2004 College Baseball All-America Team Explained

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]

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

All-Americans

width=10%	Position	width=15%	Name	width=15%	School	width=5%	ABCA	width=5%	BA	width=5%	CB	width=5%	NCBWA	width=30% class="unsortable"	Notes
Starting pitcher	J.P. Howell	Texas
Starting pitcher	Nate Moore	Troy					Was the ERA champion for 2004, with a 1.25 ERA through 64 innings pitched.^[4]
Starting pitcher	Jered Weaver (2)	Long Beach State					ABCA, Baseball America & Collegiate Baseball POY, 213 strikeouts in a single season (2004) (6th in Division I)^[5]
Starting pitcher	Philip Humber	Rice
Starting pitcher	Wade Townsend	Rice
Starting pitcher	Matt Fox	UCF
Starting pitcher	Justin Hoyman	Florida
Relief pitcher	Huston Street (2)	Texas					2002 College World Series Most Outstanding Player,^[6] 41 career saves (T-8th in Division I), 5.46 career H/9 (10th in Division I), 2005 AL Rookie of the Year^[7]
Relief pitcher	Nate Moore	Texas
Relief pitcher	Austin Tubb	Southern Miss
Catcher	Kurt Suzuki	Cal State Fullerton					Johnny Bench Award
Catcher	Landon Powell (2)	South Carolina
First baseman	Billy Becher (2)	New Mexico State					118 RBI in a single season (2003) (6th in Division I), 32 HR in a single season (2003) (T-9th in Division I),. 822 career slugging percentage (10th in Division I)
First baseman	Josh Brady	Texas Tech
First baseman	Mike Ferris	Miami (OH)
Second baseman	Jed Lowrie	Stanford
Second baseman	Warner Jones	Vanderbilt					Made Baseball America first team as Designated Hitter
Second baseman	Jarrett Hoffpauir	Southern Miss
Third baseman	Alex Gordon	Nebraska					2011 Gold Glove Award^[8]
Shortstop	Brian Bixler	Eastern Michigan
Shortstop	Dustin Pedroia (2)	Arizona State					34 doubles in a single season (2003) (T-7th in Division I), 2008 AL MVP, 3x MLB All-Star, 2x Gold Glove Award winner, 2008 Silver Slugger Award winner, 2007 AL Rookie of the Year^[9]
Outfielder	Eddy Martinez-Esteve	Florida State					Made ABCA team as Designated Hitter
Outfielder	Chris Rahl	William & Mary
Outfielder	Eric Nielsen	UNLV
Outfielder	Jon Zeringue	LSU
Outfielder	Brad Corley	Mississippi State
Outfielder	Marshall Hubbard	North Carolina
Outfielder	Danny Putnam	Stanford
Designated Hitter	Ryan Jones	East Carolina
Utility player	Dennis Bigley	Oral Roberts
Utility player	Stephen Head	Mississippi
Utility player	P.J. Hiser	Pittsburgh

See also

• Baseball awards#U.S. college baseball

Notes and References

1. Book: The Michigan alumnus. University of Michigan Library. 2010. B0037HO8MY. 495.
2. Web site: NCAA Baseball Award Winners. NCAA. 9 April 2012.
3. Web site: College Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees. College Baseball Hall of Fame. 12 April 2012.
4. Web site: Official 2005 NCAA Baseball Records Book . NCAA.
5. Web site: Division I Record Book. NCAA. 14 April 2012.
6. Web site: Most Outstanding Player Award in College World Series. Baseball Almanac. 9 April 2012.
7. Web site: Huston Street. Baseball Reference. 9 April 2012.
8. Web site: Alex Gordon. Baseball Reference. 9 April 2012.
9. Web site: Dustin Pedroia. Baseball Reference. 9 April 2012.