2004 Texas Rangers season

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2004 Texas Rangers
Major league affiliations
Location
2004 Information
Owner(s) Tom Hicks
Manager(s) Buck Showalter
Local television KDFI
KDFW
FSN Southwest
(Tom Grieve, Josh Lewin)
Local radio KRLD
(Eric Nadel, Victor Rojas)
KFLC
(Eleno Ornelas, [Jose Guzman]])

The 'Texas Rangers' finished the 2004 season in 3rd place in the West division of the American League. Five Rangers were All Stars, Francisco Cordero, Kenny Rogers, Hank Blalock, Michael Young and All-Star Game MVP Alfonso Soriano.

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[edit] Offseason

  • February 16, 2004: Alex Rodriguez was traded by the Texas Rangers with cash to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later and Alfonso Soriano. The New York Yankees sent Joaquin Arias (April 23, 2004) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

[edit] Regular Season

[edit] Season standings

AL West W L Pct. GB
Anaheim Angels 92 70 .568 --
Oakland Athletics 91 71 .562 1
Texas Rangers 89 73 .449 3
Seattle Mariners 63 99 .389 29

[edit] Game Log

2004 Game Log
April
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 5 @ Athletics 5-4 Bradford (1-0) Nelson (0-1) Rhodes (1) 45,122 0-1
2 April 6 @ Athletics 3-1 Mulder (1-0) Park (0-1) Rhodes (2) 13,217 0-2
3 April 7 @ Athletics 2-1 Lewis (1-0) Zito (0-1) Cordero (1) 20,232 1-2
4 April 9 Angels 12-4 Dickey (1-0) Ortiz (0-1) 50,370 2-2
5 April 10 Angels 12-6 Rogers (1-0) Lackey (0-1) 30,331 3-2
6 April 11 Angels 7-2 Colón (2-0) Park (0-2) 18,209 3-3
7 April 12 Angels 7-6 Almanzar (1-0) Washburn (1-1) Cordero (2) 18,156 4-3
8 April 13 Athletics 10-9 Zito (1-1) Callaway (0-1) Rhodes (4) 20,112 4-4
9 April 14 Athletics 9-4 Redman (1-0) Dickey (1-1) 24,093 4-5
10 April 15 Athletics 7-2 Rogers (2-0) Harden (0-1) 22,605 5-5
11 April 16 @ Mariners 5-0 Park (1-2) Meche (0-2) 35,647 6-5
12 April 17 @ Mariners 4-1 Moyer (1-1) Lewis (1-1) Guardado (1) 38,925 6-6
13 April 18 @ Mariners 4-2 Piñeiro (1-1) Ramirez (0-1) Guardado (2) 35,182 6-7
14 April 20 @ Angels 6-3 Rogers (3-0) Ortiz (0-2) Cordero (3) 33,892 7-7
15 April 21 @ Angels 4-1 Dickey (2-1) Lackey (0-3) Cordero (4) 36,689 8-7
16 April 22 @ Angels 7-5 Colón (3-1) Park (1-3) Percival (3) 30,725 8-8
17 April 23 Mariners 10-8 Drese (1-0) Piñeiro (1-2) Cordero (5) 28,020 9-8
18 April 24 Mariners 3-0 Powell (1-0) García (0-1) Nelson (1) 28,479 10-8
19 April 25 Mariners 14-6 Almanzar (2-0) Franklin (1-1) 31,110 11-8
20 April 27 @ Royals 3-2 Dickey (3-1) Affeldt (0-2) Cordero (6) 15,529 12-8
21 April 28 @ Royals 5-3 Gobble (1-0) Rogers (3-1) MacDougal (1) 15,530 12-9
22 April 29 @ Royals 9-7 Almanzar (3-0) Leskanic (0-3) Cordero (7) 13,663 13-9
-- April 30 Postponed 13-9
May
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
