2004 Los Angeles Dodgers season

2004 Los Angeles Dodgers
2004 Los Angeles Dodgers
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
General managers	Paul DePodesta
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

National League West

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NL West
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Dodgers	93	69	.574	—	49‍–‍32	44‍–‍37
San Francisco Giants	91	71	.562	2	47‍–‍35	44‍–‍36
San Diego Padres	87	75	.537	6	42‍–‍39	45‍–‍36
Colorado Rockies	68	94	.420	25	38‍–‍43	30‍–‍51
Arizona Diamondbacks	51	111	.315	42	29‍–‍52	22‍–‍59

Record vs. opponents

2004 National League record v t e Source: [1]
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LA	MIL	MTL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	AL
Arizona	—	2–4	4–2	3–3	6–13	3–4	2–4	3–16	3–3	0–6	3–4	1–5	2–4	7–12	5–14	1–5	6–12
Atlanta	4–2	—	3–3	2–4	4–2	14–5	3–3	4–3	4–2	15–4	12–7	10–9	4–2	3–3	4–3	2–4	8–10
Chicago	2–4	3–3	—	9–8	5–1	3–3	10–9	2–4	10–7	3–3	4–2	3–3	13–5	4–2	2–4	8–11	8–4
Cincinnati	3–3	4–2	8–9	—	3–3	4–2	6–11	4–2	10–8	4–2	3–3	3–3	9–10	2–4	3–3	5–14	5-7
Colorado	13–6	2–4	1–5	3–3	—	1–5	1–5	8–11	2–4	2–4	1–5	5–3	2–4	10–9	8–11	1–5	8–10
Florida	4–3	5–14	3–3	2–4	5–1	—	3–3	3–3	4–2	11–8	15–4	12–7	1–5	4–2	2–5	2–4	7–11
Houston	4–2	3–3	9–10	11–6	5–1	3-3	—	1–5	13–6	2–4	2–4	6–0	12–5	2–4	2–4	10–8	7–5
Los Angeles	16–3	3–4	4–2	2–4	11–8	3–3	5–1	—	3–3	4–3	3–3	1–5	6–0	10–9	10–9	2–4	10–8
Milwaukee	3–3	2–4	7–10	8–10	4–2	2–4	6–13	3–3	—	5–1	2–4	0–6	6–12	2–4	1–5	8–9	8–4
Montreal	6–0	4–15	3–3	2–4	4–2	8-11	4–2	3–4	1–5	—	9–10	7–12	4–2	1–6	1–5	3–3	7–11
New York	4–3	7–12	2–4	3–3	5–1	4–15	4–2	3–3	4–2	10–9	—	8–11	1–5	1–6	4–2	1–5	10–8
Philadelphia	5-1	9–10	3–3	3–3	3–5	7–12	0–6	5–1	6–0	12–7	11–8	—	3–3	5–1	2–4	3–3	9–9
Pittsburgh	4–2	2–4	5–13	10–9	4–2	5–1	5–12	0–6	12–6	2–4	5–1	3–3	—	3–3	5–1	5–12	2–10
San Diego	12–7	3–3	2–4	4–2	9–10	2–4	4–2	9–10	4–2	6–1	6–1	1–5	3–3	—	12–7	2–4	8–10
San Francisco	14–5	3–4	4–2	3–3	11–8	5–2	4–2	9–10	5–1	5–1	2–4	4–2	1–5	7–12	—	3–3	11–7
St. Louis	5–1	4–2	11–8	14–5	5–1	4-2	8–10	4–2	9–8	3–3	5–1	3–3	12–5	4–2	3–3	—	11–1

Opening Day lineup


Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Dave Roberts	Left fielder
César Izturis	Shortstop
Milton Bradley	Center fielder
Shawn Green	First baseman
Paul Lo Duca	Catcher
Juan Encarnación	Right fielder
Adrián Beltré	Third baseman
Alex Cora	Second baseman
Hideo Nomo	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

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

12,16 Jim Tracy

Coaches

48 Jim Colborn (pitching)
35 Glenn Hoffman (third base)
14 Jim Lett (bullpen)
11 Manny Mota
56 Jim Riggleman (bench)
31 John Shelby (1st base)
25 Tim Wallach (hitting)

