  • Keith Lampard - Portland, Oregon - former MLB player Outfielder - Houston Astros
  • Robert " Bobby " Trevino - Monterrey, Mexico - former MLB player - outfielder- California Angels

    • References

    1958 Little League World Series Wikipedia
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