2004 Baltimore Orioles season

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2004  Baltimore Orioles
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League American League
Division East
Ballpark Oriole Park at Camden Yards
City Baltimore
Record78–84 (.481)
Divisional place3rd
Owners Peter Angelos
General managers Jim Beattie/Mike Flanagan
Managers Lee Mazzilli
Television WJZ-TV
WNUV
WDCA
Comcast SportsNet
(Jim Palmer, Michael Reghi, Buck Martinez, Fred Manfra)
Radio WBAL (AM)
(Fred Manfra, Jim Hunter, Joe Angel)
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The 2004 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing third in the American League East with a record of 78 wins and 84 losses. The team led Major League Baseball in at bats (5,736) and hits (1,614). [1]

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 101610.623—57–2444–37
Boston Red Sox 98640.605355–2643–38
Baltimore Orioles 78840.4812338–4340–41
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 70910.43530½41–3929–52
Toronto Blue Jays 67940.41633½40–4127–53

Record vs. opponents

2004 American League record

Sources:
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

July 6, 2004: Ken Huckaby was selected off waivers by the Baltimore Orioles from the Texas Rangers. [5]

Roster

2004 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

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 Javy López 150579183.3162386
1B Rafael Palmeiro 154550142.2582388
2B Brian Roberts 159641175.273453
SS Miguel Tejeda 162653203.31134150
3B Melvin Mora 140550187.34027104
LF Larry Bigbie 139478134.2801568
CF Luis Matos 8933074.224628
RF Jay Gibbons 9734685.2461047
DH David Newhan 95373116.311854

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
B.J. Surhoff 100343106.309850
Jerry Hairston Jr. 8628787.303224
Tim Raines Jr. 489424.25505
Luis López 568816.18218
Robert Machado 377311.15113
Karim García 236614.212311
José León 316612.18228
David Segui 185920.33917
Gerónimo Gil 12329.28104
Darnell McDonald 17325.15601
Keith Osik 11252.08000
Chad Mottola 6142.14313
Val Majewski 9132.15401
Ken Huckaby 8122.16700
José Bautista 16113.27300
Jack Cust 110.00000

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Sidney Ponson 33215.211155.30115
Daniel Cabrera 28147.21285.0076
Érik Bédard 27137.16104.59121
Eric DuBose 1474.2466.3948
Matt Riley 1464.0345.6360
Bruce Chen 847.2213.0232
Kurt Ainsworth 730.2019.6820
John Maine 13.2019.821

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Rodrigo López 37170.21493.59121
Dave Borkowski 1756.0345.1445
Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Jorge Julio 6525224.5770
B.J. Ryan 764632.28122
Buddy Groom 604104.7832
John Parrish 566313.4671
Jason Grimsley 412404.2121
Mike DeJean 370506.1336
Eddy Rodríguez 291004.7837
Todd Williams 292002.8713
Rick Bauer 232104.7037
Darwin Cubillán 70005.408
Aaron Rakers 30004.153
Denny Bautista 200036.001

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Ottawa Lynx International League Tim Leiper
AA Bowie Baysox Eastern League Dave Trembley
A Frederick Keys Carolina League Tom Lawless
A Delmarva Shorebirds South Atlantic League Bien Figueroa
A-Short Season Aberdeen IronBirds New York–Penn League Don Buford
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Gary Kendall

[6] [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "2004 MLB Team Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Bill Haselman Stats".
  3. ↑ "Clay Bellinger Stats".
  4. ↑ B.J. Surhoff Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ↑ Ken Huckaby Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  7. ↑ Baseball America 2005 Directory.


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