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 |
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| Pitcher | Ed Drapcho | Penn State | |||||
| Pitcher | Doug Weiss | California | |||||
| Catcher | Elmer Kohorst (2) | Notre Dame | |||||
| First baseman | Fred Frickie | Alabama | |||||
| Second baseman | Ken Tippery | Michigan | |||||
| Third baseman | Marsh McLean | Amherst | |||||
| Shortstop | Dick Howser ♦ | Florida State | Namesake of Dick Howser Trophy & Florida State's Dick Howser Stadium, 1961 MLB All Star[3] | ||||
| Outfielder | Jack Davis | Missouri | |||||
| Outfielder | Bill Olson | USC | |||||
| Outfielder | Tom Clarkson | Arizona |