2004 San Francisco Giants season

2004 San Francisco Giants
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkSBC Park
CitySan Francisco
Record91–71 (.562)
Divisional place2nd
OwnersPeter Magowan
General managersBrian Sabean
ManagersFelipe Alou
TelevisionKTVU
(Jon Miller, Greg Papa, Mike Krukow)
Fox Sports Net Bay Area
(Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper)
RadioKNBR
(Greg Papa, Dave Flemming, Jon Miller)
KZSF
(Erwin Higueros, Amaury Pi-Gonzalez)
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The 2004 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 122nd year in Major League Baseball, their 47th year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their fifth at SBC Park. The team finished in second place in the National League West with a 91–71 record, 2 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers. Barry Bonds became the oldest player in the history of the National League to win the MVP Award. It would be the last winning season San Francisco would have until 2009.[1] The Giants hit 314 doubles, the most in franchise history.[2]

Offseason and spring training

On November 14, 2003, A. J. Pierzynski was traded by the Minnesota Twins with cash to the San Francisco Giants for Joe Nathan, Francisco Liriano, and Boof Bonser.[3]

The Giants finished spring training with a record of 11–19, the worst in the Cactus League.[4] This includes split-squad games but excludes any ties or games against non-Major League opponents.

Regular season

Season standings

National League West

NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 93 69 .574 — 49‍–‍32 44‍–‍37
San Francisco Giants 91 71 .562 2 47‍–‍35 44‍–‍36
San Diego Padres 87 75 .537 6 42‍–‍39 45‍–‍36
Colorado Rockies 68 94 .420 25 38‍–‍43 30‍–‍51
Arizona Diamondbacks 51 111 .315 42 29‍–‍52 22‍–‍59


Record vs. opponents

2004 National League record

Source: [1]
Team AZ ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LA MIL MTL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Arizona — 2–4 4–2 3–3 6–13 3–4 2–4 3–16 3–3 0–6 3–4 1–5 2–4 7–12 5–14 1–5 6–12
Atlanta 4–2 — 3–3 2–4 4–2 14–5 3–3 4–3 4–2 15–4 12–7 10–9 4–2 3–3 4–3 2–4 8–10
Chicago 2–4 3–3 — 9–8 5–1 3–3 10–9 2–4 10–7 3–3 4–2 3–3 13–5 4–2 2–4 8–11 8–4
Cincinnati 3–3 4–2 8–9 — 3–3 4–2 6–11 4–2 10–8 4–2 3–3 3–3 9–10 2–4 3–3 5–14 5-7
Colorado 13–6 2–4 1–5 3–3 — 1–5 1–5 8–11 2–4 2–4 1–5 5–3 2–4 10–9 8–11 1–5 8–10
Florida 4–3 5–14 3–3 2–4 5–1 — 3–3 3–3 4–2 11–8 15–4 12–7 1–5 4–2 2–5 2–4 7–11
Houston 4–2 3–3 9–10 11–6 5–1 3-3 — 1–5 13–6 2–4 2–4 6–0 12–5 2–4 2–4 10–8 7–5
Los Angeles 16–3 3–4 4–2 2–4 11–8 3–3 5–1 — 3–3 4–3 3–3 1–5 6–0 10–9 10–9 2–4 10–8
Milwaukee 3–3 2–4 7–10 8–10 4–2 2–4 6–13 3–3 — 5–1 2–4 0–6 6–12 2–4 1–5 8–9 8–4
Montreal 6–0 4–15 3–3 2–4 4–2 8-11 4–2 3–4 1–5 — 9–10 7–12 4–2 1–6 1–5 3–3 7–11
New York 4–3 7–12 2–4 3–3 5–1 4–15 4–2 3–3 4–2 10–9 — 8–11 1–5 1–6 4–2 1–5 10–8
Philadelphia 5-1 9–10 3–3 3–3 3–5 7–12 0–6 5–1 6–0 12–7 11–8 — 3–3 5–1 2–4 3–3 9–9
Pittsburgh 4–2 2–4 5–13 10–9 4–2 5–1 5–12 0–6 12–6 2–4 5–1 3–3 — 3–3 5–1 5–12 2–10
San Diego 12–7 3–3 2–4 4–2 9–10 2–4 4–2 9–10 4–2 6–1 6–1 1–5 3–3 — 12–7 2–4 8–10
San Francisco 14–5 3–4 4–2 3–3 11–8 5–2 4–2 9–10 5–1 5–1 2–4 4–2 1–5 7–12 — 3–3 11–7
St. Louis 5–1 4–2 11–8 14–5 5–1 4-2 8–10 4–2 9–8 3–3 5–1 3–3 12–5 4–2 3–3 — 11–1


