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Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees

Major League Baseball team season
2004 New York Yankees
American League East Champions
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkYankee Stadium
CityNew York
Record101–61 (.623)
Divisional place1st
OwnersGeorge Steinbrenner
General managersBrian Cashman
ManagersJoe Torre
TelevisionWCBS-TV
YES Network
(Michael Kay, Jim Kaat, Ken Singleton, Bobby Murcer, Paul O'Neill, Joe Girardi)
RadioWCBS (AM)
(John Sterling, Charley Steiner)
WADO
(Armando Tallavara)
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The 2004 New York Yankees season was the 102nd season for the New York Yankees franchise. 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.
  • October 27, 2003: Luis Sojo was released by the New York Yankees.
  • December 16, 2003: Nick Johnson was traded by the New York Yankees with Randy Choate and Juan Rivera to the Montreal Expos for Javier Vázquez.
  • December 23, 2003: Buddy Carlyle was signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.
  • January 6, 2004: Kenny Lofton signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.
  • February 5, 2004: Mike Lamb was traded by the Texas Rangers to the New York Yankees for Jose Garcia (minors).
  • February 16, 2004: The New York Yankees sent Alfonso Soriano and a player to be named later were sent to the Texas Rangers in exchange for Alex Rodriguez. The New York Yankees sent Joaquin Arias (April 23, 2004) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.
  • March 25, 2004: Mike Lamb was traded by the New York Yankees to the Houston Astros for Juan DeLeon (minors).

Signed Gary Sheffield

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.

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 101 61 .623 — 57‍–‍24 44‍–‍37
Boston Red Sox 98 64 .605 3 55‍–‍26 43‍–‍38
Baltimore Orioles 78 84 .481 23 38‍–‍43 40‍–‍41
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 70 91 .435 30½ 41‍–‍39 29‍–‍52
Toronto Blue Jays 67 94 .416 33½ 40‍–‍41 27‍–‍53


Record vs. opponents

2004 American League record
Sources:
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

  • June 7, 2004: Phil Hughes was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2004.
  • July 22, 2004: Donzell McDonald was signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.
  • July 31, 2004: Esteban Loaiza was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the New York Yankees for José Contreras and cash.
  • August 3, 2004: John Olerud was signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.
  • August 17, 2004: Shane Spencer signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.

