2004 Anaheim Angels season

The 2004 Anaheim Angels season was the franchise's 44th since its inception. The regular season ended with a record of 92–70, resulting in the Angels winning their fourth American League West division title, their first since 1986. Their playoff run was short, as they were quickly swept by the Boston Red Sox in the American League Division Series.

2004 Anaheim Angels
American league West Champions
The logo of the Anaheim Angels during their 2004 campaign
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record92–70 (.568)
Divisional place1st
Other information
OwnersArte Moreno
General managersBill Stoneman
ManagersMike Scioscia
Local televisionFox Sports Net West
KCAL-9
KDOC
KPXN (PAX TV)
•Rex Hudler, Steve Physioc
KWHY (Spanish)
•José Mota, Adrián García
Local radioKSPN (AM 710)
•Terry Smith, Rory Markas
KTNQ (AM 1020—Spanish)
•José Mota, Ivan Lara
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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The season was notable for being the last season the Angels played under the "Anaheim Angels" moniker; owner Arte Moreno changed the team name to the controversial "Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" moniker the following season. It was also notable as the season in which newly signed outfielder Vladimir Guerrero won the AL Most Valuable Player award, the first time an Angels player had been so honored since Don Baylor in 1979.

Offseason
  • October 27, 2003: Adam Riggs was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.[1]
  • November 24, 2003: Kelvim Escobar was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.[2]
  • January 14, 2004: Vladimir Guerrero was signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Angels.[3]

Regular season

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Anaheim Angels 9270 0.568 — 45–36 47–34
Oakland Athletics 9171 0.562 1 52–29 39–42
Texas Rangers 8973 0.549 3 51–30 38–43
Seattle Mariners 6399 0.389 29 38–44 25–55

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 —6–34–55–44–57–27–05–45–410–913–76–19–104–57–11
Baltimore 3–6—10–92–43–36–06–34–55–140–77–211–85–211–85–13
Boston 5–49–10—4–23–46–14–22–411–88–15–414–54–514–59–9
Chicago 4–54–22–4—10–98–1113–69–103–42–77–24–26–33–48–10
Cleveland 5–43–34–39–10—9–1011–87–122–46–35–43–31–85–210–8
Detroit 2–70–61–611–810–9—8–117–124–34–55–43–34–54–29–9
Kansas City 0–73–62–46–138–1111–8—7–121–52–72–53–64–53–36–12
Minnesota 4–55–44–210–912–712–712–7—2–42–55–44–55–24–211–7
New York 4–514–58–114–34–23–45–14–2—7–26–315–45–412–710–8
Oakland 9–107–01–87–23–65–47–25–22–7—11–87–211–96–310–8
Seattle 7–132–74–52–74–54–55–24–53–68–11—2–57–122–79–9
Tampa Bay 1–68–115–142–43–33–36–35–44–152–75–2—2–79–915–3
Texas 10–92–55–43–68–15–45–42–54–59–1112–77–2—7–210–8
Toronto 5–48–115–144–32–52–43–32–47–123–67–29–92–7—8–10

Notable transactions

Draft picks
  • June 7, 2004: Pat White was drafted in the 4th round, 113th overall in the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft. White opted to play quarterback at the University of West Virginia.[5]
  • June 7, 2004: Freddy Sandoval was drafted by the Anaheim Angels in the 8th round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 29, 2004.[6]

Roster
2004 Anaheim Angels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats
= Indicates team leader

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Pos Player G AB R H HR RBI Avg. SB
CBengie Molina9733736931054.2760
1BDarin Erstad12549579146769.29516
2BAdam Kennedy144468701301048.27815
SSDavid Eckstein14256692156235.27616
3BChone Figgins14857783171560.29634
LFJosé Guillén1485658816627104.2945
CFGarret Anderson112442571331475.3012
RFVladimir Guerrero15661212420639126.33715
DHTroy Glaus5820747521842.2512

[7]

Other batters

Note: G = Games; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Jeff DaVanon10828579.277734
José Molina7320353.261325
Tim Salmon6018647.253223
Robb Quinlan5616055.344523
Casey Kotchman3811626.224015
Shane Halter4611423.202413
Alfredo Amézaga739315.161211
Josh Paul467017.243210
Dallas McPherson16409.22536
Curtis Pride354010.25003
Adam Riggs16367.19403
Raúl Mondesí8344.11811
Andrés Galarraga7103.30012

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
Bartolo Colón34208.118125.01158
Kelvim Escobar33208.111123.93191
John Lackey33198.114134.67144
Jarrod Washburn25149.11184.6486
Aaron Sele28132.0945.0551

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
Ramón Ortiz34128.0574.4382
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
Troy Percival5223332.9033
Francisco Rodríguez6941121.82123
Scot Shields608243.33109
Kevin Gregg555214.2184
Brendan Donnelly405203.0056
Ben Weber180208.0611
Matt Hensley160204.8830
Derrick Turnbow40000.003
Scott Dunn30009.002
Dusty Bergman100013.501

ALDS

Boston wins the series, 3-0

GameScoreDate
1Boston 9, Anaheim 3October 5
2Boston 8, Anaheim 3October 6
3Boston 8, Anaheim 6 (10 innings)October 8

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Salt Lake Stingers Pacific Coast League Mike Brumley
AA Arkansas Travelers Texas League Tyrone Boykin
A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes California League Bobby Meacham
A Cedar Rapids Kernels Midwest League Bobby Magallanes
Rookie AZL Angels Arizona League Brian Harper
Rookie Provo Angels Pioneer League Tom Kotchman

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Provo[8][9]

References
  1. "Adam Riggs Stats".
  2. "Kelvim Escobar Stats".
  3. Vladimir Guerrero Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  4. Raul Mondesi Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  5. "2004 Anaheim Angels Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft".
  6. "Freddy Sandoval Stats".
  7. "2004 Anaheim Angels Statistics".
  8. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  9. Baseball America 2005 Annual Directory
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