The Oakland Athletics' 2004 season involved the Athletics finishing second in the American League West with a record of 91 wins and 71 losses. The Athletics missed the postseason for the first time since 1999.

Offseason October 9, 2003: Marco Scutaro was selected off waivers by the Oakland Athletics from the New York Mets. November 18, 2003: Ted Lilly was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Toronto Blue Jays for Bobby Kielty. November 26, 2003: Mark Kotsay was traded by the San Diego Padres to the Oakland Athletics for Terrence Long and Ramón Hernández. December 3, 2003: Wayne Gomes was signed as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics. February 6, 2004: Eric Karros was signed as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics. March 15, 2004: Mike Oquist was signed as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Transactions April 17, 2004: Kirk Saarloos was traded by the Houston Astros to the Oakland Athletics for Chad Harville. August 3, 2004: Eric Karros was released by the Oakland Athletics.

Roster 2004 Oakland Athletics Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches (first base) (bullpen) (hitting) (bench) (third base) (pitching)

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 C Damian Miller 110 397 108 .272 9 58 1B Scott Hatteberg 152 550 156 .284 15 82 2B Marco Scutaro 137 455 124 .273 7 43 SS Bobby Crosby 151 545 130 .239 22 64 3B Eric Chavez 125 475 131 .276 29 77 LF Eric Byrnes 143 569 161 .283 20 73 CF Mark Kotsay 148 606 190 .314 15 63 RF Jermaine Dye 137 532 141 .265 23 80 DH Erubiel Durazo 142 511 164 .321 22 88

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 Mark McLemore 77 250 62 .248 2 21 Bobby Kielty 83 238 51 .214 7 31 Adam Melhuse 69 214 55 .257 11 31 Eric Karros 40 103 20 .194 2 11 Billy McMillon 52 92 17 .185 3 11 Nick Swisher 20 60 15 .250 2 8 Esteban Germán 31 60 15 .250 0 7 Frank Menechino 13 33 3 .091 0 1 Ramón Castro 9 15 2 .133 0 3 Mike Rose 2 2 0 .000 0 0

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 Mark Mulder 33 225.2 17 8 4.43 140 Barry Zito 34 213.0 11 11 4.48 163 Mark Redman 32 191.0 11 12 4.71 102 Rich Harden 31 189.2 11 7 3.99 167 Tim Hudson 27 188.2 12 6 3.53 103

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 Kirk Saarloos 6 24.1 2 1 4.44 10

Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned runs average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L SV ERA SO Justin Duchscherer 53 96.1 7 6 0 3.27 59 Chad Bradford 68 59.0 5 7 1 4.42 34 Chris Hammond 41 53.2 4 1 1 2.68 34 Octavio Dotel 45 50.2 62 22 4.09 72 Jim Mecir 65 47.2 0 5 2 3.59 49 Ricardo Rincón 67 44.0 1 1 0 3.68 40 Arthur Rhodes 37 38.2 3 3 9 5.12 34 Justin Lehr 27 32.2 1 1 0 5.23 16 Joe Blanton 3 8.0 0 0 0 5.63 6 Santiago Casilla 4 5.2 0 0 0 12.71 5 Chad Harville 3 2.2 0 0 0 3.38 0

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Sacramento, Modesto

References

2004 Oakland Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 2004 Oakland Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com