2004 New York Yankees
2004 American League East Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
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Record101–61 (.623)
Divisional place1st
Other information
Owner(s)George Steinbrenner
General manager(s)Brian Cashman
Manager(s)Joe Torre
Local televisionWCBS-TV
YES Network
(Michael Kay, Jim Kaat, Ken Singleton, Bobby Murcer, Paul O'Neill, Joe Girardi)
Local radioWCBS (AM)
(John Sterling, Charley Steiner)
WADO
(Armando Tallavara)
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The New York Yankees' 2004 season was the 102nd season for the Yankees. The Yankees opened the season by playing two games against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in Japan on March 30, 2004. The team finished with a record of 101-61, finishing 3 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox in the AL East. The 2004 season was the Yankees third straight season of 100+ wins, the first such instance in franchise history. New York was managed by Joe Torre. In the playoffs, the Yankees defeated the Minnesota Twins, 3 games to 1, in the ALDS, before losing to the wild card Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3, in the ALCS. The 2004 Yankees are notable as the only team in MLB history to lose a 7-game playoff series after taking a 3 games to none lead. This was the fourth straight year in which the Yankees lost to the eventual World Series champions in the postseason. Only the Los Angeles Dodgers (2016–19) have duplicated the same feat.

Offseason

Alex Rodriguez was acquired in a trade with the Texas Rangers in exchange for Alfonso Soriano and Joaquín Árias.
Alex Rodriguez was acquired in a trade with the Texas Rangers in exchange for Alfonso Soriano and Joaquín Árias.

Regular season

Season Summary

July

Derek Jeter dives into stands chasing and catching a pop up in the 12th inning of a 3 to 3 game against the Boston Red Sox, the play was later named the dive.

August

On August 31 the Yankees had their worst loss in history by run differential, losing 22–0 to the Cleveland Indians.

September

On September 30 the Yankees clinched their division.[6]

Season standings

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 101 61 0.623 — 57–24 44–37
Boston Red Sox 98 64 0.605 3 55–26 43–38
Baltimore Orioles 78 84 0.481 23 38–43 40–41
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 70 91 0.435 30½ 41–39 29–52
Toronto Blue Jays 67 94 0.416 33½ 40–41 27–53


Record vs. opponents

2004 American League Records

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim — 6–3 4–5 5–4 4–5 7–2 7–0 5–4 5–4 10–9 13–7 6–1 9–10 4–5 7–11
Baltimore 3–6 — 10–9 2–4 3–3 6–0 6–3 4–5 5–14 0–7 7–2 11–8 5–2 11–8 5–13
Boston 5–4 9–10 — 4–2 3–4 6–1 4–2 2–4 11–8 8–1 5–4 14–5 4–5 14–5 9–9
Chicago 4–5 4–2 2–4 — 10–9 8–11 13–6 9–10 3–4 2–7 7–2 4–2 6–3 3–4 8–10
Cleveland 5–4 3–3 4–3 9–10 — 9–10 11–8 7–12 2–4 6–3 5–4 3–3 1–8 5–2 10–8
Detroit 2–7 0–6 1–6 11–8 10–9 — 8–11 7–12 4–3 4–5 5–4 3–3 4–5 4–2 9–9
Kansas City 0–7 3–6 2–4 6–13 8–11 11–8 — 7–12 1–5 2–7 2–5 3–6 4–5 3–3 6–12
Minnesota 4–5 5–4 4–2 10–9 12–7 12–7 12–7 — 2–4 2–5 5–4 4–5 5–2 4–2 11–7
New York 4–5 14–5 8–11 4–3 4–2 3–4 5–1 4–2 — 7–2 6–3 15–4 5–4 12–7 10–8
Oakland 9–10 7–0 1–8 7–2 3–6 5–4 7–2 5–2 2–7 — 11–8 7–2 11–9 6–3 10–8
Seattle 7–13 2–7 4–5 2–7 4–5 4–5 5–2 4–5 3–6 8–11 — 2–5 7–12 2–7 9–9
Tampa Bay 1–6 8–11 5–14 2–4 3–3 3–3 6–3 5–4 4–15 2–7 5–2 — 2–7 9–9 15–3
Texas 10–9 2–5 5–4 3–6 8–1 5–4 5–4 2–5 4–5 9–11 12–7 7–2 — 7–2 10–8
Toronto 5–4 8–11 5–14 4–3 2–5 2–4 3–3 2–4 7–12 3–6 7–2 9–9 2–7 — 8–10


Notable transactions

Roster

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Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

