2004 Baltimore Orioles season

2004 Baltimore Orioles
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Oriole Park at Camden Yards
City	Baltimore
Record	78–84 (.481)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	Peter Angelos
General managers	Jim Beattie/Mike Flanagan
Managers	Lee Mazzilli
Television	WJZ-TV WNUV WDCA Comcast SportsNet (Jim Palmer, Michael Reghi, Buck Martinez, Fred Manfra)
Radio	WBAL (AM) (Fred Manfra, Jim Hunter, Joe Angel)
Seasons

The 2004 Baltimore Orioles season was the 104th season in Baltimore Orioles franchise history, the 51st in Baltimore, and the 13th at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. They improved on their 71–91–1 (.439) record from the previous year with a 78-84 record, but missed the postseason for the 7th straight season. The team led Major League Baseball in at bats (5,736) and hits (1,614).

Offseason

• December 3, 2003: Bill Haselman was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
• February 5, 2004: Clay Bellinger was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
• March 15, 2004: B.J. Surhoff was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

Regular season

Season standings

AL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	101	61	.623	—	57‍–‍24	44‍–‍37
Boston Red Sox	98	64	.605	3	55‍–‍26	43‍–‍38
Baltimore Orioles	78	84	.481	23	38‍–‍43	40‍–‍41
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	70	91	.435	30½	41‍–‍39	29‍–‍52
Toronto Blue Jays	67	94	.416	33½	40‍–‍41	27‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents

2004 American League record 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

Notable transactions

July 6, 2004: Ken Huckaby was selected off waivers by the Baltimore Orioles from the Texas Rangers.

Roster

2004 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers 29 Kurt Ainsworth 30 Rick Bauer 16 Denny Bautista 45 Érik Bédard 61 Dave Borkowski 35 Daniel Cabrera 64 Bruce Chen 49 Darwin Cubillán 47 Mike DeJean 59,38,28 Eric DuBose 38 Jason Grimsley 27 Buddy Groom 50 Jorge Julio 19 Rodrigo López 49 John Maine 36 John Parrish 43 Sidney Ponson 47 Aaron Rakers 12 Matt Riley 40 Eddy Rodríguez 52 B. J. Ryan 53 Todd Williams		Catchers  9 Gerónimo Gil  9 Ken Huckaby 18 Javy López 72 Robert Machado 40 Keith Osik Infielders 14 José León 26 Luis López  6 Melvin Mora 25 Rafael Palmeiro  1 Brian Roberts 23 David Segui 10 Miguel Tejada		Outfielders 14 José Bautista  3 Larry Bigbie 39 Jack Cust 47 Karim García 31 Jay Gibbons 15 Jerry Hairston Jr. 63 Val Majewski 32 Luis Matos 11,39 Darnell McDonald 39 Chad Mottola 11 David Newhan 16 Tim Raines Jr. 17 B. J. Surhoff		Manager 13 Lee Mazzilli Coaches 48 Terry Crowley (hitting) 24 Rick Dempsey (first base) 44 Elrod Hendricks (bullpen catcher)  2 Sam Perlozzo (bench) 49 Tom Trebelhorn (third base) 34 Mark Wiley (pitching)

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
C	Javy López	150	579	183	.316	23	86
1B	Rafael Palmeiro	154	550	142	.258	23	88
2B	Brian Roberts	159	641	175	.273	4	53
SS	Miguel Tejeda	162	653	203	.311	34	150
3B	Melvin Mora	140	550	187	.340	27	104
LF	Larry Bigbie	139	478	134	.280	15	68
CF	Luis Matos	89	330	74	.224	6	28
RF	Jay Gibbons	97	346	85	.246	10	47
DH	David Newhan	95	373	116	.311	8	54

Other batters

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
B.J. Surhoff	100	343	106	.309	8	50
Jerry Hairston Jr.	86	287	87	.303	2	24
Tim Raines Jr.	48	94	24	.255	0	5
Luis López	56	88	16	.182	1	8
Robert Machado	37	73	11	.151	1	3
Karim García	23	66	14	.212	3	11
José León	31	66	12	.182	2	8
David Segui	18	59	20	.339	1	7
Gerónimo Gil	12	32	9	.281	0	4
Darnell McDonald	17	32	5	.156	0	1
Keith Osik	11	25	2	.080	0	0
Chad Mottola	6	14	2	.143	1	3
Val Majewski	9	13	2	.154	0	1
Ken Huckaby	8	12	2	.167	0	0
José Bautista	16	11	3	.273	0	0
Jack Cust	1	1	0	.000	0	0

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Sidney Ponson	33	215.2	11	15	5.30	115
Daniel Cabrera	28	147.2	12	8	5.00	76
Érik Bédard	27	137.1	6	10	4.59	121
Eric DuBose	14	74.2	4	6	6.39	48
Matt Riley	14	64.0	3	4	5.63	60
Bruce Chen	8	47.2	2	1	3.02	32
Kurt Ainsworth	7	30.2	0	1	9.68	20
John Maine	1	3.2	0	1	9.82	1

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Rodrigo López	37	170.2	14	9	3.59	121
Dave Borkowski	17	56.0	3	4	5.14	45

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Jorge Julio	65	2	5	22	4.57	70
B.J. Ryan	76	4	6	3	2.28	122
Buddy Groom	60	4	1	0	4.78	32
John Parrish	56	6	3	1	3.46	71
Jason Grimsley	41	2	4	0	4.21	21
Mike DeJean	37	0	5	0	6.13	36
Eddy Rodríguez	29	1	0	0	4.78	37
Todd Williams	29	2	0	0	2.87	13
Rick Bauer	23	2	1	0	4.70	37
Darwin Cubillán	7	0	0	0	5.40	8
Aaron Rakers	3	0	0	0	4.15	3
Denny Bautista	2	0	0	0	36.00	1

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Ottawa Lynx	International League	Tim Leiper
AA	Bowie Baysox	Eastern League	Dave Trembley
A	Frederick Keys	Carolina League	Tom Lawless
A	Delmarva Shorebirds	South Atlantic League	Bien Figueroa
A-Short Season	Aberdeen IronBirds	New York–Penn League	Don Buford
Rookie	Bluefield Orioles	Appalachian League	Gary Kendall

References

• 2004 Baltimore Orioles team at Baseball-Reference
• 2004 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com