2004 Atlanta Braves season

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2004  Atlanta Braves
National League East Champions
League National League
Division East
Ballpark Turner Field
City Atlanta
Record96–66 (.593)
Divisional place1st
Owners Time Warner
General managers John Schuerholz
Managers Bobby Cox
Television TBS Superstation
Turner South
(Don Sutton, Joe Simpson, Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray)
FSN South
(Tom Paciorek, Bob Rathbun)
Radio WSB (AM)
(Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson)
WWWE
(Luis Octavio Dozal, Jose Manuel Flores)
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The 2004 Atlanta Braves season marked the franchise's 39th season in Atlanta and 134th overall. The Braves won their tenth consecutive division title, finishing 10 games ahead of the second-place Philadelphia Phillies.

Contents

On September 29, 2004, Bobby Cox won his 2,000th game as a manager. He became the ninth manager to achieve the feat, doing so with a 6–3 win over the New York Mets at Turner Field in the final home game of the year [1] He was named Manager of the Year after the season ended.

J. D. Drew replaced Gary Sheffield (lost to the Yankees in free agency) in the outfield, free agent John Thomson joined the rotation, and rookies Adam LaRoche and Charles Thomas saw significant playing time on a younger 2004 Braves team.

The Braves would face the Houston Astros in the NLDS (the fourth time that these two teams met in seven years, all of which were won by Atlanta), but the Braves lost three games to two.

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters

PositionName
Starting Pitcher Russ Ortiz
Catcher Johnny Estrada
First Baseman Julio Franco
Second Baseman Marcus Giles
Third Baseman Mark DeRosa
Shortstop Rafael Furcal
Left Fielder Chipper Jones
Center Fielder Andruw Jones
Right Fielder J. D. Drew

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Season standings

National League East

NL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 9666.593—49‍–‍3247‍–‍34
Philadelphia Phillies 8676.5311042‍–‍3944‍–‍37
Florida Marlins 8379.5121342‍–‍3841‍–‍41
New York Mets 7191.4382538‍–‍4333‍–‍48
Montreal Expos 6795.4142935‍–‍4532‍–‍50

Record vs. opponents

2004 National League record

Source:
TeamAZATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULAMILMTLNYMPHIPITSDSFSTLAL
Arizona —2–44–23–36–133–42–43–163–30–63–41–52–47–125–141–56–12
Atlanta 4–2—3–32–44–214–53–34–34–215–412–710–94–23–34–32–48–10
Chicago 2–43–3—9–85–13–310–92–410–73–34–23–313–54–22–48–118–4
Cincinnati 3–34–28–9—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
Florida 4–35–143–32–45–1—3–33–34–211–815–412–71–54–22–52–47–11
Houston 4–23–39–1011–65–13-3—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
Milwaukee 3–32–47–108–104–22–46–133–3—5–12–40–66–122–41–58–98–4
Montreal 6–04–153–32–44–28-114–23–41–5—9–107–124–21–61–53–37–11
New York 4–37–122–43–35–14–154–23–34–210–9—8–111–51–64–21–510–8
Philadelphia 5-19–103–33–33–57–120–65–16–012–711–8—3–35–12–43–39–9
Pittsburgh 4–22–45–1310–94–25–15–120–612–62–45–13–3—3–35–15–122–10
San Diego 12–73–32–44–29–102–44–29–104–26–16–11–53–3—12–72–48–10
San Francisco 14–53–44–23–311–85–24–29–105–15–12–44–21–57–12—3–311–7
St. Louis 5–14–211–814–55–14-28–104–29–83–35–13–312–54–23–3—11–1