Roster

2004 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

Legend
Yankees Win Yankees Loss Game Postponed
2004 Game Log (101–61) Home: 57–24 Away: 44–37
March (1–1) Home: 0–0 Away: 1–1
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record
1 March 30 @ Devil Rays 3–8 Zambrano (1–0) Mussina (0–1) — Tokyo Dome 55,000 0–1
2 March 31 @ Devil Rays 12–1 Brown (1–0) González (0–1) — Tokyo Dome 55,000 1–1
April (11–10) Home: 7–5 Away: 4–5
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record
3 April 6 @ Devil Rays 4–9 Zambrano (2–0) Mussina (0–2) — Tropicana Field 41,755 1–2
4 April 7 @ Devil Rays 3–2 Brown (2–0) Abbott (0–1) Rivera (1) Tropicana Field 31,669 2–2
5 April 8 White Sox 3–1 Vazquez (1–0) Schoeneweis (0–1) Rivera (2) Yankee Stadium 55,290 3–2
6 April 9 White Sox 3–9 Garland (1–0) Contreras (0–1) — Yankee Stadium 45,965 3–3
7 April 10 White Sox 3–7 Buehrle (1–0) DePaula (0–1) — Yankee Stadium 47,911 3–4
8 April 11 White Sox 5–4 Mussina (1–2) Wright (0–1) Rivera (3) Yankee Stadium 37,484 4–4
– April 13 Devil Rays Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 6
9 April 14 Devil Rays 5–1 Brown (3–0) Hendrickson (0–1) — Yankee Stadium 37,914 5–4
10 April 16 @ Red Sox 2–6 Wakefield (1–0) Vazquez (1–1) — Fenway Park 35,163 5–5
11 April 17 @ Red Sox 2–5 Schilling (2–0) Mussina (1–3) — Fenway Park 35,023 5–6
12 April 18 @ Red Sox 7–3 Quantrill (1–0) Lowe (1–1) — Fenway Park 35,011 6–6
13 April 19 @ Red Sox 4–5 Timlin (1–1) Gordon (0–1) Foulke (3) Fenway Park 35,027 6–7
14 April 20 @ White Sox 11–8 Quantrill (2–0) Buehrle (1–1) Rivera (4) U.S. Cellular Field 32,034 7–7
15 April 21 @ White Sox 3–1 Vazquez (2–1) Garland (1–1) Rivera (5) U.S. Cellular Field 26,154 8–7
16 April 22 @ White Sox 3–4 Schoeneweis (2–1) Mussina (1–4) Marte (2) U.S. Cellular Field 34,030 8–8
17 April 23 Red Sox 2–11 Lowe (2–1) Contreras (0–2) — Yankee Stadium 55,001 8–9
18 April 24 Red Sox 2–3 (12) Foulke (1–0) Quantrill (2–1) Timlin (1) Yankee Stadium 55,195 8–10
19 April 25 Red Sox 0–2 Martinez (3–1) Vazquez (2–2) Williamson (1) Yankee Stadium 55,338 8–11
20 April 27 Athletics 10–8 Osborne (1–0) Mecir (0–2) Rivera (6) Yankee Stadium 33,191 9–11
21 April 28 Athletics 5–1 Contreras (1–2) Mulder (2–2) Gordon (1) Yankee Stadium 44,325 10–11
22 April 29 Athletics 7–5 Brown (4–0) Zito (2–3) Rivera (7) Yankee Stadium 35,651 11–11
23 April 30 Royals 5–2 Vázques (3–2) Anderson (1–2) Rivera (8) Yankee Stadium 43,237 12–11
May (18–8) Home: 6–2 Away: 12–6
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record
24 May 1 Royals 12–4 Lieber (1–0) Villacis (0–1) — Yankee Stadium 54,103 13–11
25 May 2 Royals 4–2 Mussina (2–4) Affeldt (0–3) Rivera (9) Yankee Stadium 49,208 14–11
26 May 4 @ Athletics 10–8 Osborne (2–0) Bradford (1–1) Rivera (10) Network Associates Coliseum 35,081 15–11
27 May 5 @ Athletics 4–3 Quantrill (3–1) Rhodes (0–1) Rivera (11) Network Associates Coliseum 43,227 16–11
28 May 6 @ Athletics 4–7 Harden (1–2) Vazquez (3–3) Mecir (1) Network Associates Coliseum 38,417 16–12
29 May 7 @ Mariners 2–6 Franklin (2–2) Lieber (1–1) — Safeco Field 46,491 16–13
30 May 8 @ Mariners 6–0 Mussina (3–4) Meche (1–3) — Safeco Field 46,454 17–13
31 May 9 @ Mariners 7–6 Quantrill (4–1) Soriano (0–3) Rivera (12) Safeco Field 46,589 18–13
