2004 Colorado Rockies season

The Colorado Rockies' 2004 season was the 12th for the Rockies. They tried to win the National League West. Clint Hurdle was the manager. They played home games at Coors Field. They finished with a record of 68-94, 4th in the NL West.

2004 Colorado Rockies
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Jerry McMorris
General manager(s)Dan O'Dowd
Manager(s)Clint Hurdle
Local televisionKTVD
Fox Sports Rocky Mountain
(George Frazier, Drew Goodman)
Local radioKOA (AM)
(Jack Corrigan, Jeff Kingery)
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Offseason
  • December 2, 2003: Juan Uribe was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Chicago White Sox for Aaron Miles.[1]
  • December 11, 2003: Vinny Castilla was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[2]
  • December 14, 2003: Justin Speier was traded by the Colorado Rockies as part of a 3-team deal to the Toronto Blue Jays for a player to be named later from Toronto and Joe Kennedy from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Sandy Nin (minors) (December 15, 2003) to the Colorado Rockies to complete the trade.[3]
  • January 9, 2004: Jeromy Burnitz and Royce Clayton were signed as Free Agents by the Colorado Rockies.[4][5]
  • March 8, 2004: Shawn Estes was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[6]

Regular season

Season standings

National League West
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 9369 0.574 — 49–32 44–37
San Francisco Giants 9171 0.562 2 47–35 44–36
San Diego Padres 8775 0.537 6 42–39 45–36
Colorado Rockies 6894 0.420 25 38–43 30–51
Arizona Diamondbacks 51111 0.315 42 29–52 22–59

Record vs. opponents
2004 National League Records

Source:
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL MTL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Arizona—2–44–23–36–133–42–43–163–30–63–41–52–47–125–141–56–12
Atlanta4–2—3–32–44–214–53–34–34–215–412–710–94–23–34–32–48–10
Chicago2–43–3—9–85–13–310–92–410–73–34–23–313–54–22–48–118–4
Cincinnati3–34–28–9—3–34–26–114–210–84–23–33–39–102–43–35–145-7
Colorado 13–62–41–53–3—1–51–58–112–42–41–55–32–410–98–111–58–10
Florida4–35–143–32–45–1—3–33–34–211–815–412–71–54–22–52–47–11
Houston4–23–39–1011–65–13-3—1–513–62–42–46–012–52–42–410–87–5
Los Angeles 16–33–44–22–411–83–35–1—3–34–33–31–56–010–910–92–410–8
Milwaukee3–32–47–108–104–22–46–133–3—5–12–40–66–122–41–58–98–4
Montreal6–04–153–32–44–28-114–23–41–5—9–107–124–21–61–53–37–11
New York4–37–122–43–35–14–154–23–34–210–9—8–111–51–64–21–510–8
Philadelphia5-19–103–33–33–57–120–65–16–012–711–8—3–35–12–43–39–9
Pittsburgh4–22–45–1310–94–25–15–120–612–62–45–13–3—3–35–15–122–10
San Diego12–73–32–44–29–102–44–29–104–26–16–11–53–3—12–72–48–10
San Francisco14–53–44–23–311–85–24–29–105–15–12–44–21–57–12—3–311–7
St. Louis5–14–211–814–55–14-28–104–29–83–35–13–312–54–23–3—11–1

Summary

Having missed the first 68 games of the season due to a groin injury,[7] right fielder Larry Walker's first three home runs of the season (video) came on June 25, 2004, versus the Cleveland Indians. The last was off José Jiménez, which won the game for the Rockies in the 10th inning for a 10−8 margin. Walker totaled four hits and five runs batted in (RBI) on the day, and it was his third career three-home run game.[8]

Walker reached 2,000 career hits on June 30, 2004, becoming the 234th player in major league history to do so (video). Having already achieved 400 doubles, 300 home runs, 1,000 runs scored, and 1,000 RBI, he became the 40th player to reach all five totals. The milestone hit was a double off Ben Sheets in the fourth inning versus the Milwaukee Brewers. Through that point, Walker was the Rockies' career leader in 12 categories.[7]

Transactions
  • July 22, 2004: Jamey Wright was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[9]
  • August 6, 2004: Traded right fielder Larry Walker to the St. Louis Cardinals for players to be named later and Jason Burch (minors). The St. Louis Cardinals sent Luis Martinez and Chris Narveson (August 11, 2004) to the Colorado Rockies to complete the trade.[10]
  • September 27, 2004: Jhoulys Chacín was signed as an Amateur Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[11]

Major League debuts
  • Batters:
    • Luis González (Apr 6)
    • Matt Holliday (Apr 16)
    • Brad Hawpe (May 4)
    • Choo Freeman (Jun 4)
    • J.D. Closser (Jun 30)
    • Jorge Piedra (Aug 7)
  • Pitchers:
    • Scott Dohmann (May 15)
    • Allan Simpson (May 17)
    • Chris Gissell (Aug 22)
    • Jeff Francis (Aug 25) [12]

Roster
2004 Colorado Rockies
Roster
Pitchers
  • 71 Chin-hui Tsao
 Catchers
  • 30 J.D. Closser

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

  •  2 Sandy Alomar, Sr. (third base)

Game log
2004 Game Log

Player stats
= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

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 Charles Johnson 109 305 72 .236 13 47
1B Todd Helton 154 547 190 .347 32 96
2B Aaron Miles 134 522 153 .293 6 47
SS Royce Clayton 146 574 160 .279 8 54
3B Vinny Castilla 148 583 158 .271 35 131
LF Matt Holliday 121 400 116 .290 14 57
CF Preston Wilson 58 202 50 .248 6 29
RF Jeromy Burnitz 150 540 153 .283 37 110

Other batters

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
Luis González10232294.2921240
Todd Greene7519555.2821035
Mark Sweeney12217747.266940
Kit Pellow5912129.240210
J.D. Closser3611336.319110
Larry Walker3810835.324620
Brad Hawpe4210526.24839

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Shawn Estes34202.01585.84117
Jason Jennings33201.011125.51133
Joe Kennedy27162.1973.66117
Aaron Cook1796.2644.2840
Jamey Wright1478.2234.1241

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jeff Fassero40111.0385.5159
Scott Dohmann4146.0034.1149
Scott Elarton841.1069.8023
Allan Simpson3239.0215.0846
Jeff Francis736.2325.1532

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Shawn Chacón6619357.1152
Steve Reed653803.6838
Javier López641207.5220
Tim Harikkala556604.7430
Brian Fuentes472405.6448

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Colorado Springs Sky Sox Pacific Coast League Marv Foley
AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Tom Runnells
A Visalia Oaks California League Stu Cole
A Asheville Tourists South Atlantic League Joe Mikulik
A-Short Season Tri-City Dust Devils Northwest League Ron Gideon
Rookie Casper Rockies Pioneer League P. J. Carey

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References
  1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/milesaa01.shtml
  2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/castivi02.shtml
  3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kennejo04.shtml
  4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/burnije01.shtml
  5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/claytro01.shtml
  6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/estessh01.shtml
  7. "Walker reaches 2,000 hits". The Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. July 1, 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  8. "Colorado vs. Cleveland". USA Today. June 26, 2004. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
  9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wrighja01.shtml
  10. Larry Walker Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  11. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/chacijh01.shtml
  12. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/yearly/debut.php?y=2004&l=NL
  13. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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