2004 Toronto Blue Jays season

2004  Toronto Blue Jays
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	SkyDome
City	Toronto
Record	67–94 (.414)
Divisional place	5th
Owners	Rogers; Paul Godfrey (CEO)
General managers	J. P. Ricciardi
Managers	Carlos Tosca, John Gibbons
Television	The Sports Network (Pat Tabler, Rod Black) Rogers Sportsnet (Rob Faulds, John Cerutti)
Radio	CJCL (AM) (Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek, Mike Wilner)
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The 2004 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 28th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing fifth in the American League East with a record of 67 wins and 94 losses, their worst record since 1980. The Blue Jays' radio play-by-play announcer, Tom Cheek, called every Blue Jays game from the team's inaugural contest on April 7, 1977, until June 3, 2004, when he took two games off following the death of his father – a streak of 4,306 consecutive regular season games and 41 postseason games. It was the team's first season where Ace is the sole mascot, following the removal of Diamond at the end of the previous season.

Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 2004 season. ^[1]

September 2003

September 29	Ken Huckaby granted free agency (signed with Texas Rangers to a one-year contract on November 19, 2003). Doug Linton granted free agency (signed with Kansas City Royals to a one-year contract on January 16, 2004). John Wasdin granted free agency (signed with Texas Rangers to a one-year contract on October 22, 2003).
September 30	DeWayne Wise granted free agency (signed with Atlanta Braves to a one-year, $325,000 contract on October 25, 2003).

October 2003

October 8	Released Doug Creek.
October 15	Bruce Aven granted free agency. Brian Bowles granted free agency (signed with Milwaukee Brewers to a one-year contract on December 12, 2003). Mike Colangelo granted free agency (signed with Florida Marlins to a one-year contract on January 28, 2004). Dan Reichert granted free agency (signed with Milwaukee Brewers to a one-year contract on February 25, 2004). Anthony Sanders granted free agency (signed with Colorado Rockies to a contract on February 5, 2004). Tanyon Sturtze granted free agency (signed with Los Angeles Dodgers to a contract on December 19, 2003). Corey Thurman granted free agency (signed with Cincinnati Reds to a contract on November 26, 2003). Scott Wiggins granted free agency (signed with Milwaukee Brewers to a contract on November 24, 2003).
October 26	Kelvim Escobar granted free agency (signed with Anaheim Angels to a three-year, $18.75 million contract on November 24, 2003). Cory Lidle granted free agency (signed with Cincinnati Reds to a one-year, $2.75 million contract on January 6, 2004).
October 28	Re-signed Frank Catalanotto to a one-year, $2.3 million contract.

November 2003

November 18	Signed free agent Pat Hentgen from the Baltimore Orioles to a one-year, $2.2 million contract. Acquired Ted Lilly from the Oakland Athletics for Bobby Kielty.
November 20	Signed free agent Dave Maurer to a one-year contract.
November 26	Signed free agent Bruce Chen from the Boston Red Sox to a contract.

December 2003

December 9	Signed free agent Kerry Ligtenberg from the Baltimore Orioles to a two-year, $4.5 million contract.
December 14	As part of three-team trade: Acquired Justin Speier from the Colorado Rockies. Traded a player to be named later to the Colorado Rockies (Sandy Nin on December 15, 2003). Traded Mark Hendrickson to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. In addition, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays sent Joe Kennedy to the Colorado Rockies.
December 18	Signed free agent Miguel Batista from the Arizona Diamondbacks to a three-year, $13.1 million contract.
December 21	Trever Miller granted free agency (signed with Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a one-year, $650,000 contract on January 7, 2004). Cliff Politte granted free agency (signed with Chicago White Sox to a one-year, $800,000 on January 7, 2004).
December 27	Signed free agent Valerio De Los Santos from the Philadelphia Phillies to a one-year, $850,000 contract.

January 2004

January 1	Signed free agent Jayson Durocher from the Milwaukee Brewers to a one-year contract.
January 7	Signed free agent Terry Adams from the Philadelphia Phillies to a one-year, $1.7 million contract. Signed free agent Chris Gomez from the Minnesota Twins to a one-year, $750,000 contract. Signed free agent Chad Hermansen from the Los Angeles Dodgers to a one-year contract. Signed Mark Lukasiewicz from the Anaheim Angels to a one-year contract. Tom Wilson selected off of waivers by the San Diego Padres.
January 14	Re-signed Ted Lilly to a two-year, $5 million contract.
January 20	Re-signed Justin Speier to a one-year, $1.6 million contract.
January 22	Re-signed Roy Halladay to a four-year, $42 million contract.

March 2004

March 5	Released Pete Walker.
March 29	Acquired Jason Frasor from the Los Angeles Dodgers for Jayson Werth.
March 31	Selected Sean Douglass off waivers from the Minnesota Twins.

