2004 Detroit Tigers season

2004 Detroit Tigers
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Comerica Park
City	Detroit, Michigan
Record	72–90 (.444)
Divisional place	4th
Owners	Mike Ilitch
General managers	Dave Dombrowski
Managers	Alan Trammell
Television	FSN Detroit (Mario Impemba, Rod Allen)
Radio	WXYT (AM) (Jim Price, Dan Dickerson)
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The 2004 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 104th season and its fifth at Comerica Park. It involved the Detroit Tigers attempting to win the American League Central. The team set a major league record with 11 players on the team hitting at least 10 home runs. The Tigers' 104th season ended with the team finishing in fourth place at 72–90, 29 games better than their disastrous season of the previous year. However, they were still 20 games behind the AL Central Champion Minnesota Twins.

The Tigers tied their own major league record for most home runs by a losing team when they hit seven homers in an 11–9 defeat to the Boston Red Sox on August 8.^[1]

• December 18, 2003: Al Levine was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.
• December 19, 2003: Rondell White was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.
• January 8, 2004 Acquired Carlos Guillén for Ramon Santiago and minor leaguer Juan Gonazalez.^[2]
• January 14, 2004: Bobby Estalella was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.^[3]
• February 6, 2004: Iván Rodríguez signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.^[4]
• February 9, 2004: Bobby Estalella was released by the Detroit Tigers.^[3]
• March 29, 2004: Ugueth Urbina was signed as a free agent with the Detroit Tigers.^[5]

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AL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	92	70	.568	—	49‍–‍32	43‍–‍38
Chicago White Sox	83	79	.512	9	46‍–‍35	37‍–‍44
Cleveland Indians	80	82	.494	12	44‍–‍37	36‍–‍45
Detroit Tigers	72	90	.444	20	38‍–‍43	34‍–‍47
Kansas City Royals	58	104	.358	34	33‍–‍47	25‍–‍57

2004 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team	ANA	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Anaheim	—	6–3	4–5	5–4	4–5	7–2	7–0	5–4	5–4	10–9	13–7	6–1	9–10	4–5	7–11
Baltimore	3–6	—	10–9	2–4	3–3	6–0	6–3	4–5	5–14	0–7	7–2	11–8	5–2	11–8	5–13
Boston	5–4	9–10	—	4–2	3–4	6–1	4–2	2–4	11–8	8–1	5–4	14–5	4–5	14–5	9–9
Chicago	4–5	4–2	2–4	—	10–9	8–11	13–6	9–10	3–4	2–7	7–2	4–2	6–3	3–4	8–10
Cleveland	5–4	3–3	4–3	9–10	—	9–10	11–8	7–12	2–4	6–3	5–4	3–3	1–8	5–2	10–8
Detroit	2–7	0–6	1–6	11–8	10–9	—	8–11	7–12	4–3	4–5	5–4	3–3	4–5	4–2	9–9
Kansas City	0–7	3–6	2–4	6–13	8–11	11–8	—	7–12	1–5	2–7	2–5	3–6	4–5	3–3	6–12
Minnesota	4–5	5–4	4–2	10–9	12–7	12–7	12–7	—	2–4	2–5	5–4	4–5	5–2	4–2	11–7
New York	4–5	14–5	8–11	4–3	4–2	3–4	5–1	4–2	—	7–2	6–3	15–4	5–4	12–7	10–8
Oakland	9–10	7–0	1–8	7–2	3–6	5–4	7–2	5–2	2–7	—	11–8	7–2	11–9	6–3	10–8
Seattle	7–13	2–7	4–5	2–7	4–5	4–5	5–2	4–5	3–6	8–11	—	2–5	7–12	2–7	9–9
Tampa Bay	1–6	8–11	5–14	2–4	3–3	3–3	6–3	5–4	4–15	2–7	5–2	—	2–7	9–9	15–3
Texas	10–9	2–5	5–4	3–6	8–1	5–4	5–4	2–5	4–5	9–11	12–7	7–2	—	7–2	10–8
Toronto	5–4	8–11	5–14	4–3	2–5	2–4	3–3	2–4	7–12	3–6	7–2	9–9	2–7	—	8–10

• June 7, 2004: Justin Verlander was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed October 25, 2004.^[6]

