2004 SEASON IN REVIEW IN THIS SECTION 2004 Season Notes ........................... 40-41 2004 Schedule & Results .......................42 2004 Offensive Statistics ...................... 43 2004 Pitching Statistics ........................44 2004 Game-By-Game Starters ................45 2004 MAC Review ................................. 46 050579 UT Baseball 39-46.indd 39 3/9/2005 8:24:36 AM 2004 Season Notes OH CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAINS: Seniors Sean Dobson and Jarrod Resendez and junior J.R. Outlook Duffey served as captains for the Rockets’ baseball program during the 2004 season. DOBSON AND DAN RUTH GARNER ALL-MAC ACCOLADES: Senior Sean Dobson was named fi rst-team All-Mid-American Conference. In addition, junior C Dan Ruth earned a spot on the MAC’s second team. Voting for the fi rst and second All-MAC teams was conducted by the league’s head coaches. TOLEDO FIFTH IN MAC IN BATTING AVERAGE: Toledo fi nished the year with a .301 team batting average, fi fth-best in the Mid-American Conference. In all, fi ve Rockets batted Coaches over .300 for the season. Toledo was also third in the conference with a .454 slugging percentage and tied for sixth in on-base percentage (.374). GOING THE ‘EXTRA’ MILE: The Rockets ended the 2004 campaign third in the MAC with 114 two-base hits, with Kent State leading the way totaling 153. The Rockets had 180 extra-base hits in 54 games, including 114 doubles, 16 triples and 50 home runs. NAILBITERS: Toledo had several games go down to the wire in 2004, as 20 of its 54 Senior Sean Dobson earned fi rst-team All- MAC accolades in 2004. Returnees games were decided by three runs or less, including 15 one-run contests. The Rockets were 9-11 in those 20 games and 4-11 in one-run contests. SCHOOL RECORDS GALORE IN 2004: Toledo set single-season school records in doubles (114), at-bats (1,930), assists (607) and putouts (1,398) in 2004. DOBSON DRAFTED IN 40TH ROUND BY ST. LOUIS CARDINALS: Sean Dobson was drafted in the 40th round (1,200th overall pick) of the Major League Baseball Draft by the St. Louis Cardinals. Dobson started all 54 games in centerfi eld, batting .394 with 10 home Newcomers runs and 63 RBI. He fi nished the regular season tied for fi rst in the MAC in total bases (152) and doubles (23), tied for second in triples (4), third in hits (91), fourth in batting average (.394), tied for fi fth in RBI (63), sixth in slugging percentage (.658), tied for sixth in runs scored (55) and tied for seventh in stolen bases (18). Dobson was the 30th Rocket to be drafted since the 1965 inception of the MLB Draft and the 10th player in the past 11 years to be selected. DOBSON REWRITES THE SCHOOL RECORD BOOKS: Sean Dobson ended his collegiate career sporting a .371 average, the second-highest in UT history. He also is fi rst in school 2004 Review history in hits (249), runs scored (159) and doubles (46), and second in RBI (131) and total bases (356). Dobson also set school records for hits (91), doubles (23), RBI (63) Senior Shawn Hurst was named to the Aca- and total bases (152) in the 2004 season. demic All-District IV fi rst team. HURST MADE THE MOST OF HIS SENIOR CAMPAIGN: Senior Shawn Hurst was nothing short of spectacular during the 2004 season. An every-day player for the fi rst time in his History collegiate career, Hurst fi nished the regular season eighth in the MAC in hits (79) and 19th in batting average (.356). The Bryan, OH native, who hit safely in 45 of 54 games this season, tied for third in school history in doubles (16), fourth in hits (79) and total bases (124) and fi fth in RBI (52) in a single season. HURST NAMED TO VERIZON ALL-ACADEMIC FIRST TEAM: Shawn Hurst was named to the 2004 Academic All-District IV University Division Baseball fi rst team, as selected by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Hurst fi nished with a 3.465 cumulative GPA in mechanical engineering and was named to the Academic Records All-MAC team in both 2003 and 2004. University Division District IV consists of all NCAA Division I universities in Alabama, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee. RESENDEZ GOING DEEP: Jarrod Resendez had the long ball stroke during the 2004 campaign. Resendez blasted a team-leading 12 home runs, while driving in a career- best 26 runs. He was also second on the team in slugging percentage at .591. His 12 round-trippers ranks as the sixth-most in school history for a single season and are also Senior Jarrod Resendez hit a team-leading a career-high, after hitting eight in his fi rst three seasons combined. 