2004 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season

The 2004 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season was their seventh since the franchise was created. This season, they finished fourth in the AL East division, 3 games ahead of the Toronto Blue Jays, who finished in last place. They managed to finish the season with a record of 70–91, finishing out of last for the first time in their 7-year history. Their manager was Lou Piniella who entered his second season with the Devil Rays.

2004 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record70–91 (.435)
Divisional place4th
Other information
OwnersVince Naimoli
General managersChuck LaMar
ManagersLou Piniella
Local televisionFSN Florida
WXPX
(Joe Magrane, Dewayne Staats)
Local radioWFLA
(Paul Olden, Charlie Slowes)
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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
  • February 10, 2004: Midre Cummings was signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[1]
  • July 30, 2004: Scott Kazmir was traded by the New York Mets with Jose Diaz to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Bartolomé Fortunato and Víctor Zambrano.[2]
  • August 19, 2004: Randall Simon was signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[3]
  • September 10, 2004: Randall Simon was released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[3]

Roster
2004 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 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
CToby Hall119404103.255860
1BTino Martinez138458120.2622376
2BRey Sánchez9128570.246226
SSJulio Lugo157581160.275775
3BAubrey Huff157600178.29729104
LFCarl Crawford152626185.2961155
CFRocco Baldelli136518145.2801674
RFJosé Cruz Jr.153545132.2422178
DHRobert Fick7621443.201626

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
Geoff Blum11233973.215835
Jorge Cantú5017352.301217
B.J. Upton4515941.258412
Brook Fordyce5415131.20529
Damian Rolls5311719.16209
Fred McGriff277213.18127
Midre Cummings225415.27827
Joey Gathright195213.25001
Eduardo Pérez13388.21117
Matt Diaz10214.19013
Randall Simon8172.11800
Jonny Gomes5141.07101
José Bautista12122.16701
Jason Romano481.12501
Charles Gipson542.50000

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
Mark Hendrickson32183.110154.8187
Victor Zambrano23128.0974.43109
Rob Bell24123.0884.4657
Dewon Brazelton22120.2684.7764
Doug Waechter1470.1576.0136
Geremi González1150.1056.9722
Paul Abbott1047.0256.7025
Scott Kazmir833.1235.6741

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
John Halama34118.2764.7059
Jorge Sosa4399.1475.5394
Jason Standridge310.0009.007
Todd Ritchie48.0029.004
Damian Moss58.00116.886

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
Danys Báez6244303.5752
Trever Miller601113.1243
Lance Carter563303.4736
Travis Harper526203.8959
Jesús Colomé332233.2740
Chad Gaudin261204.8530
Bobby Seay210002.3817
Franklin Núñez80305.9114
John Webb40007.009
Dicky Gonzalez40006.147
Bartolomé Fortunato30003.685

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Durham Bulls International League Bill Evers
AA Montgomery Biscuits Southern League Charlie Montoyo
A Bakersfield Blaze California League Mako Oliveras
A Charleston RiverDogs South Atlantic League Steve Livesey
A-Short Season Hudson Valley Renegades New York–Penn League Dave Howard
Rookie Princeton Devil Rays Appalachian League Jamie Nelson

[4]

References
  1. "Midre Cummings Stats".
  2. Scott Kazmir Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  3. Randall Simon Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  4. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007


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