2004 St. Louis Cardinals season

The St. Louis Cardinals 2004 season was the team's 123rd season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 113th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 105-57 during the season, the most wins of any Cardinals team since 1944, and the first Cardinal team to win 100 or more games since 1985, and won the National League Central division by 13 games over the NL Wild-Card Champion Houston Astros. In the playoffs the Cardinals defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 3 games to 1 in the NLDS and the Astros 4 games to 3 in the NLCS to reach their first World Series since 1987. In the World Series the Cardinals faced the Boston Red Sox and were swept 4 games to 0. It was the final World Series played at Busch Memorial Stadium. Because the American League had home-field advantage as a result of winning the All-Star Game, Busch Memorial Stadium was where the Curse of the Bambino died.[1]

2004 St. Louis Cardinals
National League Champions
National League Central champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record105–57 (.644)
Divisional place1st
Other information
OwnersWilliam DeWitt, Jr.
General managersWalt Jocketty
ManagersTony La Russa
Local televisionFox Sports Midwest
(Joe Buck, Dan McLaughlin, Al Hrabosky)
KPLR
(Ricky Horton, Bob Carpenter, Rich Gould)
Local radioKMOX
(Mike Shannon, Wayne Hagin, Bob Ramsey)
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Catcher Mike Matheny, third baseman Scott Rolen, and outfielder Jim Edmonds won Gold Gloves this year.

The 2004 St. Louis Cardinals were the first team to lose the World Series to a "Moneyball" style team roster on the side of the Red Sox.

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day lineup
  4Tony Womack2B
12Ray LankfordLF
  5Albert Pujols1B
15Jim EdmondsCF
27Scott Rolen3B
  3Édgar RenteríaSS
16Reggie SandersRF
22Mike MathenyC
35Matt MorrisP

Summary

Acquired via trade from the Colorado Rockies on August 6, 2004, Larry Walker, customarily the Rockies' number three hitter, became the Cardinals' number two hitter.[6] The Cardinals already had Edmonds, Pujols and Rolen in the 3 through 5 spots.[7] Walker made his Cardinals debut on August 7, playing the New York Mets, and appeared as a pinch-hitter and struck out in the seventh inning. He drew a walk from Mike Stanton in the ninth inning and scored the game-winning run on a Yadier Molina single.[8]

National League Central
NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 10557 0.648 — 53–28 52–29
Houston Astros 9270 0.568 13 48–33 44–37
Chicago Cubs 8973 0.549 16 45–37 44–36
Cincinnati Reds 7686 0.469 29 40–41 36–45
Pittsburgh Pirates 7289 0.447 32½ 39–41 33–48
Milwaukee Brewers 6794 0.416 37½ 36–45 31–49

Record vs. opponents
2004 National League record

Source:
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Arizona—2–44–23–36–133–42–43–163–30–63–41–52–47–125–141–56–12
Atlanta4–2—3–32–44–214–53–34–34–215–412–710–94–23–34–32–48–10
Chicago2–43–3—9–85–13–310–92–410–73–34–23–313–54–22–48–118–4
Cincinnati3–34–28–9—3–34–26–114–210–84–23–33–39–102–43–35–145-7
Colorado 13–62–41–53–3—1–51–58–112–42–41–55–32–410–98–111–58–10
Florida4–35–143–32–45–1—3–33–34–211–815–412–71–54–22–52–47–11
Houston4–23–39–1011–65–13-3—1–513–62–42–46–012–52–42–410–87–5
Los Angeles 16–33–44–22–411–83–35–1—3–34–33–31–56–010–910–92–410–8
Milwaukee3–32–47–108–104–22–46–133–3—5–12–40–66–122–41–58–98–4
Montreal6–04–153–32–44–28-114–23–41–5—9–107–124–21–61–53–37–11
New York4–37–122–43–35–14–154–23–34–210–9—8–111–51–64–21–510–8
Philadelphia5-19–103–33–33–57–120–65–16–012–711–8—3–35–12–43–39–9
Pittsburgh4–22–45–1310–94–25–15–120–612–62–45–13–3—3–35–15–122–10
San Diego12–73–32–44–29–102–44–29–104–26–16–11–53–3—12–72–48–10
San Francisco14–53–44–23–311–85–24–29–105–15–12–44–21–57–12—3–311–7
St. Louis5–14–211–814–55–14-28–104–29–83–35–13–312–54–23–3—11–1

