2004 Oakland Athletics season

The Oakland Athletics' 2004 season involved the A's finishing second in the American League West with a record of 91 wins and 71 losses.

2004 Oakland Athletics
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkMcAfee Coliseum
CityOakland, California
Record91–71 (.562)
Divisional place2nd
OwnersStephen Schott & Kenneth Hofmann
General managersBilly Beane
ManagersKen Macha
TelevisionKICU-TV
FSN Bay Area
(Ray Fosse, Hank Greenwald, Glen Kuiper)
RadioKFRC
(Bill King, Ken Korach, Ray Fosse)
← 2003 Seasons 2005 →

Offseason

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  • October 9, 2003: Marco Scutaro was selected off waivers by the Oakland Athletics from the New York Mets.[1]
  • November 18, 2003: Ted Lilly was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Toronto Blue Jays for Bobby Kielty.[2]
  • November 26, 2003: Mark Kotsay was traded by the San Diego Padres to the Oakland Athletics for Terrence Long and Ramón Hernández.[3]
  • December 3, 2003: Wayne Gomes was signed as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics.[4]
  • February 6, 2004: Eric Karros was signed as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics.[5]
  • March 15, 2004: Mike Oquist was signed as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics.[6]

Regular season

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Reggie Jackson's number 9 was retired by the Oakland Athletics in 2004.

Season standings

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AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Anaheim Angels 92 70 .568 45‍–‍36 47‍–‍34
Oakland Athletics 91 71 .562 1 52‍–‍29 39‍–‍42
Texas Rangers 89 73 .549 3 51‍–‍30 38‍–‍43
Seattle Mariners 63 99 .389 29 38‍–‍44 25‍–‍55


Record vs. opponents

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim 6–3 4–5 5–4 4–5 7–2 7–0 5–4 5–4 10–9 13–7 6–1 9–10 4–5 7–11
Baltimore 3–6 10–9 2–4 3–3 6–0 6–3 4–5 5–14 0–7 7–2 11–8 5–2 11–8 5–13
Boston 5–4 9–10 4–2 3–4 6–1 4–2 2–4 11–8 8–1 5–4 14–5 4–5 14–5 9–9
Chicago 4–5 4–2 2–4 10–9 8–11 13–6 9–10 3–4 2–7 7–2 4–2 6–3 3–4 8–10
Cleveland 5–4 3–3 4–3 9–10 9–10 11–8 7–12 2–4 6–3 5–4 3–3 1–8 5–2 10–8
Detroit 2–7 0–6 1–6 11–8 10–9 8–11 7–12 4–3 4–5 5–4 3–3 4–5 4–2 9–9
Kansas City 0–7 3–6 2–4 6–13 8–11 11–8 7–12 1–5 2–7 2–5 3–6 4–5 3–3 6–12
Minnesota 4–5 5–4 4–2 10–9 12–7 12–7 12–7 2–4 2–5 5–4 4–5 5–2 4–2 11–7
New York 4–5 14–5 8–11 4–3 4–2 3–4 5–1 4–2 7–2 6–3 15–4 5–4 12–7 10–8
Oakland 9–10 7–0 1–8 7–2 3–6 5–4 7–2 5–2 2–7 11–8 7–2 11–9 6–3 10–8
Seattle 7–13 2–7 4–5 2–7 4–5 4–5 5–2 4–5 3–6 8–11 2–5 7–12 2–7 9–9
Tampa Bay 1–6 8–11 5–14 2–4 3–3 3–3 6–3 5–4 4–15 2–7 5–2 2–7 9–9 15–3
Texas 10–9 2–5 5–4 3–6 8–1 5–4 5–4 2–5 4–5 9–11 12–7 7–2 7–2 10–8
Toronto 5–4 8–11 5–14 4–3 2–5 2–4 3–3 2–4 7–12 3–6 7–2 9–9 2–7 8–10


Transactions

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  • April 17, 2004: Kirk Saarloos was traded by the Houston Astros to the Oakland Athletics for Chad Harville.[7]
  • August 3, 2004: Eric Karros was released by the Oakland Athletics.[5]

Roster

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2004 Oakland Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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
C Damian Miller 110 397 108 .272 9 58
1B Scott Hatteberg 152 550 156 .284 15 82
2B Marco Scutaro 137 455 124 .273 7 43
SS Bobby Crosby 151 545 130 .239 22 64
3B Eric Chavez 125 475 131 .276 29 77
LF Eric Byrnes 143 569 161 .283 20 73
CF Mark Kotsay 148 606 190 .314 15 63
RF Jermaine Dye 137 532 141 .265 23 80
DH Erubiel Durazo 142 511 164 .321 22 88

Other batters

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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
Mark McLemore 77 250 62 .248 2 21
Bobby Kielty 83 238 51 .214 7 31
Adam Melhuse 69 214 55 .257 11 31
Eric Karros 40 103 20 .194 2 11
Billy McMillon 52 92 17 .185 3 11
Nick Swisher 20 60 15 .250 2 8
Esteban Germán 31 60 15 .250 0 7
Frank Menechino 13 33 3 .091 0 1
Ramón Castro 9 15 2 .133 0 3
Mike Rose 2 2 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mark Mulder 33 225.2 17 8 4.43 140
Barry Zito 34 213.0 11 11 4.48 163
Mark Redman 32 191.0 11 12 4.71 102
Rich Harden 31 189.2 11 7 3.99 167
Tim Hudson 27 188.2 12 6 3.53 103

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Kirk Saarloos 6 24.1 2 1 4.44 10
Relief pitchers
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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned runs average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Justin Duchscherer 53 96.1 7 6 0 3.27 59
Chad Bradford 68 59.0 5 7 1 4.42 34
Chris Hammond 41 53.2 4 1 1 2.68 34
Octavio Dotel 45 50.2 6 2 22 4.09 72
Jim Mecir 65 47.2 0 5 2 3.59 49
Ricardo Rincón 67 44.0 1 1 0 3.68 40
Arthur Rhodes 37 38.2 3 3 9 5.12 34
Justin Lehr 27 32.2 1 1 0 5.23 16
Joe Blanton 3 8.0 0 0 0 5.63 6
Santiago Casilla 4 5.2 0 0 0 12.71 5
Chad Harville 3 2.2 0 0 0 3.38 0

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Sacramento River Cats Pacific Coast League Tony DeFrancesco
AA Midland RockHounds Texas League Webster Garrison
A Modesto A's California League Von Hayes
A Kane County Cougars Midwest League Dave Joppie
A-Short Season Vancouver Canadians Northwest League Dennis Rogers
Rookie AZL Athletics Arizona League Ruben Escalera

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Sacramento, Modesto

References

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  1. ^ "Marco Scutaro Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on February 10, 2009. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
  2. ^ "Ted Lilly Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on January 31, 2009. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
  3. ^ "Mark Kotsay Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on February 28, 2009. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
  4. ^ "Wayne Gomes Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on February 2, 2009. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Eric Karros Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on March 1, 2009. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
  6. ^ "Mike Oquist Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on February 10, 2009. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
  7. ^ "Kirk Saarloos Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on February 10, 2009. Retrieved April 24, 2018.