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2004 Toronto Blue Jays season 

2004 Toronto Blue Jays
Major league affiliations
Location
2004 Information
Owner(s) Rogers Communications
Manager(s) Carlos Tosca and John Gibbons
Local television The Sports Network
(Pat Tabler, Bud Black)
Rogers Sportsnet
(Bob Faulds, John Cerutti)
Local radio CJCL (AM)
(Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek, Mike Wilner)

The 2004 Toronto Blue Jays season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Blue Jays finishing 5th in the American League East with a record of 67 wins and 94 losses. The Blue Jays' radio play-by-play announcer, Tom Cheek, called every Blue Jays game from the team's inaugural contest on April 7, 1977 until June 3, 2004, when he took two games off following the death of his father – a streak of 4,306 consecutive regular season games and 41 postseason games.

Contents

Offseason

  • November 18, 2003: Ted Lilly was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Toronto Blue Jays for Bobby Kielty. [1]

Regular season

On May 1, 2004, Frank Catalanotto had six hits in one game vs. the Chicago White Sox.

Season standings

Team[2] W-L PCT. GB
New York Yankees 101-61 .623 -
Boston Red Sox-x 98-64 .605 3.0
Baltimore Orioles 78-84 .481 23.0
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 70-91 .435 30.5
Toronto Blue Jays 67-94 .416 33.5

Transactions

  • April 9, 2004: Gregg Zaun was signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays. [3]
  • May 21, 2004: Bobby Estalella was signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays. [4]
  • May 27, 2004: Marvin Benard was signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays. [5]
  • June 7, 2004: Adam Lind was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 3rd round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 30, 2004. [6]
  • September 2, 2004: Marvin Benard was released by the Toronto Blue Jays. [5]

