2004 Texas Rangers season

2004 Texas Rangers
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Ameriquest Field in Arlington
City	Arlington, Texas
Record	89–73 (.549)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	Tom Hicks
General managers	John Hart
Managers	Buck Showalter
Television	KDFI KDFW FSN Southwest (Tom Grieve, Josh Lewin)
Radio	KRLD (Eric Nadel, Victor Rojas) KFLC (Eleno Ornelas, José Guzmán)
Seasons

The 2004 Texas Rangers season was the 44th of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 33rd in Arlington as the Rangers, and their 11th season at The Ballpark in Arlington. The Rangers finished the season third in the American League West. Five Rangers were All Stars, Francisco Cordero, Kenny Rogers, Hank Blalock, Michael Young and All-Star Game MVP Alfonso Soriano.

Offseason

• October 8, 2003: Tony Mounce was released by the Rangers.
• November 19, 2003: Ken Huckaby was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.
• February 5, 2004: Mike Lamb was traded by the Texas Rangers to the New York Yankees for Jose Garcia (minors).
• February 16, 2004: Alex Rodriguez was traded by the Texas Rangers with cash to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later and Alfonso Soriano. The New York Yankees sent Joaquin Arias (April 23, 2004) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

Regular season

Opening Day starters

• Gerald Laird, C
• Mark Teixeira, 1B
• Alfonso Soriano, 2B
• Hank Blalock, 3B
• Michael Young, SS
• David Dellucci, LF
• Laynce Nix, CF
• Kevin Mench, RF
• Brad Fullmer, DH
• Kenny Rogers, LHP

Season summary

• May 8: Alfonso Soriano set a club record with six hits in nine innings in a 16–15, 10-inning victory over the Detroit Tigers. The game featured an hour-long fifth inning: up by two runs entering the inning, Detroit scored eight runs in the top half of the inning to take a ten run lead over the Rangers; the Rangers would score ten runs in the bottom half of the inning to tie the game (the largest deficit ever overcome by the Rangers and tying an MLB record for most runs in an inning by two teams).
• October 1: In a game against the Texas Rangers, Ichiro Suzuki set an MLB record for most hits in one season.

Season standings

AL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Anaheim Angels	92	70	.568	—	45‍–‍36	47‍–‍34
Oakland Athletics	91	71	.562	1	52‍–‍29	39‍–‍42
Texas Rangers	89	73	.549	3	51‍–‍30	38‍–‍43
Seattle Mariners	63	99	.389	29	38‍–‍44	25‍–‍55

Record vs. opponents

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

• July 6, 2004: Ken Huckaby was selected off waivers by the Baltimore Orioles from the Texas Rangers.
• August 18, 2004: Ken Huckaby was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.

Roster

2004 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers 40 Carlos Almanzar 51 Mike Bacsik 53 Joaquín Benoit 51 Nick Bierbrodt 46 Doug Brocail 36 Mickey Callaway 31 Francisco Cordero 45 R. A. Dickey 41 Juan Dominguez 38 Ryan Drese 19 Scott Erickson 50 Frank Francisco 56 Rosman García 57 Travis Hughes 48 Colby Lewis 44 Kameron Loe 32 Ron Mahay 49 Sam Narron 43 Jeff Nelson 61 Chan Ho Park 39 Jay Powell 54 Erasmo Ramirez 57 Nick Regilio 30 Ricardo Rodríguez 37 Kenny Rogers 58 Brian Shouse 49 Ryan Snare 56 Michael Tejera 47 John Wasdin 49 Chris Young		Catchers  5 Danny Ardoin 27 Rod Barajas 15 Ken Huckaby  6 Gerald Laird Infielders  4 Manny Alexander  9 Hank Blalock  5 Andy Fox 20 Brad Fullmer 24 Adrián González 35 Herbert Perry 12 Alfonso Soriano 23 Mark Teixeira 10 Michael Young		Outfielders 13 Chad Allen 19 Jason Conti 22 David Dellucci 33 Brian Jordan 14 Gary Matthews, Jr. 28 Kevin Mench  2 Ramón Nivar 17 Laynce Nix  7 Eric Young		Manager 11 Buck Showalter Coaches 52 Mark Connor (bullpen) 20 DeMarlo Hale (first base) 55 Orel Hershiser (pitching)  8 Rudy Jaramillo (hitting)  1 Steve Smith (third base) 18 Don Wakamatsu (bench)

