2004 New York Yankees season

The New York Yankees' 2004 season was the 102nd season for the Yankees. The Yankees opened the season by playing two games against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in Japan on March 30, 2004. The team finished with a record of 101-61, finishing 3 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox in the AL East. The 2004 season was the Yankees third straight season of 100+ wins, the first such instance in franchise history. New York was managed by Joe Torre. In the playoffs, the Yankees defeated the Minnesota Twins, 3 games to 1, in the ALDS, before losing to the wild card Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3, in the ALCS. The 2004 Yankees are notable as the only team in MLB history to lose a 7-game playoff series after taking a 3 games to none lead. This was the fourth straight year in which the Yankees lost to the eventual World Series champions in the postseason. Only the Los Angeles Dodgers (2016–19) have duplicated the same feat.

2004 New York Yankees
American League East Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record101–61 (.623)
Divisional place1st
Other information
Owner(s)George Steinbrenner
General manager(s)Brian Cashman
Manager(s)Joe Torre
Local televisionWCBS-TV
YES Network
(Michael Kay, Jim Kaat, Ken Singleton, Bobby Murcer, Paul O'Neill, Joe Girardi)
Local radioWCBS (AM)
(John Sterling, Charley Steiner)
WADO
(Armando Tallavara)
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Offseason
Alex Rodriguez was acquired in a trade with the Texas Rangers in exchange for Alfonso Soriano and Joaquín Árias.
  • October 27, 2003: Luis Sojo was released by the New York Yankees.[1]
  • December 16, 2003: Nick Johnson was traded by the New York Yankees with Randy Choate and Juan Rivera to the Montreal Expos for Javier Vázquez.[2]
  • December 23, 2003: Buddy Carlyle was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[3]
  • January 6, 2004: Kenny Lofton signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
  • February 5, 2004: Mike Lamb was traded by the Texas Rangers to the New York Yankees for Jose Garcia (minors).[4]
  • February 16, 2004: The New York Yankees sent Alfonso Soriano and a player to be named later were sent to the Texas Rangers in exchange for Alex Rodriguez. The New York Yankees sent Joaquin Arias (April 23, 2004) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.[5]
  • March 25, 2004: Mike Lamb was traded by the New York Yankees to the Houston Astros for Juan DeLeon (minors).[4]

Regular season

July

Derek Jeter dives into stands chasing and catching a pop up in the 12th inning of a 3 to 3 game against the Boston Red Sox, the play was later named the dive.

August

On August 31 the Yankees had their worst loss in history by run differential, losing 22–0 to the Cleveland Indians.

September

On September 30 the Yankees clinched their division.[6]

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 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: Phil Hughes was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2004.[7]
  • July 22, 2004: Donzell McDonald was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[8]
  • July 31, 2004: Esteban Loaiza was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the New York Yankees for José Contreras and cash.[9]
  • August 3, 2004: John Olerud was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[10]
  • August 17, 2004: Shane Spencer signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[11]

