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 | Burt Hooton ♦ | Texas | |||||
| Pitcher | Larry Gura | Arizona State | 19 wins in a single season (1969) (T-3rd in Division I),[3] 1980 AL All Star[4] | ||||
| Catcher | Bob Williams | Washington State | |||||
| First baseman | Mike Walseth | Minnesota | |||||
| Second baseman | Dick Gold (2) | Florida State | |||||
| Third baseman | Les Rogers | Tulsa | |||||
| Shortstop | Bill Stein | Southern Illinois | |||||
| Outfielder | Larry Pyle | Miami | |||||
| Outfielder | Paul Powell | Arizona State | |||||
| Outfielder | Bob Long | Texas A&M |