2004 Detroit Tigers season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Detroit Tigers 2004 American League Central Comerica Park Detroit, Michigan 72–90 (.444) 4th Mike Ilitch Dave Dombrowski Alan Trammell FSN Detroit(Mario Impemba, Rod Allen) WXYT (AM)(Jim Price, Dan Dickerson) The 2004 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 104th season and its fifth at Comerica Park. It involved the Detroit Tigers attempting to win the American League 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. 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.https://www.baseball-reference.com/tiny/u369B Team Batting Game Finder: From 1908 to 2018, Team Lost, (requiring HR>=7), sorted by greatest HR Baseball Reference July 24, 2018 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. http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/team/transactions.jsp?c_id=det&year=2004&month=1 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150101214542/http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/team/transactions.jsp?c_id=det&year=2004&month=1 2015-01-01 Transactions January 14, 2004: Bobby Estalella was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.Bobby Estalella Statistics Baseball-Reference.com February 6, 2004: Iván Rodríguez signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.Iván Rodríguez Statistics Baseball-Reference.com February 9, 2004: Bobby Estalella was released by the Detroit Tigers. March 29, 2004: Ugueth Urbina was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.https://www.baseball-reference.com/u/urbinug01.shtml Ugueth Urbina Stats Regular season Standings Detroit Tigers Record vs. opponents DET 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.Justin Verlander Statistics Baseball-Reference.com Game log Detroit Tigers 2004 Game Log: 72–90 (Home: 38–43; Away: 34–47) y Detroit Tigers April: 12–11 (Home: 6–7; Away: 6–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || April 5 || @ Blue Jays || 7–0 || Johnson (1–0) || Halladay (0–1) || — || 47,817 || 1–0 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 2 || April 6 || @ Blue Jays || 7–3 || Maroth (1–0) || Batista (0–1) || Robertson (1) || 21,003 || 2–0 || W2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || April 7 || @ Blue Jays || 6–3 || Bonderman (1–0) || Hentgen (0–1) || — || 13,100 || 3–0 || W3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || April 8 || Twins || 10–6 || Cornejo (1–0) || Fultz (0–1) || — || 42,121 || 4–0 || W4 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 5 || April 10 || Twins || 5–10 || Radke (1–0) || Johnson (1–1) || — || 23,409 || 4–1 || L1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || April 11 || Twins || 6–5 (10) || Colyer (1–0) || Roa (1–1) || — || 12,138 || 5–1 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 7 || April 13 || Blue Jays || 5–7 || Adams (1–0) || Patterson (0–1) || Speier (1) || 8,804 || 5–2 || L1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8 || April 14 || Blue Jays || 5–3 || Robertson (1–0) || Lilly (0–1) || Patterson (1) || 15,129 || 6–2 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 || April 15 || Blue Jays || 0–11 || Halladay (1–2) || Johnson (1–2) || — || 17,572 || 6–3 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 || April 16 || @ Indians || 3–10 || Sabathia (1–0) || Cornejo (1–1) || — || 18,507 || 6–4 || L2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 11 || April 17 || @ Indians || 6–1 || Maroth (2–0) || Davis (0–1) || — || 18,955 || 7–4 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 12 || April 18 || @ Indians || 7–9 || Lee (2–0) || Bonderman (1–1) || Riske (1) || 19,240 || 7–5 || L1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 13 || April 19 || @ Indians || 10–4 || Levine (1–0) || Betancourt (0–2) || — || 13,650 || 8–5 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 14 || April 20 || @ Twins || 4–6 || Silva (2–0) || Johnson (1–3) || Nathan (3) || 15,079 || 8–6 || L1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 15 || April 21 || @ Twins || 11–8 || Levine (2–0) || Radke (2–1) || Urbina (1) || 15,158 || 9–6 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 16 || April 22 || @ Twins || 3–4 || Santana (1–0) || Maroth (2–1) || Nathan (4) || 14,857 || 9–7 || L1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 17 || April 23 || Indians || 17–3 || Bonderman (2–1) || Davis (0–2) || Yan (1) || 22,008 || 10–7 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 18 || April 24 || Indians || 5–2 || Urbina (1–0) || Stewart (0–1) || — || 20,913 || 11–7 || W2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 19 || April 25 || Indians || 2–3 || Westbrook (1–1) || Johnson (1–4) || — || 17,253 || 11–8 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 20 || April 27 || Angels || 4–10 || Lackey (1–3) || Cornejo (1–2) || Shields (1) || 18,208 || 11–9 || L2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 21 || April 28 || Angels || 10–2 || Maroth (3–1) || Colon (3–2) || — || 17,175 || 12–9 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 22 || April 29 || Angels || 3–12 || Washburn (4–1) || Robertson (1–1) || — || 20,678 || 12–10 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 23 || April 30 || Mariners || 1–3 (10) || Myers (1–1) || Levine (2–1) || Guardado (4) || 19,989 || 12–11 || L2 |- y Detroit Tigers May: 11–16 (Home: 5–7; Away: 6–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || May 1 || Mariners || 4–2 || Bonderman (3–1) || Franklin (1–2) || Urbina (2) || 16,407 || 13–11 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 25 || May 2 || Mariners || 2–12 || Meche (1–2) || Cornejo (1–3) || — || 13,720 || 13–12 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 26 || May 3 || @ Angels || 9–11 || Gregg (1–0) || Levine (2–2) || Percival (8) || 33,683 || 13–13 || L2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 27 || May 4 || @ Angels || 4–11 || Washburn (5–1) || Robertson (1–2) || — || 34,920 || 13–14 || L3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 28 || May 5 || @ Angels || 3–6 || Escobar (2–1) || Johnson (1–5) || Percival (9) || 39,827 || 13–15 || L4 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 29 || May 7 || @ Rangers || 8–7 || Levine (3–2) || Ramirez (1–2) || Urbina (3) || 41,095 || 14–15 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 30 || May 8 || @ Rangers || 15–16 (10) || Cordero (1–0) || Urbina (1–1) || — || 45,017 || 14–16 || L1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 31 || May 9 || @ Rangers || 5–3 || Robertson (2–2) || Rogers (4–2) || Urbina (4) || 25,034 || 15–16 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 32 || May 11 || Athletics || 4–5 (15) || Duchscherer (1–1) || Patterson (0–2) || Mecir (2) || 15,859 || 15–17 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 33 || May 12 || Athletics || 1–2 || Harden (2–2) || Bonderman (3–2) || Rhodes (7) || 16,693 || 15–18 || L2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 34 || May 13 || Athletics || 3–1 || Maroth (4–1) || Redman (2–2) || Urbina (5) || 21,712 || 16–18 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 35 || May 14 || Rangers || 7–1 || Knotts (1–0) || Benoit (1–1) || Yan (2) || 22,449 || 17–18 || W2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 36 || May 15 || Rangers || 1–6 || Rogers (5–2) || Robertson (2–3) || — || 26,120 || 17–19 || L1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 37 || May 16 || Rangers || 3–1 || Johnson (2–5) || Drese (2–1) || Urbina (6) || 21,615 || 18–19 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 38 || May 18 || @ Athletics || 5–1 || Bonderman (4–2) || Harden (2–3) || — || 11,842 || 19–19 || W2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 39 || May 19 || @ Athletics || 2–6 || Redman (3–2) || Maroth (4–2) || — || 20,477 || 19–20 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 40 || May 20 || @ Athletics || 2–3 || Hudson (5–1) || Walker (0–1) || Rhodes (8) || 20,808 || 19–21 || L2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 41 || May 21 || @ Mariners || 5–0 || Robertson (3–3) || Meche (1–4) || — || 39,102 || 20–21 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 42 || May 22 || @ Mariners || 8–4 || Johnson (3–5) || Putz (0–1) || — || 42,565 || 21–21 || W2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 43 || May 23 || @ Mariners || 1–3 || Garcia (2–3) || Bonderman (4–3) || Guardado (6) || 44,850 || 21–22 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 44 || May 25 || @ Royals || 3–4 || Grimsley (2–1) || Maroth (4–3) || Affeldt (1) || 14,297 || 21–23 || L2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 45 || May 26 || @ Royals || 3–7 || May (2–6) || Knotts (1–1) || Affeldt (2) || 19,534 || 21–24 || L3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 