1973 College Baseball All-America Team

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]

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
PitcherEddie Bane ♦Arizona State43 consecutive scoreless innings (T-4th in Division I),[3] 505 career strikeouts (6th in Division I),[3] 213 strikeouts in a single season (T-6th in Division I)[3]
PitcherRon RoznovskyTexas
CatcherJohn StearnsColorado4x NL All-Star[4]
First basemanJerry TabbTulsa1971 College World Series Most Outstanding Player[5]
Second basemanPhil TurnerTCU
Third basemanKeith MorelandTexas
ShortstopRoy SmalleyUSCAL All-Star[6]
OutfielderBobby TuckerTennessee
OutfielderSteve NewellMassachusetts
OutfielderJoe WallisSouthern Illinois

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. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Division I Record Book". NCAA. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  4. ↑ "John Stearns". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  5. ↑ "Most Outstanding Player Award in College World Series". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  6. ↑ "Roy Smalley". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 17 April 2012.