1998 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]

1998 All-Americans included 2006 World Series champion Jeff Weaver (left) and National College Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee Brad Wilkerson (right).

The NCAA recognizes three different All-America selectors for the 1998 college baseball season: the American Baseball Coaches Association (since 1947), Baseball America (since 1981), and Collegiate Baseball (since 1991).[2]

Key
ABCA American Baseball Coaches Association[2]
BA Baseball America[2]
CB Collegiate Baseball[2]
Awarded the Golden Spikes Award, Dick Howser Trophy or Rotary Smith 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 CB Notes
PitcherJeff AustinStanford
—
Y
Y
Baseball America POY[2]
PitcherSeth EthertonUSC
Y
Y
Y
PitcherMike FisherSouth Alabama
Y
Y
—
PitcherJosh FoggFlorida
—
Y
Y
PitcherJack KrawczykUSC
Y
—
Y
23 saves in a single season (1998) (Division I record),[4] 49 career saves (2nd in Division I)[4]
PitcherAlex SantosMiami
Y
Y
—
PitcherShane WrightTexas Tech
Y
—
Y
PitcherJeff Weaver (2)Fresno State
—
—
Y
2006 World Series Champion[5]
CatcherSammy SerranoStetson
—
Y
Y
CatcherJosh BardTexas Tech
Y
—
—
First basemanEddy Furniss (2) ♦LSU
Y
Y
Y
80 career home runs (4th in Division I),[4] 689 total bases (3rd in Division I),[4] 308 career RBI (6th in Division I)[4]
Second basemanJeff PicklerTennessee
Y
Y
Y
Third basemanBo RobinsonUNC Charlotte
Y
—
—
Third basemanAubrey HuffMiami
—
Y
—
2008 Silver Slugger Award[6]
Third basemanPaul DayLong Beach State
—
—
Y
ShortstopDamon ThamesRice
Y
Y
Y
Made BA team as DH;[2] ABCA POY[2]
ShortstopAdam EverettSouth Carolina
—
Y
—
OutfielderBubba CrosbyRice
Y
Y
—
OutfielderKevin MenchDelaware
Y
—
Y
Collegiate Baseball POY[2] 33 HR in a single season (1998) (9th in Division I),[4] 1.091 slugging percentage in a single season (1998) (4th in Division I),.[4] 875 career slugging percentage (4th in Division I)[4]
OutfielderJeff RyanWichita State
Y
—
Y
109 runs in a single season (1998) (T-6th in Division I),[4] 231 total bases in a single season (1998) (13th in Division I)[4]
OutfielderEric ValentUCLA
—
Y
Y
OutfielderMike CurrySouth Carolina
—
Y
—
OutfielderBrian CoxFlorida State
Y
—
—
Designated hitterPat MagnessWichita State
Y
—
Y
309 career RBI (5th in Division I)[4]
Utility playerBrad Wilkerson (2) ♦Florida
—
Y
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 8 April 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. "Jeff Weaver". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  6. "Aubrey Huff". Baseball Reference. Archived from the original on 26 September 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
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