Game log

2004 Game Log
April: 13–9 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 5 @ Athletics 5–4 Bradford (1–0) Nelson (0–1) Rhodes (1) 45,122 0–1 2 April 6 @ Athletics 3–1 Mulder (1–0) Park (0–1) Rhodes (2) 13,217 0–2 3 April 7 @ Athletics 2–1 Lewis (1–0) Zito (0–1) Cordero (1) 20,232 1–2 4 April 9 Angels 12–4 Dickey (1–0) Ortiz (0–1) 50,370 2–2 5 April 10 Angels 12–6 Rogers (1–0) Lackey (0–1) 30,331 3–2 6 April 11 Angels 7–2 Colón (2–0) Park (0–2) 18,209 3–3 7 April 12 Angels 7–6 Almanzar (1–0) Washburn (1–1) Cordero (2) 18,156 4–3 8 April 13 Athletics 10–9 Zito (1–1) Callaway (0–1) Rhodes (4) 20,112 4–4 9 April 14 Athletics 9–4 Redman (1–0) Dickey (1–1) 24,093 4–5 10 April 15 Athletics 7–2 Rogers (2–0) Harden (0–1) 22,605 5–5 11 April 16 @ Mariners 5–0 Park (1–2) Meche (0–2) 35,647 6–5 12 April 17 @ Mariners 4–1 Moyer (1–1) Lewis (1–1) Guardado (1) 38,925 6–6 13 April 18 @ Mariners 4–2 Piñeiro (1–1) Ramirez (0–1) Guardado (2) 35,182 6–7 14 April 20 @ Angels 6–3 Rogers (3–0) Ortiz (0–2) Cordero (3) 33,892 7–7 15 April 21 @ Angels 4–1 Dickey (2–1) Lackey (0–3) Cordero (4) 36,689 8–7 16 April 22 @ Angels 7–5 Colón (3–1) Park (1–3) Percival (3) 30,725 8–8 17 April 23 Mariners 10–8 Drese (1–0) Piñeiro (1–2) Cordero (5) 28,020 9–8 18 April 24 Mariners 3–0 Powell (1–0) García (0–1) Nelson (1) 28,479 10–8 19 April 25 Mariners 14–6 Almanzar (2–0) Franklin (1–1) 31,110 11–8 20 April 27 @ Royals 3–2 Dickey (3–1) Affeldt (0–2) Cordero (6) 15,529 12–8 21 April 28 @ Royals 5–3 Gobble (1–0) Rogers (3–1) MacDougal (1) 15,530 12–9 22 April 29 @ Royals 9–7 Almanzar (3–0) Leskanic (0–3) Cordero (7) 13,663 13–9 -- April 30 Postponed 13–9
May: 14–13 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 23 May 1 Red Sox 4–3 Ramirez (1–1) Malaska (1–1) Cordero (8) N/A 14–9 24 May 1 Red Sox 8–5 Benoit (1–0) Martínez (3–2) Cordero (9) 44,598 15–9 25 May 2 Red Sox 4–1 Dickey (4–1) Tim Wakefield (2–1) Cordero (10) 31,538 16–9 26 May 3 Devil Rays 9–0 Rogers (4–1) Abbott (2–3) 18,116 17–9 27 May 4 Devil Rays 5–4 Carter (1–1) Nelson (0–2) Báez (3) 20,228 17–10 28 May 5 Devil Rays 6–1 Drese (2–0) Waechter (1–2) 21,082 18–10 29 May 7 Tigers 8–7 Levine (3–2) Ramirez (1–2) Urbina (3) 41,095 18–11 30 May 8 Tigers 16–15 Cordero (1–0) Urbina (1–1) 45,017 19–11 31 May 9 Tigers 5–3 Robertson (2–2) Rogers (4–2) Urbina (4) 25,034 19–12 32 May 11 @ Devil Rays 5–4 Ramirez (2–2) Waechter (1–3) Cordero (11) 10,389 20–12 33 May 12 @ Devil Rays 9–8 Park (2–3) Halama (0–1) Cordero (12) 10,202 21–12 34 May 13 @ Devil Rays 6–3 Hendrickson (2–3) Dickey (4–2) Báez (4) 10,234 21–13 35 May 14 @ Tigers 7–1 Knotts (1–0) Benoit (1–1) Yan (2) 22,449 21–14 36 May 15 @ Tigers 6–1 Rogers (5–2) Robertson (2–3) 26,120 22–14 37 May 16 @ Tigers 3–1 Johnson (2–5) Drese (2–1) Urbina (6) 21,615 22–15 38 May 18 Royals 7–6 Sullivan (3–0) Dickey (4–3) Field (1) 26,247 22–16 39 May 19 Royals 5–3 Gobble (2–2) Park (2–4) Huisman (1) 32,374 22–17 40 May 20 Royals 6–3 Rogers (6–2) May (1–6) Cordero (13) 25,149 23–17 41 May 21 Yankees 9–7 Benoit (2–1) Brown (5–1) Cordero (14) 