2004 Cleveland Indians season

2004 Cleveland Indians
2004 Cleveland Indians
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Jacobs Field
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Record	80–82 (.494)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	Larry Dolan
General managers	Mark Shapiro
Managers	Eric Wedge
Television	FSN Ohio ; John Sanders, Mike Hegan, Rick Manning
Radio	WTAM ; Tom Hamilton, Matt Underwood, Mike Hegan

The 2004 Cleveland Indians season was the 104th season for the franchise.

Offseason

November 13, 2003: Jason Bere was signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.^[1]
December 1, 2003: Ernie Young was signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.^[2]
January 21, 2004: Jeff D'Amico was signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.^[3]

Regular season

Season standings

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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

Record vs. opponents

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

Notable transactions

April 3, 2004: Milton Bradley was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Los Angeles Dodgers for a player to be named later and Franklin Gutierrez. The Los Angeles Dodgers sent Andrew Brown (May 19, 2004) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.^[4]
April 25, 2004: Russell Branyan was traded by the Atlanta Braves to the Cleveland Indians for Scott Sturkie (minors).^[5]
June 30, 2004: Jeff D'Amico was released by the Cleveland Indians.^[3]
July 26, 2004: Russell Branyan was sent to the Milwaukee Brewers by the Cleveland Indians as part of a conditional deal.^[5]

Roster

2004 Cleveland Indians

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

36 Ernie Young

Manager

22 Eric Wedge

Coaches

25 Buddy Bell (bench)
29 Jeff Datz (first base)
4 Luis Isaac (bullpen)
33 Eddie Murray (hitting)
35 Joel Skinner (third base)
43 Dan Williams (bullpen catcher)
51 Carl Willis (pitching)

Game log

2004 Game Log: 80–82 (Home: 44–37; Away: 36–45)

April: 9–13 (Home: 5–5; Away: 4–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Stadium	Attendance	Record	Streak
1	April 5	@ Twins	4–7 (11)	Rincon (1–0)	Durbin (0–1)	—	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	49,584	0–1	L1
2	April 6	@ Twins	6–7 (15)	Roa (1–0)	Westbrook (0–1)	—	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	19,832	0–2	L2
3	April 7	@ Twins	11–4	Durbin (1–1)	Lohse (0–1)	—	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	20,313	1–2	W1
4	April 8	@ Royals	6–1	D'Amico (1–0)	Affeldt (0–1)	—	Kauffman Stadium	14,671	2–2	W2
5	April 9	@ Royals	1–3	Grimsley (1–0)	Cressend (0–1)	Leskanic (1)	Kauffman Stadium	28,535	2–3	L1
6	April 10	@ Royals	6–7 (10)	Sullivan (1–0)	Betancourt (0–1)	—	Kauffman Stadium	21,889	2–4	L2
7	April 11	@ Royals	3–5	Sullivan (2–0)	Jiménez (0–1)	Leskanic (2)	Kauffman Stadium	16,933	2–5	L3
8	April 12	Twins	6–3	Lee (1–0)	Lohse (0–2)	—	Jacobs Field	42,424	3–5	W1
9	April 14	Twins	6–10	Silva (1–0)	D'Amico (1–1)	Rincon (1)	Jacobs Field	14,237	3–6	L1
10	April 15	Twins	0–3	Radke (2–0)	Stanford (0–1)	Nathan (1)	Jacobs Field	15,105	3–7	L2
11	April 16	Tigers	10–3	Sabathia (1–0)	Cornejo (1–1)	—	Jacobs Field	18,507	4–7	W1
12	April 17	Tigers	1–6	Maroth (2–0)	Davis (0–1)	—	Jacobs Field	18,155	4–8	L1
13	April 18	Tigers	9–7	Lee (2–0)	Bonderman (1–1)	Riske (1)	Jacobs Field	19,240	5–8	W1
14	April 19	Tigers	4–10	Levine (1–0)	Betancourt (0–2)	—	Jacobs Field	13,650	5–9	L1
15	April 20	Royals	5–15	Anderson (1–0)	Durbin (1–2)	—	Jacobs Field	13,563	5–10	L2
–	April 21	Royals	Postponed (rain, makeup July 24)
16	April 22	Royals	5–4	Betancourt (1–2)	Grimsley (1–1)	Riske (2)	Jacobs Field	15,720	6–10	W1
17	April 23	@ Tigers	3–17	Bonderman (2–1)	Davis (0–2)	Yan (1)	Comerica Park	22,008	6–11	L1
18	April 24	@ Tigers	2–5	Urbina (1–0)	Stewart (0–1)	—	Comerica Park	20,913	6–12	L2
19	April 25	@ Tigers	3–2	Westbrook (1–1)	Johnson (1–4)	—	Comerica Park	17,253	7–12	W1
20	April 27	@ White Sox	11–7 (10)	Betancourt (2–2)	Adkins (2–1)	—	U.S. Cellular Field	14,572	8–12	W2
21	April 28	@ White Sox	8–9	Jackson (1–0)	Betancourt (2–3)	—	U.S. Cellular Field	12,189	8–13	L1
22	April 30	Orioles	11–2	Lee (3–0)	Ponson (2–2)	—	Jacobs Field	18,782	9–13	W1

