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 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

• Baseball awards#U.S. college baseball

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.