Roster

2004 Toronto Blue Jays roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Game log

2004 Game Log
April
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 5 Tigers 7 - 0 Johnson (1-0) Halladay (0-1) 47,817 0-1
2 April 6 Tigers 7 - 3 Maroth (1-0) Batista (0-1) Robertson (1) 21,003 0-2
3 April 7 Tigers 6 - 3 Bonderman (1-0) Hentgen (0-1) 13,100 0-3
4 April 9 @ Red Sox 10 - 5 Speier (1-0) Timlin (0-1) 34,337 1-3
5 April 10 @ Red Sox 4 - 1 Martínez (1-1) Halladay (0-2) Foulke (2) 35,305 1-4
6 April 11 @ Red Sox 6 - 4 (12) Malaska (1-0) Lopez (0-1) 34,286 1-5
7 April 13 @ Tigers 7 - 5 Adams (1-0) Patterson (0-1) Speier (1) 8,804 2-5
8 April 14 @ Tigers 5 - 3 Robertson (1-0) Lilly (0-1) Patterson (1) 15,129 2-6
9 April 15 @ Tigers 11 - 0 Halladay (1-2) Johnson (1-2) 17,572 3-6
10 April 16 Orioles 11 - 2 Riley (1-0) Batista (0-2) 14,239 3-7
11 April 17 Orioles 5 - 3 Ryan (1-0) Speier (1-1) Julio (1) 20,177 3-8
12 April 18 Orioles 7 - 0 DuBose (1-2) Hentgen (0-2) 16,842 3-9
13 April 20 Red Sox 4 - 2 Martínez (2-1) Halladay (1-3) Foulke (4) 26,010 3-10
14 April 21 Red Sox 4 - 2 Wakefield (2-0) Lilly (0-2) Foulke (5) 16,163 3-11
15 April 22 Red Sox 7 - 3 Adams (2-0) Schilling (2-1) 16,480 4-11
16 April 23 @ Orioles 11 - 3 DuBose (2-2) Towers (0-1) 26,827 4-12
17 April 24 @ Orioles 5 - 4 (12) Ligtenberg (1-0) DeJean (0-1) 41,093 5-12
18 April 25 @ Orioles 15 - 3 Halladay (2-3) Ponson (2-1) 31,028 6-12
19 April 26 @ Twins 6 - 1 Lilly (1-2) Radke (2-2) 13,859 7-12
20 April 27 @ Twins 7 - 4 Rincón (3-0) Speier (1-2) 14,029 7-13
21 April 28 @ Twins 9 - 5 Rincón (4-0) Frasor (0-1) 15,164 7-14
22 April 29 @ White Sox 6 - 4 Loaiza (4-0) Nakamura (0-1) Koch (2) 11,210 7-15
-- April 30 @ White Sox Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for May 1
May
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
23 May 1 @ White Sox 4 - 3 (10) Takatsu (1-0) Speier (1-3) 7-16
24 May 1 @ White Sox 10 - 6 Lilly (2-2) Wright (0-4) 22,072 8-16
25 May 2 @ White Sox 3 - 2 Garland (2-1) Batista (0-3) Koch (3) 15,550 8-17
26 May 3 Royals 3 - 2 (10) Field (1-0) Adams (2-1) Cerda (1) 13,007 8-18
27 May 4 Royals 5 - 4 Hentgen (1-2) May (0-4) Frasor (1) 20,011 9-18
28 May 5 Royals 10 - 3 Halladay (3-3) Anderson (1-3) 14,103 10-18
29 May 7 White Sox 5 - 4 Adams (3-1) Politte (0-1) 15,661 11-18
30 May 8 White Sox 4 - 2 Frasor (1-1) Cotts (0-1) Adams (1) 18,368 12-18
31 May 9 White Sox 5 - 2 Miller (1-0) Loaiza (4-2) Ligtenberg (1) 17,546 13-18
32 May 10 @ Royals 9 - 3 Hentgen (2-2) Anderson (1-4) 13,803 14-18
33 May 11 @ Royals 5 - 1 Camp (2-0) Halladay (3-4) 15,779 14-19
34 May 12 @ Royals 4 - 3 Field (2-0) Adams (3-2) 29,309 14-20
35 May 13 Red Sox 12 - 6 Batista (1-3) Schilling (4-3) 20,876 15-20
36 May 14 Red Sox 9 - 3 Embree (2-0) Ligtenberg (1-1) 20,948 15-21
37 May 15 Red Sox 4 - 0 Arroyo (2-1) Hentgen (2-3) 36,841 15-22
38 May 16 Red Sox 3 - 1 Halladay (4-4) Martínez (4-3) Adams (2) 31,618 16-22
39 May 17 Twins 9 - 5 Rincón (6-2) Nakamura (0-2) Fultz (1) 13,502 16-23
40 May 18 Twins 5 - 3 Batista (2-3) Santana (2-1) Adams (3) 25,405 17-23
41 May 19 Twins 6 - 5 Fultz (2-1) Adams (3-3) Nathan (13) 25,675 17-24
42 May 21 @ Red Sox 11 - 5 Timlin (3-1) Nakamura (0-3) 35,287 17-25
43 May 22 @ Red Sox 5 - 2 Martínez (1-0) Ligtenberg (1-2) Foulke (9) 35,196 17-26