Regular season

Summary

The 2004 season was a disappointing year for the Blue Jays right from the beginning. They started the season 0–8 at SkyDome and never started a lengthy winning streak. Much of that was due to injuries to All-Stars Carlos Delgado, Vernon Wells and Roy Halladay among others. Although the additions of starting pitchers Ted Lilly and Miguel Batista and reliever Justin Speier were relatively successful, veteran Pat Hentgen faltered throughout the season and retired on July 24. Rookies and minor league callups David Bush, Jason Frasor, Josh Towers and others filled the void in the rotation and the bullpen; however, inconsistent performances were evident. Most starting pitchers did not pitch further than the sixth inning; thus, the overused bullpen contributed to the frequent relinquishing of early scoring leads.

The offense really sputtered due to the injuries of Wells, Delgado, Catalanotto and others, although in their absence, Josh Phelps emerged as the team's go to guy, hitting 12 homers and driving in 51 runs before being limited to playing against left-handed pitching and was traded to the Cleveland Indians. Five different catchers were used: Greg Myers, Bobby Estalella, Kevin Cash, Gregg Zaun, and rookie Guillermo Quiróz. Greg Myers was injured running the bases in Minnesota, early in the season, and was lost for the year. Bobby Estalella was called up, but he proved to be brittle as well. Gregg Zaun landed the starting catching job for the rest of the season. Kevin Cash continued to struggle from an offensive standpoint and would be moved in the offseason. The highly touted Guillermo Quiróz was promoted from the minors near the end of the season.

With the team struggling in last place and mired in a five-game losing streak, manager Carlos Tosca was fired on August 8, 2004, and was replaced by first-base coach John Gibbons through the end of the season. The Jays' trying year would also touch long-time radio announcer Tom Cheek, who had to break his streak of calling all 4,306 regular season games in franchise history, upon the death of his father. Cheek had to take more time off later to remove a brain tumor, and by the end of the season, Cheek only called the home games.

Nevertheless, prospects Russ Adams, Gabe Gross, and Alex Ríos provided excitement for the fans. Adams hit his first major league home run in his second game, in which Gross also earned his own first major league grand slam. Alex Ríos was among the MLB Rookie of the Year Award candidates. However, the award went to Bobby Crosby of the Oakland Athletics. Rookie pitchers David Bush, Gustavo Chacín and Jason Frasor also showed promise for the club's future. The Blue Jays' lone MLB All-Star Game representative in 2004 was pitcher Ted Lilly.

On October 2, 2004, the Toronto Blue Jays announced the dismissals of pitching coach Gil Patterson and first-base coach Joe Breeden, effective at the end of the season. One day later, the Blue Jays finished the 2004 campaign with a 3–2 loss against the New York Yankees in front of an announced crowd of 49,948. However, the Jays' annus horribilis continued after the game, when it was announced that former pitcher and current TV broadcaster John Cerutti died suddenly of natural causes at the age of only 44.

More losses to the Jays family came in the offseason. Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame member Bobby Mattick, the manager from 1980 to 1981 and perhaps the best baseball man in the organization, suffered a stroke and died at the age of 89. Mattick had also served as the Vice President of Baseball Operations for the Blue Jays. A few days before Christmas, the Jays also mourned the loss of former first baseman Doug Ault, who had hit two home runs in the team's inaugural game in 1977; he was only 54 years old.

Rogers Communications, the owner of the Jays, purchased SkyDome from Sportsco International in November 2004 for approximately $25 million CAD ($21.24 million USD), just a fraction of the construction cost.

Just days after superstar Carlos Delgado became a free agent after the club refused arbitration, the Jays announced the signing of Manitoban third baseman Corey Koskie, formerly of the Minnesota Twins. One month after Koskie was inked, the Jays traded pitching prospect Adam Peterson to the Arizona Diamondbacks for corner infielder/DH Shea Hillenbrand.

Season standings

v t e AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	101	61	0.623	—	57–24	44–37
Boston Red Sox	98	64	0.605	3	55–26	43–38
Baltimore Orioles	78	84	0.481	23	38–43	40–41
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	70	91	0.435	30½	41–39	29–52
Toronto Blue Jays	67	94	0.416	33½	40–41	27–53

