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2004 Milwaukee Brewers
League National League
Division Central
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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The Milwaukee Brewers' 2004 season involved the Brewers' finishing sixth 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.

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

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


Source: [1]
Team AZ ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LA MIL MTL 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 Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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

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. ^ a b "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.