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 | Bill Faul | Cincinnati | Single-season (1961) 14.6 K/9 (15th in Division I) | ||||
| Pitcher | Jim Wixson | Oklahoma State | |||||
| Catcher | Bill Freehan | Michigan | 11x MLB All Star,[3] 5x Gold Glove Award Winner, 1968 World Series Champion | ||||
| First baseman | Willie Ryan | USC | |||||
| Second baseman | Charles Shoemaker | Arizona | 30 career triples (tied for 4th in Division I)[4] | ||||
| Third baseman | Peter Hall | Rutgers | |||||
| Shortstop | Frank Quilici | Western Michigan | |||||
| Outfielder | Joe Nossek | Ohio | |||||
| Outfielder | Jim Mooring | North Carolina | |||||
| Outfielder | Chuck Knutson | Texas |