1987 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]

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

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
Y
Y
PitcherDerek LilliquistGeorgia
Y
Y
BA Pitcher of the Year[2]
PitcherMike RemlingerDartmouth
Y
—
PitcherRichie Lewis (2)Florida State
—
Y
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
—
Y
PitcherGregg OlsonAuburn
—
Y
1990 MLB All-Star,[5] 1989 AL ROY,[5] Gold Medal at 1988 Summer Olympics[6]
CatcherDarrin FletcherIllinois
Y
—
CatcherCraig BiggioSeton Hall
—
Y
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
Y
Y
.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
Y
Y
Third basemanRobin Ventura (2) ♦Oklahoma State
Y
Y
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
Y
—
Gold Medal at 1988 Summer Olympics[6]
ShortstopMike BenjaminArizona State
—
Y
OutfielderRiccardo IngramGeorgia Tech
Y
Y
OutfielderTed WoodNew Orleans
Y
Y
Gold Medal at 1988 Summer Olympics[6]
OutfielderTim RaleyWichita State
Y
—
305 career runs (5th in Division I),[4] 370 career hits (6th in Division I) [4]
OutfielderBrian CisarikTexas
—
Y
Designated hitterJim IflandOklahoma State
Y
—
Designated hitterScott LivingstoneTexas A&M
—
Y
Utility playerMike WillesBYU
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 April 9, 2012.
  3. "College Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees". College Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  4. "Division I Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  5. "Gregg Olson". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  6. "1988 United States Olympic Team Roster". USA Baseball. Archived from the original on 2 February 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  7. "Craig Biggio". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  8. AP (June 2, 2010). "Ventura, Wittels talk about streak". ESPN. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  9. "Robin Ventura". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
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