Record vs. opponents

2004 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	ANA	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Anaheim	—	6–3	4–5	5–4	4–5	7–2	7–0	5–4	5–4	10–9	13–7	6–1	9–10	4–5	7–11
Baltimore	3–6	—	10–9	2–4	3–3	6–0	6–3	4–5	5–14	0–7	7–2	11–8	5–2	11–8	5–13
Boston	5–4	9–10	—	4–2	3–4	6–1	4–2	2–4	11–8	8–1	5–4	14–5	4–5	14–5	9–9
Chicago	4–5	4–2	2–4	—	10–9	8–11	13–6	9–10	3–4	2–7	7–2	4–2	6–3	3–4	8–10
Cleveland	5–4	3–3	4–3	9–10	—	9–10	11–8	7–12	2–4	6–3	5–4	3–3	1–8	5–2	10–8
Detroit	2–7	0–6	1–6	11–8	10–9	—	8–11	7–12	4–3	4–5	5–4	3–3	4–5	4–2	9–9
Kansas City	0–7	3–6	2–4	6–13	8–11	11–8	—	7–12	1–5	2–7	2–5	3–6	4–5	3–3	6–12
Minnesota	4–5	5–4	4–2	10–9	12–7	12–7	12–7	—	2–4	2–5	5–4	4–5	5–2	4–2	11–7
New York	4–5	14–5	8–11	4–3	4–2	3–4	5–1	4–2	—	7–2	6–3	15–4	5–4	12–7	10–8
Oakland	9–10	7–0	1–8	7–2	3–6	5–4	7–2	5–2	2–7	—	11–8	7–2	11–9	6–3	10–8
Seattle	7–13	2–7	4–5	2–7	4–5	4–5	5–2	4–5	3–6	8–11	—	2–5	7–12	2–7	9–9
Tampa Bay	1–6	8–11	5–14	2–4	3–3	3–3	6–3	5–4	4–15	2–7	5–2	—	2–7	9–9	15–3
Texas	10–9	2–5	5–4	3–6	8–1	5–4	5–4	2–5	4–5	9–11	12–7	7–2	—	7–2	10–8
Toronto	5–4	8–11	5–14	4–3	2–5	2–4	3–3	2–4	7–12	3–6	7–2	9–9	2–7	—	8–10

Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 2004 regular season. ^[2]

April 2004

April 9	Signed free agent Gregg Zaun from the Montreal Expos to a one-year contract. Selected Micheal Nakamura off waivers from the Minnesota Twins.
April 18	Sent Scott Cassidy to the Boston Red Sox as part of a conditional deal.

May 2004

May 1	Sent Bruce Chen to the Baltimore Orioles as part of a conditional deal.
May 3	Received Stubby Clapp from the Cleveland Indians as part of a conditional deal.
May 12	Received Frank Menechino from the Oakland Athletics as part of a conditional deal.
May 21	Signed free agent Bobby Estalella from the Arizona Diamondbacks to a one-year contract.
May 27	Signed free agent Marvin Benard from the Chicago White Sox to a one-year contract.

June 2004

June 2	Signed free agent Ryan Glynn from the Atlanta Braves to a contract.
June 16	Acquired Julius Matos from the Montreal Expos for G.J. Raymundo.
June 23	Received Anthony Sanders from the Colorado Rockies as part of a conditional deal.

July 2004

July 14	Released Mark Lukasiewicz.
July 24	Acquired John Hattig from the Boston Red Sox for Terry Adams.

August 2004

August 2	Signed free agent Jesús Sánchez from the Cincinnati Reds to a contract.
August 4	Acquired Eric Crozier from the Cleveland Indians for Josh Phelps.

September 2004

September 2	Released Marvin Benard.
September 13	Re-signed Frank Catalanotto to a two-year, $5.4 million contract.

2004 Draft picks

Source ^[3]

The 2004 MLB draft was held on June 7–8. The Blue Jays had two compensation picks.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College/School	Nationality	Signed
1	16	David Purcey	LHP	Oklahoma		2004–07–20
1	32*	Zach Jackson	LHP	Texas A&M		2004–07–23
2	57	Curtis Thigpen	C	Texas		2004–07–09
3	83*	Adam Lind	1B	South Alabama		2004–06–16
3	87	Danny Hill	RHP	Missouri		2004–06–16
4	117	Casey Janssen	RHP	UCLA		2004–06–16
5	147	Ryan Klosterman	SS	Vanderbilt		2004–06–22
6	177	Preston Patton	OF	Texas A&M		–
7	207	Randy Dicken	RHP	Shippensburg		2004–06–16
8	237	Rhame Cannon	1B	The Citadel		2004–06–16
9	267	Joseph Metropoulos	1B	Southern California		2004–06–16
10	297	Brian Hall	2B	Stanford		2004–06–16
24	717	Jesse Litsch	RHP	South Florida Community College		–

• * The Blue Jays received the 32nd pick as compensation for loss of free agent Kelvim Escobar
• * The Blue Jays received the 83rd pick from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim as compensation for signing of free agent Kelvim Escobar

