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 | Earl Bass | South Carolina | 23 consecutive wins (T-5th in Division I)[3] | ||||
| Pitcher | Jim Gideon | Texas | 19 wins in a single season (1974) (T-3rd in Division I) | ||||
| Catcher | Ken St. Pierre | Indiana | |||||
| First baseman | Orlando Gonzalez | Miami | |||||
| Second baseman | Jim Hacker | Texas A&M | |||||
| Third baseman | Rich Dauer | USC | |||||
| Shortstop | Bill Almon | Brown | First overall pick in 1974 Major League Baseball Draft[4] | ||||
| Outfielder | Lee Iorg | BYU | |||||
| Outfielder | Steve Bowling | Tulsa | |||||
| Outfielder | Marv Chamberlain | Washington State | |||||
| Designated hitter | Gene Delyon | Santa Clara |