The 2004 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 35th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, their 7th in the National League, and their 36th overall.
They finished sixth 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, starring Bernie Mac.
Offseason November 13, 2003: Chris Coste signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.Chris Coste Statistics Baseball-Reference.com 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.Lyle Overbay Statistics Baseball-Reference.com January 26, 2004: Scott Sheldon was signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
Regular season
Season standings
National League Central
Record vs. opponents
Transactions June 14, 2004: Scott Sheldon was released by the Milwaukee Brewers. July 26, 2004: Russell Branyan was sent to the Milwaukee Brewers by the Cleveland Indians as part of a conditional deal.Russell Branyan Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
Roster 2004 Milwaukee Brewers Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters Manager
Coaches (Bullpen) (bench) (third base) (pitching) (first base) (hitting)
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 Chad Moeller 101 317 66 .208 5 27 1B Lyle Overbay 159 579 174 .301 16 87 2B Junior Spivey 59 228 62 .272 7 28 SS Craig Counsell 140 473 114 .241 2 23 3B Wes Helms 92 274 72 .263 4 28 LF Geoff Jenkins 157 617 163 .264 27 93 CF Scott Podsednik 154 640 156 .244 12 39 RF Brady Clark 138 353 99 .280 7 46
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 Hall 126 390 93 .238 9 53 Keith Ginter 113 386 101 .262 19 60 Ben Grieve 108 234 61 .261 7 29 Gary Bennett 75 219 49 .224 3 20 Russell Branyan 51 158 37 .234 11 27 Chris Magruder 56 89 21 .236 2 10 Trent Durrington 53 82 19 .232 2 4 Dave Krynzel 16 41 9 .220 0 3 Jeff Liefer 16 28 6 .214 1 5 Mark Johnson 7 11 1 .091 0 2 Matt Erickson 4 6 1 .167 0 0 Corey Hart 1 1 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 Ben Sheets 34 237.0 12 14 2.70 264 Doug Davis 34 207.1 12 12 3.39 166 Víctor Santos 31 154.0 11 12 4.97 115 Wes Obermueller 25 118.0 6 8 5.80 59 Chris Capuano 17 88.1 6 8 4.99 80 Ben Hendrickson 10 46.1 1 8 6.22 29 Jorge De La Rosa 5 22.2 0 3 6.35 5 Gary Glover 4 18.0 2 1 3.50 8 Chris Saenz 1 6.0 1 0 0.00 7
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 Kinney 32 62.1 3 4 5.78 52 Adrián Hernández 6 16.0 0 2 8.44 14
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 Kolb 64 0 4 39 2.98 21 Luis Vizcaíno 73 4 4 1 3.75 63 Jeff Bennett 60 1 5 0 4.79 45 Mike Adams 46 2 3 0 3.40 39 Dave Burba 45 3 1 2 4.08 47 Brooks Kieschnick 32 1 1 0 3.77 28 Matt Wise 30 1 2 0 4.44 30 Ben Ford 19 1 1 0 6.38 13 Pedro Liriano 11 0 0 0 4.02 10 Travis Phelps 4 0 1 0 10.50 3 Trent Durrington 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
Farm system
The Brewers' farm system consisted of six minor league affiliates in 2004.
References
2004 Milwaukee Brewers team at Baseball-Reference 2004 Milwaukee Brewers team page at baseball-almanac.com