2004 Oakland Athletics season

2004 Oakland Athletics
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Western Division (since 1969)
Location
McAfee Coliseum (since 1968)
Oakland, California (since 1968)
Results
Record	91–71 (.562)
Other information
Owner(s)	Stephen Schott & Kenneth Hofmann
General manager(s)	Billy Beane
Manager(s)	Ken Macha
Local television	KICU-TV FSN Bay Area (Ray Fosse, Hank Greenwald, Glen Kuiper)
Local radio	KFRC (Bill King, Ken Korach, Ray Fosse)
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The Oakland Athletics' 2004 season involved the A's finishing 2nd in the American League West with a record of 91 wins and 71 losses.

Offseason

October 9, 2003: Marco Scutaro was selected off waivers by the Oakland Athletics from the New York Mets.^[1]
November 18, 2003: Ted Lilly was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Toronto Blue Jays for Bobby Kielty.^[2]
November 26, 2003: Mark Kotsay was traded by the San Diego Padres to the Oakland Athletics for Terrence Long and Ramón Hernández.^[3]
December 3, 2003: Wayne Gomes was signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.^[4]
February 6, 2004: Eric Karros was signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.^[5]
March 15, 2004: Mike Oquist was signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.^[6]

Regular season


Reggie Jackson's number 9 was retired by the Oakland Athletics in 2004.

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Anaheim Angels	92	70	0.568	—	45–36	47–34
Oakland Athletics	91	71	0.562	1	52–29	39–42
Texas Rangers	89	73	0.549	3	51–30	38–43
Seattle Mariners	63	99	0.389	29	38–44	25–55

Record vs. opponents

2004 American League Records 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

April 17, 2004: Kirk Saarloos was traded by the Houston Astros to the Oakland Athletics for Chad Harville.^[7]
August 3, 2004: Eric Karros was released by the Oakland Athletics.^[5]

Roster

2004 Oakland Athletics

Roster

Pitchers

64 Joe Blanton

54 Chad Bradford

46 Santiago Casilla

28 Octavio Dotel

58 Justin Duchscherer

29 Chris Hammond

40 Rich Harden

31 Chad Harville

15 Tim Hudson

57 Justin Lehr

45 Jim Mecir

20 Mark Mulder

55,18 Mark Redman

53 Arthur Rhodes

73 Ricardo Rincón

31 Kirk Saarloos

75 Barry Zito

Catchers

17 Adam Melhuse

26 Damian Miller

6 Mike Rose

Infielders

47 Ramon Castro

3 Eric Chavez

7 Bobby Crosby

44 Erubiel Durazo

12 Esteban Germán

10 Scott Hatteberg

32 Eric Karros

2 Mark McLemore

11 Frank Menechino

49 Marco Scutaro

Outfielders

22 Eric Byrnes

24 Jermaine Dye

23 Bobby Kielty

21 Mark Kotsay

13 Billy McMillon

33 Nick Swisher

Manager

39 Ken Macha

Coaches

35 Brad Fischer (first base)

52 Bob Geren (bullpen)

48 Dave Hudgens (hitting)

46 Chris Speier (bench)

38 Ron Washington (third base)

41 Curt Young (pitching)

Player stats

Batting

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

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Mark Mulder	33	225.2	17	8	4.43	140
Barry Zito	34	213.0	11	11	4.48	163
Rich Harden	31	189.2	11	7	3.99	167
Tim Hudson	27	188.2	12	6	3.53	103
Mark Redman	32	191.0	11	12	4.71	102

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Chris Hammond	41	53.2	4	1	2.68	34
Arthur Rhodes	37	38.2	3	3	5.12	34
Justin Lehr	27	32.2	1	1	5.23	16
Kirk Saarloos	6	24.1	2	1	4.44	10

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Justin Duchscherer	53	96.1	7	6	3.27	59
Octavio Dotel	45	50.2	6	2	4.09	72
Chad Bradford	68	59.0	5	7	4.42	34
Jim Mecir	65	47.2	0	5	3.59	49

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Sacramento RiverCats	Pacific Coast League	Tony DeFrancesco
AA	Midland RockHounds	Texas League	Webster Garrison
A	Modesto A's	California League	Von Hayes
A	Kane County Cougars	Midwest League	Dave Joppie
A-Short Season	Vancouver Canadians	Northwest League	Dennis Rogers
Rookie	AZL Athletics	Arizona League	Ruben Escalera

References

2004 Oakland Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
2004 Oakland Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

2004 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota

AL West	Anaheim Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida Montréal New York Philadelphia

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Oakland Athletics

Formerly the Philadelphia Athletics and the Kansas City Athletics
Based in Oakland, California (Bay Area)

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Barrs Field; Terry Park Ballfield; Wilmington Park; McCurdy Field; Connie Mack Field; McKechnie Field; Rendezvous Park; Scottsdale Stadium I; Phoenix Municipal Stadium; Hohokam Stadium

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Key personnel

Owners: John J. Fisher & Lewis Wolff
President: Michael Crowley
Executive vice president: Billy Beane
General manager: David Forst
Manager: Bob Melvin

Important figures

Hall of Fame members	Home Run Baker Chief Bender Mickey Cochrane Eddie Collins Dennis Eckersley Rollie Fingers Jimmie Foxx Lefty Grove Rickey Henderson Catfish Hunter Reggie Jackson Nap Lajoie Connie Mack Eddie Plank Al Simmons Rube Waddell Dick Williams

Wall of Fame members	Sam Chapman Jack Coombs Jimmy Dykes George Earnshaw Ferris Fain Bob Johnson Eddie Joost Bing Miller Wally Moses Rube Oldring Bobby Shantz Eddie Rommel Elmer Valo Rube Walberg Gus Zernial

World Series
Champions (9)

American League
Championships (15)

AL West Division
Championships (16)

AL Wild Card (2)

2001
2014

Minors

AAA: Nashville Sounds
AA: Midland RockHounds
A Adv.: Stockton Ports
A: Beloit Snappers
Short A: Vermont Lake Monsters
Rookie: AZL Athletics; DSL Athletics

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