44 May 23 @ Red Sox 7 - 2 Wakefield (4-2) Batista (2-4) 35,239 17-27
45 May 24 Angels 6 - 5 (10) Frasor (2-1) Weber (0-2) 15,301 18-27
46 May 26 Angels 6 - 5 Adams (4-3) Percival (2-1) 14,515 19-27
47 May 27 Angels 3 - 2 Halladay (5-4) Washburn (7-2) Frasor (2) 14,773 20-27
48 May 28 Rangers 5 - 4 Lilly (3-2) Dickey (4-5) Frasor (3) 16,394 21-27
49 May 29 Rangers 6 - 2 Batista (3-4) Dominguez (0-1) 30,704 22-27
50 May 30 Rangers 4 - 2 Rogers (8-2) Miller (1-1) Cordero (16) 22,225 22-28
51 May 31 @ Mariners 6 - 2 Moyer (4-2) Hentgen (2-4) 27,856 22-29
June
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
52 June 1 @ Mariners 6 - 5 Lopez (1-1) Nageotte (0-1) Frasor (4) 24,848 23-29
53 June 2 @ Mariners 5 - 3 Lilly (4-2) Piñeiro (1-7) Ligtenberg (2) 25,317 24-29
54 June 3 @ Athletics 2 - 1 (11) Bradford (3-1) Adams (4-4) 10,879 24-30
55 June 4 @ Athletics 6 - 1 Towers (1-1) Bradford (3-2) Chulk (1) 12,822 25-30
56 June 5 @ Athletics 4 - 0 Hudson (6-2) Hentgen (2-5) 20,772 25-31
57 June 6 @ Athletics 8 - 3 Redman (4-3) Kershner (0-1) 24,092 25-32
58 June 8 Dodgers 7 - 1 Lilly (5-2) Nomo (3-6) 16,499 26-32
59 June 9 Dodgers 4 - 0 Batista (4-4) Lima (4-2) 18,003 27-32
60 June 10 Dodgers 6 - 1 Ishii (8-3) Towers (1-2) 16,267 27-33
61 June 11 Diamondbacks 3 - 2 Choate (1-0) Frasor (2-2) Valverde (7) 14,259 27-34
62 June 12 Diamondbacks 15 - 4 Halladay (6-4) Good (0-1) Chulk (2) 30,349 28-34
63 June 13 Diamondbacks 5 - 3 Johnson (9-4) Lilly (5-3) Valverde (8) 22,766 28-35
64 June 15 @ Giants 4 - 3 Schmidt (8-2) Batista (4-5) Herges (17) 36,737 28-36
65 June 16 @ Giants 10 - 2 Rueter (3-6) Hentgen (2-6) 36,834 28-37
66 June 17 @ Giants 8 - 5 Brower (4-3) Speier (1-4) Herges (18) 40,464 28-38
67 June 18 @ Padres 3 - 2 Lilly (6-3) Wells (2-5) Frasor (5) 40,511 29-38
68 June 19 @ Padres 3 - 2 Linebrink (3-1) Speier (1-5) Hoffman (15) 40,307 29-39
69 June 20 @ Padres 3 - 0 Batista (5-5) Lawrence (8-5) Frasor (6) 41,060 30-39
70 June 22 Devil Rays 5 - 1 Harper (2-0) Hentgen (2-7) 15,646 30-40
71 June 23 Devil Rays 2 - 1 (10) Frasor (3-2) Colomé (1-1) 14,713 31-40
72 June 24 Devil Rays 19 - 13 Halama (4-1) Lilly (6-4) 14,876 31-41
73 June 25 Expos 3 - 1 Towers (2-2) Day (5-8) Frasor (7) 16,484 32-41
74 June 26 Expos 10 - 5 Batista (6-5) Downs (0-1) 23,875 33-41
75 June 27 Expos 9 - 4 Hernández (5-7) Hentgen (2-8) 25,915 33-42
76 June 28 @ Devil Rays 10 - 2 Zambrano (8-4) Halladay (6-5) 11,218 33-43
77 June 29 @ Devil Rays 4 - 0 Lilly (7-4) Halama (4-2) 11,640 34-43
78 June 30 @ Devil Rays 6 - 2 Brazelton (2-0) Towers (2-3) 10,560 34-44
July
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
79 July 1 @ Devil Rays 14 - 0 Batista (7-5) Hendrickson (5-6) 14,417 35-44
80 July 2 @ Expos 2 - 0 Hernández (6-7) Bush (0-1) 8,220 35-45
81 July 3 @ Expos 2 - 0 Halladay (7-5) Armas (1-3) Frasor (8) 8,831 36-45
82 July 4 @ Expos 6 - 4 Hill (1-1) Lilly (7-5) Horgan (1) 8,279 36-46
83 July 6 Mariners 7 - 6 Batista (8-5) Moyer (6-5) Frasor (9) 16,262 37-46
84 July 7 Mariners 12 - 4 Towers (3-3) Blackley (1-1) 18,513 38-46
85 July 8 Mariners 10 - 8 Speier (2-5) Guardado (2-1) 16,188 39-46
86 July 9 Angels 5 - 4 Colón (6-8) Halladay (7-6) Percival (14) 15,071 39-47
87 July 10 Angels 11 - 2 Escobar (5-5) Lilly (7-6) 20,635 39-48
88 July 11 Angels 5 - 2 Lackey (7-8) Batista (8-6) Percival (15) 17,573 39-49
