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 | Don Barnett | Fresno State | |||||
| Pitcher | Pat Hubert | Texas A&M | |||||
| Catcher | Joseph Buck | Oklahoma State | |||||
| First baseman | Sylvester McNinch | California | |||||
| Second baseman | James Cleverly | Utah | |||||
| Third baseman | Dick Raklovits | Illinois | |||||
| Shortstop | Dick Groat ♦ | Duke | 1960 NL MVP,[3] 5x MLB All-Star, 1951 Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year[4] | ||||
| Outfielder | Earl Averill Jr. | Oregon | |||||
| Outfielder | Stewart Hein | Ohio State | |||||
| Outfielder | Ray Van Cleef (2) | Rutgers | 1950 College World Series Most Outstanding Player[5] |