Legend
Yankees Win Yankees Loss Game Postponed
Game Log[12]
March and April (12–11)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 March 30 @ Devil Rays 3–8 Zambrano (1–0) Mussina (0–1) – 55,000 0–1
2 March 31 @ Devil Rays 12–1 Brown (1–0) González (0–1) – 55,000 1–1
3 April 6 @ Devil Rays 4–9 Zambrano (2–0) Mussina (0–2) – 41,755 1–2
4 April 7 @ Devil Rays 3–2 Brown (2–0) Abbott (0–1) Rivera (1) 31,669 2–2
5 April 8 White Sox 3–1 Vázquez (1–0) Schoeneweis (0–1) Rivera (2) 55,290 3–2
6 April 9 White Sox 3–9 Garland (1–0) Contreras (0–1) – 45,965 3–3
7 April 10 White Sox 3–7 Buehrle (1–0) DePaula (0–1) – 47,911 3–4
8 April 11 White Sox 5–4 Mussina (1–2) Wright (0–1) Rivera (3) 37,484 4–4
9 April 14 Devil Rays 5–1 Brown (3–0) Hendrickson (0–1) – 37,914 5–4
10 April 16 @ Red Sox 2–6 Wakefield (1–0) Vázquez (1–1) – 35,163 5–5
11 April 17 @ Red Sox 2–5 Schilling (2–0) Mussina (1–3) – 35,023 5–6
12 April 18 @ Red Sox 7–3 Quantrill (1–0) Lowe (1–1) – 35,011 6–6
13 April 19 @ Red Sox 4–5 Timlin (1–1) Gordon (0–1) Foulke (3) 35,027 6–7
14 April 20 @ White Sox 11–8 Quantrill (2–0) Buehrle (1–1) Rivera (4) 32,034 7–7
15 April 21 @ White Sox 3–1 Vázquez (2–1) Garland (1–1) Rivera (5) 26,154 8–7
16 April 22 @ White Sox 3–4 Schoeneweis (2–1) Mussina (1–4) Marte (2) 34,030 8–8
17 April 23 Red Sox 2–11 Lowe (2–1) Contreras (0–2) – 55,001 8–9
18 April 24 Red Sox 2–3 (12) Foulke (1–0) Quantrill (2–1) Timlin (1) 55,195 8–10
19 April 25 Red Sox 0–2 Martínez (3–1) Vázquez (2–2) Williamson (1) 55,338 8–11
20 April 27 Athletics 10–8 Osborne (1–0) Mecir (0–2) Rivera (6) 33,191 9–11
21 April 28 Athletics 5–1 Contreras (1–2) Mulder (2–2) Gordon (1) 44,325 10–11
22 April 29 Athletics 7–5 Brown (4–0) Zito (2–3) Rivera (7) 35,651 11–11
23 April 30 Royals 5–2 Vázques (3–2) Anderson (1–2) Rivera (8) 43,237 12–11
May (18–8)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
24 May 1 Royals 12–4 Lieber (1–0) Villacis (0–1) – 54,103 13–11
25 May 2 Royals 4–2 Mussina (2–4) Affeldt (0–3) Rivera (9) 49,208 14–11
26 May 4 @ Athletics 10–8 Osborne (2–0) Bradford (1–1) Rivera (10) 35,081 15–11
27 May 5 @ Athletics 4–3 Quantrill (3–1) Rhodes (0–1) Rivera (11) 43,227 16–11
28 May 6 @ Athletics 4–7 Harden (1–2) Vázquez (3–3) Mecir (1) 38,417 16–12
29 May 7 @ Mariners 2–6 Franklin (2–2) Lieber (1–1) – 46,491 16–13
30 May 8 @ Mariners 6–0 Mussina (3–4) Meche (1–3) – 46,454 17–13
31 May 9 @ Mariners 7–6 Quantrill (4–1) Soriano (0–3) Rivera (12) 46,589 18–13
32 May 11 Angels 8–7 (10) Gordon (1–1) Weber (0–1) – 36,706 19–13
33 May 12 Angels 2–11 Sele (2–0) Vázquez (3–4) – 49,954 19–14
34 May 13 Angels 7–4 Lieber (2–1) Lackey (3–4) Rivera (13) 41,089 20–14
