# 2004 Texas Rangers season

The 2004 Texas Rangers season was the 44th of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 33rd in Arlington as the Rangers, and their 11th season at The Ballpark in Arlington. The Rangers finished the season third in the American League West. Five Rangers were All Stars, Francisco Cordero, Kenny Rogers, Hank Blalock, Michael Young and All-Star Game MVP Alfonso Soriano.

## Offseason

* October 8, 2003: Tony Mounce was released by the Rangers.
* November 19, 2003: Ken Huckaby was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.
* February 5, 2004: Mike Lamb was traded by the Texas Rangers to the New York Yankees for Jose Garcia (minors).
* February 16, 2004: Alex Rodriguez was traded by the Texas Rangers with cash to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later and Alfonso Soriano. The New York Yankees sent Joaquin Arias (April 23, 2004) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

## Regular season
### Opening Day starters

* Gerald Laird, C
* Mark Teixeira, 1B
* Alfonso Soriano, 2B
* Hank Blalock, 3B
* Michael Young, SS
* David Dellucci, LF
* Laynce Nix, CF
* Kevin Mench, RF
* Brad Fullmer, DH
* Kenny Rogers, LHP

### Season summary

* May 8: Alfonso Soriano set a club record with six hits in nine innings in a 16–15, 10-inning victory over the Detroit Tigers. The game featured an hour-long fifth inning: up by two runs entering the inning, Detroit scored eight runs in the top half of the inning to take a ten run lead over the Rangers; the Rangers would score ten runs in the bottom half of the inning to tie the game (the largest deficit ever overcome by the Rangers and tying an MLB record for most runs in an inning by two teams).
* October 1: In a game against the Texas Rangers, Ichiro Suzuki set an MLB record for most hits in one season.

### Season standings

vteAL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Anaheim Angels | 92 | 70 | .568 | — | 45‍–‍36 | 47‍–‍34 |
| Oakland Athletics | 91 | 71 | .562 | 1 | 52‍–‍29 | 39‍–‍42 |
| Texas Rangers | 89 | 73 | .549 | 3 | 51‍–‍30 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Seattle Mariners | 63 | 99 | .389 | 29 | 38‍–‍44 | 25‍–‍55 |

### Record vs. opponents

2004 American League recordvte Sources: :
| 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

* July 6, 2004: Ken Huckaby was selected off waivers by the Baltimore Orioles from the Texas Rangers.
* August 18, 2004: Ken Huckaby was signed as a free agent with the Texas Rangers.