May: 13–13 (Home: 11–6; Away: 2–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Stadium	Attendance	Record	Streak
23	May 1	Orioles	3–2 (13)	Durbin (2–2)	DeJean (0–2)	—	Jacobs Field	17,275	10–13	W2
–	May 2	Orioles	Postponed (rain, makeup June 14)
24	May 3	Red Sox	2–1	Westbrook (2–1)	Schilling (3–2)	Betancourt (1)	Jacobs Field	16,285	11–13	W3
25	May 4	Red Sox	7–6	Davis (1–2)	Lowe (3–2)	Betancourt (2)	Jacobs Field	16,070	12–13	W4
26	May 5	Red Sox	5–9	Arroyo (1–1)	D'Amico (1–2)	—	Jacobs Field	17,370	12–14	L1
27	May 6	Red Sox	2–5	Martinez (4–2)	Sabathia (1–1)	Foulke (6)	Jacobs Field	26,825	12–15	L2
28	May 7	@ Orioles	2–3 (10)	Julio (1–0)	Durbin (2–3)	—	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	34,324	12–16	L3
29	May 8	@ Orioles	7–10	Parrish (3–1)	Stewart (0–2)	Julio (4)	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	30,687	12–17	L4
30	May 9	@ Orioles	11–12	Lopez (3–1)	Riske (0–1)	Julio (5)	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	35,778	12–18	L5
31	May 10	@ Red Sox	10–6	Durbin (3–3)	Kim (1–1)	—	Fenway Park	35,257	13–18	W1
32	May 11	@ Red Sox	3–5	Embree (1–0)	Jiménez (0–2)	Foulke (7)	Fenway Park	35,401	13–19	L1
33	May 12	@ Red Sox	6–4	Lee (4–0)	Wakefield (2–2)	—	Fenway Park	35,371	14–19	W1
34	May 14	Devil Rays	8–7 (10)	White (1–0)	Carter (1–2)	—	Jacobs Field	19,796	15–19	W2
35	May 15	Devil Rays	9–7	Westbrook (3–1)	Zambrano (3–4)	—	Jacobs Field	18,040	16–19	W3
36	May 16	Devil Rays	10–0	Sabathia (2–1)	Waechter (1–4)	—	Jacobs Field	19,499	17–19	W4
37	May 17	White Sox	7–2	Lee (5–0)	Diaz (0–1)	—	Jacobs Field	15,617	18–19	W5
38	May 18	White Sox	2–4	Garland (3–2)	Durbin (3–4)	Koch (7)	Jacobs Field	15,298	18–20	L1
39	May 19	White Sox	3–15	Schoeneweis (4–1)	Davis (1–3)	—	Jacobs Field	17,205	18–21	L2
40	May 21	@ Devil Rays	3–5	Miller (1–1)	Sabathia (2–2)	Baez (6)	Tropicana Field	10,213	18–22	L3
41	May 22	@ Devil Rays	3–6	Waechter (2–4)	Westbrook (3–2)	Sosa (1)	Tropicana Field	12,008	18–23	L4
42	May 23	@ Devil Rays	4–5 (10)	Harper (1–0)	Riske (0–2)	—	Tropicana Field	10,555	18–24	L5
43	May 25	Mariners	4–5 (12)	Myers (2–1)	Jiménez (0–3)	Guardado (7)	Jacobs Field	15,349	18–25	L6
44	May 26	Mariners	3–7	Moyer (3–2)	Sabathia (2–3)	Guardado (8)	Jacobs Field	16,007	18–26	L7
45	May 27	Mariners	9–5	Westbrook (4–2)	Meche (1–5)	—	Jacobs Field	17,272	19–26	W1
46	May 28	Athletics	1–0	Jiménez (1–3)	Mecir (0–4)	—	Jacobs Field	19,257	20–26	W2
47	May 29	Athletics	8–6	Riske (1–2)	Rhodes (1–2)	Jiménez (1)	Jacobs Field	26,441	21–26	W3
48	May 30	Athletics	4–3	White (2–0)	Rhodes (1–3)	—	Jacobs Field	24,005	22–26	W4

