1951 College Baseball All-America Team

1951 All-Americans included eight-time MLB All Star Dick Groat

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.

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

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	Don Barnett	Fresno State
Pitcher	Charles "Mel" Work	Texas A&M		Pitcher	Pat Hubert	Texas A&M
Catcher	Joseph Buck	Oklahoma State
First baseman	Sylvester McNinch	California
Second baseman	James Cleverly	Utah
Third baseman	Dick Raklovits	Illinois
Shortstop	Dick Groat ♦	Duke	1960 NL MVP, 5x MLB All-Star, 1951 Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year
Outfielder	Earl Averill, Jr.	Oregon
Outfielder	Stewart Hein	Ohio State
Outfielder	Ray Van Cleef (2)	Rutgers	1950 College World Series Most Outstanding Player

See also

• Baseball awards#U.S. college baseball