89 July 16 @ Rangers 11 - 2 Drese (5-5) Halladay (7-7) 44,348 39-50
90 July 17 @ Rangers 4 - 0 Rodriguez (3-0) Lilly (7-7) 43,189 39-51
91 July 18 @ Rangers 7 - 5 Brocail (1-1) Chulk (0-1) Cordero (28) 24,334 39-52
92 July 19 @ Athletics 5 - 3 Towers (4-3) Saarloos (1-1) Frasor (10) 15,480 40-52
93 July 20 @ Athletics 1 - 0 (14) Lehr (1-1) Speier (2-6) 18,885 40-53
94 July 21 @ Yankees 10 - 3 Vázquez (11-6) Hentgen (2-9) 53,031 40-54
95 July 22 @ Yankees 1 - 0 Rivera (1-0) Chulk (0-2) 53,657 40-55
96 July 23 Devil Rays 7 - 4 Batista (9-6) Hendrickson (7-8) Frasor (11) 16,633 41-55
97 July 24 Devil Rays 4 - 2 Towers (5-3) Bell (3-4) Frasor (12) 18,841 42-55
98 July 25 Devil Rays 5 - 3 Bush (1-1) Zambrano (9-7) Ligtenberg (3) 15,784 43-55
99 July 26 Yankees 6 - 5 (10) Rivera (2-1) Frasor (3-3) 30,041 43-56
100 July 27 Yankees 7 - 4 Proctor (1-0) Ligtenberg (1-3) Gordon (3) 30,087 43-57
101 July 28 Yankees 3 - 2 (10) Frasor (4-3) Proctor (1-1) 31,385 44-57
102 July 30 @ Devil Rays 3 - 0 Towers (6-3) Halama (5-5) Frasor (13) 10,531 45-57
103 July 31 @ Devil Rays 6 - 5 Sosa (3-0) Bush (1-2) Báez (21) 17,418 45-58
August
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
104 August 1 @ Devil Rays 5 - 3 Brazelton (4-3) Douglass (0-1) Báez (22) 10,750 45-59
105 August 2 Indians 6 - 1 Lilly (8-7) Lee (10-4) 17,549 46-59
106 August 3 Indians 7 - 6 Speier (3-6) Betancourt (4-5) Frasor (14) 15,025 47-59
107 August 4 Indians 14 - 5 Westbrook (9-5) Towers (6-4) 15,675 47-60
108 August 5 Indians 6 - 3 (10) Betancourt (5-5) Ligtenberg (1-4) Wickman (2) 30,037 47-61
109 August 6 @ Yankees 11 - 4 Vázquez (13-6) Douglass (0-2) 48,900 47-62
110 August 7 @ Yankees 6 - 0 Hernández (4-0) Lilly (8-8) 54,025 47-63
111 August 8 @ Yankees 8 - 2 Lieber (8-7) Batista (9-7) 52,616 47-64
112 August 9 @ Yankees 5 - 4 Towers (7-4) Loaiza (9-6) Frasor (15) 49,853 48-64
113 August 10 @ Indians 2 - 0 Durbin (5-4) Bush (1-3) Wickman (5) 19,942 48-65
114 August 11 @ Indians 3 - 2 Sabathia (9-6) Frederick (0-1) Wickman (6) 23,696 48-66
115 August 12 @ Indians 6 - 2 Riske (6-2) Ligtenberg (1-5) 22,734 48-67
116 August 13 Orioles 4 - 0 Ponson (8-12) Batista (9-8) 21,234 48-68
117 August 14 Orioles 7 - 2 Towers (8-4) Borkowski (3-3) 35,768 49-68
118 August 15 Orioles 11 - 7 Groom (3-0) Chulk (0-3) 26,132 49-69
119 August 16 @ Red Sox 8 - 4 Lowe (11-10) Miller (1-2) Foulke (20) 35,271 49-70
120 August 17 @ Red Sox 5 - 4 Foulke (3-3) Frederick (0-2) 35,105 49-71
121 August 18 @ Red Sox 6 - 4 Wakefield (9-7) Batista (9-9) 34,867 49-72
122 August 20 @ Orioles 14 - 4 Towers (9-4) Borkowski (3-4) 35,024 50-72
123 August 21 @ Orioles 10 - 4 Bush (2-3) Cabrera (9-6) 38,079 51-72
124 August 22 @ Orioles 8 - 5 Miller (2-2) Bédard (5-8) Frasor (16) 44,482 52-72
125 August 23 Red Sox 3 - 0 Lilly (9-8) Martínez (13-5) 27,145 53-72
126 August 24 Red Sox 5 - 4 Wakefield (10-7) Batista (9-10) Foulke (23) 22,217 53-73
127 August 25 Red Sox 11 - 5 Schilling (16-6) Towers (9-5) 22,479 53-74
128 August 26 Yankees 7 - 4 Nitkowski (1-1) Frasor (4-4) Rivera (44) 35,682 53-75
129 August 27 Yankees 8 - 7 Sturtze (5-2) Miller (2-3) Gordon (4) 35,436 53-76
130 August 28 Yankees 18 - 6 Brown (10-3) Lilly (9-9) Rivera (45) 43,541 53-77
131 August 29 Yankees 6 - 4 Batista (10-10) Mussina (9-8) Frasor (17) 44,072 54-77
