2004 Toronto Blue Jays season

March 2026 November 2013 Toronto Blue Jays 2004 American League East SkyDome Toronto 67–94 (.414) 5th Rogers; Paul Godfrey (CEO) J. P. Ricciardi Carlos Tosca, John Gibbons The Sports Network(Pat Tabler, Rod Black)Rogers Sportsnet(Rob Faulds, John Cerutti) CJCL (AM)(Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek, Mike Wilner) The 2004 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 28th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing fifth in the American League East with a record of 67 wins and 94 losses, their worst record since 1980. The Blue Jays' radio play-by-play announcer, Tom Cheek, called every Blue Jays game from the team's inaugural contest on April 7, 1977, until June 3, 2004, when he took two games off following the death of his father – a streak of 4,306 consecutive regular season games and 41 postseason games. It was the team's first season where Ace is the sole mascot, following the removal of Diamond at the end of the previous season. Transactions Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 2004 season.2004 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TOR/2004-transactions.shtml baseball-reference.com 21 July 2023 September 2003 September 29 Ken Huckaby granted free agency (signed with Texas Rangers to a one-year contract on November 19, 2003). Doug Linton granted free agency (signed with Kansas City Royals to a one-year contract on January 16, 2004). John Wasdin granted free agency (signed with Texas Rangers to a one-year contract on October 22, 2003).September 30 DeWayne Wise granted free agency (signed with Atlanta Braves to a one-year, $325,000 contract on October 25, 2003). October 2003 October 8 Released Doug Creek.October 15 Bruce Aven granted free agency. Brian Bowles granted free agency (signed with Milwaukee Brewers to a one-year contract on December 12, 2003). Mike Colangelo granted free agency (signed with Florida Marlins to a one-year contract on January 28, 2004). Dan Reichert granted free agency (signed with Milwaukee Brewers to a one-year contract on February 25, 2004). Anthony Sanders granted free agency (signed with Colorado Rockies to a contract on February 5, 2004). Tanyon Sturtze granted free agency (signed with Los Angeles Dodgers to a contract on December 19, 2003). Corey Thurman granted free agency (signed with Cincinnati Reds to a contract on November 26, 2003). Scott Wiggins granted free agency (signed with Milwaukee Brewers to a contract on November 24, 2003).October 26 Kelvim Escobar granted free agency (signed with Anaheim Angels to a three-year, $18.75 million contract on November 24, 2003). Cory Lidle granted free agency (signed with Cincinnati Reds to a one-year, $2.75 million contract on January 6, 2004).October 28 Re-signed Frank Catalanotto to a one-year, $2.3 million contract. November 2003 November 18 Signed free agent Pat Hentgen from the Baltimore Orioles to a one-year, $2.2 million contract. Acquired Ted Lilly from the Oakland Athletics for Bobby Kielty.November 20 Signed free agent Dave Maurer to a one-year contract.November 26 Signed free agent Bruce Chen from the Boston Red Sox to a contract. December 2003 December 9 Signed free agent Kerry Ligtenberg from the Baltimore Orioles to a two-year, $4.5 million contract.December 14 As part of three-team trade: Acquired Justin Speier from the Colorado Rockies. Traded a player to be named later to the Colorado Rockies (Sandy Nin on December 15, 2003). Traded Mark Hendrickson to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. In addition, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays sent Joe Kennedy to the Colorado Rockies.December 18 Signed free agent Miguel Batista from the Arizona Diamondbacks to a three-year, $13.1 million contract.December 21 Trever Miller granted free agency (signed with Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a one-year, $650,000 contract on January 7, 2004). Cliff Politte granted free agency (signed with Chicago White Sox to a one-year, $800,000 on January 7, 2004).December 27 Signed free agent Valerio De Los Santos from the Philadelphia Phillies to a one-year, $850,000 contract. January 2004 January 1 Signed free agent Jayson Durocher from the Milwaukee Brewers to a one-year contract.January 7 Signed free agent Terry Adams from the Philadelphia Phillies to a one-year, $1.7 million contract. Signed free agent Chris Gomez from the Minnesota Twins to a one-year, $750,000 contract. Signed free agent Chad Hermansen from the Los Angeles Dodgers to a one-year contract. Signed Mark Lukasiewicz from the Anaheim Angels to a one-year contract. Tom Wilson selected off of waivers by the San Diego Padres.January 14 Re-signed Ted Lilly to a two-year, $5 million contract.January 20 Re-signed Justin Speier to a one-year, $1.6 million contract.January 22 Re-signed Roy Halladay to a four-year, $42 million contract. March 2004 March 5 Released Pete Walker.March 29 Acquired Jason Frasor from the Los Angeles Dodgers for Jayson Werth.March 31 Selected Sean Douglass off waivers from the Minnesota Twins. Regular season Summary The 2004 season was a disappointing