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" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
  3. "Division I Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
  4. "John Stearns". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 17, 2012.
  5. "Most Outstanding Player Award in College World Series". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved April 18, 2012.
  6. "Roy Smalley". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 17, 2012.
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