1983 College Baseball All-America Team

1983 All-Americans included four-time MLB All-Star Rafael Palmeiro (left) and future Houston Cougars baseball head coach Rayner Noble (right).

This is a list of college baseball players named first team All-Americans for the 1983 NCAA Division I baseball season. From 1981 to 1990, there were three generally recognized All-America selectors for baseball: the American Baseball Coaches Association, Baseball America , and The Sporting News . In order to be considered a "consensus" All-American, a player must have been selected by at least two of these.

Key

A	American Baseball Coaches Association [1]
B	Baseball America [2]
T	The Sporting News
	Member of the National College Baseball Hall of Fame
	Consensus All-American – selected by all three organizations
	Consensus All-American – selected by two organizations

All-Americans

Position	Name	School	#	A	B	T	Other awards and honors
Pitcher	Tim Belcher	Mount Vernon Nazarene	1	—	—	Y	First overall pick in the 1983 MLB Draft
Pitcher	Mike Cherry	The Citadel	2	Y	Y	—
Pitcher	Ray Hayward	Oklahoma	1	—	—	Y
Pitcher	Jim Hickey	Texas–Pan American	2	Y	Y	—
Pitcher	Dennis Livingston	Oklahoma State	1	—	Y	—
Pitcher	Calvin Schiraldi	Texas	2	Y	Y	—	Baseball America Pitcher of the Year College World Series Most Outstanding Player
Catcher	Andy Allanson	Richmond	1	Y	—	—
Catcher	Terry Bell	Old Dominion	1	—	Y	—
Catcher	Robbie Wine	Oklahoma State	1	—	—	Y	The Sporting News Player of the Year
First baseman / DH	Dave Magadan	Alabama	3	Y	Y	Y	Golden Spikes Award Baseball America Player of the Year
First baseman / DH	Russ Morman	Wichita State	2	—	Y	Y
Second baseman	Rich Amaral	UCLA	1	—	—	Y
Second baseman	Jeff Trout	Delaware	2	Y	Y	—
Shortstop	Jeff Kunkel	Rider	2	—	Y	Y
Shortstop	Bill Merrifield	Wake Forest	1	Y	—	—
Third baseman	Carey Ross	Central Michigan	1	Y	—	—
Third baseman	Chris Sabo	Michigan	2	—	Y	Y
Outfielder	Ben Abner	Georgia Southern	2	Y	Y	—
Outfielder	Dave Clark	Jackson State	1	—	—	Y
Outfielder	Kerwin Danley	San Diego State	1	Y	—	—
Outfielder	Stan Jefferson	Bethune–Cookman	1	—	—	Y
Outfielder	Shane Mack	UCLA	2	Y	Y	—
Outfielder	Oddibe McDowell	Arizona State	1	—	—	Y
Outfielder	Rafael Palmeiro	Mississippi State	1	—	Y	—	Baseball America Freshman of the Year
Designated hitter	Eric Hardgrave	Stanford	1	Y	—	—
Utility player	Rayner Noble	Houston	1	Y	—	—

See also

List of college baseball awards

References

1. "1983 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. I All-America Teams". ABCA. Retrieved July 11, 2025.
2. "NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 12, 2012.