ESPN’s Greatest All-Time College Baseball Team Vote Launches June 15, Names Top Performer at Every Position

There’s no Road to Omaha this year, but college baseball will still take center stage as a multi-platform effort to celebrate the game’s greatest players swings into action across ESPN platforms on Monday, June 15.
Voting begins Monday on ESPN.com and continues through what would have been the Finals of the NCAA College World Series, with each position’s poll remaining open for three days before votes are tallied. In addition, ESPNU will highlight players from each position throughout the next two weeks to commemorate what would have a fantastic fortnight in Omaha. All games will also stream live on the ESPN App via connected devices. Time and date for a televised reveal show to unveil the all-time team will be announced at a later date.
All told, the team will be compromised of a catcher, first baseman, second baseman, third baseman, shortstop, three outfielders, a two-way player, a left-handed pitcher, a right-handed pitcher and a relief pitcher. Nominated athletes who will be up for each vote are as follows:
CATCHER
A.J. Hinch (Stanford), Buster Posey (Florida State), Adley Rutschman (Oregon State), *B.J. Surhoff (North Carolina), Kurt Suzuki (CSU Fullerton), Jason Varitek (Georgia Tech), Matt Wieters (Georgia Tech), Mike Zunino (Florida)
FIRST BASEMAN
Dustin Ackley (North Carolina), *Lance Berkman (Rice), *Will Clark (Mississippi State), *Eddy Furniss (LSU), *Dave Magadan (Alabama), Frank Thomas (Auburn), Andrew Vaughn (California), *Tim Wallach (CSU Fullerton)
SECOND BASEMAN
Bill Bates (Texas), Kody Clemens (Texas), *Bob Horner (Arizona State), Nick Madrigal (Oregon State), Marshall McDougall (Florida State), Chase Utley (UCLA), *Todd Walker (LSU), Rickie Weeks (Southern)
THIRD BASEMAN
*Sal Bando (Arizona State), Kris Bryant (San Diego), Pat Burrell (Miami), Alex Gordon (Nebraska), *Keith Moreland (Texas), Phil Nevin (CSU Fullerton), Anthony Rendon (Rice), *Robin Ventura (Oklahoma State)
SHORTSTOP
*Alan Bannister (Arizona State), Alex Bregman (LSU), *Nomar Garciaparra (Georgia Tech), Kahlil Greene (Clemson), *Dick Groat (Duke), *Barry Larkin (Michigan), Paul Molitor (Minnesota), Dustin Pedroia (Arizona State)
LEFT FIELD
Barry Bonds (Arizona State), Michael Conforto (Oregon State), Darin Erstad (Nebraska), *Mike Fiore (Miami), *Terry Francona (Arizona), *Pete Incaviglia (Oklahoma State), *Tom Paciorek (Houston), *Rafael Palmeiro (Mississippi State)
CENTER FIELD
Andrew Benintendi (Arkansas), *J.D. Drew (Florida State), *Tom Goodwin (Fresno State), *Mike Kelly (Arizona State), *Mark Kotsay (CSU Fullerton), *Fred Lynn (USC), *Oddibe McDowell (Arizona State), *Rick Monday (Arizona State)
RIGHT FIELD
Seth Beer (Clemson), JJ Bleday (Vanderbilt), *Joe Carter (Wichita State), Casey Close (Michigan), Kellen Kulbacki (James Madison), Trevor Larnach (Oregon State), Kyle Russell (Texas), *Mickey Sullivan (Baylor)
TWO-WAY PLAYER
Todd Helton (Tennessee), Tim Hudson (Auburn), *Brooks Kieschnick (Texas), Brendan McKay (Louisville), *John Olerud (Washington State), A.J. Reed (Kentucky), *Brad Wilkerson (Florida), *Dave Winfield (Minnesota)
RIGHT-HANDED PITCHER