Game log

2004 Game Log: 93–69 (Home: 49–32; Away: 44–37)

April: 14–8 (Home: 8–5; Away: 6–3)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 5	Padres	2–8	Lawrence (1–0)	Nomo (0–1)	—	53,850	0–1
2	April 6	Padres	5–4	Gagne (1–0)	Otsuka (0–1)	—	26,437	1–1
3	April 7	Padres	2–1 (11)	Lima (1–0)	Oropesa (0–1)	—	26,932	2–1
4	April 9	Rockies	5–1	Ishii (1–0)	Elarton (0–1)	Alvarez (1)	54,399	3–1
5	April 10	Rockies	7–4	Nomo (1–1)	Stark (0–1)	Gagne (1)	35,318	4–1
6	April 11	Rockies	2–4	Estes (2–0)	Perez (0–1)	Chacon (1)	27,076	4–2
7	April 13	@ Padres	3–8	Eaton (1–0)	Weaver (0–1)	—	35,156	4–3
8	April 14	@ Padres	11–4	Ishii (2–0)	Wells (0–1)	—	34,558	5–3
9	April 15	@ Padres	7–5	Nomo (2–1)	Lawrence (1–1)	Gagne (2)	40,104	6–3
10	April 16	@ Giants	3–2	Perez (1–1)	Schmidt (0–1)	Gagne (3)	42,662	7–3
11	April 17	@ Giants	5–4	Lima (2–0)	Rueter (0–1)	Gagne (4)	42,663	8–3
12	April 18	@ Giants	7–6	Weaver (1–1)	Tomko (0–1)	Gagne (5)	42,377	9–3
13	April 20	@ Rockies	1–7	Kennedy (2–0)	Ishii (2–1)	—	22,169	9–4
14	April 21	@ Rockies	9–4	Nomo (3–1)	Elarton (0–3)	—	21,685	10–4
15	April 22	@ Rockies	1–7 (6)	Estes (3–1)	Lima (2–1)	—	19,667	10–5
16	April 23	Giants	5–4 (12)	Dreifort (1–0)	Herges (0–2)	—	54,598	11–5
17	April 24	Giants	3–5	Williams (3–1)	Weaver (1–2)	Herges (6)	54,820	11–6
18	April 25	Giants	9–0	Ishii (3–1)	Cooper (0–2)	—	54,235	12–6
19	April 27	Mets	5–9	Glavine (3–1)	Nomo (3–2)	—	28,524	12–7
20	April 28	Mets	3–2	Perez (2–1)	Trachsel (2–3)	Gagne (6)	29,319	13–7
21	April 29	Mets	1–6	Seo (1–3)	Weaver (1–3)	—	32,067	13–8
22	April 30	Expos	13–4	Ishii (4–1)	Day (2–2)	—	54,958	14–8

