2004 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season

The 2004 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season was their 7th since the franchise was created. This season, they finished fourth in the AL East division, Toronto Blue Jays in last place. They managed to finish the season with a record of 70-91, finishing out of last for the first time in their 7 year history. Their manager was Lou Piniella who entered his 2nd season with the Devil Rays.

Regular season

Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	101	61	0.623	—	57–24	44–37
Boston Red Sox	98	64	0.605	3	55–26	43–38
Baltimore Orioles	78	84	0.481	23	38–43	40–41
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	70	91	0.435	30½	41–39	29–52
Toronto Blue Jays	67	94	0.416	33½	40–41	27–53

Record vs. opponents

2004 American League Records 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

• February 10, 2004: Midre Cummings was signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
• July 30, 2004: Scott Kazmir was traded by the New York Mets with Jose Diaz to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Bartolomé Fortunato and Víctor Zambrano.
• August 19, 2004: Randall Simon was signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
• September 10, 2004: Randall Simon was released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

Roster

2004 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Roster
Pitchers 34 Paul Abbott 28 Danys Báez 41 Rob Bell 45 Dewon Brazelton 38 Lance Carter 49 Jesús Colomé 57 Bartolomé Fortunato 50 Chad Gaudin 43 Dicky Gonzalez 54 Geremi González 52 John Halama 58 Travis Harper 30 Mark Hendrickson 57 Scott Kazmir 51 Trever Miller 32 Damian Moss 47 Franklin Núñez 31 Todd Ritchie 46 Bobby Seay 36 Jorge Sosa 53 Jason Standridge 40 Doug Waechter 53 John Webb 47 Víctor Zambrano		Catchers 26 Brook Fordyce 44 Toby Hall Infielders 11,27 Geoff Blum 59 Jorge Cantú 19 Aubrey Huff 23 Julio Lugo 24 Tino Martinez 33 Eduardo Pérez  8 Jason Romano  1 Rey Sánchez 35,9 B. J. Upton		Outfielders  5 Rocco Baldelli 59 José Bautista 13 Carl Crawford 22 José Cruz, Jr. 25 Matt Diaz 43 Joey Gathright 17 Charles Gipson 10 Damian Rolls Other batters 20 Midre Cummings  9 Robert Fick 60 Jonny Gomes 29 Fred McGriff 35 Randall Simon		Manager 14 Lou Piniella Coaches  4 Lee Elia (hitting)  6 Tom Foley (third base)  2 Billy Hatcher (first base) 55 Chuck Hernandez (pitching)  7 John McLaren (bench) 15 Matt Sinatro (bullpen)

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

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

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

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

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

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Durham Bulls	International League	Bill Evers
AA	Montgomery Biscuits	Southern League	Charlie Montoyo
A	Bakersfield Blaze	California League	Mako Oliveras
A	Charleston RiverDogs	South Atlantic League	Steve Livesey
A-Short Season	Hudson Valley Renegades	New York–Penn League	Dave Howard
Rookie	Princeton Devil Rays	Appalachian League	Jamie Nelson

External links

• 2004 Tampa Bay Devil Rays team page at www.baseball-almanac.com