year for the Blue Jays right from the beginning. They started the season 0–8 at SkyDome and never started a lengthy winning streak. Much of that was due to injuries to All-Stars Carlos Delgado, Vernon Wells and Roy Halladay among others. Although the additions of starting pitchers Ted Lilly and Miguel Batista and reliever Justin Speier were relatively successful, veteran Pat Hentgen faltered throughout the season and retired on July 24. Rookies and minor league callups David Bush, Jason Frasor, Josh Towers and others filled the void in the rotation and the bullpen; however, inconsistent performances were evident. Most starting pitchers did not pitch further than the sixth inning; thus, the overused bullpen contributed to the frequent relinquishing of early scoring leads. The offense really sputtered due to the injuries of Wells, Delgado, Catalanotto and others, although in their absence, Josh Phelps emerged as the team's go to guy, hitting 12 homers and driving in 51 runs before being limited to playing against left-handed pitching and was traded to the Cleveland Indians. Five different catchers were used: Greg Myers, Bobby Estalella, Kevin Cash, Gregg Zaun, and rookie Guillermo Quiróz. Greg Myers was injured running the bases in Minnesota, early in the season, and was lost for the year. Bobby Estalella was called up, but he proved to be brittle as well. Gregg Zaun landed the starting catching job for the rest of the season. Kevin Cash continued to struggle from an offensive standpoint and would be moved in the offseason. The highly touted Guillermo Quiróz was promoted from the minors near the end of the season. With the team struggling in last place and mired in a five-game losing streak, manager Carlos Tosca was fired on August 8, 2004, and was replaced by first-base coach John Gibbons through the end of the season. The Jays' trying year would also touch long-time radio announcer Tom Cheek, who had to break his streak of calling all 4,306 regular season games in franchise history, upon the death of his father. Cheek had to take more time off later to remove a brain tumor, and by the end of the season, Cheek only called the home games. Nevertheless, prospects Russ Adams, Gabe Gross, and Alex Ríos provided excitement for the fans. Adams hit his first major league home run in his second game, in which Gross also earned his own first major league grand slam. Alex Ríos was among the MLB Rookie of the Year Award candidates. However, the award went to Bobby Crosby of the Oakland Athletics. Rookie pitchers David Bush, Gustavo Chacín and Jason Frasor also showed promise for the club's future. The Blue Jays' lone MLB All-Star Game representative in 2004 was pitcher Ted Lilly. On October 2, 2004, the Toronto Blue Jays announced the dismissals of pitching coach Gil Patterson and first-base coach Joe Breeden, effective at the end of the season. One day later, the Blue Jays finished the 2004 campaign with a 3–2 loss against the New York Yankees in front of an announced crowd of 49,948. However, the Jays' annus horribilis continued after the game, when it was announced that former pitcher and current TV broadcaster John Cerutti died suddenly of natural causes at the age of only 44. More losses to the Jays family came in the offseason. Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame member Bobby Mattick, the manager from 1980 to 1981 and perhaps the best baseball man in the organization, suffered a stroke and died at the age of 89. Mattick had also served as the Vice President of Baseball Operations for the Blue Jays. A few days before Christmas, the Jays also mourned the loss of former first baseman Doug Ault, who had hit two home runs in the team's inaugural game in 1977; he was only 54 years old. Rogers Communications, the owner of the Jays, purchased SkyDome from Sportsco International in November 2004 for approximately $25 million CAD ($21.24 million USD), just a fraction of the construction cost. Just days after superstar Carlos Delgado became a free agent after the club refused arbitration, the Jays announced the signing of Manitoban third baseman Corey Koskie, formerly of the Minnesota Twins. One month after Koskie was inked, the Jays traded pitching prospect Adam Peterson to the Arizona Diamondbacks for corner infielder/DH Shea Hillenbrand. Season standings Toronto Blue Jays Record vs. opponents TOR Transactions Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 2004 regular season.2004 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TOR/2004-transactions.shtml baseball-reference.com 20 July 2023 April 2004 April 9 Signed free agent Gregg Zaun from the Montreal Expos to a one-year contract. Selected Micheal Nakamura off waivers from the Minnesota Twins.April 18 Sent Scott Cassidy to the Boston Red Sox as part of a conditional deal. May 2004 May 1 Sent Bruce Chen to the Baltimore Orioles as part of a conditional deal.May 3 Received Stubby Clapp from the Cleveland Indians as part of a conditional deal.May 12 Received Frank Menechino from the Oakland Athletics as part of a conditional deal.May 21 Signed free agent Bobby Estalella from the