USD Baseball 2004

THE 2004 TOREROS

2004 Player Notes:

Ill.I Notes

Po. Pla),er

2-time All-WCC UT player 11·ill close and play CF League leader in hits (90), R131 (57). doubles (26) in ·03 20 doubles in ·03 ,vas 3rd highest ;di-time at USO First-team All-WCC ou tfielder, 9 HF(s in ·03 True freshman, 2003 Hawaiian State Player of the Year ·wees Best Defensi,·e Sho,tstop· - 8aseball America One of fastest players in WCC..320 13A in ·03 R/ R Hit for a .312 average as a true freshman last season R/ R L/ L. Expected starter at first base, redshin in ·03 R/ R R/ R L/ L R/ R Hit .380 during an J 1-sta rr stretch as a sophomore R/ R Sophomore utility infielder S/ R S11·itch-hining freshman catcher. 6-2, 200 pounds L/ R 2002 Mountain West Freshman o f the Year at UNLV L/ L Left-handed bat and arm from Laguna Beach R/ L Junior transfer, local product from St. Augustine HS R/ L H ighly regarded frosh from Rancho Bernardo HS R/ R Redshirr freshman. may also pitch L/ L Lots o f size. 6-4, 225 from San Ramon and Cal High

CF Tom Caple RF Joey Prast R/ R 3l3 Freclcly Sando\'al S/ R R/ R

D H Josh Hansen 113 R:mdr Cunis 213 Keoni Ruth ss Jose Onega LF Gavin Ng C Tre,·or Pike

I ~F j:1mie I les-;c. .:lgcs.··il.. .:r I:--;F Kyle Smith C Jo rdan Abruzzo L F ,Joe Wick111,1 n

Returning starters Freddy Sandoval lejt and Tom Caple ,igbt

J;\'F Brian Beck 0 F T.J. Merritt 0 F Tristan Gale

l i\'F Justin Holmes OF Shane Buschini

Collegiate Baseball News 2004 Preseason Fab-40

Pitchers: I Pitcher R Kyle Collins R Aaron Wilson L .Justin Blaine

\1(1-L/ERA * 9-5/ 3 69 6-6/ 4 55 4-5/ 4 28

Notes Led USO & WCC 1Yith 9 " ·ins in ·03

School

'03 Rk

2003 58-12 45-17 45-22 44- 18 50-20 51-18 54-1 4 50-16 49-27 45-18 45-23 41-20 44-19 45-22 37-21 28-28 39-22 42-21 47-16 47-18 42-23 35-23 42-18 40-22 47-17 35-27 35-22 45-18 44-21 45-19 34-24 41-17 28-24 46-13 47-16 31-24 32-30 41-24

Rk 1. 2. 3

Rice

1 5 7 4 2

Senior, 44 career starts is 10th all-time at USO 6-4 lefty, 3. 10 ERA in WCC was league·s 4th best

Miami

Lo uisiana State Georgia Tech

4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9

14

I

Pitcher

Notes ·wees 13est Breaking BaU'- Baseball America 5th-year senior figures ro be big part o f pen Experienced junior, has 16 career starts Effecti1·e in ·03 set-up role, 26 K's in 26 innings True freshman. " ·ill he utilized immediately Hard-throwing 6-5 right-handed frosh 6-3, 185-pound lefty. transfer from Texas Tech Struckout a team-high 10 batters 1·s. USF in ·03 6-foor-3 junior from local Santana HS Junior transfer from Ui\'LV

W - Li'.ERA' NA

Texas

R R

Torn Caple

Sta nford

Patrick Lucy R Sean Warlop R Brian Jones L Nate 13ornan R Josh Burler L Andy Martin R R Michael Bass R James Wickman Brett Gillespie

1-0/ 4.20 4-3/ 6 03 0-0/ 5.54

Arizona State

10

Cal State Fullerton

3

Wichita State Notre Dame

NR

NA N A NA

28 13 11

10. 11. 12. 13 14. 15 16. 17 18. 19 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25 26. 27 28. 29 30 31. 32 33 34.

Baylor

Long Beach State

0-4/ 8.80 0-0/ 7 53 NA

TLtlane

NR

South Carolina

6

Florida

NR NR N R

Southern Cal

• 2003 Stats

Clemson Auburn

19 20 21 19

Florida Atlantic

Nebraska

North Ca rolina

Arizona

NR

Washington Florida State

24

54- 13-1 9

Minnesota

NR

UNLV

26

Mississippi Winthrop

NR NR

North Carolina State

12

Mississippi State

42-20-1 24

Oh io State TexasA&M

18 17

Oklahoma State UC Riverside

NR

30

Alabama

NR NR

35 36 37 38

vcu

Southern Mississippi

25

Tennessee

NR NR NR

SAN DIEGO

39. 40.

Stetson

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Back-to-Back West Coast Conference Champions• 5