2004 Arizona Diamondbacks season

The 2004 Arizona Diamondbacks looked to improve on their 84–78 record from 2003. The D-backs hoped to contend for a postseason berth in what was a weaker National League West Division than in years past. However, just three years removed from winning a World Series title, the Diamondbacks instead finished the season with a record of 51–111, the worst record by any National League team since the 1965 Mets won one fewer game. The one highlight of a disastrous season was when Randy Johnson pitched a perfect game on May 18, 2004. The franchise record would not be threatened until 2021, when they finished 52–110. Despite the 110-loss season in 2021, the Diamondbacks didn't earn the first overall pick in the 2022 MLB Draft, as the Baltimore Orioles finished with a 52–110 record, but were worse due to records against American League opponents.

2004 Arizona Diamondbacks
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1998) Western Division (since 1998)
Location
Bank One Ballpark (since 1998) Phoenix, Arizona (since 1998)
Results
Record	51–111 (.315)
Divisional place	5th
Other information
Owner(s)	Ken Kendrick Jerry Colangelo
General manager(s)	Joe Garagiola, Jr.
Manager(s)	Bob Brenly and Al Pedrique
Local television	FSN Arizona KTVK (3TV) (Thom Brennaman, Mark Grace, Greg Schulte, Joe Garagiola)
Local radio	KTAR (620 AM) (Greg Schulte, Jeff Munn, Ken Phelps)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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Offseason

• November 28, 2003: Curt Schilling was traded by the Diamondbacks to the Boston Red Sox for Casey Fossum, Brandon Lyon, Jorge de la Rosa, and Michael Goss (minors).^[1]
• November 29, 2003: Jesse Orosco was signed as a free agent with the Diamondbacks.^[2]
• December 1, 2003: Lyle Overbay, Chris Capuano, Craig Counsell, Chad Moeller, Jorge de la Rosa, and Junior Spivey were traded by the Diamondbacks to the Milwaukee Brewers for Richie Sexson, Shane Nance and a player to be named later. The Brewers completed the deal by sending Noochie Varner (minors) to the Diamondbacks on December 15.^[3]
• December 4, 2003: Félix José was signed as a free agent by the Diamondbacks.^[4]
• December 15, 2003: Quinton McCracken was traded by the Diamondbacks to the Seattle Mariners for Greg Colbrunn and cash.^[5]
• December 18, 2003: Brent Mayne was signed as a free agent by the Diamondbacks.^[6]
• February 25, 2004: Bobby Estalella was signed as a free agent by the Diamondbacks.^[7]
• February 25, 2004: Scott Service was signed as a free agent by the Diamondbacks.^[8]

Regular season

Opening Day lineup

12	Steve Finley	CF
2	Roberto Alomar	2B
20	Luis Gonzalez	LF
44	Richie Sexson	1B
10	Alex Cintron	SS
28	Shea Hillenbrand	3B
29	Danny Bautista	RF
6	Brent Mayne	C
51	Randy Johnson	P

Season standings

National League West

v t e NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Dodgers	93	69	0.574	—	49–32	44–37
San Francisco Giants	91	71	0.562	2	47–35	44–36
San Diego Padres	87	75	0.537	6	42–39	45–36
Colorado Rockies	68	94	0.420	25	38–43	30–51
Arizona Diamondbacks	51	111	0.315	42	29–52	22–59

