1949 College Baseball All-America Team

1949 All-Americans included seven-year Major League Baseball veteran Jim Brideweser

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 1947-1980, the American Baseball Coaches Association was the only All-American selector recognized by the NCAA.[2]

Key

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

All-Americans

Position Name School Notes
PitcherMurray WallTexas
PitcherJack BrunerIowa
CatcherDominic FucciKentucky
First basemanTom HamiltonTexas1949 College World Series Most Outstanding Player[3]
Second basemanCharles Teague (2) ♦Wake Forest
Third basemanGene Hooks (2)Wake Forest
ShortstopJim BrideweserUSC
OutfielderDon RitterIndiana
OutfielderWalt SlovenskiSyracuse
OutfielderBill RennaSanta Clara

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
  2. ↑ "NCAA Baseball Award Winners". NCAA. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  3. ↑ "College World Series Most Outstanding Player". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved 12 April 2012.