2004 Game Log: 72–90 (Home: 38–43; Away: 34–47)
April: 12–11 (Home: 6–7; Away: 6–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 1 April 5 @ Blue Jays 7–0 Johnson (1–0) Halladay (0–1) — 47,817 1–0 W1 2 April 6 @ Blue Jays 7–3 Maroth (1–0) Batista (0–1) Robertson (1) 21,003 2–0 W2 3 April 7 @ Blue Jays 6–3 Bonderman (1–0) Hentgen (0–1) — 13,100 3–0 W3 4 April 8 Twins 10–6 Cornejo (1–0) Fultz (0–1) — 42,121 4–0 W4 5 April 10 Twins 5–10 Radke (1–0) Johnson (1–1) — 23,409 4–1 L1 6 April 11 Twins 6–5 (10) Colyer (1–0) Roa (1–1) — 12,138 5–1 W1 7 April 13 Blue Jays 5–7 Adams (1–0) Patterson (0–1) Speier (1) 8,804 5–2 L1 8 April 14 Blue Jays 5–3 Robertson (1–0) Lilly (0–1) Patterson (1) 15,129 6–2 W1 9 April 15 Blue Jays 0–11 Halladay (1–2) Johnson (1–2) — 17,572 6–3 L1 10 April 16 @ Indians 3–10 Sabathia (1–0) Cornejo (1–1) — 18,507 6–4 L2 11 April 17 @ Indians 6–1 Maroth (2–0) Davis (0–1) — 18,955 7–4 W1 12 April 18 @ Indians 7–9 Lee (2–0) Bonderman (1–1) Riske (1) 19,240 7–5 L1 13 April 19 @ Indians 10–4 Levine (1–0) Betancourt (0–2) — 13,650 8–5 W1 14 April 20 @ Twins 4–6 Silva (2–0) Johnson (1–3) Nathan (3) 15,079 8–6 L1 15 April 21 @ Twins 11–8 Levine (2–0) Radke (2–1) Urbina (1) 15,158 9–6 W1 16 April 22 @ Twins 3–4 Santana (1–0) Maroth (2–1) Nathan (4) 14,857 9–7 L1 17 April 23 Indians 17–3 Bonderman (2–1) Davis (0–2) Yan (1) 22,008 10–7 W1 18 April 24 Indians 5–2 Urbina (1–0) Stewart (0–1) — 20,913 11–7 W2 19 April 25 Indians 2–3 Westbrook (1–1) Johnson (1–4) — 17,253 11–8 L1 20 April 27 Angels 4–10 Lackey (1–3) Cornejo (1–2) Shields (1) 18,208 11–9 L2 21 April 28 Angels 10–2 Maroth (3–1) Colon (3–2) — 17,175 12–9 W1 22 April 29 Angels 3–12 Washburn (4–1) Robertson (1–1) — 20,678 12–10 L1 23 April 30 Mariners 1–3 (10) Myers (1–1) Levine (2–1) Guardado (4) 19,989 12–11 L2
May: 11–16 (Home: 5–7; Away: 6–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 24 May 1 Mariners 4–2 Bonderman (3–1) Franklin (1–2) Urbina (2) 16,407 13–11 W1 25 May 2 Mariners 2–12 Meche (1–2) Cornejo (1–3) — 13,720 13–12 L1 26 May 3 @ Angels 9–11 Gregg (1–0) Levine (2–2) Percival (8) 33,683 13–13 L2 27 May 4 @ Angels 4–11 Washburn (5–1) Robertson (1–2) — 34,920 13–14 L3 28 May 5 @ Angels 3–6 Escobar (2–1) Johnson (1–5) Percival (9) 39,827 13–15 L4 29 May 7 @ Rangers 8–7 Levine (3–2) Ramirez (1–2) Urbina (3) 41,095 14–15 W1 30 May 8 @ Rangers 15–16 (10) Cordero (1–0) Urbina (1–1) — 45,017 14–16 L1 31 May 9 @ Rangers 5–3 Robertson (2–2) Rogers (4–2) Urbina (4) 25,034 15–16 W1 32 May 11 Athletics 4–5 (15) Duchscherer (1–1) Patterson (0–2) Mecir (2) 15,859 15–17 L1 33 May 12 Athletics 1–2 Harden (2–2) Bonderman (3–2) Rhodes (7) 16,693 15–18 L2 34 May 13 Athletics 3–1 Maroth (4–1) Redman (2–2) Urbina (5) 21,712 16–18 W1 35 May 14 Rangers 7–1 Knotts (1–0) Benoit (1–1) Yan (2) 22,449 17–18 W2 36 May 15 Rangers 1–6 Rogers (5–2) Robertson (2–3) — 26,120 17–19 L1 37 May 16 Rangers 3–1 Johnson (2–5) Drese (2–1) Urbina (6) 21,615 18–19 W1 38 May 18 @ Athletics 5–1 Bonderman (4–2) Harden (2–3) — 11,842 19–19 W2 39 May 19 @ Athletics 2–6 Redman (3–2) Maroth (4–2) — 20,477 19–20 L1 40 May 20 @ Athletics 2–3 Hudson (5–1) Walker (0–1) Rhodes (8) 20,808 19–21 L2 41 May 21 @ Mariners 5–0 Robertson (3–3) Meche (1–4) — 39,102 20–21 W1 42 May 22 @ Mariners 8–4 Johnson (3–5) Putz (0–1) — 42,565 21–21 W2 43 May 23 @ Mariners 1–3 Garcia (2–3) Bonderman (4–3) Guardado (6) 44,850 21–22 L1 44 May 25 @ Royals 3–4 Grimsley (2–1) Maroth (4–3) Affeldt (1) 14,297 21–23 L2 45 May 26 @ Royals 3–7 May (2–6) Knotts (1–1) Affeldt (2) 19,534 21–24 L3 46 May 27 @ Royals 17–7 Robertson (4–3) Anderson (1–7) — 15,475 22–24 W1 47 May 28 Orioles 5–7 DuBose (4–3) Johnson (3–6) Julio (8) 23,298 22–25 L1 48 May 29 Orioles 4–8 Cabrera (3–1) Bonderman (4–4) Parrish (1) 30,440 22–26 L2 49 May 30 Orioles 3–7 Groom (2–0) Urbina (1–2) — 25,337 22–27 L3 50 May 31 Royals 8–4 Knotts (2–1) May (2–7) — 12,982 23–27 W1
