The 2004 Cincinnati Reds season was the 135th season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their second season at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. They improved on their 69–93 record from 2003.
2004 Cincinnati Reds | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | Central | |
Ballpark | Great American Ball Park | |
City | Cincinnati | |
Record | 76–86 (.469) | |
Divisional place | 4th | |
Owners | Carl Lindner | |
General managers | Dan O'Brien Jr. | |
Managers | Dave Miley | |
Television | FSN Ohio (George Grande, Chris Welsh) | |
Radio | WLW (Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall, Steve Stewart) | |
Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |
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Offseason edit
Regular season edit
Season summary edit
The Reds finished with a final record of 76–86. That earned them fourth place in their division. They finished 29 games behind the division winner and eventual National League champion, the St. Louis Cardinals. The Reds also finished 16 games behind the second place team and National League wild card winner, the Houston Astros. The Reds finished 13 games behind the third place team, the Chicago Cubs. They finished 3½ games ahead of the fifth place team, the Pittsburgh Pirates, and 8½ games ahead of the sixth place team, the Milwaukee Brewers.
Season standings edit
National League Central edit
NL Central | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Cardinals | 105 | 57 | 0.648 | — | 53–28 | 52–29 |
Houston Astros | 92 | 70 | 0.568 | 13 | 48–33 | 44–37 |
Chicago Cubs | 89 | 73 | 0.549 | 16 | 45–37 | 44–36 |
Cincinnati Reds | 76 | 86 | 0.469 | 29 | 40–41 | 36–45 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 72 | 89 | 0.447 | 32½ | 39–41 | 33–48 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 67 | 94 | 0.416 | 37½ | 36–45 | 31–49 |
Record vs. opponents edit
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Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LA | MIL | MTL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | AL |
Arizona | — | 2–4 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 6–13 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 3–16 | 3–3 | 0–6 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 7–12 | 5–14 | 1–5 | 6–12 |
Atlanta | 4–2 | — | 3–3 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 14–5 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 15–4 | 12–7 | 10–9 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 8–10 |
Chicago | 2–4 | 3–3 | — | 9–8 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 10–9 | 2–4 | 10–7 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 13–5 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 8–11 | 8–4 |
Cincinnati | 3–3 | 4–2 | 8–9 | — | 3–3 | 4–2 | 6–11 | 4–2 | 10–8 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 9–10 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 5–14 | 5-7 |
Colorado | 13–6 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 3–3 | — | 1–5 | 1–5 | 8–11 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 5–3 | 2–4 | 10–9 | 8–11 | 1–5 | 8–10 |
Florida | 4–3 | 5–14 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 5–1 | — | 3–3 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 11–8 | 15–4 | 12–7 | 1–5 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 7–11 |
Houston | 4–2 | 3–3 | 9–10 | 11–6 | 5–1 | 3-3 | — | 1–5 | 13–6 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 6–0 | 12–5 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 10–8 | 7–5 |
Los Angeles | 16–3 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 11–8 | 3–3 | 5–1 | — | 3–3 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 6–0 | 10–9 | 10–9 | 2–4 | 10–8 |
Milwaukee | 3–3 | 2–4 | 7–10 | 8–10 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 6–13 | 3–3 | — | 5–1 | 2–4 | 0–6 | 6–12 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 8–9 | 8–4 |
Montreal | 6–0 | 4–15 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 8-11 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 1–5 | — | 9–10 | 7–12 | 4–2 | 1–6 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 7–11 |
New York | 4–3 | 7–12 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 4–15 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 10–9 | — | 8–11 | 1–5 | 1–6 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 10–8 |