32 May 11 Angels 8–7 (10) Gordon (1–1) Weber (0–1) — Yankee Stadium 36,706 19–13
33 May 12 Angels 2–11 Sele (2–0) Vázquez (3–4) — Yankee Stadium 49,954 19–14
34 May 13 Angels 7–4 Lieber (2–1) Lackey (3–4) Rivera (13) Yankee Stadium 41,089 20–14
35 May 14 Mariners 9–5 Mussina (4–4) Villone (3–2) — Yankee Stadium 49,653 21–14
36 May 15 Mariners 7–13 (13) Guardado (1–0) White (0–1) — Yankee Stadium 54,531 21–15
37 May 16 Mariners 2–1 Brown (5–0) Piñeiro (1–5) Rivera (14) Yankee Stadium 54,732 22–15
38 May 18 @ Angels 0–1 (11) Shields (3–0) Quantrill (4–2) — Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,660 22–16
39 May 19 @ Angels 4–2 Lieber (3–1) Lackey (3–5) Rivera (15) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,742 23–16
40 May 20 @ Angels 6–2 Mussina (5–4) Colon (4–3) — Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,810 24–16
41 May 21 @ Rangers 7–9 Benoit (2–1) Brown (5–1) Cordero (14) The Ballpark in Arlington 49,195 24–17
42 May 22 @ Rangers 3–4 Almanzar (4–0) Gordon (1–2) — The Ballpark in Arlington 49,458 24–18
43 May 23 @ Rangers 8–3 Vazquez (4–4) Dickey (4–4) — The Ballpark in Arlington 50,241 25–18
44 May 25 @ Orioles 11–3 Lieber (4–1) Bedard (1–2) — Oriole Park at Camden Yards 42,846 26–18
45 May 26 @ Orioles 12–9 Sturtze (1–0) Ryan (1–2) Rivera (16) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 37,610 27–18
46 May 27 @ Orioles 18–5 Contreras (2–2) Ponson (3–5) — Oriole Park at Camden Yards 46,282 28–18
47 May 28 @ Devil Rays 7–5 Vázquez (5–4) Waechter (2–5) Rivera (17) Tropicana Field 20,627 29–18
48 May 29 @ Devil Rays 5–3 Brown (6–1) Hendrickson (2–5) Rivera (18) Tropicana Field 25,692 30–18
49 May 30 @ Devil Rays 6–7 Zambrano (5–4) Lieber (4–2) Baez (8) Tropicana Field 26,098 30–19
June (19–7) Home: 14–3 Away: 5–4
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record
50 June 1 Orioles 8–7 Mussina (6–4) Ponson (3–6) Rivera (19) Yankee Stadium 38,012 31–19
51 June 2 Orioles 6–5 Prinz (1–0) DuBose (4–4) Rivera (20) Yankee Stadium 50,502 32–19
52 June 3 Orioles 5–2 Vazquez (6–4) Parrish (3–2) Rivera (21) Yankee Stadium 44,020 33–19
53 June 4 Rangers 7–6 Brown (7–1) Powell (1–1) Rivera (22) Yankee Stadium 49,372 34–19
54 June 5 Rangers 1–8 Dominguez (1–1) Lieber (4–3) — Yankee Stadium 51,910 34–20
55 June 6 Rangers 2–1 Mussina (7–4) Drese (2–3) Rivera (23) Yankee Stadium 54,092 35–20
56 June 8 Rockies 2–1 Vázquez (7–4) Fassero (0–6) Rivera (24) Yankee Stadium 51,852 36–20
57 June 9 Rockies 7–5 Quantrill (5–2) Kennedy (4–4) Rivera (25) Yankee Stadium 38,013 37–20
58 June 10 Rockies 10–4 Contreras (3–2) Jennings (5–6) — Yankee Stadium 41,586 38–20
59 June 11 Padres 2–10 Eaton (3–6) Heredia (0–1) Otsuka (2) Yankee Stadium 49,855 38–21
60 June 12 Padres 3–2 Lieber (5–3) Tankersley (0–3) Rivera (26) Yankee Stadium 54,280 39–21
61 June 13 Padres 6–5 (12) Heredia (1–1) Beck (0–1) — Yankee Stadium 52,754 40–21
62 June 15 @ Diamondbacks 4–2 Contreras (4–2) Webb (3–6) Rivera (27) Bank One Ballpark 48,066 41–21
63 June 16 @ Diamondbacks 9–4 Sturtze (2–0) Fossum (1–5) — Bank One Ballpark 48,274 42–21
64 June 17 @ Diamondbacks 1–6 Sparks (3–4) Lieber (5–4) Dessens (2) Bank One Ballpark 48,252 42–22
65 June 18 @ Dodgers 3–6 Weaver (5–7) Vazquez (7–5) Gagne (17) Dodger Stadium 55,207 42–23
