2004 Colorado Rockies
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkCoors Field
CityDenver, Colorado
Record68–94 (.420)
Divisional place4th
OwnersJerry McMorris
General managersDan O'Dowd
ManagersClint Hurdle
TelevisionKTVD
Fox Sports Rocky Mountain
(George Frazier, Drew Goodman)
RadioKOA (AM)
(Jack Corrigan, Jeff Kingery)
Seasons

The Colorado Rockies' 2004 season was the 12th for the Rockies, attempting to win the National League West. Clint Hurdle was the manager. They played home games at Coors Field. They finished with a record of 68–94, fourth in the NL West.

Offseason

  • December 2, 2003: Juan Uribe was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Chicago White Sox for Aaron Miles.[1]
  • December 11, 2003: Vinny Castilla was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.[2]
  • December 14, 2003: Justin Speier was traded by the Colorado Rockies as part of a 3-team deal to the Toronto Blue Jays for a player to be named later from Toronto and Joe Kennedy from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Sandy Nin (minors) (December 15, 2003) to the Colorado Rockies to complete the trade.[3]
  • January 9, 2004: Jeromy Burnitz and Royce Clayton were signed as free agents by the Colorado Rockies.[4][5]
  • March 8, 2004: Shawn Estes was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.[6]

Regular season

Season standings

National League West

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 9369 0.574 49–32 44–37
San Francisco Giants 9171 0.562 2 47–35 44–36
San Diego Padres 8775 0.537 6 42–39 45–36
Colorado Rockies 6894 0.420 25 38–43 30–51
Arizona Diamondbacks 51111 0.315 42 29–52 22–59

Record vs. opponents


Source:
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Arizona2–44–23–36–133–42–43–163–30–63–41–52–47–125–141–56–12
Atlanta4–23–32–44–214–53–34–34–215–412–710–94–23–34–32–48–10
Chicago2–43–39–85–13–310–92–410–73–34–23–313–54–22–48–118–4
Cincinnati3–34–28–93–34–26–114–210–84–23–33–39–102–43–35–145-7
Colorado 13–62–41–53–31–51–58–112–42–41–55–32–410–98–111–58–10
Florida4–35–143–32–45–13–33–34–211–815–412–71–54–22–52–47–11
Houston4–23–39–1011–65–13-31–513–62–42–46–012–52–42–410–87–5
Los Angeles 16–33–44–22–411–83–35–13–34–33–31–56–010–910–92–410–8
Milwaukee3–32–47–108–104–22–46–133–35–12–40–66–122–41–58–98–4
Montreal6–04–153–32–44–28-114–23–41–59–107–124–21–61–53–37–11
New York4–37–122–43–35–14–154–23–34–210–98–111–51–64–21–510–8
Philadelphia5-19–103–33–33–57–120–65–16–012–711–83–35–12–43–39–9
Pittsburgh4–22–45–1310–94–25–15–120–612–62–45–13–33–35–15–122–10
San Diego12–73–32–44–29–102–44–29–104–26–16–11–53–312–72–48–10
San Francisco14–53–44–23–311–85–24–29–105–15–12–44–21–57–123–311–7
St. Louis5–14–211–814–55–14-28–104–29–83–35–13–312–54–23–311–1

Summary

Having missed the first 68 games of the season due to a groin injury,[7] right fielder Larry Walker's first three home runs of the season (video) came on June 25, 2004, versus the Cleveland Indians. The last was off José Jiménez, which won the game for the Rockies in the 10th inning for a 10−8 margin. Walker totaled four hits and five runs batted in (RBI) on the day, and it was his third career three-home run game.[8]

Walker reached 2,000 career hits on June 30, 2004, becoming the 234th player in major league history to do so (video). Having already achieved 400 doubles, 300 home runs, 1,000 runs scored, and 1,000 RBI, he became the 40th player to reach all five totals. The milestone hit was a double off Ben Sheets in the fourth inning versus the Milwaukee Brewers. Through that point, Walker was the Rockies' career leader in 12 categories.[7]

