2004 Milwaukee Brewers season

The Milwaukee Brewers' 2004 season involved the Brewers' finishing 6th in the National League Central with a record of 67 wins and 94 losses. The main highlight of the Brewers season was on the big screen, as the franchise was portrayed fictionally in the sports comedy Mr. 3000, starting Bernie Mac.

2004 Milwaukee Brewers
League	National League
Division	Central Division
Ballpark	Miller Park
City	Milwaukee
Owners	Bud Selig
General managers	Doug Melvin
Managers	Ned Yost
Television	FSN Wisconsin (Daron Sutton, Bill Schroeder)
Radio	WTMJ (AM) (Bob Uecker, Jim Powell)
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Offseason

• November 13, 2003: Chris Coste signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.^[1]
• December 1, 2003: Lyle Overbay was traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks with Chris Capuano, Craig Counsell, Chad Moeller, Jorge de la Rosa, and Junior Spivey to the Milwaukee Brewers for a player to be named later, Richie Sexson, and Shane Nance. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Noochie Varner (minors) (December 15, 2003) to the Arizona Diamondbacks to complete the trade.^[2]
• January 26, 2004: Scott Sheldon was signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.^[3]

Regular season

Season standings

National League Central

v t e NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	105	57	0.648	—	53–28	52–29
Houston Astros	92	70	0.568	13	48–33	44–37
Chicago Cubs	89	73	0.549	16	45–37	44–36
Cincinnati Reds	76	86	0.469	29	40–41	36–45
Pittsburgh Pirates	72	89	0.447	32½	39–41	33–48
Milwaukee Brewers	67	94	0.416	37½	36–45	31–49

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

Transactions

• June 14, 2004: Scott Sheldon was released by the Milwaukee Brewers.^[3]
• July 26, 2004: Russell Branyan was sent to the Milwaukee Brewers by the Cleveland Indians as part of a conditional deal.^[4]

Roster

2004 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers 46 Mike Adams 57 Jeff Bennett 43 Dave Burba 39 Chris Capuano 49 Doug Davis 47 Jorge de la Rosa 48,38 Ben Ford 58 Gary Glover 40 Ben Hendrickson 31 Adrian Hernández 55 Brooks Kieschnick 50 Matt Kinney 41 Dan Kolb 48 Pedro Liriano 33 Wes Obermueller 50 Travis Phelps 38 Chris Saenz 53 Víctor Santos 15 Ben Sheets 51 Luis Vizcaíno 26 Matt Wise		Catchers 29 Gary Bennett  8 Mark Johnson 21 Chad Moeller Infielders 31 Russell Branyan 30 Craig Counsell 22 Trent Durrington  8 Matt Erickson  6 Keith Ginter  2 Bill Hall 18 Wes Helms 11 Lyle Overbay 37 Junior Spivey		Outfielders 27 Brady Clark 12 Ben Grieve  5 Geoff Jenkins 10 Dave Krynzel  9 Jeff Liefer 24 Chris Magruder 20 Scott Podsednik Other batters  1 Corey Hart		Manager  3 Ned Yost Coaches 35 Bill Castro (Bullpen) 25 Rich Dauer (bench) 45 Rich Donnelly (third base) 36 Mike Maddux (pitching) 14 Dave Nelson (first base) 16 Butch Wynegar (hitting)

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	Chad Moeller	101	317	66	.208	5	27
1B	Lyle Overbay	159	579	174	.301	16	87
2B	Junior Spivey	59	228	62	.272	7	28
SS	Craig Counsell	140	473	114	.241	2	23
3B	Wes Helms	92	274	72	.263	4	28
LF	Geoff Jenkins	157	617	163	.264	27	93
CF	Scott Podsednik	154	640	156	.244	12	39
RF	Brady Clark	138	353	99	.280	7	46

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
Bill Hall	126	390	93	.238	9	53
Keith Ginter	113	386	101	.262	19	60
Ben Grieve	108	234	61	.261	7	29
Gary Bennett	75	219	49	.224	3	20
Russell Branyan	51	158	37	.234	11	27
Chris Magruder	56	89	21	.236	2	10
Trent Durrington	53	82	19	.232	2	4
Dave Krynzel	16	41	9	.220	0	3
Jeff Liefer	16	28	6	.214	1	5
Mark Johnson	7	11	1	.091	0	2
Matt Erickson	4	6	1	.167	0	0
Corey Hart	1	1	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
Ben Sheets	34	237.0	12	14	2.70	264
Doug Davis	34	207.1	12	12	3.39	166
Víctor Santos	31	154.0	11	12	4.97	115
Wes Obermueller	25	118.0	6	8	5.80	59
Chris Capuano	17	88.1	6	8	4.99	80
Ben Hendrickson	10	46.1	1	8	6.22	29
Jorge De La Rosa	5	22.2	0	3	6.35	5
Gary Glover	4	18.0	2	1	3.50	8
Chris Saenz	1	6.0	1	0	0.00	7

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
Matt Kinney	32	62.1	3	4	5.78	52
Adrián Hernández	6	16.0	0	2	8.44	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
Danny Kolb	64	0	4	39	2.98	21
Luis Vizcaíno	73	4	4	1	3.75	63
Jeff Bennett	60	1	5	0	4.79	45
Mike Adams	46	2	3	0	3.40	39
Dave Burba	45	3	1	2	4.08	47
Brooks Kieschnick	32	1	1	0	3.77	28
Matt Wise	30	1	2	0	4.44	30
Ben Ford	19	1	1	0	6.38	13
Pedro Liriano	11	0	0	0	4.02	10
Travis Phelps	4	0	1	0	10.50	3
Trent Durrington	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

The Brewers' farm system consisted of six minor league affiliates in 2004.^[5]

Level	Team	League	Manager
Triple-A	Indianapolis Indians	International League	Cecil Cooper
Double-A	Huntsville Stars	Southern League	Frank Kremblas
Class A-Advanced	High Desert Mavericks	California League	Mel Queen
Class A	Beloit Snappers	Midwest League	Don Money
Rookie	Helena Brewers	Pioneer League	Johnny Narron
Rookie	AZL Brewers	Arizona League	Mike Guerrero

References

1. Chris Coste Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
2. Lyle Overbay Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
3. "Scott Sheldon Stats".
4. Russell Branyan Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
5. "2004 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.

• 2004 Milwaukee Brewers team at Baseball-Reference
• 2004 Milwaukee Brewers team page at baseball-almanac.com