2004 Detroit Tigers season

The Detroit Tigers' 2004 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Detroit Tigers attempting to win the AL Central. The team set a major league record with 11 players on the team hitting at least 10 home runs. The Tigers' 104th season ended with the team finishing in fourth place at 72-90, 29 games better than their disastrous season of the previous year. However, they were still 20 games behind the AL Central Champion Minnesota Twins.

2004 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record72–90 (.444)
Divisional place4th
Other information
Owner(s)Mike Ilitch
General manager(s)Dave Dombrowski
Manager(s)Alan Trammell
Local televisionFSN Detroit
(Mario Impemba, Rod Allen)
Local radioWXYT (AM)
(Jim Price, Dan Dickerson)
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The Tigers tied their own major league record for most home runs by a losing team when they hit seven homers in an 11–9 defeat to the Boston Red Sox on August 8.[1]

Offseason
  • December 18, 2003: Al Levine was signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.
  • December 19, 2003: Rondell White was signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.
  • January 8, 2004 Acquired Carlos Guillén for Ramon Santiago and minor leaguer Juan Gonazalez.[2]
  • January 14, 2004: Bobby Estalella was signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.[3]
  • February 6, 2004: Iván Rodríguez signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.[4]
  • February 9, 2004: Bobby Estalella was released by the Detroit Tigers.[3]
  • March 29, 2004: Ugueth Urbina was signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.[5]

Regular season

Standings
AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 9270 0.568 — 49–32 43–38
Chicago White Sox 8379 0.512 9 46–35 37–44
Cleveland Indians 8082 0.494 12 44–37 36–45
Detroit Tigers 7290 0.444 20 38–43 34–47
Kansas City Royals 58104 0.358 34 33–47 25–57

Record vs. opponents
2004 American League Records

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
  • June 7, 2004: Justin Verlander was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed October 25, 2004.[6]

Game log
2003 Game Log: 72–90 (Home: 38–43; Away: 34–47)

Roster
2004 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

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
Iván Rodríguez135527176.3341986
Carlos Peña142481116.2412782
Omar Infante142503133.2641655
Eric Munson10932168.2121949
Carlos Guillén136522166.3182097
Rondell White121448121.2701967
Alex Sánchez79332107.322226
Bobby Higginson131448110.2461264
Craig Monroe128447131.2931872
Brandon Inge131408117.2871364
Dmitri Young104389106.2721860
Marcus Thames6116542.2551033
Jason Smith6115537.239519
Nook Logan4713337.278010
Fernando Viña2911526.22607
Greg Norton418615.17422
Chris Shelton27469.19613
Ryan Raburn12294.13801
Curtis Granderson9256.24000
Mike DiFelice13223.13602

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mike Maroth33217.011134.31108
Nate Robertson34196.212104.90155
Jeremy Bonderman33184.011134.89168
Jason Johnson33196.28155.13125
Gary Knotts36135.1765.2581
Wilfredo Ledezma1553.1434.3929
Nate Cornejo525.2138.4212

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Esteban Yan693673.8369
Al Levine653404.5832
Jamie Walker703413.2053
Ugueth Urbina5446214.5056
Danny Patterson370424.7524
Steve Colyer411006.4731
Craig Dingman242206.7516
Roberto Novoa161105.5715
Jon Ennis120018.4413
Franklyn Germán161007.368

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League Larry Parrish
AA Erie SeaWolves Eastern League Rick Sweet
A Lakeland Tigers Florida State League Gary Green
A West Michigan Whitecaps Midwest League Matt Walbeck
A-Short Season Oneonta Tigers New York–Penn League Mike Rojas
Rookie GCL Tigers Gulf Coast League Kevin Bradshaw

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: West Michigan[7]

References
  1. "Team Batting Game Finder: From 1908 to 2018, Team Lost, (requiring HR>=7), sorted by greatest HR". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  3. Bobby Estalella Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. Iván Rodríguez Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/u/urbinug01.shtml
  6. Justin Verlander Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  7. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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