1986 College Baseball All-America Team

1986 All-Americans included five-time MLB All-Star Matt Williams.

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 1986 college baseball season: the American Baseball Coaches Association (since 1947) and Baseball America (since 1981).[2]

Key

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]

All-Americans

Position Name School ABCA BA Notes
PitcherGreg Swindell ♦Texas
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1989 MLB All-Star,[4] 14 career shutouts (Division I record),[5] 19 wins in a single season (1985) (T-3rd in Division I),[5] 204 career strikeouts (T-11th in Division I)[5]
PitcherMike LoyndFlorida State
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BA Pitcher of the Year,[2] 223 strikeouts in a single season (1986) (3rd in Division I),[5] 20 wins in a single season (1986) (T-Division I record)[5]
PitcherRick Raether (2)Miami
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PitcherAlex SanchezMiami
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PitcherRichie LewisFlorida State
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520 career strikeouts (3rd in Division I),[5] 202 strikeouts in a single season (1986) (T-14th in Division I)[5]
CatcherDoug DukeAlabama
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First basemanRick BernardoMaine
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First basemanGeorge CanaleVirginia Tech
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76 career home runs (7th in Division I)
Second basemanScott CernyUC Santa Barbara
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Second basemanLuis AliceaFlorida State
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Third basemanJeff King (2)Arkansas
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First overall pick in 1986 Major League Baseball Draft[6]
Third basemanRobin Ventura ♦Oklahoma State
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NCAA record 58-game hit streak,[7] 302 career RBI (7th in Division I),[5] 107 runs in a single season (1986) (T-9th in Division I),.[5] 792 career slugging percentage (T-14th in Division I),.[5] 428 career batting average (T-17th in Division I),[5] 2x MLB All-Star,[8] 6x Gold Glove Award winner,[8] Gold Medal at 1988 Summer Olympics[9]
ShortstopMatt WilliamsUNLV
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5x All-Star,[10] 4x Gold Glove Award winner,[10] 4x Silver Slugger Award winner,[10] 2001 World Series champion[10]
OutfielderCasey CloseMichigan
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BA POY[2]
OutfielderThomas HowardBall State
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OutfielderGary Cooper (2)BYU
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320 career runs (2nd in Division I),[5] 359 career hits (10th in Division I)[5]
OutfielderTodd AzarOld Dominion
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Designated hitterKevin BurdickOklahoma
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Designated hitterCraig CooperGeorgia Southern
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Utility playerWinfred JohnsonEast Carolina
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Career .776 slugging percentage (22nd in Division I)[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "NCAA Baseball Award Winners". NCAA. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  3. ↑ "College Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees". College Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  4. ↑ "Greg Swindell". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 "Division I Record Book". NCAA. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  6. ↑ "1st Picks Overall in the MLB Draft". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  7. ↑ AP (June 2, 2010). "Ventura, Wittels talk about streak". ESPN. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Robin Ventura". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  9. ↑ "1988 United States Olympic Team Roster". USA Baseball. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 "Matt Williams". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 11 April 2012.