Arizona Diamondbacks to a one-year contract.May 27 Signed free agent Marvin Benard from the Chicago White Sox to a one-year contract. June 2004 June 2 Signed free agent Ryan Glynn from the Atlanta Braves to a contract.June 16 Acquired Julius Matos from the Montreal Expos for G.J. Raymundo.June 23 Received Anthony Sanders from the Colorado Rockies as part of a conditional deal. July 2004 July 14 Released Mark Lukasiewicz.July 24 Acquired John Hattig from the Boston Red Sox for Terry Adams. August 2004 August 2 Signed free agent Jesús Sánchez from the Cincinnati Reds to a contract.August 4 Acquired Eric Crozier from the Cleveland Indians for Josh Phelps. September 2004 September 2 Released Marvin Benard.September 13 Re-signed Frank Catalanotto to a two-year, $5.4 million contract. 2004 draft picks Source https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?query_type=franch_year&team_ID=TOR&year_ID=2004&draft_type=junreg Feature: 2004 Free Agent Draft Pick Compensation Baseball-Reference.com April 5, 2010 The 2004 MLB draft was held on June 7–8. The Blue Jays had two compensation picks. Round Pick Player Position College/School Nationality Signed 1 16 David Purcey LHP Oklahoma United States 2004–07–20 1 32* Zach Jackson LHP Texas A&M United States 2004–07–23 2 57 Curtis Thigpen C Texas United States 2004–07–09 3 83* Adam Lind 1B South Alabama United States 2004–06–16 3 87 Danny Hill RHP Missouri United States 2004–06–16 4 117 Casey Janssen RHP UCLA United States 2004–06–16 5 147 Ryan Klosterman SS Vanderbilt United States 2004–06–22 6 177 Preston Patton OF Texas A&M United States – 7 207 Randy Dicken RHP Shippensburg United States 2004–06–16 8 237 Rhame Cannon 1B The Citadel United States 2004–06–16 9 267 Joseph Metropoulos 1B Southern California United States 2004–06–16 10 297 Brian Hall 2B Stanford United States 2004–06–16 24 717 Jesse Litsch RHP South Florida Community College United States – * The Blue Jays received the 32nd pick as compensation for loss of free agent Kelvim Escobar * The Blue Jays received the 83rd pick from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim as compensation for signing of free agent Kelvim Escobar Roster 2004 Toronto Blue Jays Roster Pitchers 51 Terry Adams 43 Miguel Batista 49 Dave Bush 39 Gustavo Chacín 50 Vinnie Chulk 26 Valerio de los Santos 24 Sean Douglass 36 Bob File 54 Jason Frasor 48 Kevin Frederick 51 Ryan Glynn 32 Roy Halladay 41 Pat Hentgen 23 Jason Kershner 35 Brandon League 46 Kerry Ligtenberg 31 Ted Lilly 44 Aquilino López 51 Dave Maurer 34 Justin Miller 53 Micheal Nakamura 59 Adam Peterson 30 Justin Speier  7 Josh Towers Catchers 29 Kevin Cash 20 Bobby Estalella 28 Greg Myers 16 Guillermo Quiróz  9 Gregg Zaun Infielders  8 Russ Adams 25 Carlos Delgado  3 Chris Gomez 11 Eric Hinske  1 Orlando Hudson  4 Frank Menechino 17 Josh Phelps  5 Chris Woodward Outfielders  2 Dave Berg 27 Frank Catalanotto  6 Howie Clark 21 Gabe Gross 33 Chad Hermansen 37 Reed Johnson 18 Simon Pond 15 Alex Ríos 10 Vernon Wells Other batters 17 Eric CrozierManager 58 John Gibbons 14 Carlos Tosca Coaches 56 Mike Barnett (hitting) 53 Joe Breeden (bench) 55 Brian Butterfield (third base) 58 John Gibbons (first base) 47 Gil Patterson (pitching) 52 Bruce Walton (bullpen) Game log background:#6E8B3D 2004 Game Log y background:#9EBD69; April: 7–15 (Home: 1–8; Away: 6–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || April 5 || Tigers || 7–0 || Johnson (1–0) || Halladay (0–1) || || 47,817 || 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || April 6 || Tigers || 7–3 || Maroth (1–0) || Batista (0–1) || Robertson (1) || 21,003 || 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || April 7 || Tigers || 6–3 || Bonderman (1–0) || Hentgen (0–1) || || 13,100 || 0–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || April 9 || @ Red Sox || 10–5 || Speier (1–0) || Timlin (0–1) || || 34,337 || 1–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 5 || April 10 || @ Red Sox || 4–1 || Martínez (1–1) || Halladay (0–2) || Foulke (2) || 35,305 || 1–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 6 || April 11 || @ Red Sox || 6–4 (12) || Malaska (1–0) || López (0–1) || || 34,286 || 1–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || April 13 || @ Tigers || 7–5 || Adams (1–0) || Patterson (0–1) || Speier (1) || 8,804 || 2–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 8 || April 14 || @ Tigers || 5–3 || Robertson (1–0) || Lilly (0–1) || Patterson (1) || 15,129 || 2–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 9 || April 15 || @ Tigers || 11–0 || Halladay (1–2) || Johnson (1–2) || || 17,572 || 3–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 || April 16 || Orioles || 11–2 || Riley (1–0) || Batista (0–2) || || 14,239 || 3–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 11 || April 17 || Orioles || 5–3 || Ryan (1–0) || Speier (1–1) || Julio (1) || 20,177 || 3–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 12 || April 18 || Orioles || 7–0 || DuBose (1–2) || Hentgen (0–2) || || 16,842 || 3–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 13 || April 20 || Red Sox || 4–2 || Martínez (2–1) || Halladay (1–3) || Foulke (4) || 26,010 || 3–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 14 || April 21 || Red Sox || 4–2 || Wakefield (2–0) || Lilly (0–2) || Foulke (5) || 16,163 || 3–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 15 || April 22 || Red Sox || 7–3 || Adams (2–0) || Schilling (2–1) || || 16,480 || 4–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 16 || April 23 || @ Orioles || 11–3 || DuBose (2–2) || Towers (0–1) || || 26,827 || 4–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 17 || April 24 || @ Orioles || 5–4 (12) || Ligtenberg (1–0) || DeJean (0–1) || || 41,093 || 5–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 18 || April 25 || @ Orioles || 15–3 || Halladay (2–3) || Ponson (2–1) || || 31,028 || 6–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 || April 26 || @ Twins || 6–1 || Lilly (1–2) || Radke (2–2) || || 13,859 || 7–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 20 || April 27 || @ Twins || 7–4 || Rincón (3–0) || Speier (1–2) || || 14,029 || 7–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 21 || April 28 || @ Twins || 9–5 || Rincón (4–0) || Frasor (0–1) || || 15,164 || 7–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 22 || April 29 || @ White Sox || 6–4 || Loaiza (4–0) || Nakamura (0–1) || Koch (2) || 11,210 || 7–15 |- align="center" bgcolor=#bbbbbb | -- || April 30 || @ White Sox ||colspan=6|Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for May 1 |- y background:#9EBD69; May: 15–14 (Home: 13–6; Away: 2–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 23 || May 1 || @ White Sox || 4–3 (10) || Takatsu (1–0) || Speier (1–3) || || || 7–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || May 1 || @ White Sox || 10–6 || Lilly (2–2) || Wright (0–4) || || 22,072 || 8–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 25 || May 2 || @ White Sox || 3–2 || Garland (2–1) || Batista (0–3) || Koch (3) || 15,550 || 8–17 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 26 || May 3 || Royals || 3–2 (10) || Field (1–0) || Adams (2–1) || Cerda (1) || 13,007 || 8–18 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27 || May 4 || Royals || 5–4 || Hentgen (1–2) || May (0–4) || Frasor (1) || 20,011 || 9–18 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 28 || May 5 || Royals || 10–3 || Halladay (3–3) || Anderson (1–3) || || 14,103 || 10–18 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 29 || May 7 || White Sox || 5–4 || Adams (3–1) || Politte (0–1) || || 15,661 || 11–18 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 30 || May 8 || White Sox || 4–2 || Frasor (1–1) || Cotts (0–1) || Adams (1) || 18,368 || 12–18 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 31 || May 9 || White Sox || 5–2 || Miller (1–0) || Loaiza (4–2) || Ligtenberg (1) || 17,546 || 13–18 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 32 || May 10 || @ Royals || 9–3 || Hentgen (2–2) || Anderson (1–4) || || 13,803 || 14–18 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 33 || May 11 || @ Royals || 5–1 || Camp (2–0) || Halladay (3–4) || || 15,779 || 14–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 34 || May 12 || @ Royals || 4–3 || Field (2–0) || Adams (3–2) || || 29,309 || 14–20 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 35 || May 13 || Red Sox || 12–6 || Batista (1–3) || Schilling (4–3) || || 20,876 || 15–20 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 36 || May 14 || Red Sox || 9–3 || Embree (2–0) || Ligtenberg (1–1) || || 20,948 || 15–21 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 37 || May 15 || Red Sox || 4–0 || Arroyo (2–1) || Hentgen (2–3) || || 36,841 || 15–22 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 38 || May 16 || Red Sox || 3–1 || Halladay (4–4) || Martínez (4–3) || Adams (2) || 31,618 || 16–22 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 39 || May 17 || Twins || 9–5 || Rincón (6–2) || Nakamura (0–2) || Fultz (1) || 13,502 || 16–23 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 40 || May 18 || Twins || 5–3 || Batista (2–3) || Santana (2–1) || Adams (3) || 25,405 || 17–23 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 41 || May 19 || Twins || 6–5 || Fultz (2–1) || Adams (3–3) || Nathan (13) || 25,675 || 17–24 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 42 || May 21 || @ Red Sox || 11–5 || Timlin (3–1) || Nakamura (0–3) || || 35,287 || 17–25 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 43 || May 22 || @ Red Sox || 5–2 || Martínez (1–0) || Ligtenberg (1–2) || Foulke (9) || 35,196 || 17–26 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 44 || May 23 || @ Red Sox || 7–2 || Wakefield (4–2) || Batista (2–4) || || 35,239 || 17–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 45 || May 24 || Angels || 6–5 (10)|| Frasor (2–1) || Weber (0–2) || || 15,301 || 18–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 46 || May 26 || Angels || 6–5 || Adams (4–3) || Percival (2–1) || || 14,515 || 19–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 47 || May 27 || Angels || 3–2 || Halladay (5–4) || Washburn (7–2) || Frasor (2) || 14,773 || 