2004 Los Angeles Dodgers | ||
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National League West Champions | ||
League | National League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | Dodger Stadium | |
City | Los Angeles | |
Record | 93–69 (.574) | |
Divisional place | 1st | |
Owners | Frank McCourt | |
President | Jamie McCourt | |
General managers | Paul DePodesta | |
Managers | Jim Tracy | |
Television | Fox Sports Net West 2; KCOP (13) | |
Radio | KFWB Vin Scully, Ross Porter, Rick Monday KWKW Jaime Jarrín, Pepe Yñiguez, Fernando Valenzuela | |
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The 2004 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 116th for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 47th season in Los Angeles, California. It brought change to the Dodgers as the sale of the franchise to developer Frank McCourt was finalized during spring training. McCourt promptly dismissed General Manager Dan Evans and hired Paul DePodesta to take over the team. That led to a flurry of trade activity as the new group attempted to rebuild the Dodgers in their image.
Despite it all, the Dodgers managed to finish the season in first place in the National League West and won their first postseason game since 1988. However they lost the NLDS 3–1 to the St. Louis Cardinals.
Offseason
[edit]- December 13, 2003: Acquired Jeff Weaver, Yhency Brazobán and Brandon Weeden from the New York Yankees for Kevin Brown and cash.
- March 29, 2004: Acquired Jason Grabowski from the Oakland Athletics for cash.
- March 30, 2004: Acquired Jayson Werth from the Toronto Blue Jays for Jason Frasor.
- April 1, 2004: Acquired Cody Ross from the Detroit Tigers for Steve Colyer and cash.
- April 3, 2004: Acquired Aaron Looper and Ryan Ketchner from the Seattle Mariners for Jolbert Cabrera.
- April 3, 2004: Acquired Antonio Perez from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Jason Romano.
- April 4, 2004: Acquired Milton Bradley from the Cleveland Indians for Franklin Gutierrez and Andrew Brown.
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]National League West
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Los Angeles Dodgers | 93 | 69 | .574 | — | 49–32 | 44–37 |
San Francisco Giants | 91 | 71 | .562 | 2 | 47–35 | 44–36 |
San Diego Padres | 87 | 75 | .537 | 6 | 42–39 | 45–36 |
Colorado Rockies | 68 | 94 | .420 | 25 | 38–43 | 30–51 |
Arizona Diamondbacks | 51 | 111 | .315 | 42 | 29–52 | 22–59 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LA | MIL | MTL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | AL |
Arizona | — | 2–4 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 6–13 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 3–16 | 3–3 | 0–6 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 7–12 | 5–14 | 1–5 | 6–12 |
Atlanta | 4–2 | — | 3–3 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 14–5 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 15–4 | 12–7 | 10–9 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 8–10 |
Chicago | 2–4 | 3–3 | — | 9–8 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 10–9 | 2–4 | 10–7 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 13–5 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 8–11 | 8–4 |
Cincinnati | 3–3 | 4–2 | 8–9 | — | 3–3 | 4–2 | 6–11 | 4–2 | 10–8 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 9–10 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 5–14 | 5-7 |
Colorado | 13–6 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 3–3 | — | 1–5 | 1–5 | 8–11 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 5–3 | 2–4 | 10–9 | 8–11 | 1–5 | 8–10 |
Florida | 4–3 | 5–14 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 5–1 | — | 3–3 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 11–8 | 15–4 | 12–7 | 1–5 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 7–11 |
Houston | 4–2 | 3–3 | 9–10 | 11–6 | 5–1 | 3-3 | — | 1–5 | 13–6 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 6–0 | 12–5 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 10–8 | 7–5 |
Los Angeles | 16–3 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 11–8 | 3–3 | 5–1 | — | 3–3 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 6–0 | 10–9 | 10–9 | 2–4 | 10–8 |
Milwaukee | 3–3 | 2–4 | 7–10 | 8–10 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 6–13 | 3–3 | — | 5–1 | 2–4 | 0–6 | 6–12 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 8–9 | 8–4 |
Montreal | 6–0 | 4–15 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 8-11 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 1–5 | — | 9–10 | 7–12 | 4–2 | 1–6 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 7–11 |
New York | 4–3 | 7–12 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 4–15 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 10–9 | — | 8–11 | 1–5 | 1–6 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 10–8 |
Philadelphia | 5-1 | 9–10 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 3–5 | 7–12 | 0–6 | 5–1 | 6–0 | 12–7 | 11–8 | — | 3–3 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 9–9 |
Pittsburgh | 4–2 | 2–4 | 5–13 | 10–9 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 5–12 | 0–6 | 12–6 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 3–3 | — | 3–3 | 5–1 | 5–12 | 2–10 |
San Diego | 12–7 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 9–10 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 9–10 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 6–1 | 1–5 | 3–3 | — | 12–7 | 2–4 | 8–10 |
San Francisco | 14–5 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 11–8 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 9–10 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 7–12 | — | 3–3 | 11–7 |
St. Louis | 5–1 | 4–2 | 11–8 | 14–5 | 5–1 | 4-2 | 8–10 | 4–2 | 9–8 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 12–5 | 4–2 | 3–3 | — | 11–1 |
Opening Day lineup
[edit]Notable transactions
[edit]- July 30, 2004: Acquired Brad Penny, Hee-Seop Choi and Bill Murphy from the Florida Marlins for Guillermo Mota, Paul Lo Duca and Juan Encarnación.
