2004 Oakland Athletics season

The Oakland Athletics' 2004 season involved the A's finishing 2nd in the American League West with a record of 91 wins and 71 losses.

2004 Oakland Athletics
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record91–71 (.562)
Divisional place2nd
Other information
Owner(s)Stephen Schott & Kenneth Hofmann
General manager(s)Billy Beane
Manager(s)Ken Macha
Local televisionKICU-TV
FSN Bay Area
(Ray Fosse, Hank Greenwald, Glen Kuiper)
Local radioKFRC
(Bill King, Ken Korach, Ray Fosse)
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Offseason
  • 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
Reggie Jackson's number 9 was retired by the Oakland Athletics in 2004.

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Anaheim Angels 9270 0.568 — 45–36 47–34
Oakland Athletics 9171 0.562 1 52–29 39–42
Texas Rangers 8973 0.549 3 51–30 38–43
Seattle Mariners 6399 0.389 29 38–44 25–55

Record vs. opponents
2004 American League Records

Sources:
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim —6–34–55–44–57–27–05–45–410–913–76–19–104–57–11
Baltimore 3–6—10–92–43–36–06–34–55–140–77–211–85–211–85–13
Boston 5–49–10—4–23–46–14–22–411–88–15–414–54–514–59–9
Chicago 4–54–22–4—10–98–1113–69–103–42–77–24–26–33–48–10
Cleveland 5–43–34–39–10—9–1011–87–122–46–35–43–31–85–210–8
Detroit 2–70–61–611–810–9—8–117–124–34–55–43–34–54–29–9
Kansas City 0–73–62–46–138–1111–8—7–121–52–72–53–64–53–36–12
Minnesota 4–55–44–210–912–712–712–7—2–42–55–44–55–24–211–7
New York 4–514–58–114–34–23–45–14–2—7–26–315–45–412–710–8
Oakland 9–107–01–87–23–65–47–25–22–7—11–87–211–96–310–8
Seattle 7–132–74–52–74–54–55–24–53–68–11—2–57–122–79–9
Tampa Bay 1–68–115–142–43–33–36–35–44–152–75–2—2–79–915–3
Texas 10–92–55–43–68–15–45–42–54–59–1112–77–2—7–210–8
Toronto 5–48–115–144–32–52–43–32–47–123–67–29–92–7—8–10

Transactions
  • 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
2004 Oakland Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

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
CDamian Miller110397108.272958
1BScott Hatteberg152550156.2841582
2BMarco Scutaro137455124.273743
SSBobby Crosby151545130.2392264
3BEric Chavez125475131.2762977
LFEric Byrnes143569161.2832073
CFMark Kotsay148606190.3141563
RFJermaine Dye137532141.2652380
DHErubiel Durazo142511164.3212288

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Mark McLemore7725062.248221
Bobby Kielty8323851.214731
Adam Melhuse6921455.2571131
Eric Karros4010320.194211
Billy McMillon529217.185311
Nick Swisher206015.25028
Esteban Germán316015.25007
Frank Menechino13333.09101
Ramón Castro9152.13303
Mike Rose220.00000

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mark Mulder33225.21784.43140
Barry Zito34213.011114.48163
Rich Harden31189.21173.99167
Tim Hudson27188.21263.53103
Mark Redman32191.011124.71102

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Kirk Saarloos624.1214.4410
Relief pitchers
Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Justin Duchscherer5396.17603.2759
Chad Bradford6859.05714.4234
Chris Hammond4153.24112.6834
Octavio Dotel4550.262224.0972
Jim Mecir6547.20523.5949
Ricardo Rincón6744.01103.6840
Arthur Rhodes3738.23395.1234
Justin Lehr2732.21105.2316
Joe Blanton38.00005.636
Santiago Casilla45.200012.715
Chad Harville32.20003.380

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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
  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. "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.


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