1964 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]

1964 All-Americans included NCAA career ERA record-holder Keith Weber.

From 1947 to 1980, the American Baseball Coaches Association was the only All-American selector recognized by the NCAA.[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

All-Americans

edit
Position Name School Notes
Pitcher Walt Peterson USC
Pitcher Keith Weber Missouri Career ERA of 0.56 (Division I Record)[3]
Catcher Ken Suarez Florida State
First baseman Randy Schwartz UCLA
Second baseman Al Coutts Cal State Los Angeles
Third baseman Dave Harvey Missouri
Shortstop Don Kessinger Mississippi 6x MLB All Star,[4] 1978 Lou Gehrig Memorial Award[4]
Outfielder Fred Reichardt Wisconsin
Outfielder Bill Scripture (2) Wake Forest
Outfielder Bill Marovic West Virginia

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
  2. ^ "NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
  3. ^ "Division I Baseball Records" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
  4. ^ a b "Don Kessinger". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 14, 2012.