66 June 19 @ Dodgers 6–2 Halsey (1–0) Nomo (3–8) — Dodger Stadium 54,876 43–23
67 June 20 @ Dodgers 4–5 Lima (6–2) Contreras (4–3) Gagne (18) Dodger Stadium 55,157 43–24
68 June 22 @ Orioles 10–4 Mussina (8–4) Riley (1–3) — Oriole Park at Camden Yards 49,696 44–24
69 June 23 @ Orioles 2–13 Bedard (2–2) Lieber (5–5) — Oriole Park at Camden Yards 41,678 44–25
70 June 24 @ Orioles 5–2 Vazquez (8–5) Ponson (3–10) Rivera (28) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 48,442 45–25
– June 25 Mets Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for June 27
71 June 26 Mets 3–9 Leiter (3–2) Halsey (1–1) — Yankee Stadium 55,303 45–26
72 June 27 (1) Mets 8–1 Contreras (5–3) Trachsel (7–6) Gordon (2) Yankee Stadium 37,305 46–26
73 June 27 (2) Mets 11–6 Mussina (9–4) Ginter (1–2) — Yankee Stadium 55,387 47–26
74 June 29 Red Sox 11–3 Vazquez (9–5) Lowe (6–7) — Yankee Stadium 55,231 48–26
75 June 30 Red Sox 4–2 Gordon (2–2) Timlin (4–3) Rivera (29) Yankee Stadium 55,023 49–26
July (16–12) Home: 10–3 Away: 6–9
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record
76 July 1 Red Sox 5–4 (13) Sturtze (3–0) Leskanic (0–4) — Yankee Stadium 55,265 50–26
77 July 2 @ Mets 2–11 Trachsel (8–6) Mussina (9–5) — Shea Stadium 55,068 50–27
78 July 3 @ Mets 9–10 Franco (2–4) Sturtze (3–1) — Shea Stadium 55,120 50–28
79 July 4 @ Mets 5–6 Moreno (2–1) Gordon (2–3) Looper (16) Shea Stadium 55,437 50–29
80 July 5 Tigers 10–3 Lieber (6–5) Robertson (7–4) — Yankee Stadium 52,608 51–29
81 July 6 Tigers 1–9 Johnson (6–7) Mussina (9–6) — Yankee Stadium 41,772 51–30
82 July 7 Tigers 8–10 Bonderman (6–6) Halsey (1–2) Urbina (12) Yankee Stadium 50,338 51–31
83 July 8 Devil Rays 7–1 Contreras (6–3) Zambrano (9–5) Rivera (30) Yankee Stadium 40,378 52–31
84 July 9 Devil Rays 5–4 Vazquez (10–5) Colome (2–2) Rivera (31) Yankee Stadium 47,700 53–31
85 July 10 Devil Rays 6–3 Lieber (7–5) Brazelton (2–2) Rivera (32) Yankee Stadium 54,680 54–31
86 July 11 Devil Rays 10–3 Hernandez (1–0) Hendrickson (6–7) — Yankee Stadium 53,383 55–31
75th All-Star Game in Houston, Texas
87 July 15 @ Tigers 5–1 Contreras (7–3) Bonderman (6–7) — Comerica Park 38,902 56–31
88 July 16 @ Tigers 0–8 Maroth (6–7) Vazquez (10–6) — Comerica Park 40,918 56–32
89 July 17 @ Tigers 5–3 Hernandez (2–0) Knotts (5–4) Rivera (33) Comerica Park 41,857 57–32
90 July 18 @ Tigers 2–4 Robertson (9–4) Lieber (7–6) Urbina (15) Comerica Park 40,132 57–33
91 July 19 @ Devil Rays 7–9 Carter (3–2) Sturtze (3–2) Baez (19) Tropicana Field 41,755 57–34
92 July 20 @ Devil Rays 4–2 Contreras (8–3) Zambrano (9–6) Rivera (34) Tropicana Field 27,613 58–34
93 July 21 Blue Jays 10–3 Vazquez (11–6) Hentgen (2–9) — Yankee Stadium 53,031 59–34
94 July 22 Blue Jays 1–0 Rivera (1–0) Chulk (0–2) — Yankee Stadium 53,657 60–34
95 July 23 @ Red Sox 8–7 Gordon (3–3) Foulke (2–3) Rivera (35) Fenway Park 34,933 61–34
96 July 24 @ Red Sox 10–11 Mendoza (1–0) Rivera (1–1) — Fenway Park 34,501 61–35
97 July 25 @ Red Sox 6–9 Lowe (9–9) Contreras (8–4) Foulke (16) Fenway Park 35,006 61–36
98 July 26 @ Blue Jays 6–5 (10) Rivera (2–1) Frasor (3–3) — SkyDome 30,041 62–36
99 July 27 @ Blue Jays 7–4 Proctor (1–0) Lightenberg (1–3) Gordon (3) SkyDome 30,087 63–36
100 July 28 @ Blue Jays 2–3 (10) Frasor (4–3) Proctor (1–1) — SkyDome 31,385 63–37
