2004 Oakland Athletics season

March 2026 November 2013 Oakland Athletics 2004 American League West McAfee Coliseum Oakland, California 91–71 (.562) 2nd Stephen Schott & Kenneth Hofmann Billy Beane Ken Macha KICU-TVFSN Bay Area(Ray Fosse, Hank Greenwald, Glen Kuiper) KFRC(Bill King, Ken Korach, Ray Fosse) The Oakland Athletics' 2004 season involved the Athletics finishing second in the American League West with a record of 91 wins and 71 losses. The Athletics missed the postseason for the first time since 1999. Offseason October 9, 2003: Marco Scutaro was selected off waivers by the Oakland Athletics from the New York Mets.https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/scutama01.shtml Marco Scutaro Stats - Baseball-Reference.com Baseball-Reference.com April 24, 2018 live https://web.archive.org/web/20090210025753/http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/scutama01.shtml February 10, 2009 mdy-all November 18, 2003: Ted Lilly was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Toronto Blue Jays for Bobby Kielty.https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lillyte01.shtml Ted Lilly Stats - Baseball-Reference.com Baseball-Reference.com April 24, 2018 live https://web.archive.org/web/20090131223359/http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lillyte01.shtml January 31, 2009 mdy-all November 26, 2003: Mark Kotsay was traded by the San Diego Padres to the Oakland Athletics for Terrence Long and Ramón Hernández.https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kotsama01.shtml Mark Kotsay Stats - Baseball-Reference.com Baseball-Reference.com April 24, 2018 live https://web.archive.org/web/20090228213224/http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kotsama01.shtml February 28, 2009 mdy-all December 3, 2003: Wayne Gomes was signed as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics.https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gomeswa01.shtml Wayne Gomes Stats - Baseball-Reference.com Baseball-Reference.com April 24, 2018 live https://web.archive.org/web/20090202105650/http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gomeswa01.shtml February 2, 2009 mdy-all February 6, 2004: Eric Karros was signed as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics.https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/karroer01.shtml Eric Karros Stats - Baseball-Reference.com Baseball-Reference.com April 24, 2018 live https://web.archive.org/web/20090301210203/http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/karroer01.shtml March 1, 2009 mdy-all March 15, 2004: Mike Oquist was signed as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics.https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/oquismi01.shtml Mike Oquist Stats - Baseball-Reference.com Baseball-Reference.com April 24, 2018 live https://web.archive.org/web/20090210130120/http://www.baseball-reference.com/o/oquismi01.shtml February 10, 2009 mdy-all Regular season OaklandRetired09.PNG Reggie Jackson 9 Oakland Athletics 2004 Season standings Oakland Athletics Record vs. opponents OAK Transactions April 17, 2004: Kirk Saarloos was traded by the Houston Astros to the Oakland Athletics for Chad Harville.https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/saarlki01.shtml Kirk Saarloos Stats - Baseball-Reference.com Baseball-Reference.com April 24, 2018 live https://web.archive.org/web/20090210030647/http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/saarlki01.shtml February 10, 2009 mdy-all August 3, 2004: Eric Karros was released by the Oakland Athletics. Roster 2004 Oakland Athletics Roster Pitchers 64 Joe Blanton 54 Chad Bradford 46 Santiago Casilla 28 Octavio Dotel 58 Justin Duchscherer 29 Chris Hammond 40 Rich Harden 31 Chad Harville 15 Tim Hudson 57 Justin Lehr 45 Jim Mecir 20 Mark Mulder 55,18 Mark Redman 53 Arthur Rhodes 73 Ricardo Rincón 31 Kirk Saarloos 75 Barry Zito Catchers 17 Adam Melhuse 26 Damian Miller  6 Mike Rose Infielders 47 Ramon Castro  3 Eric Chavez  7 Bobby Crosby 44 Erubiel Durazo 12 Esteban Germán 10 Scott Hatteberg 32 Eric Karros  2 Mark McLemore 11 Frank Menechino 49 Marco Scutaro Outfielders 22 Eric Byrnes 24 Jermaine Dye 23 Bobby Kielty 21 Mark Kotsay 13 Billy McMillon 33 Nick Swisher Manager 39 Ken Macha Coaches 35 Brad Fischer (first base) 52 Bob Geren (bullpen) 48 Dave Hudgens (hitting) 46 Chris Speier (bench) 38 Ron Washington (third base) 41 Curt Young (pitching) Player stats Batting Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Damian Miller 110 397 108 .272 9 58 1B Scott Hatteberg 152 550 156 .284 15 82 2B Marco Scutaro 137 455 124 .273 7 43 SS Bobby Crosby 151 545 130 .239 22 64 3B Eric Chavez 125 475 131 .276 29 77 LF Eric Byrnes 143 569 161 .283 20 73 CF Mark Kotsay 148 606 190 .314 15 63 RF Jermaine Dye 137 532 141 .265 23 80 DH Erubiel Durazo 142 511 164 .321 22 88 Other batters 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 Mark McLemore 77 250 62 .248 2 21 Bobby Kielty 83 238 51 .214 7 31 Adam Melhuse 69 214 55 .257 11 31 Eric Karros 40 103 20 .194 2 11 Billy McMillon 52 92 17 .185 3 11 Nick Swisher 20 60 15 .250 2 8 Esteban Germán 31 60 15 .250 0 7 Frank Menechino 13 33 3 .091 0 1 Ramón Castro 9 15 2 .133 0 3 Mike Rose 2 2 0 .000 0 0 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 SO Mark Mulder 33 225.2 17 8 4.43 140 Barry Zito 34 213.0 11 11 4.48 163 Mark Redman 32 191.0 11 12 4.71 102 Rich Harden 31 189.2 11 7 3.99 167 Tim Hudson 27 188.2 12 6 3.53 103 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 SO Kirk Saarloos 6 24.1 2 1 4.44 10 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned runs average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L SV ERA SO Justin Duchscherer 53 96.1 7 6 0 3.27 59 Chad Bradford 68 59.0 5 7 1 4.42 34 Chris Hammond 41 53.2 4 1 1 2.68 34 Octavio Dotel 45 50.2 62 22 4.09 72 Jim Mecir 65 47.2 0 5 2 3.59 49 Ricardo Rincón 67 44.0 1 1 0 3.68 40 Arthur Rhodes 37 38.2 3 3 9 5.12 34 Justin Lehr 27 32.2 1 1 0 5.23 16 Joe Blanton 3 8.0 0 0 0 5.63 6 Santiago Casilla 4 5.2 0 0 0 12.71 5 Chad Harville 3 2.2 0 0 0 3.38 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Sacramento River Cats Pacific Coast League Tony DeFrancesco AA Midland RockHounds Texas League Webster Garrison A Modesto A's California League Von Hayes A Kane County Cougars Midwest League Dave Joppie A-Short Season Vancouver Canadians Northwest League Dennis Rogers Rookie AZL Athletics Arizona League Ruben Escalera LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Sacramento, Modesto References 2004 Oakland Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 2004 Oakland Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 3rd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 2007 978-1-932391-17-6 Category:Oakland Athletics seasons Oak Oakland Category:Long stubs with short prose