49,195 24–17 42 May 22 Yankees 4–3 Almanzar (4–0) Gordon (1–2) 49,458 25–17 43 May 23 Yankees 8–3 Vázquez (4–4) Dickey (4–4) 50,241 25–18 44 May 25 @ White Sox 7–4 Rogers (7–2) Schoeneweis (4–2) Cordero (15) 22,359 26–18 45 May 26 @ White Sox 4–0 Loaiza (6–3) Benoit (2–2) 18,185 26–19 46 May 27 @ White Sox 9–0 Buehrle (5–1) Drese (2–2) 14,428 26–20 47 May 28 @ Blue Jays 5–4 Lilly (3–2) Dickey (4–5) Frasor (3) 16,394 26–21 48 May 29 @ Blue Jays 6–2 Batista (3–4) Dominguez (0–1) 30,704 26–22 49 May 30 @ Blue Jays 4–2 Rogers (8–2) Miller (1–1) Cordero (16) 22,225 27–22
June: 17–9 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 50 June 1 @ Indians 6–5 Ramirez (3–2) White (2–1) Cordero (17) 17,136 28–22 51 June 2 @ Indians 5–3 Almanzar (5–0) Betancourt (2–4) Cordero (18) 18,098 29–22 52 June 4 @ Yankees 7–6 Brown (7–1) Powell (1–1) Rivera (22) 49,372 29–23 53 June 5 @ Yankees 8–1 Dominguez (1–1) Lieber (4–3) 51,910 30–23 54 June 6 @ Yankees 2–1 Mussina (7–4) Drese (2–3) Rivera (23) 54,092 30–24 55 June 7 Pirates 6–5 Cordero (2–0) Johnston (0–3) 25,286 31–24 -- June 8 Postponed -- June 9 Postponed 56 June 10 Pirates 9–7 Francisco (1–0) Meadows (2–2) Cordero (19) N/A 32–24 57 June 10 Pirates 10–4 Rogers (9–2) Fogg (3–5) 27,219 33–24 58 June 11 Cardinals 12–7 Suppan (6–5) Dominguez (1–2) 32,962 33–25 59 June 12 Cardinals 7–2 Drese (3–3) Carpenter (7–2) 42,173 34–25 60 June 13 Cardinals 3–2 Williams (4–6) Dickey (4–6) 41,087 34–26 61 June 15 @ Reds 5–4 Jones (5–1) Ramirez (3–3) 36,501 34–27 62 June 16 @ Reds 7–4 Norton (1–2) Francisco (1–1) 39,114 34–28 63 June 17 @ Reds 4–3 Van Poppel (3–2) Drese (3–4) Graves (27) 40,383 34–29 64 June 18 @ Marlins 8–1 Wasdin (1–0) Penny (6–5) 20,506 35–29 65 June 19 @ Marlins 7–6 Dickey (5–6) Willis (6–4) Cordero (20) 31,021 36–29 66 June 20 @ Marlins 4–2 Mahay (1–0) Koch (0–1) 23,643 37–29 67 June 22 Mariners 10–2 Drese (4–4) Nageotte (1–3) 32,364 38–29 68 June 23 Mariners 6–3 Bierbrodt (1–0) Franklin (3–5) Cordero (21) 30,418 39–29 69 June 24 Mariners 9–7 Shouse (1–0) Moyer (6–3) 26,266 40–29 70 June 25 Astros 3–1 Rogers (10–2) Miller (7–7) 46,088 41–29 71 June 26 Astros 8–7 Almanzar (6–0) Miceli (3–3) Cordero (22) 40,131 42–29 72 June 27 Astros 1–0 Oswalt (6–6) Drese (4–5) Lidge (4) 43,328 42–30 73 June 28 @ Mariners 8–5 Rodríguez (1–0) Franklin (3–6) Cordero (23) 28,253 43–30 74 June 29 @ Mariners 4–3 Piñeiro (4–8) Benoit (2–3) Guardado (15) 34,844 43–31 75 June 30 @ Mariners 9–6 Rogers (11–2) Nageotte (1–4) Cordero (24) 32,754 44–31
July: 13–14 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 76 July 1 @ Mariners 8–4 Blackley (1–0) Wasdin (1–1) 35,966 44–32 77 July 2 @ Astros 7–5 Oswalt (7–6) Almanzar (6–1) Lidge (5) 41,897 44–33 78 July 3 @ Astros 10–8 Weathers (6–4) Brocail (0–1) Miceli (1) 42,889 44–34 79 July 4 @ Astros 18–3 Benoit (3–3) Pettitte (4–2) 41,147 45–34 80 July 5 @ Indians 8–5 Rogers (12–2) Sabathia (5–4) Cordero (25) 25,363 46–34 81 July 6 @ Indians 4–1 Lee (8–1) Bierbrodt (1–1) Riske (3) 16,796 46–35 82 July 7 @ Indians 9–8 Mahay (2–0) Robertson (1–1) Cordero (26) 18,499 47–35 83 July 8 @ Indians 10–0 Rodríguez (2–0) Elarton (0–2) 24,914 48–35 84 July 9 @ Red Sox 7–0 Arroyo (3–7) Benoit (3–4) 35,030 48–36 85 July 10 @ Red Sox 14–6 Lowe (7–8) Rogers (12–3) 35,024 48–37 86 July 11 @ Red Sox 6–5 Shouse (2–0) Foulke (2–2) Cordero (27) 34,778 49–37 87 July 16 Blue Jays 11–2 Drese (5–5) Halladay (7–7) 44,348 50–37 88 July 17 Blue Jays 4–0 Rodríguez (3–0) Lilly (7–7) 43,189 51–37 89 July 18 Blue Jays 7–5 Brocail (1–1) Chulk (0–1) Cordero (28) 24,334 52–37 90 July 19 White Sox 12–6 Schoeneweis (6–7) Benoit (3–5) 28,805 52–38 91 July 20 White Sox 6–4 Almanzar (7–1) Marte (3–3) Cordero (29) 27,308 53–38 92 July 21 Angels 3–2 Drese (6–5) Escobar (5–7) Cordero (30) 37,210 54–38 93 July 22 Angels 11–1 Colón (8–8) Rodríguez (3–1) 23,308 54–39 94 July 23 @ Athletics 8–3 Rogers (13–3) Mulder (13–3) 26,146 55–39 95 July 24 @ Athletics 6–2 Saarloos (2–1) Dickey (5–7) 25,124 55–40 96 July 25 @ Athletics 9–2 Harden (5–5) Wasdin (1–2) 25,354 55–41 97 July 26 @ Angels 6–1 Drese (7–5) Escobar (5–8) 42,040 56–41 98 July 27 @ Angels 2–0 Colón (9–8) Regilio (0–1) Percival (16) 42,625 56–42 99 July 28 @ Angels 2–0 Lackey (9–9) Rogers (13–4) Percival (17) 41,133 56–43 100 July 29 Athletics 7–6 Bradford (5–4) Almanzar (7–2) Dotel (7) 31,174 56–44 101 July 30 Athletics 7–5 Francisco (2–1) Bradford (5–5) Cordero (31) 44,116 57–44 102 July 31 Athletics 9–4 Zito (7–7) Drese (7–6) 50,708 57–45
August: 16–12 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 103 August 1 Athletics 4–1 Redman (8–8) Regilio (0–2) Dotel (8) 32,646 57–46 104 August 3 @ Tigers 5–4 Francisco (3–1) Robertson (9–6) Cordero (32) 19,894 58–46 105 August 4 @ Tigers 8–0 Bacsik (1–0) Johnson (8–9) 18,857 59–46 106 August 5 @ Tigers 2–1 Drese (8–6) Yan (1–3) Cordero (33) 25,710 60–46 107 August 6 @ Orioles 9–1 Bédard (5–6) Regilio (0–3) 29,276 60–47 108 August 7 @ Orioles 3–1 López (9–7) Erickson (0–1) Julio (18) 44,961 60–48 109 August 8 @ Orioles 11–5 Ponson (7–12) Rogers (13–5) 32,842 60–49 110 August 9 @ Orioles 7–3 Borkowski (3–2) Bacsik (1–1) 39,850 60–50 111 August 10 Yankees 7–1 Drese (9–6) Brown (9–2) 43,633 61–50 112 August 11 Yankees 4–2 Sturtze (4–2) Regilio (0–4) Rivera (39) 43,729 61–51 113 August 12 Yankees 5–1 Hernández (5–0) Erickson (0–2) 48,925 61–52 114 August 13 Devil Rays 5–3 Rogers (14–5) Bell (5–6) Cordero (34) 30,266 62–52 115 August 14 Devil Rays 6–5 Brocail (2–1) Núñez (0–1) Cordero (35) 38,620 63–52 116 August 15 Devil Rays 6–2 Drese (10–6) Sosa (3–2) 23,051 64–52 117 August 16 Indians 5–2 Ramirez (4–3) Sabathia (9–7) Cordero (36) 23,551 65–52 118 August 17 Indians 16–4 Erickson (1–2) Lee (10–5) Brocail (1) 24,864 66–52 119 August 18 Indians 5–2 Rogers (15–5) Elarton (2–3) Cordero (37) 31,572 67–52 120 August 20 @ Royals 5–3 Drese (11–6) Wood (2–5) Cordero (38) 17,385 68–52 121 August 21 @ Royals 5–3 Francisco (4–1) Anderson (2–11) Cordero (39) 25,035 69–52 122 August 22 @ Royals 10–2 Greinke (6–9) Erickson (1–3) 22,286 69–53 123 August 23 Twins 7–4 Santana (14–6) Rogers (15–6) 23,369 69–54 124 