2004 San Francisco Giants season

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The 2004 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 122nd year in Major League Baseball, their 47th year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their fifth at SBC Park. The team finished in second place in the National League West with a 91–71 record, 2 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers. Barry Bonds became the oldest player in the history of the National League to win the MVP Award. It would be the last winning season San Francisco would have until 2009.[1] The Giants hit 314 doubles, the most in franchise history.[2]

LeagueNational League
BallparkSBC Park
Record91–71 (.562)
OwnersPeter Magowan
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2004 San Francisco Giants
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkSBC Park
CitySan Francisco
Record91–71 (.562)
Divisional place2nd
OwnersPeter Magowan
General managersBrian Sabean
ManagersFelipe Alou
TelevisionKTVU
(Jon Miller, Greg Papa, Mike Krukow)
Fox Sports Net Bay Area
(Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper)
RadioKNBR
(Greg Papa, Dave Flemming, Jon Miller)
KZSF
(Erwin Higueros, Amaury Pi-Gonzalez)
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Offseason and spring training

On November 14, 2003, A. J. Pierzynski was traded by the Minnesota Twins with cash to the San Francisco Giants for Joe Nathan, Francisco Liriano, and Boof Bonser.[3]

The Giants finished spring training with a record of 11–19, the worst in the Cactus League.[4] This includes split-squad games but excludes any ties or games against non-Major League opponents.

Regular season

Season standings

National League West

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NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 9369 .574 — 49‍–‍32 44‍–‍37
San Francisco Giants 9171 .562 2 47‍–‍35 44‍–‍36
San Diego Padres 8775 .537 6 42‍–‍39 45‍–‍36
Colorado Rockies 6894 .420 25 38‍–‍43 30‍–‍51
Arizona Diamondbacks 51111 .315 42 29‍–‍52 22‍–‍59
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Record vs. opponents

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2004 National League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2004

Team AZ ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Arizona—2–44–23–36–133–42–43–163–30–63–41–52–47–125–141–56–12
Atlanta4–2—3–32–44–214–53–34–34–215–412–710–94–23–34–32–48–10
Chicago2–43–3—9–85–13–310–92–410–73–34–23–313–54–22–48–118–4
Cincinnati3–34–28–9—3–34–26–114–210–84–23–33–39–102–43–35–145-7
Colorado 13–62–41–53–3—1–51–58–112–42–41–55–32–410–98–111–58–10
Florida4–35–143–32–45–1—3–33–34–211–815–412–71–54–22–52–47–11
Houston4–23–39–1011–65–13-3—1–513–62–42–46–012–52–42–410–87–5
Los Angeles 16–33–44–22–411–83–35–1—3–34–33–31–56–010–910–92–410–8
Milwaukee3–32–47–108–104–22–46–133–3—5–12–40–66–122–41–58–98–4
Montreal6–04–153–32–44–28-114–23–41–5—9–107–124–21–61–53–37–11
New York4–37–122–43–35–14–154–23–34–210–9—8–111–51–64–21–510–8
Philadelphia5-19–103–33–33–57–120–65–16–012–711–8—3–35–12–43–39–9
Pittsburgh4–22–45–1310–94–25–15–120–612–62–45–13–3—3–35–15–122–10
San Diego12–73–32–44–29–102–44–29–104–26–16–11–53–3—12–72–48–10
San Francisco14–53–44–23–311–85–24–29–105–15–12–44–21–57–12—3–311–7
St. Louis5–14–211–814–55–14-28–104–29–83–35–13–312–54–23–3—11–1
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Notable transactions

  • July 30, 2004: Ricky Ledée was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Alfredo Simón (minors) to the San Francisco Giants for Felix Rodriguez.[5]

Roster

2004 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

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

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Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CA. J. Pierzynski131471128.2721177
1BJ. T. Snow107346113.3271260
2BRay Durham120471133.2821765
SSDeivi Cruz127397116.292755
3BEdgardo Alfonzo139519150.2891177
LFBarry Bonds147373135.36245101
CFMarquis Grissom145562157.2792290
RFMichael Tucker140464119.2561362
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Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Pedro Feliz144503139.2762284
Neifi Pérez10331974.232233
Dustan Mohr11726372.274728
Yorvit Torrealba6417239.227623
Jeffrey Hammonds409520.21136
Cody Ransom786817.250111
Damon Minor245814.24106
Ricky Ledée31536.11304
Brian Dallimore204312.27917
Todd Linden16325.15601
Tony Torcato1395.55602
Jason Ellison1342.50013
Justin Knoedler110.00000
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Starting pitchers

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

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Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jason Schmidt32225.01873.20251
Brett Tomko32194.01174.04108
Kirk Rueter33190.19124.7356
Jerome Williams22129.11074.2480
Noah Lowry1692.0603.8272
Brad Hennessey734.1224.9825
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Other pitchers

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

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Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dustin Hermanson47131.0694.53102
Brian Cooper513.1028.787
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Relief pitchers

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

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Player G W L SV ERA SO
Matt Herges7045235.2339
Jim Brower897713.2963
Scott Eyre832214.1049
Jason Christiansen604334.5022
Félix Rodríguez533503.4331
Tyler Walker525114.2448
Wayne Franklin432106.3940
Kevin Correia120108.0514
David Aardsma111006.755
Dave Burba61005.683
Kevin Walker500016.201
Merkin Valdez200027.002
Leo Estrella200027.000
Jesse Foppert10000.002
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Awards and honors

  • Barry Bonds, Seventh National League MVP Award (Bonds became the first player to win seven MVP awards)[6]
  • Barry Bonds, Major League record, Highest On-Base Percentage in one season, (.609) [7]
  • J. T. Snow 1B, Willie Mac Award

All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
More information Level, Team ...
Level Team League Manager
AAA Fresno Grizzlies Pacific Coast League Fred Stanley
AA Norwich Navigators Eastern League Shane Turner
A San Jose Giants California League Lenn Sakata
A Hagerstown Suns South Atlantic League Mike Ramsey
A-Short Season Salem-Keizer Volcanoes Northwest League Joe Strain
Rookie AZL Giants Arizona League Bert Hunter
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LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: AZL Giants[8][9]

References

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