2004 Toronto Blue Jays | ||
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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 by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 2004 season. [1]
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 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 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 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 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 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. |
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.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 101 | 61 | .623 | — | 57–24 | 44–37 |
Boston Red Sox | 98 | 64 | .605 | 3 | 55–26 | 43–38 |
Baltimore Orioles | 78 | 84 | .481 | 23 | 38–43 | 40–41 |
Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 70 | 91 | .435 | 30½ | 41–39 | 29–52 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 67 | 94 | .416 | 33½ | 40–41 | 27–53 |
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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 for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 2004 regular season. [2]
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 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 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 14 | Released Mark Lukasiewicz. |
July 24 | Acquired John Hattig from the Boston Red Sox for Terry Adams. |
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 2 | Released Marvin Benard. |
September 13 | Re-signed Frank Catalanotto to a two-year, $5.4 million contract. |
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 |
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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 | ![]() | – |
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April: 7–15 (Home: 1–8; Away: 6–7)
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May: 15–14 (Home: 13–6; Away: 2–8)
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June: 12–15 (Home: 6–6; Away: 6–9)
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July: 11–14 (Home: 7–5; Away: 4–9)
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August: 10–20 (Home: 5–10; Away: 5–10)
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September: 10–15 (Home: 6–5; Away: 4–10)
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† At Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico. |
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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Sean Douglass | 14 | 38.2 | 0 | 2 | 6.28 | 36 |
Ryan Glynn | 6 | 20.0 | 1 | 0 | 4.05 | 14 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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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 |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: New Hampshire [5]
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The 1980 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's fourth season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing seventh in the American League East with a record of 67 wins and 95 losses. The season represented a turning point as Bobby Mattick became the second field manager in franchise history.
The 1977 Toronto Blue Jays season was the first season of Major League Baseball played by the Toronto-based expansion franchise. The Blue Jays finished seventh in the American League East with a record of 54 wins and 107 losses, 45½ games behind the World Champion New York Yankees.
The 2009 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 33rd in Major League Baseball, and the 20th full season of play at the Rogers Centre. The team was managed by Cito Gaston, who was hired by the team midway through the 2008 season. General manager J. P. Ricciardi was fired on the penultimate day of the season, as the team again failed to make the playoffs. He was replaced by Assistant General Manager Alex Anthopoulos.
The Toronto Blue Jays came into existence in 1976, as one of two teams slated to join the American League for the following season, via the 1977 Major League Baseball expansion.
The 2010 Toronto Blue Jays season was the 34th season of Major League Baseball's Toronto Blue Jays franchise, and the team's 21st full season of play at the Rogers Centre. The 2010 season was the first under general manager Alex Anthopoulos, who replaced J. P. Ricciardi after the 2009 season.
The 2011 Toronto Blue Jays season was the 35th season of Major League Baseball's Toronto Blue Jays franchise, and the 22nd full season of play at the Rogers Centre. It was also the first season with John Farrell as the team's manager. The Blue Jays had an up-and-down season, finishing with an 81–81 record, in fourth place in the American League East.