2004 St. Louis Cardinals season

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2004  St. Louis Cardinals
National League Champions
National League Central champions
St Louis Cardinals Cap Insignia.svg
League National League
Division Central
Ballpark Busch Memorial Stadium
City St. Louis, Missouri
Record105–57 (.644)
Divisional place1st
Owners William DeWitt, Jr.
General managers Walt Jocketty
Managers Tony La Russa
Television Fox Sports Midwest
(Joe Buck, Dan McLaughlin, Al Hrabosky)
KPLR
(Ricky Horton, Bob Carpenter, Rich Gould)
Radio KMOX
(Mike Shannon, Wayne Hagin, Bob Ramsey)
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The 2004 St. Louis Cardinals season was the 123rd season for the St. Louis Cardinals, a Major League Baseball franchise in St. Louis, Missouri. It was the 113th season for the Cardinals in the National League and their 39th in Busch Memorial Stadium.

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The Cardinals went 105–57 during the season (the team's best record in the La Russa era), the most wins of any team in baseball that year, the most wins by any Cardinals team since 1944, and the first Cardinal team to win 100 or more games since 1985, and won the National League Central by 13 games over the NL Wild-Card Champion Houston Astros. In the playoffs the Cardinals defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 3 games to 1 in the NLDS and the Astros 4 games to 3 in the NLCS to reach their first World Series since 1987. In the World Series the Cardinals faced the Boston Red Sox and were swept 4 games to 0. It was the final World Series played at Busch Memorial Stadium. Because the American League had home-field advantage as a result of winning the All-Star Game, Busch Memorial Stadium was where the Curse of the Bambino died. [1]

Catcher Mike Matheny, third baseman Scott Rolen, and outfielder Jim Edmonds won Gold Gloves this year.

The 2004 St. Louis Cardinals were the first team to lose the World Series to a "Moneyball" style team roster on the side of the Red Sox.

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day lineup

  4 Tony Womack 2B
12 Ray Lankford LF
  5 Albert Pujols 1B
15 Jim Edmonds CF
27 Scott Rolen 3B
  3 Édgar Rentería SS
16 Reggie Sanders RF
22 Mike Matheny C
35 Matt Morris P

Summary

Acquired via trade from the Colorado Rockies on August 6, 2004, Larry Walker, customarily the Rockies' number three hitter, became the Cardinals' number two hitter. [6] The Cardinals already had Edmonds, Pujols and Rolen in the 3 through 5 spots. [7] Walker made his Cardinals debut on August 7, playing the New York Mets, and appeared as a pinch-hitter and struck out in the seventh inning. He drew a walk from Mike Stanton in the ninth inning and scored the game-winning run on a Yadier Molina single. [8]

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:
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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

