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2004 Detroit Tigers season

{{Short description|Major League Baseball season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}}

{{Infobox baseball team season

| name = Detroit Tigers

| season = 2004

| misc =

| league = American League

| division = Central

| ballpark = Comerica Park

| city = Detroit, Michigan

| record = 72–90 (.444)

| divisional_place = 4th

| owners = Mike Ilitch

| general_managers = Dave Dombrowski

| managers = Alan Trammell

| television = FSN Detroit
(Mario Impemba, Rod Allen)

| radio = WXYT (AM)
(Jim Price, Dan Dickerson)

|}}

The 2004 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 104th season and its fifth at Comerica Park. It involved the Detroit Tigers attempting to win the American League Central. The team set a major league record with 11 players on the team hitting at least 10 home runs. The Tigers' 104th season ended with the team finishing in fourth place at 72–90, 29 games better than their disastrous season of the previous year. However, they were still 20 games behind the AL Central Champion Minnesota Twins.

The Tigers tied their own major league record for most home runs by a losing team when they hit seven homers in an 11–9 defeat to the Boston Red Sox on August 8.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/tiny/u369B|title=Team Batting Game Finder: From 1908 to 2018, Team Lost, (requiring HR>=7), sorted by greatest HR|work=Baseball Reference|access-date=July 24, 2018}}

Offseason

  • December 18, 2003: Al Levine was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.
  • December 19, 2003: Rondell White was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.
  • January 8, 2004 Acquired Carlos Guillén for Ramon Santiago and minor leaguer Juan Gonazalez.{{cite web| url = http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/team/transactions.jsp?c_id=det&year=2004&month=1| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150101214542/http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/team/transactions.jsp?c_id=det&year=2004&month=1| archive-date = 2015-01-01| title = Transactions}}
  • January 14, 2004: Bobby Estalella was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/e/estalbo02.shtml Bobby Estalella Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
  • February 6, 2004: Iván Rodríguez signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rodriiv01.shtml Iván Rodríguez Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
  • February 9, 2004: Bobby Estalella was released by the Detroit Tigers.
  • March 29, 2004: Ugueth Urbina was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/u/urbinug01.shtml|title = Ugueth Urbina Stats}}

Regular season

=Standings=

{{2004 AL Central standings|highlight=Detroit Tigers}}

= Record vs. opponents =

{{2004 AL Record vs. opponents|team=DET}}

=Notable transactions=

  • June 7, 2004: Justin Verlander was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed October 25, 2004.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/v/verlaju01.shtml Justin Verlander Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com

Game log

{{Game log start|style={{Baseball primary style|Detroit Tigers}}|title=2004 Game Log: 72–90 (Home: 38–43; Away: 34–47)}}

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{Baseball secondary style|Detroit Tigers}}|title=April: 12–11 (Home: 6–7; Away: 6–4)| #| Date| Opponent| Score| Win| Loss| Save| Attendance| Record| Streak}}

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 1 || April 5 || @ Blue Jays || 7–0 || Johnson (1–0) || Halladay (0–1) || — || 47,817 || 1–0 || W1

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 2 || April 6 || @ Blue Jays || 7–3 || Maroth (1–0) || Batista (0–1) || Robertson (1) || 21,003 || 2–0 || W2

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 3 || April 7 || @ Blue Jays || 6–3 || Bonderman (1–0) || Hentgen (0–1) || — || 13,100 || 3–0 || W3

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 4 || April 8 || Twins || 10–6 || Cornejo (1–0) || Fultz (0–1) || — || 42,121 || 4–0 || W4

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 5 || April 10 || Twins || 5–10 || Radke (1–0) || Johnson (1–1) || — || 23,409 || 4–1 || L1

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 6 || April 11 || Twins || 6–5 {{small|(10)}} || Colyer (1–0) || Roa (1–1) || — || 12,138 || 5–1 || W1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 7 || April 13 || Blue Jays || 5–7 || Adams (1–0) || Patterson (0–1) || Speier (1) || 8,804 || 5–2 || L1

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 8 || April 14 || Blue Jays || 5–3 || Robertson (1–0) || Lilly (0–1) || Patterson (1) || 15,129 || 6–2 || W1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 9 || April 15 || Blue Jays || 0–11 || Halladay (1–2) || Johnson (1–2) || — || 17,572 || 6–3 || L1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 10 || April 16 || @ Indians || 3–10 || Sabathia (1–0) || Cornejo (1–1) || — || 18,507 || 6–4 || L2

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 11 || April 17 || @ Indians || 6–1 || Maroth (2–0) || Davis (0–1) || — || 18,955 || 7–4 || W1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 12 || April 18 || @ Indians || 7–9 || Lee (2–0) || Bonderman (1–1) || Riske (1) || 19,240 || 7–5 || L1