Transactions

  • July 22, 2004: Jamey Wright was signed as a free agent by the Colorado Rockies.[9]
  • August 6, 2004: Traded right fielder Larry Walker to the St. Louis Cardinals for players to be named later and Jason Burch (minors). The St. Louis Cardinals sent Luis Martinez and Chris Narveson (August 11, 2004) to the Colorado Rockies to complete the trade.[10]
  • September 27, 2004: Jhoulys Chacín was signed as an amateur free agent by the Colorado Rockies.[11]

Major League debuts

Roster

2004 Colorado Rockies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

2004 Game Log
April (9-12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 6@ Diamondbacks62Estes (10)Johnson (01)46,94910
2April 7@ Diamondbacks94Webb (10)Jennings (01)Mantei (1)25,91811
3April 8@ Diamondbacks65 (11)Randolph (10)Chacón (01)26,44812
4April 9@ Dodgers51Ishii (10)Elarton (01)Álvarez (1)54,59913
5April 10@ Dodgers74Nomo (11)Stark (01)Gagné (1)35,31814
6April 11@ Dodgers42Estes (20)Pérez (01)Chacón (1)27,07624
7April 12Diamondbacks74Núñez (10)Koplove (01)Chacón (2)48,01334
8April 14Diamondbacks144Kennedy (10)Dessens (01)23,12844
9April 15Diamondbacks1110Koplove (11)Elarton (02)Mantei (2)22,32045
10April 16@ Cardinals135Morris (21)Stark (02)34,54146
11April 17@ Cardinals84Marquis (11)Estes (21)46,47147
12April 18@ Cardinals85Jennings (11)Williams (01)Chacón (3)34,69757
13April 20Dodgers71Kennedy (20)Ishii (21)22,16967
14April 21Dodgers94Nomo (31)Elarton (03)21,68568
15April 22Dodgers71 (6)Estes (31)Lima (21)19,66778
16April 23Astros137Duckworth (10)Jennings (12)23,71979
17April 24Astros85Clemens (40)Fassero (01)Dotel (2)35,260710
18April 25Astros41Kennedy (30)Miller (22)Chacón (4)30,912810
19April 26Marlins63Pavano (20)Elarton (04)Benítez (10)20,009811
20April 27Marlins1310Núñez (20)Fox (01)Chacón (5)20,615911
21April 28Marlins94Beckett (22)Jennings (13)27,402912
May (10-19)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
22May 1Braves32Núñez (30)Reitsma (11)Chacón (6)30,1761012
23May 1Braves117Nitkowski (10)Núñez (31)24,2721013
24May 2Braves134Estes (41)Ramírez (03)35,2341113
25May 4@ Expos104Vargas (21)Jennings (14)4,0011114
26May 5@ Expos20Kennedy (40)Day (23)Chacón (7)3,6091214
27May 6@ Expos31Hernández (22)Elarton (05)8,8511215
28May 7@ Cubs110Zambrano (31)Estes (42)37,3071216
29May 8@ Cubs43Jennings (24)Maddux (23)Chacón (8)39,5461316
30May 9@ Cubs54 (13)Rusch (10)Fassero (02)39,1551317
31May 11Pirates1510 (12)Torres (21)López (01)21,1231318
32May 13Pirates75Estes (52)Benson (33)Chacón (9)1418
33May 13Pirates112Pérez (31)Jennings (25)20,0411419
34May 14Phillies64Milton (40)Kennedy (41)Worrell (2)32,1711420
35May 15Phillies165Myers (22)Elarton (06)33,6291421
36May 16Phillies76Harikkala (10)Cormier (23)Chacón (10)33,6231521
37May 17Phillies76Fuentes (10)Worrell (01)22,1111621
38May 18@ Reds83Estes (62)Lidle (24)17,3891721
39May 19@ Reds43 (10)Riedling (20)Fuentes (11)16,4101722
40May 20@ Reds31Wilson (60)Kennedy (42)Graves (18)21,5761723
41May 21@ Mets97Ginter (10)Young (01)20,1481724
42May 22@ Mets54Weathers (41)Núñez (32)Looper (7)27,5261725
43May 23@ Mets40Glavine (62)Estes (63)37,4861726
44May 25Padres116Linebrink (20)Fassero (03)33,7991727
45May 26Padres136Jennings (35)Eaton (15)28,1291827
46May 27Padres43 (10)Otsuka (42)Núñez (33)Hoffman (12)24,5431828
47May 28@ Giants42Brower (23)Chacón (02)39,9831829
48May 29@ Giants53Williams (43)Fassero (04)Herges (15)42,2971830
49May 30@ Giants31Schmidt (62)Kennedy (43)Herges (16)42,4631831
50May 31@ Padres71Jennings (45)Eaton (16)38,3551931
June (9-17)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
