2004 Colorado Rockies season

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2004 Colorado Rockies
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Jerry McMorris
General manager(s) Dan O'Dowd
Manager(s) Clint Hurdle
Local television KTVD
Fox Sports Rocky Mountain
(George Frazier, Drew Goodman)
Local radio KOA (AM)
(Jack Corrigan, Jeff Kingery)
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The Colorado Rockies' 2004 season was the 12th for the Rockies. They tried to win the National League West. Clint Hurdle was the manager. They played home games at Coors Field. They finished with a record of 68-94, 4th in the NL West.

Offseason

  • December 2, 2003: Juan Uribe was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Chicago White Sox for Aaron Miles.[1]
  • December 11, 2003: Vinny Castilla was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[2]
  • December 14, 2003: Justin Speier was traded by the Colorado Rockies as part of a 3-team deal to the Toronto Blue Jays for a player to be named later from Toronto and Joe Kennedy from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Sandy Nin (minors) (December 15, 2003) to the Colorado Rockies to complete the trade.[3]
  • January 9, 2004: Jeromy Burnitz and Royce Clayton were signed as Free Agents by the Colorado Rockies.[4][5]
  • March 8, 2004: Shawn Estes was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[6]

Regular season

Season standings

National League West

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 93 69 0.574 49–32 44–37
San Francisco Giants 91 71 0.562 2 47–35 44–36
San Diego Padres 87 75 0.537 6 42–39 45–36
Colorado Rockies 68 94 0.420 25 38–43 30–51
Arizona Diamondbacks 51 111 0.315 42 29–52 22–59


Record vs. opponents

2004 National League Records

Source: [1]
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL MON 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


Transactions

  • July 22, 2004: Jamey Wright was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[7]
  • August 6, 2004: Larry Walker was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the St. Louis Cardinals for players to be named later and Jason Burch (minors). The St. Louis Cardinals sent Luis Martinez and Chris Narveson (August 11, 2004) to the Colorado Rockies to complete the trade.[8]
  • September 27, 2004: Jhoulys Chacín was signed as an Amateur Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[9]

Major League debuts

  • Batters:
    • Luis González (Apr 6)
    • Matt Holliday (Apr 16)
    • Brad Hawpe (May 4)
    • Choo Freeman (Jun 4)
    • J.D. Closser (Jun 30)
    • Jorge Piedra (Aug 7)
  • Pitchers:
    • Scott Dohmann (May 15)
    • Allan Simpson (May 17)
    • Chris Gissell (Aug 22)
    • Jeff Francis (Aug 25) [10]

Roster

2004 Colorado Rockies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

2004 Game Log

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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 Charles Johnson 109 305 72 .236 13 47
1B Todd Helton 154 547 190 .347 32 96
2B Aaron Miles 134 522 153 .293 6 47
SS Royce Clayton 146 574 160 .279 8 54
3B Vinny Castilla 148 583 158 .271 35 131
LF Matt Holliday 121 400 116 .290 14 57
CF Preston Wilson 58 202 50 .248 6 29
RF Jeromy Burnitz 150 540 153 .283 37 110

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
Luis González 102 322 94 .292 12 40
Todd Greene 75 195 55 .282 10 35
Mark Sweeney 122 177 47 .266 9 40
Kit Pellow 59 121 29 .240 2 10
J.D. Closser 36 113 36 .319 1 10
Larry Walker 38 108 35 .324 6 20
Brad Hawpe 42 105 26 .248 3 9

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
Shawn Estes 34 202.0 15 8 5.84 117
Jason Jennings 33 201.0 11 12 5.51 133
Joe Kennedy 27 162.1 9 7 3.66 117
Aaron Cook 17 96.2 6 4 4.28 40
Jamey Wright 14 78.2 2 3 4.12 41

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
Jeff Fassero 40 111.0 3 8 5.51 59
Scott Dohmann 41 46.0 0 3 4.11 49
Scott Elarton 8 41.1 0 6 9.80 23
Allan Simpson 32 39.0 2 1 5.08 46
Jeff Francis 7 36.2 3 2 5.15 32

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
Shawn Chacón 66 1 9 35 7.11 52
Steve Reed 65 3 8 0 3.68 38
Javier López 64 1 2 0 7.52 20
Tim Harikkala 55 6 6 0 4.74 30
Brian Fuentes 47 2 4 0 5.64 48

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Colorado Springs Sky Sox Pacific Coast League Marv Foley
AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Tom Runnells
A Visalia Oaks California League Stu Cole
A Asheville Tourists South Atlantic League Joe Mikulik
A-Short Season Tri-City Dust Devils Northwest League Ron Gideon
Rookie Casper Rockies Pioneer League P. J. Carey
[11]

References

  1. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/milesaa01.shtml
  2. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/castivi02.shtml
  3. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kennejo04.shtml
  4. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/burnije01.shtml
  5. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/claytro01.shtml
  6. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/estessh01.shtml
  7. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wrighja01.shtml
  8. Larry Walker Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  9. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/chacijh01.shtml
  10. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/yearly/debut.php?y=2004&l=NL
  11. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007