August 24 Twins 5–4 Cordero (3–0) Nathan (1–2) 24,496 70–54 125 August 25 Twins 8–5 Lohse (7–10) Drese (11–7) Nathan (35) 25,332 70–55 126 August 26 Twins 8–3 Park (3–4) Mulholland (4–7) 26,083 71–55 127 August 27 Orioles 6–4 Wasdin (2–2) Bédard (5–9) Cordero (40) 29,409 72–55 128 August 28 Orioles 4–3 Francisco (5–1) Ryan (3–5) Cordero (41) 41,676 73–55 129 August 29 Orioles 7–6 Ponson (9–13) Young (0–1) Julio (19) 30,577 73–56 130 August 31 @ Twins 8–5 Rincón (11–6) Almanzar (7–3) 20,510 73–57
September/October: 16–16 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 131 September 1 @ Twins 4–2 Crain (1–0) Cordero (3–1) Nathan (36) 21,480 73–58 132 September 2 @ Twins 2–0 Radke (10–7) Rogers (15–7) Nathan (37) 18,293 73–59 133 September 3 @ Red Sox 2–0 Martínez (15–5) Wasdin (2–3) Foulke (27) 35,151 73–60 134 September 4 @ Red Sox 8–6 Young (1–1) Wakefield (11–8) Cordero (42) 34,670 74–60 135 September 5 @ Red Sox 6–5 Schilling (18–6) Drese (11–8) 34,652 74–61 136 September 6 White Sox 7–4 Grilli (1–1) Park (3–5) 31,251 74–62 137 September 7 White Sox 10–3 Rogers (16–7) Contreras (12–8) 20,004 75–62 138 September 8 White Sox 5–2 García (11–10) Wasdin (2–4) Takatsu (17) 21,836 75–63 139 September 9 White Sox 7–3 Buehrle (14–8) Young (1–2) 19,384 75–64 140 September 10 Blue Jays 10–3 Drese (12–8) Batista (10–11) 24,617 76–64 141 September 11 Blue Jays 10–7 Mahay (3–0) Frasor (4–6) Cordero (43) 40,587 77–64 142 September 12 Blue Jays 7–6 Brocail (3–1) Speier (3–7) Cordero (44) 20,434 78–64 143 September 13 @ Athletics 7–6 Duchscherer (6–6) Cordero (3–2) 15,535 78–65 144 September 14 @ Athletics 12–9 Brocail (4–1) Redman (10–12) 15,644 79–65 145 September 15 @ Athletics 10–3 Drese (13–8) Mulder (17–5) 25,849 80–65 146 September 16 @ Athletics 5–4 Harden (10–6) Rogers (16–8) Dotel (21) 15,281 80–66 147 September 17 @ Angels 9–5 Colón (16–11) Park (3–6) 43,343 80–67 148 September 18 @ Angels 2–0 Ramirez (5–3) Escobar (10–11) Cordero (45) 41,233 81–67 149 September 19 @ Angels 1–0 Young (2–2) Washburn (11–8) Cordero (46) 40,099 82–67 150 September 21 Athletics 9–4 Drese (14–8) Mulder (17–6) 28,143 83–67 151 September 22 Athletics 5–3 Rogers (17–8) Zito (11–11) Cordero (47) 29,426 84–67 152 September 23 Athletics 5–4 Nelson (1–2) Dotel (4–2) 23,075 85–67 153 September 24 Mariners 8–7 Villone (7–5) Cordero (3–3) Putz (9) 32,212 85–68 154 September 25 Mariners 5–4 Dickey (6–7) Hasegawa (4–6) Cordero (48) 48,048 86–68 155 September 26 Mariners 9–0 Baek (2–4) Drese (14–9) 38,597 86–69 156 September 27 Angels 5–3 Colón (17–12) Rogers (17–9) Percival (31) 20,333 86–70 157 September 28 Angels 8–2 Escobar (11–12) Park (3–7) 26,686 86–71 158 September 29 Angels 8–7 Shields (8–2) Cordero (3–4) Percival (32) 31,538 86–72 159 September 30 Angels 6–3 Young (3–2) Lackey (14–13) Dickey (1) 23,036 87–72 160 October 1 @ Mariners 8–3 Villone (8–6) Drese (14–10) 45,573 87–73 161 October 2 @ Mariners 10–4 Rogers (18–9) Moyer (7–13) 45,817 88–73 162 October 3 @ Mariners 3–0 Park (4–7) Meche (7–7) Cordero (49) 45,658 89–73
Source: ESPN.com