51June 1@ Padres71Cook (10)Germano (11)28,3132031
52June 2@ Padres21 (10)Hoffman (10)Fuentes (12)38,5212032
53June 4Giants137Schmidt (72)Fassero (05)32,0932033
54June 5Giants112Jennings (55)Rueter (25)30,1492133
55June 6Giants164Hermanson (22)Cook (11)37,1472134
56June 7Giants105Brower (33)Reed (01)20,8872135
57June 8@ Yankees21Vázquez (74)Fassero (06)Rivera (24)51,8522136
58June 9@ Yankees75Quantrill (52)Kennedy (44)Rivera (25)38,0132137
59June 10@ Yankees104Contreras (32)Jennings (56)41,5862138
60June 11@ Devil Rays87 (10)Báez (31)Chacón (03)9,2802139
61June 12@ Devil Rays107Halama (21)Harikkala (11)11,2992140
62June 13@ Devil Rays32Colomé (10)Chacón (04)11,2272141
63June 15Red Sox63Kennedy (54)Arroyo (25)Chacón (11)40,4892241
64June 16Red Sox76Jennings (66)Schilling (84)Chacón (12)39,3192341
65June 17Red Sox110Lowe (65)Cook (12)40,0882342
66June 18Orioles53Estes (73)Ponson (39)Chacón (13)30,1482442
67June 19Orioles116Fassero (16)DuBose (46)33,3262542
68June 20Orioles42Ryan (22)Chacón (05)Julio (10)40,5322543
69June 22@ Brewers62Davis (75)López (02)13,2642544
70June 23@ Brewers32Estes (83)Capuano (23)Chacón (14)19,9642644
71June 24@ Brewers30Cook (22)Sheets (65)Chacón (15)21,2242744
72June 25@ Indians108 (10)Reed (11)Jiménez (16)Chacón (16)22,6422844
73June 26@ Indians43 (12)Robertson (10)Reed (12)29,1242845
74June 27@ Indians53Miller (20)Jennings (67)Jiménez (8)27,2522846
75June 29Brewers63Capuano (33)Estes (84)Kolb (22)28,0852847
76June 30Brewers54Sheets (75)Cook (23)Kolb (23)24,1262848
July (18-10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
77July 1Brewers109Santos (73)Stark (03)Kolb (24)24,3602849
78July 2Tigers98 (10)Chacón (15)Walker (13)47,5852949
79July 3Tigers116Jennings (77)Maroth (56)48,1313049
80July 4Tigers108Bernero (10)Knotts (43)Chacón (17)26,9443149
81July 5@ Giants74Cook (33)Tomko (35)Chacón (18)39,9773249
82July 6@ Giants86Harikkala (21)Christiansen (12)Chacón (19)35,4603349
83July 7@ Giants84Rueter (56)Bernero (11)35,6733350
84July 8@ Padres51Jennings (87)Eaton (48)32,4033450
85July 9@ Padres65Harikkala (31)Hoffman (21)Chacón (20)41,1683550
86July 10@ Padres62Cook (43)Lawrence (106)37,6443650
87July 11@ Padres42Valdez (85)Stark (04)Hoffman (23)41,1883651
88July 15Giants75Brower (65)Chacón (16)Eyre (1)30,1593652
89July 16Giants71Estes (94)Rueter (57)31,5833752
90July 17Giants40Schmidt (122)Cook (44)41,4503753
91July 18Giants109Harikkala (41)Herges (44)35,0323853
92July 19Padres136Valdez (95)Stark (05)25,5303854
93July 20Padres97Eaton (58)Jennings (88)Hoffman (25)26,7703855
94July 21@ Dodgers65Estes (104)Ishii (115)Chacón (21)34,3433955
95July 22@ Dodgers42Mota (83)Harikkala (42)Gagné (28)34,2763956
96July 23@ Diamondbacks82Fassero (26)Fossum (29)26,3504056
97July 24@ Diamondbacks82Wright (10)Cormier (02)31,4094156
98July 25@ Diamondbacks32Jennings (98)Choate (12)Chacón (22)29,2984256
99July 26Dodgers97Sánchez (21)Simpson (01)Gagné (29)24,7254257
100July 27Dodgers72Cook (54)Pérez (44)27,9344357
101July 28Dodgers54Reed (22)Mota (84)Chacón (23)25,4924457
102July 29Dodgers32Álvarez (63)Dohmann (01)Gagné (30)28,4724458
103July 30Diamondbacks41Jennings (108)Johnson (109)Chacón (24)29,4364558
104July 31Diamondbacks84Estes (114)Webb (412)Chacón (25)32,3924658
August (9-18)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
105August 1Diamondbacks102Cook (64)González (04)24,1934758
106August 3Cubs53Wood (64)Fassero (27)Hawkins (17)40,7164759
107August 4Cubs118Farnsworth (43)Chacón (17)45,3054760
108August 5Cubs51Prior (32)Jennings (109)Rusch (1)38,1954761