101 July 29 Orioles 1–9 Ponson (6–12) Contreras (8–5) — Yankee Stadium 51,677 63–38
102 July 30 Orioles 2–1 Brown (8–1) Cabrera (8–5) Rivera (36) Yankee Stadium 51,551 64–38
103 July 31 Orioles 6–4 Vazquez (12–6) Bedard (4–6) Rivera (37) Yankee Stadium 51,845 65–38
August (16–12) Home: 6–6 Away: 10–6
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record
104 August 1 Orioles 9–7 Hernandez (3–0) Lopez (8–7) Rivera (38) Yankee Stadium 51,632 66–38
105 August 3 Athletics 4–13 Mulder (15–3) Lieber (7–7) — Yankee Stadium 50,625 66–39
106 August 4 Athletics 8–6 (11) Rivera (3–1) Duchscherer (4–3) — Yankee Stadium 47,885 67–39
107 August 5 Athletics 5–1 Brown (9–1) Zito (7–8) — Yankee Stadium 52,335 68–39
108 August 6 Blue Jays 11–4 Vazquez (13–6) Douglass (0–2) — Yankee Stadium 48,900 69–39
109 August 7 Blue Jays 6–0 Hernandez (4–0) Lilly (8–8) — Yankee Stadium 54,025 70–39
110 August 8 Blue Jays 8–2 Lieber (8–7) Batista (9–7) — Yankee Stadium 52,616 71–39
111 August 9 Blue Jays 4–5 Towers (7–4) Loaiza (9–6) Frasor (15) Yankee Stadium 49,853 71–40
112 August 10 @ Rangers 1–7 Drese (9–6) Brown (9–2) — The Ballpark in Arlington 43,633 71–41
113 August 11 @ Rangers 4–2 Sturtze (4–2) Regilio (0–4) Rivera (39) The Ballpark in Arlington 43,729 72–41
114 August 12 @ Rangers 5–1 Hernandez (5–0) Erickson (0–3) — The Ballpark in Arlington 48,925 73–41
115 August 13 @ Mariners 11–3 Lieber (9–7) Villone (4–3) — Safeco Field 46,359 74–41
116 August 14 @ Mariners 6–4 Quantrill (6–2) Hasegawa (4–5) Rivera (40) Safeco Field 46,530 75–41
117 August 15 @ Mariners 3–7 Meche (3–5) Nitkowski (1–1) — Safeco Field 46,335 75–42
118 August 17 @ Twins 2–8 Radke (8–6) Vazquez (13–7) — Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 38,766 75–43
119 August 18 @ Twins 2–7 Santana (13–6) Mussina (9–7) — Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 41,125 75–44
120 August 19 @ Twins 13–10 Gordon (4–3) Nathan (1–1) Rivera (41) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 37,959 76–44
121 August 20 Angels 0–5 Ortiz (4–7) Lieber (9–8) — Yankee Stadium 53.530 76–45
122 August 21 Angels 1–6 Shields (7–2) Loaiza (9–7) — Yankee Stadium 54,008 76–46
123 August 22 Angels 3–4 Escobar (8–9) Brown (9–3) Percival (24) Yankee Stadium 53,885 76–47
124 August 23 @ Indians 6–4 Gordon (5–3) Wickman (0–1) Rivera (42) Jacobs Field 33,172 77–47
125 August 24 @ Indians 5–4 Gordon (6–3) Wickman (0–2) Rivera (43) Jacobs Field 31,729 78–47
126 August 25 @ Indians 3–4 Riske (7–2) Gordon (6–4) Betancourt (3) Jacobs Field 30,605 78–48
127 August 26 @ Blue Jays 7–4 Nitkowski (2–1) Frasor (4–4) Rivera (44) SkyDome 35,682 79–48
128 August 27 @ Blue Jays 8–7 Sturtze (5–2) Miller (2–3) Gordon (4) SkyDome 35,436 80–48
129 August 28 @ Blue Jays 18–6 Brown (10–3) Lilly (9–9) Rivera (45) SkyDome 43,541 81–48
130 August 29 @ Blue Jays 4–6 Batista (10–10) Mussina (9–8) Frasor (17) SkyDome 44,072 81–49
131 August 31 Indians 0–22 Westbrook (12–6) Vazquez (13–8) — Yankee Stadium 51,777 81–50
September (19–9) Home: 14–5 Away: 5–4
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record
132 September 1 Indians 5–3 Hernandez (6–0) Sabathia (10–9) Rivera (46) Yankee Stadium 41,448 82–50
133 September 2 Indians 9–1 Lieber (10–8) Lee (10–7) — Yankee Stadium 37,963 83–50
134 September 3 Orioles 1–3 Lopez (11–8) Brown (10–4) Julio (20) Yankee Stadium 44,148 83–51
