1986 All-Americans included five-time MLB All-Star Matt Williams.

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
PitcherGreg Swindell ♦Texas
Green tickY
Green tickY
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]
PitcherMike LoyndFlorida State
Green tickY
Green tickY
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]
PitcherRick RaetherMiami
Green tickY
Green tickY
PitcherAlex SanchezMiami
—
Green tickY
PitcherRichie LewisFlorida State
—
Green tickY
520 career strikeouts (3rd in Division I),[5] 202 strikeouts in a single season (1986) (T-14th in Division I)[5]
CatcherDoug DukeAlabama
Green tickY
Green tickY
First basemanRick BernardoMaine
Green tickY
—
First basemanGeorge CanaleVirginia Tech
—
Green tickY
76 career home runs (7th in Division I)
Second basemanScott CernyUC Santa Barbara
Green tickY
Green tickY
Second basemanLuis AliceaFlorida State
—
Green tickY
Third basemanJeff KingArkansas
Green tickY
—
First overall pick in 1986 Major League Baseball Draft[6]
Third basemanRobin Ventura ♦Oklahoma State
—
Green tickY
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]
ShortstopMatt WilliamsUNLV
Green tickY
Green tickY
5x All-Star,[10] 4x Gold Glove Award winner,[10] 4x Silver Slugger Award winner,[10] 2001 World Series champion[10]
OutfielderCasey CloseMichigan
Green tickY
Green tickY
BA POY[2]
OutfielderThomas HowardBall State
Green tickY
Green tickY
OutfielderGary Cooper (2)BYU
Green tickY
—
320 career runs (2nd in Division I),[5] 359 career hits (10th in Division I)[5]
OutfielderTodd AzarOld Dominion
—
Green tickY
Designated hitterKevin BurdickOklahoma
Green tickY
—
Designated hitterCraig CooperGeorgia Southern
—
Green tickY
Utility playerWinfred JohnsonEast Carolina
Green tickY
—
Career .776 slugging percentage (22nd in Division I)[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
  3. ↑ "College Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees". College Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Greg Swindell". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2012.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Division I Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
  6. ↑ "1st Picks Overall in the MLB Draft". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 19, 2012.
  7. ↑ AP (June 2, 2010). "Ventura, Wittels talk about streak". ESPN. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
  8. 1 2 "Robin Ventura". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
  9. ↑ "1988 United States Olympic Team Roster". USA Baseball. Archived from the original on February 2, 2009. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "Matt Williams". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2012.
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