2004 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 2004 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

2004

World Series Champions

Boston Red Sox

Runner Up

St. Louis Cardinals

Most Valuable Players

AL: Vladimir Guerrero NL: Barry Bonds

Cy Young Winners

AL: Johan Santana NL: Roger Clemens

Rookies of the Year

AL: Bobby Crosby NL: Jason Bay

Managers of the Year

AL: Buck Showalter NL: Bobby Cox

#1 Draft Pick

Matt Bush (San Diego Padres)

All-Star Game

Houston,Texas

Teams

Players

1245

Attendance

72,989,219

Payroll

$2,071,265,943

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2004 Major League Baseball Standings

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Grid Filters		Playoff Team
American League Central
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	3	8	Minnesota Twins	T - S - R - L	162	92	70	.568	--	780	715	65	Lost in 1st Round (Yankees)	1,879,222	24	$ 53,585,000	8	Terry Ryan	Ron Gardenhire	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
2	7	15	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R - L	162	83	79	.512	9.0	865	831	34	dnq	1,930,537	21	$ 65,212,500	5	Ken Williams	Ozzie Guillen	U.S. Cellular Field
3	8	17	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R - L	162	80	82	.494	12.0	858	857	1	dnq	1,814,401	25	$ 34,319,300	13	Mark Shapiro	Eric Wedge	Jacobs Field
4	10	21	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R - L	162	72	90	.444	20.0	827	844	-17	dnq	1,917,004	22	$ 46,832,000	12	Dave Dombrowski	Alan Trammell	Comerica Park
5	14	29	Kansas City Royals	T - S - R - L	162	58	104	.358	34.0	720	905	-185	dnq	1,661,478	27	$ 47,609,000	11	Allard Baird	Tony Pena	Kauffman Stadium
American League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	2	New York Yankees	T - S - R - L	162	101	61	.623	--	897	808	89	Lost ALCS (Red Sox)	3,775,292	1	$ 184,193,950	1	Brian Cashman	Joe Torre	Yankee Stadium I
2	2	3	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R - L	162	98	64	.605	3.0	949	768	181	Won World Series (Cardinals)	2,837,304	11	$ 127,298,500	2	Theo Epstein	Terry Francona	Fenway Park
3	9	18	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R - L	162	78	84	.481	23.0	842	830	12	dnq	2,744,013	12	$ 51,623,333	9	Jim Beattie, Mike Flanagan	Lee Mazzilli	Oriole Park at Camden Yards
4	11	23	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	T - S - R - L	161	70	91	.435	30.5	714	842	-128	dnq	1,275,011	29	$ 29,556,667	14	Chuck Lamar	Lou Piniella	Tropicana Field
5	12	25	Toronto Blue Jays	T - S - R - L	161	67	94	.416	33.5	719	823	-104	dnq	1,900,041	23	$ 50,017,000	10	JP Ricciardi	Carlos Tosca, John Gibbons	SkyDome
American League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	4	6	Anaheim Angels	T - S - R - L	162	92	70	.568	--	836	734	102	Lost in 1st Round (Red Sox)	3,375,677	3	$ 100,534,667	3	Bill Stoneman	Mike Scioscia	Angel Stadium of Anaheim
2	5	9	Oakland Athletics	T - S - R - L	162	91	71	.562	1.0	793	742	51	dnq	2,201,516	19	$ 59,425,667	6	Billy Beane	Ken Macha	Network Associates Coliseum
3	6	12	Texas Rangers	T - S - R - L	162	89	73	.549	3.0	860	794	66	dnq	2,513,685	14	$ 55,050,417	7	John Hart	Buck Showalter	Ameriquest Field
4	13	28	Seattle Mariners	T - S - R - L	162	63	99	.389	29.0	698	823	-125	dnq	2,940,731	10	$ 81,515,834	4	Bill Bavasi	Bob Melvin	Safeco Field
National League Central
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R - L	162	105	57	.648	--	855	659	196	Lost World Series (Red Sox)	3,048,427	8	$ 83,228,333	6	Walt Jocketty	Tony La Russa	Busch Stadium II
2	4	7	Houston Astros	T - S - R - L	162	92	70	.568	13.0	803	698	105	Lost NLCS (Cardinals)	3,087,872	7	$ 75,397,000	8	Gerry Hunsicker	Jimy Williams, Phil Garner	Minute Maid Park
3	6	11	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R - L	162	89	73	.549	16.0	789	665	124	dnq	3,170,184	6	$ 90,560,000	4	Jim Hendry	Dusty Baker	Wrigley Field
4	10	19	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R - L	162	76	86	.469	29.0	750	907	-157	dnq	2,287,250	18	$ 46,615,250	12	Dan O'Brien	Dave Miley	Great American Ballpark
5	11	20	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R - L	161	72	89	.447	32.5	680	744	-64	dnq	1,583,031	28	$ 32,227,929	15	Dave Littlefield	Lloyd McClendon	PNC Park
6	14	26	Milwaukee Brewers	T - S - R - L	161	67	94	.416	37.5	634	757	-123	dnq	2,062,382	20	$ 27,528,500	16	Douglas Melvin	Ned Yost	Miller Park
National League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	2	4	Atlanta Braves	T - S - R - L	162	96	66	.593	--	803	668	135	Lost in 1st Round (Astros)	2,322,565	16	$ 90,182,500	5	John Schuerholz	Bobby Cox	Turner Field
2	8	14	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R - L	162	86	76	.531	10.0	840	781	59	dnq	3,250,092	5	$ 93,219,167	2	Ed Wade	Larry Bowa	Citizens Bank Park
3	9	16	Florida Marlins	T - S - R - L	162	83	79	.512	13.0	718	700	18	dnq	1,723,105	26	$ 42,143,042	13	Larry Beinfest	Jack McKeon	Pro Player Stadium
4	12	22	New York Mets	T - S - R - L	162	71	91	.438	25.0	684	731	-47	dnq	2,318,321	17	$ 96,660,970	1	Jim Duquette	Art Howe	Shea Stadium
5	15	27	Montreal Expos	T - S - R - L	162	67	95	.414	29.0	635	769	-134	dnq	748,550	30	$ 41,197,500	14	Omar Minaya	Frank Robinson	Olympic Stadium
National League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	3	5	Los Angeles Dodgers	T - S - R - L	162	93	69	.574	--	761	684	77	Lost in 1st Round (Cardinals)	3,488,283	2	$ 92,902,001	3	Paul DePodesta	Jim Tracy	Dodger Stadium
2	5	10	San Francisco Giants	T - S - R - L	162	91	71	.562	2.0	850	770	80	dnq	3,258,864	4	$ 82,019,166	7	Brian Sabean	Felipe Alou	SBC Park
3	7	13	San Diego Padres	T - S - R - L	162	87	75	.537	6.0	768	705	63	dnq	3,016,752	9	$ 55,384,833	11	Kevin Towers	Bruce Bochy	Petco Park
4	13	24	Colorado Rockies	T - S - R - L	162	68	94	.420	25.0	833	923	-90	dnq	2,338,069	15	$ 65,445,167	10	Daniel O'Dowd	Clint Hurdle	Coors Field
5	16	30	Arizona Diamondbacks	T - S - R - L	162	51	111	.315	42.0	615	899	-284	dnq	2,519,560	13	$ 69,780,750	9	Joe Garagiola	Al Pedrique, Bob Brenly	Bank One Ballpark
30 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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