May: 13–14 (Home: 6–6; Away: 7–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
23	May 1	Expos	5–4	Mota (1–0)	Ayala (0–5)	Gagne (7)	52,900	15–8
24	May 2	Expos	4–6	Kim (1–0)	Nomo (3–3)	—	35,351	15–9
25	May 4	@ Marlins	4–3 (11)	Sanchez (1–0)	Wayne (2–1)	Gagne (8)	12,520	16–9
26	May 5	@ Marlins	0–2	Penny (3–1)	Weaver (1–4)	Benitez (11)	13,308	16–10
27	May 6	@ Marlins	9–4	Ishii (5–1)	Willis (3–1)	Gagne (9)	16,109	17–10
28	May 7	@ Pirates	4–0	Alvarez (1–0)	Ol. Perez (2–1)	—	20,944	18–10
29	May 8	@ Pirates	4–3	Mota (2–0)	Torres (1–1)	Gagne (10)	26,610	19–10
30	May 9	@ Pirates	9–7 (14)	Falkenborg (1–0)	Grabow (0–1)	—	16,554	20–10
31	May 11	Cubs	7–3	Weaver (2–4)	Wood (3–3)	—	35,439	21–10
32	May 12	Cubs	4–0	Alvarez (2–0)	Clement (5–2)	—	43,233	22–10
33	May 13	Cubs	3–7	Zambrano (4–1)	Nomo (3–4)	Hawkins (2)	39,591	22–11
34	May 14	Reds	1–2	Wilson (5–0)	Ishii (5–2)	Graves (15)	53,647	22–12
34	May 15	Reds	0–4	Van Poppel (2–1)	Od. Perez (2–2)	Graves (16)	48,787	22–13
36	May 16	Reds	3–6	Harang (4–1)	Weaver (2–5)	Graves (17)	41,479	22–14
37	May 18	@ Phillies	7–8	Padilla (3–4)	Mota (2–1)	Worrell (3)	36,073	22–15
38	May 19	@ Phillies	4–9	Milton (5–0)	Nomo (3–5)	—	33,916	22–16
39	May 20	@ Phillies	0–4	Myers (3–2)	Ishii (5–3)	—	37,793	22–17
40	May 21	@ Braves	0–2	Ortiz (4–4)	Od. Perez (2–3)	Smoltz (7)	27,194	22–18
41	May 22	@ Braves	7–4	Weaver (3–5)	Wright (2–5)	—	31,850	23–18
42	May 23	@ Braves	1–5	Hampton (1–5)	Alvarez (2–1)	—	29,738	23–19
43	May 25	@ Brewers	5–3	Lima (3–1)	Santos (2–1)	Gagne (11)	16,129	24–19
44	May 26	@ Brewers	1–2 (12)	Kinney (2–3)	Sanchez (1–1)	—	14,084	24–20
45	May 27	@ Brewers	1–3	Sheets (5–3)	Weaver (3–6)	Kolb (12)	24,616	24–21
46	May 28	Diamondbacks	3–6	Johnson (6–4)	Alvarez (2–2)	Dessens (1)	46,455	24–22
47	May 29	Diamondbacks	10–0	Lima (4–1)	Webb (2–5)	—	35,343	25–22
48	May 30	Diamondbacks	3–0	Ishii (6–3)	Fossum (0–3)	Gagne (12)	41,060	26–22
49	May 31	Brewers	3–2 (10)	Gagne (2–0)	Burba (3–1)	—	32,642	27–22

June: 12–14 (Home: 8–5; Away: 4–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
50	June 1	Brewers	1–4	Davis (4–4)	Weaver (3–7)	Kolb (14)	22,402	27–23
51	June 2	Brewers	5–2	Jackson (1–0)	Hendrickson (0–1)	Gagne (13)	27,871	28–23
52	June 4	@ Diamondbacks	7–3	Ishii (7–3)	Fossum (0–4)	Mota (1)	32,182	29–23
53	June 5	@ Diamondbacks	10–3	Perez (3–3)	Gonzalez (0–1)	—	42,407	30–23
54	June 6	@ Diamondbacks	5–6	Service (1–0)	Dreifort (1–1)	Valverde (5)	34,059	30–24
55	June 8	@ Blue Jays	1–7	Lilly (5–2)	Nomo (3–6)	—	16,499	30–25
56	June 9	@ Blue Jays	0–4	Batista (4–4)	Lima (4–2)	—	18,003	30–26
57	June 10	@ Blue Jays	6–1	Ishii (8–3)	Towers (1–2)	—	16,267	31–26
58	June 11	@ Red Sox	1–2	Foulke (2–0)	Martin (0–1)	—	35,173	31–27
59	June 12	@ Red Sox	14–5	Weaver (4–7)	Wakefield (4–5)	—	34,671	32–27
60	June 13	@ Red Sox	1–4	Martínez (7–3)	Nomo (3–7)	Foulke (13)	35,068	32–28
61	June 15	Orioles	5–1	Lima (5–2)	Cabrera (3–3)	Gagne (14)	29,711	33–28
62	June 16	Orioles	6–3	Perez (4–3)	Riley (1–2)	Gagne (15)	35,070	34–28
63	June 17	Orioles	4–3	Mota (3–1)	Lopez (5–3)	Gagne (16)	30,465	35–28
64	June 18	Yankees	6–3	Weaver (5–7)	Vazquez (7–5)	Gagne (17)	55,207	36–28
65	June 19	Yankees	2–6	Halsey (1–0)	Nomo (3–8)	—	54,876	36–29
66	June 20	Yankees	5–4	Lima (6–2)	Contreras (4–3)	Gagne (18)	55,157	37–29
67	June 21	@ Giants	2–3	Herges (4–2)	Mota (3–2)	—	41,453	37–30
68	June 22	@ Giants	5–11	Brower (5–3)	Alvarez (2–3)	—	41,703	37–31
69	June 23	@ Giants	2–3	Williams (7–5)	Weaver (5–8)	Herges (19)	42,340	37–32
70	June 24	@ Giants	3–9	Tomko (2–4)	Nomo (3–9)	—	42,621	37–33
71	June 25	Angels	0–13	Washburn (8–3)	Lima (6–3)	—	54,617	37–34
72	June 26	Angels	5–7	Donnelly (1–0)	Mota (3–3)	Rodriguez (7)	52,715	37–35
73	June 27	Angels	10–5	Ishii (9–3)	Colon (5–7)	—	54,333	38–35
74	June 29	Giants	2–1	Mota (4–3)	Brower (5–5)	Gagne (19)	51,113	39–35
75	June 30	Giants	1–7	Tomko (3–4)	Nomo (3–10)	—	47,081	39–36