135 September 4 Orioles 0–7 Ponson (10–13) Mussina (9–9) — Yankee Stadium 48,963 83–52
136 September 5 Orioles 4–3 Rivera (4–1) Julio (2–3) — Yankee Stadium 48,252 84–52
137 September 6 (1) Devil Rays 7–4 Hernandez (7–0) Waechter (3–7) Quantrill (1) Yankee Stadium 44,422 85–52
– September 6 (2) Devil Rays Postponed Rescheduled for September 8
138 September 7 Devil Rays 11–2 Lieber (11–8) Sosa (3–4) — Yankee Stadium 33,518 86–52
– September 8 (1) Devil Rays Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 23
– September 8 (2) Devil Rays Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 9
139 September 9 (1) Devil Rays 9–1 Mussina (10–9) Brazelton (6–7) — Yankee Stadium N/A 87–52
140 September 9 (2) Devil Rays 10–5 Sturtze (6–2) Bell (6–8) — Yankee Stadium 41,230 88–52
141 September 10 @ Orioles 8–14 Lopez (12–8) Vazquez (13–9) — Oriole Park at Camden Yards 48,026 88–53
142 September 11 @ Orioles 5–2 Hernandez (8–0) Ponson (10–14) Rivera (47) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 47,858 89–53
143 September 12 @ Orioles 9–7 Gordon (7–4) Julio (2–5) Rivera (48) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 47,780 90–53
144 September 13 @ Royals 8–17 Anderson (4–11) Halsey (1–3) — Kauffman Stadium 23,951 90–54
145 September 14 @ Royals 4–0 Mussina (11–9) Greinke (8–10) — Kauffman Stadium 23,426 91–54
146 September 15 @ Royals 3–0 Vazquez (14–9) May (9–18) Rivera (49) Kauffman Stadium 22,418 92–54
147 September 17 Red Sox 2–3 Timlin (5–4) Rivera (4–2) Foulke (30) Yankee Stadium 55,128 92–55
148 September 18 Red Sox 14–4 Lieber (12–8) Lowe (14–12) — Yankee Stadium 55,153 93–55
149 September 19 Red Sox 11–1 Mussina (12–9) Martinez (16–7) — Yankee Stadium 55,142 94–55
150 September 20 Blue Jays 3–6 Chacin (1–0) Vazquez (14–10) Batista (2) Yankee Stadium 10,732 94–56
151 September 21 Blue Jays 5–3 Loaiza (10–7) Halladay (7–8) Rivera (50) Yankee Stadium 36,675 95–56
152 September 22 Blue Jays 4–5 Lilly (12–10) Hernandez (8–1) Batista (3) Yankee Stadium 49,560 95–57
153 September 23 Devil Rays 7–3 Lieber (13–8) Ritchie (0–2) — Yankee Stadium 29,501 96–57
154 September 24 @ Red Sox 6–4 Gordon (8–4) Martinez (16–8) Rivera (51) Fenway Park 35,022 97–57
155 September 25 @ Red Sox 5–12 Foulke (5–3) Quantrill (6–3) — Fenway Park 34,856 97–58
156 September 26 @ Red Sox 4–11 Schilling (21–6) Brown (10–5) — Fenway Park 34,582 97–59
– September 28 Twins Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 29
157 September 29 (1) Twins 5–3 Quantrill (7–3) Romero (7–4) Rivera (52) Yankee Stadium N/A 98–59
158 September 29 (2) Twins 5–4 Lieber (14–8) Lohse (8–12) Rivera (53) Yankee Stadium 45,072 99–59
159 September 30 Twins 6–4 Gordon (9–4) Fultz (3–3) — Yankee Stadium 48,454 100–59
October (1–2) Home: 0–0 Away: 1–2
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record
160 October 1 @ Blue Jays 0–7 Bush (5–4) Hernandez (8–2) — SkyDome 48,914 100–60
161 October 2 @ Blue Jays 2–4 Halladay (8–8) Brown (10–6) Batista (5) SkyDome 50,498 100–61
162 October 3 @ Blue Jays 3–2 Proctor (2–1) Towers (9–9) Sturtze (1) SkyDome 49,948 101–61
  1. Blue Jays-Yankees was originally scheduled for September 23, but has been moved up to accommodate a makeup against Tampa Bay caused by Hurricane Frances.

