1984 College Baseball All-America Team

1984 All-Americans included twelve-time MLB All-Star Mark McGwire and National College Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee B.J. Surhoff.

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 1984 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
Pitcher	John Hoover	Fresno State			BA Pitcher of the Year,[2] 42 career starts (Division I record),[4] 19 starts in a single season (1984) (Division I record),[4] 205 strikeouts in a single season (1984) (10th in Division I)[4]
Pitcher	Scott Bankhead	North Carolina
Pitcher	Todd Simmons	Cal State Fullerton		—
Pitcher	Greg Swindell ♦	Texas	—		1989 MLB All-Star,[5] 14 career shutouts (Division I record),[4] 19 wins in a single season (1985) (T-3rd in Division I),[4] 204 career strikeouts (T-11th in Division I)[4]
Pitcher	Scott Wright	Cal State Fullerton		—	22 saves in a single season (1984) (T-2nd in Division I)[4]
Catcher	B.J. Surhoff ♦	North Carolina		—	1989 MLB All-Star,[6] First overall pick in 1985 Major League Baseball Draft[7]
Catcher	John Marzano	Temple	—
First baseman	Mark McGwire	USC			32 home runs in a single season (1984) (T-13th in Division I),[4] 12x MLB All-Star,[8] 3x Silver Slugger Award Winner,[8] 1990 Gold Glove Award winner,[8] 1999 Lou Gehrig Memorial Award[8]
Second baseman	Billy Bates	Texas		—	13 triples in a single season (1985) (T-4th in Division I)[4]
Second baseman	Bob Ralston	Arizona	—
Third baseman	Gene Larkin	Columbia		—
Third baseman	David Denny	Texas	—
Shortstop	Cory Snyder	BYU			Made ABCA as utility player
Shortstop	Barry Larkin ♦	Michigan		—	National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Inductee,[9] 1995 NL MVP,[9] 11x MLB All-Star,[9] 8x Silver Slugger Award winner,[9] 3x Gold Glove Award winner,[9] 1993 Roberto Clemente Award,[9] 1994 Lou Gehrig Memorial Award[9]
Outfielder	Rafael Palmeiro (2) ♦	Mississippi State			4x MLB All-Star,[10] 3x Gold Glove Award winner,[10] 2x Silver Slugger Award Winner[10]
Outfielder	Shane Mack (2)	UCLA		—
Outfielder	Oddibe McDowell ♦	Arizona State			BA POY[2]
Outfielder	Chris Gwynn	San Diego State			137 hits in a single season (1984) (T-2nd in Division I),[4] 243 total bases in a single season (1984) (9th in Division I)[4]
Designated hitter	Pete Incaviglia ♦	Oklahoma State			100 career home runs (Division I record),[4] 48 home runs in a single season (1985) (Division I record),[4] 285 total bases in a single season (1985) (Division I record),[4] 1.140 slugging percentage in a single season (1985) (Division I record),[4] 143 RBI in a single season (1985) (Division I record),.[4] 915 career slugging percentage (2nd in Division I),[4] 324 career RBI (2nd in Division I)[4] 635 career total bases (9th in Division I),[4]

See also

• Baseball awards#U.S. college baseball

References

1. The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
2. "NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
3. "College Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees". College Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
4. "Division I Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
5. "Greg Swindell". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
6. "B.J. Surhoff". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
7. "1st Picks Overall in the MLB Draft". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
8. "Mark McGwire". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
9. "Barry Larkin". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
10. "Rafael Palmeiro". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 11 April 2012.