2004 Cincinnati Reds season

The 2004 Cincinnati Reds season was the 135th season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their second season at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. They improved on their 69–93 record from 2003.

Offseason

January 14, 2004: John Vander Wal was signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds.
March 14, 2004: John Vander Wal was released by the Cincinnati Reds.
March 17, 2004: John Vander Wal was signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

Regular season

Season summary

The Reds finished with a final record of 76–86. That earned them fourth place in their division. They finished 29 games behind the division winner and eventual National League champion, the St. Louis Cardinals. The Reds also finished 16 games behind the second place team and National League wild card winner, the Houston Astros. The Reds finished 13 games behind the third place team, the Chicago Cubs. They finished 3½ games ahead of the fifth place team, the Pittsburgh Pirates, and 8½ games ahead of the sixth place team, the Milwaukee Brewers.

Season standings

National League Central

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NL Central
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	105	57	.648	—	53‍–‍28	52‍–‍29
Houston Astros	92	70	.568	13	48‍–‍33	44‍–‍37
Chicago Cubs	89	73	.549	16	45‍–‍37	44‍–‍36
Cincinnati Reds	76	86	.469	29	40‍–‍41	36‍–‍45
Pittsburgh Pirates	72	89	.447	32½	39‍–‍41	33‍–‍48
Milwaukee Brewers	67	94	.416	37½	36‍–‍45	31‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

2004 National League record v t e Source:
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

Notable transactions

April 6, 2004: Kenny Kelly was signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

Roster

2004 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers 29 José Acevedo 31 Jung Bong 34 Brandon Claussen 32 Danny Graves 43 Josh Hancock 39 Aaron Harang 43 Jimmy Haynes 54 Luke Hudson 59 Todd Jones 15 Cory Lidle 33 Mike Matthews 56 Aaron Myette 51 Phil Norton 60 Juan Padilla 52 Brian Reith 46 John Riedling 41 Jesús Sánchez 48 Joe Valentine 45 Todd Van Poppel 38 Ryan Wagner 36 Gabe White 40 Paul Wilson		Catchers 23 Jason LaRue 22 Corky Miller 17 Javier Valentín Infielders 21 Sean Casey 7 Juan Castro 60 Tim Hummel 3 D'Angelo Jiménez 11 Barry Larkin 16 Brandon Larson 2 Felipe López 19 Andy Machado 4 Ray Olmedo		Outfielders 15 Darren Bragg 57 Jermaine Clark 9 Jacob Cruz 44 Adam Dunn 6 Ryan Freel 30 Ken Griffey Jr. 28 Austin Kearns 26 Wily Mo Peña 10 Jason Romano 25 John Vander Wal		Manager 12 Dave Miley Coaches 55 Mark Berry (third base) 49 Chris Chambliss (hitting) 35 Don Gullett (pitching) 47 Tom Hume (bullpen) 50 Jerry Narron (bench) 53 Randy Whisler (first base)

2004 Cincinnati Reds

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

12 Dave Miley

Coaches

55 Mark Berry (third base)
49 Chris Chambliss (hitting)
35 Don Gullett (pitching)
47 Tom Hume (bullpen)
50 Jerry Narron (bench)
53 Randy Whisler (first base)

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Jason LaRue	114	390	98	.251	14	55
1B	Sean Casey	146	571	185	.324	24	99
2B	D'Angelo Jiménez	152	563	152	.270	12	67
SS	Barry Larkin	111	346	100	.289	8	44
3B	Ryan Freel	143	505	140	.277	3	28
LF	Adam Dunn	161	568	151	.266	46	102
CF	Ken Griffey Jr.	83	300	76	.253	20	60
RF	Austin Kearns	64	217	50	.230	9	32

Other batters

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
Wily Mo Peña	110	336	87	.259	26	66
Juan Castro	111	299	73	.244	5	26
Felipe López	79	264	64	.242	7	31
Javier Valentín	82	202	47	.233	6	20
Jacob Cruz	96	147	33	.224	3	28
Brandon Larson	40	118	25	.212	3	14
Tim Hummel	56	110	24	.218	1	7
Darren Bragg	38	94	18	.191	4	9
Anderson Machado	17	56	15	.268	0	4
John Vander Wal	42	51	6	.118	2	4
Corky Miller	13	39	1	.026	0	3
Jermaine Clark	14	30	4	.133	0	2
Jason Romano	22	26	4	.154	1	3
Ray Olmedo	8	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Paul Wilson	29	183.2	11	6	4.36	117
Aaron Harang	28	161.0	10	9	4.86	125
Cory Lidle	24	149.0	7	10	5.32	93
Brandon Claussen	14	66.0	2	8	6.14	45
Josh Hancock	12	54.2	5	1	4.45	31
Luke Hudson	9	48.1	4	2	2.42	38
Jung Bong	3	15.1	1	1	4.70	11
Jesús Sánchez	3	14.1	0	2	7.53	8

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
José Acevedo	39	157.2	5	12	5.94	117
Todd Van Poppel	48	115.1	4	6	6.09	72
Jimmy Haynes	5	15.0	0	3	9.60	8

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Danny Graves	68	1	6	41	3.95	40
John Riedling	70	5	3	0	5.10	46
Phil Norton	69	2	5	0	5.07	48
Todd Jones	51	8	2	1	3.79	37
Ryan Wagner	49	3	2	0	4.70	37
Gabe White	40	1	2	1	6.23	33
Mike Matthews	35	2	1	0	6.30	15
Joe Valentine	24	2	3	4	5.22	29
Brian Reith	22	2	2	0	7.27	24
Juan Padilla	12	1	0	0	10.67	12
Aaron Myette	5	0	0	0	8.31	6

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Louisville Bats	International League	Rick Burleson
AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Southern League	Jayhawk Owens
A	Potomac Cannons	Carolina League	Edgar Caceres
A	Dayton Dragons	Midwest League	Alonzo Powell
Rookie	GCL Reds	Gulf Coast League	Freddie Benavides
Rookie	Billings Mustangs	Pioneer League	Donnie Scott

References

Season standings: National League Central Standings on ESPN.com
Batting Statistics: Cincinnati Reds Batting Stats on ESPN.com
Pitching Statistics: Cincinnati Reds Pitching Stats on ESPN.com
2004 Cincinnati Reds statistics at Baseball Reference.com

^ John Vander Wal Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
Kenny Kelly Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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 Montréal New York Philadelphia
NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis
NL West	Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Cincinnati Reds

Established in 1882
Formerly the Cincinnati Red Stockings and the Cincinnati Redlegs
Based in Cincinnati, Ohio

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Majestic Park; Tinker Field; Estadio Sixto Escobar; Plant Field; Al Lopez Field; Plant City Stadium; Ed Smith Stadium; Goodyear Ballpark

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Key personnel

Owner: Bob Castellini
President of Baseball Operations: Nick Krall
General Manager: Brad Meador
Manager: Freddie Benavides (interim)

World Series Championships (5)

National League pennants (9)

AA pennants (1)

1882

Division titles (10)

National League Central: 1995; 2010; 2012
National League West: 1970; 1972; 1973; 1975; 1976; 1979; 1990

Minor league affiliates

Louisville Bats (Triple-A)
Chattanooga Lookouts (Double-A)
Dayton Dragons (High-A)
Daytona Tortugas (Single-A)
ACL Reds (Rookie)
DSL Reds (Rookie)

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