- July 31, 2004: Acquired Brent Mayne and Steve Finley from the Arizona Diamondbacks for Bill Murphy, Koyie Hill and Reggie Abercrombie.
- July 31, 2004: Acquired Henri Stanley from the Boston Red Sox for Dave Roberts.
- August 19, 2004: Acquired Elmer Dessens and cash from the Arizona Diamondbacks for Jereme Milons.
Roster
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Starting Pitchers stats
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games
Name | G | GS | IP | W/L | ERA | BB | SO | CG |
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Jeff Weaver | 34 | 34 | 220.0 | 13-13 | 4.01 | 67 | 153 | 0 |
Odalis Pérez | 31 | 31 | 196.1 | 7-6 | 3.25 | 44 | 128 | 0 |
Kazuhisa Ishii | 31 | 31 | 172.0 | 13-8 | 4.71 | 98 | 99 | 2 |
José Lima | 36 | 24 | 170.1 | 13-5 | 4.07 | 34 | 93 | 0 |
Hideo Nomo | 18 | 18 | 84.0 | 4-11 | 8.25 | 42 | 54 | 0 |
Edwin Jackson | 8 | 5 | 24.2 | 2-1 | 7.30 | 11 | 16 | 0 |
Brad Penny | 3 | 3 | 11.2 | 1-2 | 3.09 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Relief Pitchers stats
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; SV = Saves
Name | G | GS | IP | W/L | ERA | BB | SO | SV |
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Éric Gagné | 70 | 0 | 82.1 | 7-3 | 2.19 | 22 | 114 | 45 |
Duaner Sánchez | 67 | 0 | 80.0 | 3-1 | 3.38 | 27 | 44 | 0 |
Darren Dreifort | 60 | 0 | 50.2 | 1-4 | 4.44 | 36 | 63 | 1 |
Guillermo Mota | 52 | 0 | 63.0 | 8-4 | 2.14 | 27 | 52 | 1 |
Tom Martin | 47 | 0 | 28.1 | 0-1 | 4.13 | 14 | 18 | 1 |
Wilson Álvarez | 40 | 15 | 120.2 | 7-6 | 4.03 | 31 | 102 | 1 |
Giovanni Carrara | 42 | 0 | 53.2 | 5-2 | 2.18 | 20 | 48 | 2 |
Yhency Brazobán | 31 | 0 | 32.2 | 6-2 | 2.48 | 15 | 27 | 0 |
Edwin Jackson | 8 | 5 | 24.2 | 2-1 | 7.30 | 11 | 16 | 0 |
Elmer Dessens | 12 | 1 | 19.2 | 1-0 | 3.20 | 8 | 18 | 0 |
Brian Falkenborg | 6 | 0 | 14.1 | 1-0 | 7.53 | 9 | 11 | 0 |
Scott Stewart | 11 | 0 | 12.1 | 1-0 | 5.84 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
Mike Venafro | 17 | 0 | 9.0 | 0-0 | 4.00 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
Masao Kida | 3 | 0 | 4.2 | 0-0 | 0.00 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Rodney Myers | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0-0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Batting Stats
[edit]Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; Avg. = Batting average; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
Name | Pos | G | AB | Avg. | R | H | HR | RBI | SB |
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Paul Lo Duca | C/1B | 91 | 349 | .301 | 41 | 105 | 10 | 49 | 2 |
David Ross | C | 70 | 165 | .170 | 13 | 28 | 5 | 15 | 0 |
Brent Mayne | C | 47 | 96 | .188 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Tom Wilson | C | 9 | 8 | .125 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Shawn Green | 1B/RF | 157 | 590 | .266 | 92 | 157 | 28 | 86 | 5 |
Alex Cora | 2B | 138 | 405 | .264 | 47 | 107 | 10 | 47 | 3 |
César Izturis | SS | 159 | 670 | .288 | 90 | 193 | 4 | 62 | 25 |
Adrián Beltré | 3B | 156 | 598 | .334 | 104 | 200 | 48 | 121 | 7 |
Jose Hernandez | 2B/SS/3B/LF | 95 | 211 | .289 | 32 | 61 | 13 | 29 | 3 |
Robin Ventura | 1B/3B | 102 | 152 | .243 | 19 | 37 | 5 | 28 | 0 |
Olmedo Sáenz | 1B | 77 | 111 | .279 | 17 | 31 | 8 | 22 | 0 |
