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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

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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

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Position Name School ABCA BA CB NCBWA Notes
Starting pitcher J.P. Howell Texas
 Y
 Y
 Y
 Y
Starting pitcher Nate Moore Troy
 Y
Was the ERA champion for 2004, with a 1.25 ERA through 64 innings pitched.[4]
Starting pitcher Jered 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 pitcher Philip Humber Rice
 Y
—
 Y
 Y
Starting pitcher Wade Townsend Rice
—
 Y
 Y
 Y
Starting pitcher Matt Fox UCF
—
 Y
 Y
—
Starting pitcher Justin Hoyman Florida
 Y
—
 Y
—
Relief pitcher Huston 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 pitcher Nate Moore Texas
—
 Y
—
—
Relief pitcher Austin Tubb Southern Miss
—
—
 Y
 Y
Catcher Kurt Suzuki Cal State Fullerton
 Y
 Y
 Y
—
 Johnny Bench Award[2]
Catcher Landon Powell (2) South Carolina
—
—
—
 Y
First baseman Billy 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 baseman Josh Brady Texas Tech
 Y
—
—
—
First baseman Mike Ferris Miami (OH)
—
 Y
—
—
Second baseman Jed Lowrie Stanford
—
 Y
 Y
—
Second baseman Warner Jones Vanderbilt
 Y
 Y
—
—
 Made Baseball America first team as Designated Hitter
Second baseman Jarrett Hoffpauir Southern Miss
—
—
—
 Y
Third baseman Alex Gordon Nebraska
 Y
 Y
 Y
 Y
 2011 Gold Glove Award[8]
Shortstop Brian Bixler Eastern Michigan
 Y
—
 Y
—
Shortstop Dustin 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]
Outfielder Eddy Martinez-Esteve Florida State
 Y
 Y
 Y
 Y
 Made ABCA team as Designated Hitter[2]
Outfielder Chris Rahl William & Mary
 Y
—
 Y
 Y
Outfielder Eric Nielsen UNLV
 Y
—
 Y
—
Outfielder Jon Zeringue LSU
 Y
—
—
 Y
Outfielder Brad Corley Mississippi State
—
 Y
—
—
Outfielder Marshall Hubbard North Carolina
 Y
—
—
—
Outfielder Danny Putnam Stanford
—
 Y
—
—
Designated Hitter Ryan Jones East Carolina
—
—
 Y
 Y
Utility player Dennis Bigley Oral Roberts
 Y
—
—
—
Utility player Stephen Head Mississippi
—
 Y
—
—
Utility player P.J. Hiser Pittsburgh
—
—
 Y
—

See also

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References

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  1. ^ The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. p. 495. ASIN B0037HO8MY.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "NCAA Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
  3. ^ "College Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees". College Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
  4. ^ "Official 2005 NCAA Baseball Records Book" (PDF). NCAA.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Division I Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
  6. ^ "Most Outstanding Player Award in College World Series". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
  7. ^ "Huston Street". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
  8. ^ "Alex Gordon". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
  9. ^ a b c d "Dustin Pedroia". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
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