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]
| Awarded the Golden Spikes Award as national Player of the Year | ||
| 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 | Greg Norris | North Carolina | |||||
| Pitcher | Bill Bordley | USC | |||||
| Catcher | Chris Bando | Arizona State | |||||
| First baseman | Ron Johnson | Fresno State | |||||
| Second baseman | Bob Horner (2) ♦ | Arizona State | 1977 College World Series Most Outstanding Player,[3] NL All-Star,[4] 1978 NL Rookie of the Year, First overall pick in 1978 Major League Baseball Draft[5] | ||||
| Third baseman | John Marquardt | South Carolina | |||||
| Shortstop | Hubie Brooks | Arizona State | 126 hits in a single season (1978) (T-9th in Division I),[6] 2x MLB All-Star,[7] 2x Silver Slugger Award winner | ||||
| Shortstop | Greg Cypret | Missouri | |||||
| Outfielder | Mark Johnston | South Alabama | |||||
| Outfielder | Kirk Gibson | Michigan State | 1988 NL MVP,[8] 1988 Silver Slugger Award, 1984 ALCS MVP | ||||
| Outfielder | Mike Stenhouse | Harvard | |||||
| Designated hitter | Tim Lollar | Arkansas |