2004 Los Angeles Dodgers season
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| 2004 Los Angeles Dodgers 2004 NL West Champions |
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| Owner(s) | Frank McCourt |
| General Manager(s) | Paul DePodesta |
| Manager(s) | Jim Tracy |
| Local television | FSN West 2; KCOP (13) |
| Local radio | KFWB Vin Scully, Ross Porter, Rick Monday KWKW |
The 2004 season brought change to the Dodgers as the sale of the franchise to developer Frank McCourt was finalized during spring training. McCourt promptly dismissed General Manager Dan Evans and hired Paul DePodesta to take over the team. That led to a flurry of trade activity as the new group attempted to rebuild the Dodgers in their image.
Despite it all, the Dodgers managed to finish the season in first place in the Western Division of the National League and won their first post season game since 1988. However they lost the NL Division Series 3-1 to the St. Louis Cardinals.
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[edit] Season standings
| NL West | W | L | GB | Pct. |
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| Los Angeles Dodgers | 93 | 69 | -- | .574 |
| San Francisco Giants | 91 | 71 | 2 | .562 |
| San Diego Padres | 87 | 75 | 6 | .537 |
| Colorado Rockies | 68 | 94 | 25 | .420 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 51 | 111 | 42 | .315 |
[edit] 2004 roster
[edit] Starting Pitchers stats
| Name | G | GS | IP | W/L | ERA | BB | SO | CG |
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| Jeff Weaver | 34 | 34 | 220.0 | 13-13 | 4.01 | 67 | 153 | 0 |
| Kazuhisa Ishii | 31 | 31 | 172.0 | 13-8 | 4.71 | 98 | 99 | 2 |
| Odalis Perez | 31 | 31 | 196.3 | 7-6 | 3.25 | 44 | 128 | 0 |
| Jose Lima | 36 | 24 | 170.3 | 13-5 | 4.07 | 34 | 93 | 0 |
| Hideo Nomo | 18 | 18 | 84.0 | 4-11 | 8.25 | 42 | 54 | 0 |
| Edwin Jackson | 8 | 5 | 24.7 | 2-1 | 7.30 | 11 | 16 | 0 |
| Brad Penny | 3 | 3 | 11.7 | 1-2 | 3.09 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
[edit] Relief Pitchers stats
| Name | G | GS | IP | W/L | ERA | BB | SO | SV |
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| Eric Gagné | 70 | 0 | 82.3 | 7-3 | 2.19 | 22 | 114 | 45 |
| Duaner Sanchez | 67 | 0 | 80.0 | 3-1 | 3.38 | 27 | 44 | 0 |
| Darren Dreifort | 60 | 0 | 50.7 | 1-4 | 4.44 | 36 | 63 | 1 |
| Guillermo Mota | 52 | 0 | 63.0 | 8-4 | 2.14 | 27 | 52 | 1 |
| Tom Martin | 47 | 0 | 28.3 | 0-1 | 4.13 | 14 | 18 | 1 |
| Wilson Alvarez | 40 | 15 | 120.7 | 7-6 | 4.03 | 31 | 102 | 1 |
| Giovanni Carrara | 42 | 0 | 53.7 | 5-2 | 2.18 | 20 | 48 | 2 |
| Yhency Brazoban | 31 | 0 | 32.7 | 6-2 | 2.48 | 15 | 27 | 0 |
| Elmer Dessens | 12 | 1 | 19.7 | 1-0 | 3.20 | 8 | 18 | 0 |
| Brian Falkenborg | 6 | 0 | 14.3 | 1-0 | 7.53 | 9 | 11 | 0 |
| Scott Stewart | 11 | 0 | 12.3 | 1-0 | 5.84 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| Mike Venafro | 17 | 0 | 9.0 | 0-0 | 4.00 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Masao Kida | 3 | 0 | 4.7 | 0-0 | 0.00 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Rodney Myers | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0-0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Name | Pos | G | AB | Avg. | R | H | HR | RBI | SB |
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| Paul LoDuca | C/1B | 91 | 349 | .301 | 41 | 105 | 10 | 49 | 2 |
| David Ross | C | 70 | 165 | .170 | 13 | 28 | 5 | 15 | 0 |
| Brent Mayne | C | 47 | 96 | .188 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Tom Wilson | C | 9 | 8 | .125 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shawn Green | 1B/RF | 157 | 590 | .266 | 92 | 157 | 28 | 86 | 5 |
| Alex Cora | 2B | 138 | 405 | .264 | 47 | 107 | 10 | 47 | 3 |
| Cesar Izturis | SS | 159 | 670 | .288 | 90 | 193 | 4 | 62 | 25 |
| Adrian Beltre | 3B | 156 | 598 | .334 | 104 | 200 | 48 | 121 | 7 |
| Jose Hernandez | 2B/SS/3B/LF | 95 | 211 | .289 | 32 | 61 | 13 | 29 | 3 |
| Robin Ventura | 1B/3B | 102 | 152 | .243 | 19 | 37 | 5 | 28 | 0 |
| Olmedo Saenz | 1B | 77 | 111 | .279 | 17 | 31 | 8 | 22 | 0 |
| Hee-Seop Choi | 1B | 31 | 62 | .161 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Joe Thurston | 2B | 17 | 17 | .176 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Antonio Perez | 2B/SS | 13 | 13 | .231 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jose Flores | 3B | 9 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jayson Werth | LF/RF/CF | 89 | 290 | .262 | 56 | 76 | 16 | 4 | |
| Milton Bradley | CF/LF/RF | 141 | 516 | .267 | 72 | 138 | 19 | 67 | 15 |
| Juan Encarnacion | RF/LF | 86 | 324 | .235 | 42 | 76 | 13 | 43 | 3 |
| Dave Roberts | LF/CF | 68 | 233 | .253 | 45 | 59 | 2 | 21 | 33 |
| Steve Finley | CF | 58 | 224 | .324 | 31 | 59 | 13 | 46 | 1 |
| Jason Grabowski | LF/RF | 113 | 173 | .220 | 18 | 38 | 7 | 20 | 0 |
| Chin-Feng Chen | LF | 8 | 8 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
[edit] 2004 National League Division Series
The 2004 National League Division Series was played between the Los Angeles Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals. St. Louis ended up winning the series 3-1.