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 13 || April 19 || @ Indians || 10–4 || Levine (1–0) || Betancourt (0–2) || — || 13,650 || 8–5 || W1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 14 || April 20 || @ Twins || 4–6 || Silva (2–0) || Johnson (1–3) || Nathan (3) || 15,079 || 8–6 || L1

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 15 || April 21 || @ Twins || 11–8 || Levine (2–0) || Radke (2–1) || Urbina (1) || 15,158 || 9–6 || W1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 16 || April 22 || @ Twins || 3–4 || Santana (1–0) || Maroth (2–1) || Nathan (4) || 14,857 || 9–7 || L1

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 17 || April 23 || Indians || 17–3 || Bonderman (2–1) || Davis (0–2) || Yan (1) || 22,008 || 10–7 || W1

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 18 || April 24 || Indians || 5–2 || Urbina (1–0) || Stewart (0–1) || — || 20,913 || 11–7 || W2

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 19 || April 25 || Indians || 2–3 || Westbrook (1–1) || Johnson (1–4) || — || 17,253 || 11–8 || L1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 20 || April 27 || Angels || 4–10 || Lackey (1–3) || Cornejo (1–2) || Shields (1) || 18,208 || 11–9 || L2

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 21 || April 28 || Angels || 10–2 || Maroth (3–1) || Colon (3–2) || — || 17,175 || 12–9 || W1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 22 || April 29 || Angels || 3–12 || Washburn (4–1) || Robertson (1–1) || — || 20,678 || 12–10 || L1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 23 || April 30 || Mariners || 1–3 {{small|(10)}} || Myers (1–1) || Levine (2–1) || Guardado (4) || 19,989 || 12–11 || L2

|-

{{Game log section end}}

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{Baseball secondary style|Detroit Tigers}}|title=May: 11–16 (Home: 5–7; Away: 6–9)| #| Date| Opponent| Score| Win| Loss| Save| Attendance| Record| Streak}}

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 24 || May 1 || Mariners || 4–2 || Bonderman (3–1) || Franklin (1–2) || Urbina (2) || 16,407 || 13–11 || W1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 25 || May 2 || Mariners || 2–12 || Meche (1–2) || Cornejo (1–3) || — || 13,720 || 13–12 || L1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 26 || May 3 || @ Angels || 9–11 || Gregg (1–0) || Levine (2–2) || Percival (8) || 33,683 || 13–13 || L2

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 27 || May 4 || @ Angels || 4–11 || Washburn (5–1) || Robertson (1–2) || — || 34,920 || 13–14 || L3

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 28 || May 5 || @ Angels || 3–6 || Escobar (2–1) || Johnson (1–5) || Percival (9) || 39,827 || 13–15 || L4

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 29 || May 7 || @ Rangers || 8–7 || Levine (3–2) || Ramirez (1–2) || Urbina (3) || 41,095 || 14–15 || W1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 30 || May 8 || @ Rangers || 15–16 {{small|(10)}} || Cordero (1–0) || Urbina (1–1) || — || 45,017 || 14–16 || L1

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 31 || May 9 || @ Rangers || 5–3 || Robertson (2–2) || Rogers (4–2) || Urbina (4) || 25,034 || 15–16 || W1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 32 || May 11 || Athletics || 4–5 {{small|(15)}} || Duchscherer (1–1) || Patterson (0–2) || Mecir (2) || 15,859 || 15–17 || L1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 33 || May 12 || Athletics || 1–2 || Harden (2–2) || Bonderman (3–2) || Rhodes (7) || 16,693 || 15–18 || L2

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 34 || May 13 || Athletics || 3–1 || Maroth (4–1) || Redman (2–2) || Urbina (5) || 21,712 || 16–18 || W1

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 35 || May 14 || Rangers || 7–1 || Knotts (1–0) || Benoit (1–1) || Yan (2) || 22,449 || 17–18 || W2

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 36 || May 15 || Rangers || 1–6 || Rogers (5–2) || Robertson (2–3) || — || 26,120 || 17–19 || L1

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 37 || May 16 || Rangers || 3–1 || Johnson (2–5) || Drese (2–1) || Urbina (6) || 21,615 || 18–19 || W1

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 38 || May 18 || @ Athletics || 5–1 || Bonderman (4–2) || Harden (2–3) || — || 11,842 || 19–19 || W2