### Game log

2004 Game Log :
April: 13–9
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 5@ Athletics5–4Bradford (1–0)Nelson (0–1)Rhodes (1)45,1220–1
2April 6@ Athletics3–1Mulder (1–0)Park (0–1)Rhodes (2)13,2170–2
3April 7@ Athletics2–1Lewis (1–0)Zito (0–1)Cordero (1)20,2321–2
4April 9Angels12–4Dickey (1–0)Ortiz (0–1)50,3702–2
5April 10Angels12–6Rogers (1–0)Lackey (0–1)30,3313–2
6April 11Angels7–2Colón (2–0)Park (0–2)18,2093–3
7April 12Angels7–6Almanzar (1–0)Washburn (1–1)Cordero (2)18,1564–3
8April 13Athletics10–9Zito (1–1)Callaway (0–1)Rhodes (4)20,1124–4
9April 14Athletics9–4Redman (1–0)Dickey (1–1)24,0934–5
10April 15Athletics7–2Rogers (2–0)Harden (0–1)22,6055–5
11April 16@ Mariners5–0Park (1–2)Meche (0–2)35,6476–5
12April 17@ Mariners4–1Moyer (1–1)Lewis (1–1)Guardado (1)38,9256–6
13April 18@ Mariners4–2Piñeiro (1–1)Ramirez (0–1)Guardado (2)35,1826–7
14April 20@ Angels6–3Rogers (3–0)Ortiz (0–2)Cordero (3)33,8927–7
15April 21@ Angels4–1Dickey (2–1)Lackey (0–3)Cordero (4)36,6898–7
16April 22@ Angels7–5Colón (3–1)Park (1–3)Percival (3)30,7258–8
17April 23Mariners10–8Drese (1–0)Piñeiro (1–2)Cordero (5)28,0209–8
18April 24Mariners3–0Powell (1–0)García (0–1)Nelson (1)28,47910–8
19April 25Mariners14–6Almanzar (2–0)Franklin (1–1)31,11011–8
20April 27@ Royals3–2Dickey (3–1)Affeldt (0–2)Cordero (6)15,52912–8
21April 28@ Royals5–3Gobble (1–0)Rogers (3–1)MacDougal (1)15,53012–9
22April 29@ Royals9–7Almanzar (3–0)Leskanic (0–3)Cordero (7)13,66313–9
--April 30Postponed13–9 :
May: 14–13
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
23May 1Red Sox4–3Ramirez (1–1)Malaska (1–1)Cordero (8)N/A14–9
24May 1Red Sox8–5Benoit (1–0)Martínez (3–2)Cordero (9)44,59815–9
25May 2Red Sox4–1Dickey (4–1)Tim Wakefield (2–1)Cordero (10)31,53816–9
26May 3Devil Rays9–0Rogers (4–1)Abbott (2–3)18,11617–9
27May 4Devil Rays5–4Carter (1–1)Nelson (0–2)Báez (3)20,22817–10
28May 5Devil Rays6–1Drese (2–0)Waechter (1–2)21,08218–10
29May 7Tigers8–7Levine (3–2)Ramirez (1–2)Urbina (3)41,09518–11
30May 8Tigers16–15Cordero (1–0)Urbina (1–1)45,01719–11
31May 9Tigers5–3Robertson (2–2)Rogers (4–2)Urbina (4)25,03419–12
32May 11@ Devil Rays5–4Ramirez (2–2)Waechter (1–3)Cordero (11)10,38920–12
33May 12@ Devil Rays9–8Park (2–3)Halama (0–1)Cordero (12)10,20221–12
34May 13@ Devil Rays6–3Hendrickson (2–3)Dickey (4–2)Báez (4)10,23421–13
35May 14@ Tigers7–1Knotts (1–0)Benoit (1–1)Yan (2)22,44921–14
36May 15@ Tigers6–1Rogers (5–2)Robertson (2–3)26,12022–14
37May 16@ Tigers3–1Johnson (2–5)Drese (2–1)Urbina (6)21,61522–15
38May 18Royals7–6Sullivan (3–0)Dickey (4–3)Field (1)26,24722–16
39May 19Royals5–3Gobble (2–2)Park (2–4)Huisman (1)32,37422–17
40May 20Royals6–3Rogers (6–2)May (1–6)Cordero (13)25,14923–17
41May 21Yankees9–7Benoit (2–1)Brown (5–1)Cordero (14)49,19524–17
42May 22Yankees4–3Almanzar (4–0)Gordon (1–2)49,45825–17
43May 23Yankees8–3Vázquez (4–4)Dickey (4–4)50,24125–18
44May 25@ White Sox7–4Rogers (7–2)Schoeneweis (4–2)Cordero (15)22,35926–18
45May 26@ White Sox4–0Loaiza (6–3)Benoit (2–2)18,18526–19
46May 27@ White Sox9–0Buehrle (5–1)Drese (2–2)14,42826–20
47May 28@ Blue Jays5–4Lilly (3–2)Dickey (4–5)Frasor (3)16,39426–21
48May 29@ Blue Jays6–2Batista (3–4)Dominguez (0–1)30,70426–22
49May 30@ Blue Jays4–2Rogers (8–2)Miller (1–1)Cordero (16)22,22527–22 :
June: 17–9
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
50June 1@ Indians6–5Ramirez (3–2)White (2–1)Cordero (17)17,13628–22
51June 2@ Indians5–3Almanzar (5–0)Betancourt (2–4)Cordero (18)18,09829–22
52June 4@ Yankees7–6Brown (7–1)Powell (1–1)Rivera (22)49,37229–23
53June 5@ Yankees8–1Dominguez (1–1)Lieber (4–3)51,91030–23
54June 6@ Yankees2–1Mussina (7–4)Drese (2–3)Rivera (23)54,09230–24
