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]
The NCAA recognizes two different All-America selectors for the 1984 college baseball season: the American Baseball Coaches Association (since 1947) and Baseball America (since 1981). [2]
ABCA | American Baseball Coaches Association [2] |
BA | Baseball America [2] |
Awarded the Golden Spikes Award as national Player of the Year [2] | |
Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player had been named an All-American at that point [2] |
♦ | Inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame [3] |
Position | Name | School | ABCA | BA | Notes |
Pitcher | John Hoover | Fresno State | BA Pitcher of the Year, [2] 42 career starts (Division I record), [4] 19 starts in a single season (1984) (Division I record), [4] 205 strikeouts in a single season (1984) (10th in Division I) [4] | ||
Pitcher | Scott Bankhead | North Carolina | |||
Pitcher | Todd Simmons | Cal State Fullerton | — |
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Pitcher | Greg Swindell ♦ | Texas | — |
1989 MLB All-Star, [5] 14 career shutouts (Division I record), [4] 19 wins in a single season (1985) (T-3rd in Division I), [4] 204 career strikeouts (T-11th in Division I) [4] | |
Pitcher | Scott Wright | Cal State Fullerton | — |
22 saves in a single season (1984) (T-2nd in Division I) [4] | |
Catcher | B.J. Surhoff ♦ | North Carolina | — |
1989 MLB All-Star, [6] First overall pick in 1985 Major League Baseball Draft [7] | |
Catcher | John Marzano | Temple | — |
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First baseman | Mark McGwire | USC | 32 home runs in a single season (1984) (T-13th in Division I), [4] 12x MLB All-Star, [8] 3x Silver Slugger Award Winner, [8] 1990 Gold Glove Award winner, [8] 1999 Lou Gehrig Memorial Award [8] | ||
Second baseman | Billy Bates | Texas | — |
13 triples in a single season (1985) (T-4th in Division I) [4] | |
Second baseman | Bob Ralston | Arizona | — |
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Third baseman | Gene Larkin | Columbia | — |
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Third baseman | David Denny | Texas | — |
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Shortstop | Cory Snyder | BYU | Made ABCA as utility player | ||
Shortstop | Barry Larkin ♦ | Michigan | — |
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Inductee, [9] 1995 NL MVP, [9] 11x MLB All-Star, [9] 8x Silver Slugger Award winner, [9] 3x Gold Glove Award winner, [9] 1993 Roberto Clemente Award, [9] 1994 Lou Gehrig Memorial Award [9] | |
Outfielder | Rafael Palmeiro (2) ♦ | Mississippi State | 4x MLB All-Star, [10] 3x Gold Glove Award winner, [10] 2x Silver Slugger Award Winner [10] | ||
Outfielder | Shane Mack (2) | UCLA | — |
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Outfielder | Oddibe McDowell ♦ | Arizona State | BA POY [2] | ||
Outfielder | Chris Gwynn | San Diego State | 137 hits in a single season (1984) (T-2nd in Division I), [4] 243 total bases in a single season (1984) (9th in Division I) [4] | ||
Designated hitter | Pete Incaviglia ♦ | Oklahoma State | 100 career home runs (Division I record), [4] 48 home runs in a single season (1985) (Division I record), [4] 285 total bases in a single season (1985) (Division I record), [4] 1.140 slugging percentage in a single season (1985) (Division I record), [4] 143 RBI in a single season (1985) (Division I record),. [4] 915 career slugging percentage (2nd in Division I), [4] 324 career RBI (2nd in Division I) [4] 635 career total bases (9th in Division I), [4] |