1989 College Baseball All-America Team
1989 All-Americans included two-time AL MVP Frank Thomas (left) and 2007 AL Manager of the Year Eric Wedge (right).
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 1989 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, 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
See also
References
- ^ The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
- ^ a b c d e f g "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 "Division I Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
- ^ a b "1988 United States Olympic Team Roster". USA Baseball. Archived from the original on 2 February 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- ^ "Ben McDonald". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
- ^ "Eric Wedge". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
- ^ a b c "Frank Thomas". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 9 April 2012.