2004 Florida Marlins season

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2004  Florida Marlins
League National League
Division East Division
Ballpark Pro Player Stadium
City Miami Gardens, Florida
Record83–79 (.512)
Divisional place3rd
Owners Jeffrey Loria
General managers Larry Beinfest
Managers Jack McKeon
Television FSN Florida
WPXM
(Len Kasper, Tommy Hutton)
Radio WQAM
(Dave Van Horne, Jon Sciambi)
WQBA (Spanish)
(Felo Ramírez, Luis Quintana)
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The Florida Marlins' 2004 season was the 12th season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in the National League. It would begin with the team attempting to improve on their season from 2003, where they were the defending World Series champion, having won the World Series in six games against the New York Yankees. Their manager was Jack McKeon. They played most of their home games at Pro Player Stadium. They played two against the Montreal Expos at Chicago's U.S. Cellular Field due to Hurricane Ivan. The team started off 8–1, but then collapsed and finished with a record of 83–79, 3rd in the NL East, and missed the playoffs.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League East

NL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 96660.593—49–3247–34
Philadelphia Phillies 86760.5311042–3944–37
Florida Marlins 83790.5121342–3841–41
New York Mets 71910.4382538–4333–48
Montreal Expos 67950.4142935–4532–50

Record vs. opponents

2004 National League record

Source:
TeamARIATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULADMILMONNYMPHIPITSDSFSTLAL
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

Opening Day starters

Transactions

Roster

2004 Florida Marlins
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

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

PlayerPosGABRHHRRBIAvg.SB
Mike Redmond C812461963225.2561
Hee-seop Choi 1B9528148761540.2701
Luis Castillo 2B15056491164247.29121
Mike Lowell 3B158598871752785.2935
Álex González SS159561671302379.2323
Jeff Conine LF140521551461483.2805
Juan Pierre CF162678100221349.32645
Miguel Cabrera RF16060310117733112.2945

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Other batters

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

PlayerGABRHHRRBIAvg.SB
Damion Easley 982232653943.2384
Paul Lo Duca 521862748331.2582
Juan Encarnación 491602138319.2382
Ramón Castro 329691338.1350
Lenny Harris 7995720117.2110
Mike Mordecai 698471915.2260
Wil Cordero 276661316.1971
Abraham Núñez 586491115.1721
Matt Treanor 295571301.2360
Chris Aguila 2945101035.2220
Josh Willingham 12252511.2000
Larry Sutton 850101.2000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Carl Pavano 31222.11883.00139
Dontrelle Willis 32197.010114.02139
Josh Beckett 26156.2993.79152
Brad Penny 21131.1883.15105
A.J. Burnett 20120.0763.68113
Ismael Valdéz 1156.0534.5030
Michael Tejera 24.00118.003

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Darren Oliver 1858.2236.4433
Tommy Phelps 1934.0114.7628
David Weathers 816.2102.7010
Logan Kensing 513.2039.887
Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Armando Benítez 6422471.2962
Matt Perisho 665304.4042
Nate Bump 502415.0144
Ben Howard 311105.5033
Guillermo Mota 261434.8133
Josias Manzanillo 263316.1227
Billy Koch 231203.5125
Rudy Seánez 233102.7425
Justin Wayne 193305.7920
Toby Borland 181105.4018
Chad Fox 120106.7517
Aaron Small 70008.278
Franklyn Gracesqui 701111.251
Mike Neu 10004.502

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Albuquerque Isotopes Pacific Coast League Tracy Woodson
AA Carolina Mudcats Southern League Ron Hassey
A Jupiter Hammerheads Florida State League Luis Dorante
A Greensboro Bats South Atlantic League Steve Phillips
A-Short Season Jamestown Jammers New York–Penn League Benny Castillo
Rookie GCL Marlins Gulf Coast League Tim Cossins

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References

  1. ↑ "Derrek Lee Stats".
  2. ↑ "Matt Treanor Stats".
  3. ↑ "2004 Florida Marlins Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  4. ↑ "Montreal Expos at Florida Marlins Box Score, April 6, 2004".
  5. ↑ "Josias Manzanillo Stats".
  6. ↑ "Billy Koch Stats".
  7. ↑ Paul Lo Duca Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  8. ↑ "David Weathers Stats".
  9. ↑ "2004 Florida Marlins Statistics".
  10. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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