2004 Milwaukee Brewers season

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2004  Milwaukee Brewers
League National League
Division Central
Ballpark Miller Park
City Milwaukee
Owners Bud Selig
General managers Doug Melvin
Managers Ned Yost
Television FSN Wisconsin
(Daron Sutton, Bill Schroeder)
Radio WTMJ (AM)
(Bob Uecker, Jim Powell)
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The 2004 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 35th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, their 7th in the National League, and their 36th overall.

Contents

They finished sixth in the National League Central with a record of 67 wins and 94 losses. The main highlight of the Brewers season was on the big screen, as the franchise was portrayed fictionally in the sports comedy Mr. 3000, starting Bernie Mac.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League Central

NL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 10557.648—53‍–‍2852‍–‍29
Houston Astros 9270.5681348‍–‍3344‍–‍37
Chicago Cubs 8973.5491645‍–‍3744‍–‍36
Cincinnati Reds 7686.4692940‍–‍4136‍–‍45
Pittsburgh Pirates 7289.44732½39‍–‍4133‍–‍48
Milwaukee Brewers 6794.41637½36‍–‍4531‍–‍49

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

Transactions

Roster

2004 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

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 Chad Moeller 10131766.208527
1B Lyle Overbay 159579174.3011687
2B Junior Spivey 5922862.272728
SS Craig Counsell 140473114.241223
3B Wes Helms 9227472.263428
LF Geoff Jenkins 157617163.2642793
CF Scott Podsednik 154640156.2441239
RF Brady Clark 13835399.280746

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Bill Hall 12639093.238953
Keith Ginter 113386101.2621960
Ben Grieve 10823461.261729
Gary Bennett 7521949.224320
Russell Branyan 5115837.2341127
Chris Magruder 568921.236210
Trent Durrington 538219.23224
Dave Krynzel 16419.22003
Jeff Liefer 16286.21415
Mark Johnson 7111.09102
Matt Erickson 461.16700
Corey Hart 110.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Ben Sheets 34237.012142.70264
Doug Davis 34207.112123.39166
Víctor Santos 31154.011124.97115
Wes Obermueller 25118.0685.8059
Chris Capuano 1788.1684.9980
Ben Hendrickson 1046.1186.2229
Jorge De La Rosa 522.2036.355
Gary Glover 418.0213.508
Chris Saenz 16.0100.007

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Matt Kinney 3262.1345.7852
Adrián Hernández 616.0028.4414

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Danny Kolb 6404392.9821
Luis Vizcaíno 734413.7563
Jeff Bennett 601504.7945
Mike Adams 462303.4039
Dave Burba 453124.0847
Brooks Kieschnick 321103.7728
Matt Wise 301204.4430
Ben Ford 191106.3813
Pedro Liriano 110004.0210
Travis Phelps 401010.503
Trent Durrington 10000.000

Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of six minor league affiliates in 2004. [5]

LevelTeamLeagueManager
Triple-A Indianapolis Indians International League Cecil Cooper
Double-A Huntsville Stars Southern League Frank Kremblas
Class A-Advanced High Desert Mavericks California League Mel Queen
Class A Beloit Snappers Midwest League Don Money
Rookie Helena Brewers Pioneer League Johnny Narron
Rookie AZL Brewers Arizona League Mike Guerrero

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References

  1. ↑ Chris Coste Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ↑ Lyle Overbay Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. 1 2 "Scott Sheldon Stats".
  4. ↑ Russell Branyan Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ↑ "2004 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
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