June: 14–12 (Home: 10–4; Away: 4–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 51 June 1 Royals 3–5 Grimsley (3–1) Yan (0–1) Affeldt (4) 12,685 23–28 L1 52 June 2 Royals 2–0 Johnson (4–6) Greinke (0–1) Urbina (7) 12,186 24–28 W1 53 June 3 Royals 6–9 Reyes (2–0) Bonderman (4–5) Affeldt (5) 16,711 24–29 L1 54 June 4 @ Twins 2–3 Nathan (1–0) Walker (0–2) — 15,391 24–30 L2 55 June 5 @ Twins 6–0 Knotts (3–1) Greisinger (2–5) — 17,573 25–30 W1 56 June 6 @ Twins 5–6 Romero (3–1) Yan (0–2) Nathan (15) 20,378 25–31 L1 57 June 8 Braves 3–4 (10) Reitsma (2–1) Patterson (0–3) Smoltz (9) 19,062 25–32 L2 58 June 9 Braves 4–2 Dingman (1–0) Thomson (5–3) Urbina (8) 20,577 26–32 W1 59 June 10 Braves 7–4 Maroth (5–3) Alfonseca (5–2) Urbina (9) 21,166 27–32 W2 60 June 11 Marlins 8–4 Knotts (4–1) Phelps (1–1) — 27,184 28–32 W3 61 June 12 Marlins 6–2 Robertson (5–3) Penny (6–4) Urbina (10) 38,524 29–32 W4 62 June 13 Marlins 2–9 Willis (6–3) Johnson (4–7) — 27,334 29–33 L1 63 June 15 @ Phillies 10–3 Bonderman (5–5) Powell (0–1) — 39,555 30–33 W1 – June 16 @ Phillies Postponed (rain); rescheduled for June 17 64 June 17 (1) @ Phillies 2–6 Myers (5–3) Maroth (5–4) — 44,551 30–34 L1 65 June 17 (2) @ Phillies 5–4 (11) Urbina (2–2) Madson (4–2) Patterson (2) 39,674 31–34 W1 66 June 18 @ Mets 2–3 Looper (1–1) Patterson (0–4) — 36,141 31–35 L1 67 June 19 @ Mets 3–4 (10) Looper (2–1) Dingman (1–1) — 36,925 31–36 L2 68 June 20 @ Mets 1–6 Trachsel (7–5) Bonderman (5–6) — 39,446 31–37 L3 69 June 22 @ Royals 1–8 Gobble (4–4) Maroth (5–5) Field (2) 16,276 31–38 L4 70 June 23 @ Royals 3–7 May (5–8) Knotts (4–2) — 18,493 31–39 L5 71 June 24 @ Royals 12–3 Robertson (6–3) George (1–1) — 18,172 32–39 W1 72 June 25 Diamondbacks 2–1 Johnson (5–7) Webb (3–8) Urbina (11) 32,573 33–39 W2 73 June 26 Diamondbacks 7–6 Urbina (3–2) Villafuerte (0–1) — 33,579 34–39 W3 74 June 27 Diamondbacks 9–5 Walker (1–2) Villafuerte (0–2) — 32,751 35–39 W4 75 June 29 Indians 9–7 (11) Dingman (2–1) Jiménez (1–7) — 30,457 36–39 W5 76 June 30 Indians 12–5 Robertson (7–3) Davis (2–6) — 27,665 37–39 W6
July: 13–15 (Home: 6–6; Away: 7–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 77 July 1 Indians 6–7 (10) Riske (4–2) Urbina (3–3) White (1) 25,159 37–40 L1 78 July 2 @ Rockies 8–9 (10) Chacon (1–5) Walker (1–3) — 47,585 37–41 L2 79 July 3 @ Rockies 6–11 Jennings (7–7) Maroth (5–6) — 48,131 37–42 L3 80 July 4 @ Rockies 8–10 Bernero (1–0) Knotts (4–3) Chacon (17) 26,944 37–43 L4 81 July 5 @ Yankees 3–10 Lieber (6–5) Robertson (7–4) — 52,608 37–44 L5 82 July 6 @ Yankees 9–1 Johnson (6–7) Mussina (9–6) — 41,772 38–44 W1 83 July 7 @ Yankees 10–8 Bonderman (6–6) Halsey (1–2) Urbina (12) 50,338 39–44 W2 84 July 8 @ Twins 1–7 Balfour (3–0) Maroth (5–7) — 14,087 39–45 L1 85 July 9 @ Twins 5–3 Knotts (5–3) Silva (8–7) Urbina (13) 22,678 40–45 W1 86 July 10 @ Twins 4–2 Robertson (8–4) Radke (5–5) Urbina (14) 26,646 41–45 W2 87 July 11 @ Twins 2–0 Johnson (7–7) Santana (7–6) — 21,618 42–45 W3 75th All-Star Game in Houston, Texas 88 July 15 Yankees 1–5 Contreras (7–3) Bonderman (6–7) — 38,902 42–46 L1 89 July 16 Yankees 8–0 Maroth (6–7) Vazquez (10–6) — 40,918 43–46 W1 90 July 17 Yankees 3–5 Hernandez (2–0) Knotts (5–4) Rivera (33) 41,857 43–47 L1 91 July 18 Yankees 4–2 Robertson (9–4) Lieber (7–6) Urbina (15) 40,132 44–47 W1 92 July 19 Twins 1–3 Mulholland (2–3) Johnson (7–8) Nathan (25) 21,369 44–48 L1 93 July 20 Twins 4–5 (10) Balfour (4–1) Urbina (3–4) Nathan (26) 23,227 44–49 L2 94 July 21 Royals 4–2 Maroth (7–7) May (7–10) Walker (1) 17,607 45–49 W1 95 July 22 Royals 7–13 Gobble (6–7) Knotts (5–5) — 24,746 45–50 L1 96 July 23 @ White Sox 4–6 Loaiza (9–5) Robertson (9–5) Takatsu (8) 32,930 45–51 L2 97 July 24 @ White Sox 6–7 Marte (4–3) Urbina (3–5) — 38,055 45–52 L3 98 July 25 @ White Sox 9–2 Ledezma (1–0) Garland (7–7) — 26,716 46–52 W1 99 July 26 @ Indians 13–4 Maroth (8–7) Lee (10–3) — 18,359 47–52 W2 100 July 27 @ Indians 6–10 Sabathia (7–5) Knotts (5–6) — 19,090 47–53 L1 101 July 28 @ Indians 4–5 Elarton (1–8) Walker (1–4) Wickman (1) 23,213 47–54 L2 102 July 29 White Sox 3–2 Johnson (8–8) Schoeneweis (6–8) Urbina (16) 26,110 48–54 W1 103 July 30 White Sox 5–4 Yan (1–2) Marte (4–4) Urbina (17) 34,732 49–54 W2 104 July 31 White Sox 3–2 (10) Urbina (4–5) Politte (0–3) — 40,471 50–54 W3
August: 11–17 (Home: 5–8; Away: 6–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 105 August 1 White Sox 4–6 Garcia (9–9) Bonderman (6–8) Takatsu (9) 34,279 50–55 L1 106 August 3 Rangers 4–5 Francisco (3–1) Robertson (9–6) Cordero (32) 19,894 50–56 L2 107 August 4 Rangers 0–8 Bacsik (1–0) Johnson (8–9) — 18,857 50–57 L3 108 August 5 Rangers 1–2 Drese (8–6) Yan (1–3) Cordero (33) 25,710 50–58 L4 109 August 6 Red Sox 4–3 Novoa (1–0) Lowe (9–10) Urbina (18) 40,674 51–58 W1 110 August 7 Red Sox 4–7 Martínez (12–4) Bonderman (6–9) — 42,607 51–59 L1 111 August 8 Red Sox 9–11 Wakefield (8–6) Robertson (9–7) Foulke (18) 40,098 51–60 L2 112 August 10 @ Athletics 4–5 Zito (8–8) Johnson (8–10) Dotel (24) 20,315 