2004 Detroit Tigers season

2004 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Mike Ilitch
General manager(s) Dave Dombrowski
Manager(s) Alan Trammell
Local television FSN Detroit
(Mario Impemba, Rod Allen)
Local radio WXYT (AM)
(Jim Price, Dan Dickerson)
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The Detroit Tigers' 2004 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Detroit Tigers attempting to win the AL Central. The team set a major league record with 11 players on the team hitting at least 10 home runs. The Tigers' 104th season ended with the team finishing in fourth place at 72-90, 29 games better than their disastrous season of the previous year. However, they were still 20 games behind the AL Central Champion Minnesota Twins.

Offseason

Regular season

Standings

AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 92 70 0.568 49–32 43–38
Chicago White Sox 83 79 0.512 9 46–35 37–44
Cleveland Indians 80 82 0.494 12 44–37 36–45
Detroit Tigers 72 90 0.444 20 38–43 34–47
Kansas City Royals 58 104 0.358 34 33–47 25–57

Record vs. opponents

2004 American League Records

Sources:

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

Roster

2004 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
Iván Rodríguez 135 527 176 .334 1986
Carlos Peña 142 481 116 .241 2782
Omar Infante 142 503 133 .264 1655
Eric Munson 109 321 68 .212 1949
Carlos Guillén 136 522 166 .318 2097
Rondell White 121 448 121 .270 1967
Alex Sánchez 79 332 107 .322 226
Bobby Higginson 131 448 110.246 1264
Craig Monroe 128 447 131 .293 1872
Brandon Inge 131 408 117 .287 1364
Dmitri Young 104 389 106 .272 1860
Marcus Thames 61 165 42 .255 1033
Jason Smith 61 155 37 .239 519
Nook Logan 47 133 37 .278 010
Fernando Viña 29 115 26 .226 07
Greg Norton 41 86 15 .174 22
Chris Shelton 27 46 9 .196 13
Ryan Raburn 12 29 4 .138 01
Curtis Granderson 9 25 6 .240 00
Mike DiFelice 13 22 3 .136 02

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mike Maroth 33 217.0 11 13 4.31108
Nate Robertson 34196.2 12 10 4.90155
Jeremy Bonderman 33184.01113 4.89168
Jason Johnson 33 196.2 8 15 5.13125
Gary Knotts 36 135.1 7 6 5.2581
Wilfredo Ledezma 15 53.1 4 3 4.3929
Nate Cornejo 5 25.2 1 3 8.4212

Relief pitchers

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Esteban Yan 69 3 6 7 3.8369
Al Levine 653 4 0 4.5832
Jamie Walker 70 3 4 1 3.2053
Ugueth Urbina 54 4 6 21 4.5056
Danny Patterson 37 0 4 2 4.7524
Steve Colyer 41 1 0 0 6.4731
Craig Dingman 24 2 2 0 6.7516
Roberto Novoa 16 1 1 0 5.5715
Jon Ennis 12 0 0 1 8.4413
Franklyn Germán 16 1 0 0 7.368

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League Larry Parrish
AA Erie SeaWolves Eastern League Rick Sweet
A Lakeland Tigers Florida State League Gary Green
A West Michigan Whitecaps Midwest League Matt Walbeck
A-Short Season Oneonta Tigers New York–Penn League Mike Rojas
Rookie GCL Tigers Gulf Coast League Kevin Bradshaw

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: West Michigan[6]

References

  1. 1 2 Bobby Estalella Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. Iván Rodríguez Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. http://www.baseball-reference.com/u/urbinug01.shtml
  4. Justin Verlander Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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