2004 Oakland Athletics season

Major League Baseball team season

2004 Oakland Athletics

League| American League
Division| West
Ballpark| McAfee Coliseum
City| Oakland, California
Record| 91–71 (.562)
Divisional place| 2nd
Owners| Stephen Schott & Kenneth Hofmann
General managers| Billy Beane
Managers| Ken Macha
Television| KICU-TV
FSN Bay Area
(Ray Fosse, Hank Greenwald, Glen Kuiper)
Radio| KFRC
(Bill King, Ken Korach, Ray Fosse)
| <- 2003 | Seasons | 2005 ->

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The Oakland Athletics' 2004 season involved the A's finishing second in the American League West with a record of 91 wins and 71 losses.

## Offseason

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* 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

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

### Season standings

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AL West Team  | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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Anaheim Angels | 92 | 70  | .568  | —  | 45‍–‍36  | 47‍–‍34
Oakland Athletics | 91 | 71  | .562  | 1  | 52‍–‍29  | 39‍–‍42
Texas Rangers | 89 | 73  | .549  | 3  | 51‍–‍30  | 38‍–‍43
Seattle Mariners | 63 | 99  | .389  | 29  | 38‍–‍44  | 25‍–‍55

### Record vs. opponents

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2004 American League record

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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

### Transactions

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* 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

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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

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### Batting

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#### Starters by position

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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 | Damian Miller | 110 | 397 | 108 | .272 | 9 | 58
1B | Scott Hatteberg | 152 | 550 | 156 | .284 | 15 | 82
2B | Marco Scutaro | 137 | 455 | 124 | .273 | 7 | 43
SS | Bobby Crosby | 151 | 545 | 130 | .239 | 22 | 64
3B | Eric Chavez | 125 | 475 | 131 | .276 | 29 | 77
LF | Eric Byrnes | 143 | 569 | 161 | .283 | 20 | 73
CF | Mark Kotsay | 148 | 606 | 190 | .314 | 15 | 63
RF | Jermaine Dye | 137 | 532 | 141 | .265 | 23 | 80
DH | Erubiel Durazo | 142 | 511 | 164 | .321 | 22 | 88

#### Other batters

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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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Mark McLemore | 77 | 250 | 62 | .248 | 2 | 21
Bobby Kielty | 83 | 238 | 51 | .214 | 7 | 31
Adam Melhuse | 69 | 214 | 55 | .257 | 11 | 31
Eric Karros | 40 | 103 | 20 | .194 | 2 | 11
Billy McMillon | 52 | 92 | 17 | .185 | 3 | 11
Nick Swisher | 20 | 60 | 15 | .250 | 2 | 8
Esteban Germán | 31 | 60 | 15 | .250 | 0 | 7
Frank Menechino | 13 | 33 | 3 | .091 | 0 | 1
Ramón Castro | 9 | 15 | 2 | .133 | 0 | 3
Mike Rose | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0

### Pitching

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#### Starting pitchers

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

#### Other pitchers

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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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Kirk Saarloos | 6 | 24.1 | 2 | 1 | 4.44 | 10

##### Relief pitchers

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

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | SV  | ERA  | SO

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Justin Duchscherer | 53 | 96.1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3.27 | 59
Chad Bradford | 68 | 59.0 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4.42 | 34
Chris Hammond | 41 | 53.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2.68 | 34
Octavio Dotel | 45 | 50.2 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 4.09 | 72
Jim Mecir | 65 | 47.2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3.59 | 49
Ricardo Rincón | 67 | 44.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.68 | 40
Arthur Rhodes | 37 | 38.2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5.12 | 34
Justin Lehr | 27 | 32.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.23 | 16
Joe Blanton | 3 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.63 | 6
Santiago Casilla | 4 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.71 | 5
Chad Harville | 3 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 0

## Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball

Level  | Team  | League  | Manager

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AAA | Sacramento River Cats | 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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Sacramento, Modesto

## References

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1. ^ "Marco Scutaro Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on February 10, 2009. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
2. ^ "Ted Lilly Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on January 31, 2009. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
3. ^ "Mark Kotsay Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on February 28, 2009. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
4. ^ "Wayne Gomes Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on February 2, 2009. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
5. ^ a b "Eric Karros Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on March 1, 2009. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
6. ^ "Mike Oquist Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on February 10, 2009. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
7. ^ "Kirk Saarloos Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Archived from the original on February 10, 2009. Retrieved April 24, 2018.

