1985 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]

1985 All-Americans included six-time MLB All-Star Will Clark and eleven-time MLB All-Star Barry Larkin.

The NCAA recognizes two different All-America selectors for the 1985 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 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
PitcherGreg Swindell (2) ♦Texas
Y
Y
BA Pitcher of the Year,[2] 1989 MLB All-Star,[4] 14 career shutouts (Division I record),[5] 19 wins in a single season (1985) (T-3rd in Division I),[5] 204 career strikeouts (T-11th in Division I)[5]
PitcherMike CookSouth Carolina
Y
Y
PitcherJeff BrantleyMississippi State
Y
Y
1990 MLB All-Star,[6] 1996 Rolaids Relief Man Award[6]
PitcherScott MarrettPepperdine
—
Y
PitcherRick RaetherMiami
—
Y
CatcherB.J. Surhoff (2) ♦North Carolina
Y
Y
1989 MLB All-Star,[7] First overall pick in 1985 Major League Baseball Draft[8]
First basemanWill Clark ♦Mississippi State
Y
Y
6x MLB All-Star,[9] 2x Silver Slugger Award,[9] 1991 Gold Glove Award,[9] 1989 NLCS MVP,.[9] 811 career slugging percentage (11th in Division I),[5]
Second basemanBill Bates (2)Texas
Y
Y
13 triples in a single season (1985) (T-4th in Division I)[5]
Third basemanBo TomberlinWestern Kentucky
Y
—
Third basemanJeff KingArkansas
—
Y
First overall pick in 1986 Major League Baseball Draft[8]
ShortstopBarry Larkin (2) ♦Michigan
Y
Y
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Inductee,[10] 1995 NL MVP,[10] 11x MLB All-Star,[10] 8x Silver Slugger Award winner,[10] 3x Gold Glove Award winner,[10] 1993 Roberto Clemente Award,[10] 1994 Lou Gehrig Memorial Award[10]
OutfielderFrank FazziniFlorida State
Y
Y
Made BA team as DH,[2] 137 hits in a single season (1985) (T-2nd in Division I),[5] 79 career home runs (5th in Division I),[5] 118 RBI in a single season (1985) (6th in Division I),[5] 109 runs in a single season (1985) (T-6th in Division I)[5]
OutfielderPete Incaviglia (2) ♦Oklahoma State
Y
Y
BA POY,[2] 100 career home runs (Division I record),[5] 48 home runs in a single season (1985) (Division I record),[5] 285 total bases in a single season (1985) (Division I record),[5] 1.140 slugging percentage in a single season (1985) (Division I record),[5] 143 RBI in a single season (1985) (Division I record),.[5] 915 career slugging percentage (2nd in Division I),[5] 324 career RBI (2nd in Division I)[5] 635 career total bases (9th in Division I),[5]
OutfielderGary CooperBYU
Y
—
320 career runs (2nd in Division I),[5] 359 career hits (10th in Division I)[5]
OutfielderBrad BierlyPepperdine
—
Y
OutfielderMike WattersMichigan
—
Y
Designated hitterDave OttoMissouri
Y
—
Utility playerJim Fregosi, Jr.New Mexico
Y
—

See also

References
  1. The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
  2. "NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  3. "College Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees". College Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  4. "Greg Swindell". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
  5. "Division I Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  6. "Jeff Brantley". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
  7. "B.J. Surhoff". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
  8. "1st Picks Overall in the MLB Draft". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  9. "Will Clark". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
  10. "Barry Larkin". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
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