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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Third Base | John “Gus” Bell (2) | Jacksonville University | 1968 Olympic gold medal winner (baseball) | ||||
| Pitcher | Burt Hooton (2) ♦ | Texas | |||||
| Pitcher | Brent Strom | USC | |||||
| Catcher | Arnold Holtberg | Princeton | |||||
| First baseman | Doug Howard | BYU | |||||
| Second baseman | Dave Yates | Delaware | |||||
| Third baseman | Pete Duncan | Washington State | |||||
| Shortstop | Mike Schmidt | Ohio | National Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee,[3] 3× NL MVP, 1980 World Series MVP, 12× MLB All Star, 10× Gold Glove Award winner, 6× Silver Slugger Award winner, 1983 Lou Gehrig Memorial Award | ||||
| Outfielder | Gene Hiser | Maryland | |||||
| Outfielder | Steve Mikulic | Arizona | |||||
| Outfielder | Sam Ewing | Tennessee |