The 2004 Cincinnati Reds season was the 135th season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their second season at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. They improved on their 69–93 record from 2003.
Offseason January 14, 2004: John Vander Wal was signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds.John Vander Wal Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com March 14, 2004: John Vander Wal was released by the Cincinnati Reds. March 17, 2004: John Vander Wal was signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds.
Regular season
Season summary The Reds finished with a final record of 76–86. That earned them fourth place in their division. They finished 29 games behind the division winner and eventual National League champion, the St. Louis Cardinals. The Reds also finished 16 games behind the second place team and National League wild card winner, the Houston Astros. The Reds finished 13 games behind the third place team, the Chicago Cubs. They finished 3½ games ahead of the fifth place team, the Pittsburgh Pirates, and 8½ games ahead of the sixth place team, the Milwaukee Brewers.
Season standings
National League Central
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions April 6, 2004: Kenny Kelly was signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds.Kenny Kelly Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
Roster 2004 Cincinnati Reds Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
Coaches (third base) (hitting) (pitching) (bullpen) (bench) (first 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 Jason LaRue 114 390 98 .251 14 55 1B Sean Casey 146 571 185 .324 24 99 2B D'Angelo Jiménez 152 563 152 .270 12 67 SS Barry Larkin 111 346 100 .289 8 44 3B Ryan Freel 143 505 140 .277 3 28 LF Adam Dunn 161 568 151 .266 46 102 CF Ken Griffey Jr. 83 300 76 .253 20 60 RF Austin Kearns 64 217 50 .230 9 32
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 Wily Mo Peña 110 336 87 .259 26 66 Juan Castro 111 299 73 .244 5 26 Felipe López 79 264 64 .242 7 31 Javier Valentín 82 202 47 .233 6 20 Jacob Cruz 96 147 33 .224 3 28 Brandon Larson 40 118 25 .212 3 14 Tim Hummel 56 110 24 .218 1 7 Darren Bragg 38 94 18 .191 4 9 Anderson Machado 17 56 15 .268 0 4 John Vander Wal 42 51 6 .118 2 4 Corky Miller 13 39 1 .026 0 3 Jermaine Clark 14 30 4 .133 0 2 Jason Romano 22 26 4 .154 1 3 Ray Olmedo 8 1 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 Paul Wilson 29 183.2 11 6 4.36 117 Aaron Harang 28 161.0 10 9 4.86 125 Cory Lidle 24 149.0 7 10 5.32 93 Brandon Claussen 14 66.0 2 8 6.14 45 Josh Hancock 12 54.2 5 1 4.45 31 Luke Hudson 9 48.1 4 2 2.42 38 Jung Bong 3 15.1 1 1 4.70 11 Jesús Sánchez 3 14.1 0 2 7.53 8
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 José Acevedo 39 157.2 5 12 5.94 117 Todd Van Poppel 48 115.1 4 6 6.09 72 Jimmy Haynes 5 15.0 0 3 9.60 8
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 Danny Graves 68 1 6 41 3.95 40 John Riedling 70 5 3 0 5.10 46 Phil Norton 69 2 5 0 5.07 48 Todd Jones 51 8 2 1 3.79 37 Ryan Wagner 49 3 2 0 4.70 37 Gabe White 40 1 2 1 6.23 33 Mike Matthews 35 2 1 0 6.30 15 Joe Valentine 24 2 3 4 5.22 29 Brian Reith 22 2 2 0 7.27 24 Juan Padilla 12 1 0 0 10.67 12 Aaron Myette 5 0 0 0 8.31 6
Farm system
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
References
Season standings: National League Central Standings on ESPN.com Batting Statistics: Cincinnati Reds Batting Stats on ESPN.com Pitching Statistics: Cincinnati Reds Pitching Stats on ESPN.com 2004 Cincinnati Reds statistics at Baseball Reference.com