Various organizations selected All-American lists of the best players for the 1991 NCAA Division Icollege baseball season. The ABCA, the magazine Baseball America, and Collegiate Baseball were the NCAA-sanctioned selectors.[6] This list only includes players selected to the post-season All-American first team for each selector. However, many All-American selections choose second, third, etc. teams from the remaining eligible candidates.
Bobby Jones was selected as player of the year by both American Baseball Coaches Association and Collegiate Baseball, while David McCarty was the Baseball America player of the year.[6]Brooks Kieschnick went on to be a repeat All-American selection on the 1992 and 1993 teams and be named a player of the year both years.[6]Mike Kelly, who had been 1990 Baseball America player of the year, returned from the 1990 team, along with Phillip Stidham.[6] Kelly won the 1990 Rotary Smith Award and Jones won the award in 1991.[7] Kelly also won the 1991 Golden Spikes Award.[8]
Below are the Division I players selected to the various NCAA-sanctioned lists.[19] The default list order is arranged by the position numbers used by official baseball scorekeepers (i.e., 1 – pitcher, 2 – catcher, etc.).
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An All American team is an honorary sports team composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each 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 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 In 1950 the American Baseball Coaches Association ABCA selected its first All American baseball team It has since chosen All American teams and a player of the year for each division National Collegiate Athletic Association NCAA Division I Division II Division III National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics junior college and high school 2 In 1991 Collegiate Baseball began selecting college All American Freshman All American and High School All American teams 3 Baseball America has selected since 1981 pre season and post season All American teams and College Player of the Year honorees 4 5 Mark Sweeney the career pinch hit RBI recordholder was named to the All America Team in 1991 by both the American Baseball Coaches Association and Collegiate Baseball Various organizations selected All American lists of the best players for the 1991 NCAA Division I college baseball season The ABCA the magazine Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball were the NCAA sanctioned selectors 6 This list only includes players selected to the post season All American first team for each selector However many All American selections choose second third etc teams from the remaining eligible candidates Contents 1 Accomplishments 2 Key 2 1 Team lists 3 ReferencesAccomplishments editBobby Jones was selected as player of the year by both American Baseball Coaches Association and Collegiate Baseball while David McCarty was the Baseball America player of the year 6 Brooks Kieschnick went on to be a repeat All American selection on the 1992 and 1993 teams and be named a player of the year both years 6 Mike Kelly who had been 1990 Baseball America player of the year returned from the 1990 team along with Phillip Stidham 6 Kelly won the 1990 Rotary Smith Award and Jones won the award in 1991 7 Kelly also won the 1991 Golden Spikes Award 8 This class produced one Major League Baseball All Star one Olympic Games gold medalist and one Major League Baseball record holder A total of five players were selected by all three NCAA sanctioned selectors pitchers Jones and Kennie Steenstra first baseman David McCarty shortstop Brent Gates and outfielder Kelly Four school had two members of the team Long Beach State Pepperdine Villanova and Wichita StateJones led the National League in sacrifice hits allowed during the 1995 season The following year he was selected for the 1996 MLB All Star Game 9 However in the 2001 Major League Baseball season Jones led the National League in home runs allowed and losses 9 During the 1995 season Gates finished second in the American League in sacrifice flies and third in assists 10 During the 1998 season Kelly had a perfect fielding percentage with 137 putouts and 4 assists for a total of 141 chances 11 Mike Neill whose first inning home run put the United States ahead to stay in the championship game 12 earned a gold medal in baseball at the 2000 Summer Olympics 13 During the 2004 season Mark Sweeney had five pinch hit home runs two shy of the major league record 14 During the 2007 Major League Baseball season Sweeney who ranks second in career pinch hits with 175 and first in career pinch hit runs batted in with 102 15 led the major leagues with 24 pinch hits 16 Key editABCA American Baseball Coaches Association 17 BA Baseball America 17 CB Collegiate Baseball 17 Awarded the Golden Spikes Award Dick Howser Trophy or Rotary Smith Award as national Player of the Year 17 Player X Denotes the number of times the player had been named an All American at that point 17 Inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame 18 Team lists edit Below are the Division I players selected to the various NCAA sanctioned lists 19 The default list order is arranged by the position numbers used by official baseball scorekeepers i e 1 pitcher 2 catcher etc Position Name School ABCA BA CB Notes Pitcher Bobby Jones Fresno State nbsp Y nbsp Y nbsp Y 1991 POY ABCA CB 6 18 complete games in a single season 1991 2nd in Division I 20 1996 MLB All Star 9 Pitcher Kennie Steenstra Wichita State nbsp Y nbsp Y nbsp Y 25 consecutive wins 3rd in Division I 20 Pitcher Keith Garagozzo Delaware nbsp Y nbsp Y Pitcher Steve Montgomery Pepperdine nbsp Y Pitcher Craig Clayton Cal State nbsp Y Pitcher Steve Whitaker Long Beach State nbsp Y Pitcher John Burke Florida nbsp Y Pitcher Bill Blanchette Hawaii nbsp Y Pitcher Tony Phillips Southern Miss nbsp Y Pitcher Phil Stidham 2 Arkansas nbsp Y Catcher Pedro Grifol Florida State nbsp Y nbsp Y Catcher Michael Daniel Oklahoma State nbsp Y First baseman David McCarty Stanford nbsp Y nbsp Y nbsp Y 1991 POY BA 6 Second baseman Jimmy Crowley Clemson nbsp Y Second baseman Steve Rodriguez Pepperdine nbsp Y Second baseman Billy Hall Wichita State nbsp Y Third baseman Scott Stahoviak Creighton nbsp Y nbsp Y Third baseman Andy Bruce Georgia Tech nbsp Y 8 consecutive games with a home run Division I record 20 Shortstop Brent Gates Minnesota nbsp Y nbsp Y nbsp Y Outfielder Mike Kelly 2 Arizona State nbsp Y nbsp Y nbsp Y Outfielder Mark Sweeney Maine nbsp Y nbsp Y Major League Baseball career pinch hit RBI record 102 15 Outfielder Mark Smith USC nbsp Y nbsp Y Outfielder Mike Neill Villanova nbsp Y Gold medal in the 2000 Olympics 13 Outfielder Tom Vantiger Iowa State nbsp Y Outfielder Joe Vitiello Alabama nbsp Y Designated hitter Gene Schall Villanova nbsp Y 426 career batting average 20th in Division I 20 Designated hitter Michael Daniel Oklahoma State nbsp Y Designated hitter Scott Talanoa Long Beach State nbsp Y Utility player Brooks Kieschnick Texas nbsp Y Utility player Craig Clayton Cal State nbsp YReferences editGeneral Baseball Award Winners PDF National Collegiate Athletic Association Retrieved May 11 2010 Inline citations The Michigan alumnus University of Michigan Library 2010 p 495 ASIN B0037HO8MY This is the ABCA American Baseball Coaches Association September 20 2007 Archived from the original on April 2 2010 Retrieved May 20 2010 All Americans Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Inc Archived from the original on July 30 2010 Retrieved May 20 2010 College Awards All America Teams Baseball America Inc Archived from the original on April 23 2010 Retrieved May 20 2010 College Awards Player of the Year Baseball America Inc Archived from the original on April 23 2010 Retrieved May 20 2010 a b c d e f Baseball Award Winners PDF National Collegiate Athletic Association Retrieved May 11 2010 Rotary Smith Award Baseball Almanac Retrieved September 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