2004 Los Angeles Dodgers season

Information about 2004 Los Angeles Dodgers season

The 2004 season 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 and won their first post season game since 1988. However they lost the NL Division Series 3-1 to the St. Louis Cardinals.

Season standings

NL West	W	L	GB	Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers	93	69	--	.574
San Francisco Giants	91	71	2	.562
San Diego Padres	87	75	6	.537
Colorado Rockies	68	94	25	.420
Arizona Diamondbacks	51	111	42	.315

2004 roster

Coaches

Pitching Coach Jim Colborn
Hitting Coach Tim Wallach
Bench Coach Jim Riggleman
1st Base Coach John Shelby
3rd Base Coach Glenn Hoffman
Bullpen Coach Jim Lett


Starting Pitchers
Num	Name	Pos	G	GS	IP	W/L	ERA	BB	SO	CG
36	Jeff Weaver	SP	34	34	220.0	13-13	4.01	67	153	0
17	Kazuhisa Ishii	SP	31	31	172.0	13-8	4.71	98	99	2
45	Odalis Perez	SP	31	31	196.3	7-6	3.25	44	128	0
27	Jose Lima	SP	36	24	170.3	13-5	4.07	34	93	0
10	Hideo Nomo	SP	18	18	84.0	4-11	8.25	42	54	0
22	Edwin Jackson	SP	8	5	24.7	2-1	7.30	11	16	0
30	Brad Penny	SP	3	3	11.7	1-2	3.09	6	6	0
+	Relief Pitchers
Num	Name	Pos	G	GS	IP	W/L	ERA	BB	SO	SV
38	Eric Gagne	CL	70	0	82.3	7-3	2.19	22	114	45
50	Duaner Sanchez	RP	67	0	80.0	3-1	3.38	27	44	0
37	Darren Dreifort	RP	60	0	50.7	1-4	4.44	36	63	1
59	Guillermo Mota	RP	52	0	63.0	8-4	2.14	27	52	1
51	Tom Martin	RP	47	0	28.3	0-1	4.13	14	18	1
47	Wilson Alvarez	RP/SP	40	15	120.7	7-6	4.03	31	102	1
55	Giovanni Carrara	RP	42	0	53.7	5-2	2.18	20	48	2
43	Yhency Brazoban	RP	31	0	32.7	6-2	2.48	15	27	0
46	Elmer Dessens	RP/SP	12	1	19.7	1-0	3.20	8	18	0
58	Brian Falkenborg	RP	6	0	14.3	1-0	7.53	9	11	0
57	Scott Stewart	RP	11	0	12.3	1-0	5.84	6	8	0
41	Mike Venafro	RP	17	0	9.0	0-0	4.00	3	6	0
60	Masao Kida	RP	3	0	4.7	0-0	0.00	1	5	0
46	Rodney Myers	RP	1	0	2.0	0-0	0.00	0	1	0
Catchers
Num	Name	Pos	G	AB	Avg.	R	H	HR	RBI	SB
16	Paul LoDuca	C/1B	91	349	.301	41	105	10	49	2
40	David Ross	C	70	165	.170	13	28	5	15	0
6	Brent Mayne	C	47	96	.188	5	18	0	5	0
7	Tom Wilson	C	9	8	.125	1	1	0	0	0
Infielders
Num	Name	Pos	G	AB	Avg.	R	H	HR	RBI	SB
15	Shawn Green	1B/RF	157	590	.266	92	157	28	86	5
13	Alex Cora	2B	138	405	.264	47	107	10	47	3
3	Cesar Izturis	SS	159	670	.288	90	193	4	62	25
29	Adrian Beltre	3B	156	598	.334	104	200	48	121	7
18	Jose Hernandez	2B/SS/3B/LF	95	211	.289	32	61	13	29	3
23	Robin Ventura	1B/3B	102	152	.243	19	37	5	28	0
8	Olmedo Saenz	1B	77	111	.279	17	31	8	22	0
5	Hee-Seop Choi	1B	31	62	.161	5	10	0	6	0
49	Joe Thurston	2B	17	17	.176	1	3	0	1	0
26	Antonio Perez	2B/SS	13	13	.231	5	3	0	0	1
54	Jose Flores	3B	9	4	.250	0	1	0	0	0
Outfielders
Num	Name	Pos	G	AB	Avg.	R	H	HR	RBI	SB
28	Jayson Werth	LF/RF/CF	89	290	.262	56	76	16	4
21	Milton Bradley	CF/LF/RF	141	516	.267	72	138	19	67	15
43	Juan Encarnacion	RF/LF	86	324	.235	42	76	13	43	3
30	Dave Roberts	LF/CF	68	233	.253	45	59	2	21	33
12	Steve Finley	CF	58	224	.324	31	59	13	46	1
33	Jason Grabowski	LF/RF	113	173	.220	18	38	7	20	0
52	Chin-Feng Chen	LF	8	8	.000	1	0	0	0	0


Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Dave Roberts	Leftfielder
Cesar Izturis	Shortstop
Milton Bradley	Centerfielder
Shawn Green	First Baseman
Paul LoDuca	Catcher
Juan Encarnacion	Rightfielder
Adrian Beltre	Third Baseman
Alex Cora	Second Baseman
Hideo Nomo	Starting Pitcher

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 Perez (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, California

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: JosÃ© Lima (1-0) L: Matt Morris (0-1)
HRs: LA – Shawn Green 2 (3)

Game 4, October 10

Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California

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 Alvarez (0-1)
HRs: STL – Albert Pujols (2), Reggie Sanders (1); LA – Jayson Werth (2)

2004 Awards

2004 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
Eric Gagne reserve
Paul LoDuca reserve
Relief Man of the Year
Eric Gagne
Gold Glove Award
Steve Finley
Cesar Izturis
Silver Slugger Award
Adrian Beltre
National League Player of the Month
Adrian Beltre (September 2004)
National League Player of the Week
Adrian Beltre (June 21-27, 2004)
Steve Finley (Sep. 6-12, 2004)

2004 Transactions

December 13 Acquired Jeff Weaver, Yhency Brazoban and Brandon Weeden from the New York Yankees for Kevin Brown and cash
March 29 Acquired Jason Grabowski from the Oakland Athletics for cash
March 30 Acquired Jayson Werth from the Toronto Blue Jays for Jason Frasor
April 1 Acquired Cody Ross from the Detroit Tigers for Steve Colyer and cash
April 3 Acquired Aaron Looper and Ryan Ketchner from the Seattle Mariners for Jolbert Cabrera
April 3 Acquired Antonio Perez from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Jason Romano
April 4 Acquired Milton Bradley from the Cleveland Indians for Franklin Gutierrez and Andrew Brown
July 30 Acquired Brad Penny, Hee-Seop Choi and Bill Murphy from the Florida Marlins for Guillermo Mota, Paul LoDuca and Juan Encarnacion
July 31 Acquired Brent Mayne and Steve Finley from the Arizona Diamondbacks for Bill Murphy, Koyie Hill and Reggie Abercrombie
July 31 Acquired Henri Stanley from the Boston Red Sox for Dave Roberts
August 19 Acquired Elmer Dessens and cash from the Arizona Diamondbacks for Jereme Milons

2004 Minor League Teams

AAA: Las Vegas 51s (managed by Terry Kennedy) - Pacific Coast League
AA: Jacksonville Suns (managed by Dino Ebel) - Southern League
A: Vero Beach Dodgers (managed by Scott Little) - Florida State League
A: Columbus Catfish (managed by Dann Bilardello) - South Atlantic League
Rookie: Ogden Raptors (managed by Travis Barbary - Pioneer League
Rookie: Gulf Coast Dodgers (managed by Luis Salazar) - Gulf Coast League

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2004 MLB season by team

AL East: Baltimore • Boston • New York • Tampa Bay • Toronto
AL Central: Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • Kansas City • Minnesota
AL West: Anaheim • Oakland • Seattle • Texas

NL East: Atlanta • Florida • Montreal • New York • Philadelphia
NL Central: Chicago • Cincinnati • Houston • Milwaukee • Pittsburgh • St. Louis
NL West: Arizona • Colorado • Los Angeles • San Diego • San Francisco

2004 All-Star Game • 2004 World Series

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Frank McCourt is the sole owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers. In 2004, he purchased a controlling interest of the Dodgers from Fox Entertainment Group, owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation.
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Dan Evans is an American Major League Baseball executive.

Evans (born 27 January 1960 in Chicago, Illinois)has been in baseball his whole career, starting out by working small jobs with the Chicago White Sox while still in college.
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Paul DePodesta (born December 16, 1972) is baseball front-office assistant for the San Diego Padres.

He has also served as general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers from February 16, 2004 to October 29, 2005.
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St. Louis Cardinals Established 1882

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