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 39 || May 19 || @ Athletics || 2–6 || Redman (3–2) || Maroth (4–2) || — || 20,477 || 19–20 || L1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 40 || May 20 || @ Athletics || 2–3 || Hudson (5–1) || Walker (0–1) || Rhodes (8) || 20,808 || 19–21 || L2

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 41 || May 21 || @ Mariners || 5–0 || Robertson (3–3) || Meche (1–4) || — || 39,102 || 20–21 || W1

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 42 || May 22 || @ Mariners || 8–4 || Johnson (3–5) || Putz (0–1) || — || 42,565 || 21–21 || W2

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 43 || May 23 || @ Mariners || 1–3 || Garcia (2–3) || Bonderman (4–3) || Guardado (6) || 44,850 || 21–22 || L1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 44 || May 25 || @ Royals || 3–4 || Grimsley (2–1) || Maroth (4–3) || Affeldt (1) || 14,297 || 21–23 || L2

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 45 || May 26 || @ Royals || 3–7 || May (2–6) || Knotts (1–1) || Affeldt (2) || 19,534 || 21–24 || L3

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 46 || May 27 || @ Royals || 17–7 || Robertson (4–3) || Anderson (1–7) || — || 15,475 || 22–24 || W1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 47 || May 28 || Orioles || 5–7 || DuBose (4–3) || Johnson (3–6) || Julio (8) || 23,298 || 22–25 || L1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 48 || May 29 || Orioles || 4–8 || Cabrera (3–1) || Bonderman (4–4) || Parrish (1) || 30,440 || 22–26 || L2

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 49 || May 30 || Orioles || 3–7 || Groom (2–0) || Urbina (1–2) || — || 25,337 || 22–27 || L3

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 50 || May 31 || Royals || 8–4 || Knotts (2–1) || May (2–7) || — || 12,982 || 23–27 || W1

|-

{{Game log section end}}

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{Baseball secondary style|Detroit Tigers}}|title=June: 14–12 (Home: 10–4; Away: 4–8)| #| Date| Opponent| Score| Win| Loss| Save| Attendance| Record| Streak}}

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 51 || June 1 || Royals || 3–5 || Grimsley (3–1) || Yan (0–1) || Affeldt (4) || 12,685 || 23–28 || L1

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 52 || June 2 || Royals || 2–0 || Johnson (4–6) || Greinke (0–1) || Urbina (7) || 12,186 || 24–28 || W1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 53 || June 3 || Royals || 6–9 || Reyes (2–0) || Bonderman (4–5) || Affeldt (5) || 16,711 || 24–29 || L1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 54 || June 4 || @ Twins || 2–3 || Nathan (1–0) || Walker (0–2) || — || 15,391 || 24–30 || L2

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 55 || June 5 || @ Twins || 6–0 || Knotts (3–1) || Greisinger (2–5) || — || 17,573 || 25–30 || W1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 56 || June 6 || @ Twins || 5–6 || Romero (3–1) || Yan (0–2) || Nathan (15) || 20,378 || 25–31 || L1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 57 || June 8 || Braves || 3–4 {{small|(10)}} || Reitsma (2–1) || Patterson (0–3) || Smoltz (9) || 19,062 || 25–32 || L2

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 58 || June 9 || Braves || 4–2 || Dingman (1–0) || Thomson (5–3) || Urbina (8) || 20,577 || 26–32 || W1

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 59 || June 10 || Braves || 7–4 || Maroth (5–3) || Alfonseca (5–2) || Urbina (9) || 21,166 || 27–32 || W2

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 60 || June 11 || Marlins || 8–4 || Knotts (4–1) || Phelps (1–1) || — || 27,184 || 28–32 || W3

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 61 || June 12 || Marlins || 6–2 || Robertson (5–3) || Penny (6–4) || Urbina (10) || 38,524 || 29–32 || W4

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 62 || June 13 || Marlins || 2–9 || Willis (6–3) || Johnson (4–7) || — || 27,334 || 29–33 || L1

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 63 || June 15 || @ Phillies || 10–3 || Bonderman (5–5) || Powell (0–1) || — || 39,555 || 30–33 || W1

|- bgcolor="bbbbbb"

| – || June 16 || @ Phillies || colspan=7|Postponed (rain); rescheduled for June 17

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 64 || June 17 {{small|(1)}} || @ Phillies || 2–6 || Myers (5–3) || Maroth (5–4) || — || 44,551 || 30–34 || L1

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 65 || June 17 {{small|(2)}} || @ Phillies || 5–4 {{small|(11)}} || Urbina (2–2) || Madson (4–2) || Patterson (2) || 39,674 || 31–34 || W1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 66 || June 18 || @ Mets || 2–3 || Looper (1–1) || Patterson (0–4) || — || 36,141 || 31–35 || L1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 67 || June 19 || @ Mets || 3–4 {{small|(10)}} || Looper (2–1) || Dingman (1–1) || — || 36,925 || 31–36 || L2