109August 6Reds85Estes (124)Claussen (12)Chacón (26)26,1874861
110August 7Reds95Simpson (11)Wilson (93)33,6494961
111August 8Reds147Lidle (710)Fassero (28)28,7214962
112August 9@ Phillies42Harikkala (52)Jones (83)Chacón (27)42,0315062
113August 10@ Phillies54Reed (32)Worrell (35)Chacón (28)36,6365162
114August 11@ Phillies154Wolf (57)Jennings (1010)40,6345163
115August 12@ Phillies31Estes (134)Lidle (711)Chacón (29)37,4645263
116August 13@ Pirates93Fassero (38)Wells (57)27,5225363
117August 14@ Pirates61Pérez (86)Wright (11)37,3125364
118August 15@ Pirates30Fogg (78)Kennedy (55)Mesa (33)24,8625365
119August 17Mets64Jennings (1110)Wheeler (31)Chacón (30)34,3875465
120August 19Mets103Benson (109)Estes (135)30,8275466
121August 19Mets42Stanton (15)Reed (33)29,9185467
122August 20Expos43Ayala (59)Fuentes (13)Cordero (13)32,7075468
123August 21Expos52Kennedy (65)Hernández (911)33,2255568
124August 22Expos82Patterson (32)Jennings (1111)26,8335569
125August 24@ Braves65Gryboski (22)Harikkala (53)Smoltz (33)27,9145570
126August 25@ Braves81Thomson (108)Francis (01)25,5345571
127August 26@ Braves64Hampton (109)Wright (12)Smoltz (34)28,3605572
128August 27@ Marlins30Valdez (117)Kennedy (66)Benítez (37)26,7355573
129August 28@ Marlins43Pavano (155)Reed (34)Benítez (38)35,2435574
130August 29@ Marlins84Burnett (56)Estes (136)39,1045575
131August 31@ Giants95Tomko (86)Francis (02)Hermanson (8)38,3055576
September (13-15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
132September 1@ Giants41Wright (22)Rueter (711)Chacón (31)36,0245676
133September 2@ Giants65Kennedy (76)Schmidt (156)Chacón (32)36,9715776
134September 3@ Padres76Linebrink (61)Dohmann (02)Hoffman (34)35,5555777
135September 4@ Padres82Estes (146)Tankersley (05)42,7165877
136September 5@ Padres52Francis (12)Lawrence (1312)33,2725977
137September 7Giants87Harikkala (63)Christiansen (43)Chacón (33)30,8036077
138September 8Giants53Walker (51)Reed (35)Hermanson (11)24,7006078
139September 9Padres97López (12)Linebrink (72)Chacón (34)20,0276178
140September 10Padres104Lawrence (1412)Harikkala (64)22,2796179
141September 11Padres132Francis (22)Eaton (913)22,6846279
142September 12Padres152Peavy (125)Reed (36)21,6086280
143September 13@ Diamondbacks92Kennedy (86)Fossum (413)22,0706380
144September 14@ Diamondbacks43 (13)Choate (23)Reed (37)23,1756381
145September 15@ Diamondbacks32Johnson (1413)Estes (147)Aquino (12)22,5986382
146September 16@ Diamondbacks85Durbin (66)Dohmann (03)Fetters (1)22,2816383
147September 17Dodgers86 (10)Gagné (73)Chacón (18)23,5726384
148September 18Dodgers81Kennedy (96)Pérez (66)21,6646484
149September 19Dodgers76Brazobán (20)Chacón (19)Gagné (42)27,1756485
150September 22Diamondbacks42Estes (157)Johnson (1414)Chacón (35)20,1256585
151September 23Diamondbacks71Francis (32)Webb (616)6685
152September 23Diamondbacks21 (10)Simpson (21)Choate (24)20,7656785
153September 24Cardinals54Suppan (168)Jennings (1112)Calero (2)45,0536786
154September 25Cardinals106Flores (20)Harikkala (65)Isringhausen (46)29,7516787
155September 26Cardinals93Marquis (156)Gissell (01)Eldred (1)26,8666788
156September 27@ Dodgers87Brazobán (41)Reed (38)36,9586789
157September 28@ Dodgers54Dessens (26)Harikkala (66)33,5886790
158September 29@ Dodgers41Fuentes (23)Brazobán (42)Tsao (1)43,3046890
159September 30@ Dodgers42 (11)Brazobán (52)Fuentes (24)53,4386891
October (0-3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
160October 1@ Astros42Gallo (20)Kennedy (97)Lidge (28)41,7176892
161October 2@ Astros93Oswalt (2010)Estes (158)43,2796893
162October 3@ Astros53Backe (53)Wright (23)Lidge (29)43,0826894

