The 2004 Baltimore Orioles season was the 104th season in Baltimore Orioles franchise history, the 51st in Baltimore, and the 13th at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. They improved on their record from the previous year with a 78–84 record, but missed the postseason for the 7th straight season. The team led Major League Baseball in at bats (5,736) and hits (1,614).
Offseason December 3, 2003: Bill Haselman was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles. February 5, 2004: Clay Bellinger was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles. March 15, 2004: B.J. Surhoff was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.B.J. Surhoff Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions July 6, 2004: Ken Huckaby was selected off waivers by the Baltimore Orioles from the Texas Rangers.Ken Huckaby Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
Roster 2004 Baltimore Orioles Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
Coaches (hitting) (first base) (bullpen catcher) (bench) (third base) (pitching)
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 Javy López 150 579 183 .316 23 86 1B Rafael Palmeiro 154 550 142 .258 23 88 2B Brian Roberts 159 641 175 .273 4 53 SS Miguel Tejeda 162 653 203 .311 34 150 3B Melvin Mora 140 550 187 .340 27 104 LF Larry Bigbie 139 478 134 .280 15 68 CF Luis Matos 89 330 74 .224 6 28 RF Jay Gibbons 97 346 85 .246 10 47 DH David Newhan 95 373 116 .311 8 54
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 B.J. Surhoff 100 343 106 .309 8 50 Jerry Hairston Jr. 86 287 87 .303 2 24 Tim Raines Jr. 48 94 24 .255 0 5 Luis López 56 88 16 .182 1 8 Robert Machado 37 73 11 .151 1 3 Karim García 23 66 14 .212 3 11 José León 31 66 12 .182 2 8 David Segui 18 59 20 .339 1 7 Gerónimo Gil 12 32 9 .281 0 4 Darnell McDonald 17 32 5 .156 0 1 Keith Osik 11 25 2 .080 0 0 Chad Mottola 6 14 2 .143 1 3 Val Majewski 9 13 2 .154 0 1 Ken Huckaby 8 12 2 .167 0 0 José Bautista 16 11 3 .273 0 0 Jack Cust 1 1 0 .000 0 0
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 Sidney Ponson 33 215.2 11 15 5.30 115 Daniel Cabrera 28 147.2 12 8 5.00 76 Érik Bédard 27 137.1 6 10 4.59 121 Eric DuBose 14 74.2 4 6 6.39 48 Matt Riley 14 64.0 3 4 5.63 60 Bruce Chen 8 47.2 2 1 3.02 32 Kurt Ainsworth 7 30.2 0 1 9.68 20 John Maine 1 3.2 0 1 9.82 1
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 Rodrigo López 37 170.2 14 9 3.59 121 Dave Borkowski 17 56.0 3 4 5.14 45
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 Jorge Julio 65 2 5 22 4.57 70 B.J. Ryan 76 4 6 3 2.28 122 Buddy Groom 60 4 1 0 4.78 32 John Parrish 56 6 3 1 3.46 71 Jason Grimsley 41 2 4 0 4.21 21 Mike DeJean 37 0 5 0 6.13 36 Eddy Rodríguez 29 1 0 0 4.78 37 Todd Williams 29 2 0 0 2.87 13 Rick Bauer 23 2 1 0 4.70 37 Darwin Cubillán 7 0 0 0 5.40 8 Aaron Rakers 3 0 0 0 4.15 3 Denny Bautista 2 0 0 0 36.00 1
Farm system Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007Baseball America 2005 Directory.
References
2004 Baltimore Orioles team at Baseball-Reference 2004 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com