June: 15–13 (Home: 7–5; Away: 8–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Stadium	Attendance	Record	Streak
49	June 1	Rangers	5–6 (12)	Ramirez (3–2)	White (2–1)	Cordero (17)	Jacobs Field	17,136	22–27	L1
50	June 2	Rangers	3–5	Almanzar (5–0)	Betancourt (2–4)	Cordero (18)	Jacobs Field	18,098	22–28	L2
51	June 3	@ Angels	2–5	Escobar (4–2)	Lee (5–1)	—	Angel Stadium of Anaheim	39,353	22–29	L3
52	June 4	@ Angels	9–6	Riske (2–2)	Rodríguez (1–1)	Jiménez (2)	Angel Stadium of Anaheim	43,590	23–29	W1
53	June 5	@ Angels	3–2	White (3–1)	Lackey (3–7)	Jiménez (3)	Angel Stadium of Anaheim	43,514	24–29	W2
54	June 6	@ Angels	7–0	Sabathia (3–3)	Colón (4–4)	—	Angel Stadium of Anaheim	43,337	25–29	W3
55	June 8	Marlins	5–7	Bump (1–3)	Jiménez (1–4)	Benitez (23)	Jacobs Field	21,252	25–30	L1
56	June 9	Marlins	8–1	Westbrook (5–2)	Burnett (0–2)	—	Jacobs Field	17,072	26–30	W1
57	June 10	Marlins	1–4	Pavano (6–2)	Davis (1–4)	Benitez (24)	Jacobs Field	19,113	26–31	L1
58	June 11	Reds	6–5 (11)	Riske (3–2)	Norton (0–1)	—	Jacobs Field	27,308	27–31	W1
59	June 12	Reds	8–7	Betancourt (3–4)	Norton (0–2)	Jiménez (4)	Jacobs Field	42,101	28–31	W2
60	June 13	Reds	10–8	Miller (1–0)	Reith (2–2)	Jiménez (5)	Jacobs Field	31,235	29–31	W3
61	June 14	Orioles	14–0	Westbrook (6–2)	DuBose (4–5)	—	Jacobs Field	19,340	30–31	W4
62	June 15	@ Mets	2–7	Trachsel (6–5)	Davis (1–5)	—	Shea Stadium	22,783	30–32	L1
63	June 16	@ Mets	9–1	Sabathia (4–3)	Ginter (1–1)	—	Shea Stadium	29,512	31–32	W1
64	June 17	@ Mets	2–6	Bottalico (3–1)	White (3–2)	—	Shea Stadium	17,675	31–33	L1
65	June 18	@ Braves	4–2	Lee (6–1)	Hampton (1–7)	Jiménez (6)	Turner Field	28,000	32–33	W1
66	June 19	@ Braves	0–4	Byrd (1–0)	Westbrook (6–3)	Smoltz (11)	Turner Field	41,987	32–34	L1
67	June 20	@ Braves	5–2	Davis (2–5)	Ortiz (6–6)	Jiménez (7)	Turner Field	31,000	33–34	W1
68	June 21	@ White Sox	5–1	Sabathia (5–3)	Schoeneweis (5–6)	—	U.S. Cellular Field	29,722	34–34	W2
69	June 22	@ White Sox	9–11 (10)	Takatsu (4–0)	Jiménez (1–5)	—	U.S. Cellular Field	27,922	34–35	L1
70	June 23	@ White Sox	9–5	Lee (7–1)	Buehrle (7–2)	—	U.S. Cellular Field	21,654	35–35	W1
71	June 24	@ White Sox	1–7	Rauch (1–1)	Westbrook (6–4)	—	U.S. Cellular Field	20,744	35–36	L1
72	June 25	Rockies	8–10 (10)	Reed (1–1)	Jiménez (1–6)	Chacon (16)	Jacobs Field	22,642	35–37	L2
73	June 26	Rockies	4–3 (12)	Robertson (1–0)	Reed (1–2)	—	Jacobs Field	29,124	36–37	W1
74	June 27	Rockies	5–3	Miller (2–0)	Jennings (6–7)	Jiménez (8)	Jacobs Field	27,252	37–37	W2
75	June 29	@ Tigers	7–9 (11)	Dingman (2–1)	Jiménez (1–7)	—	Comerica Park	30,457	37–38	L1
76	June 30	@ Tigers	5–12	Robertson (7–3)	Davis (2–6)	—	Comerica Park	27,665	37–39	L2