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 68 || June 20 || @ Mets || 1–6 || Trachsel (7–5) || Bonderman (5–6) || — || 39,446 || 31–37 || L3

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 69 || June 22 || @ Royals || 1–8 || Gobble (4–4) || Maroth (5–5) || Field (2) || 16,276 || 31–38 || L4

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 70 || June 23 || @ Royals || 3–7 || May (5–8) || Knotts (4–2) || — || 18,493 || 31–39 || L5

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 71 || June 24 || @ Royals || 12–3 || Robertson (6–3) || George (1–1) || — || 18,172 || 32–39 || W1

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 72 || June 25 || Diamondbacks || 2–1 || Johnson (5–7) || Webb (3–8) || Urbina (11) || 32,573 || 33–39 || W2

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 73 || June 26 || Diamondbacks || 7–6 || Urbina (3–2) || Villafuerte (0–1) || — || 33,579 || 34–39 || W3

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 74 || June 27 || Diamondbacks || 9–5 || Walker (1–2) || Villafuerte (0–2) || — || 32,751 || 35–39 || W4

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 75 || June 29 || Indians || 9–7 {{small|(11)}} || Dingman (2–1) || Jiménez (1–7) || — || 30,457 || 36–39 || W5

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 76 || June 30 || Indians || 12–5 || Robertson (7–3) || Davis (2–6) || — || 27,665 || 37–39 || W6

|-

{{Game log section end}}

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{Baseball secondary style|Detroit Tigers}}|title=July: 13–15 (Home: 6–6; Away: 7–9)| #| Date| Opponent| Score| Win| Loss| Save| Attendance| Record| Streak}}

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 77 || July 1 || Indians || 6–7 {{small|(10)}} || Riske (4–2) || Urbina (3–3) || White (1) || 25,159 || 37–40 || L1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 78 || July 2 || @ Rockies || 8–9 {{small|(10)}} || Chacon (1–5) || Walker (1–3) || — || 47,585 || 37–41 || L2

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 79 || July 3 || @ Rockies || 6–11 || Jennings (7–7) || Maroth (5–6) || — || 48,131 || 37–42 || L3

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 80 || July 4 || @ Rockies || 8–10 || Bernero (1–0) || Knotts (4–3) || Chacon (17) || 26,944 || 37–43 || L4

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 81 || July 5 || @ Yankees || 3–10 || Lieber (6–5) || Robertson (7–4) || — || 52,608 || 37–44 || L5

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 82 || July 6 || @ Yankees || 9–1 || Johnson (6–7) || Mussina (9–6) || — || 41,772 || 38–44 || W1

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 83 || July 7 || @ Yankees || 10–8 || Bonderman (6–6) || Halsey (1–2) || Urbina (12) || 50,338 || 39–44 || W2

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 84 || July 8 || @ Twins || 1–7 || Balfour (3–0) || Maroth (5–7) || — || 14,087 || 39–45 || L1

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 85 || July 9 || @ Twins || 5–3 || Knotts (5–3) || Silva (8–7) || Urbina (13) || 22,678 || 40–45 || W1

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 86 || July 10 || @ Twins || 4–2 || Robertson (8–4) || Radke (5–5) || Urbina (14) || 26,646 || 41–45 || W2

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 87 || July 11 || @ Twins || 2–0 || Johnson (7–7) || Santana (7–6) || — || 21,618 || 42–45 || W3

|- bgcolor="bbcaff"

| colspan=10 | 75th All-Star Game in Houston, Texas

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 88 || July 15 || Yankees || 1–5 || Contreras (7–3) || Bonderman (6–7) || — || 38,902 || 42–46 || L1

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 89 || July 16 || Yankees || 8–0 || Maroth (6–7) || Vazquez (10–6) || — || 40,918 || 43–46 || W1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 90 || July 17 || Yankees || 3–5 || Hernandez (2–0) || Knotts (5–4) || Rivera (33) || 41,857 || 43–47 || L1

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 91 || July 18 || Yankees || 4–2 || Robertson (9–4) || Lieber (7–6) || Urbina (15) || 40,132 || 44–47 || W1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 92 || July 19 || Twins || 1–3 || Mulholland (2–3) || Johnson (7–8) || Nathan (25) || 21,369 || 44–48 || L1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 93 || July 20 || Twins || 4–5 {{small|(10)}} || Balfour (4–1) || Urbina (3–4) || Nathan (26) || 23,227 || 44–49 || L2