51–61 L3 113 August 11 @ Athletics 11–3 Ledezma (2–0) Redman (8–9) — 25,781 52–61 W1 114 August 12 @ Athletics 5–3 Maroth (9–7) Duchscherer (4–4) Urbina (19) 17,963 53–61 W2 115 August 13 @ Angels 5–3 Yan (2–3) Percival (2–3) Urbina (20) 43,580 54–61 W3 116 August 14 @ Angels 8–11 Gregg (5–1) Novoa (1–1) Rodriguez (9) 43,545 54–62 L1 117 August 15 @ Angels 2–3 Shields (6–2) Johnson (8–11) Percival (23) 42,850 54–63 L2 118 August 17 @ White Sox 11–8 Maroth (10–7) Garcia (10–10) Urbina (21) 19,856 55–63 W1 119 August 18 @ White Sox 2–9 Contreras (11–5) Bonderman (6–10) — 21,381 55–64 L1 120 August 19 @ White Sox 8–4 Ledezma (3–0) Garland (8–9) Knotts (1) 24,554 56–64 W1 121 August 20 Mariners 8–3 Robertson (10–7) Villone (4–4) — 32,791 57–64 W2 122 August 21 Mariners 11–10 (11) Walker (2–4) Atchison (1–1) — 36,817 58–64 W3 123 August 22 Mariners 3–5 Meche (4–5) Maroth (10–8) Putz (3) 33,652 58–65 L1 124 August 23 White Sox 7–0 Bonderman (7–10) Contreras (11–6) — 25,220 59–65 W1 125 August 24 White Sox 5–9 Garland (9–9) Ledezma (3–1) — 24,584 59–66 L1 126 August 25 White Sox 5–4 Robertson (11–7) Buehrle (11–8) — 23,254 60–66 W1 127 August 26 @ Red Sox 1–4 Arroyo (7–9) Johnson (8–12) Foulke (24) 35,153 60–67 L1 128 August 27 @ Red Sox 3–5 Lowe (12–10) Maroth (10–9) Leskanic (3) 35,018 60–68 L2 129 August 28 @ Red Sox 1–5 Martínez (14–5) Bonderman (7–11) — 35,032 60–69 L3 130 August 29 @ Red Sox 1–6 Wakefield (11–7) Ledezma (3–2) — 34,268 60–70 L4 131 August 30 @ Royals 9–1 Robertson (12–7) Wood (2–7) — 19,429 61–70 W1 132 August 31 @ Royals 8–9 Affeldt (3–3) Urbina (4–6) — 19,471 61–71 L1
September: 10–17 (Home: 5–9; Away: 5–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 133 September 1 @ Royals 0–1 Greinke (7–9) Maroth (10–10) Affeldt (9) 19,039 61–72 L2 134 September 3 @ Devil Rays 4–2 Bonderman (8–11) Kazmir (1–1) Yan (3) 11,631 62–72 W1 – September 4 @ Devil Rays Postponed (Hurricane Frances); rescheduled for September 30 – September 5 @ Devil Rays Postponed (Hurricane Frances); rescheduled for September 30 135 September 6 Royals 7–3 Ledezma (4–2) Bautista (0–1) Knotts (2) 21,516 63–72 W2 136 September 7 Royals 2–6 Serrano (1–1) Robertson (12–8) — 17,462 63–73 L1 – September 8 Royals Postponed (rain); rescheduled for September 9 137 September 9 (1) Royals 5–26 Greinke (8–9) Johnson (8–13) — N/A 63–74 L2 138 September 9 (2) Royals 8–0 Bonderman (9–11) May (9–17) — 20,442 64–74 W1 139 September 10 Twins 1–4 Silva (11–8) Maroth (10–11) Nathan (40) 27,391 64–75 L1 140 September 11 Twins 2–3 Crain (2–0) Levine (3–3) Nathan (41) 28,931 64–76 L2 141 September 12 Twins 5–8 Mulholland (5–8) Robertson (12–9) Nathan (42) 23,208 64–77 L3 142 September 13 Twins 3–5 Radke (11–7) Johnson (8–14) Nathan (43) 9,962 64–78 L4 143 September 14 @ Indians 11–3 Bonderman (10–11) Denney (0–1) — 16,489 65–78 W1 144 September 15 @ Indians 3–5 Howry (2–1) Yan (2–4) Wickman (9) 15,411 65–79 L1 145 September 16 @ Indians 6–4 Walker (3–4) Sabathia (11–10) Yan (4) 15,943 66–79 W1 146 September 17 @ White Sox 11–10 (10) Yan (3–4) Takatsu (6–4) Ennis (1) 23,132 67–79 W2 147 September 18 @ White Sox 8–9 (12) Marte (5–5) Levine (3–4) — 23,533 67–80 L1 148 September 19 @ White Sox 1–6 Garcia (12–11) Bonderman (10–12) — 19,269 67–81 L2 149 September 20 Indians 3–1 Maroth (11–11) Elarton (3–11) Yan (5) 13,820 68–81 W1 150 September 21 Indians 7–8 Howry (3–1) Yan (3–5) Wickman (10) 11,351 68–82 L1 151 September 22 Indians 6–7 Westbrook (13–9) Ledezma (4–3) — 16,360 68–83 L2 152 September 24 @ Orioles 5–7 Parrish (6–3) Yan (3–6) — 25,846 68–84 L3 153 September 25 @ Orioles 0–3 Riley (2–4) Bonderman (10–13) Ryan (2) 29,598 68–85 L4 154 September 26 @ Orioles 0–5 Lopez (14–8) Maroth (11–12) — 41,178 68–86 L5 155 September 27 White Sox 4–2 Knotts (6–6) Grilli (2–2) Yan (6) 12,495 69–86 W1 156 September 28 White Sox 6–4 German (1–0) Cotts (4–4) Yan (7) 13,860 70–86 W2 157 September 29 White Sox 2–11 Garcia (13–11) Johnson (8–15) — 8.944 70–87 L1 158 September 30 (1) @ Devil Rays 8–0 Bonderman (11–13) Brazelton (6–8) — N/A 71–87 W1 159 September 30 (2) @ Devil Rays 4–6 Harper (6–2) Dingman (2–2) Baez (30) 10,309 71–88 L1
October: 1–2 (Home: 1–2; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Streak 160 October 1 Devil Rays 1–4 Bell (8–8) Maroth (11–13) — 20,612 71–89 L2 161 October 2 Devil Rays 5–1 Knotts (7–6) Kazmir (2–3) — 20,029 72–89 W1 162 October 3 Devil Rays 4–7 Halama (7–6) Robertson (12–10) — 22,471 72–90 L1