Notable transactions

Roster

2004 Atlanta Braves
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Game log

2004 Game Log: 96–66 (Home: 49–32; Away: 47–34)
April: 11–10 (Home: 6–3; Away: 5–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 6 Mets 2–7 Glavine (1–0) Ortiz (0–1)—49,4600–1
2April 7 Mets 18–10 Gryboski (1–0) Trachsel (0–1)—22,7751–1
3April 8 Mets 10–8 Cunnane (1–0) Franco (0–1) Smoltz (1)26,5852–1
4April 9 Cubs 1–2 (15) Mercker (1–0) Cunnane (1–1) Borowski (2)35,6502–2
5April 10 Cubs 5–2 Alfonseca (1–0) Pratt (0–1) Gryboski (1)39,6853–2
6April 11 Cubs 2–10 Wood (2–0) Ortiz (0–2)—27,7013–3
7April 12@ Mets 6–10 Trachsel (1–1) Hampton (0–1) Looper (2)53,6663–4
8April 14@ Mets 6–1 Thomson (1–0) Yates (0–1)—15,8944–4
9April 15@ Mets 0–4 Leiter (1–0) Ramirez (0–1)—33,2124–5
10April 16 Marlins 5–4 Wright (1–0) Oliver (1–1) Smoltz (2)29,6385–5
11April 17 Marlins 4–1 Ortiz (1–2) Beckett (1–1) Smoltz (3)31,4016–5
12April 18 Marlins 3–2 (10) Alfonseca (2–0) Perisho (2–1)—29,8297–5
13April 20@ Reds 2–3 Acevedo (2–0) Thomson (1–1) Graves (7)20,2327–6
14April 21@ Reds 9–5 (10) Reitsma (1–0) Reith (0–1)—29,4728–6
15April 22@ Reds 3–5 (5) Lidle (2–1) Wright (1–1)—19,9098–7
16April 23@ Marlins 6–1 Ortiz (2–2) Beckett (1–2)—32,4779–7
17April 24@ Marlins 4–7 Penny (2–1) Hampton (0–2) Benítez (9)41,2269–8
18April 25@ Marlins 7–2 Thomson (2–1) Bump (0–1)—27,97710–8
19April 26@ Giants 2–3 Schmidt (1–2) Ramirez (0–2) Herges (7)35,86610–9
20April 27@ Giants 12–3 Wright (2–1) Rueter (0–3)—36,37111–9
21April 28@ Giants 7–10 Tomko (1–1) Ortiz (2–3)—36,21011–10
–April 30@ Rockies Postponed (snow); rescheduled for May 1
May: 14–15 (Home: 6–7; Away: 8–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
22May 1 (1)@ Rockies 2–3 Nunez (3–0) Reitsma (1–1) Chacon (6)30,17611–11
23May 1 (2)@ Rockies 11–7 Nitkowski (1–0) Nunez (3–1)—24,27212–11
24May 2@ Rockies 4–13 Estes (4–1) Ramirez (0–3)—35,23412–12
25May 4 Padres 4–2 Ortiz (3–3) Eaton (1–2) Smoltz (4)22,04613–12
26May 5 Padres 0–2 Wells (2–2) Wright (2–2) Hoffman (8)21,44413–13
27May 6 Padres 3–7 Lawrence (4–2) Hampton (0–3)—26,13713–14
28May 7 Astros 3–5 Redding (1–3) Thomson (2–2) Dotel (5)27,90213–15
29May 8 Astros 5–4 (10) Alfonseca (3–0) Stone (1–1)—35,22014–15
30May 9 Astros 1–2 Pettitte (3–1) Ortiz (3–4) Dotel (6)26,82514–16
31May 11@ Cardinals 1–5 Williams (1–3) Wright (2–3)—35,00014–17
32May 12@ Cardinals 2–5 Morris (4–3) Hampton (0–4) Isringhausen (6)28,92114–18
33May 13@ Cardinals 6–5 Alfonseca (4–0) Suppan (3–4) Smoltz (5)40,47215–18
34May 14@ Brewers 2–0 Ramirez (1–3) Vizcaino (0–2) Smoltz (6)33,06116–18
35May 15@ Brewers 11–6 Alfonseca (5–0) Kinney (1–3)—26,86217–18
36May 16@ Brewers 1–4 Sheets (4–2) Wright (2–4)—20,65417–19
37May 18 Diamondbacks 0–2 Johnson (4–4) Hampton (0–5)—23,38117–20
38May 19 Diamondbacks 4–6 (11) Bruney (2–0) Almanza (0–1)—19,97117–21
39May 20 Diamondbacks 5–1 Ramirez (2–3) Fossum (0–1)—21,04418–21
40May 21 Dodgers 2–0 Ortiz (4–4) Perez (2–3) Smoltz (7)27,19419–21
41May 22 Dodgers 4–7 Weaver (3–5) Wright (2–5)—31,85019–22
42May 23 Dodgers 5–1 Hampton (1–5) Alvarez (2–1)—29,73820–22