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 94 || July 21 || Royals || 4–2 || Maroth (7–7) || May (7–10) || Walker (1) || 17,607 || 45–49 || W1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 95 || July 22 || Royals || 7–13 || Gobble (6–7) || Knotts (5–5) || — || 24,746 || 45–50 || L1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 96 || July 23 || @ White Sox || 4–6 || Loaiza (9–5) || Robertson (9–5) || Takatsu (8) || 32,930 || 45–51 || L2

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 97 || July 24 || @ White Sox || 6–7 || Marte (4–3) || Urbina (3–5) || — || 38,055 || 45–52 || L3

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 98 || July 25 || @ White Sox || 9–2 || Ledezma (1–0) || Garland (7–7) || — || 26,716 || 46–52 || W1

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 99 || July 26 || @ Indians || 13–4 || Maroth (8–7) || Lee (10–3) || — || 18,359 || 47–52 || W2

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 100 || July 27 || @ Indians || 6–10 || Sabathia (7–5) || Knotts (5–6) || — || 19,090 || 47–53 || L1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 101 || July 28 || @ Indians || 4–5 || Elarton (1–8) || Walker (1–4) || Wickman (1) || 23,213 || 47–54 || L2

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 102 || July 29 || White Sox || 3–2 || Johnson (8–8) || Schoeneweis (6–8) || Urbina (16) || 26,110 || 48–54 || W1

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 103 || July 30 || White Sox || 5–4 || Yan (1–2) || Marte (4–4) || Urbina (17) || 34,732 || 49–54 || W2

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 104 || July 31 || White Sox || 3–2 {{small|(10)}} || Urbina (4–5) || Politte (0–3) || — || 40,471 || 50–54 || W3

|-

{{Game log section end}}

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{Baseball secondary style|Detroit Tigers}}|title=August: 11–17 (Home: 5–8; Away: 6–9)| #| Date| Opponent| Score| Win| Loss| Save| Attendance| Record| Streak}}

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 105 || August 1 || White Sox || 4–6 || Garcia (9–9) || Bonderman (6–8) || Takatsu (9) || 34,279 || 50–55 || L1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 106 || August 3 || Rangers || 4–5 || Francisco (3–1) || Robertson (9–6) || Cordero (32) || 19,894 || 50–56 || L2

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 107 || August 4 || Rangers || 0–8 || Bacsik (1–0) || Johnson (8–9) || — || 18,857 || 50–57 || L3

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 108 || August 5 || Rangers || 1–2 || Drese (8–6) || Yan (1–3) || Cordero (33) || 25,710 || 50–58 || L4

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 109 || August 6 || Red Sox || 4–3 || Novoa (1–0) || Lowe (9–10) || Urbina (18) || 40,674 || 51–58 || W1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 110 || August 7 || Red Sox || 4–7 || Martínez (12–4) || Bonderman (6–9) || — || 42,607 || 51–59 || L1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 111 || August 8 || Red Sox || 9–11 || Wakefield (8–6) || Robertson (9–7) || Foulke (18) || 40,098 || 51–60 || L2

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 112 || August 10 || @ Athletics || 4–5 || Zito (8–8) || Johnson (8–10) || Dotel (24) || 20,315 || 51–61 || L3

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 113 || August 11 || @ Athletics || 11–3 || Ledezma (2–0) || Redman (8–9) || — || 25,781 || 52–61 || W1

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 114 || August 12 || @ Athletics || 5–3 || Maroth (9–7) || Duchscherer (4–4) || Urbina (19) || 17,963 || 53–61 || W2

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 115 || August 13 || @ Angels || 5–3 || Yan (2–3) || Percival (2–3) || Urbina (20) || 43,580 || 54–61 || W3

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 116 || August 14 || @ Angels || 8–11 || Gregg (5–1) || Novoa (1–1) || Rodriguez (9) || 43,545 || 54–62 || L1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 117 || August 15 || @ Angels || 2–3 || Shields (6–2) || Johnson (8–11) || Percival (23) || 42,850 || 54–63 || L2

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 118 || August 17 || @ White Sox || 11–8 || Maroth (10–7) || Garcia (10–10) || Urbina (21) || 19,856 || 55–63 || W1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 119 || August 18 || @ White Sox || 2–9 || Contreras (11–5) || Bonderman (6–10) || — || 21,381 || 55–64 || L1

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 120 || August 19 || @ White Sox || 8–4 || Ledezma (3–0) || Garland (8–9) || Knotts (1) || 24,554 || 56–64 || W1

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 121 || August 20 || Mariners || 8–3 || Robertson (10–7) || Villone (4–4) || — || 32,791 || 57–64 || W2

