2004 San Diego Padres season

March 2026 November 2013 San Diego Padres 2004 National League West Petco Park San Diego, California 87–75 (.537) 3rd John Moores Kevin Towers Bruce Bochy 4SD(Mark Grant, Matt Vasgersian, Rick Sutcliffe, Tim Flannery) XEPRS-AM(Jerry Coleman, Ted Leitner)XEMO(Juan Angel Avila, Eduardo Ortega) The 2004 San Diego Padres season was the 36th season in franchise history. It saw the club finish with a record of 87–75, the fifth most wins in franchise history. With 87 wins, the Padres improved their win–loss record by 23 games over the 2003 season (64–98), the single largest improvement from one full season to the next in team history. This was the Padres' first winning season since 1998. The Padres also moved into their new home Petco Park, which drew a total of 3,016,752 fans to 81 home games, shattering all previous attendance marks. Offseason 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 Regular season Petco Park right|150px Petco Park is an open-air stadium in downtown San Diego, California. It opened in 2004, replacing Qualcomm Stadium as the home park of Major League Baseball's San Diego Padres. Before then, the Padres shared Qualcomm Stadium with the NFL's San Diego Chargers. The stadium is named after the animal and pet supplies retailer PETCO, which is based in San Diego and paid for the naming rights. thumb|right|200px|The interior of Petco Park with the San Diego skyline in background. Opening Day starters Player Pos Sean Burroughs 3B Mark Loretta 2B Brian Giles RF Phil Nevin 1B Ryan Klesko LF Jay Payton CF Ramón Hernández C Khalil Greene SS David Wells LHP Season standings National League West San Diego Padres Record vs. opponents SD Roster 2004 San Diego Padres Roster Pitchers 43 Andy Ashby 47 Rod Beck 54 Mike Bynum 53 Adam Eaton 47 Justin Germano 41 Sterling Hitchcock 51 Trevor Hoffman 50 Brian Lawrence 38 Scott Linebrink 54 Marty McLeary 39 Blaine Neal 43,54 Eddie Oropesa 13 Antonio Osuna 16 Akinori Otsuka 44 Jake Peavy 58 Brandon Puffer 52 Ricky Stone 37 Brian Sweeney 58 Jason Szuminski 49 Dennis Tankersley 59 Ismael Valdez 58 Steve Watkins 33 David Wells 46 Jay Witasick Catchers 55 Ramón Hernández 20 Miguel Ojeda 11 Humberto Quintero Infielders 21 Rich Aurilia 32 Sean Burroughs  7 Jeff Cirillo 29 Robert Fick  9 Alex Gonzalez  3 Khalil Greene 27 Dave Hansen  8 Mark Loretta 23 Phil Nevin  1 Ramón Vázquez Outfielders 34 Brian Buchanan 24 Brian Giles  7 Freddy Guzmán 30 Ryan Klesko 10 Jon Knott 14 Terrence Long 22 Xavier Nady 17 Jay Payton  2 Kerry Robinson Other batters 18 Darren Bragg Manager 15 Bruce Bochy Coaches 48 Darrel Akerfelds (bullpen) 36 Darren Balsley (pitching) 27,25 Davey Lopes (first base) 12 Dave Magadan (hitting) 40 Tony Muser (bench)  5 Rob Picciolo (third base) 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 Ramón Hernández 111 384 106 .276 18 631BPhil Nevin147547158.289261052BMark Loretta154620208.3351676SSKhalil Greene139484132.27315653BSean Burroughs130523156.298243LFRyan Klesko127402117.291966CFJay Payton143458119.260855RFBrian Giles159609173.2842394 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 Terrence Long 136 288 85 .295 3 28 Miguel Ojeda 62 156 40 .256 8 26 Rich Aurilia 51 138 35 .254 2 16 Ramón Vázquez 52 115 27 .235 1 13 Kerry Robinson 80 92 27 .293 0 5 Xavier Nady 34 77 19 .247 3 9 Freddy Guzmán 20 76 16 .211 0 5 Jeff Cirillo 33 75 16 .213 1 7 Humberto Quintero 23 72 18 .250 2 10 Brian Buchanan 38 60 12 .200 2 6 Dave Hansen 29 28 4 .143 0 0 Alex Gonzalez Alex Gonzalez (shortstop, born 1973) 11 23 4 .174 0 3 Jon Knott 9 14 3 .214 0 1 Robert Fick 13 12 2 .167 0 0 Darren Bragg 9 7 1 .143 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 Brian Lawrence 34 203.0 15 14 4.12 121 Adam Eaton 33 199.1 11 14 4.61 153 David Wells 31 195.2 12 8 3.73 101 Jake Peavy 27 166.1 15 6 2.27 173 Ismael Valdéz 23 114.0 9 6 5.53 37 Sterling Hitchcock 4 21.1 0 3 6.33 14 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 Dennis Tankersley 9 35.0 0 5 5.14 29 Justin Germano 7 21.1 1 2 8.86 16 Brian Sweeney 7 14.1 1 0 5.65 10 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 Trevor Hoffman 55 3 3 41 2.30 53 Scott Linebrink 73 7 3 0 2.14 83 Akinori Otsuka 73 7 2 2 1.75 87 Jay Witasick 44 0 1 1 3.21 57 Blaine Neal 40 1 1 0 4.07 36 Antonio Osuna 31 2 1 0 2.48 36 Ricky Stone 27 1 1 0 6.89 22 Rod Beck 26 0 2 0 6.38 15 Eddie Oropesa 16 2 1 0 11.00 6 Brandon Puffer 14 0 1 0 5.50 12 Steve Watkins 11 0 0 0 6.28 7 Jason Szuminski 7 0 0 0 7.20 5 Marty McLeary 3 0 0 0 14.73 4 Andy Ashby 2 0 0 0 0.00 2 Mike Bynum 2 0 1 0 54.00 0 Award winners Trevor Hoffman, Hutch Awardhttp://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_hut.shtml Hutch Award | Baseball Almanac Jake Peavy, ERA Champion (2.27) 2004 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Mark Loretta, second base, reserve Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Portland Beavers Pacific Coast League Craig Colbert AA Mobile BayBears Southern League Gary Jones A Lake Elsinore Storm California League Rick Renteria A Fort Wayne Wizards Midwest League Randy Ready A-Short Season Eugene Emeralds Northwest League Roy Howell Rookie AZL Padres Arizona League Carlos LezcanoLEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: MobileJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 References External links 2004 San Diego Padres at Baseball Reference 2004 San Diego Padres at Baseball Almanac Category:San Diego Padres seasons Category:2000s in San Diego San Diego Padres season San Diego Padres