Game log

2004 St. Louis Cardinals Game Log (105–57)
April: (12–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 5 Brewers 6–8 Burba (1–0) Morris (0–1) Kolb (1)49,1490–1
2April 6 Brewers 5–7 Davis (1–0) Marquis (0–1) Kolb (2)23,9660–2
3April 7 Brewers 9–4 Lincoln (1–0) Hernandez (0–1)—23,4881–2
4April 8 Brewers 5–11 Capuano (1–0) Suppan (0–1) Burba (1)27,4331–3
5April 9@ Diamondbacks 13–6 Carpenter (1–0) Daigle (0–1)—35,9302–3
6April 10@ Diamondbacks 10–2 Morris (1–1) Sparks (0–1)—38,8423–3
7April 11@ Diamondbacks 6–5 Lincoln (2–0) Mantei (0–1) Isringhausen (1)32,0724–3
8April 12 Astros 5–10 Stone (1–0) Lincoln (2–1)—26,6544–4
9April 13 Astros 3–5 Clemens (2–0) Suppan (0–2) Dotel (1)24,9394–5
10April 14 Astros 1–11 Miller (2–0) Carpenter (1–1)—26,6054–6
11April 16 Rockies 13–5 Morris (2–1) Stark (0–2)—34,5415–6
12April 17 Rockies 8–4 Marquis (1–1) Estes (2–1)—46,4716–6
13April 18 Rockies 5–8 Jennings (1–1) Williams (0–1) Chacon (3)34,6976–7
14April 20@ Astros 5–3 Suppan (1–2) Miller (2–1) Isringhausen (2)29,6257–7
15April 21@ Astros 12–6 Morris (3–1) Redding (0–3)—27,3548–7
16April 22@ Astros 2–1 (12) Isringhausen (1–0) Miceli (0–1) Tavarez (1)33,7069–7
17April 23@ Brewers 1–2 Kieschnick (1–0) Kline (0–1)—17,1079–8
18April 24@ Brewers 1–3 Saenz (1–0) Williams (0–2) Kolb (5)22,2229–9
19April 25@ Brewers 5–2 Suppan (2–2) Sheets (3–1)—18,13510–9
20April 27 Phillies 3–7 Milton (2–0) Morris (3–2)—25,18510–10
21April 28 Phillies 3–6 Madson (1–1) Lincoln (2–2) Wagner (6)26,34810–11
22April 29 Phillies 5–4 (13) Lincoln (3–2) Telemaco (0–1)—29,76811–11
23April 30 Cubs 4–3 Kline (1–1) Farnsworth (0–1)—44,22412–11
May: (15–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
24May 1 Cubs 2–4 Clement (4–1) Suppan (2–3) Borowski (6)49,50512–12
25May 2 Cubs 1–0 (10) Isringhausen (2–0) Farnsworth (0–2)—47,75713–12
26May 3 Cubs 3–7 Maddux (2–2) Marquis (1–2)—40,34013–13
27May 4@ Phillies 6–5 Carpenter (2–1) Myers (0–2) Isringhausen (3)33,29414–13
28May 5@ Phillies 4–5 Millwood (3–2) Williams (0–3) Wagner (7)35,94414–14
29May 6@ Phillies 7–4 Suppan (3–3) Wolf (2–2) Isringhausen (4)44,37615–14
30May 7@ Expos 2–4 Kim (2–0) Morris (3–3) Biddle (6)5,33215–15
31May 8@ Expos 0–2 Ohka (1–5) Marquis (1–3) Biddle (7)5,61115–16
32May 9@ Expos 5–2 Carpenter (3–1) Vargas (2–2) Isringhausen (5)12,30116–16
33May 11 Braves 5–1 Williams (1–3) Wright (2–3)—35,00017–16
34May 12 Braves 5–2 Morris (4–3) Hampton (0–4) Isringhausen (6)28,92118–16
35May 13 Braves 5–6 Alfonseca (4–0) Suppan (3–4) Smoltz (5)40,47218–17
36May 14 Marlins 6–3 Marquis (2–3) Beckett (3–3) Isringhausen (7)36,81019–17
37May 15 Marlins 4–0 Carpenter (4–1) Oliver (2–2) Tavarez (2)42,95820–17
38May 16 Marlins 2–3 Penny (4–2) Williams (1–4) Benitez (15)46,88920–18
39May 18@ Mets 4–5 Bottalico (1–0) Isringhausen (2–1)—28,88020–19
40May 19@ Mets 1–0 Eldred (1–0) Stanton (0–1) Kline (1)20,22921–19
41May 20@ Mets 11–4 Marquis (3–3) Seo (2–4)—21,87422–19
42May 21@ Cubs 7–6 Carpenter (5–1) Mitre (2–3) Isringhausen (8)39,29823–19
