1949 College Baseball All-America Team

1949 All-Americans included seven-year Major League Baseball veteran Jim Brideweser

This is a list of college baseball players named first team All-Americans for the 1949 NCAA baseball season. From 1947 to 1980, the American Baseball Coaches Association was the only All-American selector recognized by the NCAA. ^[1]

Key

ABCA	American Baseball Coaches Association [2]
	Member of the National College Baseball Hall of Fame
	Unanimous All-American – selected the ABCA

All-Americans

Position	Name	School	ABCA	Other awards and honors
Pitcher	Jack Bruner	Iowa	Y
Pitcher	Murray Wall	Texas	Y
Catcher	Dominic Fucci	Kentucky	Y
First baseman	Tom Hamilton	Texas	Y	College World Series Most Outstanding Player
Second baseman	Charlie Teague	Wake Forest	Y
Shortstop	Jim Brideweser	USC	Y
Third baseman	Gene Hooks	Wake Forest	Y
Outfielder	Bill Renna	Santa Clara	Y
Outfielder	Don Ritter	Indiana	Y
Outfielder	Walt Slovenski	Syracuse	Y

See also

• Baseball awards#U.S. college baseball

References

1. "NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
2. "1949 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. I All-America Teams". ABCA. Retrieved June 19, 2025.