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2004 Baltimore Orioles season
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Major League Baseball season
March 2026
November 2013
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The 2004 Baltimore Orioles season was the 104th season in Baltimore Orioles franchise history, the 51st in Baltimore, and the 13th at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. They improved on their y 71 91 1 record from the previous year with a 78–84 record, but missed the postseason for the 7th straight season. The team led Major League Baseball in at bats (5,736) and hits (1,614).https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/2004.shtml 2004 MLB Team Statistics Baseball Reference July 20, 2018
Offseason
December 3, 2003: Bill Haselman was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/haselbi01.shtml Bill Haselman Stats
February 5, 2004: Clay Bellinger was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bellicl01.shtml Clay Bellinger Stats
March 15, 2004: B.J. Surhoff was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.B.J. Surhoff Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
BAL
Notable transactions
July 6, 2004: Ken Huckaby was selected off waivers by the Baltimore Orioles from the Texas Rangers.Ken Huckaby Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
Roster
2004 Baltimore Orioles Roster Pitchers
29 Kurt Ainsworth
30 Rick Bauer
16 Denny Bautista
45 Érik Bédard
61 Dave Borkowski
35 Daniel Cabrera
64 Bruce Chen
49 Darwin Cubillán
47 Mike DeJean
59,38,28 Eric DuBose
38 Jason Grimsley
27 Buddy Groom
50 Jorge Julio
19 Rodrigo López
49 John Maine
36 John Parrish
43 Sidney Ponson
47 Aaron Rakers
12 Matt Riley
40 Eddy Rodríguez
52 B. J. Ryan
53 Todd Williams Catchers
9 Gerónimo Gil
9 Ken Huckaby
18 Javy López
72 Robert Machado
40 Keith Osik
Infielders
14 José León
26 Luis López
6 Melvin Mora
25 Rafael Palmeiro
1 Brian Roberts
23 David Segui
10 Miguel Tejada Outfielders
14 José Bautista
3 Larry Bigbie
39 Jack Cust
47 Karim García
31 Jay Gibbons
15 Jerry Hairston Jr.
63 Val Majewski
32 Luis Matos
11,39 Darnell McDonald
39 Chad Mottola
11 David Newhan
16 Tim Raines Jr.
17 B. J. Surhoff Manager
13 Lee Mazzilli
Coaches
48 Terry Crowley (hitting)
24 Rick Dempsey (first base)
44 Elrod Hendricks (bullpen catcher)
2 Sam Perlozzo (bench)
49 Tom Trebelhorn (third base)
34 Mark Wiley (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 Javy López 150 579 183 .316 23 86 1B Rafael Palmeiro 154 550 142 .258 23 88 2B Brian Roberts 159 641 175 .273 4 53 SS Miguel Tejeda 162 653 203 .311 34 150 3B Melvin Mora 140 550 187 .340 27 104 LF Larry Bigbie 139 478 134 .280 15 68 CF Luis Matos 89 330 74 .224 6 28 RF Jay Gibbons 97 346 85 .246 10 47 DH David Newhan 95 373 116 .311 8 54
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 B.J. Surhoff 100 343 106 .309 8 50 Jerry Hairston Jr. 86 287 87 .303 2 24 Tim Raines Jr. 48 94 24 .255 0 5 Luis López 56 88 16 .182 1 8 Robert Machado 37 73 11 .151 1 3 Karim García 23 66 14 .212 3 11 José León 31 66 12 .182 2 8 David Segui 18 59 20 .339 1 7 Gerónimo Gil 12 32 9 .281 0 4 Darnell McDonald 17 32 5 .156 0 1 Keith Osik 11 25 2 .080 0 0 Chad Mottola 6 14 2 .143 1 3 Val Majewski 9 13 2 .154 0 1 Ken Huckaby 8 12 2 .167 0 0 José Bautista 16 11 3 .273 0 0 Jack Cust 1 1 0 .000 0 0
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 Sidney Ponson 33 215.2 11 15 5.30 115 Daniel Cabrera 28 147.2 12 8 5.00 76 Érik Bédard 27 137.1 6 10 4.59 121 Eric DuBose 14 74.2 4 6 6.39 48 Matt Riley 14 64.0 3 4 5.63 60 Bruce Chen 8 47.2 2 1 3.02 32 Kurt Ainsworth 7 30.2 0 1 9.68 20 John Maine 1 3.2 0 1 9.82 1
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 Rodrigo López 37 170.2 14 9 3.59 121 Dave Borkowski 17 56.0 3 4 5.14 45
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player G W L SV ERA SO Jorge Julio 65 2 5 22 4.57 70 B.J. Ryan 76 4 6 3 2.28 122 Buddy Groom 60 4 1 0 4.78 32 John Parrish 56 6 3 1 3.46 71 Jason Grimsley 41 2 4 0 4.21 21 Mike DeJean 37 0 5 0 6.13 36 Eddy Rodríguez 29 1 0 0 4.78 37 Todd Williams 29 2 0 0 2.87 13 Rick Bauer 23 2 1 0 4.70 37 Darwin Cubillán 7 0 0 0 5.40 8 Aaron Rakers 3 0 0 0 4.15 3 Denny Bautista 2 0 0 0 36.00 1
Farm system
AAA Ottawa Lynx International League Tim Leiper AA Bowie Baysox Eastern League Dave Trembley A Frederick Keys Carolina League Tom Lawless A Delmarva Shorebirds South Atlantic League Bien Figueroa A-Short Season Aberdeen IronBirds New York–Penn League Don Buford Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Gary KendallJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007Baseball America 2005 Directory.
References
2004 Baltimore Orioles team at Baseball-Reference
2004 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com
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