1970 College Baseball All-America Team
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1970 All-Americans included National Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee Mike Schmidt.
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]
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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 | 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] 3x NL MVP,[3] 1980 World Series MVP,[3] 12x MLB All Star,[3] 10x Gold Glove Award winner,[3] 6x Silver Slugger Award winner,[3] 1983 Lou Gehrig Memorial Award[3] |
| Outfielder | Gene Hiser | Maryland | |
| Outfielder | Steve Mikulic | Arizona | |
| Outfielder | Sam Ewing | Tennessee |
