2004 Oakland Athletics season

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2004  Oakland Athletics
League American League
Division West
Ballpark McAfee Coliseum
City Oakland, California
Record91–71 (.562)
Divisional place2nd
Owners Stephen Schott & Kenneth Hofmann
General managers Billy Beane
Managers Ken Macha
Television KICU-TV
FSN Bay Area
(Ray Fosse, Hank Greenwald, Glen Kuiper)
Radio KFRC
(Bill King, Ken Korach, Ray Fosse)
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The Oakland Athletics' 2004 season involved the A's finishing second in the American League West with a record of 91 wins and 71 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Reggie Jackson's number 9 was retired by the Oakland Athletics in 2004. OaklandRetired09.PNG
Reggie Jackson's number 9 was retired by the Oakland Athletics in 2004.

Season standings

AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Anaheim Angels 92700.568—45–3647–34
Oakland Athletics 91710.562152–2939–42
Texas Rangers 89730.549351–3038–43
Seattle Mariners 63990.3892938–4425–55

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

Transactions

Roster

2004 Oakland Athletics
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 Damian Miller 110397108.272958
1B Scott Hatteberg 152550156.2841582
2B Marco Scutaro 137455124.273743
SS Bobby Crosby 151545130.2392264
3B Eric Chavez 125475131.2762977
LF Eric Byrnes 143569161.2832073
CF Mark Kotsay 148606190.3141563
RF Jermaine Dye 137532141.2652380
DH Erubiel Durazo 142511164.3212288

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Mark McLemore 7725062.248221
Bobby Kielty 8323851.214731
Adam Melhuse 6921455.2571131
Eric Karros 4010320.194211
Billy McMillon 529217.185311
Nick Swisher 206015.25028
Esteban Germán 316015.25007
Frank Menechino 13333.09101
Ramón Castro 9152.13303
Mike Rose 220.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Mark Mulder 33225.21784.43140
Barry Zito 34213.011114.48163
Mark Redman 32191.011124.71102
Rich Harden 31189.21173.99167
Tim Hudson 27188.21263.53103

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Kirk Saarloos 624.1214.4410
Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLSVERASO
Justin Duchscherer 5396.17603.2759
Chad Bradford 6859.05714.4234
Chris Hammond 4153.24112.6834
Octavio Dotel 4550.262224.0972
Jim Mecir 6547.20523.5949
Ricardo Rincón 6744.01103.6840
Arthur Rhodes 3738.23395.1234
Justin Lehr 2732.21105.2316
Joe Blanton 38.00005.636
Santiago Casilla 45.200012.715
Chad Harville 32.20003.380

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Sacramento River Cats Pacific Coast League Tony DeFrancesco
AA Midland RockHounds Texas League Webster Garrison
A Modesto A's California League Von Hayes
A Kane County Cougars Midwest League Dave Joppie
A-Short Season Vancouver Canadians Northwest League Dennis Rogers
Rookie AZL Athletics Arizona League Ruben Escalera

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Sacramento, Modesto

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