2004 Los Angeles Dodgers season explained

Los Angeles Dodgers
Season:	2004
Misc:	National League West Champions
League:	National League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Dodger Stadium
City:	Los Angeles
Record:	93–69 (.574)
Divisional Place:	1st
Owners:	Frank McCourt
President:	Jamie McCourt
Managers:	Jim Tracy
Television:	Fox Sports Net West 2 KCOP (13)
Radio:	KFWB Vin Scully, Ross Porter, Rick Monday KWKW Jaime Jarrín, Pepe Yñiguez, Fernando Valenzuela

The 2004 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 116th for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 47th season in Los Angeles, California. It brought change to the Dodgers as the sale of the franchise to developer Frank McCourt was finalized during spring training. McCourt promptly dismissed General Manager Dan Evans and hired Paul DePodesta to take over the team. That led to a flurry of trade activity as the new group attempted to rebuild the Dodgers in their image.

Despite it all, the Dodgers managed to finish the season in first place in the National League West and won their first postseason game since 1988. However they lost the NLDS 3–1 to the St. Louis Cardinals.

Offseason

December 13, 2003: Acquired Jeff Weaver, Yhency Brazobán and Brandon Weeden from the New York Yankees for Kevin Brown and cash.
March 29, 2004: Acquired Jason Grabowski from the Oakland Athletics for cash.
March 30, 2004: Acquired Jayson Werth from the Toronto Blue Jays for Jason Frasor.
April 1, 2004: Acquired Cody Ross from the Detroit Tigers for Steve Colyer and cash.
April 3, 2004: Acquired Aaron Looper and Ryan Ketchner from the Seattle Mariners for Jolbert Cabrera.
April 3, 2004: Acquired Antonio Perez from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Jason Romano.
April 4, 2004: Acquired Milton Bradley from the Cleveland Indians for Franklin Gutierrez and Andrew Brown.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
	Left fielder
	Shortstop
Milton Bradley	Center fielder
	First baseman
Paul Lo Duca	Catcher
	Right fielder
Adrián Beltré	Third baseman
	Second baseman
	Starting pitcher

Notable transactions

July 30, 2004: Acquired Brad Penny, Hee-Seop Choi and Bill Murphy from the Florida Marlins for Guillermo Mota, Paul Lo Duca and Juan Encarnación.
July 31, 2004: Acquired Brent Mayne and Steve Finley from the Arizona Diamondbacks for Bill Murphy, Koyie Hill and Reggie Abercrombie.
July 31, 2004: Acquired Henri Stanley from the Boston Red Sox for Dave Roberts.
August 19, 2004: Acquired Elmer Dessens and cash from the Arizona Diamondbacks for Jereme Milons.

Roster

2004 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches (pitching) (third base) (bullpen) (bench) (1st base) (hitting)

Starting Pitchers stats

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Name	G	GS	IP	W/L	ERA	BB !	SO	CG
Jeff Weaver	34	34	220.0	13-13	4.01	67	153	0
Odalis Pérez	31	31	196.1	7-6	3.25	44	128	0
Kazuhisa Ishii	31	31	172.0	13-8	4.71	98	99	2
José Lima	36	24	170.1	13-5	4.07	34	93	0
Hideo Nomo	18	18	84.0	4-11	8.25	42	54	0
	8	5	24.2	2-1	7.30	11	16	0
	3	3	11.2	1-2	3.09	6	6	0

Relief Pitchers stats

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; SV = Saves

Name	G	GS	IP	W/L	ERA	BB	SO	SV
Éric Gagné	70	0	82.1	7-3	2.19	22	114	45
	67	0	80.0	3-1	3.38	27	44	0
	60	0	50.2	1-4	4.44	36	63	1
	52	0	63.0	8-4	2.14	27	52	1
	47	0	28.1	0-1	4.13	14	18	1
	40	15	120.2	7-6	4.03	31	102	1
	42	0	53.2	5-2	2.18	20	48	2
	31	0	32.2	6-2	2.48	15	27	0
	8	5	24.2	2-1	7.30	11	16	0
	12	1	19.2	1-0	3.20	8	18	0
	6	0	14.1	1-0	7.53	9	11	0
	11	0	12.1	1-0	5.84	6	8	0
	17	0	9.0	0-0	4.00	3	6	0
	3	0	4.2	0-0	0.00	1	5	0
	1	0	2.0	0-0	0.00	0	1	0