55June 7Pirates6–5Cordero (2–0)Johnston (0–3)25,28631–24
--June 8Postponed
--June 9Postponed
56June 10Pirates9–7Francisco (1–0)Meadows (2–2)Cordero (19)N/A32–24
57June 10Pirates10–4Rogers (9–2)Fogg (3–5)27,21933–24
58June 11Cardinals12–7Suppan (6–5)Dominguez (1–2)32,96233–25
59June 12Cardinals7–2Drese (3–3)Carpenter (7–2)42,17334–25
60June 13Cardinals3–2Williams (4–6)Dickey (4–6)41,08734–26
61June 15@ Reds5–4Jones (5–1)Ramirez (3–3)36,50134–27
62June 16@ Reds7–4Norton (1–2)Francisco (1–1)39,11434–28
63June 17@ Reds4–3Van Poppel (3–2)Drese (3–4)Graves (27)40,38334–29
64June 18@ Marlins8–1Wasdin (1–0)Penny (6–5)20,50635–29
65June 19@ Marlins7–6Dickey (5–6)Willis (6–4)Cordero (20)31,02136–29
66June 20@ Marlins4–2Mahay (1–0)Koch (0–1)23,64337–29
67June 22Mariners10–2Drese (4–4)Nageotte (1–3)32,36438–29
68June 23Mariners6–3Bierbrodt (1–0)Franklin (3–5)Cordero (21)30,41839–29
69June 24Mariners9–7Shouse (1–0)Moyer (6–3)26,26640–29
70June 25Astros3–1Rogers (10–2)Miller (7–7)46,08841–29
71June 26Astros8–7Almanzar (6–0)Miceli (3–3)Cordero (22)40,13142–29
72June 27Astros1–0Oswalt (6–6)Drese (4–5)Lidge (4)43,32842–30
73June 28@ Mariners8–5Rodríguez (1–0)Franklin (3–6)Cordero (23)28,25343–30
74June 29@ Mariners4–3Piñeiro (4–8)Benoit (2–3)Guardado (15)34,84443–31
75June 30@ Mariners9–6Rogers (11–2)Nageotte (1–4)Cordero (24)32,75444–31 :
July: 13–14
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
76July 1@ Mariners8–4Blackley (1–0)Wasdin (1–1)35,96644–32
77July 2@ Astros7–5Oswalt (7–6)Almanzar (6–1)Lidge (5)41,89744–33
78July 3@ Astros10–8Weathers (6–4)Brocail (0–1)Miceli (1)42,88944–34
79July 4@ Astros18–3Benoit (3–3)Pettitte (4–2)41,14745–34
80July 5@ Indians8–5Rogers (12–2)Sabathia (5–4)Cordero (25)25,36346–34
81July 6@ Indians4–1Lee (8–1)Bierbrodt (1–1)Riske (3)16,79646–35
82July 7@ Indians9–8Mahay (2–0)Robertson (1–1)Cordero (26)18,49947–35
83July 8@ Indians10–0Rodríguez (2–0)Elarton (0–2)24,91448–35
84July 9@ Red Sox7–0Arroyo (3–7)Benoit (3–4)35,03048–36
85July 10@ Red Sox14–6Lowe (7–8)Rogers (12–3)35,02448–37
86July 11@ Red Sox6–5Shouse (2–0)Foulke (2–2)Cordero (27)34,77849–37
87July 16Blue Jays11–2Drese (5–5)Halladay (7–7)44,34850–37
88July 17Blue Jays4–0Rodríguez (3–0)Lilly (7–7)43,18951–37
89July 18Blue Jays7–5Brocail (1–1)Chulk (0–1)Cordero (28)24,33452–37
90July 19White Sox12–6Schoeneweis (6–7)Benoit (3–5)28,80552–38
91July 20White Sox6–4Almanzar (7–1)Marte (3–3)Cordero (29)27,30853–38
92July 21Angels3–2Drese (6–5)Escobar (5–7)Cordero (30)37,21054–38
93July 22Angels11–1Colón (8–8)Rodríguez (3–1)23,30854–39
94July 23@ Athletics8–3Rogers (13–3)Mulder (13–3)26,14655–39
95July 24@ Athletics6–2Saarloos (2–1)Dickey (5–7)25,12455–40
96July 25@ Athletics9–2Harden (5–5)Wasdin (1–2)25,35455–41
97July 26@ Angels6–1Drese (7–5)Escobar (5–8)42,04056–41
98July 27@ Angels2–0Colón (9–8)Regilio (0–1)Percival (16)42,62556–42
99July 28@ Angels2–0Lackey (9–9)Rogers (13–4)Percival (17)41,13356–43
100July 29Athletics7–6Bradford (5–4)Almanzar (7–2)Dotel (7)31,17456–44
101July 30Athletics7–5Francisco (2–1)Bradford (5–5)Cordero (31)44,11657–44
102July 31Athletics9–4Zito (7–7)Drese (7–6)50,70857–45 :
August: 16–12
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
103August 1Athletics4–1Redman (8–8)Regilio (0–2)Dotel (8)32,64657–46
104August 3@ Tigers5–4Francisco (3–1)Robertson (9–6)Cordero (32)19,89458–46
105August 4@ Tigers8–0Bacsik (1–0)Johnson (8–9)18,85759–46
106August 5@ Tigers2–1Drese (8–6)Yan (1–3)Cordero (33)25,71060–46
107August 6@ Orioles9–1Bédard (5–6)Regilio (0–3)29,27660–47
108August 7@ Orioles3–1López (9–7)Erickson (0–1)Julio (18)44,96160–48
109August 8@ Orioles11–5Ponson (7–12)Rogers (13–5)32,84260–49
110August 9@ Orioles7–3Borkowski (3–2)Bacsik (1–1)39,85060–50