July: 21–7 (Home: 10–3; Away: 11–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
76	July 1	Giants	5–4	Mota (5–3)	Rodriguez (2–4)	Gagne (20)	54,717	40–36
77	July 2	@ Angels	3–7	Sele (5–0)	Ishii (9–4)	—	43,816	40–37
78	July 3	@ Angels	8–5	Mota (6–3)	Colon (5–8)	Gagne (21)	43,686	41–37
79	July 4	@ Angels	6–2	Weaver (6–8)	Escobar (4–5)	—	43,823	42–37
80	July 5	Diamondbacks	6–5 (10)	Carrara (1–0)	Villafuerte (0–3)	—	32,929	43–37
81	July 6	Diamondbacks	4–1	Lima (7–3)	Fossum (2–7)	Gagne (22)	25,139	44–37
82	July 7	Diamondbacks	11–0	Ishii (10–4)	Sparks (3–5)	—	27,899	45–37
83	July 8	Astros	7–2	Jackson (2–0)	Duckworth (1–2)	Martin (1)	33,324	46–37
84	July 9	Astros	2–3	Pettitte (5–2)	Weaver (6–9)	Lidge (7)	52,783	46–38
85	July 10	Astros	3–1	Alvarez (3–3)	Clemens (10–3)	Gagne (23)	46,321	47–38
86	July 11	Astros	7–4	Lima (8–3)	Oswalt (8–7)	—	40,484	48–38
75th All-Star Game in Houston, Texas
87	July 15	@ Diamondbacks	4–3	Alvarez (4–3)	Choate (1–1)	Gagne (24)	28,150	49–38
88	July 16	@ Diamondbacks	6–2	Ishii (11–4)	Webb (3–10)	—	29,255	50–38
89	July 17	@ Diamondbacks	7–6	Mota (7–3)	Bruney (2–3)	Gagne (25)	37,027	51–38
90	July 18	@ Diamondbacks	10–3	Lima (9–3)	Dessens (1–6)	—	29,131	52–38
91	July 19	@ Astros	7–6	Carrara (2–0)	Miceli (3–5)	Gagne (26)	35,155	53–38
92	July 20	@ Astros	7–5	Weaver (7–9)	Weathers (6–5)	Gagne (27)	34,154	54–38
93	July 21	Rockies	5–6	Estes (10–4)	Ishii (11–5)	Chacon (21)	34,343	54–39
94	July 22	Rockies	4–2	Mota (8–3)	Harikkala (4–2)	Gagne (28)	34,276	55–39
95	July 23	Padres	3–2	Gagne (3–0)	Beck (0–2)	—	55,311	56–39
96	July 24	Padres	12–2	Alvarez (5–3)	Valdez (9–6)	—	52,217	57–39
97	July 25	Padres	0–3	Eaton (6–8)	Weaver (7–10)	Hoffman (26)	46,884	57–40
98	July 26	@ Rockies	9–7	Sanchez (2–1)	Simpson (0–1)	Gagne (29)	24,725	58–40
99	July 27	@ Rockies	2–7	Cook (5–4)	Perez (4–4)	—	27,934	58–41
100	July 28	@ Rockies	4–5	Reed (2–2)	Mota (8–4)	Chacon (23)	25,492	58–42
101	July 29	@ Rockies	3–2	Alvarez (6–3)	Dohmann (0–1)	Gagne (30)	28,472	59–42
102	July 30	@ Padres	12–3	Weaver (8–10)	Eaton (6–9)	—	42,552	60–42
103	July 31	@ Padres	2–3	Otsuka (6–2)	Dreifort (1–2)	Hoffman (29)	43,726	60–43

