The 2004 San Diego Padres season was the 36th season in franchise history. It saw the club finish with a record of 87–75, the fifth most wins in franchise history. With 87 wins, the Padres improved their win–loss record by 23 games over the 2003 season (64–98), the single largest improvement from one full season to the next in team history. This was the Padres' first winning season since 1998. The Padres also moved into their new home Petco Park, which drew a total of 3,016,752 fans to 81 home games, shattering all previous attendance marks.
Offseason November 26, 2003: Mark Kotsay was traded by the San Diego Padres to the Oakland Athletics for Terrence Long and Ramón Hernández.
Regular season
Petco Park
Petco Park is an open-air stadium in downtown San Diego, California. It opened in 2004, replacing Qualcomm Stadium as the home park of Major League Baseball's San Diego Padres. Before then, the Padres shared Qualcomm Stadium with the NFL's San Diego Chargers. The stadium is named after the animal and pet supplies retailer PETCO, which is based in San Diego and paid for the naming rights.
Opening Day starters Player Pos Sean Burroughs 3B Mark Loretta 2B Brian Giles RF Phil Nevin 1B Ryan Klesko LF Jay Payton CF Ramón Hernández C Khalil Greene SS David Wells LHP
Season standings
National League West
Record vs. opponents
Roster 2004 San Diego Padres Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches (bullpen) (pitching) (first base) (hitting) (bench) (third 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 Ramón Hernández 111 384 106 .276 18 631BPhil Nevin147547158.289261052BMark Loretta154620208.3351676SSKhalil Greene139484132.27315653BSean Burroughs130523156.298243LFRyan Klesko127402117.291966CFJay Payton143458119.260855RFBrian Giles159609173.2842394
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 Terrence Long 136 288 85 .295 3 28 Miguel Ojeda 62 156 40 .256 8 26 Rich Aurilia 51 138 35 .254 2 16 Ramón Vázquez 52 115 27 .235 1 13 Kerry Robinson 80 92 27 .293 0 5 Xavier Nady 34 77 19 .247 3 9 Freddy Guzmán 20 76 16 .211 0 5 Jeff Cirillo 33 75 16 .213 1 7 Humberto Quintero 23 72 18 .250 2 10 Brian Buchanan 38 60 12 .200 2 6 Dave Hansen 29 28 4 .143 0 0 11 23 4 .174 0 3 Jon Knott 9 14 3 .214 0 1 Robert Fick 13 12 2 .167 0 0 Darren Bragg 9 7 1 .143 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 Brian Lawrence 34 203.0 15 14 4.12 121 Adam Eaton 33 199.1 11 14 4.61 153 David Wells 31 195.2 12 8 3.73 101 Jake Peavy 27 166.1 15 6 2.27 173 Ismael Valdéz 23 114.0 9 6 5.53 37 Sterling Hitchcock 4 21.1 0 3 6.33 14
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 Dennis Tankersley 9 35.0 0 5 5.14 29 Justin Germano 7 21.1 1 2 8.86 16 Brian Sweeney 7 14.1 1 0 5.65 10
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 Trevor Hoffman 55 3 3 41 2.30 53 Scott Linebrink 73 7 3 0 2.14 83 Akinori Otsuka 73 7 2 2 1.75 87 Jay Witasick 44 0 1 1 3.21 57 Blaine Neal 40 1 1 0 4.07 36 Antonio Osuna 31 2 1 0 2.48 36 Ricky Stone 27 1 1 0 6.89 22 Rod Beck 26 0 2 0 6.38 15 Eddie Oropesa 16 2 1 0 11.00 6 Brandon Puffer 14 0 1 0 5.50 12 Steve Watkins 11 0 0 0 6.28 7 Jason Szuminski 7 0 0 0 7.20 5 Marty McLeary 3 0 0 0 14.73 4 Andy Ashby 2 0 0 0 0.00 2 Mike Bynum 2 0 1 0 54.00 0
Award winners Trevor Hoffman, Hutch Award Jake Peavy, ERA Champion (2.27) 2004 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Mark Loretta, second base, reserve
Farm system
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References
External links 2004 San Diego Padres at Baseball Reference 2004 San Diego Padres at Baseball Almanac