1987 College Baseball All-America Team

1987 All-Americans included seven-time MLB All-Star Craig Biggio.

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 1987 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 or Dick Howser Trophy 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

Position Name School ABCA BA Notes
PitcherCurt KrippnerTexas
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PitcherDerek LilliquistGeorgia
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BA Pitcher of the Year[2]
PitcherMike RemlingerDartmouth
Green tickY
PitcherRichie Lewis (2)Florida State
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520 career strikeouts (3rd in Division I),[4] 202 strikeouts in a single season (1986) (T-14th in Division I)[4]
PitcherAnthony TelfordSan Jose State
Green tickY
PitcherGregg OlsonAuburn
Green tickY
1990 MLB All-Star,[5] 1989 AL ROY,[5] Gold Medal at 1988 Summer Olympics[6]
CatcherDarrin FletcherIllinois
Green tickY
CatcherCraig BiggioSeton Hall
Green tickY
7x MLB All-Star,[7] 5x Silver Slugger Award winner,[7] 4x Gold Glove Award winner,[7] 1997 Branch Rickey Award, 2005 Hutch Award, 2007 Roberto Clemente Award
First basemanMarteese RobinsonSeton Hall
Green tickY
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.529 batting average in a single season (1987) (3rd in Division I),[4] 126 hits in a single season (1987) (10th in Division I)[4]
Second basemanTorey LovulloUCLA
Green tickY
Green tickY
Third basemanRobin Ventura (2) ♦Oklahoma State
Green tickY
Green tickY
NCAA record 58-game hit streak,[8] 302 career RBI (7th in Division I),[4] 107 runs in a single season (1986) (T-9th in Division I),.[4] 792 career slugging percentage (T-14th in Division I),.[4] 428 career batting average (T-17th in Division I),[4] 2x MLB All-Star,[9] 6x Gold Glove Award winner,[9] Gold Medal at 1988 Summer Olympics[6]
ShortstopDave SilvestriMissouri
Green tickY
Gold Medal at 1988 Summer Olympics[6]
ShortstopMike BenjaminArizona State
Green tickY
OutfielderRiccardo IngramGeorgia Tech
Green tickY
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OutfielderTed WoodNew Orleans
Green tickY
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Gold Medal at 1988 Summer Olympics[6]
OutfielderTim RaleyWichita State
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305 career runs (5th in Division I),[4] 370 career hits (6th in Division I) [4]
OutfielderBrian CisarikTexas
Green tickY
Designated hitterJim IflandOklahoma State
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Designated hitterScott LivingstoneTexas A&M
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Utility playerMike WillesBYU
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See also

References

  1. The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
  3. "College Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees". College Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Division I Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  5. 1 2 "Gregg Olson". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "1988 United States Olympic Team Roster". USA Baseball. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  7. 1 2 3 "Craig Biggio". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  8. AP (June 2, 2010). "Ventura, Wittels talk about streak". ESPN. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  9. 1 2 "Robin Ventura". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
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