The 2004 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season was their seventh since the franchise was created. This season, they finished fourth in the American League East, 3 games ahead of the Toronto Blue Jays, who finished in last place. They managed to finish the season with a record of 70–91, finishing out of last for the first time in their 7-year history. Their manager was Lou Piniella who entered his second season with the Devil Rays.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions February 10, 2004: Midre Cummings was signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. July 30, 2004: Scott Kazmir was traded by the New York Mets with Jose Diaz to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Bartolomé Fortunato and Víctor Zambrano.Scott Kazmir Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com August 19, 2004: Randall Simon was signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.Randall Simon Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com September 10, 2004: Randall Simon was released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
Roster 2004 Tampa Bay Devil Rays Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches (hitting) (third base) (first base) (pitching) (bench) (bullpen) (advisor)
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 Toby Hall 119 404 103 .255 8 60 1B Tino Martinez 138 458 120 .262 23 76 2B Rey Sánchez 91 285 70 .246 2 26 SS Julio Lugo 157 581 160 .275 7 75 3B Aubrey Huff 157 600 178 .297 29 104 LF Carl Crawford 152 626 185 .296 11 55 CF Rocco Baldelli 136 518 145 .280 16 74 RF José Cruz Jr. 153 545 132 .242 21 78 DH Robert Fick 76 214 43 .201 6 26
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 Geoff Blum 112 339 73 .215 8 35 Jorge Cantú 50 173 52 .301 2 17 B.J. Upton 45 159 41 .258 4 12 Brook Fordyce 54 151 31 .205 2 9 Damian Rolls 53 117 19 .162 0 9 Fred McGriff 27 72 13 .181 2 7 Midre Cummings 22 54 15 .278 2 7 Joey Gathright 19 52 13 .250 0 1 Eduardo Pérez 13 38 8 .211 1 7 Matt Diaz 10 21 4 .190 1 3 Randall Simon 8 17 2 .118 0 0 Jonny Gomes 5 14 1 .071 0 1 José Bautista 12 12 2 .167 0 1 Jason Romano 4 8 1 .125 0 1 Charles Gipson 5 4 2 .500 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 Hendrickson 32 183.1 10 15 4.81 87 Victor Zambrano 23 128.0 9 7 4.43 109 Rob Bell 24 123.0 8 8 4.46 57 Dewon Brazelton 22 120.2 6 8 4.77 64 Doug Waechter 14 70.1 5 7 6.01 36 Geremi González 11 50.1 0 5 6.97 22 Paul Abbott 10 47.0 2 5 6.70 25 Scott Kazmir 8 33.1 2 3 5.67 41
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 John Halama 34 118.2 7 6 4.70 59 Jorge Sosa 43 99.1 4 7 5.53 94 Jason Standridge 3 10.0 0 0 9.00 7 Todd Ritchie 4 8.0 0 2 9.00 4 Damian Moss 5 8.0 0 1 16.88 6
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 Danys Báez 62 4 4 30 3.57 52 Trever Miller 60 1 1 1 3.12 43 Lance Carter 56 3 3 0 3.47 36 Travis Harper 52 6 2 0 3.89 59 Jesús Colomé 33 2 2 3 3.27 40 Chad Gaudin 26 1 2 0 4.85 30 Bobby Seay 21 0 0 0 2.38 17 Franklin Núñez 8 0 3 0 5.91 14 John Webb 4 0 0 0 7.00 9 Dicky Gonzalez 4 0 0 0 6.14 7 Bartolomé Fortunato 3 0 0 0 3.68 5
Farm system
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
References
External links 2004 Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Baseball Reference 2004 Tampa Bay Devil Rays team page at www.baseball-almanac.com