2004 Serie A1

Serie A1
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The 2004 Serie A1 season was dominated by Prink Grosseto. They went 47-7 in the regular season and won the Italian Series, their first scudetto since 1989. Grosseto had three pitchers win 10-plus games. Former major leaguer Jaime Navarro led the way with 15, David Rollandini won 14, and Riccardo De Santis 12. Grosseto also had the top two hitters in the league in Gabriele Ermini and Rafael Ozuna.

Saim Rho made their first appearance in Serie A1 and finished in last place.

Standings

1. Prink Grosseto, 47-7 (Pedro Medina)
2. Italeri Bologna, 43-11 (Mauro Mazzotti)
3. Ceci & Negri Parma, 32-22 (Chris Catanoso)
4. Caffe Danesi Nettuno, 30-24 (Ruggero Bagialemani)
5. Telemarket Rimini, 29-25 (Mike Romano)
6. Città Normanni Paternò, 24-30 (Alejandro Duret)
7. T&A San Marino, 23-31 (Doriano Bindi)
8. Fiume Modena, 23-31 (Mauro Paglioli)
9. Elettron Anzio, 13-41 (Carlo Morville)
10. Saim Rho, 6-48 (Rigoberto Blanco)

Semi Finals: Grosseto beat Nettuno, Bologna beat Parma

• 2004 Italian Series: Grosseto beat Bologna

Leaders

• AVG: Gabriele Ermini, Grosseto .401
• HR: Willie Cañate, Modena 9
• RBI: Fausto Solano, Bologna 56
• ERA: David Rollandini, Grosseto 1.16
• Wins: Jaime Navarro, Grosseto 15
• SO: Jaime Navarro and Jesus Matos, Bologna 150

Awards

• MVP: Jaime Navarro, Grosseto P
• Manager of the Year: Pedro Medina, Grosseto
• Enzo Masci Award: Mario Costantini, Nettuno
• Max Ott Award: Gabriele Ermini, Grosseto LF

All-Star Team

• P: Navarro
• Foreign P: Navarro
• Italian SP: Riccardo De Santis, Grosseto
• Italian RP: Fabio Milano, Bologna
• C: Nilson Antigua, Bologna
• 1B: Jairo Ramos, Grosseto
• 2B: Davide Dallospedale, Bologna
• SS: Rafael Ozuna, Grosseto
• 3B: Jhonny Carvajal, Grosseto
• LF: Ermini
• CF: Jim Buccheri, Rimini
• RF: Roberto De Franceschi, Grosseto
• UT: Robert Fontana, Bologna

Gold Gloves

• P: David Rollandini, Grosseto
• C: Antigua
• 1B: Daniel Agli, Paterno
• 2B: Paul Esposito, Grosseto
• SS: Orlando Muñoz, Modena
• 3B: David Sheldon, Bologna
• LF: Clint Balgera, Parma
• CF: Frank Candela, Nettuno
• RF: De Franceschi