2004 Florida Marlins season

2004 Florida Marlins
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1993) Eastern Division (since 1993)
Location
Pro Player Stadium (since 1993) Miami Gardens, Florida (since 1993)
Results
Record	83–79 (.512)
Divisional place	3rd
Other information
Owner(s)	Jeffrey Loria
General manager(s)	Larry Beinfest
Manager(s)	Jack McKeon
Local television	FSN Florida WPXM (Len Kasper, Tommy Hutton)
Local radio	WQAM (Dave Van Horne, Jon Sciambi) WQBA (Spanish) (Felo Ramírez, Luis Quintana)
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The Florida Marlins' 2004 season was the 12th season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in the National League. It would begin with the team attempting to improve on their season from 2003, where they were the defending World Series champion, having won the World Series in six games against the New York Yankees. Their manager was Jack McKeon. They played most of their home games at Pro Player Stadium. They played two against the Montreal Expos at Chicago's U.S. Cellular Field due to Hurricane Ivan. The team started off 8-1, but then collapsed and finished with a record of 83-79, 3rd in the NL East, and missed the playoffs.

Offseason[]

• November 25, 2003: Derrek Lee was traded by the Florida Marlins to the Chicago Cubs for Hee-seop Choi and Mike Nannini (minors).^[1]
• December 4, 2003: Matt Treanor was signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.^[2]

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

National League East[]

v t NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Atlanta Braves	96	66	0.593	—	49–32	47–34
Philadelphia Phillies	86	76	0.531	10	42–39	44–37
Florida Marlins	83	79	0.512	13	42–38	41–41
New York Mets	71	91	0.438	25	38–43	33–48
Montreal Expos	67	95	0.414	29	35–45	32–50

Record vs. opponents[]

2004 National League Records v t Source: [1]
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

Opening Day starters[]

• Juan Pierre – CF
• Luis Castillo – 2B
• Miguel Cabrera – RF
• Mike Lowell – 3B
• Jeff Conine – LF
• Hee-Seop Choi – 1B
• Ramón Castro – C
• Álex González – SS
• Josh Beckett – SP ^[3][4]

Transactions[]

• May 6, 2004: Josías Manzanillo was signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.^[5]
• June 17, 2004: Billy Koch was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Florida Marlins for Wilson Valdez and cash.^[6]
• July 30, 2004: Paul Lo Duca was traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Juan Encarnación and Guillermo Mota to the Florida Marlins for Hee-seop Choi, Brad Penny, and Bill Murphy.^[7]
• September 8, 2004: Dave Weathers was signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.^[8]

Roster[]

2004 Florida Marlins
Roster
Pitchers 21 Josh Beckett 49 Armando Benítez 33 Toby Borland 40 Nate Bump 34 A. J. Burnett 44 Chad Fox 41 Franklyn Gracesqui 39 Ben Howard 54 Logan Kensing 88 Billy Koch 38 Josías Manzanillo 59 Guillermo Mota 20 Mike Neu 37 Darren Oliver 45 Carl Pavano 31 Brad Penny 46 Matt Perisho 57 Tommy Phelps 37 Rudy Seánez 50 Aaron Small 58 Michael Tejera 31 Ismael Valdez 48 Justin Wayne 25 David Weathers 35 Dontrelle Willis		Catchers 17 Ramón Castro 14 Paul Lo Duca 52 Mike Redmond  6 Matt Treanor Infielders  1 Luis Castillo 25 Hee-Seop Choi 16 Wil Cordero  2 Damion Easley 11 Álex González 19 Mike Lowell 12 Mike Mordecai 29 Larry Sutton		Outfielders 14 Josh Willingham  3 Chris Aguila 24 Miguel Cabrera 18 Jeff Conine 43 Juan Encarnación 27 Abraham Nunez  9 Juan Pierre Other batters 10 Lenny Harris		Manager 15 Jack McKeon Coaches 67 Pierre Arsenault (bullpen) 47 Jeff Cox (third base) 23 Doug Davis (bench)  7 Perry Hill (first base) 28 Bill Robinson (hitting) 26 Wayne Rosenthal (pitching)  8 Tony Taylor (bullpen)

Player stats[]

= Indicates team leader

Batting[]

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	Avg.	SB
Mike Redmond
Hee-seop Choi
Luis Castillo
Mike Lowell
Álex González
Jeff Conine	140	521	55	146	14	83	.280	5
Juan Pierre	162	678	100	221	3	49	.326	45
Miguel Cabrera	160	603	101	177	33	112	.294	5

^[9]

Other batters[]

Player	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	Avg.	SB
Matt Treanor	29	55	7	13	0	1	.236	0

Starting pitchers[]

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers[]

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Relief pitchers[]

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Farm system[]

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Albuquerque Isotopes	Pacific Coast League	Tracy Woodson
AA	Carolina Mudcats	Southern League	Ron Hassey
A	Jupiter Hammerheads	Florida State League	Luis Dorante
A	Greensboro Bats	South Atlantic League
A-Short Season	Jamestown Jammers	New York–Penn League	Benny Castillo
Rookie	GCL Marlins	Gulf Coast League	Tim Cossins

^[10]

References[]

External links[]

• 2004 Marlins
• 2004 Florida Marlins at Baseball Almanac