2004 Baltimore Orioles season

2004 Baltimore Orioles
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901) East Division (since 1969)
Location
Oriole Park at Camden Yards (since 1992) Baltimore (since 1954)
Results
Record	78–84 (.481)
Divisional place	3rd
Other information
Owner(s)	Peter Angelos
General manager(s)	Jim Beattie/Mike Flanagan
Manager(s)	Lee Mazzilli
Local television	WJZ-TV WNUV WDCA Comcast SportsNet (Jim Palmer, Michael Reghi, Buck Martinez, Fred Manfra)
Local radio	WBAL (AM) (Fred Manfra, Jim Hunter, Joe Angel)
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The 2004 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing 3rd in the American League East with a record of 78 wins and 84 losses. The team led Major League Baseball in at bats (5,736) and hits (1,614).^[1]

Offseason[]

• December 3, 2003: Bill Haselman was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.^[2]
• February 5, 2004: Clay Bellinger was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.^[3]
• March 15, 2004: B.J. Surhoff was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.^[4]

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

v t 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 v t 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.^[5]

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[]

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

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

^[6][7]

References[]

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