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 122 || August 21 || Mariners || 11–10 {{small|(11)}} || Walker (2–4) || Atchison (1–1) || — || 36,817 || 58–64 || W3

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 123 || August 22 || Mariners || 3–5 || Meche (4–5) || Maroth (10–8) || Putz (3) || 33,652 || 58–65 || L1

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 124 || August 23 || White Sox || 7–0 || Bonderman (7–10) || Contreras (11–6) || — || 25,220 || 59–65 || W1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 125 || August 24 || White Sox || 5–9 || Garland (9–9) || Ledezma (3–1) || — || 24,584 || 59–66 || L1

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 126 || August 25 || White Sox || 5–4 || Robertson (11–7) || Buehrle (11–8) || — || 23,254 || 60–66 || W1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 127 || August 26 || @ Red Sox || 1–4 || Arroyo (7–9) || Johnson (8–12) || Foulke (24) || 35,153 || 60–67 || L1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 128 || August 27 || @ Red Sox || 3–5 || Lowe (12–10) || Maroth (10–9) || Leskanic (3) || 35,018 || 60–68 || L2

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 129 || August 28 || @ Red Sox || 1–5 || Martínez (14–5) || Bonderman (7–11) || — || 35,032 || 60–69 || L3

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 130 || August 29 || @ Red Sox || 1–6 || Wakefield (11–7) || Ledezma (3–2) || — || 34,268 || 60–70 || L4

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 131 || August 30 || @ Royals || 9–1 || Robertson (12–7) || Wood (2–7) || — || 19,429 || 61–70 || W1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 132 || August 31 || @ Royals || 8–9 || Affeldt (3–3) || Urbina (4–6) || — || 19,471 || 61–71 || L1

|-

{{Game log section end}}

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{Baseball secondary style|Detroit Tigers}}|title=September: 10–17 (Home: 5–9; Away: 5–8)| #| Date| Opponent| Score| Win| Loss| Save| Attendance| Record| Streak}}

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 133 || September 1 || @ Royals || 0–1 || Greinke (7–9) || Maroth (10–10) || Affeldt (9) || 19,039 || 61–72 || L2

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 134 || September 3 || @ Devil Rays || 4–2 || Bonderman (8–11) || Kazmir (1–1) || Yan (3) || 11,631 || 62–72 || W1

|- bgcolor="bbbbbb"

| – || September 4 || @ Devil Rays || colspan=7|Postponed (Hurricane Frances); rescheduled for September 30

|- bgcolor="bbbbbb"

| – || September 5 || @ Devil Rays || colspan=7|Postponed (Hurricane Frances); rescheduled for September 30

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 135 || September 6 || Royals || 7–3 || Ledezma (4–2) || Bautista (0–1) || Knotts (2) || 21,516 || 63–72 || W2

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 136 || September 7 || Royals || 2–6 || Serrano (1–1) || Robertson (12–8) || — || 17,462 || 63–73 || L1

|- bgcolor="bbbbbb"

| – || September 8 || Royals || colspan=7|Postponed (rain); rescheduled for September 9

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 137 || September 9 {{small|(1)}} || Royals || 5–26 || Greinke (8–9) || Johnson (8–13) || — || N/A || 63–74 || L2

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 138 || September 9 {{small|(2)}} || Royals || 8–0 || Bonderman (9–11) || May (9–17) || — || 20,442 || 64–74 || W1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 139 || September 10 || Twins || 1–4 || Silva (11–8) || Maroth (10–11) || Nathan (40) || 27,391 || 64–75 || L1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 140 || September 11 || Twins || 2–3 || Crain (2–0) || Levine (3–3) || Nathan (41) || 28,931 || 64–76 || L2

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 141 || September 12 || Twins || 5–8 || Mulholland (5–8) || Robertson (12–9) || Nathan (42) || 23,208 || 64–77 || L3

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 142 || September 13 || Twins || 3–5 || Radke (11–7) || Johnson (8–14) || Nathan (43) || 9,962 || 64–78 || L4

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 143 || September 14 || @ Indians || 11–3 || Bonderman (10–11) || Denney (0–1) || — || 16,489 || 65–78 || W1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 144 || September 15 || @ Indians || 3–5 || Howry (2–1) || Yan (2–4) || Wickman (9) || 15,411 || 65–79 || L1

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 145 || September 16 || @ Indians || 6–4 || Walker (3–4) || Sabathia (11–10) || Yan (4) || 15,943 || 66–79 || W1

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 146 || September 17 || @ White Sox || 11–10 {{small|(10)}} || Yan (3–4) || Takatsu (6–4) || Ennis (1) || 23,132 || 67–79 || W2