Roster
2004 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log
Legend
Yankees Win Yankees Loss Game Postponed
Game Log[12]
March and April (12–11)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1March 30@ Devil Rays3–8Zambrano (1–0)Mussina (0–1)–55,0000–1
2March 31@ Devil Rays12–1Brown (1–0)González (0–1)–55,0001–1
3April 6@ Devil Rays4–9Zambrano (2–0)Mussina (0–2)–41,7551–2
4April 7@ Devil Rays3–2Brown (2–0)Abbott (0–1)Rivera (1)31,6692–2
5April 8White Sox3–1Vázquez (1–0)Schoeneweis (0–1)Rivera (2)55,2903–2
6April 9White Sox3–9Garland (1–0)Contreras (0–1)–45,9653–3
7April 10White Sox3–7Buehrle (1–0)DePaula (0–1)–47,9113–4
8April 11White Sox5–4Mussina (1–2)Wright (0–1)Rivera (3)37,4844–4
9April 14Devil Rays5–1Brown (3–0)Hendrickson (0–1)–37,9145–4
10April 16@ Red Sox2–6Wakefield (1–0)Vázquez (1–1)–35,1635–5
11April 17@ Red Sox2–5Schilling (2–0)Mussina (1–3)–35,0235–6
12April 18@ Red Sox7–3Quantrill (1–0)Lowe (1–1)–35,0116–6
13April 19@ Red Sox4–5Timlin (1–1)Gordon (0–1)Foulke (3)35,0276–7
14April 20@ White Sox11–8Quantrill (2–0)Buehrle (1–1)Rivera (4)32,0347–7
15April 21@ White Sox3–1Vázquez (2–1)Garland (1–1)Rivera (5)26,1548–7
16April 22@ White Sox3–4Schoeneweis (2–1)Mussina (1–4)Marte (2)34,0308–8
17April 23Red Sox2–11Lowe (2–1)Contreras (0–2)–55,0018–9
18April 24Red Sox2–3 (12)Foulke (1–0)Quantrill (2–1)Timlin (1)55,1958–10
19April 25Red Sox0–2Martínez (3–1)Vázquez (2–2)Williamson (1)55,3388–11
20April 27Athletics10–8Osborne (1–0)Mecir (0–2)Rivera (6)33,1919–11
21April 28Athletics5–1Contreras (1–2)Mulder (2–2)Gordon (1)44,32510–11
22April 29Athletics7–5Brown (4–0)Zito (2–3)Rivera (7)35,65111–11
23April 30Royals5–2Vázques (3–2)Anderson (1–2)Rivera (8)43,23712–11
May (18–8)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
24May 1Royals12–4Lieber (1–0)Villacis (0–1)–54,10313–11
25May 2Royals4–2Mussina (2–4)Affeldt (0–3)Rivera (9)49,20814–11
26May 4@ Athletics10–8Osborne (2–0)Bradford (1–1)Rivera (10)35,08115–11
27May 5@ Athletics4–3Quantrill (3–1)Rhodes (0–1)Rivera (11)43,22716–11
28May 6@ Athletics4–7Harden (1–2)Vázquez (3–3)Mecir (1)38,41716–12
29May 7@ Mariners2–6Franklin (2–2)Lieber (1–1)–46,49116–13
30May 8@ Mariners6–0Mussina (3–4)Meche (1–3)–46,45417–13
31May 9@ Mariners7–6Quantrill (4–1)Soriano (0–3)Rivera (12)46,58918–13
32May 11Angels8–7 (10)Gordon (1–1)Weber (0–1)–36,70619–13
33May 12Angels2–11Sele (2–0)Vázquez (3–4)–49,95419–14
34May 13Angels7–4Lieber (2–1)Lackey (3–4)Rivera (13)41,08920–14
35May 14Mariners9–5Mussina (4–4)Villone (3–2)–49,65321–14
36May 15Mariners7–13 (13)Guardado (1–0)White (0–1)–54,53121–15
37May 16Mariners2–1Brown (5–0)Piñeiro (1–5)Rivera (14)54,73222–15
38May 18@ Angels0–1 (11)Shields (3–0)Quantrill (4–2)–43,66022–16
39May 19@ Angels4–2Lieber (3–1)Lackey (3–5)Rivera (15)43,74223–16
40May 20@ Angels6–2Mussina (5–4)Colón (4–3)–43,81024–16
41May 21@ Rangers7–9Benoit (2–1)Brown (5–1)Cordero (14)49,19524–17
42May 22@ Rangers3–4Almanzar (4–0)Gordon (1–2)–49,45824–18
43May 23@ Rangers8–3Vázquez (4–4)Dickey (4–4)–50,24125–18
44May 25@ Orioles11–3Lieber (4–1)Bédard (1–2)–42,84626–18
45May 26@ Orioles12–9Sturtze (1–0)Ryan (1–2)Rivera (16)37,61027–18
46May 27@ Orioles18–5Contreras (2–2)Ponson (3–5)–46,28228–18
47May 28@ Devil Rays7–5Vázquez (5–4)Waechter (2–5)Rivera (17)20,62729–18
48May 29@ Devil Rays5–3Brown (6–1)Hendrickson (2–5)Rivera (18)25,69230–18
49May 30@ Devil Rays6–7Zambrano (5–4)Lieber (4–2)Báez (8)26,09830–19
June (19–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
50June 1Orioles8–7Mussina (6–4)Ponson (3–6)Rivera (19)38,01231–19
51June 2Orioles6–5Prinz (1–0)DuBose (4–4)Rivera (20)50,50232–19
52June 3Orioles5–2Vázquez (6–4)Parrish (3–2)Rivera (21)44,02033–19
53June 4Rangers7–6Brown (7–1)Powell (1–1)Rivera (22)49,37234–19
54June 5Rangers1–8Domínguez (1–1)Lieber (4–3)–51,91034–20
55June 6Rangers2–1Mussina (7–4)Drese (2–3)Rivera (23)54,09235–20
56June 8Rockies2–1Vázquez (7–4)Fassero (0–6)Rivera (24)51,85236–20
57June 9Rockies7–5Quantrill (5–2)Kennedy (4–4)Rivera (25)38,01337–20
58June 10Rockies10–4Contreras (3–2)Jennings (5–6)–41,58638–20
59June 11Padres2–10Eaton (3–6)Heredia (0–1)Otsuka (2)49,85538–21
60June 12Padres3–2Lieber (5–3)Tankersley (0–3)Rivera (26)54,28039–21
61June 13Padres6–5 (12)Heredia (1–1)Beck (0–1)–52,75440–21
62June 15@ Diamondbacks4–2Contreras (4–2)Webb (3–6)Rivera (27)48,06641–21
63June 16@ Diamondbacks9–4Sturtze (2–0)Fossum (1–5)–48,27442–21
64June 17@ Diamondbacks1–6Sparks (3–4)Lieber (5–4)Dessens (2)48,25242–22
65June 18@ Dodgers3–6Weaver (5–7)Vázquez (7–5)Gagné (17)55,20742–23
66June 19@ Dodgers6–2Halsey (1–0)Nomo (3–8)–54,87643–23
July (16–12)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
August (16–12)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
September (19–9)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
October (1–3)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record