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	Rod Barajas	108	358	89	.249	15	58
1B	Mark Teixeira	145	545	153	.281	38	112
2B	Alphonso Soriano	145	608	170	.280	28	91
SS	Michael Young	160	690	216	.313	22	99
3B	Hank Blalock	159	624	172	.276	32	110
LF	David Dellucci	107	331	80	.242	17	61
CF	Laynce Nix	115	371	92	.248	14	46
RF	Kevin Mench	125	438	122	.279	26	71
DH	Brad Fullmer	76	258	60	.233	11	33

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
Eric Young Sr.	104	344	99	.288	1	27
Gary Matthews	87	280	77	.275	11	36
Brian Jordan	61	212	47	.222	5	23
Gerald Laird	49	147	33	.224	1	16
Herbert Perry	49	134	30	.224	5	17
Chad Allen	20	58	14	.241	0	6
Jason Conti	22	55	10	.182	0	4
Adrián González	16	42	10	.238	1	7
Ken Huckaby	16	38	5	.132	0	0
Manny Alexander	21	21	5	.238	0	3
Ramón Nivar	7	18	4	.222	0	4
Andy Fox	12	12	1	.083	0	0
Danny Ardoin	6	8	1	.125	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
Kenny Rogers	35	211.2	18	9	4.76	126
Ryan Drese	34	207.2	14	10	4.20	98
Chan Ho Park	16	95.2	4	7	5.46	63
Chris Young	7	36.1	3	2	4.71	27
Ricardo Rodríguez	5	26.2	3	1	2.03	15
Juan Domínguez	4	23.0	1	2	3.91	14
Scott Erickson	4	19.0	1	3	6.16	6
Nick Bierbrodt	4	17.0	1	1	5.82	10
Mike Bacsik	3	15.2	1	1	4.60	6
Colby Lewis	3	15.1	1	1	4.11	11
Sam Narron	1	2.2	0	0	13.50	1

