2004 Baltimore Orioles season

2004 Baltimore Orioles
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkOriole Park at Camden Yards
CityBaltimore
Record78–84 (.481)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersPeter Angelos
General managersJim Beattie/Mike Flanagan
ManagersLee Mazzilli
TelevisionWJZ-TV
WNUV
WDCA
Comcast SportsNet
(Jim Palmer, Michael Reghi, Buck Martinez, Fred Manfra)
RadioWBAL (AM)
(Fred Manfra, Jim Hunter, Joe Angel)
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The 2004 Baltimore Orioles season was the 104th season in Baltimore Orioles franchise history, the 51st in Baltimore, and the 13th at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. They improved on their 71–91–1 (.439) record from the previous year with a 78-84 record, but missed the postseason for the 7th straight season. The team led Major League Baseball in at bats (5,736) and hits (1,614).[1]

Offseason

  • December 3, 2003: Bill Haselman was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.[2]
  • February 5, 2004: Clay Bellinger was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.[3]
  • March 15, 2004: B.J. Surhoff was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.[4]

Regular season

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
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


Record vs. opponents

2004 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
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


Notable transactions

July 6, 2004: Ken Huckaby was selected off waivers by the Baltimore Orioles from the Texas Rangers.[5]

Roster

2004 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders 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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Javy López 150 579 183 .316 23 86
1B Rafael Palmeiro 154 550 142 .258 23 88
2B Brian Roberts 159 641 175 .273 4 53
SS Miguel Tejeda 162 653 203 .311 34 150
3B Melvin Mora 140 550 187 .340 27 104
LF Larry Bigbie 139 478 134 .280 15 68
CF Luis Matos 89 330 74 .224 6 28
RF Jay Gibbons 97 346 85 .246 10 47
DH David Newhan 95 373 116 .311 8 54

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
B.J. Surhoff 100 343 106 .309 8 50
Jerry Hairston Jr. 86 287 87 .303 2 24
Tim Raines Jr. 48 94 24 .255 0 5
Luis López 56 88 16 .182 1 8
Robert Machado 37 73 11 .151 1 3
Karim García 23 66 14 .212 3 11
José León 31 66 12 .182 2 8
David Segui 18 59 20 .339 1 7
Gerónimo Gil 12 32 9 .281 0 4
Darnell McDonald 17 32 5 .156 0 1
Keith Osik 11 25 2 .080 0 0
Chad Mottola 6 14 2 .143 1 3
Val Majewski 9 13 2 .154 0 1
Ken Huckaby 8 12 2 .167 0 0
José Bautista 16 11 3 .273 0 0
Jack Cust 1 1 0 .000 0 0

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
Sidney Ponson 33 215.2 11 15 5.30 115
Daniel Cabrera 28 147.2 12 8 5.00 76
Érik Bédard 27 137.1 6 10 4.59 121
Eric DuBose 14 74.2 4 6 6.39 48
Matt Riley 14 64.0 3 4 5.63 60
Bruce Chen 8 47.2 2 1 3.02 32
Kurt Ainsworth 7 30.2 0 1 9.68 20
John Maine 1 3.2 0 1 9.82 1

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
Rodrigo López 37 170.2 14 9 3.59 121
Dave Borkowski 17 56.0 3 4 5.14 45
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
Jorge Julio 65 2 5 22 4.57 70
B.J. Ryan 76 4 6 3 2.28 122
Buddy Groom 60 4 1 0 4.78 32
John Parrish 56 6 3 1 3.46 71
Jason Grimsley 41 2 4 0 4.21 21
Mike DeJean 37 0 5 0 6.13 36
Eddy Rodríguez 29 1 0 0 4.78 37
Todd Williams 29 2 0 0 2.87 13
Rick Bauer 23 2 1 0 4.70 37
Darwin Cubillán 7 0 0 0 5.40 8
Aaron Rakers 3 0 0 0 4.15 3
Denny Bautista 2 0 0 0 36.00 1

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Ottawa Lynx International League Tim Leiper
AA Bowie Baysox Eastern League Dave Trembley
A Frederick Keys Carolina League Tom Lawless
A Delmarva Shorebirds South Atlantic League Bien Figueroa
A-Short Season Aberdeen IronBirds New York–Penn League Don Buford
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Gary Kendall

[6][7]

References

  1. ^ "2004 MLB Team Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  2. ^ "Bill Haselman Stats".
  3. ^ "Clay Bellinger Stats".
  4. ^ B.J. Surhoff Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ^ Ken Huckaby Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  7. ^ Baseball America 2005 Directory.


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