August: 17–11 (Home: 7–6; Away: 10–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
104	August 1	@ Padres	2–1 (12)	Gagne (4–0)	Stone (1–2)	Dreifort (1)	44,056	61–43
105	August 3	Pirates	3–2	Penny (9–8)	Ol. Perez (6–6)	Gagne (31)	34,581	62–43
106	August 4	Pirates	2–1	Lima (10–3)	Fogg (6–8)	Gagne (32)	34,792	63–43
107	August 5	Pirates	8–3	Weaver (9–10)	Burnett (5–4)	—	38,852	64–43
108	August 6	Phillies	5–9 (11)	R. Hernandez (2–3)	Gagne (4–1)	—	53,977	64–44
109	August 7	Phillies	6–3	Od. Perez (5–4)	Abbott (3–11)	Gagne (33)	54,404	65–44
110	August 8	Phillies	1–4	Myers (7–8)	Penny (9–9)	—	53,840	65–45
111	August 10	@ Reds	5–2	Lima (11–3)	Harang (7–4)	Gagne (34)	26,295	66–45
112	August 11	@ Reds	11–1	Weaver (10–10)	Claussen (1–3)	—	39,933	67–45
113	August 12	@ Reds	5–6	White (1–2)	Dreifort (1–3)	Graves (36)	27,416	67–46
114	August 13	@ Cubs	8–1	Od. Perez (6–4)	Maddux (11–8)	—	39,105	68–46
115	August 14	@ Cubs	0–2	Wood (7–5)	Ishii (11–6)	Remlinger (1)	39,069	68–47
116	August 15	@ Cubs	8–5	Sanchez (3–1)	Farnsworth (4–4)	Gagne (35)	39,079	69–47
117	August 16	Marlins	2–4	Pavano (13–5)	Dreifort (1–4)	Benitez (35)	53,121	69–48
118	August 17	Marlins	6–1	Alvarez (7–3)	Burnett (3–6)	—	45,731	70–48
119	August 18	Marlins	4–6	Mota (9–5)	Gagne (4–2)	Benitez (36)	46,241	70–49
120	August 19	Braves	5–6	Reitsma (6–3)	Gagne (4–3)	Smoltz (32)	42,287	70–50
121	August 20	Braves	3–2 (11)	Carrara (3–0)	Cruz (4–1)	—	54,993	71–50
122	August 21	Braves	7–4	Weaver (11–10)	Hampton (9–9)	Carrara (1)	52,398	72–50
123	August 22	Braves	1–10	Wright (12–6)	Alvarez (7–4)	—	49,513	72–51
124	August 23	@ Expos	7–8	Cordero (4–3)	Carrara (3–1)	—	8,639	72–52
125	August 24	@ Expos	10–2	Ishii (12–6)	Biddle (4–7)	—	8,109	73–52
126	August 25	@ Expos	3–6	Horgan (4–1)	Lima (11–4)	Ayala (2)	7,570	73–53
127	August 26	@ Expos	10–3	Weaver (12–10)	L. Hernandez (9–12)	—	18,520	74–53
128	August 27	@ Mets	2–9	Glavine (9–10)	Alvarez (7–5)	—	42,694	74–54
129	August 28	@ Mets	4–2	Carrara (4–1)	Stanton (2–6)	Gagne (36)	40,660	75–54
130	August 29	@ Mets	10–2	Ishii (13–6)	Benson (10–11)	—	33,582	76–54
131	August 31	@ Diamondbacks	4–1 (13)	Gagne (5–3)	Bruney (3–4)	Carrara (2)	39,167	77–54