Transactions

Game log
2004 St. Louis Cardinals Game Log (105–57)
April: (12–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 5Brewers6–80–1
2April 6Brewers5–70–2
3April 7Brewers9–41–2
4April 8Brewers5–111–3
5April 9@ Dbacks13–62–3
6April 10@ Dbacks10–23–3
7April 11@ Dbacks6–54–3
8April 12Astros5–104–4
9April 13Astros3–54–5
10April 14Astros1–114–6
11April 16Rockies13–55–6
12April 17Rockies8–46–6
13April 18Rockies5–86–7
14April 20@ Astros5–37–7
15April 21@ Astros12–68–7
16April 22@ Astros2–19–7
17April 23@ Brewers1–29–8
18April 24@ Brewers1–39–9
19April 25@ Brewers5–210–9
20April 27Phillies3–710–10
21April 28Phillies3–610–11
22April 29Phillies5–411–11
23April 30Cubs4–312–11
May: (15–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
24May 1Cubs2–412–12
25May 2Cubs1–013–12
26May 3Cubs3–713–13
27May 4@ Phillies6–514–13
28May 5@ Phillies4–514–14
29May 6@ Phillies7–415–14
30May 7@ Expos2–415–15
31May 8@ Expos0–215–16
32May 9@ Expos5–216–16
33May 11Braves5–117–16
34May 12Braves5–218–16
35May 13Braves5–618–17
36May 14Marlins6–319–17
37May 15Marlins4–020–17
38May 16Marlins2–320–18
39May 18@ Mets4–520–19
40May 19@ Mets1–021–19
41May 20@ Mets11–422–19
42May 21@ Cubs7–623–19
43May 22@ Cubs1–723–20
44May 23@ Cubs3–423–21
45May 26Pirates8–1123–22
46May 27Pirates6–324–22
47May 28@ Astros2–125–22
48May 29@ Astros10–326–22
49May 30@ Astros1–726–23
50May 31@ Pirates8–327–23
June: (19–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
51June 1@ Pirates8–128–23
52June 2@ Pirates5–329–23
53June 3@ Pirates4–230–23
54June 4Astros5–331–23
55June 5Astros10–432–23
56June 6Astros2–332–24
57June 7@ Cubs4–333–24
58June 8@ Cubs3–733–25
59June 9@ Cubs12–434–25
60June 10@ Cubs3–1234–26
61June 11@ Rangers12–735–26
62June 12@ Rangers2–735–27
63June 13@ Rangers13–236–27
64June 15Athletics8–437–27
65June 16Athletics6–238–27
66June 17Athletics5–439–27
67June 18Reds4–340–27
68June 19Reds9–241–27
69June 20Reds0–641–28
70June 22Cubs4–541–29
71June 23Cubs10–942–29
72June 24Cubs4–043–29
73June 25@ Royals5–244–29
74June 26@ Royals3–145–29
75June 27@ Royals10–346–29
76June 28@ Pirates1–246–30
77June 29@ Pirates0–346–31
78June 30@ Pirates5–646–32
July: (20–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
79July 2Mariners11–247–32
80July 3Mariners8–148–32
81July 4Mariners2–149–32
82July 5Reds4–150–32
83July 6Reds5–351–32
84July 7Reds4–252–32
85July 9Cubs6–153–32
86July 10Cubs5–254–32
87July 11Cubs4–854–33
88July 15@ Reds7–255–33
89July 16@ Reds7–556–33
90July 17@ Reds5–756–34
91July 18@ Reds10–457–34
92July 19@ Cubs5–458–34
93July 20@ Cubs11–859–34
94July 21Brewers1–060–34
95July 22Brewers4–061–34
96July 23Giants2–761–35
97July 24Giants3–561–36
98July 25Giants6–062–36
99July 26@ Reds9–663–36
100July 27@ Reds6–064–36
101July 28@ Reds11–1065–36
102July 30@ Giants7–466–36
103July 31@ Giants7–866–37
August: (21–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
104August 1@ Giants6–167–37
105August 3Expos6–1067–38
106August 4Expos5–468–38
107August 5Expos2–169–38
108August 6Mets6–470–38
109August 7Mets2–171–38
110August 8Mets6–272–38
111August 10@ Marlins2–173–38
112August 11@ Marlins1–074–38
113August 12@ Marlins2–874–39
114August 13@ Braves4–175–39
115August 14@ Braves7–975–40
116August 15@ Braves10–476–40
117August 16Reds10–577–40
118August 17Reds7–278–40
119August 18Reds4–578–41
120August 19Pirates2–378–42
121August 20 (1)Pirates5–479–42
122August 20 (2)Pirates5–380–42
123August 21Pirates10–681–42
124August 22Pirates11–482–42
125August 24@ Reds3–482–43
126August 25@ Reds6–583–43
127August 26@ Reds0–183–44
128August 27@ Pirates8–584–44
129August 28@ Pirates6–485–44
130August 29@ Pirates4–086–44
131August 31Padres9–387–44
September: (16–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
132September 1Padres4–288–44
133September 2Padres7–289–44
134September 3Dodgers3–090–44
135September 4Dodgers5–191–44
136September 5Dodgers6–592–44
137September 6@ Padres3–792–45
138September 7@ Padres4–293–45
139September 8@ Padres5–1093–46
140September 10@ Dodgers6–793–47
141September 11@ Dodgers5–693–48
142September 12@ Dodgers7–694–48
143September 14Astros5–794–49
144September 15Astros4–295–49
145September 16Astros3–895–50
146September 17Dbacks4–396–50
147September 18Dbacks7–097–50
148September 19Dbacks2–397–51
149September 20@ Brewers7–498–51
150September 21@ Brewers4–698–52
151September 22@ Brewers3–299–52
152September 23@ Brewers4–2100–52
153September 24@ Rockies5–4101–52
154September 25@ Rockies10–6102–52
155September 26@ Rockies9–3103–52
156September 27@ Astros3–10103–53
157September 28@ Astros1–2103–54
158September 29@ Astros4–6103–55
159September 30Brewers6–7103–56
October: (2–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
160October 1Brewers4–1104–56
161October 2Brewers1–5104–57
162October 3Brewers9–4105–57

