1998 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 three different All-America selectors for the 1998 college baseball season: the American Baseball Coaches Association (since 1947), Baseball America (since 1981), and Collegiate Baseball (since 1991).[2]
Key[]
| ABCA | American Baseball Coaches Association[2] |
| BA | Baseball America[2] |
| CB | Collegiate Baseball[2] |
| Awarded the Golden Spikes Award, Dick Howser Trophy or Rotary Smith 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 | CB | Notes |
| Pitcher | Jeff Austin | Stanford | — |
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Baseball America POY[2] |
| Pitcher | Seth Etherton | USC | |
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| Pitcher | South Alabama | |
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| Pitcher | Josh Fogg | Florida | — |
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| Pitcher | USC | |
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23 saves in a single season (1998) (Division I record),[4] 49 career saves (2nd in Division I)[4] | |
| Pitcher | Miami | |
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| Pitcher | Texas Tech | |
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| Pitcher | Jeff Weaver (2) | Fresno State | — |
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2006 World Series Champion[5] |
| Catcher | Stetson | — |
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| Catcher | Josh Bard | Texas Tech | |
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| First baseman | Eddy Furniss (2) ♦ | LSU | |
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80 career home runs (4th in Division I),[4] 689 total bases (3rd in Division I),[4] 308 career RBI (6th in Division I)[4] |
| Second baseman | Jeff Pickler | Tennessee | |
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| Third baseman | Bo Robinson | UNC Charlotte | |
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| Third baseman | Aubrey Huff | Miami | — |
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2008 Silver Slugger Award[6] |
| Third baseman | Long Beach State | — |
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| Shortstop | Rice | |
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Made BA team as DH;[2] ABCA POY[2] | |
| Shortstop | Adam Everett | South Carolina | — |
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| Outfielder | Bubba Crosby | Rice | |
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| Outfielder | Kevin Mench | Delaware | |
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Collegiate Baseball POY[2] 33 HR in a single season (1998) (9th in Division I),[4] 1.091 slugging percentage in a single season (1998) (4th in Division I),.[4] 875 career slugging percentage (4th in Division I)[4] |
| Outfielder | Wichita State | |
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109 runs in a single season (1998) (T-6th in Division I),[4] 231 total bases in a single season (1998) (13th in Division I)[4] | |
| Outfielder | Eric Valent | UCLA | — |
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| Outfielder | Mike Curry | South Carolina | — |
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| Outfielder | Florida State | |
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| Designated hitter | Wichita State | |
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309 career RBI (5th in Division I)[4] | |
| Utility player | Brad Wilkerson (2) ♦ | Florida | — |
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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 h i j "NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
- ^ "College Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees". College Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Division I Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
- ^ "Jeff Weaver". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
- ^ "Aubrey Huff". Baseball Reference. Archived from the original on 26 September 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
- College Baseball All-America Teams
- 1998 NCAA Division I baseball season