[edit] Game 1, October 5
Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| St. Louis | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 8 | 9 | 0 |
| W: Woody Williams (1-0) L: Odalis Perez (0-1) | ||||||||||||
| HRs: LA – Tom Wilson (1); STL – Albert Pujols (1), Larry Walker 2 (2), Jim Edmonds (1), Mike Matheny (1) | ||||||||||||
[edit] Game 2, October 7
Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||
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| Los Angeles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | |||
| St. Louis | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 8 | 11 | 0 | |||
| W: Danny Haren (1-0) L: Jeff Weaver (0-1) | |||||||||||||||
| HRs: LA – Milton Bradley (1), Shawn Green (1), Jayson Werth (1) | |||||||||||||||
[edit] Game 3, October 9
Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| W: José Lima (1-0) L: Matt Morris (0-1) | ||||||||||||
| HRs: LA – Shawn Green 2 (3) | ||||||||||||
[edit] Game 4, October 10
Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||
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| St. Louis | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Los Angeles | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| W: Jeff Suppan (1-0) L: Wilson Alvarez (0-1) | ||||||||||||||
| HRs: STL – Albert Pujols (2), Reggie Sanders (1); LA – Jayson Werth (2) | ||||||||||||||
[edit] 2004 Awards
- 2004 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
- Eric Gagné reserve
- Paul LoDuca reserve
- Relief Man of the Year
- Gold Glove Award
- Silver Slugger Award
- National League Player of the Month
- Adrian Beltre (September 2004)
- National League Player of the Week
- Adrian Beltre (June 21-27, 2004)
- Steve Finley (Sep. 6-12, 2004)
[edit] 2004 Transactions
- December 13 Acquired Jeff Weaver, Yhency Brazoban and Brandon Weeden from the New York Yankees for Kevin Brown and cash
- March 29 Acquired Jason Grabowski from the Oakland Athletics for cash
- March 30 Acquired Jayson Werth from the Toronto Blue Jays for Jason Frasor
- April 1 Acquired Cody Ross from the Detroit Tigers for Steve Colyer and cash
- April 3 Acquired Aaron Looper and Ryan Ketchner from the Seattle Mariners for Jolbert Cabrera
- April 3 Acquired Antonio Perez from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Jason Romano
- April 4 Acquired Milton Bradley from the Cleveland Indians for Franklin Gutierrez and Andrew Brown
- July 30 Acquired Brad Penny, Hee-Seop Choi and Bill Murphy from the Florida Marlins for Guillermo Mota, Paul LoDuca and Juan Encarnacion
- July 31 Acquired Brent Mayne and Steve Finley from the Arizona Diamondbacks for Bill Murphy, Koyie Hill and Reggie Abercrombie
- July 31 Acquired Henri Stanley from the Boston Red Sox for Dave Roberts
- August 19 Acquired Elmer Dessens and cash from the Arizona Diamondbacks for Jereme Milons
[edit] 2004 Minor League Teams
- AAA: Las Vegas 51s (managed by Terry Kennedy) - Pacific Coast League
- AA: Jacksonville Suns (managed by Dino Ebel) - Southern League
- A: Vero Beach Dodgers (managed by Scott Little) - Florida State League
- A: Columbus Catfish (managed by Dann Bilardello) - South Atlantic League
- Rookie: Ogden Raptors (managed by Travis Barbary - Pioneer League
- Rookie: Gulf Coast Dodgers (managed by Luis Salazar) - Gulf Coast League
[edit] External links
- 2004 Los Angeles Dodgers uniform
- Los Angeles Dodgers official web site
- Baseball-Reference season page
- Baseball Almanac season page
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| Preceded by San Francisco Giants 2003 |
NL West Division Championship Season 2004 |
Succeeded by San Diego Padres 2005 |
