1953 College Baseball All-America Team

This is a list of college baseball players named first team All-Americans for the 1953 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	Paul Giel	Minnesota	Y	College Football Hall of Fame [3]
Pitcher	Warren Neuberger	CCNY	Y
Catcher	John Shepard	Stanford	Y
First baseman	Ed Simpson	USC	Y
Second baseman	Gene Sheets	Oklahoma	Y
Shortstop	Bruce Haynam	Michigan	Y
Third baseman	B. B. Hopkins	Tennessee	Y
Outfielder	Fred Fleming	Bowdoin	Y
Outfielder	Richard Murphy	Ohio	Y
Outfielder	Mickey Sullivan	Baylor	Y

See also

• Baseball awards#U.S. college baseball

References

1. "NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
2. "1953 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. I All-America Teams". ABCA. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
3. "Paul Giel". College Football Hall of Fame . Football Foundation. Retrieved April 13, 2012.