2004 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers 38 Jeremy Bonderman 51 Steve Colyer 34 Nate Cornejo 57 Craig Dingman 49 John Ennis 62 Franklyn Germán 21 Jason Johnson 35 Gary Knotts 41 Wilfredo Ledezma 43 Al Levine 46 Mike Maroth 51 Roberto Novoa 17 Danny Patterson 37 Nate Robertson 74 Ugueth Urbina 45 Lino Urdaneta 32 Jamie Walker 59 Esteban Yan		Catchers 26 Mike DiFelice  7 Iván Rodríguez Infielders  9 Carlos Guillén 20 Omar Infante 15 Brandon Inge 31 Eric Munson 28 Greg Norton 12 Carlos Peña 55 Ryan Raburn 30 Chris Shelton 44 Jason Smith 10 Fernando Viña 25 Dmitri Young		Outfielders 26 Curtis Granderson  4 Bobby Higginson 40 Nook Logan 27 Craig Monroe 19 Alex Sánchez 33 Marcus Thames 44 Andrés Torres 24 Rondell White		Manager  3 Alan Trammell Coaches 54 Bob Cluck (pitching) 29 Bruce Fields (hitting) 22 Kirk Gibson (bench) 18 Mick Kelleher (first base) 13 Lance Parrish (bullpen)  8 Juan Samuel (third base)