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 147 || September 18 || @ White Sox || 8–9 {{small|(12)}} || Marte (5–5) || Levine (3–4) || — || 23,533 || 67–80 || L1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 148 || September 19 || @ White Sox || 1–6 || Garcia (12–11) || Bonderman (10–12) || — || 19,269 || 67–81 || L2

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 149 || September 20 || Indians || 3–1 || Maroth (11–11) || Elarton (3–11) || Yan (5) || 13,820 || 68–81 || W1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 150 || September 21 || Indians || 7–8 || Howry (3–1) || Yan (3–5) || Wickman (10) || 11,351 || 68–82 || L1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 151 || September 22 || Indians || 6–7 || Westbrook (13–9) || Ledezma (4–3) || — || 16,360 || 68–83 || L2

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 152 || September 24 || @ Orioles || 5–7 || Parrish (6–3) || Yan (3–6) || — || 25,846 || 68–84 || L3

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 153 || September 25 || @ Orioles || 0–3 || Riley (2–4) || Bonderman (10–13) || Ryan (2) || 29,598 || 68–85 || L4

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 154 || September 26 || @ Orioles || 0–5 || Lopez (14–8) || Maroth (11–12) || — || 41,178 || 68–86 || L5

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 155 || September 27 || White Sox || 4–2 || Knotts (6–6) || Grilli (2–2) || Yan (6) || 12,495 || 69–86 || W1

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 156 || September 28 || White Sox || 6–4 || German (1–0) || Cotts (4–4) || Yan (7) || 13,860 || 70–86 || W2

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 157 || September 29 || White Sox || 2–11 || Garcia (13–11) || Johnson (8–15) || — || 8.944 || 70–87 || L1

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 158 || September 30 {{small|(1)}} || @ Devil Rays || 8–0 || Bonderman (11–13) || Brazelton (6–8) || — || N/A || 71–87 || W1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 159 || September 30 {{small|(2)}} || @ Devil Rays || 4–6 || Harper (6–2) || Dingman (2–2) || Baez (30) || 10,309 || 71–88 || L1

|-

{{Game log section end}}

{{Game log section start|hide=y|style={{Baseball secondary style|Detroit Tigers}}|title=October: 1–2 (Home: 1–2; Away: 0–0)| #| Date| Opponent| Score| Win| Loss| Save| Attendance| Record| Streak}}

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 160 || October 1 || Devil Rays || 1–4 || Bell (8–8) || Maroth (11–13) || — || 20,612 || 71–89 || L2

|- bgcolor="bbffbb"

| 161 || October 2 || Devil Rays || 5–1 || Knotts (7–6) || Kazmir (2–3) || — || 20,029 || 72–89 || W1

|- bgcolor="ffbbbb"

| 162 || October 3 || Devil Rays || 4–7 || Halama (7–6) || Robertson (12–10) || — || 22,471 || 72–90 || L1

|-

{{Game log section end}}

{{Game log end}}

Roster

class="toccolours" style="font-size: 95%;"
colspan="10" style="background-color: #003366; color: white; text-align: center;" | 2004 Detroit Tigers
colspan="10" style="background-color: #bd5d29; color: white; text-align: center;" | Roster
valign="top" | Pitchers