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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 Charles Johnson 109 305 72 .236 13 47
1B Todd Helton 154 547 190 .347 32 96
2B Aaron Miles 134 522 153 .293 6 47
SS Royce Clayton 146 574 160 .279 8 54
3B Vinny Castilla 148 583 158 .271 35 131
LF Matt Holliday 121 400 116 .290 14 57
CF Preston Wilson 58 202 50 .248 6 29
RF Jeromy Burnitz 150 540 153 .283 37 110

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
Luis González10232294.2921240
Todd Greene7519555.2821035
Mark Sweeney12217747.266940
Kit Pellow5912129.240210
J.D. Closser3611336.319110
Larry Walker3810835.324620
Brad Hawpe4210526.24839
Denny Hocking559419.20204
Jorge Piedra389127.297310
Choo Freeman459017.189111
Clint Barmes207120.282210
René Reyes28619.14801
Garrett Atkins152810.35718
Andy Tracy15163.18801

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
Shawn Estes34202.01585.84117
Jason Jennings33201.011125.51133
Joe Kennedy27162.1973.66117
Aaron Cook1796.2644.2840
Jamey Wright1478.2234.1241
Scott Elarton841.1069.8023
Jeff Francis736.2325.1532
Denny Stark626.00511.4210
Jason Young28.10112.967

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
Jeff Fassero40111.0385.5159
Adam Bernero1632.1115.5721
Chris Gissell58.20114.5411

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
Shawn Chacón6619357.1152
Steve Reed653803.6838
Javier López641207.5220
Tim Harikkala556604.7430
Brian Fuentes472405.6448
Scott Dohmann410304.1149
Allan Simpson322105.0846
Vladimir Núñez223307.0122
Turk Wendell120007.0211
Chin-hui Tsao100013.8611
Marc Kroon60006.003
Travis Driskill50006.486
Kevin Jarvis200027.000

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Colorado Springs Sky Sox Pacific Coast League Marv Foley
AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Tom Runnells
A Visalia Oaks California League Stu Cole
A Asheville Tourists South Atlantic League Joe Mikulik
A-Short Season Tri-City Dust Devils Northwest League Ron Gideon
Rookie Casper Rockies Pioneer League P. J. Carey

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References

  1. "Aaron Miles Stats".
  2. "Vinny Castilla Stats".
  3. "Joe Kennedy Stats".
  4. "Jeromy Burnitz Stats".
  5. "Royce Clayton Stats".
  6. "Shawn Estes Stats".
  7. 1 2 "Walker reaches 2,000 hits". The Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. July 1, 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  8. "Colorado vs. Cleveland". USA Today. June 26, 2004. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
  9. "Jamey Wright Stats".
  10. Larry Walker Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  11. "Jhoulys Chacin Stats".
  12. "2004 National League Baseball Debuts / Rookies by Baseball Almanac".
  13. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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