43May 24@ Expos 5–0 Thomson (3–2) Day (3–5)—4,67521–22
44May 25@ Expos 1–3 Ohka (2–5) Ramirez (2–4) Biddle (10)4,23521–23
45May 26@ Expos 6–1 Ortiz (5–4) Hernandez (3–4)—4,54422–23
46May 27@ Phillies 6–1 Wright (3–5) Millwood (4–3)—38,80223–23
47May 28@ Phillies 2–3 (10) Worrell (1–1) Alfonseca (5–1)—40,18723–24
48May 29@ Phillies 9–3 Thomson (4–2) Padilla (4–5)—44,05724–24
49May 30@ Phillies 1–4 Milton (6–1) Smith (0–1) Worrell (7)44,30424–25
50May 31 Expos 8–2 Ortiz (6–4) Hernandez (3–5)—24,94525–25
June: 12–15 (Home: 7–8; Away: 5–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
51June 1 Expos 7–6 Almanza (1–1) Biddle (0–3)—20,27126–25
52June 2 Expos 4–8 Vargas (4–3) Hampton (1–6)—21,05526–26
53June 3 Phillies 8–4 Thomson (5–2) Hancock (0–1)—23,40527–26
54June 4 Phillies 1–9 Milton (7–1) Smith (0–2)—27,69927–27
55June 5 Phillies 3–5 Myers (4–3) Ortiz (6–5) Worrell (8)29,25227–28
56June 6 Phillies 6–4 Wright (4–5) Millwood (4–4) Smoltz (8)27,77528–28
57June 8@ Tigers 4–3 (10) Reitsma (2–1) Patterson (0–3) Smoltz (9)19,06229–28
58June 9@ Tigers 2–4 Dingman (1–0) Thomson (5–3) Urbina (8)20,57729–29
59June 10@ Tigers 4–7 Maroth (5–3) Alfonseca (5–2) Urbina (9)21,16629–30
60June 11@ White Sox 6–4 Wright (5–5) Schoeneweis (5–4)—23,21730–30
61June 12@ White Sox 8–10 Loaiza (7–3) Thomson (5–4) Takatsu (1)34,71930–31
62June 13@ White Sox 3–10 Buehrle (7–1) Smith (0–3)—32,58930–32
63June 15 Royals 3–2 Reitsma (3–1) Grimsley (3–3) Smoltz (10)23,35031–32
64June 16 Royals 4–10 Cerda (1–1) Reitsma (3–2)—27,04831–33
65June 17 Royals 4–10 May (4–8) Thomson (5–5)—28,57831–34
66June 18 Indians 2–4 Lee (6–1) Hampton (1–7) Jimenez (6)28,00031–35
67June 19 Indians 4–0 Byrd (1–0) Westbrook (6–3) Smoltz (11)41,98732–35
68June 20 Indians 2–5 Davis (2–5) Ortiz (6–6) Jimenez (7)31,00032–36
69June 22@ Marlins 3–4 Pavano (8–2) Gryboski (1–1) Benítez (25)14,71632–37
70June 23@ Marlins 0–6 Penny (7–5) Thomson (5–6)—15,29432–38
71June 24@ Marlins 9–4 Hampton (2–7) Willis (6–5)—23,85633–38
72June 25@ Orioles 0–5 Cabrera (4–3) Byrd (1–1)—33,57933–39
73June 26@ Orioles 5–0 Ortiz (7–6) Lopez (5–4) Smoltz (12)47,43834–39
74June 27@ Orioles 8–7 Cruz (1–0) Grimsley (3–4) Smoltz (13)39,09535–39
75June 28 Marlins 6–1 Thomson (6–6) Penny (7–6)—31,96936–39
76June 29 Marlins 4–5 Manzanillo (1–1) Hampton (2–8) Benítez (26)25,10536–40
77June 30 Marlins 9–6 McConnell (1–0) Oliver (2–3) Smoltz (14)23,04037–40
July: 20–6 (Home: 10–4; Away: 10–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
78July 1 Marlins 9–1 Ortiz (8–6) Tejera (0–1)—20,60038–40
79July 2 Red Sox 6–3 (12) Cruz (2–0) Martinez (2–1)—42,23139–40
80July 3 Red Sox 1–6 Schilling (11–4) Thomson (6–7)—51,83139–41
81July 4 Red Sox 10–4 Hampton (3–8) Lowe (6–8)—41,41440–41
82July 5@ Expos*11–4 Byrd (2–1) Day (5–9)—13,12241–41
83July 6@ Expos*1–0 Ortiz (9–6) Downs (0–3) Smoltz (15)7,69742–41
84July 7@ Expos*14–2 Wright (6–5) Hernandez (6–8)—8,53443–41
85July 9@ Phillies 6–7 (10) Wagner (3–0) Alfonseca (5–3)—44,18043–42
86July 10@ Phillies 4–0 Hampton (4–8) Abbott (2–8)—44,30744–42