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
Jorge Posada, C 137 449 122 .272 21 81
Tony Clark, 1B 106 253 56 .221 16 49
Miguel Cairo, 2B 122 360 105 .292 6 42
Derek Jeter, SS 154 643 188 .292 23 78
Alex Rodriguez, 3B 155 601 172 .286 36 106
Hideki Matsui, LF 162 584 174 .298 31 108
Bernie Williams, CF 148 561 147 .262 22 70
Gary Sheffield, RF 154 573 166 .290 36 121
Ruben Sierra, DH 107 307 75 .244 17 65

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Jason Giambi 80 264 55 .208 12 40
Kenny Lofton 83 276 76 .275 3 18
Enrique Wilson 93 240 51 .213 6 31
John Olerud 49 164 46 .280 4 26
John Flaherty 47 127 32 .252 6 16
Bubba Crosby 55 53 8 .151 2 7
Travis Lee 7 19 2 .105 0 2
Felix Escalona 5 8 0 .000 0 0
Andy Phillips 5 8 2 .250 1 2
Homer Bush 9 7 0 .000 0 0
Dioner Navarro 5 7 3 .429 0 1

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Javier Vazquez 32 198 14 10 4.91 150
John Lieber 27 176.2 14 8 4.33 102
Mike Mussina 27 164.2 12 9 4.59 132
Kevin Brown 22 132 10 6 4.09 83
Jose Contreras 18 95.2 8 5 5.64 82
Orlando Hernandez 15 84.2 8 2 3.30 84
Brad Halsey 8 32 1 3 6.47 25

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Esteban Loaiza 10 42.1 1 2 8.50 34
Donovan Osborne 9 17.2 2 0 7.13 10
Jorge De Paula 3 9 0 1 5.00 2
Alex Graman 3 5 0 0 19.80 4
Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Paul Quantrill 86 7 3 1 4.72 37
Tom Gordon 80 9 4 4 2.21 96
Mariano Rivera 74 4 2 53 1.94 66
Felix Heredia 47 1 1 0 6.28 25
Tanyon Sturtze 28 6 2 1 5.47 56
Bret Prinz 26 1 0 0 5.08 22
Scott Proctor 26 2 1 0 5.40 21
Gabe White 24 0 1 0 8.27 8
C.J. Nitkowski 19 1 1 0 7.62 10
Steve Karsay 7 0 0 0 2.70 4
Juan Padilla 6 0 0 0 3.97 5
Sam Marsonek 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