July: 16–12 (Home: 9–7; Away: 7–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Stadium	Attendance	Record	Streak
77	July 1	@ Tigers	7–6 (10)	Riske (4–2)	Urbina (3–3)	White (1)	Comerica Park	25,159	38–39	W1
78	July 2	@ Reds	15–2	Tadano (1–0)	Sanchez (0–1)	—	Great American Ball Park	36,156	39–39	W2
79	July 3	@ Reds	2–4	Wilson (8–2)	Elarton (0–7)	Graves (31)	Great American Ball Park	38,708	39–40	L1
80	July 4	@ Reds	4–5 (11)	Jones (6–2)	White (3–3)	—	Great American Ball Park	30,375	39–41	L2
81	July 5	Rangers	5–8	Rogers (12–2)	Sabathia (5–4)	Cordero (25)	Jacobs Field	25,363	39–42	L3
82	July 6	Rangers	4–1	Lee (8–1)	Bierbrodt (1–1)	Riske (3)	Jacobs Field	16,796	40–42	W1
83	July 7	Rangers	8–9	Mahay (2–0)	Robertson (1–1)	Cordero (26)	Jacobs Field	18,499	40–43	L1
84	July 8	Rangers	9–10	Rodriguez (2–0)	Elarton (0–8)	—	Jacobs Field	24,914	40–44	L2
85	July 9	Athletics	5–4	Howry (1–0)	Dotel (1–5)	—	Jacobs Field	24,325	41–44	W1
86	July 10	Athletics	7–15	Mulder (12–2)	White (3–4)	—	Jacobs Field	28,448	41–45	L1
87	July 11	Athletics	4–1	Lee (9–1)	Zito (4–7)	Riske (4)	Jacobs Field	24,622	42–45	W1
–	July 13	75th All-Star Game	American League vs. National League (Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas)
88	July 15	@ Mariners	1–2	Pineiro (5–10)	Westbrook (6–5)	Guardado (16)	Safeco Field	32,896	42–46	L1
89	July 16	@ Mariners	18–6	Lee (10–1)	Blackley (1–2)	—	Safeco Field	32,578	43–46	W1
90	July 17	@ Mariners	6–5	Sabathia (6–4)	Franklin (3–8)	Riske (5)	Safeco Field	36,154	44–46	W2
91	July 18	@ Mariners	5–7	Hasegawa (3–3)	Miller (2–1)	Guardado (17)	Safeco Field	37,363	44–47	L1
92	July 19	@ Angels	8–5 (10)	Riske (5–2)	Percival (2–2)	Miller (1)	Angel Stadium of Anaheim	42,986	45–47	W1
93	July 20	@ Angels	14–5	Westbrook (7–5)	Washburn (10–5)	—	Angel Stadium of Anaheim	40,000	46–47	W2
94	July 21	White Sox	0–14	Buehrle (10–3)	Lee (10–2)	—	Jacobs Field	21,922	46–48	L1
95	July 22	White Sox	0–3	Garcia (8–8)	Sabathia (6–5)	Takatsu (7)	Jacobs Field	23,168	46–49	L2
96	July 23	Royals	3–2 (11)	White (4–4)	Field (2–2)	—	Jacobs Field	26,504	47–49	W1
97	July 24 (1)	Royals	10–2	Durbin (4–4)	George (1–2)	—	Jacobs Field	18,873	48–49	W2
98	July 24 (2)	Royals	4–3	Miller (3–1)	Sullivan (3–3)	—	Jacobs Field	27,865	49–49	W3
99	July 25	Royals	5–1	Westbrook (8–5)	Greinke (2–8)	—	Jacobs Field	23,540	50–49	W4
100	July 26	Tigers	4–13	Maroth (8–7)	Lee (10–3)	—	Jacobs Field	18,359	50–50	L1
101	July 27	Tigers	10–6	Sabathia (7–5)	Knotts (5–6)	—	Jacobs Field	19,090	51–50	W1
102	July 28	Tigers	5–4	Elarton (1–8)	Walker (1–4)	Wickman (1)	Jacobs Field	23,213	52–50	W2
103	July 30	@ Royals	7–6 (11)	Betancourt (4–4)	Sullivan (3–4)	—	Kauffman Stadium	32,079	53–50	W3
104	July 31	@ Royals	3–10	Greinke (3–8)	Tadano (1–1)	—	Kauffman Stadium	27,689	53–51	L1