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
Rubén Sierra, DH 107 307 75 .244 17 65

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
Kenny Lofton 83 276 76 .275 3 18
Jason Giambi 80 264 55 .208 12 40
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
Félix 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

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
Javier Vázquez 32 198.0 14 10 4.91 150
Jon Lieber 27 176.2 14 8 4.33 102
Mike Mussina 27 164.2 12 9 4.59 132
Kevin Brown 22 132.0 10 6 4.09 83
José Contreras 18 95.2 8 5 5.64 82
Orlando Hernández 15 84.2 8 2 3.30 84
Brad Halsey 8 32.0 1 3 6.47 25

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
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 0 1 5.00 2
Alex Graman 3 5.0 0 0 19.80 4

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
Mariano Rivera 74 4 2 53 1.94 66
Paul Quantrill 86 7 3 1 4.72 37
Tom Gordon 80 9 4 4 2.21 96
Félix 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

Postseason

Game log

2004 Postseason Game Log (6–5)
ALDS vs Twins (3–1)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record
1 October 5 Twins 0–2 Santana (1–0) Mussina (0–1) Nathan (1) Yankee Stadium 55,749 0–1
2 October 6 Twins 7–6 (12) Quantrill (1–0) Nathan (0–1) — Yankee Stadium 56,354 1–1
3 October 8 @ Twins 8–4 Brown (1–0) Silva (0–1) — Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 54,803 2–1
4 October 9 @ Twins 6–5 (11) Rivera (1–0) Lohse (0–1) — Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 52,498 3–1
ALCS vs Red Sox (3–4)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record
1 October 12 Red Sox 10–7 Mussina (1–0) Schilling (0–1) Rivera (1) Yankee Stadium 56,135 1–0
2 October 13 Red Sox 3–1 Lieber (1–0) Martinez (0–1) Rivera (2) Yankee Stadium 56,136 2–0
– October 15 @ Red Sox Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for October 16
3 October 16 @ Red Sox 19–8 Vazquez (1–0) Mendoza (0–1) — Fenway Park 35,126 3–0
4 October 17 @ Red Sox 4–6 (12) Leskanic (1–0) Quantrill (0–1) — Fenway Park 34,826 3–1
5 October 18 @ Red Sox 4–5 (14) Wakefield (1–0) Loaiza (0–1) — Fenway Park 35,120 3–2
6 October 19 Red Sox 2–4 Schilling (1–1) Lieber (1–1) Foulke (1) Yankee Stadium 56,128 3–3
7 October 20 Red Sox 3–10 Lowe (1–0) Brown (0–1) — Yankee Stadium 56,129 3–4

Awards and records

2004 MLB All-Star Game

  • Jason Giambi, first baseman, starter
  • Alex Rodriguez, third baseman, starter
  • Derek Jeter, shortstop, starter
  • Mariano Rivera, relief pitcher, reserve
  • Javier Vasquez, pitcher, reserve
  • Hideki Matsui, outfield, reserve
  • Gary Sheffield, outfield, reserve

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

References

  1. "Luis Sojo Stats".
  2. "Nick Johnson Stats".
  3. "Buddy Carlyle Stats".
  4. ^ "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. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  13. Baseball America 2005 Annual Directory

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