2004 Anaheim Angels season

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2004  Anaheim Angels
American League West champions
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Insignia.svg
League American League
Division West
Ballpark Angel Stadium of Anaheim
City Anaheim, California
Record92–70 (.568)
Divisional place1st
Owners Arte Moreno
General managers Bill Stoneman
Managers Mike Scioscia
Television Fox Sports Net West
KCAL-9
KDOC
KPXN (PAX TV)
•Rex Hudler, Steve Physioc
KWHY-TV (Spanish)
•José Mota, Adrián García
Radio KSPN (AM 710)
•Terry Smith, Rory Markas
KTNQ (AM 1020—Spanish)
•José Mota, Ivan Lara
Stats ESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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The 2004 Anaheim Angels season was the 44th season of the Los Angeles Angels franchise in the American League, the 39th in Anaheim, and their 39th season playing their home games at Angel Stadium of Anaheim. The Angels won their fourth American League West title, their first since 1986. Their playoff run was short, as they were quickly swept by the eventual World Series champion Boston Red Sox in the American League Division Series.

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The season was notable for being the last season the Angels played under the "Anaheim Angels" moniker; owner Arte Moreno changed the team name to the controversial "Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" moniker the following season. It was also notable as the season in which newly signed outfielder Vladimir Guerrero won the AL Most Valuable Player award, the first time an Angels player had been so honored since Don Baylor in 1979.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Anaheim Angels 9270.568—45‍–‍3647‍–‍34
Oakland Athletics 9171.562152‍–‍2939‍–‍42
Texas Rangers 8973.549351‍–‍3038‍–‍43
Seattle Mariners 6399.3892938‍–‍4425‍–‍55

Record vs. opponents

2004 American League record
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2004
TeamANABALBOSCWSCLEDETKCMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL
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

Notable transactions

Draft picks

  • June 7, 2004: Pat White was drafted in the 4th round, 113th overall in the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft. White opted to play quarterback at the University of West Virginia. [5]
  • June 7, 2004: Freddy Sandoval was drafted by the Anaheim Angels in the 8th round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 29, 2004. [6]

Roster

2004 Anaheim Angels
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

PosPlayerGABRHHRRBIAvg.SB
C Bengie Molina 9733736931054.2760
1B Darin Erstad 12549579146769.29516
2B Adam Kennedy 144468701301048.27815
SS David Eckstein 14256692156235.27616
3B Chone Figgins 14857783171560.29634
LF José Guillén 1485658816627104.2945
CF Garret Anderson 112442571331475.3012
RF Vladimir Guerrero 15661212420639126.33715
DH Troy Glaus 5820747521842.2512

[7]

Other batters

Note: G = Games; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Jeff DaVanon 10828579.277734
José Molina 7320353.261325
Tim Salmon 6018647.253223
Robb Quinlan 5616055.344523
Casey Kotchman 3811626.224015
Shane Halter 4611423.202413
Alfredo Amézaga 739315.161211
Josh Paul 467017.243210
Dallas McPherson 16409.22536
Curtis Pride 354010.25003
Adam Riggs 16367.19403
Raúl Mondesí 8344.11811
Andrés Galarraga 7103.30012

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Bartolo Colón 34208.118125.01158
Kelvim Escobar 33208.111123.93191
John Lackey 33198.114134.67144
Jarrod Washburn 25149.11184.6486
Aaron Sele 28132.0945.0551

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Ramón Ortiz 34128.0574.4382
Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Troy Percival 5223332.9033
Francisco Rodríguez 6941121.82123
Scot Shields 608243.33109
Kevin Gregg 555214.2184
Brendan Donnelly 405203.0056
Ben Weber 180208.0611
Matt Hensley 160204.8830
Derrick Turnbow 40000.003
Scott Dunn 30009.002
Dusty Bergman 100013.501

ALDS

Boston wins the series, 3-0

GameScoreDate
1Boston 9, Anaheim 3October 5
2Boston 8, Anaheim 3October 6
3Boston 8, Anaheim 6 (10 innings)October 8

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Salt Lake Stingers Pacific Coast League Mike Brumley
AA Arkansas Travelers Texas League Tyrone Boykin
A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes California League Bobby Meacham
A Cedar Rapids Kernels Midwest League Bobby Magallanes
Rookie AZL Angels Arizona League Brian Harper
Rookie Provo Angels Pioneer League Tom Kotchman

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Provo [8] [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Adam Riggs Stats".
  2. ↑ "Kelvim Escobar Stats".
  3. ↑ Vladimir Guerrero Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  4. 1 2 Raul Mondesi Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ↑ "2004 Anaheim Angels Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft".
  6. ↑ "Freddy Sandoval Stats".
  7. ↑ "2004 Anaheim Angels Statistics".
  8. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  9. ↑ Baseball America 2005 Annual Directory
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