2004 Arizona Diamondbacks season

The 2004 Arizona Diamondbacks looked to improve on their 84–78 record from 2003. The Diamondsbacks hoped to contend for a postseason berth in what was a weaker National League West than in years past, but finished the season with a record of 51–111, the worst record in baseball and the worst record by any National League team since the 1965 Mets won one fewer game. The one highlight of a disastrous season was when Randy Johnson pitched a perfect game on May 18, 2004.

2004 Arizona Diamondbacks
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Ken Kendrick
Jerry Colangelo
General manager(s)Joe Garagiola, Jr.
Manager(s)Bob Brenly and Al Pedrique
Local televisionFSN Arizona
KTVK (3TV)
(Thom Brennaman, Mark Grace, Greg Schulte, Joe Garagiola)
Local radioKTAR (620 AM)
(Greg Schulte, Jeff Munn, Ken Phelps)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters
  • Roberto Alomar
  • Danny Bautista
  • Alex Cintrón
  • Steve Finley
  • Luis Gonzalez
  • Shea Hillenbrand
  • Randy Johnson
  • Brent Mayne
  • Richie Sexson[9]

National League West
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 9369 0.574 — 49–32 44–37
San Francisco Giants 9171 0.562 2 47–35 44–36
San Diego Padres 8775 0.537 6 42–39 45–36
Colorado Rockies 6894 0.420 25 38–43 30–51
Arizona Diamondbacks 51111 0.315 42 29–52 22–59

Record vs. opponents
2004 National League Records

Source:
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Arizona—2–44–23–36–133–42–43–163–30–63–41–52–47–125–141–56–12
Atlanta4–2—3–32–44–214–53–34–34–215–412–710–94–23–34–32–48–10
Chicago2–43–3—9–85–13–310–92–410–73–34–23–313–54–22–48–118–4
Cincinnati3–34–28–9—3–34–26–114–210–84–23–33–39–102–43–35–145-7
Colorado 13–62–41–53–3—1–51–58–112–42–41–55–32–410–98–111–58–10
Florida4–35–143–32–45–1—3–33–34–211–815–412–71–54–22–52–47–11
Houston4–23–39–1011–65–13-3—1–513–62–42–46–012–52–42–410–87–5
Los Angeles 16–33–44–22–411–83–35–1—3–34–33–31–56–010–910–92–410–8
Milwaukee3–32–47–108–104–22–46–133–3—5–12–40–66–122–41–58–98–4
Montreal6–04–153–32–44–28-114–23–41–5—9–107–124–21–61–53–37–11
New York4–37–122–43–35–14–154–23–34–210–9—8–111–51–64–21–510–8
Philadelphia5-19–103–33–33–57–120–65–16–012–711–8—3–35–12–43–39–9
Pittsburgh4–22–45–1310–94–25–15–120–612–62–45–13–3—3–35–15–122–10
San Diego12–73–32–44–29–102–44–29–104–26–16–11–53–3—12–72–48–10
San Francisco14–53–44–23–311–85–24–29–105–15–12–44–21–57–12—3–311–7
St. Louis5–14–211–814–55–14-28–104–29–83–35–13–312–54–23–3—11–1

Notable transactions
  • June 11, 2004: Quinton McCracken was signed as a free agent by the Diamondbacks.[5]
  • August 19, 2004: Elmer Dessens was traded by the Diamondbacks to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Jereme Milons (minors).[10]

Roster
2004 Arizona Diamondbacks
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
3BShea Hillenbrand148562174.3101580

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

Starting pitchers
Player G GS IP W L ERA SO
Randy Johnson3535245.216142.60290
Brandon Webb3535208.07163.59164
Steve W. Sparks2918120.2376.0457
Casey Fossum2727142.04156.65117

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Elmer Dessens3885.1164.7555

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Tucson Sidewinders Pacific Coast League Chip Hale
AA El Paso Diablos Texas League Scott Coolbaugh
A Lancaster JetHawks California League Wally Backman
A South Bend Silver Hawks Midwest League Tony Perezchica
A-Short Season Yakima Bears Northwest League Bill Plummer
Rookie Missoula Osprey Pioneer League Jim Presley

[11]

References
  1. Curt Schilling at Baseball Reference
  2. Jesse Orosco at Baseball Reference
  3. Lyle Overbay at Baseball Reference
  4. Félix José at Baseball Reference
  5. Quinton McCracken at Baseball Reference
  6. Brent Mayne at Baseball Reference
  7. Bobby Estalella at Baseball Reference
  8. Scott Service at Baseball Reference
  9. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2004&t=ARI
  10. Elmer Dessens at Baseball Reference
  11. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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