2004 Los Angeles Dodgers
National League West Champions
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkDodger Stadium
CityLos Angeles
Record93–69 (.574)
Divisional place1st
OwnersFrank McCourt
PresidentJamie McCourt
General managersPaul DePodesta
ManagersJim Tracy
TelevisionFox Sports Net West 2; KCOP (13)
RadioKFWB
Vin Scully, Ross Porter, Rick Monday
KWKW
Jaime Jarrín, Pepe Yñiguez, Fernando Valenzuela
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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

Regular season

Season standings

National League West

NL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 93 69 0.574 — 49–32 44–37
San Francisco Giants 91 71 0.562 2 47–35 44–36
San Diego Padres 87 75 0.537 6 42–39 45–36
Colorado Rockies 68 94 0.420 25 38–43 30–51
Arizona Diamondbacks 51 111 0.315 42 29–52 22–59


Record vs. opponents

2004 National League record

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

Roster

2004 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

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

2004 National League Division Series

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 1, October 5

Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 9 1
St. Louis 1 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 X 8 9 0
W: Woody Williams (1-0)  L: Odalis Pérez (0-1)  
HRs: LA – Tom Wilson (1); STL – Albert Pujols (1), Larry Walker 2 (2), Jim Edmonds (1), Mike Matheny (1)

Game 2, October 7

Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Los Angeles 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 1
St. Louis 0 3 0 0 3 0 2 0 X 8 11 0
W: Danny Haren (1-0)  L: Jeff Weaver (0-1)  
HRs: LA – Milton Bradley (1), Shawn Green (1), Jayson Werth (1)

Game 3, October 9

Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Los Angeles 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 X 4 7 0
W: José Lima (1-0)  L: Matt Morris (0-1)  
HRs: LA – Shawn Green 2 (3)

Game 4, October 10

Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 6 8 0
Los Angeles 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1
W: Jeff Suppan (1-0)  L: Wilson Álvarez (0-1)  
HRs: STL – Albert Pujols (2), Reggie Sanders (1); LA – Jayson Werth (2)

2004 Awards

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

Main article: 2004 Major League Baseball draft
Scott Elbert

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.

References

  1. ^ 2004 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft

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