2004 Oakland Athletics season

2004 Oakland Athletics
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Western Division (since 1969)
Location
McAfee Coliseum (since 1968)
Oakland, California (since 1968)
Results
Record	91–71 (.562)
Other information
Owner(s)	Stephen Schott & Kenneth Hofmann
General manager(s)	Billy Beane
Manager(s)	Ken Macha
Local television	KICU-TV FSN Bay Area (Ray Fosse, Hank Greenwald, Glen Kuiper)
Local radio	KFRC (Bill King, Ken Korach, Ray Fosse)
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The Oakland Athletics' 2004 season involved the A's finishing 2nd in the American League West with a record of 91 wins and 71 losses.

Offseason

• October 9, 2003: Marco Scutaro was selected off waivers by the Oakland Athletics from the New York Mets.^[1]
• November 18, 2003: Ted Lilly was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Toronto Blue Jays for Bobby Kielty.^[2]
• November 26, 2003: Mark Kotsay was traded by the San Diego Padres to the Oakland Athletics for Terrence Long and Ramón Hernández.^[3]
• December 3, 2003: Wayne Gomes was signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.^[4]
• February 6, 2004: Eric Karros was signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.^[5]
• March 15, 2004: Mike Oquist was signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.^[6]

Regular season

Reggie Jackson's number 9 was retired by the Oakland Athletics in 2004.

Season standings

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Anaheim Angels	92	70	0.568	—	45–36	47–34
Oakland Athletics	91	71	0.562	1	52–29	39–42
Texas Rangers	89	73	0.549	3	51–30	38–43
Seattle Mariners	63	99	0.389	29	38–44	25–55

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

Transactions

• April 17, 2004: Kirk Saarloos was traded by the Houston Astros to the Oakland Athletics for Chad Harville.^[7]
• August 3, 2004: Eric Karros was released by the Oakland Athletics.^[5]

Roster

2004 Oakland Athletics
Roster
Pitchers 64 Joe Blanton 54 Chad Bradford 46 Santiago Casilla 28 Octavio Dotel 58 Justin Duchscherer 29 Chris Hammond 40 Rich Harden 31 Chad Harville 15 Tim Hudson 57 Justin Lehr 45 Jim Mecir 20 Mark Mulder 55,18 Mark Redman 53 Arthur Rhodes 73 Ricardo Rincón 31 Kirk Saarloos 75 Barry Zito		Catchers 17 Adam Melhuse 26 Damian Miller  6 Mike Rose Infielders 47 Ramon Castro  3 Eric Chavez  7 Bobby Crosby 44 Erubiel Durazo 12 Esteban Germán 10 Scott Hatteberg 32 Eric Karros  2 Mark McLemore 11 Frank Menechino 49 Marco Scutaro		Outfielders 22 Eric Byrnes 24 Jermaine Dye 23 Bobby Kielty 21 Mark Kotsay 13 Billy McMillon 33 Nick Swisher		Manager 39 Ken Macha Coaches 35 Brad Fischer (first base) 52 Bob Geren (bullpen) 48 Dave Hudgens (hitting) 46 Chris Speier (bench) 38 Ron Washington (third base) 41 Curt Young (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
Mark Mulder	33	225.2	17	8	4.43	140
Barry Zito	34	213.0	11	11	4.48	163
Rich Harden	31	189.2	11	7	3.99	167
Tim Hudson	27	188.2	12	6	3.53	103
Mark Redman	32	191.0	11	12	4.71	102

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Chris Hammond	41	53.2	4	1	2.68	34
Arthur Rhodes	37	38.2	3	3	5.12	34
Justin Lehr	27	32.2	1	1	5.23	16
Kirk Saarloos	6	24.1	2	1	4.44	10

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Justin Duchscherer	53	96.1	7	6	3.27	59
Octavio Dotel	45	50.2	6	2	4.09	72
Chad Bradford	68	59.0	5	7	4.42	34
Jim Mecir	65	47.2	0	5	3.59	49

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Sacramento RiverCats	Pacific Coast League	Tony DeFrancesco
AA	Midland RockHounds	Texas League	Webster Garrison
A	Modesto A's	California League	Von Hayes
A	Kane County Cougars	Midwest League	Dave Joppie
A-Short Season	Vancouver Canadians	Northwest League	Dennis Rogers
Rookie	AZL Athletics	Arizona League	Ruben Escalera

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Sacramento, Modesto

References

1. Marco Scutaro Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
2. Ted Lilly Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
3. http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kotsama01.shtml
4. http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gomeswa01.shtml
5. http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/karroer01.shtml
6. http://www.baseball-reference.com/o/oquismi01.shtml
7. http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/saarlki01.shtml

• 2004 Oakland Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 2004 Oakland Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.