2004 Detroit Tigers
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionCentral
BallparkComerica Park
CityDetroit, Michigan
Record72–90 (.444)
Divisional place4th
OwnersMike Ilitch
General managersDave Dombrowski
ManagersAlan Trammell
TelevisionFSN Detroit
(Mario Impemba, Rod Allen)
RadioWXYT (AM)
(Jim Price, Dan Dickerson)
Seasons

The 2004 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 104th season and its fifth at Comerica Park. It involved the Detroit Tigers attempting to win the American League Central. The team set a major league record with 11 players on the team hitting at least 10 home runs. The Tigers' 104th season ended with the team finishing in fourth place at 72–90, 29 games better than their disastrous season of the previous year. However, they were still 20 games behind the AL Central Champion Minnesota Twins.

The Tigers tied their own major league record for most home runs by a losing team when they hit seven homers in an 11–9 defeat to the Boston Red Sox on August 8.[1]

Offseason

  • December 18, 2003: Al Levine was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.
  • December 19, 2003: Rondell White was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.
  • January 8, 2004 Acquired Carlos Guillén for Ramon Santiago and minor leaguer Juan Gonazalez.[2]
  • January 14, 2004: Bobby Estalella was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.[3]
  • February 6, 2004: Iván Rodríguez signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.[4]
  • February 9, 2004: Bobby Estalella was released by the Detroit Tigers.[3]
  • March 29, 2004: Ugueth Urbina was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.[5]

Regular season

Standings

AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 9270 0.568 — 49–32 43–38
Chicago White Sox 8379 0.512 9 46–35 37–44
Cleveland Indians 8082 0.494 12 44–37 36–45
Detroit Tigers 7290 0.444 20 38–43 34–47
Kansas City Royals 58104 0.358 34 33–47 25–57

Record vs. opponents

2004 American League record

Sources:
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim —6–34–55–44–57–27–05–45–410–913–76–19–104–57–11
Baltimore 3–6—10–92–43–36–06–34–55–140–77–211–85–211–85–13
Boston 5–49–10—4–23–46–14–22–411–88–15–414–54–514–59–9
Chicago 4–54–22–4—10–98–1113–69–103–42–77–24–26–33–48–10
Cleveland 5–43–34–39–10—9–1011–87–122–46–35–43–31–85–210–8
Detroit 2–70–61–611–810–9—8–117–124–34–55–43–34–54–29–9
Kansas City 0–73–62–46–138–1111–8—7–121–52–72–53–64–53–36–12
Minnesota 4–55–44–210–912–712–712–7—2–42–55–44–55–24–211–7
New York 4–514–58–114–34–23–45–14–2—7–26–315–45–412–710–8
Oakland 9–107–01–87–23–65–47–25–22–7—11–87–211–96–310–8
Seattle 7–132–74–52–74–54–55–24–53–68–11—2–57–122–79–9
Tampa Bay 1–68–115–142–43–33–36–35–44–152–75–2—2–79–915–3
Texas 10–92–55–43–68–15–45–42–54–59–1112–77–2—7–210–8
Toronto 5–48–115–144–32–52–43–32–47–123–67–29–92–7—8–10

Notable transactions

  • June 7, 2004: Justin Verlander was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed October 25, 2004.[6]

