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 |
Pitcher | Greg Swindell ♦ | Texas | 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 | 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 | (2) | Miami | |||
Pitcher | Alex Sanchez | Miami | — |
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Pitcher | Richie Lewis | Florida State | — |
520 career strikeouts (3rd in Division I),[5] 202 strikeouts in a single season (1986) (T-14th in Division I)[5] | |
Catcher | Alabama | ||||
First baseman | Maine | — |
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First baseman | George Canale | Virginia Tech | — |
76 career home runs (7th in Division I) | |
Second baseman | UC Santa Barbara | ||||
Second baseman | Luis Alicea | Florida State | |||
Third baseman | Jeff King (2) | Arkansas | — |
First overall pick in 1986 Major League Baseball Draft[6] | |
Third baseman | Robin Ventura ♦ | Oklahoma State | — |
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 | 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 | BA POY[2] | ||
Outfielder | Thomas Howard | Ball State | |||
Outfielder | Gary Cooper (2) | BYU | — |
320 career runs (2nd in Division I),[5] 359 career hits (10th in Division I)[5] | |
Outfielder | Old Dominion | — |
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Designated hitter | Oklahoma | — |
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Designated hitter | Georgia Southern | — |
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Utility player | East Carolina | — |
Career .776 slugging percentage (22nd in Division I)[5] |
See also[]
- Baseball awards#U.S. college baseball
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 9 April 2012.
- ^ "College Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees". College Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
- ^ "Greg Swindell". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Division I Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
- ^ "1st Picks Overall in the MLB Draft". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
- ^ AP (June 2, 2010). "Ventura, Wittels talk about streak". ESPN. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- ^ a b "Robin Ventura". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- ^ "1988 United States Olympic Team Roster". USA Baseball. Archived from the original on 2 February 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Matt Williams". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
Categories:
- College Baseball All-America Teams
- 1986 NCAA Division I baseball season