An All-American team is an honorary sports team composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply "All-Americans". Although the honorees generally do not compete together as a unit, the term is used in U.S. team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889.[1]
From 1947 to 1980, the American Baseball Coaches Association was the only All-American selector recognized by the NCAA.[2]
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player had been named an All-American at that point | |
| ♦ | Inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame |
| width=10% | Position | width=15% | Name | width=15% | School | width=35% class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitcher | James O'Neill | Holy Cross | College World Series Most Outstanding Player[3] | ||||
| Pitcher | Don Boenker | Missouri | |||||
| Catcher | Larry Isbell | Baylor | |||||
| First baseman | Billy Werber, Jr. | Duke | |||||
| Second baseman | Hal Charnofsky | USC | |||||
| Third baseman | Dick Groat (2) ♦ | Duke | 1960 NL MVP,[4] 5x MLB All-Star, 1951 Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year[5] | ||||
| Shortstop | Harvey Kuenn | Wisconsin | |||||
| Outfielder | Tom Keough | California | |||||
| Outfielder | James Monahan | Rutgers | |||||
| Outfielder | Junior Wren | Missouri |