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[edit]

• 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 Ramon Hernandez.^[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[edit]

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

Season standings[edit]

Transactions[edit]

• 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[edit]

Player stats[edit]

Batting[edit]

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Other batters[edit]

Starting pitchers[edit]

Other pitchers[edit]

Relief pitchers[edit]

Farm system[edit]

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Sacramento, Modesto

References[edit]

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. ^ ^{a b} 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, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.