12 home runs in 2004. University 40 2005 Toledo Baseball 050579 UT Baseball 39-46.indd 40 3/9/2005 8:24:39 AM 2004 Season Notes Outlook Coaches Newcomers History Records University DAN RUTH SELECTED TO ATTEND NCAA LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE: Dan Ruth was selected to represent UT at the 2004 NCAA Leadership Conference at Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex and Coronado Springs Resort in Lake Buena Vista, FL on May 3-June 1. Ruth was one of 324 student-athletes from across the country who were selected to participate from among 1175 nominations. Student-athletes were selected based on leadership skills, athletic participation and academic achievement. NO SOPHOMORE SLUMP: Dan Stong started all 54 games at third base in 2004, batting .267 with one home run and 18 RBI. Stong was tied for third on the team in hits (60) and sacrifi ce bunts (4), and fi fth in runs scored (35) and total bases (77). MOVED INTO STARTING ROTATION: Senior Kurt Woeste was moved into the starting rotation in 2004, after spending the previous two seasons primarily used as a closer. The transition was a smooth one as Woeste appeared in 13 games as the Rockets’ No. 2 Returnees starter, sporting a 2-7 record with a 4.67 ERA. He accumulated 88.2 innings of action, surrendering 62 runs (46 earned) on 100 hits with 50 strikeouts. The St. Henry, OH na- tive fi nished fi rst on the team in complete games (3) and innings pitched (88.2), tied for fi rst in games started (13), second in opponent batting average (.282) and third in Senior Chris Arvay started all 54 games at ERA (4.67) and strikeouts (50). shortstop, batting .289 with 20 RBI. HURST AND DUFFEY SWEEP MAC WEST DIVISION HONORS: Shawn Hurst and junior RHP J.R. Duffey captured both the MAC West Division Player and Pitcher of the Week 2004 MAC BASEBALL honors on Mar. 22, after the Rockets swept Xavier in a three-game set. Hurst led the PLAYER & PITCHER OF THE WEEK Rockets at the plate, hitting at a .538 clip (7-for-13), while also leading them with four RBI, 13 total bases, .571 on-base percentage and a 1.000 slugging percentage. Duffey West Division churned out a seven-hit, complete-game shutout for his fi rst victory of the season. His Player of the Week performance was the fi rst complete-game shutout by a UT hurler since Kris Barnswell Feb. 23 Brian Bixler EMU blanked Western Michigan, 6-0, on fi ve hits on May 6, 2001. Mar. 1 Nolan Reimold BGSU Mar. 8 Mark Abro WMU ROCKETS SAY GOODBYE TO 10 SENIORS: With the completion of the 2004 season, the Mar. 16 Scott Simon NIU 2004 Review Rockets bode farewell to their 10 seniors — Chris Arvay, Sean Dobson, Mitch Hayes, Mar. 22 Shawn Hurst UT Shawn Hurst, Raul Lopez, Derek Overcashier, Jarrod Resendez, Aaron Rouser, Kurt Woeste Mar. 29 Brian Bixler EMU and Doug Yoder. Apr. 5 Adam Rosales WMU Apr. 12 Scott Simon NIU 2004 TOLEDO STATISTICAL COMPARISON Apr. 19 Todd Kimling EMU Apr. 26 Brad Miller BSU All Games ..........................................Category ...................................MAC Games May 3 Bryan Mitzel CMU 20-34 ................................................... Record ................................. 8-16 MAC-West May 10 Dan Ruth UT .301 ..............................................Batting Average ......................................... .269 May 17 Sean Dobson UT 6.6 ................................................ Runs Per Game ............................................5.4 May 26 Andy Hudak BGSU 10.7 ............................................... Hits Per Game ............................................. 9.3 50 ....................................................Home Runs ............................................... 19 West Division 312 ....................................................... RBI ................................................... 111 Pitcher of the Week .454 ...........................................Slugging Percentage ...................................... .399 Feb. 23 Zach Minor NIU 186 ................................................... Walks For .................................................81 Mar. 1 Joe Piekarz NIU 197 ................................................ Walks Against .............................................. 74 Mar. 8 Andrew Anderson BSU 399 ...................................................Strikeouts .............................................. 192 Mar. 16 Tyler Saneholtz BGSU 51 ...................................................Sacrifi ce Hits ..............................................21 Mar. 22 J.R. Duffey UT 45-71 ........................................Stolen Bases-Attempts ................................... 19-29 Mar. 29 Matt Dillard EMU 115 ......................................................Errors ................................................... 48 Apr. 5 Jeff Michael BSU 6.62 ...........................................Earned Run Average ...................................... 6.23 Apr. 12 T.J. Johnson CMU 7 .................................................. Complete Games ..............................................5