2004 New York Yankees season

2004 New York Yankees
2004 American League East Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
  • New York (since 1903)
Other information
Owner(s) George Steinbrenner
General manager(s) Brian Cashman
Manager(s) Joe Torre
Local television WCBS-TV
YES Network
(Michael Kay, Jim Kaat, Ken Singleton, Bobby Murcer, Paul O'Neill, Joe Girardi)
Local radio WCBS (AM)
(John Sterling, Charley Steiner)
WADO
(Armando Tallavara)
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The New York Yankees' 2004 season was the 102nd season for the Yankees. The Yankees opened the season by playing two games against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in Japan on March 30, 2004. The team finished with a record of 101-61, finishing 3 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox in the AL East. The 2004 season was the Yankees third straight season of 100+ wins, the first such instance in franchise history. New York was managed by Joe Torre. In the playoffs, the Yankees defeated the Minnesota Twins, 3 games to 1, in the ALDS, before losing to the wild card Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3, in the ALCS. The 2004 Yankees are notable as the only team in MLB history to lose a 7-game playoff series after taking a 3 games to none lead.

Offseason

Alex Rodriguez was acquired in a trade with the Texas Rangers in exchange for Alfonso Soriano and Joaquín Árias.

Regular season

Season Summary

July

Derek Jeter dives into stands chasing and catching a pop up in the 12th inning of a 3 to 3 game against the Boston Red Sox, the play was latter named the dive.

August

On August 31 the Yankees had their worst loss in history by run differential losing 22 to 0 to the Cleveland Indians

September

On September 30 the Yankees clinched their division.[6]

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 101 61 0.623 — 57–24 44–37
Boston Red Sox 98 64 0.605 3 55–26 43–38
Baltimore Orioles 78 84 0.481 23 38–43 40–41
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 70 91 0.435 30½ 41–39 29–52
Toronto Blue Jays 67 94 0.416 33½ 40–41 27–53

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 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game Log

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|- ! colspan="3" | Legend |- ! bgcolor="ccffcc" | Yankees Win ! bgcolor="ffbbbb" | Yankees Loss ! bgcolor="bbbbbb" | Game Postponed |}

Game Log[12]

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

Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA
Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

ALDS

New York wins the series, 3-1

GameScoreDate
1New York 0, Minnesota 2October 5
2New York 7, Minnesota 6October 6
3New York 8, Minnesota 4October 8
4New York 6, Minnesota 5October 9

ALCS

Game 1

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 7 10 0
New York 2 0 4 0 0 2 0 2 X 10 14 0
WP: Mike Mussina (1-0)   LP: Curt Schilling (0-1)   Sv: Mariano Rivera (1)
Home runs:
Bos: Jason Varitek (1)
NYY: Kenny Lofton (1)

Game 2

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 0
New York 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 3 7 0
WP: Jon Lieber (1-0)   LP: Pedro Martínez (0-1)   Sv: Mariano Rivera (2)
Home runs:
Bos: None
NYY: John Olerud (1)

Game 3

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 3 0 3 5 2 0 4 0 2 19 22 1
Boston 0 4 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 15 0
WP: Javier Vázquez (1-0)   LP: Ramiro Mendoza (0-1)
Home runs:
NYY: Hideki Matsui 2 (2), Alex Rodriguez (1), Gary Sheffield (1)
Bos: Trot Nixon (1), Jason Varitek (2)

Game 4

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E
New York 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12 1
Boston 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 8 0
WP: Curtis Leskanic (1-0)   LP: Paul Quantrill (0-1)
Home runs:
NYY: Alex Rodriguez (2)
Bos: David Ortiz (1)

Game 5

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 R H E
New York 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12 1
Boston 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 13 1
WP: Tim Wakefield (1-0)   LP: Esteban Loaiza (0-1)
Home runs:
NYY: Bernie Williams (1)
Bos: David Ortiz (2)

Game 6

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 0
New York 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 6 0
WP: Curt Schilling (1-1)   LP: Jon Lieber (1-1)   Sv: Keith Foulke (1)
Home runs:
Bos: Mark Bellhorn (1)
NYY: Bernie Williams (2)

Game 7

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 10 13 0
New York 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 5 1
WP: Derek Lowe (1-0)   LP: Kevin Brown (0-1)
Home runs:
Bos: David Ortiz (3), Johnny Damon 2 (3), Mark Bellhorn (2)
NYY: None

Awards and records

2004 MLB All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Columbus Clippers International League Bucky Dent
AA Trenton Thunder Eastern League Stump Merrill
A Tampa Yankees Florida State League Bill Masse
A Battle Creek Yankees Midwest League Mitch Seoane and Bill Mosiello
A-Short Season Staten Island Yankees New York–Penn League Tommy John
Rookie GCL Yankees Gulf Coast League Oscar Acosta

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GCL Yankees; LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Tampa[13][14]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sojolu01.shtml
  2. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/j/johnsni01.shtml
  3. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/carlybu01.shtml
  4. 1 2 http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lambmi01.shtml
  5. ↑ Alfonso Soriano Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ↑ James B. (2004). The Bill James Handbook 2005.Chicago, Il: ACTA sports
  7. ↑ Philip Hughes Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  8. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcdondo01.shtml
  9. ↑ Esteban Loaiza Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  10. ↑ John Olerud Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  11. ↑ Shane Spencer Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  12. ↑ http://gd2.mlb.com/content/game/mlb/year_2004/
  13. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  14. ↑ Baseball America 2005 Annual Directory

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