Postseason Game Log
2004 St. Louis Cardinals Postseason Game Log (7–8)
NLDS: (3–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 5Dodgers8–31–0
2October 7Dodgers8–32–0
3October 9@ Dodgers0–42–1
4October 10@ Dodgers6–23–1
NLCS: (4–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 13Astros10–71–0
2October 14Astros6–42–0
3October 16@ Astros2–52–1
4October 17@ Astros5–62–2
5October 18@ Astros0–32–3
6October 20Astros6–43–3
7October 21Astros5–24–3
World Series: (0–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 23@ Red Sox9–110–1
2October 24@ Red Sox2–60–2
3October 26Red Sox1–40–3
4October 27Red Sox0–30–4

Roster
2004 St. Louis Cardinals
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
CMike Matheny12238595.247550
1BAlbert Pujols154592196.33146123
2BTony Womack145553170.307538
SSÉdgar Rentería149586168.2871072
3BScott Rolen142500157.31434124
LFRay Lankford9220051.255622
CFJim Edmonds153498150.30142111
RFReggie Sanders135446116.2602267

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
Marlon Anderson11325360.237828
John Mabry8724071.2961340
Roger Cedeño9520053.265323
So Taguchi10917952.291325
Héctor Luna8317343.249322
Larry Walker4415042.2801127
Yadier Molina5113536.267215
Cody McKay357417.23006
Colin Porter233511.31412
Bo Hart11132.15402

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
Matt Morris32202.015104.72131
Jason Marquis32201.11573.71138
Woody Williams31189.21184.18131
Jeff Suppan31188.01694.16110
Chris Carpenter28182.01553.46152

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
Dan Haren1446.0334.5032
Randy Flores914.0101.937
Al Reyes1212.0000.7511

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
Jason Isringhausen7442472.8771
Ray King865202.6140
Julián Tavárez777442.3848
Steve Kline672231.7935
Cal Eldred524213.7654
Kiko Calero413122.7847
Mike Lincoln133205.1914
Jason Simontacchi130005.283
Carmen Cali100008.598
Rick Ankiel51005.409
Josh Pearce30003.860
Cody McKay10000.000

