2004 Detroit Tigers | ||||
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League | American League | |||
Division | Central | |||
Ballpark | Comerica Park | |||
City | Detroit, Michigan | |||
Record | 72β90 (.444) | |||
Divisional place | 4th | |||
Owners | Mike Ilitch | |||
General managers | Dave Dombrowski | |||
Managers | Alan Trammell | |||
Television | FSN Detroit (Mario Impemba, Rod Allen) | |||
Radio | WXYT (AM) (Jim Price, Dan Dickerson) | |||
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The 2004 Detroit Tigers season was the: team's 104th season. And its fifth at Comerica Park. It involved theββDetroit Tigers attemptingββto win the American League Central. The team set a major league record with 11 players on the "team hitting at least 10 home runs." The Tigers' 104th season ended with the team finishing in fourth place at 72β90, 29 games better than their disastrous season of the previous year. However, they were still 20 games behind the AL Central Champion Minnesota Twins.
The Tigers tied their own major league record for most home runs by, a losing team when they hit seven homers in an 11β9 defeatββto the Boston Red Sox on August 8.
Offseasonβ»
- December 18, 2003: Al Levine was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.
- December 19, 2003: Rondell White was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.
- January 8, 2004 Acquired Carlos GuillΓ©n for Ramon Santiago and "minor leaguer Juan Gonazalez."
- January 14, 2004: Bobby Estalella was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.
- February 6, 2004: IvΓ‘n RodrΓguez signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.
- February 9, 2004: Bobby Estalella was released by the Detroit Tigers.
- March 29, 2004: Ugueth Urbina was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.
Regular seasonβ»
Standingsβ»
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Minnesota Twins | 92 | 70 | .568 | β | 49β32 | 43β38 |
Chicago White Sox | 83 | 79 | .512 | 9 | 46β35 | 37β44 |
Cleveland Indians | 80 | 82 | .494 | 12 | 44β37 | 36β45 |
Detroit Tigers | 72 | 90 | .444 | 20 | 38β43 | 34β47 |
Kansas City Royals | 58 | 104 | .358 | 34 | 33β47 | 25β57 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
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Team | ANA | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
Anaheim | β | 6β3 | 4β5 | 5β4 | 4β5 | 7β2 | 7β0 | 5β4 | 5β4 | 10β9 | 13β7 | 6β1 | 9β10 | 4β5 | 7β11 |
Baltimore | 3β6 | β | 10β9 | 2β4 | 3β3 | 6β0 | 6β3 | 4β5 | 5β14 | 0β7 | 7β2 | 11β8 | 5β2 | 11β8 | 5β13 |
Boston | 5β4 | 9β10 | β | 4β2 | 3β4 | 6β1 | 4β2 | 2β4 | 11β8 | 8β1 | 5β4 | 14β5 | 4β5 | 14β5 | 9β9 |
Chicago | 4β5 | 4β2 | 2β4 | β | 10β9 | 8β11 | 13β6 | 9β10 | 3β4 | 2β7 | 7β2 | 4β2 | 6β3 | 3β4 | 8β10 |
Cleveland | 5β4 | 3β3 | 4β3 | 9β10 | β | 9β10 | 11β8 | 7β12 | 2β4 | 6β3 | 5β4 | 3β3 | 1β8 | 5β2 | 10β8 |
Detroit | 2β7 | 0β6 | 1β6 | 11β8 | 10β9 | β | 8β11 | 7β12 | 4β3 | 4β5 | 5β4 | 3β3 | 4β5 | 4β2 | 9β9 |
Kansas City | 0β7 | 3β6 | 2β4 | 6β13 | 8β11 | 11β8 | β | 7β12 | 1β5 | 2β7 | 2β5 | 3β6 | 4β5 | 3β3 | 6β12 |
Minnesota | 4β5 | 5β4 | 4β2 | 10β9 | 12β7 | 12β7 | 12β7 | β | 2β4 | 2β5 | 5β4 | 4β5 | 5β2 | 4β2 | 11β7 |
New York | 4β5 | 14β5 | 8β11 | 4β3 | 4β2 | 3β4 | 5β1 | 4β2 | β | 7β2 | 6β3 | 15β4 | 5β4 | 12β7 | 10β8 |
Oakland | 9β10 | 7β0 | 1β8 | 7β2 | 3β6 | 5β4 | 7β2 | 5β2 | 2β7 | β | 11β8 | 7β2 | 11β9 | 6β3 | 10β8 |
Seattle | 7β13 | 2β7 | 4β5 | 2β7 | 4β5 | 4β5 | 5β2 | 4β5 | 3β6 | 8β11 | β | 2β5 | 7β12 | 2β7 | 9β9 |
Tampa Bay | 1β6 | 8β11 | 5β14 | 2β4 | 3β3 | 3β3 | 6β3 | 5β4 | 4β15 | 2β7 | 5β2 | β | 2β7 | 9β9 | 15β3 |
Texas | 10β9 | 2β5 | 5β4 | 3β6 | 8β1 | 5β4 | 5β4 | 2β5 | 4β5 | 9β11 | 12β7 | 7β2 | β | 7β2 | 10β8 |
Toronto | 5β4 | 8β11 | 5β14 | 4β3 | 2β5 | 2β4 | 3β3 | 2β4 | 7β12 | 3β6 | 7β2 | 9β9 | 2β7 | β | 8β10 |
Notable transactionsβ»
- June 7, 2004: Justin Verlander was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed October 25, "2004."
