1984 College Baseball All-America Team

1984 All-Americans included twelve-time MLB All-Star Mark McGwire and National College Baseball Hall of Fame inductee B.J. Surhoff.

This is a list of college baseball players named first team All-Americans for the 1984 NCAA Division I baseball season. From 1981 to 1990, there were two generally recognized All-America selectors for baseball: the American Baseball Coaches Association and Baseball America . ^[1]

Key

ABCA	American Baseball Coaches Association [2]
BA	Baseball America [1]
	Member of the National College Baseball Hall of Fame
	Unanimous All-American – selected by both organizations
	Consensus All-American – selected by one organization

All-Americans

Position	Name	School	Status	#	ABCA	BA	Other awards and honors
Pitcher	John Hoover	Fresno State	Unanimous	2	Y	Y	Baseball America Pitcher of the Year
Pitcher	Scott Bankhead	North Carolina	Unanimous	2	Y	Y
Pitcher	Todd Simmons	Cal State Fullerton	Consensus	1	Y	—
Pitcher	Greg Swindell	Texas	Consensus	1	—	Y	Baseball America Freshman of the Year
Pitcher	Scott Wright	Cal State Fullerton	Consensus	1	—	Y
Catcher	John Marzano	Temple	Consensus	1	—	Y
Catcher	B. J. Surhoff	North Carolina	Consensus	1	Y	—
First baseman	Mark McGwire	USC	Unanimous	2	Y	Y
Second baseman	Billy Bates	Texas	Consensus	1	Y	—
Second baseman	Bob Ralston	Arizona	Consensus	1	—	Y
Shortstop	Barry Larkin	Michigan	Consensus	1	Y	—
Third baseman	Gene Larkin	Columbia	Consensus	1	Y	—
Third baseman	David Denny	Texas	Consensus	1	—	Y
Outfielder	Chris Gwynn	San Diego State	Unanimous	2	Y	Y
Outfielder	Shane Mack	Georgia Southern	Consensus	1	Y	—
Outfielder	Oddibe McDowell	Arizona State	Unanimous	2	Y	Y	Golden Spikes Award Baseball America Player of the Year Collegiate Baseball Player of the Year
Outfielder	Rafael Palmeiro	Mississippi State	Unanimous	2	Y	Y
Designated hitter	Pete Incaviglia	Oklahoma State	Unanimous	2	Y	Y
Utility Player / SS	Cory Snyder	BYU	Unanimous	2	Y	Y

See also

• Baseball awards#U.S. college baseball

References

1. "NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
2. "1984 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. I All-America Teams". ABCA. Retrieved June 22, 2025.