Game log

2004 Game Log: 72–90 (Home: 38–43; Away: 34–47)
April: 12–11 (Home: 6–7; Away: 6–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
1April 5@ Blue Jays7–01–0W1
2April 6@ Blue Jays7–32–0W2
3April 7@ Blue Jays6–33–0W3
4April 8Twins10–64–0W4
5April 10Twins5–104–1L1
6April 11Twins6–55–1W1
7April 13Blue Jays5–75–2L1
8April 14Blue Jays5–36–2W1
9April 15Blue Jays0–116–3L1
10April 16@ Indians3–106–4L2
11April 17@ Indians6–17–4W1
12April 18@ Indians7–97–5L1
13April 19@ Indians10–48–5W1
14April 20@ Twins4–68–6L1
15April 21@ Twins11–89–6W1
16April 22@ Twins3–49–7L1
17April 23Indians17–310–7W1
18April 24Indians5–211–7W2
19April 25Indians2–311–8L1
20April 27Angels4–1011–9L2
21April 28Angels10–212–9W1
22April 29Angels3–1212–10L1
23April 30Mariners1–312–11L2
May: 11–16 (Home: 5–7; Away: 6–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
24May 1Mariners4–213–11W1
25May 2Mariners2–1213–12L1
26May 3@ Angels9–1113–13L2
27May 4@ Angels4–1113–14L3
28May 5@ Angels3–613–15L4
29May 7@ Rangers8–714–15W1
30May 8@ Rangers15–16 (10)14–16L1
31May 9@ Rangers5–315–16W1
32May 11Athletics4–5 (15)15–17L1
33May 12Athletics1–215–18L2
34May 13Athletics3–116–18W1
35May 14Rangers7–117–18W2
36May 15Rangers1–617–19L1
37May 16Rangers3–118–19W1
38May 18@ Athletics5–119–19W2
39May 19@ Athletics2–619–20L1
40May 20@ Athletics2–319–21L2
41May 21@ Mariners5–020–21W1
42May 22@ Mariners8–421–21W2
43May 23@ Mariners1–321–22L1
44May 25@ Royals3–421–23L2
45May 26@ Royals3–721–24L3
46May 27@ Royals17–722–24W1
47May 28Orioles5–722–25L1
48May 29Orioles4–822–26L2
49May 30Orioles3–722–27L3
50May 31Royals8–423–27W1
June: 14–12 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
July: 13–15 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
August: 11–17 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
September: 10–17 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak
October: 1–2 (Home: 1–2; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStreak

Roster

2004 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

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
Iván Rodríguez135527176.3341986
Carlos Guillén136522166.3182097
Omar Infante142503133.2641655
Carlos Peña142481116.2412782
Rondell White121448121.2701967
Bobby Higginson131448110.2461264
Craig Monroe128447131.2931872
Brandon Inge131408117.2871364
Dmitri Young104389106.2721860
Alex Sánchez79332107.322226
Eric Munson10932168.2121949
Marcus Thames6116542.2551033
Jason Smith6115537.239519
Nook Logan4713337.278010
Fernando Viña2911526.22607
Greg Norton418615.17422
Chris Shelton27469.19613
Ryan Raburn12294.13801
Curtis Granderson9256.24000
Mike DiFelice13223.13602
Andrés Torres300----00
Pitcher Totals162211.04801
Team Totals16256231531.272201800

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
Mike Maroth33217.011134.31108
Nate Robertson34196.212104.90155
Jason Johnson33196.28155.13125
Jeremy Bonderman33184.011134.89168
Gary Knotts36135.1765.2581
Nate Cornejo525.2138.4212

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
Wilfredo Ledezma1553.1434.3929

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Ugueth Urbina5454.046214.5056
Esteban Yan6987.03673.8369
Al Levine6570.23404.5832
Jamie Walker7064.23413.2053
Danny Patterson3741.20424.7524
Steve Colyer4132.01006.4731
Craig Dingman2429.12206.7516
Roberto Novoa1621.01105.5715
John Ennis1216.00018.4413
Franklyn Germán1614.21007.368
Lino Urdaneta10.0000inf0
Team Pitching Totals1621439.2729035'4.93995

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League Larry Parrish
AA Erie SeaWolves Eastern League Rick Sweet
A Lakeland Tigers Florida State League Gary Green
A West Michigan Whitecaps Midwest League Matt Walbeck
A-Short Season Oneonta Tigers New York–Penn League Mike Rojas
Rookie GCL Tigers Gulf Coast League Kevin Bradshaw

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: West Michigan[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Team Batting Game Finder: From 1908 to 2018, Team Lost, (requiring HR>=7), sorted by greatest HR". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Transactions | tigers.com: Team". Archived from the original on January 1, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Bobby Estalella Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ↑ Iván Rodríguez Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ↑ "Ugueth Urbina Stats".
  6. ↑ Justin Verlander Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  7. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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