23 May 1 Red Sox 4-3 Ramirez (1-1) Malaska (1-1) Cordero (8) N/A 14-9
24 May 1 Red Sox 8-5 Benoit (1-0) Martínez (3-2) Cordero (9) 44,598 15-9
25 May 2 Red Sox 4-1 Dickey (4-1) Tim Wakefield (2-1) Cordero (10) 31,538 16-9
26 May 3 Devil Rays 9-0 Rogers (4-1) Abbott (2-3) 18,116 17-9
27 May 4 Devil Rays 5-4 Carter (1-1) Nelson (0-2) Báez (3) 20,228 17-10
28 May 5 Devil Rays 6-1 Drese (2-0) Waechter (1-2) 21,082 18-10
29 May 7 Tigers 8-7 Levine (3-2) Ramirez (1-2) Urbina (3) 41,095 18-11
30 May 8 Tigers 16-15 Cordero (1-0) Urbina (1-1) 45,017 19-11
31 May 9 Tigers 5-3 Robertson (2-2) Rogers (4-2) Urbina (4) 25,034 19-12
32 May 11 @ Devil Rays 5-4 Ramirez (2-2) Waechter (1-3) Cordero (11) 10,389 20-12
33 May 12 @ Devil Rays 9-8 Park (2-3) Halama (0-1) Cordero (12) 10,202 21-12
34 May 13 @ Devil Rays 6-3 Hendrickson (2-3) Dickey (4-2) Báez (4) 10,234 21-13
35 May 14 @ Tigers 7-1 Knotts (1-0) Benoit (1-1) Yan (2) 22,449 21-14
36 May 15 @ Tigers 6-1 Rogers (5-2) Robertson (2-3) 26,120 22-14
37 May 16 @ Tigers 3-1 Johnson (2-5) Drese (2-1) Urbina (6) 21,615 22-15
38 May 18 Royals 7-6 Sullivan (3-0) Dickey (4-3) Field (1) 26,247 22-16
39 May 19 Royals 5-3 Gobble (2-2) Park (2-4) Huisman (1) 32,374 22-17
40 May 20 Royals 6-3 Rogers (6-2) May (1-6) Cordero (13) 25,149 23-17
41 May 21 Yankees 9-7 Benoit (2-1) Brown (5-1) Cordero (14) 49,195 24-17
42 May 22 Yankees 4-3 Almanzar (4-0) Gordon (1-2) 49,458 25-17
43 May 23 Yankees 8-3 Vázquez (4-4) Dickey (4-4) 50,241 25-18
44 May 25 @ White Sox 7-4 Rogers (7-2) Schoeneweis (4-2) Cordero (15) 22,359 26-18
45 May 26 @ White Sox 4-0 Loaiza (6-3) Benoit (2-2) 18,185 26-19
46 May 27 @ White Sox 9-0 Buehrle (5-1) Drese (2-2) 14,428 26-20
47 May 28 @ Blue Jays 5-4 Lilly (3-2) Dickey (4-5) Frasor (3) 16,394 26-21
48 May 29 @ Blue Jays 6-2 Batista (3-4) Dominguez (0-1) 30,704 26-22
49 May 30 @ Blue Jays 4-2 Rogers (8-2) Miller (1-1) Cordero (16) 22,225 27-22
June
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
50 June 1 @ Indians 6-5 Ramirez (3-2) White (2-1) Cordero (17) 17,136 28-22
51 June 2 @ Indians 5-3 Almanzar (5-0) Betancourt (2-4) Cordero (18) 18,098 29-22
52 June 4 @ Yankees 7-6 Brown (7-1) Powell (1-1) Rivera (22) 49,372 29-23
53 June 5 @ Yankees 8-1 Dominguez (1-1) Lieber (4-3) 51,910 30-23
54 June 6 @ Yankees 2-1 Mussina (7-4) Drese (2-3) Rivera (23) 54,092 30-24
55 June 7 Pirates 6-5 Cordero (2-0) Johnston (0-3) 25,286 31-24
-- June 8 Postponed
-- June 9 Postponed
56 June 10 Pirates 9-7 Francisco (1-0) Meadows (2-2) Cordero (19) N/A 32-24
57 June 10 Pirates 10-4 Rogers (9-2) Fogg (3-5) 27,219 33-24
58 June 11 Cardinals 12-7 Suppan (6-5) Dominguez (1-2) 32,962 33-25
59 June 12 Cardinals 7-2 Drese (3-3) Carpenter (7-2) 42,173 34-25
60 June 13 Cardinals 3-2 Williams (4-6) Dickey (4-6) 41,087 34-26
61 June 15 @ Reds 5-4 Jones (5-1) Ramirez (3-3) 36,501 34-27
