1951 College Baseball All-America Team
MLB All Star Dick Groat
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
NCAA.[2]
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 | Don Barnett | Fresno State | |
| Pitcher | Pat Hubert | Texas A&M | |
| Catcher | Joseph Buck | Oklahoma State | |
| First baseman | Sylvester McNinch | California |
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| Second baseman | James Cleverly | Utah | |
| Third baseman | Dick Raklovits | Illinois |
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| Shortstop | Dick Groat ♦ | Duke | 1960 |
| Outfielder | Earl Averill Jr. | Oregon | |
| Outfielder | Stewart Hein | Ohio State | |
| Outfielder | Ray Van Cleef (2) | Rutgers | 1950 College World Series Most Outstanding Player[5] |
See also
References
- ASIN B0037HO8MY.
- ^ "NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
- ^ a b "Dick Groat". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
- ^ "Helms Foundation Player of the Year Winners". Sports Reference. Retrieved April 13, 2012.
- ^ "College World Series Most Outstanding Player". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved April 12, 2012.