1986 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]
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 |
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Pitcher | Greg Swindell ♦ | Texas | Y | Y | 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] |
Pitcher | Mike Loynd | Florida State | Y | Y | 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] |
Pitcher | Rick Raether | Miami | Y | Y | |
Pitcher | Alex Sanchez | Miami | — | Y | |
Pitcher | Richie Lewis | Florida State | — | Y | 520 career strikeouts (3rd in Division I),[5] 202 strikeouts in a single season (1986) (T-14th in Division I)[5] |
Catcher | Doug Duke | Alabama | Y | Y | |
First baseman | Rick Bernardo | Maine | Y | — | |
First baseman | George Canale | Virginia Tech | — | Y | 76 career home runs (7th in Division I) |
Second baseman | Scott Cerny | UC Santa Barbara | Y | Y | |
Second baseman | Luis Alicea | Florida State | — | Y | |
Third baseman | Jeff King | Arkansas | Y | — | First overall pick in 1986 Major League Baseball Draft[6] |
Third baseman | Robin Ventura ♦ | Oklahoma State | — | Y | 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] |
Shortstop | Matt Williams | UNLV | Y | Y | 5x All-Star,[10] 4x Gold Glove Award winner,[10] 4x Silver Slugger Award winner,[10] 2001 World Series champion[10] |
Outfielder | Casey Close | Michigan | Y | Y | BA POY[2] |
Outfielder | Thomas Howard | Ball State | Y | Y | |
Outfielder | Gary Cooper (2) | BYU | Y | — | 320 career runs (2nd in Division I),[5] 359 career hits (10th in Division I)[5] |
Outfielder | Todd Azar | Old Dominion | — | Y | |
Designated hitter | Kevin Burdick | Oklahoma | Y | — | |
Designated hitter | Craig Cooper | Georgia Southern | — | Y | |
Utility player | Winfred Johnson | East Carolina | Y | — | Career .776 slugging percentage (22nd in Division I)[5] |
See also
References
- ^ The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
- ^ a b c d e f g "NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
- ^ "College Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees". College Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
- ^ "Greg Swindell". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Division I Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
- ^ "1st Picks Overall in the MLB Draft". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 19, 2012.
- ^ AP (June 2, 2010). "Ventura, Wittels talk about streak". ESPN. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
- ^ a b "Robin Ventura". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
- ^ "1988 United States Olympic Team Roster". USA Baseball. Archived from the original on February 2, 2009. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Matt Williams". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2012.
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