2004 Arizona Diamondbacks season

{{Infobox baseball team season

| name = Arizona Diamondbacks

| season = 2004

| image =

| misc =

| league = National League

| division = West

| ballpark = Bank One Ballpark

| city = Phoenix, Arizona

| record = 51–111 (.315)

| divisional_place = 5th

| owners = Ken Kendrick
Jerry Colangelo

| general_managers = Joe Garagiola, Jr.

| managers = Bob Brenly and Al Pedrique

| television = FSN Arizona
KTVK (3TV)
(Thom Brennaman, Mark Grace, Greg Schulte, Joe Garagiola)

| radio = KTAR (620 AM)
(Greg Schulte, Jeff Munn, Ken Phelps)

| espntn = ari

| brtn = ARI

|}}

The 2004 Arizona Diamondbacks season was the franchise's 7th season in Major League Baseball and their 7th season at Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix, Arizona, as members of the National League West.

They looked to improve on their 84–78 record from 2003. The D-backs hoped to contend for a postseason berth in what was a weaker National League West than in years past. However, just three years after winning a World Series title, the Diamondbacks instead finished the season with a record of 51–111, 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. The franchise record would not be threatened until 2021, when they finished 52–110. Despite the 110-loss season in 2021, the Diamondbacks didn't earn the first overall pick in the 2022 MLB Draft, as the Baltimore Orioles finished with a 52–110 record, but were worse due to records against American League opponents.

Offseason

November 28, 2003: Curt Schilling was traded by the Diamondbacks to the Boston Red Sox for Casey Fossum, Brandon Lyon, Jorge de la Rosa, and Michael Goss (minors).[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/schilcu01.shtml Curt Schilling] at Baseball Reference
November 29, 2003: Jesse Orosco was signed as a free agent with the Diamondbacks.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/oroscje01.shtml Jesse Orosco] at Baseball Reference
December 1, 2003: Lyle Overbay, Chris Capuano, Craig Counsell, Chad Moeller, Jorge de la Rosa, and Junior Spivey were traded by the Diamondbacks to the Milwaukee Brewers for Richie Sexson, Shane Nance and a player to be named later. The Brewers completed the deal by sending Noochie Varner (minors) to the Diamondbacks on December 15.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/overbly01.shtml Lyle Overbay] at Baseball Reference
December 4, 2003: Félix José was signed as a free agent by the Diamondbacks.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/josefe01.shtml Félix José] at Baseball Reference
December 15, 2003: Quinton McCracken was traded by the Diamondbacks to the Seattle Mariners for Greg Colbrunn and cash.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mccraqu01.shtml Quinton McCracken] at Baseball Reference
December 18, 2003: Brent Mayne was signed as a free agent by the Diamondbacks.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/maynebr01.shtml Brent Mayne] at Baseball Reference
February 25, 2004: Bobby Estalella was signed as a free agent by the Diamondbacks.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/e/estalbo02.shtml Bobby Estalella] at Baseball Reference
February 25, 2004: Scott Service was signed as a free agent by the Diamondbacks.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/servisc01.shtml Scott Service] at Baseball Reference

Regular season

=Opening Day lineup=

12	Steve Finley	CF
2	Roberto Alomar	2B
20	Luis Gonzalez	LF
44	Richie Sexson	1B
10	Alex Cintron	SS
28	Shea Hillenbrand	3B
29	Danny Bautista	RF
6	Brent Mayne	C
\|51	Randy Johnson	P

=Season standings=

==National League West==

==Record vs. opponents==

=Notable transactions=

June 11, 2004: Quinton McCracken was signed as a free agent by the Diamondbacks.
July 31, 2004: Steve Finley and Brent Mayne were traded by the Diamondbacks to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Reggie Abercrombie (minors), Koyie Hill and Bill Murphy.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/finlest01.shtmlSteve Finley] at Baseball Reference
August 19, 2004: Elmer Dessens was traded by the Diamondbacks to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Jereme Milons (minors).[https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/desseel01.shtml Elmer Dessens] at Baseball Reference