111August 10Yankees7–1Drese (9–6)Brown (9–2)43,63361–50
112August 11Yankees4–2Sturtze (4–2)Regilio (0–4)Rivera (39)43,72961–51
113August 12Yankees5–1Hernández (5–0)Erickson (0–2)48,92561–52
114August 13Devil Rays5–3Rogers (14–5)Bell (5–6)Cordero (34)30,26662–52
115August 14Devil Rays6–5Brocail (2–1)Núñez (0–1)Cordero (35)38,62063–52
116August 15Devil Rays6–2Drese (10–6)Sosa (3–2)23,05164–52
117August 16Indians5–2Ramirez (4–3)Sabathia (9–7)Cordero (36)23,55165–52
118August 17Indians16–4Erickson (1–2)Lee (10–5)Brocail (1)24,86466–52
119August 18Indians5–2Rogers (15–5)Elarton (2–3)Cordero (37)31,57267–52
120August 20@ Royals5–3Drese (11–6)Wood (2–5)Cordero (38)17,38568–52
121August 21@ Royals5–3Francisco (4–1)Anderson (2–11)Cordero (39)25,03569–52
122August 22@ Royals10–2Greinke (6–9)Erickson (1–3)22,28669–53
123August 23Twins7–4Santana (14–6)Rogers (15–6)23,36969–54
124August 24Twins5–4Cordero (3–0)Nathan (1–2)24,49670–54
125August 25Twins8–5Lohse (7–10)Drese (11–7)Nathan (35)25,33270–55
126August 26Twins8–3Park (3–4)Mulholland (4–7)26,08371–55
127August 27Orioles6–4Wasdin (2–2)Bédard (5–9)Cordero (40)29,40972–55
128August 28Orioles4–3Francisco (5–1)Ryan (3–5)Cordero (41)41,67673–55
129August 29Orioles7–6Ponson (9–13)Young (0–1)Julio (19)30,57773–56
130August 31@ Twins8–5Rincón (11–6)Almanzar (7–3)20,51073–57 :
September/October: 16–16
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
131September 1@ Twins4–2Crain (1–0)Cordero (3–1)Nathan (36)21,48073–58
132September 2@ Twins2–0Radke (10–7)Rogers (15–7)Nathan (37)18,29373–59
133September 3@ Red Sox2–0Martínez (15–5)Wasdin (2–3)Foulke (27)35,15173–60
134September 4@ Red Sox8–6Young (1–1)Wakefield (11–8)Cordero (42)34,67074–60
135September 5@ Red Sox6–5Schilling (18–6)Drese (11–8)34,65274–61
136September 6White Sox7–4Grilli (1–1)Park (3–5)31,25174–62
137September 7White Sox10–3Rogers (16–7)Contreras (12–8)20,00475–62
138September 8White Sox5–2García (11–10)Wasdin (2–4)Takatsu (17)21,83675–63
139September 9White Sox7–3Buehrle (14–8)Young (1–2)19,38475–64
140September 10Blue Jays10–3Drese (12–8)Batista (10–11)24,61776–64
141September 11Blue Jays10–7Mahay (3–0)Frasor (4–6)Cordero (43)40,58777–64
142September 12Blue Jays7–6Brocail (3–1)Speier (3–7)Cordero (44)20,43478–64
143September 13@ Athletics7–6Duchscherer (6–6)Cordero (3–2)15,53578–65
144September 14@ Athletics12–9Brocail (4–1)Redman (10–12)15,64479–65
145September 15@ Athletics10–3Drese (13–8)Mulder (17–5)25,84980–65
146September 16@ Athletics5–4Harden (10–6)Rogers (16–8)Dotel (21)15,28180–66
147September 17@ Angels9–5Colón (16–11)Park (3–6)43,34380–67
148September 18@ Angels2–0Ramirez (5–3)Escobar (10–11)
Cordero (45)41,23381–67
149September 19@ Angels1–0Young (2–2)Washburn (11–8)Cordero (46)40,09982–67
150September 21Athletics9–4Drese (14–8)Mulder (17–6)28,14383–67
151September 22Athletics5–3Rogers (17–8)Zito (11–11)Cordero (47)29,42684–67
152September 23Athletics5–4Nelson (1–2)Dotel (4–2)23,07585–67
153September 24Mariners8–7Villone (7–5)Cordero (3–3)Putz (9)32,21285–68
154September 25Mariners5–4Dickey (6–7)Hasegawa (4–6)Cordero (48)48,04886–68
155September 26Mariners9–0Baek (2–4)Drese (14–9)38,59786–69
156September 27Angels5–3Colón (17–12)Rogers (17–9)Percival (31)20,33386–70
157September 28Angels8–2Escobar (11–12)Park (3–7)26,68686–71
158September 29Angels8–7Shields (8–2)Cordero (3–4)Percival (32)31,53886–72
159September 30Angels6–3Young (3–2)Lackey (14–13)Dickey (1)23,03687–72
160October 1@ Mariners8–3Villone (8–6)Drese (14–10)45,57387–73
161October 2@ Mariners10–4Rogers (18–9)Moyer (7–13)45,81788–73
162October 3@ Mariners3–0Park (4–7)Meche (7–7)Cordero (49)45,65889–73 :
Source: ESPN.com :