*Steve Arlin (Ohio State), Roger Clemens (Texas), *Kirk Dressendorfer (Texas), *Don Heinkel (Wichita State), *Burt Hooton (Texas), *Ben McDonald (LSU), Mark Prior (USC), Stephen Strasburg (San Diego State)
LEFT-HANDED PITCHER
*Jim Abbott (Michigan), *Eddie Bane (Arizona State), *Floyd Banniester (Arizona State), Andrew Miller (North Carolina), David Price (Vanderbilt), *Greg Swindell (Texas), *Frank Viola (St. John’s), Barry Zito (USC)
RELIEF PITCHER
Matt Anderson (Rice), David Berg (UCLA), *Darren Dreifort (Wichita State), Blair Erickson (UC Irvine), Danny Graves (Miami), Gregg Olson (Auburn), Matt Price (South Carolina), Huston Street (Texas)
*members of the College Baseball Hall of Fame
ESPN’s Greatest All-Time College Baseball Team – Programming Schedule
Date | Time (ET) | Programming | Highlighted Player | Network |
CATCHERS | ||||
Mon, Jun 15 | 6 p.m. | 2008 NCAA Super Regionals, Game 3: Florida State vs. Wichita State | Buster Posey | ESPNU |
9 p.m. | 2018 College World Series Finals, Game 3: Arkansas vs. Oregon State | Adley Rutschman | ESPNU | |
SHORTSTOP | ||||
Tue, Jun 16 | 6 p.m. | 2002 College World Series, Game 2: Nebraska vs. Clemson | Khalil Green | ESPNU |
9 p.m. | 2015 College World Series, Game 7: LSU vs. CSU Fullerton | Alex Bregman | ESPNU | |
SECOND BASEMAN | ||||
Wed, Jun 17 | 6 p.m. | 2018 NCAA Baseball Regionals: Texas vs. Texas A&M | Kody Clemens | ESPNU |
9 p.m. | 2018 NCAA Regionals: Northwestern State vs. Oregon State | Nick Madrigal | ESPNU | |
FIRST BASEMAN | ||||
Thu, Jun 18 | 7 p.m. | 2009 College World Series, Game 7: North Carolina vs Southern Miss |
Dustin Ackley | ESPNU |
THIRD BASEMAN | ||||
Fri, Jun 19 | 6 p.m. | 2005 NCAA Super Regionals, Game 2: Nebraska vs. Miami (FL) | Alex Gordon | ESPNU |
9 p.m. | 2013 West Coast Conference Championship: San Francisco vs. San Diego | Kris Bryant | ESPNU | |
RELIEF PITCHERS | ||||
Sat, Jun 20 | 3 p.m. | 2002 College World Series, Game 12: Texas vs. Stanford | Huston Street | ESPNU |
6 p.m. | 2011 College World Series, Game 12: Virginia vs. South Carolina | Matt Price | ESPNU | |
9 p.m. | 2013 College World Series Finals, Game 1: UCLA vs. Mississippi State | David Berg | ESPNU | |
LEFT FIELD | ||||
Mon, Jun 22 | 8 p.m. | 2013 NCAA Super Regional, Game 2: Oregon State vs. Kansas State | Michael Conforto | ESPNU |
RIGHT FIELD | ||||
Wed, Jun 24 | 5 p.m. | 2016 NCAA Regionals: Clemson vs. Western Carolina | Seth Beer | ESPNU |
8 p.m. | 2019 College World Series, Game 8: Vanderbilt vs. Mississippi State | JJ Bleday | ESPNU | |
11 p.m. | 2018 College World Series, Game 2: Oregon State vs. Arkansas | Trevor Larnach | ESPNU | |
CENTER FIELD | ||||
Thu, Jun 25 | 7 p.m. | 2015 NCAA Regionals: Oral Roberts vs. Arkansas | Andrew Benintendi | ESPNU |
RIGHT-HANDED AND LEFT-HANDED PITCHERS | ||||
Fri, Jun 26 | 6 p.m. | 2009 NCAA Baseball Regionals: Fresno State vs. San Diego State | Stephen Strasburg | ESPNU |
9 p.m. | 2006 NCAA Super Regionals: Game 1, North Carolina vs. Alabama | Andrew Miller | ESPNU | |
TWO-WAY PLAYER | ||||
Sat, Jun 27 | 6 p.m. | 2014 Regular Season: Kentucky vs. Tennessee | A.J. Reed | ESPNU |
9 p.m. | 2017 NCAA Regionals: Louisville vs. Oklahoma | Brendan McKay | ESPNU |