=Roster=

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valign="top" \| Pitchers {{MLBplayer\|41\|Greg Aquino}} {{MLBplayer\|39\|Brian Bruney}} {{MLBplayer\|33\|Randy Choate}} {{MLBplayer\|32\|Lance Cormier}} {{MLBplayer\|54\|Casey Daigle}} {{MLBplayer\|45\|Elmer Dessens}} {{MLBplayer\|45\|Chad Durbin}} {{MLBplayer\|13\|Jeff Fassero}} {{MLBplayer\|39\|Mike Fetters}} {{MLBplayer\|16\|Casey Fossum}} {{MLBplayer\|49\|Édgar González}} {{MLBplayer\|52\|Andrew Good}} {{MLBplayer\|44\|Mike Gosling}} {{MLBplayer\|51\|Randy Johnson}} {{MLBplayer\|22\|Mike Koplove}} {{MLBplayer\|31\|Matt Mantei}} {{MLBplayer\|40\|Shane Nance}} {{MLBplayer\|34\|Stephen Randolph}} {{MLBplayer\|37\|Shane Reynolds}} {{MLBplayer\|36\|Scott Service}} {{MLBplayer\|23\|Steve Sparks}} {{MLBplayer\|47\|José Valverde}} {{MLBplayer\|43\|Brandon Villafuerte}} {{MLBplayer\|56\|Óscar Villarreal}} {{MLBplayer\|55\|Brandon Webb}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \| Catchers {{MLBplayer\|48\|Juan Brito}} {{MLBplayer\|17\|Bobby Estalella}} {{MLBplayer\| 7\|Robby Hammock}} {{MLBplayer\|15\|Koyie Hill}} {{MLBplayer\| 6\|Brent Mayne}} {{MLBplayer\|19\|Chris Snyder}} Infielders {{MLBplayer\|2,12\|Roberto Alomar}} {{MLBplayer\| 3\|Carlos Baerga}} {{MLBplayer\|10\|Alex Cintrón}} {{MLBplayer\| 2\|Jerry Gil}} {{MLBplayer\| 1\|Andy Green}} {{MLBplayer\| 5\|Scott Hairston}} {{MLBplayer\|28\|Shea Hillenbrand}} {{MLBplayer\| 8\|Matt Kata}} {{MLBplayer\|14\|Tim Olson}} {{MLBplayer\|11\|Richie Sexson}} {{MLBplayer\|18\|Chad Tracy}} {{MLBplayer\|25\|Alan Zinter}} \| width="25px" \| \| valign="top" \|Outfielders {{MLBplayer\|29\|Danny Bautista}} {{MLBplayer\|26\|Doug DeVore}} {{MLBplayer\|12\|Steve Finley}} {{MLBplayer\|20\|Luis Gonzalez}} {{MLBplayer\|43\|Josh Kroeger}} {{MLBplayer\| 4\|Quinton McCracken}} {{MLBplayer\| 4\|Donnie Sadler}} {{MLBplayer\|27\|Luis Terrero}} Other batters {{MLBplayer\|35\|Greg Colbrunn}} \| valign="top" \| Manager {{MLBplayer\|15\|Bob Brenly}} {{MLBplayer\|21\|Al Pedrique}} Coaches {{MLBplayer\|24\|Lorenzo Bundy}} (bench) {{MLBplayer\|13\|Mark Davis}} (bullpen/pitching) {{MLBplayer\|17\|Tommy Jones}} (first base) {{MLBplayer\|50\|Chuck Kniffin}} (pitching) {{MLBplayer\|50\|Dennis Lewallyn}} (bullpen) {{MLBplayer\|21\|Al Pedrique}} (third base) {{MLBplayer\| 9\|Rick Schu}} (hitting) {{MLBplayer\|53\|Glenn Sherlock}} (first base/third base) {{MLBplayer\|19\|Robin Yount}} (bench)

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valign="top" | Pitchers

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Catchers

Infielders

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" |Outfielders

Other batters

| valign="top" | Manager

Coaches

{{MLBplayer|24|Lorenzo Bundy}} (bench)

{{MLBplayer|13|Mark Davis}} (bullpen/pitching)

{{MLBplayer|17|Tommy Jones}} (first base)

{{MLBplayer|50|Chuck Kniffin}} (pitching)

{{MLBplayer|50|Dennis Lewallyn}} (bullpen)

{{MLBplayer|21|Al Pedrique}} (third base)

{{MLBplayer| 9|Rick Schu}} (hitting)

{{MLBplayer|53|Glenn Sherlock}} (first base/third base)

{{MLBplayer|19|Robin Yount}} (bench)

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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%" \| Pos ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| C	{{sortname\|Juan\|Brito\|Juan Brito (catcher)}}	54	171	35	.205	3	12
align="center" \| 1B	{{sortname\|Shea\|Hillenbrand}}	148	562	174	.310	15	80
align="center" \| 2B	{{sortname\|Scott\|Hairston}}	101	339	84	.248	13	29
align="center" \| SS	Alex Cintrón	154	564	148	.262	4	49
align=center \| 3B	{{sortname\|Chad\|Tracy}}	143	481	137	.285	8	53
align=center \| LF	Luis Gonzalez	105	379	98	.259	17	48
align=center \| CF	Steve Finley	104	404	111	.275	23	48
align=center \| RF	Danny Bautista	141	539	154	.286	11	65

