2004 Baltimore Orioles season

The 2004 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing 3rd in the American League East with a record of 78 wins and 84 losses. The team led Major League Baseball in at bats (5,736) and hits (1,614).[1]

2004 Baltimore Orioles
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record78–84 (.481)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
OwnersPeter Angelos
General managersJim Beattie/Mike Flanagan
ManagersLee Mazzilli
Local televisionWJZ-TV
WNUV
WDCA
Comcast SportsNet
(Jim Palmer, Michael Reghi, Buck Martinez, Fred Manfra)
Local radioWBAL (AM)
(Fred Manfra, Jim Hunter, Joe Angel)
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Offseason
  • December 3, 2003: Bill Haselman was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.[2]
  • February 5, 2004: Clay Bellinger was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.[3]
  • March 15, 2004: B.J. Surhoff was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.[4]

Regular season

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10161 0.623 — 57–24 44–37
Boston Red Sox 9864 0.605 3 55–26 43–38
Baltimore Orioles 7884 0.481 23 38–43 40–41
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 7091 0.435 30½ 41–39 29–52
Toronto Blue Jays 6794 0.416 33½ 40–41 27–53

Record vs. opponents
2004 American League record

Sources:
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim —6–34–55–44–57–27–05–45–410–913–76–19–104–57–11
Baltimore 3–6—10–92–43–36–06–34–55–140–77–211–85–211–85–13
Boston 5–49–10—4–23–46–14–22–411–88–15–414–54–514–59–9
Chicago 4–54–22–4—10–98–1113–69–103–42–77–24–26–33–48–10
Cleveland 5–43–34–39–10—9–1011–87–122–46–35–43–31–85–210–8
Detroit 2–70–61–611–810–9—8–117–124–34–55–43–34–54–29–9
Kansas City 0–73–62–46–138–1111–8—7–121–52–72–53–64–53–36–12
Minnesota 4–55–44–210–912–712–712–7—2–42–55–44–55–24–211–7
New York 4–514–58–114–34–23–45–14–2—7–26–315–45–412–710–8
Oakland 9–107–01–87–23–65–47–25–22–7—11–87–211–96–310–8
Seattle 7–132–74–52–74–54–55–24–53–68–11—2–57–122–79–9
Tampa Bay 1–68–115–142–43–33–36–35–44–152–75–2—2–79–915–3
Texas 10–92–55–43–68–15–45–42–54–59–1112–77–2—7–210–8
Toronto 5–48–115–144–32–52–43–32–47–123–67–29–92–7—8–10

Notable transactions

July 6, 2004: Ken Huckaby was selected off waivers by the Baltimore Orioles from the Texas Rangers.[5]

Roster
2004 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CJavy López150579183.3162386
1BRafael Palmeiro154550142.2582388
2BBrian Roberts159641175.273453
SSMiguel Tejeda162653203.31134150
3BMelvin Mora140550187.34027104
LFLarry Bigbie139478134.2801568
CFLuis Matos8933074.224628
RFJay Gibbons9734685.2461047
DHDavid Newhan95373116.311854

Other batters

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
B.J. Surhoff100343106.309850
Jerry Hairston Jr.8628787.303224
Tim Raines Jr.489424.25505
Luis López568816.18218
Robert Machado377311.15113
Karim García236614.212311
José León316612.18228
David Segui185920.33917
Gerónimo Gil12329.28104
Darnell McDonald17325.15601
Keith Osik11252.08000
Chad Mottola6142.14313
Val Majewski9132.15401
Ken Huckaby8122.16700
José Bautista16113.27300
Jack Cust110.00000

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Sidney Ponson33215.211155.30115
Daniel Cabrera28147.21285.0076
Érik Bédard27137.16104.59121
Eric DuBose1474.2466.3948
Matt Riley1464.0345.6360
Bruce Chen847.2213.0232
Kurt Ainsworth730.2019.6820
John Maine13.2019.821

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Rodrigo López37170.21493.59121
Dave Borkowski1756.0345.1445
Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Jorge Julio6525224.5770
B.J. Ryan764632.28122
Buddy Groom604104.7832
John Parrish566313.4671
Jason Grimsley412404.2121
Mike DeJean370506.1336
Eddy Rodríguez291004.7837
Todd Williams292002.8713
Rick Bauer232104.7037
Darwin Cubillán70005.408
Aaron Rakers30004.153
Denny Bautista200036.001

Farm system
Level Team League Manager
AAA Ottawa Lynx International League Tim Leiper
AA Bowie Baysox Eastern League Dave Trembley
A Frederick Keys Carolina League Tom Lawless
A Delmarva Shorebirds South Atlantic League Bien Figueroa
A-Short Season Aberdeen IronBirds New York–Penn League Don Buford
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Gary Kendall

[6][7]

References
  1. "2004 MLB Team Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  2. "Bill Haselman Stats".
  3. "Clay Bellinger Stats".
  4. B.J. Surhoff Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. Ken Huckaby 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
  7. Baseball America 2005 Directory.


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