46 || May 27 || @ Royals || 17–7 || Robertson (4–3) || Anderson (1–7) || — || 15,475 || 22–24 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 47 || May 28 || Orioles || 5–7 || DuBose (4–3) || Johnson (3–6) || Julio (8) || 23,298 || 22–25 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 48 || May 29 || Orioles || 4–8 || Cabrera (3–1) || Bonderman (4–4) || Parrish (1) || 30,440 || 22–26 || L2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 49 || May 30 || Orioles || 3–7 || Groom (2–0) || Urbina (1–2) || — || 25,337 || 22–27 || L3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 50 || May 31 || Royals || 8–4 || Knotts (2–1) || May (2–7) || — || 12,982 || 23–27 || W1 |- y Detroit Tigers June: 14–12 (Home: 10–4; Away: 4–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 51 || June 1 || Royals || 3–5 || Grimsley (3–1) || Yan (0–1) || Affeldt (4) || 12,685 || 23–28 || L1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 52 || June 2 || Royals || 2–0 || Johnson (4–6) || Greinke (0–1) || Urbina (7) || 12,186 || 24–28 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 53 || June 3 || Royals || 6–9 || Reyes (2–0) || Bonderman (4–5) || Affeldt (5) || 16,711 || 24–29 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 54 || June 4 || @ Twins || 2–3 || Nathan (1–0) || Walker (0–2) || — || 15,391 || 24–30 || L2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 55 || June 5 || @ Twins || 6–0 || Knotts (3–1) || Greisinger (2–5) || — || 17,573 || 25–30 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 56 || June 6 || @ Twins || 5–6 || Romero (3–1) || Yan (0–2) || Nathan (15) || 20,378 || 25–31 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 57 || June 8 || Braves || 3–4 (10) || Reitsma (2–1) || Patterson (0–3) || Smoltz (9) || 19,062 || 25–32 || L2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 58 || June 9 || Braves || 4–2 || Dingman (1–0) || Thomson (5–3) || Urbina (8) || 20,577 || 26–32 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 59 || June 10 || Braves || 7–4 || Maroth (5–3) || Alfonseca (5–2) || Urbina (9) || 21,166 || 27–32 || W2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 60 || June 11 || Marlins || 8–4 || Knotts (4–1) || Phelps (1–1) || — || 27,184 || 28–32 || W3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 61 || June 12 || Marlins || 6–2 || Robertson (5–3) || Penny (6–4) || Urbina (10) || 38,524 || 29–32 || W4 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 62 || June 13 || Marlins || 2–9 || Willis (6–3) || Johnson (4–7) || — || 27,334 || 29–33 || L1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 63 || June 15 || @ Phillies || 10–3 || Bonderman (5–5) || Powell (0–1) || — || 39,555 || 30–33 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbbbbb" | – || June 16 || @ Phillies || colspan=7|Postponed (rain); rescheduled for June 17 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 64 || June 17 (1) || @ Phillies || 2–6 || Myers (5–3) || Maroth (5–4) || — || 44,551 || 30–34 || L1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 65 || June 17 (2) || @ Phillies || 5–4 (11) || Urbina (2–2) || Madson (4–2) || Patterson (2) || 39,674 || 31–34 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 66 || June 18 || @ Mets || 2–3 || Looper (1–1) || Patterson (0–4) || — || 36,141 || 31–35 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 67 || June 19 || @ Mets || 3–4 (10) || Looper (2–1) || Dingman (1–1) || — || 36,925 || 31–36 || L2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 68 || June 20 || @ Mets || 1–6 || Trachsel (7–5) || Bonderman (5–6) || — || 39,446 || 31–37 || L3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 69 || June 22 || @ Royals || 1–8 || Gobble (4–4) || Maroth (5–5) || Field (2) || 16,276 || 31–38 || L4 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 70 || June 23 || @ Royals || 3–7 || May (5–8) || Knotts (4–2) || — || 18,493 || 31–39 || L5 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 71 || June 24 || @ Royals || 12–3 || Robertson (6–3) || George (1–1) || — || 18,172 || 32–39 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 72 || June 25 || Diamondbacks || 2–1 || Johnson (5–7) || Webb (3–8) || Urbina (11) || 32,573 || 33–39 || W2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 73 || June 26 || Diamondbacks || 7–6 || Urbina (3–2) || Villafuerte (0–1) || — || 33,579 || 