43May 22@ Cubs 1–7 Rusch (2–0) Williams (1–5)—40,13123–20
44May 23@ Cubs 3–4 Clement (6–3) Morris (4–4) Borowski (8)40,09023–21
–May 25 Pirates Postponed (snow); rescheduled for August 20
45May 26 Pirates 8–11 Benson (4–3) Marquis (3–4)—29,52623–22
46May 27 Pirates 6–3 Suppan (4–4) Vogelsong (1–4) Isringhausen (9)31,10724–22
47May 28@ Astros 2–1 (10) Isringhausen (3–1) Dotel (0–3)—41,39925–22
48May 29@ Astros 10–3 Williams (2–5) Miller (5–5)—41,14126–22
49May 30@ Astros 1–7 Redding (3–3) Morris (4–5)—41,11726–23
50May 31@ Pirates 8–3 Marquis (4–4) Benson (4–4)—12,58227–23
June: (19–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
51June 1@ Pirates 8–1 Suppan (5–4) Vogelsong (1–5)—11,54028–23
52June 2@ Pirates 5–3 Carpenter (6–1) Johnston (0–2) Isringhausen (10)12,10029–23
53June 3@ Pirates 4–2 Williams (3–5) Perez (3–3) Isringhausen (11)15,38630–23
54June 4 Astros 5–3 Morris (5–5) Miller (5–6) Isringhausen (12)47,37331–23
55June 5 Astros 10–4 Marquis (5–4) Redding (3–4)—46,00332–23
56June 6 Astros 2–3 Oswalt (4–4) Suppan (5–5) Dotel (9)40,47632–24
57June 7@ Cubs 4–3 Carpenter (7–1) Rusch (2–1) Isringhausen (13)39,22633–24
58June 8@ Cubs 3–7 Clement (7–4) Williams (3–6)—39,33833–25
59June 9@ Cubs 12–4 Morris (6–5) Prior (0–1)—38,69334–25
60June 10@ Cubs 3–12 Zambrano (7–2) Haren (0–1)—38,70734–26
61June 11@ Rangers 12–7 Suppan (6–5) Dominguez (1–2)—32,96235–26
62June 12@ Rangers 2–7 Drese (3–3) Carpenter (7–2)—42,17335–27
63June 13@ Rangers 13–2 Williams (4–6) Dickey (4–6)—41,08736–27
64June 15 Athletics 8–4 Morris (7–5) Bradford (3–3) Isringhausen (14)33,86637–27
65June 16 Athletics 6–2 Marquis (6–4) Harden (3–4) Calero (1)33,38638–27
66June 17 Athletics 5–4 King (1–0) Mecir (0–5)—32,52839–27
67June 18 Reds 4–3 (10) Tavarez (1–0) Matthews (1–1)—37,94640–27
68June 19 Reds 9–2 Williams (5–6) Acevedo (3–6) Isringhausen (15)48,64141–27
69June 20 Reds 0–6 Bong (1–1) Morris (7–6)—45,62041–28
70June 22 Cubs 4–5 Farnsworth (3–3) Isringhausen (3–2) Hawkins (9)45,07041–29
71June 23 Cubs 10–9 Kline (2–1) Remlinger (0–1)—43,12742–29
72June 24 Cubs 4–0 Carpenter (8–2) Clement (7–6)—48,04243–29
73June 25@ Royals 5–2 Morris (8–6) Greinke (1–4) Isringhausen (16)40,62844–29
74June 26@ Royals 3–1 (10) Tavarez (2–0) Seanez (0–1) Isringhausen (17)40,96345–29
75June 27@ Royals 10–3 Marquis (7–4) Gobble (4–5)—36,65146–29
76June 28@ Pirates 1–2 Mesa (1–0) Tavarez (2–1)—15,54446–30
77June 29@ Pirates 0–3 Burnett (1–2) Carpenter (8–3) Mesa (18)18,15246–31
78June 30@ Pirates 5–6 Mesa (2–0) Tavarez (2–2)—22,36846–32
July: (20–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
79July 2 Mariners 11–2 Williams (6–6) Thornton (0–1)—35,18647–32
80July 3 Mariners 8–1 Marquis (8–4) Franklin (3–7)—38,05548–32
81July 4 Mariners 2–1 Suppan (7–5) Pineiro (4–9) Isringhausen (18)37,18349–32
82July 5 Reds 4–1 Carpenter (9–3) Lidle (6–6) Isringhausen (19)41,85250–32
83July 6 Reds 5–3 Morris (9–6) White (0–2) Kline (2)29,78651–32
84July 7 Reds 4–2 King (2–0) Riedling (4–2) Isringhausen (20)34,99952–32
