2004 Oakland Athletics season explained

Oakland Athletics
Season:	2004
League:	American League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	McAfee Coliseum
City:	Oakland, California
Record:	91–71 (.562)
Divisional Place:	2nd
Owners:	Stephen Schott & Kenneth Hofmann
General Managers:	Billy Beane
Managers:	Ken Macha
Television:	KICU-TV FSN Bay Area (Ray Fosse, Hank Greenwald, Glen Kuiper)
Radio:	KFRC (Bill King, Ken Korach, Ray Fosse)

The Oakland Athletics' 2004 season involved the A's finishing second in the American League West with a record of 91 wins and 71 losses.

Offseason

• October 9, 2003: Marco Scutaro was selected off waivers by the Oakland Athletics from the New York Mets.^[1]
• November 18, 2003: Ted Lilly was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Toronto Blue Jays for Bobby Kielty.^[2]
• November 26, 2003: Mark Kotsay was traded by the San Diego Padres to the Oakland Athletics for Terrence Long and Ramón Hernández.^[3]
• December 3, 2003: Wayne Gomes was signed as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics.^[4]
• February 6, 2004: Eric Karros was signed as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics.^[5]
• March 15, 2004: Mike Oquist was signed as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics.^[6]

Regular season

Transactions

• April 17, 2004: Kirk Saarloos was traded by the Houston Astros to the Oakland Athletics for Chad Harville.^[7]
• August 3, 2004: Eric Karros was released by the Oakland Athletics.^[5]

Roster

2004 Oakland Athletics
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches (first base) (bullpen) (hitting) (bench) (third base) (pitching)

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		110	397	108	.272	9	58
1B		152	550	156	.284	15	82
2B		137	455	124	.273	7	43
SS		151	545	130	.239	22	64
3B		125	475	131	.276	29	77
LF		143	569	161	.283	20	73
CF		148	606	190	.314	15	63
RF		137	532	141	.265	23	80
DH		142	511	164	.321	22	88

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
	77	250	62	.248	2	21
	83	238	51	.214	7	31
	69	214	55	.257	11	31
	40	103	20	.194	2	11
	52	92	17	.185	3	11
	20	60	15	.250	2	8
	31	60	15	.250	0	7
	13	33	3	.091	0	1
	9	15	2	.133	0	3
	2	2	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
	33	225.2	17	8	4.43	140
	34	213.0	11	11	4.48	163
	32	191.0	11	12	4.71	102
	31	189.2	11	7	3.99	167
	27	188.2	12	6	3.53	103

Other pitchers

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

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	53	96.1	7	6	0	3.27	59
	68	59.0	5	7	1	4.42	34
	41	53.2	4	1	1	2.68	34
	45	50.2	6	2	22	4.09	72
	65	47.2	0	5	2	3.59	49
	67	44.0	1	1	0	3.68	40
	37	38.2	3	3	9	5.12	34
	27	32.2	1	1	0	5.23	16
	3	8.0	0	0	0	5.63	6
	4	5.2	0	0	0	12.71	5
	3	2.2	0	0	0	3.38	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Sacramento, Modesto

References

1. Web site: Marco Scutaro Stats - Baseball-Reference.com. Baseball-Reference.com. April 24, 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20090210025753/http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/scutama01.shtml. February 10, 2009. mdy-all.
2. Web site: Ted Lilly Stats - Baseball-Reference.com. Baseball-Reference.com. April 24, 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20090131223359/http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lillyte01.shtml. January 31, 2009. mdy-all.
3. Web site: Mark Kotsay Stats - Baseball-Reference.com. Baseball-Reference.com. April 24, 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20090228213224/http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kotsama01.shtml. February 28, 2009. mdy-all.
4. Web site: Wayne Gomes Stats - Baseball-Reference.com. Baseball-Reference.com. April 24, 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20090202105650/http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gomeswa01.shtml. February 2, 2009. mdy-all.
5. Web site: Eric Karros Stats - Baseball-Reference.com. Baseball-Reference.com. April 24, 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20090301210203/http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/karroer01.shtml. March 1, 2009. mdy-all.
6. Web site: Mike Oquist Stats - Baseball-Reference.com. Baseball-Reference.com. April 24, 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20090210130120/http://www.baseball-reference.com/o/oquismi01.shtml. February 10, 2009. mdy-all.
7. Web site: Kirk Saarloos Stats - Baseball-Reference.com. Baseball-Reference.com. April 24, 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20090210030647/http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/saarlki01.shtml. February 10, 2009. mdy-all.

• 2004 Oakland Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 2004 Oakland Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
• Book: Johnson. Lloyd. Wolff. Miles. The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. 3rd. Durham, North Carolina. Baseball America. 2007. 978-1-932391-17-6.