Record vs. opponents

2004 National League record v t e Source: [1]
Team	ARI	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MIL	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	AL
Arizona	—	2–4	4–2	3–3	6–13	3–4	2–4	3–16	3–3	0–6	3–4	1–5	2–4	7–12	5–14	1–5	6–12
Atlanta	4–2	—	3–3	2–4	4–2	14–5	3–3	4–3	4–2	15–4	12–7	10–9	4–2	3–3	4–3	2–4	8–10
Chicago	2–4	3–3	—	9–8	5–1	3–3	10–9	2–4	10–7	3–3	4–2	3–3	13–5	4–2	2–4	8–11	8–4
Cincinnati	3–3	4–2	8–9	—	3–3	4–2	6–11	4–2	10–8	4–2	3–3	3–3	9–10	2–4	3–3	5–14	5-7
Colorado	13–6	2–4	1–5	3–3	—	1–5	1–5	8–11	2–4	2–4	1–5	5–3	2–4	10–9	8–11	1–5	8–10
Florida	4–3	5–14	3–3	2–4	5–1	—	3–3	3–3	4–2	11–8	15–4	12–7	1–5	4–2	2–5	2–4	7–11
Houston	4–2	3–3	9–10	11–6	5–1	3-3	—	1–5	13–6	2–4	2–4	6–0	12–5	2–4	2–4	10–8	7–5
Los Angeles	16–3	3–4	4–2	2–4	11–8	3–3	5–1	—	3–3	4–3	3–3	1–5	6–0	10–9	10–9	2–4	10–8
Milwaukee	3–3	2–4	7–10	8–10	4–2	2–4	6–13	3–3	—	5–1	2–4	0–6	6–12	2–4	1–5	8–9	8–4
Montreal	6–0	4–15	3–3	2–4	4–2	8-11	4–2	3–4	1–5	—	9–10	7–12	4–2	1–6	1–5	3–3	7–11
New York	4–3	7–12	2–4	3–3	5–1	4–15	4–2	3–3	4–2	10–9	—	8–11	1–5	1–6	4–2	1–5	10–8
Philadelphia	5-1	9–10	3–3	3–3	3–5	7–12	0–6	5–1	6–0	12–7	11–8	—	3–3	5–1	2–4	3–3	9–9
Pittsburgh	4–2	2–4	5–13	10–9	4–2	5–1	5–12	0–6	12–6	2–4	5–1	3–3	—	3–3	5–1	5–12	2–10
San Diego	12–7	3–3	2–4	4–2	9–10	2–4	4–2	9–10	4–2	6–1	6–1	1–5	3–3	—	12–7	2–4	8–10
San Francisco	14–5	3–4	4–2	3–3	11–8	5–2	4–2	9–10	5–1	5–1	2–4	4–2	1–5	7–12	—	3–3	11–7
St. Louis	5–1	4–2	11–8	14–5	5–1	4-2	8–10	4–2	9–8	3–3	5–1	3–3	12–5	4–2	3–3	—	11–1

Notable transactions

• June 11, 2004: Quinton McCracken was signed as a free agent by the Diamondbacks.^[5]
• July 31, 2004: Steve Finley and Brent Mayne were traded by the Diamondbacks to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Reggie Abercrombie (minors), Koyie Hill and Bill Murphy.^[9]
• August 19, 2004: Elmer Dessens was traded by the Diamondbacks to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Jereme Milons (minors).^[10]

Roster

2004 Arizona Diamondbacks
Roster
Pitchers 41 Greg Aquino 39 Brian Bruney 33 Randy Choate 32 Lance Cormier 54 Casey Daigle 45 Elmer Dessens 45 Chad Durbin 13 Jeff Fassero 39 Mike Fetters 16 Casey Fossum 49 Édgar González 52 Andrew Good 44 Mike Gosling 51 Randy Johnson 22 Mike Koplove 31 Matt Mantei 40 Shane Nance 34 Stephen Randolph 37 Shane Reynolds 36 Scott Service 23 Steve Sparks 47 José Valverde 43 Brandon Villafuerte 56 Óscar Villarreal 55 Brandon Webb		Catchers 48 Juan Brito 17 Bobby Estalella  7 Robby Hammock 15 Koyie Hill  6 Brent Mayne 19 Chris Snyder Infielders 2,12 Roberto Alomar  3 Carlos Baerga 10 Alex Cintrón  2 Jerry Gil  1 Andy Green  5 Scott Hairston 28 Shea Hillenbrand  8 Matt Kata 14 Tim Olson 11 Richie Sexson 18 Chad Tracy 25 Alan Zinter		Outfielders 29 Danny Bautista 26 Doug DeVore 12 Steve Finley 20 Luis Gonzalez 43 Josh Kroeger  4 Quinton McCracken  4 Donnie Sadler 27 Luis Terrero Other batters 35 Greg Colbrunn	Manager 15 Bob Brenly 21 Al Pedrique Coaches 24 Lorenzo Bundy (bench) 13 Mark Davis (bullpen/pitching) 17 Tommy Jones (first base) 50 Chuck Kniffin (pitching) 50 Dennis Lewallyn (bullpen) 21 Al Pedrique (third base)  9 Rick Schu (hitting) 53 Glenn Sherlock (first base/third base) 19 Robin Yount (bench)