==Other batters==

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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| AB ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| H ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| Avg. ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| HR ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| RBI
class="wikitable sortable"
align=center \| Luis Terrero	62	229	56	.245	4	14
align=center \| Robby Hammock	62	195	47	.241	4	18
align=center \| Matt Kata	42	162	40	.247	2	13
align=center \| Quinton McCracken	55	156	45	.288	2	13
align=center \| Roberto Alomar	38	110	34	.309	3	16
align=center \| Andy Green	46	109	22	.202	1	4
align=center \| Doug DeVore	50	107	24	.224	3	13
align=center \| Tim Olson	48	97	18	.186	2	5
align=center \| Chris Snyder	29	96	23	.240	5	15
align=center \| Brent Mayne	36	94	24	.255	0	10
align=center \| Richie Sexson	23	90	21	.233	9	23
align=center \| Jerry Gil	29	86	15	.174	0	8
align=center \| Carlos Baerga	79	85	20	.235	2	11
align=center \| Josh Kroeger	22	54	9	.167	0	2
align=center \| Koyie Hill	13	36	9	.250	1	6
align=center \| Alan Zinter	28	34	7	.206	1	6
align=center \| Greg Colbrunn	20	27	3	.111	0	1
align=center \| Donnie Sadler	18	23	3	.130	0	0
align=center \| Bobby Estalella	7	14	2	.143	2	4

=Pitching=

==Starting pitchers==

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| GS ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Randy\|Johnson}}	35	35	245.2	16	14	2.60	290
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Brandon\|Webb}}	35	35	208.0	7	16	3.59	164
align="center" \| {{sortname\|Casey\|Fossum}}	27	27	142.0	4	15	6.65	117
align="center" \| Casey Daigle	10	10	49.0	2	3	7.16	17
align=center \| Édgar González	10	10	46.1	0	9	9.32	31
align=center \| Shane Reynolds	1	1	2.0	0	1	4.50	0

==Other pitchers==

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| IP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align="center" \| Steve Sparks	29	120.2	3	7	6.04	57
align=center \| Elmer Dessens	38	85.1	1	6	4.75	55
align="center" \| Lance Cormier	17	45.1	1	4	8.14	24
align=center \| Mike Gosling	6	25.1	1	1	4.62	14

==Relief pitchers==

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="16%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| W ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| L ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SV ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| ERA ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" \| SO
class="wikitable sortable"
align=center \| Greg Aquino	34	0	2	16	3.06	26
align=center \| Mike Koplove	76	4	4	2	4.05	55
align=center \| Randy Choate	74	2	4	0	4.62	49
align=center \| Stephen Randolph	45	2	5	0	5.51	62
align=center \| Brian Bruney	30	3	4	0	4.31	34
align=center \| José Valverde	29	1	2	8	4.25	38
align=center \| Mike Fetters	23	0	1	1	8.68	14
align=center \| Scott Service	21	1	1	0	7.08	17
align=center \| Brandon Villafuerte	20	0	3	0	4.05	13
align=center \| Shane Nance	19	1	1	0	5.84	9
align=center \| Andrew Good	17	1	2	0	5.31	26
align=center \| Óscar Villarreal	17	0	2	0	7.00	17
align=center \| Matt Mantei	12	0	3	4	11.81	13
align=center \| Chad Durbin	7	1	1	0	8.68	10
align=center \| Jeff Fassero	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

Farm system

{{MLB Farm System|level15=AAA|team15=Tucson Sidewinders|league15=Pacific Coast League|manager15=Chip Hale

|level16=AA|team16=El Paso Diablos|league16=Texas League|manager16=Scott Coolbaugh

|level17=A |team17=Lancaster JetHawks|league17=California League|manager17=Wally Backman

|level18=A|team18=South Bend Silver Hawks|league18=Midwest League|manager18=Tony Perezchica

|level19=A-Short Season|team19=Yakima Bears|league19=Northwest League|manager19=Bill Plummer

|level20=Rookie|team20=Missoula Osprey|league20=Pioneer League|manager20=Jim Presley

}}Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

External links

[http://arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/ari/homepage/ari_homepage.jsp Arizona Diamondbacks official web site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070125171519/http://arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/ari/homepage/ari_homepage.jsp |date=January 25, 2007}}
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/ARI/2004.shtml 2004 Arizona Diamondbacks at Baseball Reference]
[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2004&t=ARI 2004 Arizona Diamondbacks team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]

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