34–39 || W3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 74 || June 27 || Diamondbacks || 9–5 || Walker (1–2) || Villafuerte (0–2) || — || 32,751 || 35–39 || W4 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 75 || June 29 || Indians || 9–7 (11) || Dingman (2–1) || Jiménez (1–7) || — || 30,457 || 36–39 || W5 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 76 || June 30 || Indians || 12–5 || Robertson (7–3) || Davis (2–6) || — || 27,665 || 37–39 || W6 |- y Detroit Tigers July: 13–15 (Home: 6–6; Away: 7–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 77 || July 1 || Indians || 6–7 (10) || Riske (4–2) || Urbina (3–3) || White (1) || 25,159 || 37–40 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 78 || July 2 || @ Rockies || 8–9 (10) || Chacon (1–5) || Walker (1–3) || — || 47,585 || 37–41 || L2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 79 || July 3 || @ Rockies || 6–11 || Jennings (7–7) || Maroth (5–6) || — || 48,131 || 37–42 || L3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 80 || July 4 || @ Rockies || 8–10 || Bernero (1–0) || Knotts (4–3) || Chacon (17) || 26,944 || 37–43 || L4 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 81 || July 5 || @ Yankees || 3–10 || Lieber (6–5) || Robertson (7–4) || — || 52,608 || 37–44 || L5 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 82 || July 6 || @ Yankees || 9–1 || Johnson (6–7) || Mussina (9–6) || — || 41,772 || 38–44 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 83 || July 7 || @ Yankees || 10–8 || Bonderman (6–6) || Halsey (1–2) || Urbina (12) || 50,338 || 39–44 || W2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 84 || July 8 || @ Twins || 1–7 || Balfour (3–0) || Maroth (5–7) || — || 14,087 || 39–45 || L1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 85 || July 9 || @ Twins || 5–3 || Knotts (5–3) || Silva (8–7) || Urbina (13) || 22,678 || 40–45 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 86 || July 10 || @ Twins || 4–2 || Robertson (8–4) || Radke (5–5) || Urbina (14) || 26,646 || 41–45 || W2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 87 || July 11 || @ Twins || 2–0 || Johnson (7–7) || Santana (7–6) || — || 21,618 || 42–45 || W3 |- bgcolor="bbcaff" | colspan=10 | 75th All-Star Game in Houston, Texas |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 88 || July 15 || Yankees || 1–5 || Contreras (7–3) || Bonderman (6–7) || — || 38,902 || 42–46 || L1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 89 || July 16 || Yankees || 8–0 || Maroth (6–7) || Vazquez (10–6) || — || 40,918 || 43–46 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 90 || July 17 || Yankees || 3–5 || Hernandez (2–0) || Knotts (5–4) || Rivera (33) || 41,857 || 43–47 || L1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 91 || July 18 || Yankees || 4–2 || Robertson (9–4) || Lieber (7–6) || Urbina (15) || 40,132 || 44–47 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 92 || July 19 || Twins || 1–3 || Mulholland (2–3) || Johnson (7–8) || Nathan (25) || 21,369 || 44–48 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 93 || July 20 || Twins || 4–5 (10) || Balfour (4–1) || Urbina (3–4) || Nathan (26) || 23,227 || 44–49 || L2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 94 || July 21 || Royals || 4–2 || Maroth (7–7) || May (7–10) || Walker (1) || 17,607 || 45–49 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 95 || July 22 || Royals || 7–13 || Gobble (6–7) || Knotts (5–5) || — || 24,746 || 45–50 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 96 || July 23 || @ White Sox || 4–6 || Loaiza (9–5) || Robertson (9–5) || Takatsu (8) || 32,930 || 45–51 || L2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 97 || July 24 || @ White Sox || 6–7 || Marte (4–3) || Urbina (3–5) || — || 38,055 || 45–52 || L3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 98 || July 25 || @ White Sox || 9–2 || Ledezma (1–0) || Garland (7–7) || — || 26,716 || 46–52 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 99 || July 26 || @ Indians || 13–4 || Maroth (8–7) || Lee (10–3) || — || 18,359 || 47–52 || W2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 100 || July 27 || @ Indians || 6–10 || Sabathia (7–5) || Knotts (5–6) || — || 19,090 || 47–53 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 101 || July 28 || @ Indians || 4–5 || Elarton (1–8) || Walker (1–4) || Wickman (1) || 23,213 || 47–54 || L2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 102 || July 29 || White Sox || 3–2 || Johnson (8–8) || Schoeneweis (6–8) || Urbina (16) || 26,110 || 48–54 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 103 || July 30 || White Sox || 5–4 || Yan (1–2) || Marte (4–4) || Urbina (17) || 34,732 || 49–54 || W2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 104 || July 31 || White Sox || 3–2 (10) || Urbina (4–5) || Politte (0–3) || — || 40,471 || 50–54 || W3 |- y Detroit Tigers August: 11–17 (Home: 5–8; Away: 6–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 105 || August 1 || White Sox || 4–6 || Garcia (9–9) || Bonderman (6–8) || Takatsu (9) || 34,279 || 50–55 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 106 || August 3 || Rangers || 4–5 || Francisco (3–1) || Robertson (9–6) || Cordero (32) || 19,894 || 50–56 || L2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 107 || August 4 || Rangers || 0–8 || Bacsik (1–0) || Johnson (8–9) || — || 18,857 || 50–57 || L3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 108 || August 5 || Rangers || 1–2 || Drese (8–6) || Yan (1–3) || Cordero (33) || 25,710 || 50–58 || L4 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 109 || August 6 || Red Sox || 4–3 || Novoa (1–0) || Lowe (9–10) || Urbina (18) || 40,674 || 51–58 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 110 || August 7 || Red Sox || 4–7 || Martínez (12–4) || Bonderman (6–9) || — || 42,607 || 51–59 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 111 || August 8 || Red Sox || 9–11 || Wakefield (8–6) || Robertson (9–7) || Foulke (18) || 40,098 || 51–60 || L2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 112 || August 10 || @ Athletics || 4–5 || Zito (8–8) || Johnson (8–10) || Dotel (24) || 20,315 || 51–61 || L3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 113 || August 11 || @ Athletics || 11–3 || Ledezma (2–0) || Redman (8–9) || — || 25,781 || 52–61 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 114 || August 12 || @ Athletics || 5–3 || Maroth (9–7) || Duchscherer (4–4) || Urbina (19) || 17,963 || 53–61 || W2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 115 || August 13 || @ Angels || 5–3 || Yan (2–3) || Percival (2–3) || Urbina (20) || 43,580 || 54–61 || W3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 116 || August 14 || @ Angels || 8–11 || Gregg (5–1) || Novoa (1–1) || Rodriguez (9) || 43,545 || 54–62 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 117 || August 15 || @ Angels || 2–3 || Shields (6–2) || Johnson (8–11) || Percival (23) || 42,850 || 54–63 || L2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 118 || August 17 || @ White Sox || 11–8 || Maroth (10–7) || Garcia (10–10) || Urbina (21) || 19,856 || 55–63 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 119 || August 18 || @ White Sox || 2–9 || Contreras (11–5) || Bonderman (6–10) || — || 21,381 || 55–64 || L1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 120 || August 19 || @ White Sox || 8–4 || Ledezma (3–0) || Garland (8–9) || Knotts (1) || 24,554 || 56–64 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 121 || August 20 || Mariners || 8–3 || Robertson (10–7) || Villone (4–4) || — || 32,791 || 57–64 || W2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 122 || August 21 || Mariners || 11–10 (11) || Walker (2–4) || Atchison (1–1) || — || 36,817 || 58–64 || W3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 123 || August 22 || Mariners || 3–5 || Meche (4–5) || Maroth (10–8) || Putz (3) || 33,652 || 58–65 || L1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 124 || August 23 || White Sox || 7–0 || Bonderman (7–10) || Contreras (11–6) || — || 25,220 || 59–65 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 125 || August 24 || White Sox || 5–9 || Garland (9–9) || Ledezma (3–1) || — || 24,584 || 59–66 || L1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 126 || August 25 || White Sox || 5–4 || Robertson (11–7) || Buehrle (11–8) || — || 23,254 || 60–66 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 127 || August 26 || @ Red Sox || 1–4 || Arroyo (7–9) || Johnson (8–12) || Foulke (24) || 35,153 || 60–67 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 128 || August 27 || @ Red Sox || 3–5 || Lowe (12–10) || Maroth (10–9) || Leskanic (3) || 35,018 || 60–68 || L2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 