2004 Arizona Diamondbacks season

March 2026 November 2013 Arizona Diamondbacks 2004 National League West Bank One Ballpark Phoenix, Arizona 51–111 (.315) 5th Ken KendrickJerry Colangelo Joe Garagiola, Jr. Bob Brenly and Al Pedrique FSN ArizonaKTVK (3TV)(Thom Brennaman, Mark Grace, Greg Schulte, Joe Garagiola) KTAR (620 AM)(Greg Schulte, Jeff Munn, Ken Phelps) ari ARI The 2004 Arizona Diamondbacks season was the franchise's 7th season in Major League Baseball and their 7th season at Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix, Arizona, as members of the National League West. They looked to improve on their 84–78 record from 2003. The Diamondbacks hoped to contend for a postseason berth in what was a weaker National League West than in years past. However, just three years after winning a World Series title, the Diamondbacks instead finished the season with a record of 51–111, the worst record by any National League team since the 1965 Mets won one fewer game. This was the Diamondbacks' first losing season since 1998. The one highlight of a disastrous season was when Randy Johnson pitched a perfect game on May 18, 2004. The franchise record would not be threatened until 2021, when they finished 52–110. Despite the 110-loss season in 2021, the Diamondbacks didn't earn the first overall pick in the 2022 MLB Draft, as the Baltimore Orioles finished with a 52–110 record, but were worse due to records against American League opponents. Offseason November 28, 2003: Curt Schilling was traded by the Diamondbacks to the Boston Red Sox for Casey Fossum, Brandon Lyon, Jorge de la Rosa, and Michael Goss (minors).Curt Schilling at Baseball Reference November 29, 2003: Jesse Orosco was signed as a free agent with the Diamondbacks.Jesse Orosco at Baseball Reference December 1, 2003: Lyle Overbay, Chris Capuano, Craig Counsell, Chad Moeller, Jorge de la Rosa, and Junior Spivey were traded by the Diamondbacks to the Milwaukee Brewers for Richie Sexson, Shane Nance and a player to be named later. The Brewers completed the deal by sending Noochie Varner (minors) to the Diamondbacks on December 15.Lyle Overbay at Baseball Reference December 4, 2003: Félix José was signed as a free agent by the Diamondbacks.Félix José at Baseball Reference December 15, 2003: Quinton McCracken was traded by the Diamondbacks to the Seattle Mariners for Greg Colbrunn and cash.Quinton McCracken at Baseball Reference December 18, 2003: Brent Mayne was signed as a free agent by the Diamondbacks.Brent Mayne at Baseball Reference February 25, 2004: Bobby Estalella was signed as a free agent by the Diamondbacks.Bobby Estalella at Baseball Reference February 25, 2004: Scott Service was signed as a free agent by the Diamondbacks.Scott Service at Baseball Reference Regular season Opening Day lineup 12 Steve Finley CF2 Roberto Alomar 2B20 Luis Gonzalez LF44 Richie Sexson 1B10 Alex Cintron SS28 Shea Hillenbrand 3B29 Danny Bautista RF6 Brent Mayne C51 Randy Johnson P Season standings National League West Arizona Diamondbacks Record vs. opponents AZ Notable transactions June 11, 2004: Quinton McCracken was signed as a free agent by the Diamondbacks. July 31, 2004: Steve Finley and Brent Mayne were traded by the Diamondbacks to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Reggie Abercrombie (minors), Koyie Hill and Bill Murphy.Finley at Baseball Reference August 19, 2004: Elmer Dessens was traded by the Diamondbacks to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Jereme Milons (minors).Elmer Dessens at Baseball Reference Roster 2004 Arizona Diamondbacks Roster Pitchers 41 Greg Aquino 39 Brian Bruney 33 Randy Choate 32 Lance Cormier 54 Casey Daigle 45 Elmer Dessens 45 Chad Durbin 13 Jeff Fassero 39 Mike Fetters 16 Casey Fossum 49 Édgar González 52 Andrew Good 44 Mike Gosling 51 Randy Johnson 22 Mike Koplove 31 Matt