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 United States 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 | Don Lee | Arizona | 36 career complete games (tied for 7th all-time in Division I)[3] | ||||
| Pitcher | Jerry Thomas | Minnesota | College World Series Most Outstanding Player[4] | ||||
| Catcher | Elmer Kohorst | Notre Dame | |||||
| First baseman | Kent Hadley | USC | |||||
| Second baseman | Don Prohovich | Holy Cross | |||||
| Third baseman | John Brown | Nebraska | |||||
| Shortstop | Jerry Kindall | Minnesota | Namesake of Arizona's Jerry Kindall Field at Frank Sancet Stadium[5] | ||||
| Outfielder | Don Napierkowski | Wyoming | |||||
| Outfielder | John Ruso | Santa Clara | |||||
| Outfielder | George Watts | Lafayette |