62 June 16 @ Reds 7-4 Norton (1-2) Francisco (1-1) 39,114 34-28
63 June 17 @ Reds 4-3 Van Poppel (3-2) Drese (3-4) Graves (27) 40,383 34-29
64 June 18 @ Marlins 8-1 Wasdin (1-0) Penny (6-5) 20,506 35-29
65 June 19 @ Marlins 7-6 Dickey (5-6) Willis (6-4) Cordero (20) 31,021 36-29
66 June 20 @ Marlins 4-2 Mahay (1-0) Koch (0-1) 23,643 37-29
67 June 22 Mariners 10-2 Drese (4-4) Nageotte (1-3) 32,364 38-29
68 June 23 Mariners 6-3 Bierbrodt (1-0) Franklin (3-5) Cordero (21) 30,418 39-29
69 June 24 Mariners 9-7 Shouse (1-0) Moyer (6-3) 26,266 40-29
70 June 25 Astros 3-1 Rogers (10-2) Miller (7-7) 46,088 41-29
71 June 26 Astros 8-7 Almanzar (6-0) Miceli (3-3) Cordero (22) 40,131 42-29
72 June 27 Astros 1-0 Oswalt (6-6) Drese (4-5) Lidge (4) 43,328 42-30
73 June 28 @ Mariners 8-5 Rodríguez (1-0) Franklin (3-6) Cordero (23) 28,253 43-30
74 June 29 @ Mariners 4-3 Piñeiro (4-8) Benoit (2-3) Guardado (15) 34,844 43-31
75 June 30 @ Mariners 9-6 Rogers (11-2) Nageotte (1-4) Cordero (24) 32,754 44-31
July
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
76 July 1 @ Mariners 8-4 Blackley (1-0) Wasdin (1-1) 35,966 44-32
77 July 2 @ Astros 7-5 Oswalt (7-6) Almanzar (6-1) Lidge (5) 41,897 44-33
78 July 3 @ Astros 10-8 Weathers (6-4) Brocail (0-1) Miceli (1) 42,889 44-34
79 July 4 @ Astros 18-3 Benoit (3-3) Pettitte (4-2) 41,147 45-34
80 July 5 @ Indians 8-5 Rogers (12-2) Sabathia (5-4) Cordero (25) 25,363 46-34
81 July 6 @ Indians 4-1 Lee (8-1) Bierbrodt (1-1) Riske (3) 16,796 46-35
82 July 7 @ Indians 9-8 Mahay (2-0) Robertson (1-1) Cordero (26) 18,499 47-35
83 July 8 @ Indians 10-0 Rodríguez (2-0) Elarton (0-2) 24,914 48-35
84 July 9 @ Red Sox 7-0 Arroyo (3-7) Benoit (3-4) 35,030 48-36
85 July 10 @ Red Sox 14-6 Lowe (7-8) Rogers (12-3) 35,024 48-37
86 July 11 @ Red Sox 6-5 Shouse (2-0) Foulke (2-2) Cordero (27) 34,778 49-37
87 July 16 Blue Jays 11-2 Drese (5-5) Halladay (7-7) 44,348 50-37
88 July 17 Blue Jays 4-0 Rodríguez (3-0) Lilly (7-7) 43,189 51-37
89 July 18 Blue Jays 7-5 Brocail (1-1) Chulk (0-1) Cordero (28) 24,334 52-37
90 July 19 White Sox 12-6 Schoeneweis (6-7) Benoit (3-5) 28,805 52-38
91 July 20 White Sox 6-4 Almanzar (7-1) Marté (3-3) Cordero (29) 27,308 53-38
92 July 21 Angels 3-2 Drese (6-5) Escobar (5-7) Cordero (30) 37,210 54-38
93 July 22 Angels 11-1 Colón (8-8) Rodríguez (3-1) 23,308 54-39
94 July 23 @ Athletics 8-3 Rogers (13-3) Mulder (13-3) 26,146 55-39
95 July 24 @ Athletics 6-2 Saarloos (2-1) Dickey (5-7) 25,124 55-40
96 July 25 @ Athletics 9-2 Harden (5-5) Wasdin (1-2) 25,354 55-41
97 July 26 @ Angels 6-1 Drese (7-5) Escobar (5-8) 42,040 56-41
98 July 27 @ Angels 2-0 Colón (9-8) Regilio (0-1) Percival (16) 42,625 56-42
99 July 28 @ Angels 2-0 Lackey (9-9) Rogers (13-4) Percival (17) 41,133 56-43
100 July 29 Athletics 7-6 Bradford (5-4) Almanzar (7-2) Dotel (7) 31,174 56-44