Hee-Seop Choi | 1B | 31 | 62 | .161 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Joe Thurston | 2B | 17 | 17 | .176 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Antonio Perez | 2B/SS | 13 | 13 | .231 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Jose Flores | 3B | 9 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jayson Werth | LF/RF/CF | 89 | 290 | .262 | 56 | 76 | 16 | 47 | 4 |
Milton Bradley | CF/LF/RF | 141 | 516 | .267 | 72 | 138 | 19 | 67 | 15 |
Juan Encarnación | RF/LF | 86 | 324 | .235 | 42 | 76 | 13 | 43 | 3 |
Dave Roberts | LF/CF | 68 | 233 | .253 | 45 | 59 | 2 | 21 | 33 |
Steve Finley | CF | 58 | 224 | .324 | 31 | 59 | 13 | 46 | 1 |
Jason Grabowski | LF/RF | 113 | 173 | .220 | 18 | 38 | 7 | 20 | 0 |
Chin-Feng Chen | LF | 8 | 8 | .000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The 2004 National League Division Series was played between the Los Angeles Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals. St. Louis ended up winning the series 3-1.
Game 1, October 5
[edit]Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
St. Louis | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 8 | 9 | 0 |
W: Woody Williams (1-0) L: Odalis Pérez (0-1) | ||||||||||||
HRs: LA – Tom Wilson (1); STL – Albert Pujols (1), Larry Walker 2 (2), Jim Edmonds (1), Mike Matheny (1) |
Game 2, October 7
[edit]Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||
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Los Angeles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | |||
St. Louis | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 8 | 11 | 0 | |||
W: Danny Haren (1-0) L: Jeff Weaver (0-1) | |||||||||||||||
HRs: LA – Milton Bradley (1), Shawn Green (1), Jayson Werth (1) |
Game 3, October 9
[edit]Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 7 | 0 |
W: José Lima (1-0) L: Matt Morris (0-1) | ||||||||||||
HRs: LA – Shawn Green 2 (3) |
Game 4, October 10
[edit]Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||
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St. Louis | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | ||
Los Angeles | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
W: Jeff Suppan (1-0) L: Wilson Álvarez (0-1) | ||||||||||||||
HRs: STL – Albert Pujols (2), Reggie Sanders (1); LA – Jayson Werth (2) |
2004 Awards
[edit]- 2004 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
- Éric Gagné reserve
- Paul Lo Duca reserve
- Relief Man of the Year
- Gold Glove Award
- Silver Slugger Award
- National League Player of the Month
- Adrián Beltré (September 2004)
- National League Player of the Week
- Adrián Beltré (June 21–27, 2004)
- Steve Finley (Sep. 6–12, 2004)
Farm system
[edit]Major League Baseball Draft
[edit]The Dodgers selected 52 players in this draft. Of those, nine of them would eventually play Major League baseball. They gained an extra first round pick and a supplemental first round pick as compensation for the loss of free agent pitcher Paul Quantrill.
With their three first round picks, the Dodgers selected left handed pitcher Scott Elbert from Seneca High School, right-handed pitcher Justin Orenduff from Virginia Commonwealth University and second baseman Blake DeWitt from Sikeston High School. Elbert became a relief pitcher for the Dodgers, but numerous injuries kept him from reaching his potential. Orenduff never reached the Majors, pitching in 131 minor league games through 2011. DeWitt hit .257 in 426 games in the Majors, primarily as a utility player.
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