85July 9 Cubs 6–1 Marquis (9–4) Maddux (7–7)—49,67553–32
86July 10 Cubs 5–2 Suppan (8–5) Clement (7–8) Isringhausen (21)50,56954–32
87July 11 Cubs 4–8 Wood (4–3) Carpenter (9–4)—49,25054–33
75th All-Star Game in Houston, Texas
88July 15@ Reds 7–2 Morris (10–6) Sanchez (0–2)—31,96155–33
89July 16@ Reds 7–5 Calero (1–0) Graves (1–4) Isringhausen (22)39,14056–33
90July 17@ Reds 5–7 Jones (8–2) Tavarez (2–3) Graves (34)36,07956–34
91July 18@ Reds 10–4 Suppan (9–5) Acevedo (4–8)—31,69957–34
92July 19@ Cubs 5–4 Carpenter (10–4) Zambrano (9–5) Isringhausen (23)40,03358–34
93July 20@ Cubs 11–8 King (3–0) Hawkins (2–2) Isringhausen (24)39,37159–34
94July 21 Brewers 1–0 Williams (7–6) Santos (9–4) Isringhausen (25)37,10460–34
95July 22 Brewers 4–0 Marquis (10–4) Sheets (9–7)—35,10061–34
96July 23 Giants 2–7 Hermanson (4–3) Suppan (9–6)—45,89261–35
97July 24 Giants 3–5 (10) Rodriguez (3–4) King (3–1) Christiansen (2)48,14561–36
98July 25 Giants 6–0 Morris (11–6) Williams (9–7)—42,31562–36
99July 26@ Reds 9–6 (11) King (4–1) Norton (1–3)—23,15563–36
100July 27@ Reds 6–0 Marquis (11–4) Lidle (6–9)—25,36664–36
101July 28@ Reds 11–10 Eldred (2–0) Acevedo (4–10) Isringhausen (26)33,28265–36
102July 30@ Giants 7–4 Carpenter (11–4) Brower (6–6) Isringhausen (27)42,62266–36
103July 31@ Giants 7–8 Rueter (6–8) Morris (11–7) Christiansen (3)42,63366–37
August: (21–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
104August 1@ Giants 6–1 Williams (8–6) Schmidt (13–4)—41,88067–37
105August 3 Expos 6–10 (12) Cordero (3–1) Haren (0–2)—33,69667–38
106August 4 Expos 5–4 Tavarez (3–3) Cordero (3–2)—35,77968–38
107August 5 Expos 2–1 Carpenter (12–4) Ayala (3–7) Isringhausen (28)31,96169–38
108August 6 Mets 6–4 Morris (12–7) Glavine (8–10) Isringhausen (29)43,94970–38
109August 7 Mets 2–1 Tavarez (4–3) Stanton (0–5)—45,36471–38
110August 8 Mets 6–2 Marquis (12–4) Leiter (8–4) Tavarez (3)43,57872–38
111August 10@ Marlins 2–1 (10) Tavarez (5–3) Mota (8–5) Isringhausen (30)17,41373–38
112August 11@ Marlins 1–0 Suppan (10–6) Pavano (12–5) Isringhausen (31)18,68674–38
113August 12@ Marlins 2–8 Burnett (3–5) Morris (12–8)—16,18774–39
114August 13@ Braves 4–1 Williams (9–6) Byrd (4–4) Isringhausen (32)38,84375–39
115August 14@ Braves 7–9 Alfonseca (6–4) King (4–2) Smoltz (29)44,41375–40
116August 15@ Braves 10–4 Haren (1–2) Thomson (9–8)—28,98376–40
117August 16 Reds 10–5 Suppan (11–6) Harang (7–5) Isringhausen (33)33,95777–40
118August 17 Reds 7–2 Eldred (3–0) Graves (1–5)—33,46678–40
119August 18 Reds 4–5 Hancock (3–1) Williams (9–7) Graves (37)35,96078–41
120August 19 Pirates 2–3 (10) Mesa (5–1) Kline (2–2) Grabow (1)33,85478–42
121August 20 (1) Pirates 5–4 Haren (2–2) Fogg (7–9) Isringhausen (34)32,06279–42
122August 20 (2) Pirates 5–3 Carpenter (13–4) Gonzalez (3–1) Isringhausen (35)38,64080–42
123August 21 Pirates 10–6 Suppan (12–6) Burnett (5–5)—46,01781–42
124August 22 Pirates 11–4 Morris (13–8) Vogelsong (4–10) Kline (3)35,34582–42
125August 24@ Reds 3–4 (10) Valentine (1–1) Tavarez (5–4)—20,16382–43
