2004 College Baseball All-America Team

An All-American team is an honorary sports team composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply "All-Americans". Although the honorees generally do not compete together as a unit, the term is used in U.S. team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889.[1]

2004 All-Americans included two-time unanimous All-Americans Alex Gordon (left) and Jered Weaver (right).

The NCAA recognizes four different All-America selectors for the 2004 college baseball season: the American Baseball Coaches Association (since 1947), Baseball America (since 1981), Collegiate Baseball (since 1991), and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (since 2001).[2]

Key
ABCA American Baseball Coaches Association[2]
BA Baseball America[2]
CB Collegiate Baseball[2]
NCBWA National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association[2]
Awarded the Golden Spikes Award or Dick Howser Trophy as national Player of the Year[2]
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player had been named an All-American at that point[2]
♦ Inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame[3]

All-Americans
Position Name School ABCA BA CB NCBWA Notes
Starting pitcherJ.P. HowellTexas
Y
Y
Y
Y
Starting pitcherNate MooreTroy
Y
Was the ERA champion for 2004, with a 1.25 ERA through 64 innings pitched.[4]
Starting pitcherJered Weaver (2)Long Beach State
Y
Y
Y
Y
ABCA, Baseball America & Collegiate Baseball POY,[2] 213 strikeouts in a single season (2004) (6th in Division I)[5]
Starting pitcherPhilip HumberRice
Y
—
Y
Y
Starting pitcherWade TownsendRice
—
Y
Y
Y
Starting pitcherMatt FoxUCF
—
Y
Y
—
Starting pitcherJustin HoymanFlorida
Y
—
Y
—
Relief pitcherHuston Street (2)Texas
Y
—
—
Y
2002 College World Series Most Outstanding Player,[6] 41 career saves (T-8th in Division I),[5] 5.46 career H/9 (10th in Division I), 2005 AL Rookie of the Year[7]
Relief pitcherNate MooreTexas
—
Y
—
—
Relief pitcherAustin TubbSouthern Miss
—
—
Y
Y
CatcherKurt SuzukiCal State Fullerton
Y
Y
Y
—
Johnny Bench Award[2]
CatcherLandon Powell (2)South Carolina
—
—
—
Y
First basemanBilly Becher (2)New Mexico State
—
—
Y
Y
118 RBI in a single season (2003) (6th in Division I),[5] 32 HR in a single season (2003) (T-9th in Division I),.[5] 822 career slugging percentage (10th in Division I)[5]
First basemanJosh BradyTexas Tech
Y
—
—
—
First basemanMike FerrisMiami (OH)
—
Y
—
—
Second basemanJed LowrieStanford
—
Y
Y
—
Second basemanWarner JonesVanderbilt
Y
Y
—
—
Made Baseball America first team as Designated Hitter
Second basemanJarrett HoffpauirSouthern Miss
—
—
—
Y
Third basemanAlex GordonNebraska
Y
Y
Y
Y
2011 Gold Glove Award[8]
ShortstopBrian BixlerEastern Michigan
Y
—
Y
—
ShortstopDustin Pedroia (2)Arizona State
—
Y
—
Y
34 doubles in a single season (2003) (T-7th in Division I),[5] 2008 AL MVP, 3x MLB All-Star,[9] 2x Gold Glove Award winner,[9] 2008 Silver Slugger Award winner,[9] 2007 AL Rookie of the Year[9]
OutfielderEddy Martinez-EsteveFlorida State
Y
Y
Y
Y
Made ABCA team as Designated Hitter[2]
OutfielderChris RahlWilliam & Mary
Y
—
Y
Y
OutfielderEric NielsenUNLV
Y
—
Y
—
OutfielderJon ZeringueLSU
Y
—
—
Y
OutfielderBrad CorleyMississippi State
—
Y
—
—
OutfielderMarshall HubbardNorth Carolina
Y
—
—
—
OutfielderDanny PutnamStanford
—
Y
—
—
Designated HitterRyan JonesEast Carolina
—
—
Y
Y
Utility playerDennis BigleyOral Roberts
Y
—
—
—
Utility playerStephen HeadMississippi
—
Y
—
—
Utility playerP.J. HiserPittsburgh
—
—
Y
—

See also

References
  1. The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
  2. "NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  3. "College Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees". College Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  4. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/baseball_RB/2005_baseball_records.pdf
  5. "Division I Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  6. "Most Outstanding Player Award in College World Series". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  7. "Huston Street". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  8. "Alex Gordon". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  9. "Dustin Pedroia". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
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