1980 College Baseball All-America Team

1980 All-Americans included 2x World Series-winning manager Terry Francona.

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

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
♦ Inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame

All-Americans

Position Name School Notes
PitcherNeal Heaton ♦Miami23 strikeouts in a single game (March 10, 1981 vs. Indiana State Sycamores (T-3rd in Division I),[3] NL All-Star[4]
PitcherSteve KruegerArkansas
CatcherScotti MadisonVanderbilt
First basemanKeith HagmanNew Mexico.551 batting average in a single season (1980) (Division I record (Min. 75 at-bats)),.[3]460 career batting average (2nd in Division I),[3] 17 triples in a single season (1980) (Division I record)[3]
Second basemanTim TeufelClemson
Third basemanJeff SmithDelaware
ShortstopDave PagelCentral Michigan
OutfielderTerry FranconaArizona2x World Series winner as manager of the Boston Red Sox[5]
OutfielderDan MurphyUNLV
OutfielderMike FuentesFlorida State
Designated hitterMatt GuldelfingerKansas

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "NCAA Baseball Award Winners". NCAA. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Division I Record Book". NCAA. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  4. ↑ "Neal Heaton". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  5. ↑ "Terry Francona". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 19 April 2012.