September: 15–13 (Home: 9–5; Away: 6–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
132	September 1	@ Diamondbacks	1–3	Webb (6–14)	Nomo (3–11)	Aquino (10)	34,149	77–55
133	September 2	@ Diamondbacks	8–4	Brazoban (1–0)	Nance (1–1)	Gagne (37)	33,224	78–55
134	September 3	@ Cardinals	0–3	Morris (15–8)	Lima (11–5)	—	37,524	78–56
135	September 4	@ Cardinals	1–5	Marquis (14–4)	Ishii (13–7)	—	45,692	78–57
136	September 5	@ Cardinals	5–6 (11)	King (5–2)	Carrara (4–2)	—	43,611	78–58
137	September 7	Diamondbacks	8–2	Nomo (4–11)	Webb (6–15)	—	35,078	79–58
138	September 8	Diamondbacks	6–5	Gagne (6–3)	Koplove (3–4)	—	28,888	80–58
139	September 9	Diamondbacks	5–3	Lima (12–5)	Gonzalez (0–9)	Gagne (38)	27,287	81–58
140	September 10	Cardinals	7–6	Carrara (5–2)	Calero (1–1)	Gagne (39)	54,119	82–58
141	September 11	Cardinals	6–5	Stewart (1–2)	Eldred (3–2)	Gagne (40)	53,494	83–58
142	September 12	Cardinals	6–7	Carpenter (15–5)	Jackson (2–1)	Isringhausen (41)	54,000	83–59
143	September 13	Padres	7–9	Wells (11–7)	Perez (6–5)	Hoffman (36)	36,050	83–60
144	September 14	Padres	6–3	Lima (13–5)	Germano (1–2)	Gagne (41)	29,704	84–60
145	September 15	Padres	3–7	Lawrence (15–12)	Alvarez (7–6)	Hoffman (37)	34,105	84–61
146	September 16	Padres	0–3	Eaton (10–13)	Weaver (12–11)	Hoffman (38)	43,185	84–62
147	September 17	@ Rockies	8–6 (10)	Gagne (7–3)	Chacon (1–8)	—	23,572	85–62
148	September 18	@ Rockies	1–8	Kennedy (9–6)	Perez (6–6)	—	21,664	85–63
149	September 19	@ Rockies	7–6	Brazoban (2–0)	Chacon (1–9)	Gagne (42)	27,175	86–63
150	September 21	@ Padres	4–9	Eaton (11–13)	Weaver (12–12)	—	39,428	86–64
151	September 22	@ Padres	0–4	Peavy (13–6)	Penny (9–10)	—	41,303	86–65
152	September 23	@ Padres	9–6	Brazoban (3–0)	Lawrence (15–13)	Gagne (43)	42,159	87–65
153	September 24	@ Giants	3–2	Perez (7–6)	Rueter (8–12)	Gagne (44)	42,528	88–65
154	September 25	@ Giants	5–9	Eyre (2–2)	Brazoban (3–1)	—	42,486	88–66
155	September 26	@ Giants	7–4	Weaver (13–12)	Tomko (11–7)	Gagne (45)	42,549	89–66
156	September 27	Rockies	8–7	Brazoban (4–1)	Reed (3–8)	—	36,958	90–66
157	September 28	Rockies	5–4	Dessens (2–6)	Harikkala (6–6)	—	33,588	91–66
158	September 29	Rockies	1–4	Fuentes (2–3)	Brazoban (4–2)	Tsao (1)	43,304	91–67
159	September 30	Rockies	4–2 (11)	Brazoban (5–2)	Fuentes (2–4)	—	53,438	92–67