Roster

2004 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers 51 Terry Adams 43 Miguel Batista 49 Dave Bush 39 Gustavo Chacín 50 Vinnie Chulk 26 Valerio de los Santos 24 Sean Douglass 36 Bob File 54 Jason Frasor 48 Kevin Frederick 51 Ryan Glynn 32 Roy Halladay 41 Pat Hentgen 23 Jason Kershner 35 Brandon League 46 Kerry Ligtenberg 31 Ted Lilly 44 Aquilino López 51 Dave Maurer 34 Justin Miller 53 Micheal Nakamura 59 Adam Peterson 30 Justin Speier  7 Josh Towers		Catchers 29 Kevin Cash 20 Bobby Estalella 28 Greg Myers 16 Guillermo Quiróz  9 Gregg Zaun Infielders  8 Russ Adams 25 Carlos Delgado  3 Chris Gomez 11 Eric Hinske  1 Orlando Hudson  4 Frank Menechino 17 Josh Phelps  5 Chris Woodward		Outfielders  2 Dave Berg 27 Frank Catalanotto  6 Howie Clark 21 Gabe Gross 33 Chad Hermansen 37 Reed Johnson 18 Simon Pond 15 Alex Ríos 10 Vernon Wells Other batters 17 Eric Crozier		Manager 58 John Gibbons 14 Carlos Tosca Coaches 56 Mike Barnett (hitting) 53 Joe Breeden (bench) 55 Brian Butterfield (third base) 58 John Gibbons (first base) 47 Gil Patterson (pitching) 52 Bruce Walton (bullpen)