ALDS

New York wins the series, 3-1

GameScoreDate
1New York 0, Minnesota 2October 5
2New York 7, Minnesota 6October 6
3New York 8, Minnesota 4October 8
4New York 6, Minnesota 5October 9

ALCS

The Yankees squared off against the Boston Red Sox in the 2004 American League Championship Series. This is the 2nd straight year these bitter rivals faced off for a trip to the World Series.

Game 1
Team123456789RHE
Boston0000005207100
New York20400202X10140
WP: Mike Mussina (1-0)   LP: Curt Schilling (0-1)   Sv: Mariano Rivera (1)
Home runs:
BOS: Jason Varitek (1)
NYY: Kenny Lofton (1)

Game 2
Team123456789RHE
Boston000000010150
New York10000200X370
WP: Jon Lieber (1-0)   LP: Pedro Martínez (0-1)   Sv: Mariano Rivera (2)
Home runs:
BOS: None
NYY: John Olerud (1)

Game 3
Team123456789RHE
New York30352040219221
Boston0420002008150
WP: Javier Vázquez (1-0)   LP: Ramiro Mendoza (0-1)
Home runs:
NYY: Hideki Matsui 2 (2), Alex Rodriguez (1), Gary Sheffield (1)
BOS: Trot Nixon (1), Jason Varitek (2)

Game 4
Team123456789101112RHE
New York0020020000004121
Boston000030001002680
WP: Curtis Leskanic (1-0)   LP: Paul Quantrill (0-1)
Home runs:
NYY: Alex Rodriguez (2)
BOS: David Ortiz (1)

Game 5
Team1234567891011121314RHE
New York010003000000004121
Boston200000020000015131
WP: Tim Wakefield (1-0)   LP: Esteban Loaiza (0-1)
Home runs:
NYY: Bernie Williams (1)
BOS: David Ortiz (2)

Game 6
Team123456789RHE
Boston0004000004110
New York000000110260
WP: Curt Schilling (1-1)   LP: Jon Lieber (1-1)   Sv: Keith Foulke (1)
Home runs:
BOS: Mark Bellhorn (1)
NYY: Bernie Williams (2)

Game 7
Team123456789RHE
Boston24020001110130
New York001000200351
WP: Derek Lowe (1-0)   LP: Kevin Brown (0-1)
Home runs:
BOS: David Ortiz (3), Johnny Damon 2 (3), Mark Bellhorn (2)
NYY: None

Awards and records

2004 MLB All-Star Game

  • Jason Giambi, First Baseman, Starter
  • Alex Rodriguez, Third Baseman, Starter
  • Derek Jeter, Shortstop, Starter
  • Mariano Rivera, Relief Pitcher, Reserve
  • Javier Vasquez, Pitcher, Reserve
  • Hideki Matsui, Outfield, Reserve
  • Gary Sheffield, Outfield, Reserve

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Columbus Clippers International League Bucky Dent
AA Trenton Thunder Eastern League Stump Merrill
A Tampa Yankees Florida State League Bill Masse
A Battle Creek Yankees Midwest League Mitch Seoane and Bill Mosiello
A-Short Season Staten Island Yankees New York–Penn League Tommy John
Rookie GCL Yankees Gulf Coast League Oscar Acosta

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GCL Yankees; LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Tampa[13][14]

References
  1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sojolu01.shtml
  2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/johnsni01.shtml
  3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/carlybu01.shtml
  4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lambmi01.shtml
  5. Alfonso Soriano Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. James B. (2004). The Bill James Handbook 2005.Chicago, Il: ACTA sports
  7. Philip Hughes Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcdondo01.shtml
  9. Esteban Loaiza Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  10. John Olerud Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  11. Shane Spencer Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  12. http://gd2.mlb.com/content/game/mlb/year_2004/
  13. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  14. Baseball America 2005 Annual Directory
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