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 | — | Baseball America POY[2] | ||
Pitcher | Seth Etherton | USC | ||||
Pitcher | Mike Fisher | South Alabama | — | |||
Pitcher | Josh Fogg | Florida | — | |||
Pitcher | Jack Krawczyk | USC | — | 23 saves in a single season (1998) (Division I record),[4] 49 career saves (2nd in Division I)[4] | ||
Pitcher | Alex Santos | Miami | — | |||
Pitcher | Shane Wright | Texas Tech | — | |||
Pitcher | Jeff Weaver (2) | Fresno State | — | — | 2006 World Series Champion[5] | |
Catcher | Sammy Serrano | Stetson | — | |||
Catcher | Josh Bard | Texas Tech | — | — | ||
First baseman | Eddy Furniss (2) ♦ | LSU | 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 | ||||
Third baseman | Bo Robinson | UNC Charlotte | — | — | ||
Third baseman | Aubrey Huff | Miami | — | — | 2008 Silver Slugger Award[6] | |
Third baseman | Paul Day | Long Beach State | — | — | ||
Shortstop | Damon Thames | Rice | Made BA team as DH;[2] ABCA POY[2] | |||
Shortstop | Adam Everett | South Carolina | — | — | ||
Outfielder | Bubba Crosby | Rice | — | |||
Outfielder | Kevin Mench | Delaware | — | 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 | Jeff Ryan | Wichita State | — | 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 | — | |||
Outfielder | Mike Curry | South Carolina | — | — | ||
Outfielder | Brian Cox | Florida State | — | — | ||
Designated hitter | Pat Magness | Wichita State | — | 309 career RBI (5th in Division I)[4] | ||
Utility player | Brad Wilkerson (2) ♦ | Florida | — |
References
- The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
- "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.
- "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.