2004 Major League Baseball season

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2004 MLB season
League Major League Baseball
Sport Baseball
DurationMarch 30 – October 27, 2004
Number of games162
Number of teams30
TV partner(s) Fox, ESPN
Draft
Top draft pick Matt Bush
Picked by San Diego Padres
Regular Season
Season MVP AL: Vladimir Guerrero (ANA)
NL: Barry Bonds (SF)
Postseason
AL champions Boston Red Sox
  AL runners-up New York Yankees
NL champions St. Louis Cardinals
  NL runners-up Houston Astros
World Series
Champions Boston Red Sox
  Runners-up St. Louis Cardinals
World Series MVP Manny Ramirez (BOS)
MLB seasons

The 2004 Major League Baseball season ended when the Boston Red Sox defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in a four-game World Series sweep. The Red Sox championship ended an 86-year-long drought known as the Curse of the Bambino. The Red Sox were also the first team in MLB history and the third team from a major North American professional sports league ever to come back from a 3–0 postseason series deficit and win. This happened in the ALCS against the New York Yankees.

Contents

The Montreal Expos would play their last season in Montreal, before relocating to Washington DC, becoming the Washington Nationals in 2005.

Statistical leaders

Statistic American League National League
AVG Ichiro Suzuki SEA.372 Barry Bonds SF.362
HR Manny Ramírez BOS43 Adrián Beltré LA48
RBI Miguel Tejada BAL150 Vinny Castilla COL131
Wins Curt Schilling BOS21 Roy Oswalt HOU20
ERA Johan Santana MIN2.61 Jake Peavy SD2.27
SO Johan Santana MIN265 Randy Johnson AZ290
SV Mariano Rivera NYY53 Armando Benítez FLA
Jason Isringhausen STL		47
SB Carl Crawford TB59 Scott Podsednik MIL70

Standings

Postseason

2004 was the last postseason until 2020 where both LCS went to 7 games.

Bracket

Division Series
(ALDS, NLDS) 		League Championship Series
(NLCS, ALCS) 		World Series
         
1 NY Yankees 3
3 Minnesota 1
1 NY Yankees 3
American League
4 Boston4
2 Anaheim 0
4 Boston 3
AL4 Boston4
NL1 St. Louis 0
1 St. Louis 3
3 Los Angeles 1
1 St. Louis4
National League
4 Houston 3
2 Atlanta 2
4 Houston 3

Note: Two teams in the same division could not meet in the division series.

Managers

American League

TeamManagerComments
Anaheim Angels Mike Scioscia
Baltimore Orioles Lee Mazzilli
Boston Red Sox Terry Francona Won the World Series
Chicago White Sox Ozzie Guillén
Cleveland Indians Eric Wedge
Detroit Tigers Alan Trammell
Kansas City Royals Tony Peña
Minnesota Twins Ron Gardenhire
New York Yankees Joe Torre
Oakland Athletics Ken Macha
Seattle Mariners Bob Melvin
Tampa Bay Devil Rays Lou Piniella
Texas Rangers Buck Showalter
Toronto Blue Jays John Gibbons

National League

TeamManagerComments
Arizona Diamondbacks Bob Brenly Replaced during the season by Al Pedrique
Atlanta Braves Bobby Cox
Chicago Cubs Dusty Baker
Cincinnati Reds Dave Miley
Colorado Rockies Clint Hurdle
Florida Marlins Jack McKeon
Houston Astros± Jimy Williams Replaced during the season by Phil Garner
Los Angeles Dodgers Jim Tracy
Milwaukee Brewers Ned Yost
Montreal Expos Frank Robinson
New York Mets Art Howe
Philadelphia Phillies Larry Bowa
Pittsburgh Pirates Lloyd McClendon
St. Louis Cardinals Tony La Russa Won the National League pennant
San Diego Padres Bruce Bochy
San Francisco Giants Felipe Alou

±hosted the MLB All Star Game

Milestones

The following players reached major milestones in 2004:

Perfect game

Randy Johnson pitched the 17th perfect game in MLB history on May 18, 2004.

4000 strikeouts

Randy Johnson struck out Jeff Cirillo on June 29, 2004, for his 4000th strikeout.

500 Home Run Club

Ken Griffey Jr. – June 20

300 Wins Club

Greg Maddux – August 7, 2004

Single-Season hits record broken

Ichiro Suzuki – 262 hits (broke George Sisler's 84-year-old record of 257)

Walk-off home runs

There were a total of 80 walk-off home runs, which was then the MLB single-season record until 2018. [1]