Notable transactions

  • July 30, 2004: Ricky Ledée was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Alfredo Simón (minors) to the San Francisco Giants for Felix Rodriguez.[5]

Roster

2004 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

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 A. J. Pierzynski 131 471 128 .272 11 77
1B J. T. Snow 107 346 113 .327 12 60
2B Ray Durham 120 471 133 .282 17 65
SS Deivi Cruz 127 397 116 .292 7 55
3B Edgardo Alfonzo 139 519 150 .289 11 77
LF Barry Bonds 147 373 135 .362 45 101
CF Marquis Grissom 145 562 157 .279 22 90
RF Michael Tucker 140 464 119 .256 13 62

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
Pedro Feliz 144 503 139 .276 22 84
Neifi Pérez 103 319 74 .232 2 33
Dustan Mohr 117 263 72 .274 7 28
Yorvit Torrealba 64 172 39 .227 6 23
Jeffrey Hammonds 40 95 20 .211 3 6
Cody Ransom 78 68 17 .250 1 11
Damon Minor 24 58 14 .241 0 6
Ricky Ledée 31 53 6 .113 0 4
Brian Dallimore 20 43 12 .279 1 7
Todd Linden 16 32 5 .156 0 1
Tony Torcato 13 9 5 .556 0 2
Jason Ellison 13 4 2 .500 1 3
Justin Knoedler 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
Jason Schmidt 32 225.0 18 7 3.20 251
Brett Tomko 32 194.0 11 7 4.04 108
Kirk Rueter 33 190.1 9 12 4.73 56
Jerome Williams 22 129.1 10 7 4.24 80
Noah Lowry 16 92.0 6 0 3.82 72
Brad Hennessey 7 34.1 2 2 4.98 25

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
Dustin Hermanson 47 131.0 6 9 4.53 102
Brian Cooper 5 13.1 0 2 8.78 7
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
Matt Herges 70 4 5 23 5.23 39
Jim Brower 89 7 7 1 3.29 63
Scott Eyre 83 2 2 1 4.10 49
Jason Christiansen 60 4 3 3 4.50 22
Félix Rodríguez 53 3 5 0 3.43 31
Tyler Walker 52 5 1 1 4.24 48
Wayne Franklin 43 2 1 0 6.39 40
Kevin Correia 12 0 1 0 8.05 14
David Aardsma 11 1 0 0 6.75 5
Dave Burba 6 1 0 0 5.68 3
Kevin Walker 5 0 0 0 16.20 1
Merkin Valdez 2 0 0 0 27.00 2
Leo Estrella 2 0 0 0 27.00 0
Jesse Foppert 1 0 0 0 0.00 2

Awards and honors

  • Barry Bonds, Seventh National League MVP Award (Bonds became the first player to win seven MVP awards)[6]
  • Barry Bonds, Major League record, Highest On-Base Percentage in one season, (.609) [7]
  • J. T. Snow 1B, Willie Mac Award

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Fresno Grizzlies Pacific Coast League Fred Stanley
AA Norwich Navigators Eastern League Shane Turner
A San Jose Giants California League Lenn Sakata
A Hagerstown Suns South Atlantic League Mike Ramsey
A-Short Season Salem-Keizer Volcanoes Northwest League Joe Strain
Rookie AZL Giants Arizona League Bert Hunter

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: AZL Giants[8][9]

References

  1. ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.152, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  2. ^ "Team Batting Season Finder: For Single Seasons, from 1871 to 2020, Playing for SFG, 2B>=300, Standard statistics, Sorted by greatest Doubles". Stathead. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  3. ^ A. J. Pierzynski Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ^ "MLB Spring Training Standings – 2004". ESPN. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  5. ^ Ricky Ledée Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.151, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  7. ^ Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.36, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
  8. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  9. ^ Baseball America 2005 Annual Directory