129 || August 28 || @ Red Sox || 1–5 || Martínez (14–5) || Bonderman (7–11) || — || 35,032 || 60–69 || L3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 130 || August 29 || @ Red Sox || 1–6 || Wakefield (11–7) || Ledezma (3–2) || — || 34,268 || 60–70 || L4 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 131 || August 30 || @ Royals || 9–1 || Robertson (12–7) || Wood (2–7) || — || 19,429 || 61–70 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 132 || August 31 || @ Royals || 8–9 || Affeldt (3–3) || Urbina (4–6) || — || 19,471 || 61–71 || L1 |- y Detroit Tigers September: 10–17 (Home: 5–9; Away: 5–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 133 || September 1 || @ Royals || 0–1 || Greinke (7–9) || Maroth (10–10) || Affeldt (9) || 19,039 || 61–72 || L2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 134 || September 3 || @ Devil Rays || 4–2 || Bonderman (8–11) || Kazmir (1–1) || Yan (3) || 11,631 || 62–72 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbbbbb" | – || September 4 || @ Devil Rays || colspan=7|Postponed (Hurricane Frances); rescheduled for September 30 |- bgcolor="bbbbbb" | – || September 5 || @ Devil Rays || colspan=7|Postponed (Hurricane Frances); rescheduled for September 30 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 135 || September 6 || Royals || 7–3 || Ledezma (4–2) || Bautista (0–1) || Knotts (2) || 21,516 || 63–72 || W2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 136 || September 7 || Royals || 2–6 || Serrano (1–1) || Robertson (12–8) || — || 17,462 || 63–73 || L1 |- bgcolor="bbbbbb" | – || September 8 || Royals || colspan=7|Postponed (rain); rescheduled for September 9 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 137 || September 9 (1) || Royals || 5–26 || Greinke (8–9) || Johnson (8–13) || — || N/A || 63–74 || L2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 138 || September 9 (2) || Royals || 8–0 || Bonderman (9–11) || May (9–17) || — || 20,442 || 64–74 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 139 || September 10 || Twins || 1–4 || Silva (11–8) || Maroth (10–11) || Nathan (40) || 27,391 || 64–75 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 140 || September 11 || Twins || 2–3 || Crain (2–0) || Levine (3–3) || Nathan (41) || 28,931 || 64–76 || L2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 141 || September 12 || Twins || 5–8 || Mulholland (5–8) || Robertson (12–9) || Nathan (42) || 23,208 || 64–77 || L3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 142 || September 13 || Twins || 3–5 || Radke (11–7) || Johnson (8–14) || Nathan (43) || 9,962 || 64–78 || L4 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 143 || September 14 || @ Indians || 11–3 || Bonderman (10–11) || Denney (0–1) || — || 16,489 || 65–78 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 144 || September 15 || @ Indians || 3–5 || Howry (2–1) || Yan (2–4) || Wickman (9) || 15,411 || 65–79 || L1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 145 || September 16 || @ Indians || 6–4 || Walker (3–4) || Sabathia (11–10) || Yan (4) || 15,943 || 66–79 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 146 || September 17 || @ White Sox || 11–10 (10) || Yan (3–4) || Takatsu (6–4) || Ennis (1) || 23,132 || 67–79 || W2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 147 || September 18 || @ White Sox || 8–9 (12) || Marte (5–5) || Levine (3–4) || — || 23,533 || 67–80 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 148 || September 19 || @ White Sox || 1–6 || Garcia (12–11) || Bonderman (10–12) || — || 19,269 || 67–81 || L2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 149 || September 20 || Indians || 3–1 || Maroth (11–11) || Elarton (3–11) || Yan (5) || 13,820 || 68–81 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 150 || September 21 || Indians || 7–8 || Howry (3–1) || Yan (3–5) || Wickman (10) || 11,351 || 68–82 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 151 || September 22 || Indians || 6–7 || Westbrook (13–9) || Ledezma (4–3) || — || 16,360 || 68–83 || L2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 152 || September 24 || @ Orioles || 5–7 || Parrish (6–3) || Yan (3–6) || — || 25,846 || 68–84 || L3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 153 || September 25 || @ Orioles || 0–3 || Riley (2–4) || Bonderman (10–13) || Ryan (2) || 29,598 || 68–85 || L4 