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2004 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season

The 2004 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season was their seventh since the franchise was created. This season, they finished fourth in the American League East, 3 games ahead of the Toronto Blue Jays, who finished in last place. They managed to finish the season with a record of 70–91, finishing out of last for the first time in their 7-year history. Their manager was Lou Piniella who entered his second season with the Devil Rays.

2004 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkTropicana Field
CitySt. Petersburg, Florida
Record70–91 (.435)
Divisional place4th
OwnersVince Naimoli
General managersChuck LaMar
ManagersLou Piniella
TelevisionFSN Florida
WXPX
(Joe Magrane, Dewayne Staats)
RadioWFLA
(Paul Olden, Charlie Slowes)
← 2003
2005 →

Regular season

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Season standings

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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

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2004 American League record

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

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  • February 10, 2004: Midre Cummings was signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[1]
  • July 30, 2004: Scott Kazmir was traded by the New York Mets with Jose Diaz to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Bartolomé Fortunato and Víctor Zambrano.[2]
  • August 19, 2004: Randall Simon was signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[3]
  • September 10, 2004: Randall Simon was released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.[3]

Roster

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2004 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

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Manager

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Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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 Toby Hall 119 404 103 .255 8 60
1B Tino Martinez 138 458 120 .262 23 76
2B Rey Sánchez 91 285 70 .246 2 26
SS Julio Lugo 157 581 160 .275 7 75
3B Aubrey Huff 157 600 178 .297 29 104
LF Carl Crawford 152 626 185 .296 11 55
CF Rocco Baldelli 136 518 145 .280 16 74
RF José Cruz Jr. 153 545 132 .242 21 78
DH Robert Fick 76 214 43 .201 6 26

Other batters

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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
Geoff Blum 112 339 73 .215 8 35
Jorge Cantú 50 173 52 .301 2 17
B.J. Upton 45 159 41 .258 4 12
Brook Fordyce 54 151 31 .205 2 9
Damian Rolls 53 117 19 .162 0 9
Fred McGriff 27 72 13 .181 2 7
Midre Cummings 22 54 15 .278 2 7
Joey Gathright 19 52 13 .250 0 1
Eduardo Pérez 13 38 8 .211 1 7
Matt Diaz 10 21 4 .190 1 3
Randall Simon 8 17 2 .118 0 0
Jonny Gomes 5 14 1 .071 0 1
José Bautista 12 12 2 .167 0 1
Jason Romano 4 8 1 .125 0 1
Charles Gipson 5 4 2 .500 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mark Hendrickson 32 183.1 10 15 4.81 87
Victor Zambrano 23 128.0 9 7 4.43 109
Rob Bell 24 123.0 8 8 4.46 57
Dewon Brazelton 22 120.2 6 8 4.77 64
Doug Waechter 14 70.1 5 7 6.01 36
Geremi González 11 50.1 0 5 6.97 22
Paul Abbott 10 47.0 2 5 6.70 25
Scott Kazmir 8 33.1 2 3 5.67 41

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
John Halama 34 118.2 7 6 4.70 59
Jorge Sosa 43 99.1 4 7 5.53 94
Jason Standridge 3 10.0 0 0 9.00 7
Todd Ritchie 4 8.0 0 2 9.00 4
Damian Moss 5 8.0 0 1 16.88 6

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Danys Báez 62 4 4 30 3.57 52
Trever Miller 60 1 1 1 3.12 43
Lance Carter 56 3 3 0 3.47 36
Travis Harper 52 6 2 0 3.89 59
Jesús Colomé 33 2 2 3 3.27 40
Chad Gaudin 26 1 2 0 4.85 30
Bobby Seay 21 0 0 0 2.38 17
Franklin Núñez 8 0 3 0 5.91 14
John Webb 4 0 0 0 7.00 9
Dicky Gonzalez 4 0 0 0 6.14 7
Bartolomé Fortunato 3 0 0 0 3.68 5

Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Durham Bulls International League Bill Evers
AA Montgomery Biscuits Southern League Charlie Montoyo
A Bakersfield Blaze California League Mako Oliveras
A Charleston RiverDogs South Atlantic League Steve Livesey
A-Short Season Hudson Valley Renegades New York–Penn League Dave Howard
Rookie Princeton Devil Rays Appalachian League Jamie Nelson

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References

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  1. ^ "Midre Cummings Stats".
  2. ^ Scott Kazmir Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ^ a b Randall Simon Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  4. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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