126August 25@ Reds 6–5 Tavarez (6–4) Valentine (1–2) Isringhausen (36)18,96283–43
127August 26@ Reds 0–1 Harang (8–6) Carpenter (13–5)—19,42183–44
128August 27@ Pirates 8–5 Suppan (13–6) Vogelsong (4–11) Isringhausen (37)27,47584–44
129August 28@ Pirates 6–4 Morris (14–8) Figueroa (0–1) Isringhausen (38)19,16785–44
130August 29@ Pirates 4–0 Marquis (13–4) Perez (9–7) Tavarez (4)25,00586–44
131August 31 Padres 9–3 Williams (10–7) Lawrence (13–11)—30,81687–44
September: (16–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
132September 1 Padres 4–2 Carpenter (14–5) Eaton (9–12) Isringhausen (39)32,39088–44
133September 2 Padres 7–2 Suppan (14–6) Peavy (11–4)—32,78589–44
134September 3 Dodgers 3–0 Morris (15–8) Lima (11–5)—37,52490–44
135September 4 Dodgers 5–1 Marquis (14–4) Ishii (13–7)—45,69291–44
136September 5 Dodgers 6–5 (11) King (5–2) Carrara (4–2)—43,61192–44
137September 6@ Padres 3–7 Linebrink (7–1) Eldred (3–1) Hoffman (35)34,38292–45
138September 7@ Padres 4–2 Suppan (15–6) Peavy (11–5) Isringhausen (40)32,73893–45
139September 8@ Padres 5–10 Wells (10–7) Morris (15–9)—34,27793–46
140September 10@ Dodgers 6–7 Carrara (5–2) Calero (1–1) Gagne (39)54,11993–47
141September 11@ Dodgers 5–6 Stewart (1–2) Eldred (3–2) Gagne (40)53,49493–48
142September 12@ Dodgers 7–6 Carpenter (15–5) Jackson (2–1) Isringhausen (41)54,00094–48
143September 14 Astros 5–7 Clemens (17–4) Suppan (15–7) Lidge (22)29,52894–49
144September 15 Astros 4–2 Calero (2–1) Springer (0–1) Isringhausen (42)32,89195–49
145September 16 Astros 3–8 Harville (2–2) Marquis (14–5)—28,70495–50
146September 17 Diamondbacks 4–3 Isringhausen (4–2) Service (1–1)—37,28096–50
147September 18 Diamondbacks 7–0 Haren (3–2) Fossum (4–14)—43,79197–50
148September 19 Diamondbacks 2–3 Gosling (1–0) Suppan (15–8) Aquino (13)41,27997–51
149September 20@ Brewers 7–4 Tavarez (7–4) Kolb (0–4) Isringhausen (43)14,21398–51
150September 21@ Brewers 4–6 Santos (11–11) Marquis (14–6) Kolb (38)25,67598–52
151September 22@ Brewers 3–2 Williams (11–7) Sheets (11–13) Isringhausen (44)21,46199–52
152September 23@ Brewers 4–2 Eldred (4–2) Wise (1–2) Isringhausen (45)15,200100–52
153September 24@ Rockies 5–4 Suppan (16–8) Jennings (11–12) Calero (2)45,053101–52
154September 25@ Rockies 10–6 Flores (1–0) Harikkala (6–5) Isringhausen (46)29,751102–52
155September 26@ Rockies 9–3 Marquis (15–6) Gissell (0–1) Eldred (1)26,866103–52
156September 27@ Astros 3–10 Oswalt (19–10) Williams (11–8)—37,651103–53
157September 28@ Astros 1–2 Backe (4–3) Haren (3–3) Lidge (26)36,230103–54
158September 29@ Astros 4–6 Qualls (4–0) Suppan (16–9) Lidge (27)43,186103–55
159September 30 Brewers 6–7 Davis (12–12) Morris (15–10) Kolb (39)24,893103–56
October: (2–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
160October 1 Brewers 4–1 Ankiel (1–0) Hendrickson (1–8) Isringhausen (47)32,605104–56
161October 2 Brewers 1–5 Sheets (12–14) Marquis (15–7)—41,219104–57
162October 3 Brewers 9–4 Calero (3–1) de la Rosa (0–3)—39,849105–57

