1949 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]

1949 All-Americans included seven-year Major League Baseball veteran Jim Brideweser

From 1947-1980, 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
PitcherMurray WallTexas
PitcherJack BrunerIowa
CatcherDominic FucciKentucky
First basemanTom HamiltonTexas1949 College World Series Most Outstanding Player[3]
Second basemanCharles Teague (2) ♦Wake Forest
Third basemanGene Hooks (2)Wake Forest
ShortstopJim BrideweserUSC
OutfielderDon RitterIndiana
OutfielderWalt SlovenskiSyracuse
OutfielderBill RennaSanta Clara

See also

References
  1. The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
  2. "NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  3. "College World Series Most Outstanding Player". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
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