2004 Milwaukee Brewers season explained

Milwaukee Brewers
Season:	2004
League:	National League
Division:	Central
Ballpark:	Miller Park
City:	Milwaukee
Owners:	Bud Selig
General Managers:	Doug Melvin
Managers:	Ned Yost
Television:	FSN Wisconsin (Daron Sutton, Bill Schroeder)
Radio:	WTMJ (AM) (Bob Uecker, Jim Powell)

The Milwaukee Brewers' 2004 season involved the Brewers' finishing sixth in the National League Central with a record of 67 wins and 94 losses. The main highlight of the Brewers season was on the big screen, as the franchise was portrayed fictionally in the sports comedy Mr. 3000, starting Bernie Mac.

Offseason

• November 13, 2003: Chris Coste signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.^[1]
• December 1, 2003: Lyle Overbay was traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks with Chris Capuano, Craig Counsell, Chad Moeller, Jorge de la Rosa, and Junior Spivey to the Milwaukee Brewers for a player to be named later, Richie Sexson, and Shane Nance. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Noochie Varner (minors) (December 15, 2003) to the Arizona Diamondbacks to complete the trade.^[2]
• January 26, 2004: Scott Sheldon was signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.^[3]

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Transactions

• June 14, 2004: Scott Sheldon was released by the Milwaukee Brewers.^[3]
• July 26, 2004: Russell Branyan was sent to the Milwaukee Brewers by the Cleveland Indians as part of a conditional deal.^[4]

Roster

2004 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		Manager Coaches (Bullpen) (bench) (third base) (pitching) (first base) (hitting)

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		101	317	66	.208	5	27
1B		159	579	174	.301	16	87
2B		59	228	62	.272	7	28
SS		140	473	114	.241	2	23
3B		92	274	72	.263	4	28
LF		157	617	163	.264	27	93
CF		154	640	156	.244	12	39
RF		138	353	99	.280	7	46

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
	126	390	93	.238	9	53
	113	386	101	.262	19	60
	108	234	61	.261	7	29
	75	219	49	.224	3	20
	51	158	37	.234	11	27
	56	89	21	.236	2	10
	53	82	19	.232	2	4
	16	41	9	.220	0	3
	16	28	6	.214	1	5
	7	11	1	.091	0	2
	4	6	1	.167	0	0
	1	1	0	.000	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
	34	237.0	12	14	2.70	264
	34	207.1	12	12	3.39	166
	31	154.0	11	12	4.97	115
	25	118.0	6	8	5.80	59
	17	88.1	6	8	4.99	80
	10	46.1	1	8	6.22	29
	5	22.2	0	3	6.35	5
	4	18.0	2	1	3.50	8
	1	6.0	1	0	0.00	7

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
	32	62.1	3	4	5.78	52
	6	16.0	0	2	8.44	14

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
	64	0	4	39	2.98	21
	73	4	4	1	3.75	63
	60	1	5	0	4.79	45
	46	2	3	0	3.40	39
	45	3	1	2	4.08	47
	32	1	1	0	3.77	28
	30	1	2	0	4.44	30
	19	1	1	0	6.38	13
	11	0	0	0	4.02	10
	4	0	1	0	10.50	3
	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

The Brewers' farm system consisted of six minor league affiliates in 2004.^[5]

References

• 2004 Milwaukee Brewers team at Baseball-Reference
• 2004 Milwaukee Brewers team page at baseball-almanac.com

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/costech01.shtml Chris Coste Statistics
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/overbly01.shtml Lyle Overbay Statistics
3. Web site: Scott Sheldon Stats.
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/branyru01.shtml Russell Branyan Statistics
5. Web site: 2004 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates. Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. December 30, 2020.