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
Iván Rodríguez	135	527	176	.334	19	86
Carlos Guillén	136	522	166	.318	20	97
Omar Infante	142	503	133	.264	16	55
Carlos Peña	142	481	116	.241	27	82
Rondell White	121	448	121	.270	19	67
Bobby Higginson	131	448	110	.246	12	64
Craig Monroe	128	447	131	.293	18	72
Brandon Inge	131	408	117	.287	13	64
Dmitri Young	104	389	106	.272	18	60
Alex Sánchez	79	332	107	.322	2	26
Eric Munson	109	321	68	.212	19	49
Marcus Thames	61	165	42	.255	10	33
Jason Smith	61	155	37	.239	5	19
Nook Logan	47	133	37	.278	0	10
Fernando Viña	29	115	26	.226	0	7
Greg Norton	41	86	15	.174	2	2
Chris Shelton	27	46	9	.196	1	3
Ryan Raburn	12	29	4	.138	0	1
Curtis Granderson	9	25	6	.240	0	0
Mike DiFelice	13	22	3	.136	0	2
Andrés Torres	3	0	0	----	0	0
Pitcher Totals	162	21	1	.048	0	1
Team Totals	162	5623	1531	.272	201	800

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Mike Maroth	33	217.0	11	13	4.31	108
Nate Robertson	34	196.2	12	10	4.90	155
Jason Johnson	33	196.2	8	15	5.13	125
Jeremy Bonderman	33	184.0	11	13	4.89	168
Gary Knotts	36	135.1	7	6	5.25	81
Nate Cornejo	5	25.2	1	3	8.42	12

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Wilfredo Ledezma	15	53.1	4	3	4.39	29

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Ugueth Urbina	54	54.0	4	6	21	4.50	56
Esteban Yan	69	87.0	3	6	7	3.83	69
Al Levine	65	70.2	3	4	0	4.58	32
Jamie Walker	70	64.2	3	4	1	3.20	53
Danny Patterson	37	41.2	0	4	2	4.75	24
Steve Colyer	41	32.0	1	0	0	6.47	31
Craig Dingman	24	29.1	2	2	0	6.75	16
Roberto Novoa	16	21.0	1	1	0	5.57	15
John Ennis	12	16.0	0	0	1	8.44	13
Franklyn Germán	16	14.2	1	0	0	7.36	8
Lino Urdaneta	1	0.0	0	0	0	inf	0
Team Pitching Totals	162	1439.2	72	90	35	'4.93	995

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Toledo Mud Hens	International League	Larry Parrish
AA	Erie SeaWolves	Eastern League	Rick Sweet
A	Lakeland Tigers	Florida State League	Gary Green
A	West Michigan Whitecaps	Midwest League	Matt Walbeck
A-Short Season	Oneonta Tigers	New York–Penn League	Mike Rojas
Rookie	GCL Tigers	Gulf Coast League	Kevin Bradshaw

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: West Michigan^[7]

• 2004 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference