2004 Atlanta Braves season

Major League Baseball team season
2004 Atlanta Braves
National League East Champions
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkTurner Field
CityAtlanta
Record96–66 (.593)
Divisional place1st
OwnersTime Warner
General managersJohn Schuerholz
ManagersBobby Cox
TelevisionTBS Superstation
Turner South
(Don Sutton, Joe Simpson, Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray)
FSN South
(Tom Paciorek, Bob Rathbun)
RadioWSB (AM)
(Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson)
WWWE
(Luis Octavio Dozal, Jose Manuel Flores)
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The 2004 Atlanta Braves season marked the franchise's 39th season in Atlanta and 134th overall. The Braves won their tenth consecutive division title, finishing 10 games ahead of the second-place Philadelphia Phillies.

On September 29, 2004, Bobby Cox won his 2,000th game as a manager. He became the ninth manager to achieve the feat, doing so with a 6–3 win over the New York Mets at Turner Field in the final home game of the year [1] He was named Manager of the Year after the season ended.

J. D. Drew replaced Gary Sheffield (lost to the Yankees in free agency) in the outfield, free agent John Thomson joined the rotation, and rookies Adam LaRoche and Charles Thomas saw significant playing time on a younger 2004 Braves team.

The Braves would face the Houston Astros in the NLDS (the fourth time that these two teams met in seven years, all of which were won by Atlanta), but the Braves lost three games to two.

Offseason

  • October 25, 2003: DeWayne Wise was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.[2]
  • November 14, 2003: Jorge Velandia was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.[3]
  • December 10, 2003: John Thomson signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.[4]
  • December 13, 2003: J. D. Drew was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Eli Marrero to the Atlanta Braves for Jason Marquis, Ray King, and Adam Wainwright.[5]
  • December 23, 2003: Antonio Alfonseca signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.[6]
  • January 12, 2004: Julio Franco was re-signed from free agency to the Atlanta Braves.[7]
  • February 5, 2004: Russell Branyan was signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.[8]
  • March 26, 2004: Chris Reitsma was traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Atlanta Braves for Bubba Nelson (minors) and Jung Bong.[9]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

PositionName
Starting PitcherRuss Ortiz
CatcherJohnny Estrada
First BasemanJulio Franco
Second BasemanMarcus Giles
Third BasemanMark DeRosa
ShortstopRafael Furcal
Left FielderChipper Jones
Center FielderAndruw Jones
Right FielderJ. D. Drew

[10]

Season standings

National League East

NL East
TeamWLPct.GBHomeRoad
Atlanta Braves9666.593—49‍–‍3247‍–‍34
Philadelphia Phillies8676.5311042‍–‍3944‍–‍37
Florida Marlins8379.5121342‍–‍3841‍–‍41
New York Mets7191.4382538‍–‍4333‍–‍48
Montreal Expos6795.4142935‍–‍4532‍–‍50


Record vs. opponents

2004 National League record

Source: [1]
TeamAZATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULAMILMTLNYMPHIPITSDSFSTLAL
Arizona—2–44–23–36–133–42–43–163–30–63–41–52–47–125–141–56–12
Atlanta4–2—3–32–44–214–53–34–34–215–412–710–94–23–34–32–48–10
Chicago2–43–3—9–85–13–310–92–410–73–34–23–313–54–22–48–118–4
Cincinnati3–34–28–9—3–34–26–114–210–84–23–33–39–102–43–35–145-7
Colorado13–62–41–53–3—1–51–58–112–42–41–55–32–410–98–111–58–10
Florida4–35–143–32–45–1—3–33–34–211–815–412–71–54–22–52–47–11
Houston4–23–39–1011–65–13-3—1–513–62–42–46–012–52–42–410–87–5
Los Angeles16–33–44–22–411–83–35–1—3–34–33–31–56–010–910–92–410–8
Milwaukee3–32–47–108–104–22–46–133–3—5–12–40–66–122–41–58–98–4
Montreal6–04–153–32–44–28-114–23–41–5—9–107–124–21–61–53–37–11
New York4–37–122–43–35–14–154–23–34–210–9—8–111–51–64–21–510–8
Philadelphia5-19–103–33–33–57–120–65–16–012–711–8—3–35–12–43–39–9
Pittsburgh4–22–45–1310–94–25–15–120–612–62–45–13–3—3–35–15–122–10
San Diego12–73–32–44–29–102–44–29–104–26–16–11–53–3—12–72–48–10
San Francisco14–53–44–23–311–85–24–29–105–15–12–44–21–57–12—3–311–7
St. Louis5–14–211–814–55–14-28–104–29–83–35–13–312–54–23–3—11–1