Postseason Game Log

2004 St. Louis Cardinals Postseason Game Log (7–8)
NLDS: (3–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 5 Dodgers 8–3 Williams (1–0) Perez (0–1)—52,1271–0
2October 7 Dodgers 8–3 Haren (1–0) Weaver (0–1)—52,2282–0
3October 9@ Dodgers 0–4 Lima (1–0) Morris (0–1)—55,9922–1
4October 10@ Dodgers 6–2 Suppan (1–0) Alvarez (0–1)—56,2683–1
NLCS: (4–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 13 Astros 10–7 Williams (2–0) Qualls (0–1) Isringhausen (1)52,3231–0
2October 14 Astros 6–4 Tavarez (1–0) Miceli (0–2) Isringhausen (2)52,3472–0
3October 16@ Astros 2–5 Clemens (2–0) Suppan (1–1) Lidge (2)42,8962–1
4October 17@ Astros 5–6 Wheeler (1–0) Tavarez (1–1) Lidge (3)42,7602–2
5October 18@ Astros 0–3 Lidge (1–0) Isringhausen (0–1)—43,0452–3
6October 20 Astros 6–4 (12) Tavarez (2–1) Miceli (0–3)—52,1443–3
7October 21 Astros 5–2 Suppan (2–1) Clemens (2–1) Isringhausen (3)52,1404–3
World Series: (0–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 23@ Red Sox 9–11 Foulke (1–0) Tavarez (2–2)—35,0350–1
2October 24@ Red Sox 2–6 Schilling (3–1) Morris (0–2)—35,0010–2
3October 26 Red Sox 1–4 Martínez (2–1) Suppan (2–2)—52,0150–3
4October 27 Red Sox 0–3 Lowe (3–0) Marquis (0–1) Foulke (3)52,0370–4

Roster

2004 St. Louis Cardinals
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 Mike Matheny 12238595.247550
1B Albert Pujols 154592196.33146123
2B Tony Womack 145553170.307538
SS Édgar Rentería 149586168.2871072
3B Scott Rolen 142500157.31434124
LF Ray Lankford 9220051.255622
CF Jim Edmonds 153498150.30142111
RF Reggie Sanders 135446116.2602267