20–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 48 || May 28 || Rangers || 5–4 || Lilly (3–2) || Dickey (4–5) || Frasor (3) || 16,394 || 21–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 49 || May 29 || Rangers || 6–2 || Batista (3–4) || Dominguez (0–1) || || 30,704 || 22–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 50 || May 30 || Rangers || 4–2 || Rogers (8–2) || Miller (1–1) || Cordero (16) || 22,225 || 22–28 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 51 || May 31 || @ Mariners || 6–2 || Moyer (4–2) || Hentgen (2–4) || || 27,856 || 22–29 |- y background:#9EBD69; June: 12–15 (Home: 6–6; Away: 6–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 52 || June 1 || @ Mariners || 6–5 || López (1–1) || Nageotte (0–1) || Frasor (4) || 24,848 || 23–29 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 53 || June 2 || @ Mariners || 5–3 || Lilly (4–2) || Piñeiro (1–7) || Ligtenberg (2) || 25,317 || 24–29 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 54 || June 3 || @ Athletics || 2–1 (11)|| Bradford (3–1) || Adams (4–4) || || 10,879 || 24–30 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 55 || June 4 || @ Athletics || 6–1 || Towers (1–1) || Bradford (3–2) || Chulk (1) || 12,822 || 25–30 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 56 || June 5 || @ Athletics || 4–0 || Hudson (6–2) || Hentgen (2–5) || || 20,772 || 25–31 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 57 || June 6 || @ Athletics || 8–3 || Redman (4–3) || Kershner (0–1) || || 24,092 || 25–32 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 58 || June 8 || Dodgers || 7–1 || Lilly (5–2) || Nomo (3–6) || || 16,499 || 26–32 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 59 || June 9 || Dodgers || 4–0 || Batista (4–4) || Lima (4–2) || || 18,003 || 27–32 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 60 || June 10 || Dodgers || 6–1 || Ishii (8–3) || Towers (1–2) || || 16,267 || 27–33 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 61 || June 11 || Diamondbacks || 3–2 || Choate (1–0) || Frasor (2–2) || Valverde (7) || 14,259 || 27–34 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 62 || June 12 || Diamondbacks || 15–4 || Halladay (6–4) || Good (0–1) || Chulk (2) || 30,349 || 28–34 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 63 || June 13 || Diamondbacks || 5–3 || Johnson (9–4) || Lilly (5–3) || Valverde (8) || 22,766 || 28–35 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 64 || June 15 || @ Giants || 4–3 || Schmidt (8–2) || Batista (4–5) || Herges (17) || 36,737 || 28–36 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 65 || June 16 || @ Giants || 10–2 || Rueter (3–6) || Hentgen (2–6) || || 36,834 || 28–37 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 66 || June 17 || @ Giants || 8–5 || Brower (4–3) || Speier (1–4) || Herges (18) || 40,464 || 28–38 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 67 || June 18 || @ Padres || 3–2 || Lilly (6–3) || Wells (2–5) || Frasor (5) || 40,511 || 29–38 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 68 || June 19 || @ Padres || 3–2 || Linebrink (3–1) || Speier (1–5) || Hoffman (15) || 40,307 || 29–39 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 69 || June 20 || @ Padres || 3–0 || Batista (5–5) || Lawrence (8–5) || Frasor (6) || 41,060 || 30–39 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 70 || June 22 || Devil Rays || 5–1 || Harper (2–0) || Hentgen (2–7) || || 15,646 || 30–40 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 71 || June 23 || Devil Rays || 2–1 (10)|| Frasor (3–2) || Colomé (1–1) || || 14,713 || 31–40 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 72 || June 24 || Devil Rays || 19–13 || Halama (4–1) || Lilly (6–4) || || 14,876 || 31–41 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 73 || June 25 || Expos || 3–1 || Towers (2–2) || Day (5–8) || Frasor (7) || 16,484 || 32–41 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 74 || June 26 || Expos || 10–5 || Batista (6–5) || Downs (0–1) || || 23,875 || 33–41 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 75 || June 27 || Expos || 9–4 || Hernández (5–7) || Hentgen (2–8) || || 25,915 || 33–42 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 76 || June 28 || @ Devil Rays || 10–2 || Zambrano (8–4) || Halladay (6–5) || || 11,218 || 33–43 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 77 || June 29 || @ Devil Rays || 4–0 || Lilly (7–4) || Halama (4–2) || || 11,640 || 34–43 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 78 || June 30 || @ Devil Rays || 6–2 || Brazelton (2–0) || Towers (2–3) || || 10,560 || 34–44 |- y background:#9EBD69; July: 11–14 (Home: 7–5; Away: 4–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 79 || July 1 || @ Devil Rays || 14–0 || Batista (7–5) || Hendrickson (5–6) || || 14,417 || 35–44 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 80 || July 2 || @ Expos † || 2–0 || Hernández (6–7) || Bush (0–1) || || 8,220 || 35–45 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 81 || July 3 || @ Expos † || 2–0 || Halladay (7–5) || Armas (1–3) || Frasor (8) || 8,831 || 36–45 