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1970 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]

1970 All-Americans included National Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee Mike Schmidt.

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

Key

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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

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Position Name School Notes
Third Base John “Gus” Bell (2) Jacksonville University 1968 Olympic gold medal winner (baseball)
Pitcher Burt Hooton (2) ♦ Texas
Pitcher Brent Strom USC
Catcher Arnold Holtberg Princeton
First baseman Doug Howard BYU
Second baseman Dave Yates Delaware
Third baseman Pete Duncan Washington State
Shortstop Mike Schmidt Ohio National Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee,[3] 3× NL MVP,[3] 1980 World Series MVP,[3] 12× MLB All Star,[3] 10× Gold Glove Award winner,[3] 6× Silver Slugger Award winner,[3] 1983 Lou Gehrig Memorial Award[3]
Outfielder Gene Hiser Maryland
Outfielder Steve Mikulic Arizona
Outfielder Sam Ewing Tennessee

See also

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References

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  1. ^ The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
  2. ^ "NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Mike Schmidt". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 17, 2012.
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