2004 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team

2004 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball
2004 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball
NCAA Fayetteville Super Regional champion; NCAA Fayetteville Regional champion; SEC regular season champion; SEC Western Division champion
College World Series, 7th (tie)
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	Western Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
CB	No. 7
Record	45–24 (19–11 SEC)
Head coach	Dave Van Horn (2nd season);
Home stadium	Baum Stadium
	Seasons ← 2003 2005 →

Last updated August 21, 2023

2004 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Eastern
No. 4 Georgia ^x‍†‍‍^y	19	–	11	.633	45	–	23	.662
No. 3 South Carolina ‍‍‡‍^y	17	–	13	.567	53	–	17	.757
No. 18 Florida ‍‍‍	17	–	13	.567	43	–	22	.662
No. 17 Vanderbilt ‍‍‍^y	16	–	14	.533	45	–	19	.703
Tennessee ‍‍‍^y	14	–	16	.467	38	–	24	.613
Kentucky ‍‍‍	7	–	23	.233	24	–	30	.444
Western
No. 7 Arkansas ^x‍†‍‍^y	19	–	11	.633	45	–	24	.652
No. 8 LSU ‍‍‍^y	18	–	12	.600	46	–	19	.708
No. 24 Ole Miss ‍‍‍^y	18	–	12	.600	39	–	21	.650
Mississippi State ‍‍‍^y	13	–	17	.433	35	–	24	.593
Auburn ‍‍‍	12	–	18	.400	32	–	24	.571
Alabama ‍‍‍	10	–	20	.333	29	–	26	.527

x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2004^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2004 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team represented the University of Arkansas in the 2004 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Razorbacks were coached by Dave Van Horn, in his 2nd season with the Razorbacks, and played their home games at Baum Stadium.

Schedule and results

Legend
	Arkansas win
	Arkansas loss
	Postponement
Bold	Arkansas team member

2004 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball game log

Regular season

February (11–3)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	SEC record
February 13	Louisiana Tech*		Baum Stadium Fayetteville, Arkansas	W 2–0	1–0
February 14	Louisiana Tech*		Baum Stadium	W 22–2	2–0
February 15	Louisiana Tech*		Baum Stadium	W 13–2	3–0
February 20	St. John's*		Baum Stadium	W 14–7	4–0
February 21	St. John's*		Baum Stadium	W 6–5	5–0
February 22	St. John's*		Baum Stadium	W 14–3	6–0
February 24	McNeese State*		Baum Stadium	W 7–1	7–0
February 25	McNeese State*		Baum Stadium	W 7–2	8–0
February 27	vs. New Mexico*		Olsen Field College Station, Texas	L 1–3	8–1
February 27	at No. 23 Texas A&M*		Olsen Field	L 5–7	8–2
February 28	vs. New Mexico*		Olsen Field	W 13–3	9–2
February 28	at No. 23 Texas A&M*		Olsen Field	W 6–4	10–2
February 29	at No. 23 Texas A&M*		Olsen Field	L 7–9	10–3
February 29	vs. New Mexico*		Olsen Field	W 5–2	11–3

March (7–6)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	SEC record
March 6	at Texas–Pan American*		Edinburg Stadium Edinburg, Texas	L 1–4	11–4
March 7	at Texas–Pan American*		Edinburg Stadium	L 4–11	11–5
March 12	UIC*		Baum Stadium	W 4–3	12–5
March 14	UIC*		Baum Stadium	L 1–9	12–6
March 16	Centenary*		Baum Stadium	W 10–9	13–6
March 17	Centenary*		Baum Stadium	W 15–3	14–6
March 19	at No. 15 Florida		Alfred A. McKethan Stadium Gainesville, Florida	L 1–11	14–7	0–1
March 20	at No. 15 Florida		Alfred A. McKethan Stadium	W 8–2	15–7	1–1
March 21	at No. 15 Florida		Alfred A. McKethan Stadium	L 6–7 (10)	15–8	1–2
March 26	No. 5 South Carolina		Baum Stadium	W 5–3	16–8	2–2
March 27	No. 5 South Carolina		Baum Stadium	W 5–4	17–8	3–2
March 28	No. 5 South Carolina		Baum Stadium	L 2–10	17–9	3–3
March 30	No. 12 Wichita State*		Baum Stadium	W 10–4	18–9