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Marlon Anderson 11325360.237828
John Mabry 8724071.2961340
Roger Cedeño 9520053.265323
So Taguchi 10917952.291325
Héctor Luna 8317343.249322
Larry Walker 4415042.2801127
Yadier Molina 5113536.267215
Cody McKay 357417.23006
Colin Porter 233511.31412
Bo Hart 11132.15402

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Matt Morris 32202.015104.72131
Jason Marquis 32201.11573.71138
Woody Williams 31189.21184.18131
Jeff Suppan 31188.01694.16110
Chris Carpenter 28182.01553.46152

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Dan Haren 1446.0334.5032
Randy Flores 914.0101.937
Al Reyes 1212.0000.7511

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Jason Isringhausen 7442472.8771
Ray King 865202.6140
Julián Tavárez 777442.3848
Steve Kline 672231.7935
Cal Eldred 524213.7654
Kiko Calero 413122.7847
Mike Lincoln 133205.1914
Jason Simontacchi 130005.283
Carmen Cali 100008.598
Rick Ankiel 51005.409
Josh Pearce 30003.860
Cody McKay 10000.000

NLDS

In three playoff rounds in 2004, Walker combined to hit .293/.379/.707 with a pair of home runs in each tournament, [10] setting a franchise record for home runs hit by a left-handed batter in one postseason. [11] Walker made his playoff debut with the Cardinals in Game 1 of the NLDS versus the Dodgers, homering twice and scoring four runs in an 8−3 Cardinals win. [12] He became the first Cardinal with a multi-home run game in LDS play. [13]

St. Louis Cardinals vs. Los Angeles Dodgers

St. Louis wins series, 3-1

GameScoreDate
1St. Louis 8, Los Angeles 3October 5
2St. Louis 8, Los Angeles 3October 7
3Los Angeles 2, St. Louis 0October 9
4St. Louis 6, Los Angeles 2October 10

NLCS

In Game of the 1 National League Championship Series (NLCS) versus the Houston Astros, Walker was a home run short of hitting for the cycle. [13] The Cardinals proceeded to take a 2–0 Series lead before losing three straight in Houston. Returning home for Game 6, the Cardinals took a 4–3 lead into the ninth inning, but Houston tied it up. Jim Edmonds hit a walk-off homer in the bottom of the 12th to win the game. The next night, Albert Pujols helped St. Louis win Game 7 to clinch the series with a game tying hit. Scott Rolen brought him home on a two-run home run. Pujols was named the series MVP.

GameScoreDate
1 St. Louis 10, Houston 7October 13
2 St. Louis 6, Houston 4October 14
3 Houston 5, St. Louis 2October 16
4 Houston 6, St. Louis 5October 17
5 Houston 3, St. Louis 0October 18
6 St. Louis 6, Houston 4October 20
7 St. Louis 5, Houston 2October 21

World Series

When the Cardinals reached the World Series, Tony La Russa became the sixth manager to win pennants in both leagues, following Joe McCarthy, Yogi Berra, Alvin Dark, and the managers in the 1984 World Series, Sparky Anderson and Dick Williams. [14] La Russa had managed the Oakland Athletics to three straight pennants between 1988 and 1990 and winning the 1989 World Series. [14] La Russa would try to join Anderson as the only men to have managed teams to World Series championships in both leagues. [14] La Russa wore number 10 in tribute to Anderson (who wore 10 while manager of the Cincinnati Reds) and to indicate he was trying to win the team's tenth championship. [15]

The Cardinals met a what was a potent Red Sox squad fresh off four straight victories over the Yankees following an 0–3 deficit in the ALCS. A comeback in this fashion in any North American major sports league had previously occurred only in the NHL. This was the third time the two teams have faced each other in the Fall Classic, with the Cardinals winning the previous two in 1946 and 1967. The Cardinals were again without a key player for the World Series: ace pitcher Chris Carpenter, who, after going 15–5, tweaked his shoulder in September and missed the entire post-season.