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	Juan Brito	54	171	35	.205	3	12
1B	Shea Hillenbrand	148	562	174	.310	15	80
2B	Scott Hairston	101	339	84	.248	13	29
SS	Alex Cintrón	154	564	148	.262	4	49
3B	Chad Tracy	143	481	137	.285	8	53
LF	Luis Gonzalez	105	379	98	.259	17	48
CF	Steve Finley	104	404	111	.275	23	48
RF	Danny Bautista	141	539	154	.286	11	65

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 Terrero	62	229	56	.245	4	14
Robby Hammock	62	195	47	.241	4	18
Matt Kata	42	162	40	.247	2	13
Quinton McCracken	55	156	45	.288	2	13
Roberto Alomar	38	110	34	.309	3	16
Andy Green	46	109	22	.202	1	4
Doug DeVore	50	107	24	.224	3	13
Tim Olson	48	97	18	.186	2	5
Chris Snyder	29	96	23	.240	5	15
Brent Mayne	36	94	24	.255	0	10
Richie Sexson	23	90	21	.233	9	23
Jerry Gil	29	86	15	.174	0	8
Carlos Baerga	79	85	20	.235	2	11
Josh Kroeger	22	54	9	.167	0	2
Koyie Hill	13	36	9	.250	1	6
Alan Zinter	28	34	7	.206	1	6
Greg Colbrunn	20	27	3	.111	0	1
Donnie Sadler	18	23	3	.130	0	0
Bobby Estalella	7	14	2	.143	2	4

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Randy Johnson	35	35	245.2	16	14	2.60	290
Brandon Webb	35	35	208.0	7	16	3.59	164
Casey Fossum	27	27	142.0	4	15	6.65	117
Casey Daigle	10	10	49.0	2	3	7.16	17
Édgar González	10	10	46.1	0	9	9.32	31
Shane Reynolds	1	1	2.0	0	1	4.50	0

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
Steve Sparks	29	120.2	3	7	6.04	57
Elmer Dessens	38	85.1	1	6	4.75	55
Lance Cormier	17	45.1	1	4	8.14	24
Mike Gosling	6	25.1	1	1	4.62	14

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
Greg Aquino	34	0	2	16	3.06	26
Mike Koplove	76	4	4	2	4.05	55
Randy Choate	74	2	4	0	4.62	49
Stephen Randolph	45	2	5	0	5.51	62
Brian Bruney	30	3	4	0	4.31	34
José Valverde	29	1	2	8	4.25	38
Mike Fetters	23	0	1	1	8.68	14
Scott Service	21	1	1	0	7.08	17
Brandon Villafuerte	20	0	3	0	4.05	13
Shane Nance	19	1	1	0	5.84	9
Andrew Good	17	1	2	0	5.31	26
Óscar Villarreal	17	0	2	0	7.00	17
Matt Mantei	12	0	3	4	11.81	13
Chad Durbin	7	1	1	0	8.68	10
Jeff Fassero	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tucson Sidewinders	Pacific Coast League	Chip Hale
AA	El Paso Diablos	Texas League	Scott Coolbaugh
A	Lancaster JetHawks	California League	Wally Backman
A	South Bend Silver Hawks	Midwest League	Tony Perezchica
A-Short Season	Yakima Bears	Northwest League	Bill Plummer
Rookie	Missoula Osprey	Pioneer League	Jim Presley

^[11]

References

1. Curt Schilling at Baseball Reference
2. Jesse Orosco at Baseball Reference
3. Lyle Overbay at Baseball Reference
4. Félix José at Baseball Reference
5. Quinton McCracken at Baseball Reference
6. Brent Mayne at Baseball Reference
7. Bobby Estalella at Baseball Reference
8. Scott Service at Baseball Reference
9. Finley at Baseball Reference
10. Elmer Dessens at Baseball Reference
11. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

• Arizona Diamondbacks official web site January 25, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
• 2004 Arizona Diamondbacks at Baseball Reference
• 2004 Arizona Diamondbacks team page at www.baseball-almanac.com