{{MLBplayer|38|Jeremy Bonderman}}

{{MLBplayer|51|Steve Colyer}}

{{MLBplayer|34|Nate Cornejo}}

{{MLBplayer|57|Craig Dingman}}

{{MLBplayer|49|John Ennis}}

{{MLBplayer|62|Franklyn Germán}}

{{MLBplayer|21|Jason Johnson}}

{{MLBplayer|35|Gary Knotts}}

{{MLBplayer|41|Wilfredo Ledezma}}

{{MLBplayer|43|Al Levine}}

{{MLBplayer|46|Mike Maroth}}

{{MLBplayer|51|Roberto Novoa}}

{{MLBplayer|17|Danny Patterson}}

{{MLBplayer|37|Nate Robertson}}

{{MLBplayer|74|Ugueth Urbina}}

{{MLBplayer|45|Lino Urdaneta}}

{{MLBplayer|32|Jamie Walker}}

{{MLBplayer|59|Esteban Yan}}

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Catchers

{{MLBplayer|26|Mike DiFelice}}

{{MLBplayer| 7|Iván Rodríguez}}

Infielders

{{MLBplayer| 9|Carlos Guillén}}

{{MLBplayer|20|Omar Infante}}

{{MLBplayer|15|Brandon Inge}}

{{MLBplayer|31|Eric Munson}}

{{MLBplayer|28|Greg Norton}}

{{MLBplayer|12|Carlos Peña}}

{{MLBplayer|55|Ryan Raburn}}

{{MLBplayer|30|Chris Shelton}}

{{MLBplayer|44|Jason Smith}}

{{MLBplayer|10|Fernando Viña}}

{{MLBplayer|25|Dmitri Young}}

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Outfielders

{{MLBplayer|26|Curtis Granderson}}

{{MLBplayer| 4|Bobby Higginson}}

{{MLBplayer|40|Nook Logan}}

{{MLBplayer|27|Craig Monroe}}

{{MLBplayer|19|Alex Sánchez}}

{{MLBplayer|33|Marcus Thames}}

{{MLBplayer|44|Andrés Torres}}

{{MLBplayer|24|Rondell White}}

| width="25px" |

| valign="top" | Manager

{{MLBplayer| 3|Alan Trammell}}

Coaches

{{MLBplayer|54|Bob Cluck}} (pitching)

{{MLBplayer|29|Bruce Fields}} (hitting)

{{MLBplayer|22|Kirk Gibson}} (bench)

{{MLBplayer|18|Mick Kelleher}} (first base)

{{MLBplayer|13|Lance Parrish}} (bullpen)

{{MLBplayer| 8|Juan Samuel}} (third base)

Player stats

=Batting=

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

class="wikitable sortable"
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

align="center"

|Iván Rodríguez

135527176.3341986
align="center"

|Carlos Guillén

136522166.3182097
align=center

|Omar Infante

142503133.2641655
align=center

|Carlos Peña

142481116.2412782
align="center"

|Rondell White

121448121.2701967
align="center"

|Bobby Higginson

131448110.2461264
align="center"

|Craig Monroe

128447131.2931872
align="center"

|Brandon Inge

131408117.2871364
align="center"

|Dmitri Young

104389106.2721860
align="center"

|Alex Sánchez

79332107.322226
align=center

|Eric Munson

10932168.2121949
align=center

|Marcus Thames

6116542.2551033
align="center"

|Jason Smith

6115537.239519
align="center"

|Nook Logan

4713337.278010
align="center"

|Fernando Viña

2911526.22607
align="center"

|Greg Norton

418615.17422
align="center"

|Chris Shelton

27469.19613
align="center"

|Ryan Raburn

12294.13801
align="center"

|Curtis Granderson

9256.24000
align="center"

|Mike DiFelice

13223.13602
align=center

|Andrés Torres

300----00
align=center

|Pitcher Totals

162211.04801
align=center

|Team Totals

16256231531.272201800

=Pitching=

=Starting pitchers=

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

class="wikitable sortable"
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

align="center"

|Mike Maroth

33217.011134.31108
align="center"

|Nate Robertson

34196.212104.90155
align="center"

|Jason Johnson

33196.28155.13125
align=center

|Jeremy Bonderman

33184.011134.89168
align="center"

|Gary Knotts

36135.1765.2581
align="center"

|Nate Cornejo

525.2138.4212

=Other pitchers=

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

class="wikitable sortable''
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

align=center

|Wilfredo Ledezma

1553.1434.3929

=Relief pitchers=

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

class="wikitable sortable"
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%" | SV

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | ERA

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="9%" | SO

align="center"

|Ugueth Urbina

5454.046214.5056
align=center

|Esteban Yan

6987.03673.8369
align="center"

|Al Levine

6570.23404.5832
align="center"

|Jamie Walker

7064.23413.2053
align="center"

|Danny Patterson

3741.20424.7524
align="center"

|Steve Colyer

4132.01006.4731
align="center"

|Craig Dingman

2429.12206.7516
align="center"

|Roberto Novoa

1621.01105.5715
align="center"

|John Ennis

1216.00018.4413
align="center"

|Franklyn Germán

1614.21007.368
align=center

|Lino Urdaneta

10.0000inf0
align=center

|Team Pitching Totals

1621439.27290354.93995'

Farm system

{{See also|Minor League Baseball}}

{{MLB Farm System

|level15=AAA|team15=Toledo Mud Hens|league15=International League|manager15=Larry Parrish

|level16=AA |team16=Erie SeaWolves|league16=Eastern League|manager16=Rick Sweet

|level17=A |team17=Lakeland Tigers|league17=Florida State League|manager17=Gary Green

|level18=A |team18=West Michigan Whitecaps|league18=Midwest League|manager18=Matt Walbeck

|level19=A-Short Season|team19=Oneonta Tigers|league19=New York–Penn League|manager19=Mike Rojas

|level20=Rookie|team20=GCL Tigers|league20=Gulf Coast League|manager20=Kevin Bradshaw

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

References

External links

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