Notable transactions

  • April 25, 2004: Russell Branyan was traded by the Atlanta Braves to the Cleveland Indians for Scott Sturkie (minors).[8]
  • June 7, 2004: Clint Sammons was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 6th round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed July 12, 2004.[11]

Roster

2004 Atlanta Braves
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Game log

2004 Game Log: 96–66 (Home: 49–32; Away: 47–34)
April: 11–10 (Home: 6–3; Away: 5–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 6Mets2–7Glavine (1–0)Ortiz (0–1)—49,4600–1
2April 7Mets18–10Gryboski (1–0)Trachsel (0–1)—22,7751–1
3April 8Mets10–8Cunnane (1–0)Franco (0–1)Smoltz (1)26,5852–1
4April 9Cubs1–2 (15)Mercker (1–0)Cunnane (1–1)Borowski (2)35,6502–2
5April 10Cubs5–2Alfonseca (1–0)Pratt (0–1)Gryboski (1)39,6853–2
6April 11Cubs2–10Wood (2–0)Ortiz (0–2)—27,7013–3
7April 12@ Mets6–10Trachsel (1–1)Hampton (0–1)Looper (2)53,6663–4
8April 14@ Mets6–1Thomson (1–0)Yates (0–1)—15,8944–4
9April 15@ Mets0–4Leiter (1–0)Ramirez (0–1)—33,2124–5
10April 16Marlins5–4Wright (1–0)Oliver (1–1)Smoltz (2)29,6385–5
11April 17Marlins4–1Ortiz (1–2)Beckett (1–1)Smoltz (3)31,4016–5
12April 18Marlins3–2 (10)Alfonseca (2–0)Perisho (2–1)—29,8297–5
13April 20@ Reds2–3Acevedo (2–0)Thomson (1–1)Graves (7)20,2327–6
14April 21@ Reds9–5 (10)Reitsma (1–0)Reith (0–1)—29,4728–6
15April 22@ Reds3–5 (5)Lidle (2–1)Wright (1–1)—19,9098–7
16April 23@ Marlins6–1Ortiz (2–2)Beckett (1–2)—32,4779–7
17April 24@ Marlins4–7Penny (2–1)Hampton (0–2)Benítez (9)41,2269–8
18April 25@ Marlins7–2Thomson (2–1)Bump (0–1)—27,97710–8
19April 26@ Giants2–3Schmidt (1–2)Ramirez (0–2)Herges (7)35,86610–9
20April 27@ Giants12–3Wright (2–1)Rueter (0–3)—36,37111–9
21April 28@ Giants7–10Tomko (1–1)Ortiz (2–3)—36,21011–10
–April 30@ RockiesPostponed (snow); rescheduled for May 1
May: 14–15 (Home: 6–7; Away: 8–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
22May 1 (1)@ Rockies2–3Nunez (3–0)Reitsma (1–1)Chacon (6)30,17611–11
23May 1 (2)@ Rockies11–7Nitkowski (1–0)Nunez (3–1)—24,27212–11
24May 2@ Rockies4–13Estes (4–1)Ramirez (0–3)—35,23412–12
25May 4Padres4–2Ortiz (3–3)Eaton (1–2)Smoltz (4)22,04613–12
26May 5Padres0–2Wells (2–2)Wright (2–2)Hoffman (8)21,44413–13
27May 6Padres3–7Lawrence (4–2)Hampton (0–3)—26,13713–14
28May 7Astros3–5Redding (1–3)Thomson (2–2)Dotel (5)27,90213–15
29May 8Astros5–4 (10)Alfonseca (3–0)Stone (1–1)—35,22014–15
30May 9Astros1–2Pettitte (3–1)Ortiz (3–4)Dotel (6)26,82514–16
31May 11@ Cardinals1–5Williams (1–3)Wright (2–3)—35,00014–17
32May 12@ Cardinals2–5Morris (4–3)Hampton (0–4)Isringhausen (6)28,92114–18
33May 13@ Cardinals6–5Alfonseca (4–0)Suppan (3–4)Smoltz (5)40,47215–18
34May 14@ Brewers2–0Ramirez (1–3)Vizcaino (0–2)Smoltz (6)33,06116–18
35May 15@ Brewers11–6Alfonseca (5–0)Kinney (1–3)—26,86217–18
36May 16@ Brewers1–4Sheets (4–2)Wright (2–4)—20,65417–19
37May 18Diamondbacks0–2Johnson (4–4)Hampton (0–5)—23,38117–20
38May 19Diamondbacks4–6 (11)Bruney (2–0)Almanza (0–1)—19,97117–21