Mantei 40 Shane Nance 34 Stephen Randolph 37 Shane Reynolds 36 Scott Service 23 Steve Sparks 47 José Valverde 43 Brandon Villafuerte 56 Óscar Villarreal 55 Brandon Webb Catchers 48 Juan Brito 17 Bobby Estalella  7 Robby Hammock 15 Koyie Hill  6 Brent Mayne 19 Chris Snyder Infielders 2,12 Roberto Alomar  3 Carlos Baerga 10 Alex Cintrón  2 Jerry Gil  1 Andy Green  5 Scott Hairston 28 Shea Hillenbrand  8 Matt Kata 14 Tim Olson 11 Richie Sexson 18 Chad Tracy 25 Alan ZinterOutfielders 29 Danny Bautista 26 Doug DeVore 12 Steve Finley 20 Luis Gonzalez 43 Josh Kroeger  4 Quinton McCracken  4 Donnie Sadler 27 Luis Terrero Other batters 35 Greg Colbrunn Manager 15 Bob Brenly 21 Al Pedrique Coaches 24 Lorenzo Bundy (bench) 13 Mark Davis (bullpen/pitching) 17 Tommy Jones (first base) 50 Chuck Kniffin (pitching) 50 Dennis Lewallyn (bullpen) 21 Al Pedrique (third base)  9 Rick Schu (hitting) 53 Glenn Sherlock (first base/third base) 19 Robin Yount (bench) 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 Juan Brito Juan Brito (catcher) 54 171 35 .205 3 12 1B Shea Hillenbrand 148 562 174 .310 15 80 2B Scott Hairston 101 339 84 .248 13 29 SS Alex Cintrón 154 564 148 .262 4 49 3B Chad Tracy third baseman 143 481 137 .285 8 53 LF Luis Gonzalez 105 379 98 .259 17 48 CF Steve Finley 104 404 111 .275 23 48 RF Danny Bautista 141 539 154 .286 11 65 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 Luis Terrero 62 229 56 .245 4 14 Robby Hammock 62 195 47 .241 4 18 Matt Kata 42 162 40 .247 2 13 Quinton McCracken 55 156 45 .288 2 13 Roberto Alomar 38 110 34 .309 3 16 Andy Green 46 109 22 .202 1 4 Doug DeVore 50 107 24 .224 3 13 Tim Olson 48 97 18 .186 2 5 Chris Snyder 29 96 23 .240 5 15 Brent Mayne 36 94 24 .255 0 10 Richie Sexson 23 90 21 .233 9 23 Jerry Gil 29 86 15 .174 0 8 Carlos Baerga 79 85 20 .235 2 11 Josh Kroeger 22 54 9 .167 0 2 Koyie Hill 13 36 9 .250 1 6 Alan Zinter 28 34 7 .206 1 6 Greg Colbrunn 20 27 3 .111 0 1 Donnie Sadler 18 23 3 .130 0 0 Bobby Estalella 7 14 2 .143 2 4 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G GS IP W L ERA SO Randy Johnson 35 35 245.2 16 14 2.60 290 Brandon Webb 35 35 208.0 7 16 3.59 164 Casey Fossum 27 27 142.0 4 15 6.65 117 Casey Daigle 10 10 49.0 2 3 7.16 17 Édgar González 10 10 46.1 0 9 9.32 31 Shane Reynolds 1 1 2.0 0 1 4.50 0 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 Steve Sparks 29 120.2 3 7 6.04 57 Elmer Dessens 38 85.1 1 6 4.75 55 Lance Cormier 17 45.1 1 4 8.14 24 Mike Gosling 6 25.1 1 1 4.62 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 Greg Aquino 34 0 2 16 3.06 26 Mike Koplove 76 4 4 2 4.05 55 Randy Choate 74 2 4 0 4.62 49 Stephen Randolph 45 2 5 0 5.51 62 Brian Bruney 30 3 4 0 4.31 34 José Valverde 29 1 2 8 4.25 38 Mike Fetters 23 0 1 1 8.68 14 Scott Service 21 1 1 0 7.08 17 Brandon Villafuerte 20 0 3 0 4.05 13 Shane Nance 19 1 1 0 5.84 9 Andrew Good 17 1 2 0 5.31 26 Óscar Villarreal 17 0 2 0 7.00 17 Matt Mantei 12 0 3 4 11.81 13 Chad Durbin 7 1 1 0 8.68 10 Jeff Fassero 1 0 0 0 0.00 1 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Tucson Sidewinders Pacific Coast League Chip Hale AA El Paso Diablos Texas League Scott Coolbaugh A Lancaster JetHawks California League Wally Backman A South Bend Silver Hawks Midwest League Tony Perezchica A-Short Season Yakima Bears Northwest League Bill Plummer Rookie Missoula Osprey Pioneer League Jim PresleyJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 References External links Arizona Diamondbacks official web site https://web.archive.org/web/20070125171519/http://arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/ari/homepage/ari_homepage.jsp January 25, 2007 2004 Arizona Diamondbacks at Baseball Reference 2004 Arizona Diamondbacks team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Arizona Diamondbacks Season, 2004 Category:Arizona Diamondbacks seasons Arizonia