101 July 30 Athletics 7-5 Francisco (2-1) Bradford (5-5) Cordero (31) 44,116 57-44
102 July 31 Athletics 9-4 Zito (7-7) Drese (7-6) 50,708 57-45
August
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
103 August 1 Athletics 4-1 Redman (8-8) Regilio (0-2) Dotel (8) 32,646 57-46
104 August 3 @ Tigers 5-4 Francisco (3-1) Robertson (9-6) Cordero (32) 19,894 58-46
105 August 4 @ Tigers 8-0 Bacsik (1-0) Johnson (8-9) 18,857 59-46
106 August 5 @ Tigers 2-1 Drese (8-6) Yan (1-3) Cordero (33) 25,710 60-46
107 August 6 @ Orioles 9-1 Bedard (5-6) Regilio (0-3) 29,276 60-47
108 August 7 @ Orioles 3-1 López (9-7) Erickson (0-1) Julio (18) 44,961 60-48
109 August 8 @ Orioles 11-5 Ponson (7-12) Rogers (13-5) 32,842 60-49
110 August 9 @ Orioles 7-3 Borkowski (3-2) Bacsik (1-1) 39,850 60-50
111 August 10 Yankees 7-1 Drese (9-6) Brown (9-2) 43,633 61-50
112 August 11 Yankees 4-2 Sturtze (4-2) Regilio (0-4) Rivera (39) 43,729 61-51
113 August 12 Yankees 5-1 Hernández (5-0) Erickson (0-2) 48,925 61-52
114 August 13 Devil Rays 5-3 Rogers (14-5) Bell (5-6) Cordero (34) 30,266 62-52
115 August 14 Devil Rays 6-5 Brocail (2-1) Núñez (0-1) Cordero (35) 38,620 63-52
116 August 15 Devil Rays 6-2 Drese (10-6) Sosa (3-2) 23,051 64-52
117 August 16 Indians 5-2 Ramirez (4-3) Sabathia (9-7) Cordero (36) 23,551 65-52
118 August 17 Indians 16-4 Erickson (1-2) Lee (10-5) Brocail (1) 24,864 66-52
119 August 18 Indians 5-2 Rogers (15-5) Elarton (2-3) Cordero (37) 31,572 67-52
120 August 20 @ Royals 5-3 Drese (11-6) Wood (2-5) Cordero (38) 17,385 68-52
121 August 21 @ Royals 5-3 Francisco (4-1) Anderson (2-11) Cordero (39) 25,035 69-52
122 August 22 @ Royals 10-2 Greinke (6-9) Erickson (1-3) 22,286 69-53
123 August 23 Twins 7-4 Santana (14-6) Rogers (15-6) 23,369 69-54
124 August 24 Twins 5-4 Cordero (3-0) Nathan (1-2) 24,496 70-54
125 August 25 Twins 8-5 Lohse (7-10) Drese (11-7) Nathan (35) 25,332 70-55
126 August 26 Twins 8-3 Park (3-4) Mulholland (4-7) 26,083 71-55
127 August 27 Orioles 6-4 Wasdin (2-2) Bedard (5-9) Cordero (40) 29,409 72-55
128 August 28 Orioles 4-3 Francisco (5-1) Ryan (3-5) Cordero (41) 41,676 73-55
129 August 29 Orioles 7-6 Ponson (9-13) Young (0-1) Julio (19) 30,577 73-56
130 August 31 @ Twins 8-5 Rincón (11-6) Almanzar (7-3) 20,510 73-57
September/October
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
131 September 1 @ Twins 4-2 Crain (1-0) Cordero (3-1) Nathan (36) 21,480 73-58
132 September 2 @ Twins 2-0 Radke (10-7) Rogers (15-7) Nathan (37) 18,293 73-59
133 September 3 @ Red Sox 2-0 Martínez (15-5) Wasdin (2-3) Foulke (27) 35,151 73-60
134 September 4 @ Red Sox 8-6 Young (1-1) Wakefield (11-8) Cordero (42) 34,670 74-60
135 September 5 @ Red Sox 6-5 Schilling (18-6) Drese (11-8) 34,652 74-61
136 September 6 White Sox 7-4 Grilli (1-1) Park (3-5) 31,251 74-62
137 September 7 White Sox 10-3 Rogers (16-7) Contreras (12-8) 20,004 75-62
