1970 College Baseball All-America Team

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

This is a list of college baseball players named first team All-Americans for the 1970 NCAA University Division baseball season. From 1964 to 1980, there were two generally recognized All-America selectors for baseball: the American Baseball Coaches Association and The Sporting News.

Key

A
American Baseball Coaches Association[1]
T
The Sporting News[2]
Member of the National College Baseball Hall of Fame
Consensus All-American – selected by both organizations
Consensus All-American – selected by one organization

All-Americans

Position Name School # A T Other awards and honors
Pitcher Steve Dunning Stanford 1 Y
The Sporting News Player of the Year
Pitcher Burt Hooton Texas 1 Y
Pitcher Brent Strom USC 2 Y Y
Catcher Tom Harmon Texas 1 Y
Catcher Arnold Holtberg Princeton 1 Y
First baseman Doug Howard BYU 1 Y
First baseman Pete Varney Harvard 1 Y
Second baseman Dick Nichols Florida State 1 Y
Second baseman Dave Yates Delaware 1 Y
Shortstop Lee Richard Southern 1 Y
Shortstop Mike Schmidt Ohio 1 Y
Third baseman Dan Adams Ole Miss 1 Y
Third baseman Pete Duncan Washington State 1 Y
Outfielder Sam Ewing Tennessee 2 Y Y
Outfielder Gene Hiser Maryland 2 Y Y
Outfielder Dave Kingman USC 1 Y
Outfielder Steve Mikulic Arizona 1 Y

See also

List of college baseball awards

References

  1. ^ "1970 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. I All-America Teams". ABCA. Retrieved July 11, 2025.
  2. ^ "What Happens to College All-America Selections?". SABR. 1982. Retrieved July 11, 2025.