39May 20Diamondbacks5–1Ramirez (2–3)Fossum (0–1)—21,04418–21
40May 21Dodgers2–0Ortiz (4–4)Perez (2–3)Smoltz (7)27,19419–21
41May 22Dodgers4–7Weaver (3–5)Wright (2–5)—31,85019–22
42May 23Dodgers5–1Hampton (1–5)Alvarez (2–1)—29,73820–22
43May 24@ Expos5–0Thomson (3–2)Day (3–5)—4,67521–22
44May 25@ Expos1–3Ohka (2–5)Ramirez (2–4)Biddle (10)4,23521–23
45May 26@ Expos6–1Ortiz (5–4)Hernandez (3–4)—4,54422–23
46May 27@ Phillies6–1Wright (3–5)Millwood (4–3)—38,80223–23
47May 28@ Phillies2–3 (10)Worrell (1–1)Alfonseca (5–1)—40,18723–24
48May 29@ Phillies9–3Thomson (4–2)Padilla (4–5)—44,05724–24
49May 30@ Phillies1–4Milton (6–1)Smith (0–1)Worrell (7)44,30424–25
50May 31Expos8–2Ortiz (6–4)Hernandez (3–5)—24,94525–25
June: 12–15 (Home: 7–8; Away: 5–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
51June 1Expos7–6Almanza (1–1)Biddle (0–3)—20,27126–25
52June 2Expos4–8Vargas (4–3)Hampton (1–6)—21,05526–26
53June 3Phillies8–4Thomson (5–2)Hancock (0–1)—23,40527–26
54June 4Phillies1–9Milton (7–1)Smith (0–2)—27,69927–27
55June 5Phillies3–5Myers (4–3)Ortiz (6–5)Worrell (8)29,25227–28
56June 6Phillies6–4Wright (4–5)Millwood (4–4)Smoltz (8)27,77528–28
57June 8@ Tigers4–3 (10)Reitsma (2–1)Patterson (0–3)Smoltz (9)19,06229–28
58June 9@ Tigers2–4Dingman (1–0)Thomson (5–3)Urbina (8)20,57729–29
59June 10@ Tigers4–7Maroth (5–3)Alfonseca (5–2)Urbina (9)21,16629–30
60June 11@ White Sox6–4Wright (5–5)Schoeneweis (5–4)—23,21730–30
61June 12@ White Sox8–10Loaiza (7–3)Thomson (5–4)Takatsu (1)34,71930–31
62June 13@ White Sox3–10Buehrle (7–1)Smith (0–3)—32,58930–32
63June 15Royals3–2Reitsma (3–1)Grimsley (3–3)Smoltz (10)23,35031–32
64June 16Royals4–10Cerda (1–1)Reitsma (3–2)—27,04831–33
65June 17Royals4–10May (4–8)Thomson (5–5)—28,57831–34
66June 18Indians2–4Lee (6–1)Hampton (1–7)Jimenez (6)28,00031–35
67June 19Indians4–0Byrd (1–0)Westbrook (6–3)Smoltz (11)41,98732–35
68June 20Indians2–5Davis (2–5)Ortiz (6–6)Jimenez (7)31,00032–36
69June 22@ Marlins3–4Pavano (8–2)Gryboski (1–1)Benítez (25)14,71632–37
70June 23@ Marlins0–6Penny (7–5)Thomson (5–6)—15,29432–38
71June 24@ Marlins9–4Hampton (2–7)Willis (6–5)—23,85633–38
72June 25@ Orioles0–5Cabrera (4–3)Byrd (1–1)—33,57933–39
73June 26@ Orioles5–0Ortiz (7–6)Lopez (5–4)Smoltz (12)47,43834–39
74June 27@ Orioles8–7Cruz (1–0)Grimsley (3–4)Smoltz (13)39,09535–39
75June 28Marlins6–1Thomson (6–6)Penny (7–6)—31,96936–39
76June 29Marlins4–5Manzanillo (1–1)Hampton (2–8)Benítez (26)25,10536–40
77June 30Marlins9–6McConnell (1–0)Oliver (2–3)Smoltz (14)23,04037–40
July: 20–6 (Home: 10–4; Away: 10–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
78July 1Marlins9–1Ortiz (8–6)Tejera (0–1)—20,60038–40
79July 2Red Sox6–3 (12)Cruz (2–0)Martinez (2–1)—42,23139–40
80July 3Red Sox1–6Schilling (11–4)Thomson (6–7)—51,83139–41
81July 4Red Sox10–4Hampton (3–8)Lowe (6–8)—41,41440–41
82July 5@ Expos*11–4Byrd (2–1)Day (5–9)—13,12241–41
83July 6@ Expos*1–0Ortiz (9–6)Downs (0–3)Smoltz (15)7,69742–41
84July 7@ Expos*14–2Wright (6–5)Hernandez (6–8)—8,53443–41