## 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 | Rod Barajas | 108 | 358 | 89 | .249 | 15 | 58 |
| 1B | Mark Teixeira | 145 | 545 | 153 | .281 | 38 | 112 |
| 2B | Alphonso Soriano | 145 | 608 | 170 | .280 | 28 | 91 |
| SS | Michael Young | 160 | 690 | 216 | .313 | 22 | 99 |
| 3B | Hank Blalock | 159 | 624 | 172 | .276 | 32 | 110 |
| LF | David Dellucci | 107 | 331 | 80 | .242 | 17 | 61 |
| CF | Laynce Nix | 115 | 371 | 92 | .248 | 14 | 46 |
| RF | Kevin Mench | 125 | 438 | 122 | .279 | 26 | 71 |
| DH | Brad Fullmer | 76 | 258 | 60 | .233 | 11 | 33 |

#### 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 |
| Eric Young Sr. | 104 | 344 | 99 | .288 | 1 | 27 |
| Gary Matthews | 87 | 280 | 77 | .275 | 11 | 36 |
| Brian Jordan | 61 | 212 | 47 | .222 | 5 | 23 |
| Gerald Laird | 49 | 147 | 33 | .224 | 1 | 16 |
| Herbert Perry | 49 | 134 | 30 | .224 | 5 | 17 |
| Chad Allen | 20 | 58 | 14 | .241 | 0 | 6 |
| Jason Conti | 22 | 55 | 10 | .182 | 0 | 4 |
| Adrián González | 16 | 42 | 10 | .238 | 1 | 7 |
| Ken Huckaby | 16 | 38 | 5 | .132 | 0 | 0 |
| Manny Alexander | 21 | 21 | 5 | .238 | 0 | 3 |
| Ramón Nivar | 7 | 18 | 4 | .222 | 0 | 4 |
| Andy Fox | 12 | 12 | 1 | .083 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Ardoin | 6 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 1 |

### 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 |
| Kenny Rogers | 35 | 211.2 | 18 | 9 | 4.76 | 126 |
| Ryan Drese | 34 | 207.2 | 14 | 10 | 4.20 | 98 |
| Chan Ho Park | 16 | 95.2 | 4 | 7 | 5.46 | 63 |
| Chris Young | 7 | 36.1 | 3 | 2 | 4.71 | 27 |
| Ricardo Rodríguez | 5 | 26.2 | 3 | 1 | 2.03 | 15 |
| Juan Domínguez | 4 | 23.0 | 1 | 2 | 3.91 | 14 |
| Scott Erickson | 4 | 19.0 | 1 | 3 | 6.16 | 6 |
| Nick Bierbrodt | 4 | 17.0 | 1 | 1 | 5.82 | 10 |
| Mike Bacsik | 3 | 15.2 | 1 | 1 | 4.60 | 6 |
| Colby Lewis | 3 | 15.1 | 1 | 1 | 4.11 | 11 |
| Sam Narron | 1 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| R.A. Dickey | 25 | 104.1 | 6 | 7 | 5.61 | 57 |
| Joaquin Benoit | 28 | 103.0 | 3 | 5 | 5.68 | 95 |
| John Wasdin | 15 | 65.0 | 2 | 4 | 6.78 | 36 |
| Nick Regilio | 6 | 19.1 | 0 | 4 | 6.05 | 12 |
| Mickey Callaway | 4 | 11.1 | 0 | 1 | 7.94 | 9 |
| Kameron Loe | 2 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Francisco Cordero | 67 | 3 | 4 | 49 | 2.13 | 79 |
| Carlos Almanzar | 67 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3.72 | 44 |
| Ron Mahay | 60 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.55 | 54 |
| Brian Shouse | 53 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.23 | 34 |
| Frank Francisco | 45 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3.33 | 60 |
| Doug Brocail | 43 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4.13 | 43 |
| Erasmo Ramirez | 34 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4.29 | 21 |
| Jeff Nelson | 29 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5.32 | 22 |
| Jay Powell | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.38 | 17 |
| Michael Tejera | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.13 | 7 |
| Rosman García | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 5 |
| Travis Hughes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 4 |
| Ryan Snare | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 0 |

## Awards and honors

* Alfonso Soriano, 2004 All-Star Game Most Valuable Player
* Alfonso Soriano, Second Base, Silver Slugger Award
* Kenny Rogers, Pitcher, Gold Glove Award
* Buck Showalter, American League Manager of the Year Award
* Mark Teixeira, First Base, Silver Slugger Award
All-Star Game
* Alfonso Soriano, second base, starter
* Francisco Cordero, pitcher, reserve
* Kenny Rogers, pitcher, reserve
* Hank Blalock, third base, reserve
* Michael Young, shortstop, reserve
Texas Rangers Hall of Fame Inductees
* Buddy Bell
* Ferguson Jenkins
* Tom Vandergriff (former Mayor of Arlington, who spearheaded the campaign to bring a Major League Baseball franchise to the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex)

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Oklahoma RedHawks | Pacific Coast League | Bobby Jones |
| AA | Frisco RoughRiders | Texas League | Tim Ireland |
| A | Stockton Ports | California League | Arnie Beyeler |
| A | Clinton LumberKings | Midwest League | Carlos Subero |
| A-Short Season | Spokane Indians | Northwest League | Darryl Kennedy |
| Rookie | AZL Rangers | Arizona League | Pedro López |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Frisco