1949 College Baseball All-America Team

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1949 All-Americans included seven-year Major League Baseball veteran Jim Brideweser

An

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]

From 1947 to 1980, the

Key

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

Position Name School Notes
Pitcher Murray Wall Texas
Pitcher Jack Bruner Iowa
Catcher Dominic Fucci Kentucky
First baseman Tom Hamilton Texas 1949 College World Series Most Outstanding Player[3]
Second baseman Charlie Teague (2) ♦ Wake Forest
Third baseman Gene Hooks (2) Wake Forest
Shortstop Jim Brideweser USC
Outfielder Don Ritter Indiana
Outfielder Walt Slovenski
Syracuse
Outfielder Bill Renna Santa Clara

See also

References

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  2. ^ "NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
  3. ^ "College World Series Most Outstanding Player". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved April 12, 2012.