# 2004 Oakland Athletics season

The Oakland Athletics' 2004 season involved the A's finishing second in the American League West with a record of 91 wins and 71 losses.

## 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

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 |

### 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
## 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 | 6 | 2 | 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

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Sacramento River Cats | Pacific Coast League | Tony DeFrancesco |
| AA | Midland RockHounds | Texas League | Webster Garrison |
| A | Modesto A's | California League | Von Hayes |
| A | Kane County Cougars | Midwest League | Dave Joppie |
| A-Short Season | Vancouver Canadians | Northwest League | Dennis Rogers |
| Rookie | AZL Athletics | Arizona League | Ruben Escalera |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Sacramento, Modesto