35 May 14 Mariners 9–5 Mussina (4–4) Villone (3–2) – 49,653 21–14
36 May 15 Mariners 7–13 (13) Guardado (1–0) White (0–1) – 54,531 21–15
37 May 16 Mariners 2–1 Brown (5–0) Piñeiro (1–5) Rivera (14) 54,732 22–15
38 May 18 @ Angels 0–1 (11) Shields (3–0) Quantrill (4–2) – 43,660 22–16
39 May 19 @ Angels 4–2 Lieber (3–1) Lackey (3–5) Rivera (15) 43,742 23–16
40 May 20 @ Angels 6–2 Mussina (5–4) Colón (4–3) – 43,810 24–16
41 May 21 @ Rangers 7–9 Benoit (2–1) Brown (5–1) Cordero (14) 49,195 24–17
42 May 22 @ Rangers 3–4 Almanzar (4–0) Gordon (1–2) – 49,458 24–18
43 May 23 @ Rangers 8–3 Vázquez (4–4) Dickey (4–4) – 50,241 25–18
44 May 25 @ Orioles 11–3 Lieber (4–1) Bédard (1–2) – 42,846 26–18
45 May 26 @ Orioles 12–9 Sturtze (1–0) Ryan (1–2) Rivera (16) 37,610 27–18
46 May 27 @ Orioles 18–5 Contreras (2–2) Ponson (3–5) – 46,282 28–18
47 May 28 @ Devil Rays 7–5 Vázquez (5–4) Waechter (2–5) Rivera (17) 20,627 29–18
48 May 29 @ Devil Rays 5–3 Brown (6–1) Hendrickson (2–5) Rivera (18) 25,692 30–18
49 May 30 @ Devil Rays 6–7 Zambrano (5–4) Lieber (4–2) Báez (8) 26,098 30–19
June (19–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
50 June 1 Orioles 8–7 Mussina (6–4) Ponson (3–6) Rivera (19) 38,012 31–19
51 June 2 Orioles 6–5 Prinz (1–0) DuBose (4–4) Rivera (20) 50,502 32–19
52 June 3 Orioles 5–2 Vázquez (6–4) Parrish (3–2) Rivera (21) 44,020 33–19
53 June 4 Rangers 7–6 Brown (7–1) Powell (1–1) Rivera (22) 49,372 34–19
54 June 5 Rangers 1–8 Domínguez (1–1) Lieber (4–3) – 51,910 34–20
55 June 6 Rangers 2–1 Mussina (7–4) Drese (2–3) Rivera (23) 54,092 35–20
56 June 8 Rockies 2–1 Vázquez (7–4) Fassero (0–6) Rivera (24) 51,852 36–20
57 June 9 Rockies 7–5 Quantrill (5–2) Kennedy (4–4) Rivera (25) 38,013 37–20
58 June 10 Rockies 10–4 Contreras (3–2) Jennings (5–6) – 41,586 38–20
59 June 11 Padres 2–10 Eaton (3–6) Heredia (0–1) Otsuka (2) 49,855 38–21
60 June 12 Padres 3–2 Lieber (5–3) Tankersley (0–3) Rivera (26) 54,280 39–21
61 June 13 Padres 6–5 (12) Heredia (1–1) Beck (0–1) – 52,754 40–21
62 June 15 @ Diamondbacks 4–2 Contreras (4–2) Webb (3–6) Rivera (27) 48,066 41–21
63 June 16 @ Diamondbacks 9–4 Sturtze (2–0) Fossum (1–5) – 48,274 42–21
64 June 17 @ Diamondbacks 1–6 Sparks (3–4) Lieber (5–4) Dessens (2) 48,252 42–22
65 June 18 @ Dodgers 3–6 Weaver (5–7) Vázquez (7–5) Gagné (17) 55,207 42–23
66 June 19 @ Dodgers 6–2 Halsey (1–0) Nomo (3–8) – 54,876 43–23
July (16–12)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
August (16–12)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
September (19–9)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
October (1–3)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record

