2004 Detroit Tigers season

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2004  Detroit Tigers
League American League
Division Central
Ballpark Comerica Park
City Detroit, Michigan
Record72–90 (.444)
Divisional place4th
Owners Mike Ilitch
General managers Dave Dombrowski
Managers Alan Trammell
Television FSN Detroit
(Mario Impemba, Rod Allen)
Radio WXYT (AM)
(Jim Price, Dan Dickerson)
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The 2004 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 104th season and its fifth at Comerica Park. It involved the Detroit Tigers attempting to win the American League Central. The team set a major league record with 11 players on the team hitting at least 10 home runs. The Tigers' 104th season ended with the team finishing in fourth place at 72–90, 29 games better than their disastrous season of the previous year. However, they were still 20 games behind the AL Central Champion Minnesota Twins.

Contents

The Tigers tied their own major league record for most home runs by a losing team when they hit seven homers in an 11–9 defeat to the Boston Red Sox on August 8. [1]

Offseason

Regular season

Standings

AL Central 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 92700.568—49–3243–38
Chicago White Sox 83790.512946–3537–44
Cleveland Indians 80820.4941244–3736–45
Detroit Tigers 72900.4442038–4334–47
Kansas City Royals 581040.3583433–4725–57

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

Game log

2004 Game Log: 72–90 (Home: 38–43; Away: 34–47)
April: 12–11 (Home: 6–7; Away: 6–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
1April 5@ Blue Jays 7–01–0W1
2April 6@ Blue Jays 7–32–0W2
3April 7@ Blue Jays 6–33–0W3
4April 8 Twins 10–64–0W4
5April 10 Twins 5–104–1L1
6April 11 Twins 6–55–1W1
7April 13 Blue Jays 5–75–2L1
8April 14 Blue Jays 5–36–2W1
9April 15 Blue Jays 0–116–3L1
10April 16@ Indians 3–106–4L2
11April 17@ Indians 6–17–4W1
12April 18@ Indians 7–97–5L1
13April 19@ Indians 10–48–5W1
14April 20@ Twins 4–68–6L1
15April 21@ Twins 11–89–6W1
16April 22@ Twins 3–49–7L1
17April 23 Indians 17–310–7W1
18April 24 Indians 5–211–7W2
19April 25 Indians 2–311–8L1
20April 27 Angels 4–1011–9L2
21April 28 Angels 10–212–9W1
22April 29 Angels 3–1212–10L1
23April 30 Mariners 1–312–11L2
May: 11–16 (Home: 5–7; Away: 6–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
24May 1 Mariners 4–213–11W1
25May 2 Mariners 2–1213–12L1
26May 3@ Angels 9–1113–13L2
27May 4@ Angels 4–1113–14L3
28May 5@ Angels 3–613–15L4
29May 7@ Rangers 8–714–15W1
30May 8@ Rangers 15–16 (10)14–16L1
31May 9@ Rangers 5–315–16W1
32May 11 Athletics 4–5 (15)15–17L1
33May 12 Athletics 1–215–18L2
34May 13 Athletics 3–116–18W1
35May 14 Rangers 7–117–18W2
36May 15 Rangers 1–617–19L1
37May 16 Rangers 3–118–19W1
38May 18@ Athletics 5–119–19W2
39May 19@ Athletics 2–619–20L1
40May 20@ Athletics 2–319–21L2
41May 21@ Mariners 5–020–21W1
42May 22@ Mariners 8–421–21W2
43May 23@ Mariners 1–321–22L1
44May 25@ Royals 3–421–23L2
45May 26@ Royals 3–721–24L3
46May 27@ Royals 17–722–24W1
47May 28 Orioles 5–722–25L1
48May 29 Orioles 4–822–26L2
49May 30 Orioles 3–722–27L3
50May 31 Royals 8–423–27W1
June: 14–12 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
July: 13–15 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
August: 11–17 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
September: 10–17 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
October: 1–2 (Home: 1–2; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak

Roster

2004 Detroit Tigers
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Iván Rodríguez 135527176.3341986
Carlos Guillén 136522166.3182097
Omar Infante 142503133.2641655
Carlos Peña 142481116.2412782
Rondell White 121448121.2701967
Bobby Higginson 131448110.2461264
Craig Monroe 128447131.2931872
Brandon Inge 131408117.2871364
Dmitri Young 104389106.2721860
Alex Sánchez 79332107.322226
Eric Munson 10932168.2121949
Marcus Thames 6116542.2551033
Jason Smith 6115537.239519
Nook Logan 4713337.278010
Fernando Viña 2911526.22607
Greg Norton 418615.17422
Chris Shelton 27469.19613
Ryan Raburn 12294.13801
Curtis Granderson 9256.24000
Mike DiFelice 13223.13602
Andrés Torres 300----00
Pitcher Totals162211.04801
Team Totals16256231531.272201800

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Mike Maroth 33217.011134.31108
Nate Robertson 34196.212104.90155
Jason Johnson 33196.28155.13125
Jeremy Bonderman 33184.011134.89168
Gary Knotts 36135.1765.2581
Nate Cornejo 525.2138.4212

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Wilfredo Ledezma 1553.1434.3929

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLSVERASO
Ugueth Urbina 5454.046214.5056
Esteban Yan 6987.03673.8369
Al Levine 6570.23404.5832
Jamie Walker 7064.23413.2053
Danny Patterson 3741.20424.7524
Steve Colyer 4132.01006.4731
Craig Dingman 2429.12206.7516
Roberto Novoa 1621.01105.5715
John Ennis 1216.00018.4413
Franklyn Germán 1614.21007.368
Lino Urdaneta 10.0000inf0
Team Pitching Totals1621439.2729035'4.93995

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League Larry Parrish
AA Erie SeaWolves Eastern League Rick Sweet
A Lakeland Tigers Florida State League Gary Green
A West Michigan Whitecaps Midwest League Matt Walbeck
A-Short Season Oneonta Tigers New York–Penn League Mike Rojas
Rookie GCL Tigers Gulf Coast League Kevin Bradshaw

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: West Michigan [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Team Batting Game Finder: From 1908 to 2018, Team Lost, (requiring HR>=7), sorted by greatest HR". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Transactions | tigers.com: Team". Archived from the original on January 1, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Bobby Estalella Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ↑ Iván Rodríguez Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ↑ "Ugueth Urbina Stats".
  6. ↑ Justin Verlander Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  7. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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