87July 11@ Phillies 6–4 Ortiz (10–6) Wolf (3–5) Smoltz (16)44,51945–42
75th All-Star Game in Houston, Texas
88July 15 Expos 8–0 Wright (7–5) Hernandez (6–9)—33,88346–42
89July 16 Expos 1–5 Horgan (2–0) Byrd (2–2)—26,42446–43
90July 17 Expos 6–2 Ortiz (11–6) Bentz (0–3) Smoltz (17)34,29647–43
91July 18 Expos 16–5 Thomson (7–7) Downs (1–4)—23,95248–43
92July 19 Phillies 4–2 Hampton (5–8) Abbott (2–9) Smoltz (18)25,79049–43
93July 20 Phillies 3–4 (10) Worrell (3–3) Alfonseca (5–4) Wagner (15)36,00649–44
94July 21 Pirates 3–4 Benson (8–7) Byrd (2–3) Mesa (27)30,13149–45
95July 22 Pirates 2–1 (10) Reitsma (4–2) Torres (6–4)—32,96350–45
–July 23@ Mets Postponed (rain); rescheduled for September 13
96July 24@ Mets 5–2 Thomson (8–7) Stanton (0–4) Smoltz (19)33,16651–45
97July 25@ Mets 4–3 Hampton (6–8) Trachsel (9–7) Smoltz (20)32,54252–45
98July 26@ Pirates 4–2 Wright (8–5) Benson (8–8) Smoltz (21)19,16453–45
99July 27@ Pirates 4–8 Gonzalez (3–0) Gryboski (1–2)—15,94653–46
100July 28@ Pirates 1–0 Ortiz (12–6) Perez (6–5) Smoltz (22)22,97754–46
101July 29@ Pirates 3–2 Cruz (3–0) Mesa (2–1) Smoltz (23)25,98855–46
102July 30 Mets 3–1 Hampton (7–8) Trachsel (9–8) Smoltz (24)40,91356–46
103July 31 Mets 8–0 Wright (9–5) Benson (8–9)—51,12557–46
*Games the Montreal Expos played at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico, during the 2004 season counted as Expos home games.
August: 20–8 (Home: 10–4; Away: 10–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
104August 1 Mets 6–5 Byrd (3–3) Glavine (8–9) Smoltz (25)34,20358–46
105August 3@ Astros 2–3 Miceli (4–5) Reitsma (4–3) Lidge (12)40,70958–47
106August 4@ Astros 5–4 Thomson (9–7) Munro (2–3) Smoltz (26)37,71259–47
107August 5@ Astros 6–5 Cruz (4–0) Miceli (4–6) Smoltz (27)37,01560–47
108August 6@ Diamondbacks 4–2 Jar. Wright (10–5) BWebb (4–13) Reitsma (1)29,36861–47
109August 7@ Diamondbacks 6–2 Byrd (4–3) Gonzalez (0–5)—33,24962–47
110August 8@ Diamondbacks 11–4 Ortiz (13–6) Fossum (2–11)—29,60163–47
111August 10 Brewers 2–3 (10) Adams (2–1) Martin (0–2) Kolb (32)21,68163–48
112August 11 Brewers 10–3 Hampton (8–8) Santos (9–8)—21,67364–48
113August 12 Brewers 4–2 Jar. Wright (11–5) Sheets (9–9) Smoltz (28)21,01365–48
114August 13 Cardinals 1–4 Williams (9–6) Byrd (4–4) Isringhausen (32)38,84365–49
115August 14 Cardinals 9–7 Alfonseca (6–4) King (4–2) Smoltz (29)44,41366–49
116August 15 Cardinals 4–10 Haren (1–2) Thomson (9–8)—28,98366–50
117August 16@ Padres 5–4 Hampton (9–8) Hitchcock (0–2) Smoltz (30)34,42667–50
118August 17@ Padres 6–11 Peavy (9–3) Jar. Wright (11–6)—36,18467–51
119August 18@ Padres 6–5 Reitsma (5–3) Hoffman (2–3) Smoltz (31)36,82768–51
120August 19@ Dodgers 6–5 Reitsma (6–3) Gagne (4–3) Smoltz (32)42,28769–51
121August 20@ Dodgers 2–3 (11) Carrara (3–0) Cruz (4–1)—54,99369–52
122August 21@ Dodgers 4–7 Weaver (11–10) Hampton (9–9) Carrara (1)52,39869–53
123August 22@ Dodgers 10–1 Jar. Wright (12–6) Alvarez (7–4)—49,51370–53
124August 24 Rockies 6–5 Gryboski (2–2) Harikkala (5–3) Smoltz (33)27,91471–53
125August 25 Rockies 8–1 Thomson (10–8) Francis (0–1)—25,53472–53