138 September 8 White Sox 5-2 García (11-10) Wasdin (2-4) Takatsu (17) 21,836 75-63
139 September 9 White Sox 7-3 Buehrle (14-8) Young (1-2) 19,384 75-64
140 September 10 Blue Jays 10-3 Drese (12-8) Batista (10-11) 24,617 76-64
141 September 11 Blue Jays 10-7 Mahay (3-0) Frasor (4-6) Cordero (43) 40,587 77-64
142 September 12 Blue Jays 7-6 Brocail (3-1) Speier (3-7) Cordero (44) 20,434 78-64
143 September 13 @ Athletics 7-6 Duchscherer (6-6) Cordero (3-2) 15,535 78-65
144 September 14 @ Athletics 12-9 Brocail (4-1) Redman (10-12) 15,644 79-65
145 September 15 @ Athletics 10-3 Drese (13-8) Mulder (17-5) 25,849 80-65
146 September 16 @ Athletics 5-4 Harden (10-6) Rogers (16-8) Dotel (21) 15,281 80-66
147 September 17 @ Angels 9-5 Colón (16-11) Park (3-6) 43,343 80-67
148 September 18 @ Angels 2-0 Ramirez (5-3) Escobar (10-11) Cordero (45) 41,233 81-67
149 September 19 @ Angels 1-0 Young (2-2) Washburn (11-8) Cordero (46) 40,099 82-67
150 September 21 Athletics 9-4 Drese (14-8) Mulder (17-6) 28,143 83-67
151 September 22 Athletics 5-3 Rogers (17-8) Zito (11-11) Cordero (47) 29,426 84-67
152 September 23 Athletics 5-4 Nelson (1-2) Dotel (4-2) 23,075 85-67
153 September 24 Mariners 8-7 Villone (7-5) Cordero (3-3) Putz (9) 32,212 85-68
154 September 25 Mariners 5-4 Dickey (6-7) Hasegawa (4-6) Cordero (48) 48,048 86-68
155 September 26 Mariners 9-0 Baek (2-4) Drese (14-9) 38,597 86-69
156 September 27 Angels 5-3 Colón (17-12) Rogers (17-9) Percival (31) 20,333 86-70
157 September 28 Angels 8-2 Escobar (11-12) Park (3-7) 26,686 86-71
158 September 29 Angels 8-7 Shields (8-2) Cordero (3-4) Percival (32) 31,538 86-72
159 September 30 Angels 6-3 Young (3-2) Lackey (14-13) Dickey (1) 23,036 87-72
160 October 1 @ Mariners 8-3 Villone (8-6) Drese (14-10) 45,573 87-73
161 October 2 @ Mariners 10-4 Rogers (18-9) Moyer (7-13) 45,817 88-73
162 October 3 @ Mariners 3-0 Park (4-7) Meche (7-7) Cordero (49) 45,658 89-73


[edit] Player stats

[edit] 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

[edit] Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

[edit] Awards and Honors

All-Star Game

Texas Rangers Hall of Fame Inductees

[edit] External links

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Texas Rangers
Formerly the Washington Senators • Based in Arlington, Texas (Dallas–Ft. Worth)
The Franchise
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Important Figures
Retired Numbers
26 • 34 • 42
Key Personnel
Owner: Tom Hicks • General Manager: Jon Daniels • Manager: Ron Washington
Minors
Division Titles
Western: 1996 • 1998 • 1999 • Wild Card: none
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2004 MLB season by team
AL East
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NL East
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2004 All-Star Game • 2004 World Series