2004 New York Yankees season
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Record | 101–61 (.623) |
Divisional place | 1st |
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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. This was the fourth straight year in which the Yankees lost to the eventual World Series champions in the postseason. Only the Los Angeles Dodgers (2016–19) have duplicated the same feat.
Offseason[]
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- October 27, 2003: Luis Sojo was released by the New York Yankees.[1]
- December 16, 2003: Nick Johnson was traded by the New York Yankees with Randy Choate and Juan Rivera to the Montreal Expos for Javier Vázquez.[2]
- December 23, 2003: Buddy Carlyle was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[3]
- January 6, 2004: Kenny Lofton signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
- February 5, 2004: Mike Lamb was traded by the Texas Rangers to the New York Yankees for Jose Garcia (minors).[4]
- February 16, 2004: The New York Yankees sent Alfonso Soriano and a player to be named later were sent to the Texas Rangers in exchange for Alex Rodriguez. The New York Yankees sent Joaquin Arias (April 23, 2004) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.[5]
- March 25, 2004: Mike Lamb was traded by the New York Yankees to the Houston Astros for Juan DeLeon (minors).[4]
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 later named the dive.
August[]
On August 31 the Yankees had their worst loss in history by run differential, losing 22–0 to the Cleveland Indians.
September[]
On September 30 the Yankees clinched their division.[6]
Season standings[]
AL East | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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[]
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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[]
- June 7, 2004: Phil Hughes was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2004.[7]
- July 22, 2004: Donzell McDonald was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[8]
- July 31, 2004: Esteban Loaiza was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the New York Yankees for José Contreras and cash.[9]
- August 3, 2004: John Olerud was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[10]
- August 17, 2004: Shane Spencer signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[11]
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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 |
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Jorge Posada, C | 137 | 449 | 122 | .272 | 21 | 81 |
Tony Clark, 1B | 106 | 253 | 56 | .221 | 16 | 49 |
Miguel Cairo, 2B | 122 | 360 | 105 | .292 | 6 | 42 |
Derek Jeter, SS | 154 | 643 | 188 | .292 | 23 | 78 |
Alex Rodriguez, 3B | 155 | 601 | 172 | .286 | 36 | 106 |
Hideki Matsui, LF | 162 | 584 | 174 | .298 | 31 | 108 |
Bernie Williams, CF | 148 | 561 | 147 | .262 | 22 | 70 |
Gary Sheffield, RF | 154 | 573 | 166 | .290 | 36 | 121 |
Ruben Sierra, DH | 107 | 307 | 75 | .244 | 17 | 65 |
Other batters[]
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Jason Giambi | 80 | 264 | 55 | .208 | 12 | 40 |
Kenny Lofton | 83 | 276 | 76 | .275 | 3 | 18 |
Enrique Wilson | 93 | 240 | 51 | .213 | 6 | 31 |
John Olerud | 49 | 164 | 46 | .280 | 4 | 26 |
John Flaherty | 47 | 127 | 32 | .252 | 6 | 16 |
Bubba Crosby | 55 | 53 | 8 | .151 | 2 | 7 |
Travis Lee | 7 | 19 | 2 | .105 | 0 | 2 |
Felix Escalona | 5 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Andy Phillips | 5 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 1 | 2 |
Homer Bush | 9 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Dioner Navarro | 5 | 7 | 3 | .429 | 0 | 1 |
Starting pitchers[]
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Javier Vazquez | 32 | 198 | 14 | 10 | 4.91 | 150 |
John Lieber | 27 | 176.2 | 14 | 8 | 4.33 | 102 |
Mike Mussina | 27 | 164.2 | 12 | 9 | 4.59 | 132 |
Kevin Brown | 22 | 132 | 10 | 6 | 4.09 | 83 |
Jose Contreras | 18 | 95.2 | 8 | 5 | 5.64 | 82 |
Orlando Hernandez | 15 | 84.2 | 8 | 2 | 3.30 | 84 |
Brad Halsey | 8 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 6.47 | 25 |
Other pitchers[]
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Esteban Loaiza | 10 | 42.1 | 1 | 2 | 8.50 | 34 |
Donovan Osborne | 9 | 17.2 | 2 | 0 | 7.13 | 10 |
Jorge De Paula | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 5.00 | 2 |
Alex Graman | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19.80 | 4 |
Relief pitchers[]
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Paul Quantrill | 86 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4.72 | 37 |
Tom Gordon | 80 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2.21 | 96 |
Mariano Rivera | 74 | 4 | 2 | 53 | 1.94 | 66 |
Felix Heredia | 47 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.28 | 25 |
Tanyon Sturtze | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5.47 | 56 |
Bret Prinz | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.08 | 22 |
Scott Proctor | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5.40 | 21 |
Gabe White | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.27 | 8 |
C.J. Nitkowski | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.62 | 10 |
Steve Karsay | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 4 |
Juan Padilla | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.97 | 5 |
Sam Marsonek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
ALDS[]
New York wins the series, 3-1
Game | Score | Date |
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1 | New York 0, Minnesota 2 | October 5 |
2 | New York 7, Minnesota 6 | October 6 |
3 | New York 8, Minnesota 4 | October 8 |
4 | New York 6, Minnesota 5 | October 9 |
ALCS[]
The Yankees squared off against the Boston Red Sox in the 2004 American League Championship Series. This is the 2nd straight year these bitter rivals faced off for a trip to the World Series.
Game 1[]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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[]
- Derek Jeter, Shortstop, Gold Glove
- Gary Sheffield, Outfield, Silver Slugger
- Mariano Rivera, Yankees Single Season Record, Most Saves in a Season (53)
2004 MLB All-Star Game
- Jason Giambi, First Baseman, Starter
- Alex Rodriguez, Third Baseman, Starter
- Derek Jeter, Shortstop, Starter
- Mariano Rivera, Relief Pitcher, Reserve
- Javier Vasquez, Pitcher, Reserve
- Hideki Matsui, Outfield, Reserve
- Gary Sheffield, Outfield, Reserve
Farm system[]
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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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 | and |
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[]
- ^ "Luis Sojo Stats".
- ^ "Nick Johnson Stats".
- ^ "Buddy Carlyle Stats".
- ^ a b "Mike Lamb Stats".
- ^ Alfonso Soriano Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ James B. (2004). The Bill James Handbook 2005.Chicago, Il: ACTA sports
- ^ Philip Hughes Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ "Donzell McDonald Stats".
- ^ Esteban Loaiza Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ John Olerud Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ Shane Spencer Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ http://gd2.mlb.com/content/game/mlb/year_2004/[bare URL]
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
- ^ Baseball America 2005 Annual Directory
External links[]
- 2004 New York Yankees
- 2004 New York Yankees at Baseball Almanac
- New York Yankees seasons
- 2004 Major League Baseball season
- 2004 in sports in New York City
- 21st century in the Bronx
- American League East champion seasons
- Yankee Stadium (1923)