June 18, 2002
TEMPE, Ariz. -- Arizona State shortstop Dustin Pedroia was named to the annual Baseball America Freshman All-America team as a second-team selection Tuesday when the team was announced from the publications headquarters in Durham, N.C.
Pedroia, a freshman from Woodland, Calif., was the only Sun Devil to start and play in all 58 games for the Sun Devils in 2002, helping lead ASU to a 37-21 record and a third straight appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Pedroia set an ASU freshman record with 82 hits in his rookie campaign, capping his phenomenal year with a 10-for-20 (.500) performance in the NCAA Regional in Mesa, Ariz.
In addition to finishing fourth on the team with his .347 batting average, Pedroia was the anchor of a very solid infield. Starting at three different positions (2B/3B/SS), Pedroia made only four errors in 223 total chances (.982 FLD%). He recorded at least one hit in 46 of his 58 games and led the team with 27 multi-hit games.
He is currently in Tucson, Ariz., trying out of the Team USA National team with teammate Ryan Schroyer. The 2002 All-Pac-10 First Team selection was also named a first-team freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball. Florida State shortstop Stephen Drew, the brother of St. Louis Cardinal star J.D. Drew, was named Baseball America's Freshman of the year.
|
Pos. |
Player, School |
AVG |
HR |
RBI |
SB |
|
C |
Devin Ivany, South Florida |
.322 |
10 |
56 |
8 |
|
1B |
Vince Sinisi, Rice |
.432 |
11 |
80 |
11 |
|
2B |
Eric Patterson, Georgia Tech |
.351 |
3 |
39 |
39 |
|
3B |
J.D. Reininger, Texas |
.330 |
12 |
47 |
3 |
|
SS |
Stephen Drew, Florida State |
.402 |
16 |
54 |
13 |
|
OF |
Jeff Frazier, Rutgers |
.356 |
13 |
54 |
4 |
|
OF |
Darryl Lawhorn, East Carolina |
.416 |
19 |
68 |
15 |
|
OF |
Jeremy Slayden, Georgia Tech |
.344 |
17 |
63 |
4 |
|
DH |
Joey Metropoulos, So. California |
.358 |
13 |
63 |
1 |
|
UT |
Wes Whisler, UCLA |
.328 |
18 |
46 |
2 |
|
W-L |
ERA |
IP |
SO |
||
|
SP |
Matt Durkin, San Jose State |
11-3 |
2.75 |
98 |
85 |
|
SP |
Phil Humber, Rice |
11-1 |
2.67 |
108 |
128 |
|
SP |
Chris Lambert, Boston College |
9-3 |
2.76 |
78 |
87 |
|
SP |
Justin Verlander, Old Dominion |
7-6 |
1.90 |
114 |
137 |
|
RP |
Huston Street, Texas (10 SV) |
4-1 |
0.89 |
41 |
44 |
|
UT |
Wes Whisler, UCLA |
5-2 |
4.06 |
84 |
59 |
Second Team All-America
|
Pos. |
Player, School |
AVG |
HR |
RBI |
SB |
|
C |
Chris Iannetta, North Carolina |
.333 |
9 |
34 |
1 |
|
1B |
Kyle Larsen, Washington |
.363 |
5 |
36 |
4 |
|
2B |
J.C. Holt, Louisiana State |
.349 |
3 |
23 |
10 |
|
3B |
Jeff Baisley, South Florida |
.358 |
3 |
63 |
6 |
|
SS |
Dustin Pedroia, Arizona State |
.347 |
1 |
45 |
5 |
|
OF |
Dee Brown, Central Florida |
.397 |
3 |
56 |
8 |
|
OF |
Jake McClintock, San Diego State |
.374 |
8 |
58 |
1 |
|
OF |
Seth Smith, Mississippi |
.402 |
4 |
52 |
5 |
|
DH |
Matt Wilkerson, UC Santa Barbara |
.311 |
16 |
49 |
7 |
|
UT |
Tim Layden, Duke |
.282 |
3 |
36 |
1 |
|
W-L |
ERA |
IP |
SO |
||
|
SP |
Derek DeCarlo, Fla. International |
11-0 |
3.53 |
94 |
92 |
|
SP |
Ryan Gehring, Illinois-Chicago |
9-1 |
2.80 |
87 |
71 |
|
SP |
Grant Johnson, Notre Dame |
9-4 |
3.29 |
96 |
84 |
|
SP |
Scott Lewis, Ohio State |
8-2 |
2.84 |
92 |
91 |
|
RP |
Taylor Tankersley, Alabama (7 SV) |
8-5 |
2.62 |
69 |
65 |
|
UT |
Tim Layden, Duke |
4-8 |
5.62 |
74 |
55 |
Statistics heading into College World Series.