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 82 || July 4 || @ Expos † || 6–4 || Hill (1–1) || Lilly (7–5) || Horgan (1) || 8,279 || 36–46 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 83 || July 6 || Mariners || 7–6 || Batista (8–5) || Moyer (6–5) || Frasor (9) || 16,262 || 37–46 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 84 || July 7 || Mariners || 12–4 || Towers (3–3) || Blackley (1–1) || || 18,513 || 38–46 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 85 || July 8 || Mariners || 10–8 || Speier (2–5) || Guardado (2–1) || || 16,188 || 39–46 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 86 || July 9 || Angels || 5–4 || Colón (6–8) || Halladay (7–6) || Percival (14) || 15,071 || 39–47 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 87 || July 10 || Angels || 11–2 || Escobar (5–5) || Lilly (7–6) || || 20,635 || 39–48 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 88 || July 11 || Angels || 5–2 || Lackey (7–8) || Batista (8–6) || Percival (15) || 17,573 || 39–49 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 89 || July 16 || @ Rangers || 11–2 || Drese (5–5) || Halladay (7–7) || || 44,348 || 39–50 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 90 || July 17 || @ Rangers || 4–0 || Rodríguez (3–0) || Lilly (7–7) || || 43,189 || 39–51 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 91 || July 18 || @ Rangers || 7–5 || Brocail (1–1) || Chulk (0–1) || Cordero (28) || 24,334 || 39–52 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 92 || July 19 || @ Athletics || 5–3 || Towers (4–3) || Saarloos (1–1) || Frasor (10) || 15,480 || 40–52 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 93 || July 20 || @ Athletics || 1–0 (14)|| Lehr (1–1) || Speier (2–6) || || 18,885 || 40–53 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 94 || July 21 || @ Yankees || 10–3 || Vázquez (11–6) || Hentgen (2–9) || || 53,031 || 40–54 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 95 || July 22 || @ Yankees || 1–0 || Rivera (1–0) || Chulk (0–2) || || 53,657 || 40–55 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 96 || July 23 || Devil Rays || 7–4 || Batista (9–6) || Hendrickson (7–8) || Frasor (11) || 16,633 || 41–55 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 97 || July 24 || Devil Rays || 4–2 || Towers (5–3) || Bell (3–4) || Frasor (12) || 18,841 || 42–55 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 98 || July 25 || Devil Rays || 5–3 || Bush (1–1) || Zambrano (9–7) || Ligtenberg (3) || 15,784 || 43–55 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 99 || July 26 || Yankees || 6–5 (10)|| Rivera (2–1) || Frasor (3–3) || || 30,041 || 43–56 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 100 || July 27 || Yankees || 7–4 || Proctor (1–0) || Ligtenberg (1–3) || Gordon (3) || 30,087 || 43–57 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 101 || July 28 || Yankees || 3–2 (10)|| Frasor (4–3) || Proctor (1–1) || || 31,385 || 44–57 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 102 || July 30 || @ Devil Rays || 3–0 || Towers (6–3) || Halama (5–5) || Frasor (13) || 10,531 || 45–57 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 103 || July 31 || @ Devil Rays || 6–5 || Sosa (3–0) || Bush (1–2) || Báez (21) || 17,418 || 45–58 |- y background:#9EBD69; August: 10–20 (Home: 5–10; Away: 5–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 104 || August 1 || @ Devil Rays || 5–3 || Brazelton (4–3) || Douglass (0–1) || Báez (22) || 10,750 || 45–59 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 105 || August 2 || Indians || 6–1 || Lilly (8–7) || Lee (10–4) || || 17,549 || 46–59 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 106 || August 3 || Indians || 7–6 || Speier (3–6) || Betancourt (4–5) || Frasor (14) || 15,025 || 47–59 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 107 || August 4 || Indians || 14–5 || Westbrook (9–5) || Towers (6–4) || || 15,675 || 47–60 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 108 || August 5 || Indians || 6–3 (10)|| Betancourt (5–5) || Ligtenberg (1–4) || Wickman (2) || 30,037 || 47–61 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 109 || August 6 || @ Yankees || 11–4 || Vázquez (13–6) || Douglass (0–2) || || 48,900 || 47–62 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 110 || August 7 || @ Yankees || 6–0 || Hernández (4–0) || Lilly (8–8) || || 54,025 || 47–63 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 111 || August 8 || @ Yankees || 8–2 || Lieber (8–7) || Batista (9–7) || || 52,616 || 47–64 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 112 || August 9 || @ Yankees || 5–4 || Towers (7–4) || Loaiza (9–6) || Frasor (15) || 49,853 || 48–64 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 113 || August 10 || @ Indians || 2–0 || Durbin (5–4) || Bush (1–3) || Wickman (5) || 19,942 || 48–65 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 114 || August 11 || @ Indians || 3–2 || Sabathia (9–6) || Frederick (0–1) || Wickman (6) || 23,696 || 48–66 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 115 || August 12 || @ Indians || 6–2 || Riske (6–2) || Ligtenberg (1–5) || || 