# 2004 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season

The 2004 Tampa Bay Devil Rays season was their seventh since the franchise was created. This season, they finished fourth in the American League East, 3 games ahead of the Toronto Blue Jays, who finished in last place. They managed to finish the season with a record of 70–91, finishing out of last for the first time in their 7-year history. Their manager was Lou Piniella who entered his second season with the Devil Rays.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 101 | 61 | .623 | — | 57‍–‍24 | 44‍–‍37 |
| Boston Red Sox | 98 | 64 | .605 | 3 | 55‍–‍26 | 43‍–‍38 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 78 | 84 | .481 | 23 | 38‍–‍43 | 40‍–‍41 |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 70 | 91 | .435 | 30½ | 41‍–‍39 | 29‍–‍52 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 67 | 94 | .416 | 33½ | 40‍–‍41 | 27‍–‍53 |

### 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

* February 10, 2004: Midre Cummings was signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
* July 30, 2004: Scott Kazmir was traded by the New York Mets with Jose Diaz to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Bartolomé Fortunato and Víctor Zambrano.
* August 19, 2004: Randall Simon was signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
* September 10, 2004: Randall Simon was released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

### 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 | Toby Hall | 119 | 404 | 103 | .255 | 8 | 60 |
| 1B | Tino Martinez | 138 | 458 | 120 | .262 | 23 | 76 |
| 2B | Rey Sánchez | 91 | 285 | 70 | .246 | 2 | 26 |
| SS | Julio Lugo | 157 | 581 | 160 | .275 | 7 | 75 |
| 3B | Aubrey Huff | 157 | 600 | 178 | .297 | 29 | 104 |
| LF | Carl Crawford | 152 | 626 | 185 | .296 | 11 | 55 |
| CF | Rocco Baldelli | 136 | 518 | 145 | .280 | 16 | 74 |
| RF | José Cruz Jr. | 153 | 545 | 132 | .242 | 21 | 78 |
| DH | Robert Fick | 76 | 214 | 43 | .201 | 6 | 26 |

#### 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 |
| Geoff Blum | 112 | 339 | 73 | .215 | 8 | 35 |
| Jorge Cantú | 50 | 173 | 52 | .301 | 2 | 17 |
| B.J. Upton | 45 | 159 | 41 | .258 | 4 | 12 |
| Brook Fordyce | 54 | 151 | 31 | .205 | 2 | 9 |
| Damian Rolls | 53 | 117 | 19 | .162 | 0 | 9 |
| Fred McGriff | 27 | 72 | 13 | .181 | 2 | 7 |
| Midre Cummings | 22 | 54 | 15 | .278 | 2 | 7 |
| Joey Gathright | 19 | 52 | 13 | .250 | 0 | 1 |
| Eduardo Pérez | 13 | 38 | 8 | .211 | 1 | 7 |
| Matt Diaz | 10 | 21 | 4 | .190 | 1 | 3 |
| Randall Simon | 8 | 17 | 2 | .118 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonny Gomes | 5 | 14 | 1 | .071 | 0 | 1 |
| José Bautista | 12 | 12 | 2 | .167 | 0 | 1 |
| Jason Romano | 4 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 1 |
| Charles Gipson | 5 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 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 Hendrickson | 32 | 183.1 | 10 | 15 | 4.81 | 87 |
| Victor Zambrano | 23 | 128.0 | 9 | 7 | 4.43 | 109 |
| Rob Bell | 24 | 123.0 | 8 | 8 | 4.46 | 57 |
| Dewon Brazelton | 22 | 120.2 | 6 | 8 | 4.77 | 64 |
| Doug Waechter | 14 | 70.1 | 5 | 7 | 6.01 | 36 |
| Geremi González | 11 | 50.1 | 0 | 5 | 6.97 | 22 |
| Paul Abbott | 10 | 47.0 | 2 | 5 | 6.70 | 25 |
| Scott Kazmir | 8 | 33.1 | 2 | 3 | 5.67 | 41 |

#### 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 |
| John Halama | 34 | 118.2 | 7 | 6 | 4.70 | 59 |
| Jorge Sosa | 43 | 99.1 | 4 | 7 | 5.53 | 94 |
| Jason Standridge | 3 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 7 |
| Todd Ritchie | 4 | 8.0 | 0 | 2 | 9.00 | 4 |
| Damian Moss | 5 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 16.88 | 6 |

#### 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 |
| Danys Báez | 62 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 3.57 | 52 |
| Trever Miller | 60 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.12 | 43 |
| Lance Carter | 56 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3.47 | 36 |
| Travis Harper | 52 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3.89 | 59 |
| Jesús Colomé | 33 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3.27 | 40 |
| Chad Gaudin | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.85 | 30 |
| Bobby Seay | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.38 | 17 |
| Franklin Núñez | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5.91 | 14 |
| John Webb | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.00 | 9 |
| Dicky Gonzalez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.14 | 7 |
| Bartolomé Fortunato | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.68 | 5 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Durham Bulls | International League | Bill Evers |
| AA | Montgomery Biscuits | Southern League | Charlie Montoyo |
| A | Bakersfield Blaze | California League | Mako Oliveras |
| A | Charleston RiverDogs | South Atlantic League | Steve Livesey |
| A-Short Season | Hudson Valley Renegades | New York–Penn League | Dave Howard |
| Rookie | Princeton Devil Rays | Appalachian League | Jamie Nelson |