Game log

2004 Game Log
April # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 5 Tigers 7 – 0 Johnson (1-0) Halladay (0-1) 47,817 0-1 2 April 6 Tigers 7 – 3 Maroth (1-0) Batista (0-1) Robertson (1) 21,003 0-2 3 April 7 Tigers 6 – 3 Bonderman (1-0) Hentgen (0-1) 13,100 0-3 4 April 9 @ Red Sox 10 – 5 Speier (1-0) Timlin (0-1) 34,337 1-3 5 April 10 @ Red Sox 4 – 1 Martínez (1-1) Halladay (0-2) Foulke (2) 35,305 1-4 6 April 11 @ Red Sox 6 – 4 (12) Malaska (1-0) López (0-1) 34,286 1-5 7 April 13 @ Tigers 7 – 5 Adams (1-0) Patterson (0-1) Speier (1) 8,804 2-5 8 April 14 @ Tigers 5 – 3 Robertson (1-0) Lilly (0-1) Patterson (1) 15,129 2-6 9 April 15 @ Tigers 11 – 0 Halladay (1-2) Johnson (1-2) 17,572 3-6 10 April 16 Orioles 11 – 2 Riley (1-0) Batista (0-2) 14,239 3-7 11 April 17 Orioles 5 – 3 Ryan (1-0) Speier (1-1) Julio (1) 20,177 3-8 12 April 18 Orioles 7 – 0 DuBose (1-2) Hentgen (0-2) 16,842 3-9 13 April 20 Red Sox 4 – 2 Martínez (2-1) Halladay (1-3) Foulke (4) 26,010 3-10 14 April 21 Red Sox 4 – 2 Wakefield (2-0) Lilly (0-2) Foulke (5) 16,163 3-11 15 April 22 Red Sox 7 – 3 Adams (2-0) Schilling (2-1) 16,480 4-11 16 April 23 @ Orioles 11 – 3 DuBose (2-2) Towers (0-1) 26,827 4-12 17 April 24 @ Orioles 5 – 4 (12) Ligtenberg (1-0) DeJean (0-1) 41,093 5-12 18 April 25 @ Orioles 15 – 3 Halladay (2-3) Ponson (2-1) 31,028 6-12 19 April 26 @ Twins 6 – 1 Lilly (1-2) Radke (2-2) 13,859 7-12 20 April 27 @ Twins 7 – 4 Rincón (3-0) Speier (1-2) 14,029 7-13 21 April 28 @ Twins 9 – 5 Rincón (4-0) Frasor (0-1) 15,164 7-14 22 April 29 @ White Sox 6 – 4 Loaiza (4-0) Nakamura (0-1) Koch (2) 11,210 7-15 -- April 30 @ White Sox Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for May 1
May # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 23 May 1 @ White Sox 4 – 3 (10) Takatsu (1-0) Speier (1-3) 7-16 24 May 1 @ White Sox 10 – 6 Lilly (2-2) Wright (0-4) 22,072 8-16 25 May 2 @ White Sox 3 – 2 Garland (2-1) Batista (0-3) Koch (3) 15,550 8-17 26 May 3 Royals 3 – 2 (10) Field (1-0) Adams (2-1) Cerda (1) 13,007 8-18 27 May 4 Royals 5 – 4 Hentgen (1-2) May (0-4) Frasor (1) 20,011 9-18 28 May 5 Royals 10 – 3 Halladay (3-3) Anderson (1-3) 14,103 10-18 29 May 7 White Sox 5 – 4 Adams (3-1) Politte (0-1) 15,661 11-18 30 May 8 White Sox 4 – 2 Frasor (1-1) Cotts (0-1) Adams (1) 18,368 12-18 31 May 9 White Sox 5 – 2 Miller (1-0) Loaiza (4-2) Ligtenberg (1) 17,546 13-18 32 May 10 @ Royals 9 – 3 Hentgen (2-2) Anderson (1-4) 13,803 14-18 33 May 11 @ Royals 5 – 1 Camp (2-0) Halladay (3-4) 15,779 14-19 34 May 12 @ Royals 4 – 3 Field (2-0) Adams (3-2) 29,309 14-20 35 May 13 Red Sox 12 – 6 Batista (1-3) Schilling (4-3) 20,876 15-20 36 May 14 Red Sox 9 – 3 Embree (2-0) Ligtenberg (1-1) 20,948 15-21 37 May 15 Red Sox 4 – 0 Arroyo (2-1) Hentgen (2-3) 36,841 15-22 38 May 16 Red Sox 3 – 1 Halladay (4-4) Martínez (4-3) Adams (2) 31,618 16-22 39 May 17 Twins 9 – 5 Rincón (6-2) Nakamura (0-2) Fultz (1) 13,502 16-23 40 May 18 Twins 5 – 3 Batista (2-3) Santana (2-1) Adams (3) 25,405 17-23 41 May 19 Twins 6 – 5 Fultz (2-1) Adams (3-3) Nathan (13) 25,675 17-24 42 May 21 @ Red Sox 11 – 5 Timlin (3-1) Nakamura (0-3) 35,287 17-25 43 May 22 @ Red Sox 5 – 2 Martínez (1-0) Ligtenberg (1-2) Foulke (9) 35,196 17-26 44 May 23 @ Red Sox 7 – 2 Wakefield (4-2) Batista (2-4) 35,239 17-27 45 May 24 Angels 6 – 5 (10) Frasor (2-1) Weber (0-2) 15,301 18-27 46 May 26 Angels 6 – 5 Adams (4-3) Percival (2-1) 14,515 19-27 47 May 27 Angels 3 – 2 Halladay (5-4) Washburn (7-2) Frasor (2) 14,773 20-27 48 May 28 Rangers 5 – 4 Lilly (3-2) Dickey (4-5) Frasor (3) 16,394 21-27 49 May 29 Rangers 6 – 2 Batista (3-4) Dominguez (0-1) 30,704 22-27 50 May 30 Rangers 4 – 2 Rogers (8-2) Miller (1-1) Cordero (16) 22,225 22-28 51 May 31 @ Mariners 6 – 2 Moyer (4-2) Hentgen (2-4) 27,856 22-29
June # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 52 June 1 @ Mariners 6 – 5 López (1-1) Nageotte (0-1) Frasor (4) 24,848 23-29 53 June 2 @ Mariners 5 – 3 Lilly (4-2) Piñeiro (1-7) Ligtenberg (2) 25,317 24-29 54 June 3 @ Athletics 2 – 1 (11) Bradford (3-1) Adams (4-4) 10,879 24-30 55 June 4 @ Athletics 6 – 1 Towers (1-1) Bradford (3-2) Chulk (1) 12,822 25-30 56 June 5 @ Athletics 4 – 0 Hudson (6-2) Hentgen (2-5) 20,772 25-31 57 June 6 @ Athletics 8 – 3 Redman (4-3) Kershner (0-1) 24,092 25-32 58 June 8 Dodgers 7 – 1 Lilly (5-2) Nomo (3-6) 16,499 26-32 59 June 9 Dodgers 4 – 0 Batista (4-4) Lima (4-2) 18,003 27-32 60 June 10 Dodgers 6 – 1 Ishii (8-3) Towers (1-2) 16,267 27-33 61 June 11 Diamondbacks 3 – 2 Choate (1-0) Frasor (2-2) Valverde (7) 14,259 27-34 62 June 12 Diamondbacks 15 – 4 Halladay (6-4) Good (0-1) Chulk (2) 30,349 28-34 63 June 13 Diamondbacks 5 – 3 Johnson (9-4) Lilly (5-3) Valverde (8) 22,766 28-35 64 June 15 @ Giants 4 – 3 Schmidt (8-2) Batista (4-5) Herges (17) 36,737 28-36 65 June 16 @ Giants 10 – 2 Rueter (3-6) Hentgen (2-6) 36,834 28-37 66 June 17 @ Giants 8 – 5 Brower (4-3) Speier (1-4) Herges (18) 40,464 28-38 67 June 18 @ Padres 3 – 2 Lilly (6-3) Wells (2-5) Frasor (5) 40,511 29-38 68 June 19 @ Padres 3 – 2 Linebrink (3-1) Speier (1-5) Hoffman (15) 40,307 29-39 69 June 20 @ Padres 3 – 0 Batista (5-5) Lawrence (8-5) Frasor (6) 41,060 30-39 70 June 22 Devil Rays 5 – 1 Harper (2-0) Hentgen (2-7) 15,646 30-40 71 June 23 Devil Rays 2 – 1 (10) Frasor (3-2) Colomé (1-1) 14,713 31-40 72 June 24 Devil Rays 19 – 13 Halama (4-1) Lilly (6-4) 14,876 31-41 73 June 25 Expos 3 – 1 Towers (2-2) Day (5-8) Frasor (7) 16,484 32-41 74 June 26 Expos 10 – 5 Batista (6-5) Downs (0-1) 23,875 33-41 75 June 27 Expos 9 – 4 Hernández (5-7) Hentgen (2-8) 25,915 33-42 76 June 28 @ Devil Rays 10 – 2 Zambrano (8-4) Halladay (6-5) 11,218 33-43 77 June 29 @ Devil Rays 4 – 0 Lilly (7-4) Halama (4-2) 11,640 34-43 78 June 30 @ Devil Rays 6 – 2 Brazelton (2-0) Towers (2-3) 10,560 34-44
July # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 79 July 1 @ Devil Rays 14 – 0 Batista (7-5) Hendrickson (5-6) 14,417 35-44 80 July 2 @ Expos † 2 – 0 Hernández (6-7) Bush (0-1) 8,220 35-45 81 July 3 @ Expos † 2 – 0 Halladay (7-5) Armas (1-3) Frasor (8) 8,831 36-45 82 July 4 @ Expos † 6 – 4 Hill (1-1) Lilly (7-5) Horgan (1) 8,279 36-46 83 July 6 Mariners 7 – 6 Batista (8-5) Moyer (6-5) Frasor (9) 16,262 37-46 84 July 7 Mariners 12 – 4 Towers (3-3) Blackley (1-1) 18,513 38-46 85 July 8 Mariners 10 – 8 Speier (2-5) Guardado (2-1) 16,188 39-46 86 July 9 Angels 5 – 4 Colón (6-8) Halladay (7-6) Percival (14) 15,071 39-47 87 July 10 Angels 11 – 2 Escobar (5-5) Lilly (7-6) 20,635 39-48 88 July 11 Angels 5 – 2 Lackey (7-8) Batista (8-6) Percival (15) 17,573 39-49 89 July 16 @ Rangers 11 – 2 Drese (5-5) Halladay (7-7) 44,348 39-50 90 July 17 @ Rangers 4 – 0 Rodríguez (3-0) Lilly (7-7) 43,189 39-51 91 July 18 @ Rangers 7 – 5 Brocail (1-1) Chulk (0-1) Cordero (28) 24,334 39-52 92 July 19 @ Athletics 5 – 3 Towers (4-3) Saarloos (1-1) Frasor (10) 15,480 40-52 93 July 20 @ Athletics 1 – 0 (14) Lehr (1-1) Speier (2-6) 18,885 40-53 94 July 21 @ Yankees 10 – 3 Vázquez (11-6) Hentgen (2-9) 53,031 40-54 95 July 22 @ Yankees 1 – 0 Rivera (1-0) Chulk (0-2) 53,657 40-55 96 July 23 Devil Rays 7 – 4 Batista (9-6) Hendrickson (7-8) Frasor (11) 16,633 41-55 97 July 24 Devil Rays 4 – 2 Towers (5-3) Bell (3-4) Frasor (12) 18,841 42-55 98 July 25 Devil Rays 5 – 3 Bush (1-1) Zambrano (9-7) Ligtenberg (3) 15,784 43-55 99 July 26 Yankees 6 – 5 (10) Rivera (2-1) Frasor (3-3) 30,041 43-56 100 July 27 Yankees 7 – 4 Proctor (1-0) Ligtenberg (1-3) Gordon (3) 30,087 43-57 101 July 28 Yankees 3 – 2 (10) Frasor (4-3) Proctor (1-1) 31,385 44-57 102 July 30 @ Devil Rays 3 – 0 Towers (6-3) Halama (5-5) Frasor (13) 10,531 45-57 103 July 31 @ Devil Rays 6 – 5 Sosa (3-0) Bush (1-2) Báez (21) 17,418 45-58
August # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 104 August 1 @ Devil Rays 5 – 3 Brazelton (4-3) Douglass (0-1) Báez (22) 10,750 45-59 105 August 2 Indians 6 – 1 Lilly (8-7) Lee (10-4) 17,549 46-59 106 August 3 Indians 7 – 6 Speier (3-6) Betancourt (4-5) Frasor (14) 15,025 47-59 107 August 4 Indians 14 – 5 Westbrook (9-5) Towers (6-4) 15,675 47-60 108 August 5 Indians 6 – 3 (10) Betancourt (5-5) Ligtenberg (1-4) Wickman (2) 30,037 47-61 109 August 6 @ Yankees 11 – 4 Vázquez (13-6) Douglass (0-2) 48,900 47-62 110 August 7 @ Yankees 6 – 0 Hernández (4-0) Lilly (8-8) 54,025 47-63 111 August 8 @ Yankees 8 – 2 Lieber (8-7) Batista (9-7) 52,616 47-64 112 August 9 @ Yankees 5 – 4 Towers (7-4) Loaiza (9-6) Frasor (15) 49,853 48-64 113 August 10 @ Indians 2 – 0 Durbin (5-4) Bush (1-3) Wickman (5) 19,942 48-65 114 August 11 @ Indians 3 – 2 Sabathia (9-6) Frederick (0-1) Wickman (6) 23,696 48-66 115 August 12 @ Indians 6 – 