October: 1–2 (Home: 1–2; Away: 0–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
160	October 1	Giants	2–4	Rueter (9–12)	Weaver (13–13)	Hermanson (17)	54,888	92–68
161	October 2	Giants	7–3	Brazoban (6–2)	Hermanson (6–9)	—	54,494	93–68
162	October 3	Giants	0–10	Schmidt (18–7)	Ishii (13–8)	—	54,968	93–69

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
Edwin Jackson	8	5	24.2	2-1	7.30	11	16	0
Brad Penny	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
Duaner Sánchez	67	0	80.0	3-1	3.38	27	44	0
Darren Dreifort	60	0	50.2	1-4	4.44	36	63	1
Guillermo Mota	52	0	63.0	8-4	2.14	27	52	1
Tom Martin	47	0	28.1	0-1	4.13	14	18	1
Wilson Álvarez	40	15	120.2	7-6	4.03	31	102	1
Giovanni Carrara	42	0	53.2	5-2	2.18	20	48	2
Yhency Brazobán	31	0	32.2	6-2	2.48	15	27	0
Edwin Jackson	8	5	24.2	2-1	7.30	11	16	0
Elmer Dessens	12	1	19.2	1-0	3.20	8	18	0
Brian Falkenborg	6	0	14.1	1-0	7.53	9	11	0
Scott Stewart	11	0	12.1	1-0	5.84	6	8	0
Mike Venafro	17	0	9.0	0-0	4.00	3	6	0
Masao Kida	3	0	4.2	0-0	0.00	1	5	0
Rodney Myers	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
David Ross	C	70	165	.170	13	28	5	15	0
Brent Mayne	C	47	96	.188	5	18	0	5	0
Tom Wilson	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
Jose Hernandez	2B/SS/3B/LF	95	211	.289	32	61	13	29	3
Robin Ventura	1B/3B	102	152	.243	19	37	5	28	0
Olmedo Sáenz	1B	77	111	.279	17	31	8	22	0
Hee-Seop Choi	1B	31	62	.161	5	10	0	6	0
Joe Thurston	2B	17	17	.176	1	3	0	1	0
Antonio Perez	2B/SS	13	13	.231	5	3	0	0	1
Jose Flores	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
Dave Roberts	LF/CF	68	233	.253	45	59	2	21	33
Steve Finley	CF	58	224	.324	31	59	13	46	1
Jason Grabowski	LF/RF	113	173	.220	18	38	7	20	0
Chin-Feng Chen	LF	8	8	.000	1	0	0	0	0

Postseason

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 log

2004 Postseason Game Log

National League Division Series: 1–3

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	October 5	@ Cardinals	3–8	Williams (1–0)	Perez (0–1)	—	52,127	0–1
2	October 7	@ Cardinals	3–8	Haren (1–0)	Weaver (0–1)	—	52,228	0–2
3	October 9	Cardinals	4–0	Lima (1–0)	Morris (0–1)	—	55,992	1–2
4	October 10	Cardinals	2–6	Suppan (1–0)	Alvarez (0–1)	—	56,268	1–3

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)

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Las Vegas 51s	Pacific Coast League	Terry Kennedy
AA	Jacksonville Suns	Southern League	Dino Ebel
High A	Vero Beach Dodgers	Florida State League	Scott Little
A	Columbus Catfish	South Atlantic League	Dann Bilardello
Rookie	Ogden Raptors	Pioneer League	Travis Barbary
Rookie	Gulf Coast Dodgers	Gulf Coast League	Luis Salazar
Rookie	DSL Dodgers DSL Dodgers 2	Dominican Summer League

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.

