2004 Detroit Tigers season

2004 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Central Division (since 1998)
Location
Comerica Park (since 2000)
Detroit, Michigan (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Mike Ilitch
General manager(s)	Dave Dombrowski
Manager(s)	Alan Trammell
Local television	FSN Detroit (Mario Impemba, Rod Allen)
Local radio	WXYT (AM) (Jim Price, Dan Dickerson)
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The Detroit Tigers' 2004 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Detroit Tigers attempting to win the AL 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 72-90, 29 games better than their disastrous season of the previous year. However, they were still 20 games behind the AL Central Champion Minnesota Twins.

Offseason

• 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 Guillén for Ramon Santiago and minor leaguer Juan Gonazalez.^[1]
• January 14, 2004: Bobby Estalella was signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.^[2]
• February 6, 2004: Iván Rodríguez signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.^[3]
• February 9, 2004: Bobby Estalella was released by the Detroit Tigers.^[2]
• March 29, 2004: Ugueth Urbina was signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.^[4]

Regular season

Standings

AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	92	70	0.568	—	49–32	43–38
Chicago White Sox	83	79	0.512	9	46–35	37–44
Cleveland Indians	80	82	0.494	12	44–37	36–45
Detroit Tigers	72	90	0.444	20	38–43	34–47
Kansas City Royals	58	104	0.358	34	33–47	25–57

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

• 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.^[5]

Roster

2004 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers 38 Jeremy Bonderman 51 Steve Colyer 34 Nate Cornejo 57 Craig Dingman 49 John Ennis 62 Franklyn Germán 21 Jason Johnson 35 Gary Knotts 41 Wilfredo Ledezma 43 Al Levine 46 Mike Maroth 51 Roberto Novoa 17 Danny Patterson 37 Nate Robertson 74 Ugueth Urbina 45 Lino Urdaneta 32 Jamie Walker 59 Esteban Yan		Catchers 26 Mike DiFelice  7 Iván Rodríguez Infielders  9 Carlos Guillén 20 Omar Infante 15 Brandon Inge 31 Eric Munson 24 Warren Morris 28 Greg Norton 12 Carlos Peña 55 Ryan Raburn 30 Chris Shelton 44 Jason Smith 10 Fernando Viña 25 Dmitri Young		Outfielders 26 Curtis Granderson  4 Bobby Higginson 40 Nook Logan 27 Craig Monroe 19 Alex Sánchez 33 Marcus Thames 44 Andrés Torres 24 Rondell White		Manager  3 Alan Trammell Coaches 54 Bob Cluck (pitching) 29 Bruce Fields (hitting) 22 Kirk Gibson (bench) 18 Mick Kelleher (first base) 13 Lance Parrish (bullpen)  8 Juan Samuel (third base)

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
Iván Rodríguez	135	527	176	.334	19	86
Carlos Peña	142	481	116	.241	27	82
Omar Infante	142	503	133	.264	16	55
Eric Munson	109	321	68	.212	19	49
Carlos Guillén	136	522	166	.318	20	97
Rondell White	121	448	121	.270	19	67
Alex Sánchez	79	332	107	.322	2	26
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
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 Viña	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

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Mike Maroth	33	217.0	11	13	4.31	108
Nate Robertson	34	196.2	12	10	4.90	155
Jeremy Bonderman	33	184.0	11	13	4.89	168
Jason Johnson	33	196.2	8	15	5.13	125
Gary Knotts	36	135.1	7	6	5.25	81
Wilfredo Ledezma	15	53.1	4	3	4.39	29
Nate Cornejo	5	25.2	1	3	8.42	12

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Esteban Yan	69	3	6	7	3.83	69
Al Levine	65	3	4	0	4.58	32
Jamie Walker	70	3	4	1	3.20	53
Ugueth Urbina	54	4	6	21	4.50	56
Danny Patterson	37	0	4	2	4.75	24
Steve Colyer	41	1	0	0	6.47	31
Craig Dingman	24	2	2	0	6.75	16
Roberto Novoa	16	1	1	0	5.57	15
Jon Ennis	12	0	0	1	8.44	13
Franklyn Germán	16	1	0	0	7.36	8

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	International League	Larry Parrish
AA	Erie SeaWolves	Eastern League	Rick Sweet
A	Lakeland Tigers	Florida State League	Gary Green
A	West Michigan Whitecaps	Midwest League	Matt Walbeck
A-Short Season	Oneonta Tigers	New York–Penn League	Mike Rojas
Rookie	GCL Tigers	Gulf Coast League	Kevin Bradshaw

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: West Michigan^[6]

References

2. Bobby Estalella Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
3. Iván Rodríguez Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
4. http://www.baseball-reference.com/u/urbinug01.shtml
5. Justin Verlander Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
6. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

• 2004 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference