2004 Milwaukee Brewers season

2004 Milwaukee Brewers
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1998)
Central Division (since 1998)
Location
Miller Park (since 2001)
Milwaukee (since 1970)
Other information
Owner(s)	Bud Selig
General manager(s)	Doug Melvin
Manager(s)	Ned Yost
Local television	FSN Wisconsin (Daron Sutton, Bill Schroeder)
Local radio	WTMJ (AM) (Bob Uecker, Jim Powell)
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The Milwaukee Brewers' 2004 season involved the Brewers' finishing 6th in the National League Central with a record of 67 wins and 94 losses.

Offseason

• November 13, 2003: Chris Coste signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.^[1]
• December 1, 2003: Lyle Overbay was traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks with Chris Capuano, Craig Counsell, Chad Moeller, Jorge de la Rosa, and Junior Spivey to the Milwaukee Brewers for a player to be named later, Richie Sexson, and Shane Nance. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Noochie Varner (minors) (December 15, 2003) to the Arizona Diamondbacks to complete the trade.^[2]
• January 26, 2004: Scott Sheldon was signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.^[3]

Regular season

Season standings

National League Central

NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	105	57	0.648	—	53–28	52–29
Houston Astros	92	70	0.568	13	48–33	44–37
Chicago Cubs	89	73	0.549	16	45–37	44–36
Cincinnati Reds	76	86	0.469	29	40–41	36–45
Pittsburgh Pirates	72	89	0.447	32½	39–41	33–48
Milwaukee Brewers	67	94	0.416	37½	36–45	31–49

Record vs. opponents

2004 National League Records Source:
Team	ARI	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	AL
Arizona	—	2–4	4–2	3–3	6–13	3–4	2–4	3–16	3–3	0–6	3–4	1–5	2–4	7–12	5–14	1–5	6–12
Atlanta	4–2	—	3–3	2–4	4–2	14–5	3–3	4–3	4–2	15–4	12–7	10–9	4–2	3–3	4–3	2–4	8–10
Chicago	2–4	3–3	—	9–8	5–1	3–3	10–9	2–4	10–7	3–3	4–2	3–3	13–5	4–2	2–4	8–11	8–4
Cincinnati	3–3	4–2	8–9	—	3–3	4–2	6–11	4–2	10–8	4–2	3–3	3–3	9–10	2–4	3–3	5–14	5-7
Colorado	13–6	2–4	1–5	3–3	—	1–5	1–5	8–11	2–4	2–4	1–5	5–3	2–4	10–9	8–11	1–5	8–10
Florida	4–3	5–14	3–3	2–4	5–1	—	3–3	3–3	4–2	11–8	15–4	12–7	1–5	4–2	2–5	2–4	7–11
Houston	4–2	3–3	9–10	11–6	5–1	3-3	—	1–5	13–6	2–4	2–4	6–0	12–5	2–4	2–4	10–8	7–5
Los Angeles	16–3	3–4	4–2	2–4	11–8	3–3	5–1	—	3–3	4–3	3–3	1–5	6–0	10–9	10–9	2–4	10–8
Milwaukee	3–3	2–4	7–10	8–10	4–2	2–4	6–13	3–3	—	5–1	2–4	0–6	6–12	2–4	1–5	8–9	8–4
Montreal	6–0	4–15	3–3	2–4	4–2	8-11	4–2	3–4	1–5	—	9–10	7–12	4–2	1–6	1–5	3–3	7–11
New York	4–3	7–12	2–4	3–3	5–1	4–15	4–2	3–3	4–2	10–9	—	8–11	1–5	1–6	4–2	1–5	10–8
Philadelphia	5-1	9–10	3–3	3–3	3–5	7–12	0–6	5–1	6–0	12–7	11–8	—	3–3	5–1	2–4	3–3	9–9
Pittsburgh	4–2	2–4	5–13	10–9	4–2	5–1	5–12	0–6	12–6	2–4	5–1	3–3	—	3–3	5–1	5–12	2–10
San Diego	12–7	3–3	2–4	4–2	9–10	2–4	4–2	9–10	4–2	6–1	6–1	1–5	3–3	—	12–7	2–4	8–10
San Francisco	14–5	3–4	4–2	3–3	11–8	5–2	4–2	9–10	5–1	5–1	2–4	4–2	1–5	7–12	—	3–3	11–7
St. Louis	5–1	4–2	11–8	14–5	5–1	4-2	8–10	4–2	9–8	3–3	5–1	3–3	12–5	4–2	3–3	—	11–1

Transactions

• June 14, 2004: Scott Sheldon was released by the Milwaukee Brewers.^[3]
• July 26, 2004: Russell Branyan was sent to the Milwaukee Brewers by the Cleveland Indians as part of a conditional deal.^[4]

Roster

2004 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers 46 Mike Adams 57 Jeff Bennett 43 Dave Burba 39 Chris Capuano 49 Doug Davis 47 Jorge de la Rosa 48,38 Ben Ford 40 Ben Hendrickson 31 Adrian Hernández 55 Brooks Kieschnick 50 Matt Kinney 41 Dan Kolb 48 Pedro Liriano 33 Wes Obermueller 50 Travis Phelps 38 Chris Saenz 53 Víctor Santos 15 Ben Sheets 51 Luis Vizcaíno 26 Matt Wise		Catchers 29 Gary Bennett  8 Mark Johnson 21 Chad Moeller Infielders 31 Russell Branyan 30 Craig Counsell 22 Trent Durrington  8 Matt Erickson  6 Keith Ginter  2 Bill Hall 18 Wes Helms 11 Lyle Overbay 37 Junior Spivey		Outfielders 27 Brady Clark 12 Ben Grieve  5 Geoff Jenkins 10 Dave Krynzel  9 Jeff Liefer 24 Chris Magruder 20 Scott Podsednik Other batters  1 Corey Hart		Manager  3 Ned Yost Coaches 35 Bill Castro (Bullpen) 25 Rich Dauer (bench) 45 Rich Donnelly (third base) 36 Mike Maddux (pitching) 14 Dave Nelson (first base) 16 Butch Wynegar (hitting)

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Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Indianapolis Indians	International League	Cecil Cooper
AA	Huntsville Stars	Southern League	Frank Kremblas
A	High Desert Mavericks	California League	Mel Queen
A	Beloit Snappers	Midwest League	Don Money
Rookie	AZL Brewers	Arizona League	Mike Guerrero
Rookie	Helena Brewers	Pioneer League	Johnny Narron

^[5]

References

1. Chris Coste Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
2. Lyle Overbay Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
3. http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sheldsc01.shtml
4. Russell Branyan 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

• 2004 Milwaukee Brewers team at Baseball-Reference
• 2004 Milwaukee Brewers team page at baseball-almanac.com