April (12–5)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	SEC record
April 2	Alabama		Baum Stadium	L 3–6	18–10	3–4
April 3	Alabama		Baum Stadium	W 7–2	19–10	4–4
April 4	Alabama		Baum Stadium	W 11–6	20–10	5–4
April 6	Southwest Missouri State*		Baum Stadium	L 5–6	20–11
April 9	at No. 3 LSU		Alex Box Stadium Baton Rouge, Louisiana	W 11–8	21–11	6–4
April 10	at No. 3 LSU		Alex Box Stadium	W 11–10	22–11	7–4
April 11	at No. 3 LSU		Alex Box Stadium	W 7–5	23–11	8–4
April 13	Oral Roberts*	No. 24	Baum Stadium	L 4–6	23–12
April 16	at Vanderbilt	No. 24	Hawkins Field Nashville, Tennessee	W 6–3	24–12	9–4
April 17	at Vanderbilt	No. 24	Hawkins Field	W 9–4	25–12	10–4
April 18	at Vanderbilt	No. 24	Hawkins Field	L 8–14	25–13	10–5
April 20	Oklahoma State*	No. 24	Baum Stadium	W 5–2	26–13
April 23	Kentucky	No. 24	Baum Stadium	W 9–4	27–13	11–5
April 24	Kentucky	No. 24	Baum Stadium	W 5–4	28–13	12–5
April 25	Kentucky	No. 24	Baum Stadium	W 11–10	29–13	13–5
April 27	at No. 23 Oral Roberts*	No. 22	J. L. Johnson Stadium Tulsa, Oklahoma	W 8–4	30–13
April 30	No. 17 Tennessee	No. 22	Baum Stadium	L 3–9	30–14	13–6

May (7–5)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	SEC record
May 1	No. 17 Tennessee	No. 22	Baum Stadium	W 4–1	31–14	14–6
May 2	No. 17 Tennessee	No. 22	Baum Stadium	W 5–3	32–14	15–6
May 7	at No. 14 Ole Miss	No. 17	Swayze Field Oxford, Mississippi	L 0–1	32–15	15–7
May 8	at No. 14 Ole Miss	No. 17	Hawkins Field	W 3–1	33–15	16–7
May 9	at No. 14 Ole Miss	No. 17	Hawkins Field	L 3–5	33–16	16–8
May 11	Texas–Pan American*	No. 15	Baum Stadium	W 13–2	34–16
May 15	at Mississippi State	No. 15	Dudy Noble Field, Polk–DeMent Stadium Starkville, Mississippi	L 2–3	34–17	16–9
May 16	at Mississippi State	No. 15	Dudy Noble Field, Polk–DeMent Stadium	L 4–5	34–18	16–10
May 16	at Mississippi State	No. 15	Dudy Noble Field, Polk–DeMent Stadium	W 4–2	35–18	17–10
May 21	Auburn	No. 19	Baum Stadium	W 9–7	36–18	18–10
May 22	Auburn	No. 19	Baum Stadium	L 4–7	36–19	18–11
May 23	Auburn	No. 19	Baum Stadium	W 15–3	37–19	19–11

Postseason

SEC Tournament (2–2)
Date	Opponent	Rank (Seed)	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	SECT Record
May 26	vs. (8) Tennessee	No. 14 (1)	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium Hoover, Alabama	L 6–8	37–20	0–1
May 27	vs. No. 12 (4) Ole Miss	No. 14 (1)	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium	W 4–3	38–20	1–1
May 28	vs. (8) Tennessee	No. 14 (1)	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium	W 4–1	39–20	2–1
May 29	vs. No. 7 (5) South Carolina	No. 14 (1)	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium	L 2–3	39–21	2–2

Fayetteville Regional (4–1)
Date	Opponent	Rank (Seed)	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	NCAAT record
June 4	(4) Le Moyne*	No. 11 (1)	Baum Stadium	W 4–1	40–21	1–0
June 5	No. 15 (2) Wichita State*	No. 11 (1)	Baum Stadium	L 1–4	40–22	1–1
June 5	(3) Missouri*	No. 11 (1)	Baum Stadium	W 10–7	41–22	2–1
June 6	No. 15 (2) Wichita State*	No. 11 (1)	Baum Stadium	W 11–9	42–22	3–1
June 6	No. 15 (2) Wichita State*	No. 11 (1)	Baum Stadium	W 4–3	43–22	4–1

Fayetteville Super Regional (2–0)
Date	Opponent	Rank (Seed)	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	NCAAT record
June 11	No. 17 Florida State*	No. 11 (1)	Baum Stadium	W 7–5	44–22	5–1
June 12	No. 17 Florida State*	No. 11 (1)	Baum Stadium	W 4–2	45–22	6–1

College World Series (0–2)
Date	Opponent	Rank (Seed)	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	CWS record
June 18	vs. No. 2 (1) Texas*	No. 11 (8)	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium Omaha, Nebraska	L 2–13	45–23	6–2
June 19	vs. Arizona*	No. 11 (8)	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium	L 2–7	45–24	6–3

*Denotes non–conference game • Schedule source^[2] • Rankings based on the teams' current ranking in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll

Razorbacks in the 2004 MLB Draft

The following members of the Arkansas Razorbacks baseball program were drafted in the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft.

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Jay Sawatski	P	8th	241st	Minnesota Twins
Brady Toops	C	10th	300th	St. Louis Cardinals
Haas Pratt	1B	30th	907th	Oakland Athletics
Clint Brannon	P	34th	1011th	Texas Rangers

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References

↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2004". boydsworld.com. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
↑ "2021 Arkansas Razorbacks Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). University of Arkansas. p. 163. Retrieved April 9, 2021.

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[1] "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2004". boydsworld.com. Retrieved July 4, 2017.

[2] "2021 Arkansas Razorbacks Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). University of Arkansas. p. 163. Retrieved April 9, 2021.

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2004 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team

Contents

Schedule and results

Razorbacks in the 2004 MLB Draft

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