1955 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. From 1947 to 1980, the American Baseball Coaches Association was the only All-American selector recognized by the NCAA.[1]

1955 All-Americans included Chicago Cubs third baseman Don Eaddy.

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
PitcherCarl ThomasArizona
PitcherTom BorlandOklahoma StateCollege World Series Most Outstanding Player[2]
CatcherLinwood HoltWake Forest
First basemanJay Dean (2)Oregon State
Second basemanBud GetchellSpringfield
Third basemanDon EaddyMichigan
ShortstopBob JinglingWyoming
OutfielderRonnie BennettOklahoma State
OutfielderTed CarangeloColgate
OutfielderBill LajoieWestern Michigan

See also

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