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]
The NCAA recognizes two different All-America selectors for the 1984 college baseball season: the American Baseball Coaches Association (since 1947) and Baseball America (since 1981).[2]
| 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] |
| Position | Name | School | ABCA | BA | Notes |
| Pitcher | John Hoover | Fresno State |  |
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BA Pitcher of the Year,[2] 42 career starts (Division I record),[4] 19 starts in a single season (1984) (Division I record),[4] 205 strikeouts in a single season (1984) (10th in Division I)[4] |
| Pitcher | Scott Bankhead | North Carolina | |
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| Pitcher | Todd Simmons | Cal State Fullerton | |
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| Pitcher | Greg Swindell ♦ | Texas | — |
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1989 MLB All-Star,[5] 14 career shutouts (Division I record),[4] 19 wins in a single season (1985) (T-3rd in Division I),[4] 204 career strikeouts (T-11th in Division I)[4] |
| Pitcher | Scott Wright | Cal State Fullerton | — |
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22 saves in a single season (1984) (T-2nd in Division I)[4] |
| Catcher | B.J. Surhoff ♦ | North Carolina | |
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1989 MLB All-Star,[6] First overall pick in 1985 Major League Baseball Draft[7] |
| Catcher | John Marzano | Temple | — |
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| First baseman | Mark McGwire | USC | |
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32 home runs in a single season (1984) (T-13th in Division I),[4] 12x MLB All-Star,[8] 3x Silver Slugger Award Winner,[8] 1990 Gold Glove Award winner,[8] 1999 Lou Gehrig Memorial Award[8] |
| Second baseman | Billy Bates | Texas | |
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13 triples in a single season (1985) (T-4th in Division I)[4] |
| Second baseman | Bob Ralston | Arizona | — |
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| Third baseman | Gene Larkin | Columbia | |
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| Third baseman | David Denny | Texas | — |
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| Shortstop | Cory Snyder | BYU | |
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Made ABCA as utility player |
| Shortstop | Barry Larkin ♦ | Michigan | |
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National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Inductee,[9] 1995 NL MVP,[9] 11x MLB All-Star,[9] 8x Silver Slugger Award winner,[9] 3x Gold Glove Award winner,[9] 1993 Roberto Clemente Award,[9] 1994 Lou Gehrig Memorial Award[9] |
| Outfielder | Rafael Palmeiro (2) ♦ | Mississippi State | |
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4x MLB All-Star,[10] 3x Gold Glove Award winner,[10] 2x Silver Slugger Award Winner[10] |
| Outfielder | Shane Mack (2) | UCLA | |
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| Outfielder | Oddibe McDowell ♦ | Arizona State | |
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BA POY[2] |
| Outfielder | Chris Gwynn | San Diego State | |
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137 hits in a single season (1984) (T-2nd in Division I),[4] 243 total bases in a single season (1984) (9th in Division I)[4] |
| Designated hitter | Pete Incaviglia ♦ | Oklahoma State | |
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100 career home runs (Division I record),[4] 48 home runs in a single season (1985) (Division I record),[4] 285 total bases in a single season (1985) (Division I record),[4] 1.140 slugging percentage in a single season (1985) (Division I record),[4] 143 RBI in a single season (1985) (Division I record),.[4] 915 career slugging percentage (2nd in Division I),[4] 324 career RBI (2nd in Division I)[4] 635 career total bases (9th in Division I),[4] |