1974 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]

From 1947 to 1980, the American Baseball Coaches Association was the only All-American selector recognized by the NCAA.^[2]

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
Pitcher	Earl Bass	South Carolina	23 consecutive wins (T-5th in Division I)^[3]
Pitcher	Jim Gideon	Texas	19 wins in a single season (1974) (T-3rd in Division I)^[3]
Catcher	Ken St. Pierre	Indiana
First baseman	Orlando Gonzalez	Miami
Second baseman	Jim Hacker	Texas A&M
Third baseman	Rich Dauer	USC
Shortstop	Bill Almon	Brown	First overall pick in 1974 Major League Baseball Draft^[4]
Outfielder	Lee Iorg	BYU
Outfielder	Steve Bowling	Tulsa
Outfielder	Marv Chamberlain	Washington State
Designated hitter	Gene Delyon	Santa Clara

References

^ The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
^ "NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Division I Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
^ "1st Picks Overall in the MLB Draft". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 19, 2012.