85July 9@ Phillies6–7 (10)Wagner (3–0)Alfonseca (5–3)—44,18043–42
86July 10@ Phillies4–0Hampton (4–8)Abbott (2–8)—44,30744–42
87July 11@ Phillies6–4Ortiz (10–6)Wolf (3–5)Smoltz (16)44,51945–42
75th All-Star Game in Houston, Texas
88July 15Expos8–0Wright (7–5)Hernandez (6–9)—33,88346–42
89July 16Expos1–5Horgan (2–0)Byrd (2–2)—26,42446–43
90July 17Expos6–2Ortiz (11–6)Bentz (0–3)Smoltz (17)34,29647–43
91July 18Expos16–5Thomson (7–7)Downs (1–4)—23,95248–43
92July 19Phillies4–2Hampton (5–8)Abbott (2–9)Smoltz (18)25,79049–43
93July 20Phillies3–4 (10)Worrell (3–3)Alfonseca (5–4)Wagner (15)36,00649–44
94July 21Pirates3–4Benson (8–7)Byrd (2–3)Mesa (27)30,13149–45
95July 22Pirates2–1 (10)Reitsma (4–2)Torres (6–4)—32,96350–45
–July 23@ MetsPostponed (rain); rescheduled for September 13
96July 24@ Mets5–2Thomson (8–7)Stanton (0–4)Smoltz (19)33,16651–45
97July 25@ Mets4–3Hampton (6–8)Trachsel (9–7)Smoltz (20)32,54252–45
98July 26@ Pirates4–2Wright (8–5)Benson (8–8)Smoltz (21)19,16453–45
99July 27@ Pirates4–8Gonzalez (3–0)Gryboski (1–2)—15,94653–46
100July 28@ Pirates1–0Ortiz (12–6)Perez (6–5)Smoltz (22)22,97754–46
101July 29@ Pirates3–2Cruz (3–0)Mesa (2–1)Smoltz (23)25,98855–46
102July 30Mets3–1Hampton (7–8)Trachsel (9–8)Smoltz (24)40,91356–46
103July 31Mets8–0Wright (9–5)Benson (8–9)—51,12557–46
*Games the Montreal Expos played at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico, during the 2004 season counted as Expos home games.
August: 20–8 (Home: 10–4; Away: 10–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
104August 1Mets6–5Byrd (3–3)Glavine (8–9)Smoltz (25)34,20358–46
105August 3@ Astros2–3Miceli (4–5)Reitsma (4–3)Lidge (12)40,70958–47
106August 4@ Astros5–4Thomson (9–7)Munro (2–3)Smoltz (26)37,71259–47
107August 5@ Astros6–5Cruz (4–0)Miceli (4–6)Smoltz (27)37,01560–47
108August 6@ Diamondbacks4–2Jar. Wright (10–5)BWebb (4–13)Reitsma (1)29,36861–47
109August 7@ Diamondbacks6–2Byrd (4–3)Gonzalez (0–5)—33,24962–47
110August 8@ Diamondbacks11–4Ortiz (13–6)Fossum (2–11)—29,60163–47
111August 10Brewers2–3 (10)Adams (2–1)Martin (0–2)Kolb (32)21,68163–48
112August 11Brewers10–3Hampton (8–8)Santos (9–8)—21,67364–48
113August 12Brewers4–2Jar. Wright (11–5)Sheets (9–9)Smoltz (28)21,01365–48
114August 13Cardinals1–4Williams (9–6)Byrd (4–4)Isringhausen (32)38,84365–49
115August 14Cardinals9–7Alfonseca (6–4)King (4–2)Smoltz (29)44,41366–49
116August 15Cardinals4–10Haren (1–2)Thomson (9–8)—28,98366–50
117August 16@ Padres5–4Hampton (9–8)Hitchcock (0–2)Smoltz (30)34,42667–50
118August 17@ Padres6–11Peavy (9–3)Jar. Wright (11–6)—36,18467–51
119August 18@ Padres6–5Reitsma (5–3)Hoffman (2–3)Smoltz (31)36,82768–51
120August 19@ Dodgers6–5Reitsma (6–3)Gagne (4–3)Smoltz (32)42,28769–51
121August 20@ Dodgers2–3 (11)Carrara (3–0)Cruz (4–1)—54,99369–52
122August 21@ Dodgers4–7Weaver (11–10)Hampton (9–9)Carrara (1)52,39869–53
123August 22@ Dodgers10–1Jar. Wright (12–6)Alvarez (7–4)—49,51370–53
124August 24Rockies6–5Gryboski (2–2)Harikkala (5–3)Smoltz (33)27,91471–53