126August 26 Rockies 6–4 Hampton (10–9) Jam. Wright (1–2) Smoltz (34)28,36073–53
127August 27 Giants 5–3 Jar. Wright (13–6) Rueter (7–10) Smoltz (35)37,17874–53
128August 28 Giants 9–3 Byrd (5–4) Schmidt (15–5)—42,54975–53
129August 29 Giants 5–9 Christiansen (4–2) Ortiz (13–7) Hermanson (7)24,63175–54
130August 30 Giants 7–6 Colon (1–0) Hermanson (5–6)—22,77676–54
131August 31@ Phillies 5–3 Hampton (11–9) Milton (13–3)—36,02877–54
September: 17–11 (Home: 10–6; Away: 7–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
132September 1@ Phillies 7–2 Wright (14–6) Padilla (5–7)—35,03178–54
133September 3@ Expos 7–1 Byrd (6–4) Downs (2–5)—8,61779–54
134September 4@ Expos 9–0 Ortiz (14–7) Patterson (3–4)—9,77280–54
135September 5@ Expos 3–4 (12) Tucker (4–2) Cruz (4–2)—10,01580–55
136September 6 Phillies 3–1 Smith (1–3) Milton (13–4) Smoltz (36)31,94981–55
–September 7 Phillies Postponed (rain); rescheduled for September 8
137September 8 (1) Phillies 3–5 Madson (8–2) Reitsma (6–4) Wagner (17)N/A81–56
138September 8 (2) Phillies 1–4 Jones (9–5) Byrd (6–5) Worrell (18)20,32081–57
139September 9 Phillies 4–9 Madson (9–2) Colon (1–1)—20,28581–58
140September 10 Expos 4–3 Thomson (11–8) Patterson (3–5) Smoltz (37)22,08682–58
141September 11 Expos 8–1 Cruz (5–2) Hernandez (10–13)—28,86083–58
142September 12 Expos 9–8 (12) Cruz (6–2) Ayala (5–10)—25,86584–58
143September 13 (1)@ Mets 7–9 Heilman (1–1) Wright (14–7)—N/A84–59
144September 13 (2)@ Mets 7–1 Byrd (7–5) Seo (4–10)—21,47685–59
145September 14@ Mets 0–7 Benson (12–11) Ortiz (14–8)—21,54585–60
146September 15@ Mets 2–0 Thomson (12–8) Leiter (9–7) Smoltz (38)29,70486–60
147September 16@ Mets 4–9 Trachsel (11–13) Capellan (0–1)—19,88586–61
148September 17@ Marlins 8–1 Byrd (8–5) Kensing (0–2)—26,08487–61
149September 18@ Marlins 4–2 Wright (15–7) Beckett (7–9) Smoltz (39)34,71488–61
150September 19@ Marlins 0–3 Valdez (13–8) Ortiz (14–9) Benítez (43)41,52588–62
151September 21 Reds 5–4 Thomson (13–8) Claussen (2–6) Smoltz (40)20,35989–62
152September 22 Reds 8–11 Norton (2–5) Smoltz (0–1) Valentine (2)19,57389–63
153September 23 Reds 2–3 Hudson (4–2) Wright (15–8) White (1)21,51989–64
154September 24 Marlins 8–7 Smith (2–3) Mota (9–7) Smoltz (41)28,63290–64
155September 25 Marlins 1–0 Hampton (12–9) Pavano (17–8) Reitsma (2)42,77291–64
156September 26 Marlins 6–3 Thomson (14–8) Willis (10–11)—31,35192–64
–September 27 Mets Postponed (rain); rescheduled for September 28
157September 28 (1) Mets 1–2 Trachsel (12–13) Byrd (8–6) Looper (29)N/A92–65
158September 28 (2) Mets 5–2 Colon (2–1) Glavine (10–14) Smoltz (42)35,72993–65
159September 29 Mets 6–3 Ortiz (15–9) Heilman (1–3) Smoltz (43)22,00094–65
October: 2–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 2–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
160October 1@ Cubs 5–4 Hampton (13–9) Wood (8–9) Gryboski (2)38,79595–65
161October 2@ Cubs 8–6 Gryboski (3–2) Farnsworth (4–5) Smoltz (44)38,69596–65
162October 3@ Cubs 8–10 Maddux (16–11) Byrd (8–7) Hawkins (25)38,42096–66
Legend:       = Win       = Loss
Bold = Braves team member