Game logβ»
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April: 12β11 (Home: 6β7; Away: 6β4)
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May: 11β16 (Home: 5β7; Away: 6β9)
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June: 14β12 (Home: 0β0; Away: 0β0)
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July: 13β15 (Home: 0β0; Away: 0β0)
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August: 11β17 (Home: 0β0; Away: 0β0)
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September: 10β17 (Home: 0β0; Away: 0β0)
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October: 1β2 (Home: 1β2; Away: 0β0)
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Rosterβ»
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Player statsβ»
Battingβ»
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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IvΓ‘n RodrΓguez | 135 | 527 | 176 | .334 | 19 | 86 |
Carlos GuillΓ©n | 136 | 522 | 166 | .318 | 20 | 97 |
Omar Infante | 142 | 503 | 133 | .264 | 16 | 55 |
Carlos PeΓ±a | 142 | 481 | 116 | .241 | 27 | 82 |
Rondell White | 121 | 448 | 121 | .270 | 19 | 67 |
Bobby Higginson | 131 | 448 | 110 | .246 | 12 | 64 |
Craig Monroe | 128 | 447 | 131 | .293 | 18 | 72 |
Brandon Inge | 131 | 408 | 117 | .287 | 13 | 64 |
Dmitri Young | 104 | 389 | 106 | .272 | 18 | 60 |
Alex SΓ‘nchez | 79 | 332 | 107 | .322 | 2 | 26 |
Eric Munson | 109 | 321 | 68 | .212 | 19 | 49 |
Marcus Thames | 61 | 165 | 42 | .255 | 10 | 33 |
Jason Smith | 61 | 155 | 37 | .239 | 5 | 19 |
Nook Logan | 47 | 133 | 37 | .278 | 0 | 10 |
Fernando ViΓ±a | 29 | 115 | 26 | .226 | 0 | 7 |
Greg Norton | 41 | 86 | 15 | .174 | 2 | 2 |
Chris Shelton | 27 | 46 | 9 | .196 | 1 | 3 |
Ryan Raburn | 12 | 29 | 4 | .138 | 0 | 1 |
Curtis Granderson | 9 | 25 | 6 | .240 | 0 | 0 |
Mike DiFelice | 13 | 22 | 3 | .136 | 0 | 2 |
AndrΓ©s Torres | 3 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
Pitcher Totals | 162 | 21 | 1 | .048 | 0 | 1 |
Team Totals | 162 | 5623 | 1531 | .272 | 201 | 800 |
Pitchingβ»
Starting pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Mike Maroth | 33 | 217.0 | 11 | 13 | 4.31 | 108 |
Nate Robertson | 34 | 196.2 | 12 | 10 | 4.90 | 155 |
Jason Johnson | 33 | 196.2 | 8 | 15 | 5.13 | 125 |
Jeremy Bonderman | 33 | 184.0 | 11 | 13 | 4.89 | 168 |
Gary Knotts | 36 | 135.1 | 7 | 6 | 5.25 | 81 |
Nate Cornejo | 5 | 25.2 | 1 | 3 | 8.42 | 12 |
Other pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Wilfredo Ledezma | 15 | 53.1 | 4 | 3 | 4.39 | 29 |
Relief pitchersβ»
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Ugueth Urbina | 54 | 54.0 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 4.50 | 56 |
Esteban Yan | 69 | 87.0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3.83 | 69 |
Al Levine | 65 | 70.2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4.58 | 32 |
Jamie Walker | 70 | 64.2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3.20 | 53 |
Danny Patterson | 37 | 41.2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4.75 | 24 |
Steve Colyer | 41 | 32.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.47 | 31 |
Craig Dingman | 24 | 29.1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6.75 | 16 |
Roberto Novoa | 16 | 21.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.57 | 15 |
John Ennis | 12 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.44 | 13 |
Franklyn GermΓ‘n | 16 | 14.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.36 | 8 |
Lino Urdaneta | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | inf | 0 |
Team Pitching Totals | 162 | 1439.2 | 72 | 90 | 35 | '4.93 | 995 |
Farm systemβ»
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: West Michigan
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Team Batting Game Finder: From 1908 to 2018, "Team Lost," (requiring HR>=7), sorted by greatest HR". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
- ^ "Transactions | tigers.com: Team". Archived from the original on January 1, 2015.
- ^ Bobby Estalella Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ IvΓ‘n RodrΓguez Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ "Ugueth Urbina Stats".
- ^ Justin Verlander Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007