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 United States 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]
1983 All-Americans included four-time MLB All-Star Rafael Palmeiro (left) and future Houston Cougars baseball head coach Rayner Noble (right).
The NCAA recognizes two different All-America selectors for the 1983 college baseball season: the American Baseball Coaches Association (since 1947) and Baseball America (since 1981).[2]
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| 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 |
| ♦ | Inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame |
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- ^ The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
- ^ a b c d e f "NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
- ^ a b c d e "Division I Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
- ^ a b c "Chris Sabo". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
- ^ a b c "Rafael Palmeiro". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2012.