Making his World Series debut in Game 1, Walker collected four hits in five at bats with a home run and two doubles. [16] His four-hit outing tied a Cardinals World Series record, becoming the seventh overall and first to so since Lou Brock in 1967, also against Boston. [13]

The Cardinals were swept by the Red Sox in four games and struggled to hit, never taking a lead at any point in the series. Pujols, Rolen, and Edmonds, the normally fearsome 3-4-5 hitters for the Cardinals, were 6-for-45 with one RBI. The club batted .190 with a .562 OPS overall. Walker was one of very few exceptions, batting .357 with a 1.366 OPS. His two home runs accounted for the only two hit by the entire Cardinals team. [17] In the 2004 postseason, Walker scored 21 percent (14 of 68) of Cardinals runs scored. [13]

GameScoreDate
1 Boston 11, St. Louis 9October 23
2Boston 6, St. Louis 2October 24
3Boston 4, St. Louis 1October 26
4Boston 3, St. Louis 0October 27

Awards and honors

Gold Gloves

Silver Sluggers

NL Comeback Player of the Year

NLCS MVP

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Memphis Redbirds Pacific Coast League Danny Sheaffer
AA Tennessee Smokies Southern League Mark DeJohn
A Palm Beach Cardinals Florida State League Tom Nieto
A Peoria Chiefs Midwest League Joe Cunningham, Jr.
A-Short Season New Jersey Cardinals New York–Penn League Tommy Shields
Rookie Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Tom Kidwell

LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Tennessee [23] [24]

References

  1. ↑ Shaughnessy, Dan (2005). Reversing the Curse . Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. ISBN   0-618-51748-0.
  2. ↑ "Chris Carpenter Stats".
  3. ↑ J. D. Drew Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ↑ "Alan Benes Stats".
  5. ↑ John Mabry Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ↑ ESPN.com News Services (August 6, 2004). "Rockies get three prospects for Walker". ESPN.com . Retrieved January 7, 2017.
  7. ↑ Jenkins, Lee (October 14, 2004). "New no. 2 hitters aren't second-rate". The New York Times . Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Walker walks, then Molina wins it". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. August 8, 2004. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
  9. ↑ Larry Walker Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  10. ↑ Jaffe, Jay (December 15, 2016). "JAWS and the 2017 Hall of Fame ballot: Larry Walker". Sports Illustrated . Retrieved January 7, 2017.
  11. ↑ Miklasz, Bernie (October 13, 2014). "A closer look at Cards' homer bash". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
  12. ↑ Anderson, Dave (October 6, 2004). "Walker puts on show for show-me Missourians". The New York Times. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  13. 1 2 3 4 "Larry Walker stats, fantasy & news (Career biography)". MLB.com. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  14. 1 2 3 Powers, John (October 23, 2004). "La Russa Keeping Options Open". Boston Globe. p. E7.
  15. ↑ Leach, Matthew (October 28, 2006). "Cards secure 10th World Series title". MLB.com. stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com. Archived from the original on February 9, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2011.
  16. ↑ Finley, Bill (October 24, 2004). "Walker is dangerous when others give way". The New York Times. Retrieved February 11, 2017.
  17. ↑ "2004 World Series: Boston Red Sox over St. Louis Cardinals (4–0)". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
  18. 1 2 "Baseball-Reference 2004 Season Award Index". Baseball-Reference.com.
  19. ↑ Goold, Derrick (December 24, 2011). "Cardinals recast the 'MV3'". stltoday.com . Retrieved June 3, 2012.
  20. 1 2 3 "Baseball-Reference NL Gold Glove Award Winners". Baseball-Reference.com.
  21. 1 2 "Baseball-Reference NL Silver Slugger Award Winners". Baseball-Reference.com.
  22. ↑ "2004 League Championship Series – STL vs. HOU". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 3, 2009.
  23. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  24. ↑ Baseball America 2005 Annual Directory
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