125August 25Rockies8–1Thomson (10–8)Francis (0–1)—25,53472–53
126August 26Rockies6–4Hampton (10–9)Jam. Wright (1–2)Smoltz (34)28,36073–53
127August 27Giants5–3Jar. Wright (13–6)Rueter (7–10)Smoltz (35)37,17874–53
128August 28Giants9–3Byrd (5–4)Schmidt (15–5)—42,54975–53
129August 29Giants5–9Christiansen (4–2)Ortiz (13–7)Hermanson (7)24,63175–54
130August 30Giants7–6Colon (1–0)Hermanson (5–6)—22,77676–54
131August 31@ Phillies5–3Hampton (11–9)Milton (13–3)—36,02877–54
September: 17–11 (Home: 10–6; Away: 7–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
132September 1@ Phillies7–2Wright (14–6)Padilla (5–7)—35,03178–54
133September 3@ Expos7–1Byrd (6–4)Downs (2–5)—8,61779–54
134September 4@ Expos9–0Ortiz (14–7)Patterson (3–4)—9,77280–54
135September 5@ Expos3–4 (12)Tucker (4–2)Cruz (4–2)—10,01580–55
136September 6Phillies3–1Smith (1–3)Milton (13–4)Smoltz (36)31,94981–55
–September 7PhilliesPostponed (rain); rescheduled for September 8
137September 8 (1)Phillies3–5Madson (8–2)Reitsma (6–4)Wagner (17)N/A81–56
138September 8 (2)Phillies1–4Jones (9–5)Byrd (6–5)Worrell (18)20,32081–57
139September 9Phillies4–9Madson (9–2)Colon (1–1)—20,28581–58
140September 10Expos4–3Thomson (11–8)Patterson (3–5)Smoltz (37)22,08682–58
141September 11Expos8–1Cruz (5–2)Hernandez (10–13)—28,86083–58
142September 12Expos9–8 (12)Cruz (6–2)Ayala (5–10)—25,86584–58
143September 13 (1)@ Mets7–9Heilman (1–1)Wright (14–7)—N/A84–59
144September 13 (2)@ Mets7–1Byrd (7–5)Seo (4–10)—21,47685–59
145September 14@ Mets0–7Benson (12–11)Ortiz (14–8)—21,54585–60
146September 15@ Mets2–0Thomson (12–8)Leiter (9–7)Smoltz (38)29,70486–60
147September 16@ Mets4–9Trachsel (11–13)Capellan (0–1)—19,88586–61
148September 17@ Marlins8–1Byrd (8–5)Kensing (0–2)—26,08487–61
149September 18@ Marlins4–2Wright (15–7)Beckett (7–9)Smoltz (39)34,71488–61
150September 19@ Marlins0–3Valdez (13–8)Ortiz (14–9)Benítez (43)41,52588–62
151September 21Reds5–4Thomson (13–8)Claussen (2–6)Smoltz (40)20,35989–62
152September 22Reds8–11Norton (2–5)Smoltz (0–1)Valentine (2)19,57389–63
153September 23Reds2–3Hudson (4–2)Wright (15–8)White (1)21,51989–64
154September 24Marlins8–7Smith (2–3)Mota (9–7)Smoltz (41)28,63290–64
155September 25Marlins1–0Hampton (12–9)Pavano (17–8)Reitsma (2)42,77291–64
156September 26Marlins6–3Thomson (14–8)Willis (10–11)—31,35192–64
–September 27MetsPostponed (rain); rescheduled for September 28
157September 28 (1)Mets1–2Trachsel (12–13)Byrd (8–6)Looper (29)N/A92–65
158September 28 (2)Mets5–2Colon (2–1)Glavine (10–14)Smoltz (42)35,72993–65
159September 29Mets6–3Ortiz (15–9)Heilman (1–3)Smoltz (43)22,00094–65
October: 2–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 2–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
160October 1@ Cubs5–4Hampton (13–9)Wood (8–9)Gryboski (2)38,79595–65
161October 2@ Cubs8–6Gryboski (3–2)Farnsworth (4–5)Smoltz (44)38,69596–65
162October 3@ Cubs8–10Maddux (16–11)Byrd (8–7)Hawkins (25)38,42096–66
Legend:        = Win        = Loss
Bold = Braves team member