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 154 || September 26 || @ Orioles || 0–5 || Lopez (14–8) || Maroth (11–12) || — || 41,178 || 68–86 || L5 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 155 || September 27 || White Sox || 4–2 || Knotts (6–6) || Grilli (2–2) || Yan (6) || 12,495 || 69–86 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 156 || September 28 || White Sox || 6–4 || German (1–0) || Cotts (4–4) || Yan (7) || 13,860 || 70–86 || W2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 157 || September 29 || White Sox || 2–11 || Garcia (13–11) || Johnson (8–15) || — || 8.944 || 70–87 || L1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 158 || September 30 (1) || @ Devil Rays || 8–0 || Bonderman (11–13) || Brazelton (6–8) || — || N/A || 71–87 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 159 || September 30 (2) || @ Devil Rays || 4–6 || Harper (6–2) || Dingman (2–2) || Baez (30) || 10,309 || 71–88 || L1 |- y Detroit Tigers October: 1–2 (Home: 1–2; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 160 || October 1 || Devil Rays || 1–4 || Bell (8–8) || Maroth (11–13) || — || 20,612 || 71–89 || L2 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 161 || October 2 || Devil Rays || 5–1 || Knotts (7–6) || Kazmir (2–3) || — || 20,029 || 72–89 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 162 || October 3 || Devil Rays || 4–7 || Halama (7–6) || Robertson (12–10) || — || 22,471 || 72–90 || L1 |- Roster 2004 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers 38 Jeremy Bonderman 51 Steve Colyer 34 Nate Cornejo 57 Craig Dingman 49 John Ennis 62 Franklyn Germán 21 Jason Johnson 35 Gary Knotts 41 Wilfredo Ledezma 43 Al Levine 46 Mike Maroth 51 Roberto Novoa 17 Danny Patterson 37 Nate Robertson 74 Ugueth Urbina 45 Lino Urdaneta 32 Jamie Walker 59 Esteban Yan Catchers 26 Mike DiFelice  7 Iván Rodríguez Infielders  9 Carlos Guillén 20 Omar Infante 15 Brandon Inge 31 Eric Munson 28 Greg Norton 12 Carlos Peña 55 Ryan Raburn 30 Chris Shelton 44 Jason Smith 10 Fernando Viña 25 Dmitri Young Outfielders 26 Curtis Granderson  4 Bobby Higginson 40 Nook Logan 27 Craig Monroe 19 Alex Sánchez 33 Marcus Thames 44 Andrés Torres 24 Rondell White Manager  3 Alan Trammell Coaches 54 Bob Cluck (pitching) 29 Bruce Fields (hitting) 22 Kirk Gibson (bench) 18 Mick Kelleher (first base) 13 Lance Parrish (bullpen)  8 Juan Samuel (third base) 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 RBIIván Rodríguez 135 527 176 .334 1986Carlos Guillén 136 522 166 .318 2097Omar Infante 142 503 133 .264 1655Carlos Peña 142 481 116 .241 2782Rondell White 121 448 121 .270 1967Bobby Higginson 131 448 110.246 1264Craig Monroe 128 447 131 .293 1872Brandon Inge 131 408 117 .287 1364Dmitri Young 104 389 106 .272 1860Alex Sánchez 79 332 107 .322 226Eric Munson 109 321 68 .212 1949Marcus Thames 61 165 42 .255 1033Jason Smith 61 155 37 .239 519Nook Logan 47 133 37 .278 010Fernando Viña 29 115 26 .226 07Greg Norton 41 86 15 .174 22Chris Shelton 27 46 9 .196 13Ryan Raburn 12 29 4 .138 01Curtis Granderson 9 25 6 .240 00Mike DiFelice 13 22 3 .136 02Andrés Torres 3 0 0 ---- 0 0Pitcher totals162211.04801Team totals16256231531.272201800 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SOMike Maroth 33 217.0 11 13 4.31108Nate Robertson 34196.2 12 10 4.90155Jason Johnson 33 196.2 8 15 5.13125Jeremy Bonderman 33184.01113 4.89168Gary Knotts 36 135.1 7 6 5.2581Nate Cornejo 5 25.2 1 3 8.4212 Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SOWilfredo Ledezma 15 53.1 4 3 4.3929 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L SV ERA SO Ugueth Urbina 5454.0 4 6 21 4.5056Esteban Yan 6987.0 3 6 7 3.8369Al Levine 6570.23 4 0 4.5832Jamie Walker 7064.2 3 4 1 3.2053Danny Patterson 3741.2 0 4 2 4.7524Steve Colyer 4132.0 1 0 0 6.4731Craig Dingman 2429.1 2 2 0 6.7516Roberto Novoa 1621.0 1 1 0 5.5715John Ennis 1216.0 0 0 1 8.4413Franklyn Germán 1614.2 1 0 0 7.368Lino Urdaneta 1 0.0 0 0 0 inf 0Team Pitching Totals1621439.27290354.93''||995''' Farm system Minor League Baseball 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 BradshawLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: West MichiganJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 References External links Baseball 2004 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference 53em Category:Detroit Tigers seasons Detroit Tigers Detroit Category:2004 in Detroit