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
R.A. Dickey	25	104.1	6	7	5.61	57
Joaquin Benoit	28	103.0	3	5	5.68	95
John Wasdin	15	65.0	2	4	6.78	36
Nick Regilio	6	19.1	0	4	6.05	12
Mickey Callaway	4	11.1	0	1	7.94	9
Kameron Loe	2	6.2	0	0	5.40	3

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
Francisco Cordero	67	3	4	49	2.13	79
Carlos Almanzar	67	7	3	0	3.72	44
Ron Mahay	60	3	0	0	2.55	54
Brian Shouse	53	2	0	0	2.23	34
Frank Francisco	45	5	1	0	3.33	60
Doug Brocail	43	4	1	1	4.13	43
Erasmo Ramirez	34	5	3	0	4.29	21
Jeff Nelson	29	1	2	1	5.32	22
Jay Powell	23	1	1	0	3.38	17
Michael Tejera	6	0	0	0	10.13	7
Rosman García	4	0	0	0	5.40	5
Travis Hughes	2	0	0	0	13.50	4
Ryan Snare	1	0	0	0	10.80	0

Awards and honors

• Alfonso Soriano, 2004 All-Star Game Most Valuable Player
• Alfonso Soriano, Second Base, Silver Slugger Award
• Kenny Rogers, Pitcher, Gold Glove Award
• Buck Showalter, American League Manager of the Year Award
• Mark Teixeira, First Base, Silver Slugger Award

All-Star Game

• Alfonso Soriano, second base, starter
• Francisco Cordero, pitcher, reserve
• Kenny Rogers, pitcher, reserve
• Hank Blalock, third base, reserve
• Michael Young, shortstop, reserve

Texas Rangers Hall of Fame Inductees

• Buddy Bell
• Ferguson Jenkins
• Tom Vandergriff (former Mayor of Arlington, who spearheaded the campaign to bring a Major League Baseball franchise to the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex)

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Oklahoma RedHawks	Pacific Coast League	Bobby Jones
AA	Frisco RoughRiders	Texas League	Tim Ireland
A	Stockton Ports	California League	Arnie Beyeler
A	Clinton LumberKings	Midwest League	Carlos Subero
A-Short Season	Spokane Indians	Northwest League	Darryl Kennedy
Rookie	AZL Rangers	Arizona League	Pedro López

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Frisco

References

• Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (2007). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (3rd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-17-6.

External links

• 2004 Texas Rangers team page at Baseball Reference
• 2004 Texas Rangers at Baseball Almanac