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
Jorge Posada, C 137 449 122 .272 21 81
Tony Clark, 1B 106 253 56 .221 16 49
Miguel Cairo, 2B 122 360 105 .292 6 42
Derek Jeter, SS 154 643 188 .292 23 78
Alex Rodriguez, 3B 155 601 172 .286 36 106
Hideki Matsui, LF 162 584 174 .298 31 108
Bernie Williams, CF 148 561 147 .262 22 70
Gary Sheffield, RF 154 573 166 .290 36 121
Ruben Sierra, DH 107 307 75 .244 17 65

Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Jason Giambi 80 264 55 .208 12 40
Kenny Lofton 83 276 76 .275 3 18
Enrique Wilson 93 240 51 .213 6 31
John Olerud 49 164 46 .280 4 26
John Flaherty 47 127 32 .252 6 16
Bubba Crosby 55 53 8 .151 2 7
Travis Lee 7 19 2 .105 0 2
Felix Escalona 5 8 0 .000 0 0
Andy Phillips 5 8 2 .250 1 2
Homer Bush 9 7 0 .000 0 0
Dioner Navarro 5 7 3 .429 0 1

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Javier Vazquez 32 198 14 10 4.91 150
John Lieber 27 176.2 14 8 4.33 102
Mike Mussina 27 164.2 12 9 4.59 132
Kevin Brown 22 132 10 6 4.09 83
Jose Contreras 18 95.2 8 5 5.64 82
Orlando Hernandez 15 84.2 8 2 3.30 84
Brad Halsey 8 32 1 3 6.47 25

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Esteban Loaiza 10 42.1 1 2 8.50 34
Donovan Osborne 9 17.2 2 0 7.13 10
Jorge De Paula 3 9 0 1 5.00 2
Alex Graman 3 5 0 0 19.80 4
Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Paul Quantrill 86 7 3 1 4.72 37
Tom Gordon 80 9 4 4 2.21 96
Mariano Rivera 74 4 2 53 1.94 66
Felix Heredia 47 1 1 0 6.28 25
Tanyon Sturtze 28 6 2 1 5.47 56
Bret Prinz 26 1 0 0 5.08 22
Scott Proctor 26 2 1 0 5.40 21
Gabe White 24 0 1 0 8.27 8
C.J. Nitkowski 19 1 1 0 7.62 10
Steve Karsay 7 0 0 0 2.70 4
Juan Padilla 6 0 0 0 3.97 5
Sam Marsonek 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

ALDS

New York wins the series, 3-1

Game Score Date
1 New York 0, Minnesota 2 October 5
2 New York 7, Minnesota 6 October 6
3 New York 8, Minnesota 4 October 8
4 New York 6, Minnesota 5 October 9

ALCS

The Yankees squared off against the Boston Red Sox in the 2004 American League Championship Series. This is the 2nd straight year these bitter rivals faced off for a trip to the World Series.

Game 1

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 7 10 0
New York 2 0 4 0 0 2 0 2 X 10 14 0
WP: Mike Mussina (1-0)   LP: Curt Schilling (0-1)   Sv: Mariano Rivera (1)
Home runs:
BOS: Jason Varitek (1)
NYY: Kenny Lofton (1)

Game 2

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 0
New York 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 3 7 0
WP: Jon Lieber (1-0)   LP: Pedro Martínez (0-1)   Sv: Mariano Rivera (2)
Home runs:
BOS: None
NYY: John Olerud (1)

Game 3

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 3 0 3 5 2 0 4 0 2 19 22 1
Boston 0 4 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 15 0
WP: Javier Vázquez (1-0)   LP: Ramiro Mendoza (0-1)
Home runs:
NYY: Hideki Matsui 2 (2), Alex Rodriguez (1), Gary Sheffield (1)
BOS: Trot Nixon (1), Jason Varitek (2)

Game 4

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E
New York 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12 1
Boston 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 8 0
WP: Curtis Leskanic (1-0)   LP: Paul Quantrill (0-1)
Home runs:
NYY: Alex Rodriguez (2)
BOS: David Ortiz (1)

Game 5

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 R H E
New York 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12 1
Boston 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 13 1
WP: Tim Wakefield (1-0)   LP: Esteban Loaiza (0-1)
Home runs:
NYY: Bernie Williams (1)
BOS: David Ortiz (2)

Game 6

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 0
New York 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 6 0
WP: Curt Schilling (1-1)   LP: Jon Lieber (1-1)   Sv: Keith Foulke (1)
Home runs:
BOS: Mark Bellhorn (1)
NYY: Bernie Williams (2)

Game 7

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 10 13 0
New York 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 5 1
WP: Derek Lowe (1-0)   LP: Kevin Brown (0-1)
Home runs:
BOS: David Ortiz (3), Johnny Damon 2 (3), Mark Bellhorn (2)
NYY: None

Awards and records

2004 MLB All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Columbus Clippers International League Bucky Dent
AA Trenton Thunder Eastern League Stump Merrill
A Tampa Yankees Florida State League Bill Masse
A Battle Creek Yankees Midwest League Mitch Seoane and Bill Mosiello
A-Short Season Staten Island Yankees New York–Penn League Tommy John
Rookie GCL Yankees Gulf Coast League Oscar Acosta

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GCL Yankees; LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Tampa[13][14]

References

  1. ^ "Luis Sojo Stats".
  2. ^ "Nick Johnson Stats".
  3. ^ "Buddy Carlyle Stats".
  4. ^ a b "Mike Lamb Stats".
  5. ^ Alfonso Soriano Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ^ James B. (2004). The Bill James Handbook 2005.Chicago, Il: ACTA sports
  7. ^ Philip Hughes Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  8. ^ "Donzell McDonald Stats".
  9. ^ Esteban Loaiza Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  10. ^ John Olerud Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  11. ^ Shane Spencer Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  12. ^ http://gd2.mlb.com/content/game/mlb/year_2004/[bare URL]
  13. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  14. ^ Baseball America 2005 Annual Directory

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