2004 Milwaukee Brewers season

The Milwaukee Brewers' 2004 season involved the Brewers' finishing 6th in the National League Central with a record of 67 wins and 94 losses. The main highlight of the Brewers season was on the big screen, as the franchise was portrayed fictionally in the sports comedy Mr. 3000, starting Bernie Mac.

2004 Milwaukee Brewers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersBud Selig
General managersDoug Melvin
ManagersNed Yost
Local televisionFSN Wisconsin
(Daron Sutton, Bill Schroeder)
Local radioWTMJ (AM)
(Bob Uecker, Jim Powell)
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Offseason
  • November 13, 2003: Chris Coste signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.[1]
  • December 1, 2003: Lyle Overbay was traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks with Chris Capuano, Craig Counsell, Chad Moeller, Jorge de la Rosa, and Junior Spivey to the Milwaukee Brewers for a player to be named later, Richie Sexson, and Shane Nance. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Noochie Varner (minors) (December 15, 2003) to the Arizona Diamondbacks to complete the trade.[2]
  • January 26, 2004: Scott Sheldon was signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.[3]

Regular season

National League Central
NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 10557 0.648 — 53–28 52–29
Houston Astros 9270 0.568 13 48–33 44–37
Chicago Cubs 8973 0.549 16 45–37 44–36
Cincinnati Reds 7686 0.469 29 40–41 36–45
Pittsburgh Pirates 7289 0.447 32½ 39–41 33–48
Milwaukee Brewers 6794 0.416 37½ 36–45 31–49

Record vs. opponents
2004 National League record

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

Transactions
  • June 14, 2004: Scott Sheldon was released by the Milwaukee Brewers.[3]
  • July 26, 2004: Russell Branyan was sent to the Milwaukee Brewers by the Cleveland Indians as part of a conditional deal.[4]

Roster
2004 Milwaukee Brewers
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
CChad Moeller10131766.208527
1BLyle Overbay159579174.3011687
2BJunior Spivey5922862.272728
SSCraig Counsell140473114.241223
3BWes Helms9227472.263428
LFGeoff Jenkins157617163.2642793
CFScott Podsednik154640156.2441239
RFBrady Clark13835399.280746

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
Bill Hall12639093.238953
Keith Ginter113386101.2621960
Ben Grieve10823461.261729
Gary Bennett7521949.224320
Russell Branyan5115837.2341127
Chris Magruder568921.236210
Trent Durrington538219.23224
Dave Krynzel16419.22003
Jeff Liefer16286.21415
Mark Johnson7111.09102
Matt Erickson461.16700
Corey Hart110.00000

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
Ben Sheets34237.012142.70264
Doug Davis34207.112123.39166
Víctor Santos31154.011124.97115
Wes Obermueller25118.0685.8059
Chris Capuano1788.1684.9980
Ben Hendrickson1046.1186.2229
Jorge De La Rosa522.2036.355
Gary Glover418.0213.508
Chris Saenz16.0100.007

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
Matt Kinney3262.1345.7852
Adrián Hernández616.0028.4414

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
Danny Kolb6404392.9821
Luis Vizcaíno734413.7563
Jeff Bennett601504.7945
Mike Adams462303.4039
Dave Burba453124.0847
Brooks Kieschnick321103.7728
Matt Wise301204.4430
Ben Ford191106.3813
Pedro Liriano110004.0210
Travis Phelps401010.503
Trent Durrington10000.000

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball

The Brewers' farm system consisted of six minor league affiliates in 2004.[5]

Level Team League Manager
Triple-A Indianapolis Indians International League Cecil Cooper
Double-A Huntsville Stars Southern League Frank Kremblas
Class A-Advanced High Desert Mavericks California League Mel Queen
Class A Beloit Snappers Midwest League Don Money
Rookie Helena Brewers Pioneer League Johnny Narron
Rookie AZL Brewers Arizona League Mike Guerrero

References
  1. Chris Coste Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. Lyle Overbay Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. "Scott Sheldon Stats".
  4. Russell Branyan Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. "2004 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
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