NLDS
Main article: 2004 National League Division Series

In three playoff rounds in 2004, Walker combined to hit .293/.379/.707 with a pair of home runs in each tournament,[10] setting a franchise record for home runs hit by a left-handed batter in one postseason.[11] Walker made his playoff debut with the Cardinals in Game 1 of the NLDS versus the Dodgers, homering twice and scoring four runs in an 8−3 Cardinals win.[12] He became the first Cardinal with a multi-home run game in LDS play.[13]

St. Louis Cardinals vs. Los Angeles Dodgers

St. Louis wins series, 3-1

GameScoreDate
1St. Louis 8, Los Angeles 3October 5
2St. Louis 8, Los Angeles 3October 7
3Los Angeles 2, St. Louis 0October 9
4St. Louis 6, Los Angeles 2October 10

NLCS
Main article: 2004 National League Championship Series

In Game of the 1 National League Championship Series (NLCS) versus the Houston Astros, Walker was a home run short of hitting for the cycle.[13] The Cardinals proceeded to take a 2–0 Series lead before losing three straight in Houston. Returning home for Game 6, the Cardinals took a 4–3 lead into the ninth inning, but Houston tied it up. Jim Edmonds hit a walk-off homer in the bottom of the 12th to win the game. The next night, Albert Pujols helped St. Louis win Game 7 to clinch the series with a game tying hit. Scott Rolen brought him home on a two-run home run. Pujols was named the series MVP.

GameScoreDate
1St. Louis 10, Houston 7October 13
2St. Louis 6, Houston 4October 14
3Houston 5, St. Louis 2October 16
4Houston 6, St. Louis 5October 17
5Houston 3, St. Louis 0October 18
6St. Louis 6, Houston 4October 20
7St. Louis 5, Houston 2October 21

World Series
Main article: 2004 World Series

When the Cardinals reached the World Series, Tony La Russa became the sixth manager to win pennants in both leagues, following Joe McCarthy, Yogi Berra, Alvin Dark, and the managers in the 1984 World Series, Sparky Anderson and Dick Williams.[14] La Russa had managed the Oakland Athletics to three straight pennants between 1988 and 1990 and winning the 1989 World Series.[14] La Russa would try to join Anderson as the only men to have managed teams to World Series championships in both leagues.[14] La Russa wore number 10 in tribute to Anderson (who wore 10 while manager of the Cincinnati Reds) and to indicate he was trying to win the team's tenth championship.[15]

The Cardinals met a what was a potent Red Sox squad fresh off four straight victories over the Yankees following an 0–3 deficit in the ALCS. A comeback in this fashion in any North American major sports league had previously occurred only in the NHL. This was the third time the two teams have faced each other in the Fall Classic, with the Cardinals winning the previous two in 1946 and 1967. The Cardinals were again without a key player for the World Series: ace pitcher Chris Carpenter, who, after going 15–5, tweaked his shoulder in September and missed the entire post-season.

Making his World Series debut in Game 1, Walker collected four hits in five at bats with a home run and two doubles.[16] His four-hit outing tied a Cardinals World Series record, becoming the seventh overall and first to so since Lou Brock in 1967, also against Boston.[13]

The Cardinals were swept by the Red Sox in four games and struggled to hit, never taking a lead at any point in the series. Pujols, Rolen, and Edmonds, the normally fearsome 3-4-5 hitters for the Cardinals, were 6-for-45 with one RBI. The club batted .190 with a .562 OPS overall. Walker was one of very few exceptions, batting .357 with a 1.366 OPS. His two home runs accounted for the only two hit by the entire Cardinals team.[17] In the 2004 postseason, Walker scored 21 percent (14 of 68) of Cardinals runs scored.[13]

GameScoreDate
1Boston 11, St. Louis 9October 23
2Boston 6, St. Louis 2October 24
3Boston 4, St. Louis 1October 26
4Boston 3, St. Louis 0October 27

Awards and honors

Gold Gloves

Silver Sluggers

NL Comeback Player of the Year

NLCS MVP

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Memphis Redbirds Pacific Coast League Danny Sheaffer
AA Tennessee Smokies Southern League Mark DeJohn
A Palm Beach Cardinals Florida State League Tom Nieto
A Peoria Chiefs Midwest League Joe Cunningham, Jr.
A-Short Season New Jersey Cardinals New York–Penn League Tommy Shields
Rookie Johnson City Cardinals Appalachian League Tom Kidwell

LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Tennessee[23][24]

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