Awards

Baseball Writers' Association of America Awards
BBWAA AwardNational LeagueAmerican League
Rookie of the Year Jason Bay (PIT) Bobby Crosby (OAK)
Cy Young Award Roger Clemens (HOU) Johan Santana (MIN)
Manager of the Year Bobby Cox (ATL) Buck Showalter (TEX)
Most Valuable Player Barry Bonds (SF) Vladimir Guerrero (ANA)
Gold Glove Awards
PositionNational LeagueAmerican League
Pitcher Greg Maddux (CHC) Kenny Rogers (TEX)
Catcher Mike Matheny (STL) Iván Rodríguez (DET)
1st Base Todd Helton (COL) Darin Erstad (ANA)
2nd Base Luis Castillo (FLA) Bret Boone (SEA)
3rd Base Scott Rolen (STL) Eric Chavez (OAK)
Shortstop Cesar Izturis (LA) Derek Jeter (NYY)
Outfield Andruw Jones (ATL)
Jim Edmonds (STL)
Steve Finley (AZ/LA)		 Torii Hunter (MIN)
Ichiro Suzuki (SEA)
Vernon Wells (TOR)
Silver Slugger Awards
PositionNational LeagueAmerican League
Pitcher/Designated Hitter Liván Hernández (MTL) David Ortiz (BOS)
Catcher Johnny Estrada (ATL) Víctor Martínez (CLE)
Iván Rodríguez (DET)
1st Base Albert Pujols (STL) Mark Teixeira (TEX)
2nd Base Mark Loretta (SD) Alfonso Soriano (TEX)
3rd Base Adrián Beltré (LA) Melvin Mora (BAL)
Shortstop Jack Wilson (PIT) Miguel Tejada (BAL)
Outfield Bobby Abreu (PHI)
Barry Bonds (SF)
Jim Edmonds (STL)		 Vladimir Guerrero (ANA)
Manny Ramirez (BOS)
Gary Sheffield (NYY)

Other awards

Player of the Month

MonthAmerican LeagueNational League
April Carlos Beltrán Barry Bonds
May Melvin Mora Lance Berkman
June Iván Rodríguez Jim Thome
July Mark Teixeira Jim Edmonds
August Ichiro Suzuki Barry Bonds
September Vladimir Guerrero Adrián Beltré

Pitcher of the Month

MonthAmerican LeagueNational League
April Kevin Brown Roger Clemens
May Mark Buehrle Jason Schmidt
June Mark Mulder Carl Pavano
July Johan Santana Russ Ortiz
August Johan Santana Jake Peavy
September Johan Santana Carlos Zambrano

Rookie of the Month

MonthAmerican LeagueNational League
April Gerald Laird Khalil Greene
May Kevin Youkilis Terrmel Sledge
June Bobby Crosby Jason Bay
July Robb Quinlan Jason Bay
August Frank Francisco Khalil Greene
September Ross Gload Jason Bay

Home field attendance and payroll

Team nameWins%±Home attendance%±Per gameEst. payroll%±
New York Yankees [2] 1010.0%3,775,2928.9%46,609$184,193,95020.6%
Los Angeles Dodgers [3] 939.4%3,488,28311.1%43,065$92,902,001-12.3%
Anaheim Angels [4] 9219.5%3,375,67710.3%41,675$100,534,66727.2%
San Francisco Giants [5] 91-9.0%3,256,854-0.2%39,718$82,019,166-1.0%
Philadelphia Phillies [6] 860.0%3,250,09243.8%40,125$93,219,16731.7%
Chicago Cubs [7] 891.1%3,170,1547.0%38,660$90,560,00013.4%
Houston Astros [8] 925.7%3,087,87225.8%38,122$75,397,0006.1%
St. Louis Cardinals [9] 10523.5%3,048,4274.7%37,635$84,340,3330.7%
San Diego Padres [10] 8735.9%3,016,75248.6%37,244$55,384,83322.5%
Seattle Mariners [11] 63-32.3%2,940,731-10.0%35,863$81,515,834-6.3%
Boston Red Sox [12] 983.2%2,837,2944.2%35,028$127,298,50027.4%
Baltimore Orioles [13] 789.9%2,744,01811.8%33,877$51,623,333-30.1%
Arizona Diamondbacks [14] 51-39.3%2,519,560-10.2%31,106$69,780,750-13.5%
Texas Rangers [15] 8925.4%2,513,68520.0%31,033$55,050,417-46.8%
Colorado Rockies [16] 68-8.1%2,338,0690.2%28,865$65,445,167-2.6%
Atlanta Braves [17] 96-5.0%2,327,565-3.1%28,735$90,182,500-15.1%
New York Mets [18] 717.6%2,318,9518.3%28,629$102,035,970-12.9%
Cincinnati Reds [19] 7610.1%2,287,250-2.9%28,238$46,915,250-21.0%
Oakland Athletics [20] 91-5.2%2,201,516-0.7%27,179$59,425,66718.2%
Milwaukee Brewers [21] 67-1.5%2,062,38221.3%25,462$27,528,500-32.2%
Chicago White Sox [22] 83-3.5%1,930,537-0.5%23,834$65,212,50027.8%
Detroit Tigers [23] 7267.4%1,917,00440.1%23,667$46,832,000-4.8%
Minnesota Twins [24] 922.2%1,911,490-1.8%23,599$53,890,000-2.9%
Toronto Blue Jays [25] 67-22.1%1,900,0415.6%23,457$50,017,000-2.4%
Cleveland Indians [26] 8017.6%1,814,4014.9%22,400$34,319,300-29.4%
Florida Marlins [27] 83-8.8%1,723,10532.2%21,539$42,143,042-14.8%
Kansas City Royals [28] 58-30.1%1,661,478-6.7%20,768$47,609,00017.5%
Pittsburgh Pirates [29] 72-4.0%1,580,031-3.5%19,750$32,227,929-41.2%
Tampa Bay Devil Rays [30] 7011.1%1,274,91120.4%15,936$29,856,66752.1%
Montreal Expos [31] 67-19.3%749,550-26.9%9,369$41,197,500-20.7%

Television coverage

This was the fourth season that national TV coverage was split between ESPN and Fox Sports. ESPN and ESPN2 aired selected weeknight and Sunday night games, and selected Division Series playoff games. Fox televised Saturday baseball, the All-Star Game, selected Division Series games, both League Championship Series, and the World Series.

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