The 2004 Anaheim Angels season was the 44th season of the Los Angeles Angels franchise in the American League, the 39th in Anaheim, and their 39th season playing their home games at Angel Stadium of Anaheim. The Angels won their fourth American League West title, their first since 1986. Their playoff run was short, as they were quickly swept by the eventual World Series champion Boston Red Sox in the American League Division Series.

The season was notable for being the eighth and last season the Angels played under the "Anaheim Angels" moniker; owner Arte Moreno changed the team name to the controversial "Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" moniker the following season. It was also notable as the season in which newly signed outfielder Vladimir Guerrero won the AL Most Valuable Player award, the first time an Angels player had been so honored since Don Baylor in 1979.

Offseason October 27, 2003: Adam Riggs was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels. November 24, 2003: Kelvim Escobar was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels. January 14, 2004: Vladimir Guerrero was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.Vladimir Guerrero Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions May 30, 2004: Raúl Mondesí signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.Raul Mondesi Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com August 4, 2004: Raúl Mondesí was released by the Anaheim Angels.

Draft picks June 7, 2004: Pat White was drafted in the 4th round, 113th overall in the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft. White opted to play quarterback at the University of West Virginia. June 7, 2004: Freddy Sandoval was drafted by the Anaheim Angels in the 8th round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 29, 2004.

Roster 2004 Anaheim Angels Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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Player stats = Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases Pos Player G AB R H HR RBI Avg. SB C Bengie Molina 97 337 36 93 10 54 .276 0 1B Darin Erstad 125 495 79 146 7 69 .295 16 2B Adam Kennedy 144 468 70 130 10 48 .278 15 SS David Eckstein 142 566 92 156 2 35 .276 16 3B Chone Figgins 148 577 83 171 5 60 .296 34 LF José Guillén 148 565 88 166 27 104 .294 5 CF Garret Anderson 112 442 57 133 14 75 .301 2 RF Vladimir Guerrero 156 612 124 206 39 126 .337 15 DH Troy Glaus 58 207 47 52 18 42 .251 2

Other batters Note: G = Games; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Jeff DaVanon 108 285 79 .277 7 34 José Molina 73 203 53 .261 3 25 Tim Salmon 60 186 47 .253 2 23 Robb Quinlan 56 160 55 .344 5 23 Casey Kotchman 38 116 26 .224 0 15 Shane Halter 46 114 23 .202 4 13 Alfredo Amézaga 73 93 15 .161 2 11 Josh Paul 46 70 17 .243 2 10 Dallas McPherson 16 40 9 .225 3 6 Curtis Pride 35 40 10 .250 0 3 Adam Riggs 16 36 7 .194 0 3 Raúl Mondesí 8 34 4 .118 1 1 Andrés Galarraga 7 10 3 .300 1 2

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 Bartolo Colón 34 208.1 18 12 5.01 158 Kelvim Escobar 33 208.1 11 12 3.93 191 John Lackey 33 198.1 14 13 4.67 144 Jarrod Washburn 25 149.1 11 8 4.64 86 Aaron Sele 28 132.0 9 4 5.05 51

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 Ramón Ortiz 34 128.0 5 7 4.43 82

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 Troy Percival 52 2 3 33 2.90 33 Francisco Rodríguez 69 4 1 12 1.82 123 Scot Shields 60 8 2 4 3.33 109 Kevin Gregg 55 5 2 1 4.21 84 Brendan Donnelly 40 5 2 0 3.00 56 Ben Weber 18 0 2 0 8.06 11 Matt Hensley 16 0 2 0 4.88 30 Derrick Turnbow 4 0 0 0 0.00 3 Scott Dunn 3 0 0 0 9.00 2 Dusty Bergman 1 0 0 0 13.50 1

ALDS Boston wins the series, 3-0 GameScoreDate1Boston 9, Anaheim 3October 52Boston 8, Anaheim 3October 63Boston 8, Anaheim 6 (10 innings)October 8

Farm system

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007Baseball America 2005 Annual Directory

References

2004 Anaheim Angels team page at Baseball Reference 2004 Anaheim Angels team page at www.baseball-almanac.com