Batting Stats

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; Avg. = Batting average; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Name	Pos	G	AB	Avg.	R	H	HR	RBI	SB
Paul Lo Duca	C/1B	91	349	.301	41	105	10	49	2
	C	70	165	.170	13	28	5	15	0
	C	47	96	.188	5	18	0	5	0
	C	9	8	.125	1	1	0	0	0
Shawn Green	1B/RF	157	590	.266	92	157	28	86	5
Alex Cora	2B	138	405	.264	47	107	10	47	3
César Izturis	SS	159	670	.288	90	193	4	62	25
Adrián Beltré	3B	156	598	.334	104	200	48	121	7
	2B/SS/3B/LF	95	211	.289	32	61	13	29	3
	1B/3B	102	152	.243	19	37	5	28	0
	1B	77	111	.279	17	31	8	22	0
	1B	31	62	.161	5	10	0	6	0
	2B	17	17	.176	1	3	0	1	0
	2B/SS	13	13	.231	5	3	0	0	1
	3B	9	4	.250	0	1	0	0	0
Jayson Werth	LF/RF/CF	89	290	.262	56	76	16	47	4
Milton Bradley	CF/LF/RF	141	516	.267	72	138	19	67	15
Juan Encarnación	RF/LF	86	324	.235	42	76	13	43	3
	LF/CF	68	233	.253	45	59	2	21	33
	CF	58	224	.324	31	59	13	46	1
	LF/RF	113	173	.220	18	38	7	20	0
	LF	8	8	.000	1	0	0	0	0

2004 National League Division Series

The 2004 National League Division Series was played between the Los Angeles Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals. St. Louis ended up winning the series 3-1.

Game 1, October 5

Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri

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Los Angeles	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	9	1
St. Louis	1	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	X	8	9	0
W: Woody Williams (1-0) L: Odalis Pérez (0-1)
HRs: LA – Tom Wilson (1); STL – Albert Pujols (1), Larry Walker 2 (2), Jim Edmonds (1), Mike Matheny (1)

Game 2, October 7

Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri

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Los Angeles	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	1
St. Louis	0	3	0	0	3	0	2	0	X	8	11	0
W: Danny Haren (1-0) L: Jeff Weaver (0-1)
HRs: LA – Milton Bradley (1), Shawn Green (1), Jayson Werth (1)

Game 3, October 9

Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles

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St. Louis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Los Angeles	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	X	4	7	0
W: José Lima (1-0) L: Matt Morris (0-1)
HRs: LA – Shawn Green 2 (3)

Game 4, October 10

Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles

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St. Louis	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	6	8	0
Los Angeles	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1
W: Jeff Suppan (1-0) L: Wilson Álvarez (0-1)
HRs: STL – Albert Pujols (2), Reggie Sanders (1); LA – Jayson Werth (2)

2004 Awards

2004 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
- Éric Gagné reserve
- Paul Lo Duca reserve
Relief Man of the Year
- Éric Gagné
Gold Glove Award
- Steve Finley
- César Izturis
Silver Slugger Award
- Adrián Beltré
National League Player of the Month
- Adrián Beltré (September 2004)
National League Player of the Week
- Adrián Beltré (June 21–27, 2004)
- Steve Finley (Sep. 6–12, 2004)

Major League Baseball Draft

See main article: 2004 Major League Baseball draft. The Dodgers selected 52 players in this draft. Of those, nine of them would eventually play Major League baseball. They gained an extra first round pick and a supplemental first round pick as compensation for the loss of free agent pitcher Paul Quantrill.

With their three first round picks, the Dodgers selected left handed pitcher Scott Elbert from Seneca High School, right-handed pitcher Justin Orenduff from Virginia Commonwealth University and second baseman Blake DeWitt from Sikeston High School. Elbert became a relief pitcher for the Dodgers, but numerous injuries kept him from reaching his potential. Orenduff never reached the Majors, pitching in 131 minor league games through 2011. DeWitt hit .257 in 426 games in the Majors, primarily as a utility player.

External links

Notes and References

https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?query_type=franch_year&team_ID=LAD&year_ID=2004&draft_type=junreg& 2004 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft