2004 San Francisco Giants season

The 2004 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 122nd year in Major League Baseball, their 47th year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their fifth at SBC Park. The team finished in second place in the National League West with a 91–71 record, 2 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers. Barry Bonds became the oldest player in the history of the National League to win the MVP Award. It would be the last winning season San Francisco would have until 2009.[1] The Giants hit 314 doubles, the most in franchise history.[2]

2004 San Francisco Giants
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record91–71 (.562)
Divisional place2nd
Other information
Owner(s)Peter Magowan
General manager(s)Brian Sabean
Manager(s)Felipe Alou
Local televisionKTVU
(Jon Miller, Greg Papa, Mike Krukow)
Fox Sports Net Bay Area
(Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper)
Local radioKNBR
(Greg Papa, Dave Flemming, Jon Miller)
KZSF
(Erwin Higueros, Amaury Pi-Gonzalez)
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Offseason and spring training

On November 14, 2003, A. J. Pierzynski was traded by the Minnesota Twins with cash to the San Francisco Giants for Joe Nathan, Francisco Liriano, and Boof Bonser.[3]

The Giants finished spring training with a record of 11–19, the worst in the Cactus League.[4] This includes split-squad games but excludes any ties or games against non-Major League opponents.

Regular season

National League West
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 9369 0.574 — 49–32 44–37
San Francisco Giants 9171 0.562 2 47–35 44–36
San Diego Padres 8775 0.537 6 42–39 45–36
Colorado Rockies 6894 0.420 25 38–43 30–51
Arizona Diamondbacks 51111 0.315 42 29–52 22–59

Record vs. opponents
2004 National League Records

Source:
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Arizona—2–44–23–36–133–42–43–163–30–63–41–52–47–125–141–56–12
Atlanta4–2—3–32–44–214–53–34–34–215–412–710–94–23–34–32–48–10
Chicago2–43–3—9–85–13–310–92–410–73–34–23–313–54–22–48–118–4
Cincinnati3–34–28–9—3–34–26–114–210–84–23–33–39–102–43–35–145-7
Colorado 13–62–41–53–3—1–51–58–112–42–41–55–32–410–98–111–58–10
Florida4–35–143–32–45–1—3–33–34–211–815–412–71–54–22–52–47–11
Houston4–23–39–1011–65–13-3—1–513–62–42–46–012–52–42–410–87–5
Los Angeles 16–33–44–22–411–83–35–1—3–34–33–31–56–010–910–92–410–8
Milwaukee3–32–47–108–104–22–46–133–3—5–12–40–66–122–41–58–98–4
Montreal6–04–153–32–44–28-114–23–41–5—9–107–124–21–61–53–37–11
New York4–37–122–43–35–14–154–23–34–210–9—8–111–51–64–21–510–8
Philadelphia5-19–103–33–33–57–120–65–16–012–711–8—3–35–12–43–39–9
Pittsburgh4–22–45–1310–94–25–15–120–612–62–45–13–3—3–35–15–122–10
San Diego12–73–32–44–29–102–44–29–104–26–16–11–53–3—12–72–48–10
San Francisco14–53–44–23–311–85–24–29–105–15–12–44–21–57–12—3–311–7
St. Louis5–14–211–814–55–14-28–104–29–83–35–13–312–54–23–3—11–1

Notable transactions
  • July 30, 2004: Ricky Ledée was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Alfredo Simón (minors) to the San Francisco Giants for Felix Rodriguez.[5]

Roster
2004 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 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

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA
Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

Awards and honors
  • Barry Bonds, Seventh National League MVP Award (Bonds became the first player to win seven MVP awards)[6]
  • Barry Bonds, Major League record, Highest On-Base Percentage in one season, (.609) [7]
  • J. T. Snow 1B, Willie Mac Award

All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Fresno Grizzlies Pacific Coast League Fred Stanley
AA Norwich Navigators Eastern League Shane Turner
A San Jose Giants California League Lenn Sakata
A Hagerstown Suns South Atlantic League Mike Ramsey
A-Short Season Salem-Keizer Volcanoes Northwest League Joe Strain
Rookie AZL Giants Arizona League Bert Hunter

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: AZL Giants[8][9]

References
  1. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.152, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  2. "Team Batting Season Finder: For Single Seasons, from 1871 to 2020, Playing for SFG, 2B>=300, Standard statistics, Sorted by greatest Doubles". Stathead. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  3. A. J. Pierzynski Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. "MLB Spring Training Standings – 2004". ESPN. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  5. Ricky Ledée Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.151, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  7. Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.36, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
  8. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  9. Baseball America 2005 Annual Directory
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