22,734 || 48–67 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 116 || August 13 || Orioles || 4–0 || Ponson (8–12) || Batista (9–8) || || 21,234 || 48–68 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 117 || August 14 || Orioles || 7–2 || Towers (8–4) || Borkowski (3–3) || || 35,768 || 49–68 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 118 || August 15 || Orioles || 11–7 || Groom (3–0) || Chulk (0–3) || || 26,132 || 49–69 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 119 || August 16 || @ Red Sox || 8–4 || Lowe (11–10) || Miller (1–2) || Foulke (20) || 35,271 || 49–70 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 120 || August 17 || @ Red Sox || 5–4 || Foulke (3–3) || Frederick (0–2) || || 35,105 || 49–71 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 121 || August 18 || @ Red Sox || 6–4 || Wakefield (9–7) || Batista (9–9) || || 34,867 || 49–72 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 122 || August 20 || @ Orioles || 14–4 || Towers (9–4) || Borkowski (3–4) || || 35,024 || 50–72 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 123 || August 21 || @ Orioles || 10–4 || Bush (2–3) || Cabrera (9–6) || || 38,079 || 51–72 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 124 || August 22 || @ Orioles || 8–5 || Miller (2–2) || Bédard (5–8) || Frasor (16) || 44,482 || 52–72 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 125 || August 23 || Red Sox || 3–0 || Lilly (9–8) || Martínez (13–5) || || 27,145 || 53–72 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 126 || August 24 || Red Sox || 5–4 || Wakefield (10–7) || Batista (9–10) || Foulke (23) || 22,217 || 53–73 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 127 || August 25 || Red Sox || 11–5 || Schilling (16–6) || Towers (9–5) || || 22,479 || 53–74 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 128 || August 26 || Yankees || 7–4 || Nitkowski (1–1) || Frasor (4–4) || Rivera (44) || 35,682 || 53–75 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 129 || August 27 || Yankees || 8–7 || Sturtze (5–2) || Miller (2–3) || Gordon (4) || 35,436 || 53–76 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 130 || August 28 || Yankees || 18–6 || Brown (10–3) || Lilly (9–9) || Rivera (45) || 43,541 || 53–77 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 131 || August 29 || Yankees || 6–4 || Batista (10–10) || Mussina (9–8) || Frasor (17) || 44,072 || 54–77 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 132 || August 31 || Mariners || 7–5 || Atchison (2–2) || Ligtenberg (1–6) || Putz (6) || 21,174 || 54–78 |- y background:#9EBD69; September: 10–15 (Home: 6–5; Away: 4–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 133 || September 1 || Mariners || 4–2 || Bush (3–3) || Villone (5–5) || Speier (2) || 22,310 || 55–78 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 134 || September 2 || Mariners || 8–6 || File (1–0) || Baek (1–1) || Speier (3) || 23,374 || 56–78 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 135 || September 3 || Athletics || 7–4 || Hudson (11–4) || Lilly (9–10) || Dotel (18) || 28,488 || 56–79 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 136 || September 4 || Athletics || 9–5 || Hammond (4–1) || Frasor (4–5) || || 29,149 || 56–80 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 137 || September 5 || Athletics || 13–5 || Glynn (1–0) || Harden (9–6) || || 28,327 || 57–80 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 138 || September 7 || @ Angels || 5–2 || Colón (14–11) || Bush (3–4) || Percival (27) || 36,277 || 57–81 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 139 || September 8 || @ Angels || 1–0 || Miller (3–3) || Escobar (9–10) || Speier (4) || 36,905 || 58–81 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 140 || September 9 || @ Angels || 5–4 || Lilly (10–10) || Washburn (11–6) || Speier (5) || 37,514 || 59–81 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 141 || September 10 || @ Rangers || 10–3 || Drese (12–8) || Batista (10–11) || || 24,617 || 59–82 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 142 || September 11 || @ Rangers || 10–7 || Mahay (3–0) || Frasor (4–6) || Cordero (43) || 40,587 || 59–83 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 143 || September 12 || @ Rangers || 7–6 || Brocail (3–1) || Speier (3–7) || Cordero (44) || 20,434 || 59–84 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 144 || September 13 || Orioles || 9–1 || Chen (1–0) || Miller (3–4) || || 18,372 || 59–85 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 145 || September 15 || Orioles || 3–0 || Lilly (11–10) || Riley (1–4) || Speier (6) || 19,942 || 60–85 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 146 || September 16 || Orioles || 9–5 || López (13–8) || Batista (10–12) || || 21,451 || 60–86 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 147 || September 17 || Devil Rays || 11–4 || Waechter (4–7) || Towers (9–6) || || 25,987 || 60–87 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 148 || September 18 || Devil Rays || 4–2 || Bush (4–4) || Ritchie (0–1) || Batista (1) || 33,432 || 61–87 