2004 Draft Picks

Round	Name	Position	School	Signed	Career span	Highest level
1	Scott Elbert	LHP	Seneca High School	Yes	2004–2015	MLB
1	Blake DeWitt	2B	Sikeston High School	Yes	2004–2013	MLB
1s	Justin Orenduff	RHP	Virginia Commonwealth University	Yes	2004–2011	AAA
2	Blake Johnson	RHP	Parkview Baptist High School	Yes	2004–2013	AAA
3	Cory Dunlap	1B	Contra Costa College	No Nationals-2006	2004–2007	AAA
4	Javy Guerra	RHP	Billy Ryan High School	Yes	2004–present	MLB
5	Anthony Raglani	OF	George Washington University	Yes	2004–2007	AA
6	Daniel Batz	1B	University of Rhode Island	Yes	2004–2006	A
7	B. J. Richmond	OF	Spartanburg Methodist College	Yes	2004–2007	A
8	Carlos Medero-Stullz	C	Goleman High School	Yes	2004–2006	A
9	David Nicholson	3B	University of California, Berkeley	Yes	2004–2007	AA
10	Cory Wade	RHP	Kentucky Wesleyan College	Yes	2004–2014	MLB
11	Chris Westervelt	C	Stetson University	Yes	2004–2006	A+
12	Sam Steidl	OF	University of Minnesota Duluth	Yes	2004–2005	A
13	Jeff Larish	OF	Arizona State University	No Tigers-2005	2005–2013	MLB
14	Brian Akin	RHP	Davidson College	Yes	2004–2009	AAA
15	Joe Savery	LHP	Lamar High School	No Phillies-2007	2007–2014	MLB
16	Chase Dardar	RHP	Delgado Community College	No Rockies-2006	2006	A-
17	Daniel Forrer	LHP	Chipola College	No Pirates-2007	2007	A-
18	Matt Paul	2B	Southern University and A&M College	Yes	2004–2005	A+
19	David Price	LHP	Blackman High School	No Rays-2008	2008–2022	MLB
20	Mark Alexander	RHP	University of Missouri, Columbia	Yes	2004–2008	AAA
21	Justin Simmons	LHP	University of Texas at Austin	Yes	2004–2006	AAA
22	Kyle Wilson	RHP	University of California, Los Angeles	Yes	2005–2013	AA
23	Kenny Plaisance	RHP	Louisiana State University, Eunice	Yes	2004	A
24	Kody Kaiser	SS	Edmond Santa Fe High School	No Tigers-2007	2007–2011	AA
25	Justin Ruggiano	OF	Texas A&M University	Yes	2004–2017	MLB
26	Ben Petralli	C	Weatherford High School	No	2010	Ind
27	Levander Graves	C	Dillon High School	No
28	James Lawler	1B	San Jacinto College	No
29	Ryan Strieby	1B	Edmonds Community College	No Tigers-2006	2006–2015	AAA
30	Paul Gran	SS	Bothell High School	No Marlins-2008	2008–2013	AAA
31	Ryan Koch	RHP	Osceola High School	No Blue Jays-2008	2008–2009	A
32	Michael Stutes	RHP	Lake Oswego High School	No Phillies-2008	2008–2013	MLB
33	James Gilbert	RHP	Chabot College	Yes	2006	Rookie
34	Chris Lemay	LHP	Kwantlen College	No
35	Lynn Henry	OF	Buras High School	No
36	Michael Burgher	OF	Shorecrest High School	No
37	Jeremy Brown	OF	Pratt Community College	Yes	2005–2007	AAA
38	Justin Crist	2B	Chandler–Gilbert Community College	Yes	2004–2005	A
39	Michael Branham	RHP	Jesuit High School	No
40	Brandon Carter	SS	Old Dominion University	Yes	2004–2010	A
41	Troy Grundy	RHP	Carbon High School	No
42	Christopher Johnson	RHP	Cabell Midland High School	No
43	David Bilardello	LHP	Vero Beach High School	No Cardinals-2007	2007–2011	A+
44	Kyle Rapp	LHP	Wabash Valley College	No
45	Mike Hernandez	OF	Connors State College	No Tigers-2006	2006–2014	AA
46	Andrew Brewer	RHP	Metro Christian Academy	No
47	Bobby Bratton	SS	Central High School	No	2008	Ind
48	Joe Norrito	RHP	Nova Southeastern University	Yes	2004–2009	AAA
49	Scott Bates	C	Salado High School	No
50	Ross Hoffman	1B	Bakersfield College	No

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References

^ 2004 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft

External links

2004 Los Angeles Dodgers uniform
Los Angeles Dodgers official web site Archived February 3, 2022, at the Wayback Machine
Baseball-Reference season page
Baseball Almanac season page

[1] 2004 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft

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