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
CJohnny Estrada134462145.314976
1BAdam LaRoche11032490.2781345
2BMarcus Giles102379118.311848
SSRafael Furcal143563157.2791459
3BChipper Jones137472117.2483096
LFCharles Thomas8323668.288731
CFAndruw Jones154570149.2612991
RFJ.D. Drew145518158.3053193

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Julio Franco12532099.309657
Mark DeRosa11830974.239331
Nick Green9526472.273326
Eli Marrero9025080.3201040
Eddie Pérez7417039.229313
DeWayne Wise7716237.228617
Jesse Garcia5011529.252110
Mike Hessman29699.13025
Wilson Betemit22478.17003
Damon Hollins7228.36405

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Russ Ortiz34204.21594.13143
John Thomson33198.11483.72133
Jaret Wright32186.11583.28159
Mike Hampton29172.11394.2887
Paul Byrd19114.1873.9479
Horacio Ramírez1060.1242.3931

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Travis Smith1640.2236.2026
José Capellán38.00111.254

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
John Smoltz7301442.7685
Chris Reitsma846424.0760
Antonio Alfonseca796402.5745
Kevin Gryboski693222.8424
Juan Cruz506202.7570
Tom Martin290103.7112
C.J. Nitkowski221004.5016
Román Colón182103.3215
Armando Almanza131106.1713
Tim Drew110004.507
Sam McConnell101003.864
Will Cunnane91107.3011
Dan Meyer20000.001

Postseason

Game log

2004 Postseason Game Log
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 6Astros3–9Clemens (1–0)Wright (0–1)—41,4640–1
2October 7Astros4–2 (11)Alfonseca (1–0)Miceli (0–1)—40,0751–1
3October 9@ Astros5–8Backe (1–0)Byrd (0–1)Lidge (1)43,5471–2
4October 10@ Astros6–5Smoltz (1–0)Springer (0–1)—43,3362–2
5October 11Astros3–12Oswalt (1–0)Wright (0–2)—54,0682–3

Award winners

2004 Major League Baseball season

  • Bobby Cox was voted National League Manager of the Year for the second of three times with the Atlanta Braves.[12]
  • Andruw Jones (outfield) was once again chosen to receive a Gold Glove award.
  • Johnny Estrada (catcher) was chosen to receive a Silver Slugger award.

2004 Major League Baseball All-Star GameJohnny Estrada represented the Atlanta Braves as a catcher for the National League All-Star team.

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAARichmond BravesInternational LeaguePat Kelly
AAGreenville BravesSouthern LeagueBrian Snitker
AMyrtle Beach PelicansCarolina LeagueRandy Ingle
ARome BravesSouth Atlantic LeagueRocket Wheeler
RookieDanville BravesAppalachian LeagueJim Saul
RookieGCL BravesGulf Coast LeagueRalph Henriquez

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Notes

  1. ^ "Atlanta Braves Give Manager Bobby Cox His 2,000th Win". September 29, 2004.
  2. ^ "Dewayne Wise Stats".
  3. ^ "Jorge Velandia Stats".
  4. ^ "John Thomson Stats".
  5. ^ J. D. Drew Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ^ "Antonio Alfonseca Stats".
  7. ^ Julio Franco Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  8. ^ a b Russell Branyan Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  9. ^ "Chris Reitsma Stats".
  10. ^ "New York Mets at Atlanta Braves Box Score, April 6, 2004".
  11. ^ "Clint Sammons Stats".
  12. ^ "2004 Awards Voting".
  13. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  14. ^ Baseball America 2005 Annual Directory
  • 2004 Atlanta Braves team at Baseball-Reference
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