132 August 31 Mariners 7 - 5 Atchison (2-2) Ligtenberg (1-6) Putz (6) 21,174 54-78
September
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
133 September 1 Mariners 4 - 2 Bush (3-3) Villone (5-5) Speier (2) 22,310 55-78
134 September 2 Mariners 8 - 6 File (1-0) Baek (1-1) Speier (3) 23,374 56-78
135 September 3 Athletics 7 - 4 Hudson (11-4) Lilly (9-10) Dotel (18) 28,488 56-79
136 September 4 Athletics 9 - 5 Hammond (4-1) Frasor (4-5) 29,149 56-80
137 September 5 Athletics 13 - 5 Glynn (1-0) Harden (9-6) 28,327 57-80
138 September 7 @ Angels 5 - 2 Colón (14-11) Bush (3-4) Percival (27) 36,277 57-81
139 September 8 @ Angels 1 - 0 Miller (3-3) Escobar (9-10) Speier (4) 36,905 58-81
140 September 9 @ Angels 5 - 4 Lilly (10-10) Washburn (11-6) Speier (5) 37,514 59-81
141 September 10 @ Rangers 10 - 3 Drese (12-8) Batista (10-11) 24,617 59-82
142 September 11 @ Rangers 10 - 7 Mahay (3-0) Frasor (4-6) Cordero (43) 40,587 59-83
143 September 12 @ Rangers 7 - 6 Brocail (3-1) Speier (3-7) Cordero (44) 20,434 59-84
144 September 13 Orioles 9 - 1 Chen (1-0) Miller (3-4) 18,372 59-85
145 September 15 Orioles 3 - 0 Lilly (11-10) Riley (1-4) Speier (6) 19,942 60-85
146 September 16 Orioles 9 - 5 López (13-8) Batista (10-12) 21,451 60-86
147 September 17 Devil Rays 11 - 4 Waechter (4-7) Towers (9-6) 25,987 60-87
148 September 18 Devil Rays 4 - 2 Bush (4-4) Ritchie (0-1) Batista (1) 33,432 61-87
149 September 19 Devil Rays 9 - 7 Chulk (1-3) Kazmir (2-2) Speier (7) 30,714 62-87
150 September 20 @ Yankees 6 - 3 Chacín (1-0) Vázquez (14-10) Batista (2) 10,732 63-87
151 September 21 @ Yankees 5 - 3 Loaiza (10-7) Halladay (7-8) Rivera (50) 36,675 63-88
152 September 22 @ Yankees 5 - 4 Lilly (12-10) Hernández (8-1) Batista (3) 49,560 64-88
153 September 24 @ Devil Rays 4 - 2 Hendrickson (10-15) Towers (9-7) Báez (29) 13,003 64-89
154 September 25 @ Devil Rays 6 - 5 Báez (4-3) Batista (10-13) 20,978 64-90
-- September 26 @ Devil Rays Postponed (rain) Not rescheduled
155 September 27 @ Orioles 4 - 1 League (1-0) Ponson (11-15) Batista (4) 17,809 65-90
-- September 28 @ Orioles Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 29
156 September 29 @ Orioles 7 - 6 Ryan (4-6) Speier(3-8) 65-91
157 September 29 @ Orioles 4 - 0 Bauer (2-1) Chacín (1-1) 20,600 65-92
158 September 30 @ Orioles 9 - 3 Riley (3-4) Towers (9-8) 18,793 65-93
October
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
159 October 1 Yankees 7 - 0 Bush (5-4) Hernández (8-2) 48,914 66-93
160 October 2 Yankees 4 - 2 Halladay (8-8) Brown (10-6) Batista (5) 50,498 67-93
161 October 3 Yankees 3 - 2 Proctor (2-1) Towers (9-9) Sturtze (1) 49,948 67-94

Player stats

Batting

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

Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

Award Winners

All-Star Game

  • Ted Lilly, Pitcher [7]

References

  1. ^ Ted Lilly Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ^ "Standings: Regular season standings". MLB.com. Retrieved on 2007-06-13.
  3. ^ Gregg Zaun Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ^ Bobby Estalella Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ^ a b Marvin Benard Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lindad01.shtml
  7. ^ Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History
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