2 Riske (6-2) Ligtenberg (1-5) 22,734 48-67 116 August 13 Orioles 4 – 0 Ponson (8-12) Batista (9-8) 21,234 48-68 117 August 14 Orioles 7 – 2 Towers (8-4) Borkowski (3-3) 35,768 49-68 118 August 15 Orioles 11 – 7 Groom (3-0) Chulk (0-3) 26,132 49-69 119 August 16 @ Red Sox 8 – 4 Lowe (11-10) Miller (1-2) Foulke (20) 35,271 49-70 120 August 17 @ Red Sox 5 – 4 Foulke (3-3) Frederick (0-2) 35,105 49-71 121 August 18 @ Red Sox 6 – 4 Wakefield (9-7) Batista (9-9) 34,867 49-72 122 August 20 @ Orioles 14 – 4 Towers (9-4) Borkowski (3-4) 35,024 50-72 123 August 21 @ Orioles 10 – 4 Bush (2-3) Cabrera (9-6) 38,079 51-72 124 August 22 @ Orioles 8 – 5 Miller (2-2) Bédard (5-8) Frasor (16) 44,482 52-72 125 August 23 Red Sox 3 – 0 Lilly (9-8) Martínez (13-5) 27,145 53-72 126 August 24 Red Sox 5 – 4 Wakefield (10-7) Batista (9-10) Foulke (23) 22,217 53-73 127 August 25 Red Sox 11 – 5 Schilling (16-6) Towers (9-5) 22,479 53-74 128 August 26 Yankees 7 – 4 Nitkowski (1-1) Frasor (4-4) Rivera (44) 35,682 53-75 129 August 27 Yankees 8 – 7 Sturtze (5-2) Miller (2-3) Gordon (4) 35,436 53-76 130 August 28 Yankees 18 – 6 Brown (10-3) Lilly (9-9) Rivera (45) 43,541 53-77 131 August 29 Yankees 6 – 4 Batista (10-10) Mussina (9-8) Frasor (17) 44,072 54-77 132 August 31 Mariners 7 – 5 Atchison (2-2) Ligtenberg (1-6) Putz (6) 21,174 54-78
September # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 133 September 1 Mariners 4 – 2 Bush (3-3) Villone (5-5) Speier (2) 22,310 55-78 134 September 2 Mariners 8 – 6 File (1-0) Baek (1-1) Speier (3) 23,374 56-78 135 September 3 Athletics 7 – 4 Hudson (11-4) Lilly (9-10) Dotel (18) 28,488 56-79 136 September 4 Athletics 9 – 5 Hammond (4-1) Frasor (4-5) 29,149 56-80 137 September 5 Athletics 13 – 5 Glynn (1-0) Harden (9-6) 28,327 57-80 138 September 7 @ Angels 5 – 2 Colón (14-11) Bush (3-4) Percival (27) 36,277 57-81 139 September 8 @ Angels 1 – 0 Miller (3-3) Escobar (9-10) Speier (4) 36,905 58-81 140 September 9 @ Angels 5 – 4 Lilly (10-10) Washburn (11-6) Speier (5) 37,514 59-81 141 September 10 @ Rangers 10 – 3 Drese (12-8) Batista (10-11) 24,617 59-82 142 September 11 @ Rangers 10 – 7 Mahay (3-0) Frasor (4-6) Cordero (43) 40,587 59-83 143 September 12 @ Rangers 7 – 6 Brocail (3-1) Speier (3-7) Cordero (44) 20,434 59-84 144 September 13 Orioles 9 – 1 Chen (1-0) Miller (3-4) 18,372 59-85 145 September 15 Orioles 3 – 0 Lilly (11-10) Riley (1-4) Speier (6) 19,942 60-85 146 September 16 Orioles 9 – 5 López (13-8) Batista (10-12) 21,451 60-86 147 September 17 Devil Rays 11 – 4 Waechter (4-7) Towers (9-6) 25,987 60-87 148 September 18 Devil Rays 4 – 2 Bush (4-4) Ritchie (0-1) Batista (1) 33,432 61-87 149 September 19 Devil Rays 9 – 7 Chulk (1-3) Kazmir (2-2) Speier (7) 30,714 62-87 150 September 20 @ Yankees 6 – 3 Chacín (1-0) Vázquez (14-10) Batista (2) 10,732 63-87 151 September 21 @ Yankees 5 – 3 Loaiza (10-7) Halladay (7-8) Rivera (50) 36,675 63-88 152 September 22 @ Yankees 5 – 4 Lilly (12-10) Hernández (8-1) Batista (3) 49,560 64-88 153 September 24 @ Devil Rays 4 – 2 Hendrickson (10-15) Towers (9-7) Báez (29) 13,003 64-89 154 September 25 @ Devil Rays 6 – 5 Báez (4-3) Batista (10-13) 20,978 64-90 -- September 26 @ Devil Rays Cancelled (Hurricane Jeanne)Not rescheduled 155 September 27 @ Orioles 4 – 1 League (1-0) Ponson (11-15) Batista (4) 17,809 65-90 -- September 28 @ Orioles Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for September 29 156 September 29 @ Orioles 7 – 6 Ryan (4-6) Speier (3-8) 65-91 157 September 29 @ Orioles 4 – 0 Bauer (2-1) Chacín (1-1) 20,600 65-92 158 September 30 @ Orioles 9 – 3 Riley (3-4) Towers (9-8) 18,793 65-93
October # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 159 October 1 Yankees 7 – 0 Bush (5-4) Hernández (8-2) 48,914 66-93 160 October 2 Yankees 4 – 2 Halladay (8-8) Brown (10-6) Batista (5) 50,498 67-93 161 October 3 Yankees 3 – 2 Proctor (2-1) Towers (9-9) Sturtze (1) 49,948 67-94
† At Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Gregg Zaun	107	338	91	.269	6	36
1B	Carlos Delgado	128	458	123	.269	32	99
2B	Orlando Hudson	135	489	132	.270	12	58
SS	Chris Gomez	109	341	96	.282	3	37
3B	Eric Hinske	155	570	140	.246	15	69
LF	Reed Johnson	141	537	145	.270	10	61
CF	Vernon Wells	134	536	146	.272	23	67
RF	Alex Ríos	111	426	122	.286	1	28
DH	Josh Phelps	79	295	70	.237	12	51