Philadelphia | 5-1 | 9–10 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 3–5 | 7–12 | 0–6 | 5–1 | 6–0 | 12–7 | 11–8 | — | 3–3 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 9–9 |
Pittsburgh | 4–2 | 2–4 | 5–13 | 10–9 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 5–12 | 0–6 | 12–6 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 3–3 | — | 3–3 | 5–1 | 5–12 | 2–10 |
San Diego | 12–7 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 9–10 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 9–10 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 6–1 | 1–5 | 3–3 | — | 12–7 | 2–4 | 8–10 |
San Francisco | 14–5 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 11–8 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 9–10 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 7–12 | — | 3–3 | 11–7 |
St. Louis | 5–1 | 4–2 | 11–8 | 14–5 | 5–1 | 4-2 | 8–10 | 4–2 | 9–8 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 12–5 | 4–2 | 3–3 | — | 11–1 |
Notable transactions edit
- April 6, 2004: Kenny Kelly was signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds.[2]
Roster edit
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Player stats edit
Batting edit
Starters by position edit
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Jason LaRue | 114 | 390 | 98 | .251 | 14 | 55 |
1B | Sean Casey | 146 | 571 | 185 | .324 | 24 | 99 |
2B | D'Angelo Jiménez | 152 | 563 | 152 | .270 | 12 | 67 |
SS | Barry Larkin | 111 | 346 | 100 | .289 | 8 | 44 |
3B | Ryan Freel | 143 | 505 | 140 | .277 | 3 | 28 |
LF | Adam Dunn | 161 | 568 | 151 | .266 | 46 | 102 |
CF | Ken Griffey Jr. | 83 | 300 | 76 | .253 | 20 | 60 |
RF | Austin Kearns | 64 | 217 | 50 | .230 | 9 | 32 |
Other batters edit
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Wily Mo Peña | 110 | 336 | 87 | .259 | 26 | 66 |
Juan Castro | 111 | 299 | 73 | .244 | 5 | 26 |
Felipe López | 79 | 264 | 64 | .242 | 7 | 31 |
Javier Valentín | 82 | 202 | 47 | .233 | 6 | 20 |
Jacob Cruz | 96 | 147 | 33 | .224 | 3 | 28 |
Brandon Larson | 40 | 118 | 25 | .212 | 3 | 14 |
Tim Hummel | 56 | 110 | 24 | .218 | 1 | 7 |
Darren Bragg | 38 | 94 | 18 | .191 | 4 | 9 |
Anderson Machado | 17 | 56 | 15 | .268 | 0 | 4 |
John Vander Wal | 42 | 51 | 6 | .118 | 2 | 4 |
Corky Miller | 13 | 39 | 1 | .026 | 0 | 3 |
Jermaine Clark | 14 | 30 | 4 | .133 | 0 | 2 |
Jason Romano | 22 | 26 | 4 | .154 | 1 | 3 |
Ray Olmedo | 8 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching edit
Starting pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Paul Wilson | 29 | 183.2 | 11 | 6 | 4.36 | 117 |
Aaron Harang | 28 | 161.0 | 10 | 9 | 4.86 | 125 |
Cory Lidle | 24 | 149.0 | 7 | 10 | 5.32 | 93 |
Brandon Claussen | 14 | 66.0 | 2 | 8 | 6.14 | 45 |
Josh Hancock | 12 | 54.2 | 5 | 1 | 4.45 | 31 |
Luke Hudson | 9 | 48.1 | 4 | 2 | 2.42 | 38 |
Jung Bong | 3 | 15.1 | 1 | 1 | 4.70 | 11 |
Jesús Sánchez | 3 | 14.1 | 0 | 2 | 7.53 | 8 |
Other pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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José Acevedo | 39 | 157.2 | 5 | 12 | 5.94 | 117 |
Todd Van Poppel | 48 | 115.1 | 4 | 6 | 6.09 | 72 |
Jimmy Haynes | 5 | 15.0 | 0 | 3 | 9.60 | 8 |
Relief pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Danny Graves | 68 | 1 | 6 | 41 | 3.95 | 40 |
John Riedling | 70 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5.10 | 46 |
Phil Norton | 69 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5.07 | 48 |
Todd Jones | 51 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3.79 | 37 |
Ryan Wagner | 49 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4.70 | 37 |
Gabe White | 40 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6.23 | 33 |
Mike Matthews | 35 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6.30 | 15 |
Joe Valentine | 24 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5.22 | 29 |
Brian Reith | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7.27 | 24 |
Juan Padilla | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.67 | 12 |
Aaron Myette | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.31 | 6 |
Farm system edit
References edit
- Season standings: National League Central Standings on ESPN.com
- Batting Statistics: Cincinnati Reds Batting Stats on ESPN.com
- Pitching Statistics: Cincinnati Reds Pitching Stats on ESPN.com
- 2004 Cincinnati Reds statistics at Baseball Reference.com
- ^ a b c John Vander Wal Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ Kenny Kelly Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007