Player stats

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Johnny Estrada 134462145.314976
1B Adam LaRoche 11032490.2781345
2B Marcus Giles 102379118.311848
SS Rafael Furcal 143563157.2791459
3B Chipper Jones 137472117.2483096
LF Charles Thomas 8323668.288731
CF Andruw Jones 154570149.2612991
RF J.D. Drew 145518158.3053193

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Julio Franco 12532099.309657
Mark DeRosa 11830974.239331
Nick Green 9526472.273326
Eli Marrero 9025080.3201040
Eddie Pérez 7417039.229313
DeWayne Wise 7716237.228617
Jesse Garcia 5011529.252110
Mike Hessman 29699.13025
Wilson Betemit 22478.17003
Damon Hollins 7228.36405

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Russ Ortiz 34204.21594.13143
John Thomson 33198.11483.72133
Jaret Wright 32186.11583.28159
Mike Hampton 29172.11394.2887
Paul Byrd 19114.1873.9479
Horacio Ramírez 1060.1242.3931

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Travis Smith 1640.2236.2026
José Capellán 38.00111.254

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
John Smoltz 7301442.7685
Chris Reitsma 846424.0760
Antonio Alfonseca 796402.5745
Kevin Gryboski 693222.8424
Juan Cruz 506202.7570
Tom Martin 290103.7112
C.J. Nitkowski 221004.5016
Román Colón 182103.3215
Armando Almanza 131106.1713
Tim Drew 110004.507
Sam McConnell 101003.864
Will Cunnane 91107.3011
Dan Meyer 20000.001

Postseason

Game log

2004 Postseason Game Log
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 6 Astros 3–9 Clemens (1–0) Wright (0–1)—41,4640–1
2October 7 Astros 4–2 (11) Alfonseca (1–0) Miceli (0–1)—40,0751–1
3October 9@ Astros 5–8 Backe (1–0) Byrd (0–1) Lidge (1)43,5471–2
4October 10@ Astros 6–5 Smoltz (1–0) Springer (0–1)—43,3362–2
5October 11 Astros 3–12 Oswalt (1–0) Wright (0–2)—54,0682–3

Award winners

2004 Major League Baseball season

2004 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Johnny Estrada represented the Atlanta Braves as a catcher for the National League All-Star team.

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Richmond Braves International League Pat Kelly
AA Greenville Braves Southern League Brian Snitker
A Myrtle Beach Pelicans Carolina League Randy Ingle
A Rome Braves South Atlantic League Rocket Wheeler
Rookie Danville Braves Appalachian League Jim Saul
Rookie GCL Braves Gulf Coast League Ralph Henriquez

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Notes

  1. ↑ "Atlanta Braves Give Manager Bobby Cox His 2,000th Win". September 29, 2004.
  2. ↑ "Dewayne Wise Stats".
  3. ↑ "Jorge Velandia Stats".
  4. ↑ "John Thomson Stats".
  5. ↑ J. D. Drew Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ↑ "Antonio Alfonseca Stats".
  7. ↑ Julio Franco Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  8. 1 2 Russell Branyan Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  9. ↑ "Chris Reitsma Stats".
  10. ↑ "New York Mets at Atlanta Braves Box Score, April 6, 2004".
  11. ↑ "Clint Sammons Stats".
  12. ↑ "2004 Awards Voting".
  13. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  14. ↑ Baseball America 2005 Annual Directory

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