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 149 || September 19 || Devil Rays || 9–7 || Chulk (1–3) || Kazmir (2–2) || Speier (7) || 30,714 || 62–87 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 150 || September 20 || @ Yankees || 6–3 || Chacín (1–0) || Vázquez (14–10) || Batista (2) || 10,732 || 63–87 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 151 || September 21 || @ Yankees || 5–3 || Loaiza (10–7) || Halladay (7–8) || Rivera (50) || 36,675 || 63–88 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 152 || September 22 || @ Yankees || 5–4 || Lilly (12–10) || Hernández (8–1) || Batista (3) || 49,560 || 64–88 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 153 || September 24 || @ Devil Rays || 4–2 || Hendrickson (10–15) || Towers (9–7) || Báez (29) || 13,003 || 64–89 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 154 || September 25 || @ Devil Rays || 6–5 || Báez (4–3) || Batista (10–13) || || 20,978 || 64–90 |- align="center" bgcolor=#bbbbbb | -- || September 26 || @ Devil Rays ||colspan=6|Cancelled (Hurricane Jeanne) Not rescheduled |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 155 || September 27 || @ Orioles || 4–1 || League (1–0) || Ponson (11–15) || Batista (4) || 17,809 || 65–90 |- align="center" bgcolor=#bbbbbb | -- || September 28 || @ Orioles ||colspan=6|Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 29 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 156 || September 29 || @ Orioles || 7–6 || Ryan (4–6) || Speier (3–8) || || || 65–91 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 157 || September 29 || @ Orioles || 4–0 || Bauer (2–1) || Chacín (1–1) || || 20,600 || 65–92 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 158 || September 30 || @ Orioles || 9–3 || Riley (3–4) || Towers (9–8) || || 18,793 || 65–93 |- y background:#9EBD69; October: 1–2 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 159 || October 1 || Yankees || 7–0 || Bush (5–4) || Hernández (8–2) || || 48,914 || 66–93 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 160 || October 2 || Yankees || 4–2 || Halladay (8–8) || Brown (10–6) || Batista (5) || 50,498 || 67–93 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 161 || October 3 || Yankees || 3–2 || Proctor (2–1) || Towers (9–9) || Sturtze (1) || 49,948 || 67–94 |- | † At Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Player stats = Indicates team leader 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 Gregg Zaun 107 338 91 .269 6 36 1B Carlos Delgado 128 458 123 .269 32 99 2B Orlando Hudson 135 489 132 .270 12 58 SS Chris Gomez 109 341 96 .282 3 37 3B Eric Hinske 155 570 140 .246 15 69 LF Reed Johnson 141 537 145 .270 10 61 CF Vernon Wells 134 536 146 .272 23 67 RF Alex Ríos 111 426 122 .286 1 28 DH Josh Phelps 79 295 70 .237 12 51 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 Frank Catalanotto 75 249 73 .293 1 26 Frank Menechino 71 236 71 .301 9 25 Chris Woodward 69 213 50 .235 1 24 Kevin Cash 60 181 35 .193 4 21 Dave Berg 58 154 39 .253 3 23 Gabe Gross 44 129 27 .209 3 16 Howie Clark 40 115 25 .217 3 12 Russ Adams 22 72 22 .306 4 10 Guillermo Quiróz 17 52 11 .212 0 6 Simon Pond 16 49 8 .163 1 6 Eric Crozier 14 33 5 .152 2 4 Greg Myers 8 18 4 .222 0 1 Bobby Estalella 5 13 3 .231 0 0 Chad Hermansen 4 7 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 Miguel Batista 38 198.2 10 13 4.80 104 Ted Lilly 32 197.1 12 10 4.06 168 Roy Halladay 21 133.0 8 8 4.20 95 Josh Towers 21 116.1 9 9 5.11 51 Dave Bush 16 97.2 5 4 3.69 64 Justin Miller 19 81.2 3 4 6.06 47 Pat Hentgen 18 80.1 2 9 6.95 33 Gustavo Chacin 2 14.0 1 1 2.57 6 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 Sean Douglass 14 38.2 0 2 6.28 36 Ryan Glynn 6 20.0 1 0 4.05 14 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 Jason Frasor 63 4 6 17 4.08 54 Justin Speier 62 3 8 7 3.91 52 Kerry Ligtenberg 57 1 6 3 6.38 49 Vinnie Chulk 47 1 3 2 4.66 44 Terry Adams 42 4 4 3 3.98 35 Bob File 24 1 0 0 4.81 15 Jason Kershner 24 0 1 0 6.04 15 Kevin Frederick 22 0 2 0 6.59 22 Micheal Nakamura 19 0 3 0 7.36 24 Aquilino López 18 1 1 0 6.00 13 Valerio De Los Santos 17 0 0 0 6.17 10 Brandon League 3 1 0 0 0.00 0 Adam Peterson 3 0 0 0 16.88 2 Dave Maurer 3 0 0 0 54.00 1 Frank Menechino 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 Award winners Vernon Wells, Gold Glove Award All-Star Game Ted Lilly, pitcher Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs International League Marty Pevey AA New Hampshire Fisher Cats Eastern League Mike Basso A Dunedin Blue Jays Florida State League Omar Malavé A Charleston Alley Cats South Atlantic League Ken Joyce A-Short Season Auburn Doubledays New York–Penn League Dennis Holmberg Rookie Pulaski Blue Jays Appalachian League Gary CathcartLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: New HampshireJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 References External links 2004 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Reference 2004 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Almanac Category:Toronto Blue Jays seasons Toronto Blue Jays season Category:2004 in Toronto Category:2004 in sports in Ontario