* 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.

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2004 MLB season by team

| AL East|

* Baltimore
* Boston
* New York
* Tampa Bay
* Toronto

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AL Central|

* Chicago
* Cleveland
* Detroit
* Kansas City
* Minnesota

AL West|

* Anaheim
* Oakland
* Seattle
* Texas

| NL East|

* Atlanta
* Florida
* Montréal
* New York
* Philadelphia

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NL Central|

* Chicago
* Cincinnati
* Houston
* Milwaukee
* Pittsburgh
* St. Louis

NL West|

* Arizona
* Colorado
* Los Angeles
* San Diego
* San Francisco

* 2004 MLB draft
* 2004 All-Star Game
* 2004 World Series

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Athletics

* Established in 1901
* Formerly the Philadelphia Athletics, the Kansas City Athletics and the Oakland Athletics
* Based in West Sacramento, California

Franchise|

* History
* in Philadelphia
* in Kansas City
* in Oakland
* pending relocation to Las Vegas
* Seasons
* Records
* No-hitters
* Players
* Owners and executives
* Managers
* Broadcasters
* Radio network
* Award winners and league leaders
* First-round draft picks
* Opening Day starting pitchers

Ballparks|

* Columbia Park
* Shibe Park
* Municipal Stadium
* Oakland Coliseum
* Sutter Health Park (temporary 2025–2027)
* New Las Vegas Stadium (proposed)

Spring training
Latta Park Baseball Field
Barrs Field
Cramton Bowl
Terry Park Ballfield
Wilmington Park
McCurdy Field
Connie Mack Field
McKechnie Field
Rendezvous Park
Scottsdale Stadium I
Phoenix Municipal Stadium
Hohokam Stadium

Culture|

* Philadelphia Athletics (football)
* Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame
* The Baseball Bug
* Champagne and Baloney
* Charlie-O
* Dick Callahan
* Stomper
* $100,000 infield
* "Holy Toledo!"
* Swingin' A's
* Billyball
* Big Three
* Highway to Heaven
* Moneyball
* book
* film
* Mount Davis
* Hal the Hot Dog Guy
* The Mustache Gang
* Oakland Ballpark

Lore|

* The Mack Attack
* Grandstand Managers Night
* Perfect games
* Catfish Hunter
* Dallas Braden
* Bash Brothers
* 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
* 20 game win streak
* MLB Japan Opening Series 2008
* Philadelphia Athletics 18, Cleveland Indians 17 (1932)

Rivalries|

* Los Angeles Angels
* Philadelphia Phillies
* San Francisco Giants

Key personnel|

* Owner: John Fisher
* President: Marc Badain
* Executive vice president: Billy Beane
* General manager: David Forst
* Manager: Mark Kotsay

World Series
Champions (9)|

* 1910
* 1911
* 1913
* 1929
* 1930
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1989

American League
Championships (15)|

* 1902
* 1905
* 1910
* 1911
* 1913
* 1914
* 1929
* 1930
* 1931
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990

AL West Division
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* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1981
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1992
* 2000
* 2002
* 2003
* 2006
* 2012
* 2013
* 2020

AL Wild Card (4)|

* 2001
* 2014
* 2018
* 2019

Minors|

Triple-A
Las Vegas Aviators
Double-A
Midland RockHounds
High-A
Lansing Lugnuts
Single-A
Stockton Ports
Rookie
ACL Athletics
DSL Athletics

Seasons (125)

1900s|

* 1900 ·  1901
* 1902
* 1903
* 1904
* 1905
* 1906
* 1907
* 1908
* 1909

1910s|

* 1910
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* 1912
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* 1918
* 1919

1920s|

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1930s|

* 1930
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* 1939

1940s|

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1990s|

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2000s|

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