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Frank Catalanotto	75	249	73	.293	1	26
Frank Menechino	71	236	71	.301	9	25
Chris Woodward	69	213	50	.235	1	24
Kevin Cash	60	181	35	.193	4	21
Dave Berg	58	154	39	.253	3	23
Gabe Gross	44	129	27	.209	3	16
Howie Clark	40	115	25	.217	3	12
Russ Adams	22	72	22	.306	4	10
Guillermo Quiróz	17	52	11	.212	0	6
Simon Pond	16	49	8	.163	1	6
Eric Crozier	14	33	5	.152	2	4
Greg Myers	8	18	4	.222	0	1
Bobby Estalella	5	13	3	.231	0	0
Chad Hermansen	4	7	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Miguel Batista	38	198.2	10	13	4.80	104
Ted Lilly	32	197.1	12	10	4.06	168
Roy Halladay	21	133.0	8	8	4.20	95
Josh Towers	21	116.1	9	9	5.11	51
Dave Bush	16	97.2	5	4	3.69	64
Justin Miller	19	81.2	3	4	6.06	47
Pat Hentgen	18	80.1	2	9	6.95	33
Gustavo Chacin	2	14.0	1	1	2.57	6

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Sean Douglass	14	38.2	0	2	6.28	36
Ryan Glynn	6	20.0	1	0	4.05	14

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Jason Frasor	63	4	6	17	4.08	54
Justin Speier	62	3	8	7	3.91	52
Kerry Ligtenberg	57	1	6	3	6.38	49
Vinnie Chulk	47	1	3	2	4.66	44
Terry Adams	42	4	4	3	3.98	35
Bob File	24	1	0	0	4.81	15
Jason Kershner	24	0	1	0	6.04	15
Kevin Frederick	22	0	2	0	6.59	22
Micheal Nakamura	19	0	3	0	7.36	24
Aquilino López	18	1	1	0	6.00	13
Valerio De Los Santos	17	0	0	0	6.17	10
Brandon League	3	1	0	0	0.00	0
Adam Peterson	3	0	0	0	16.88	2
Dave Maurer	3	0	0	0	54.00	1
Frank Menechino	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Award winners

• Vernon Wells , Gold Glove Award

All-Star Game

• Ted Lilly, pitcher ^[4]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Syracuse SkyChiefs	International League	Marty Pevey
AA	New Hampshire Fisher Cats	Eastern League	Mike Basso
A	Dunedin Blue Jays	Florida State League	Omar Malavé
A	Charleston Alley Cats	South Atlantic League	Ken Joyce
A-Short Season	Auburn Doubledays	New York–Penn League	Dennis Holmberg
Rookie	Pulaski Blue Jays	Appalachian League	Gary Cathcart

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: New Hampshire ^[5]

References

1. "2004 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
2. "2004 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
3. "Feature: 2004 Free Agent Draft Pick Compensation". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 5, 2010.
4. Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History
5. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

• 2004 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Reference
• 2004 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Almanac