August: 14–15 (Home: 8–5; Away: 6–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Stadium	Attendance	Record	Streak
105	August 1	@ Royals	7–8	May (8–11)	Sabathia (7–6)	Camp (2)	Kauffman Stadium	15,641	53–52	L2
106	August 2	@ Blue Jays	1–6	Lilly (8–7)	Lee (10–4)	—	SkyDome	17,549	53–53	L3
107	August 3	@ Blue Jays	6–7	Speier (3–6)	Betancourt (4–5)	Frasor (14)	SkyDome	15,025	53–54	L4
108	August 4	@ Blue Jays	14–5	Westbrook (9–5)	Towers (6–4)	—	SkyDome	15,675	54–54	W1
109	August 5	@ Blue Jays	6–3 (10)	Betancourt (5–5)	Ligtenberg (1–4)	Wickman (2)	SkyDome	30,037	55–54	W2
110	August 6	@ White Sox	3–2	Sabathia (8–6)	Buehrle (10–5)	Wickman (3)	U.S. Cellular Field	23,811	56–54	W3
111	August 7	@ White Sox	6–5	Miller (4–1)	Takatsu (4–3)	Wickman (4)	U.S. Cellular Field	32,790	57–54	W4
112	August 8	@ White Sox	2–3	Takatsu (5–3)	Betancourt (5–6)	—	U.S. Cellular Field	25,897	57–55	L1
113	August 9	@ White Sox	13–11	Westbrook (10–5)	Diaz (1–3)	—	U.S. Cellular Field	31,116	58–55	W1
114	August 10	Blue Jays	2–0	Durbin (5–4)	Bush (1–3)	Wickman (5)	Jacobs Field	19,942	59–55	W2
115	August 11	Blue Jays	3–2	Sabathia (9–6)	Frederick (0–1)	Wickman (6)	Jacobs Field	23,696	60–55	W3
116	August 12	Blue Jays	6–2	Riske (6–2)	Ligtenberg (1–5)	—	Jacobs Field	22,734	61–55	W4
117	August 13	Twins	8–2	Elarton (2–8)	Silva (10–8)	—	Jacobs Field	30,101	62–55	W5
118	August 14	Twins	7–1	Westbrook (11–5)	Lohse (5–10)	—	Jacobs Field	40,942	63–55	W6
119	August 15	Twins	2–4 (10)	Rincon (10–5)	White (4–5)	Nathan (34)	Jacobs Field	38,019	63–56	L1
120	August 16	@ Rangers	2–5	Ramirez (4–3)	Sabathia (9–7)	Cordero (36)	The Ballpark in Arlington	23,551	63–57	L2
121	August 17	@ Rangers	4–16	Erickson (1–3)	Lee (10–5)	Brocail (1)	The Ballpark in Arlington	24,864	63–58	L3
122	August 18	@ Rangers	2–5	Rogers (15–5)	Elarton (2–9)	Cordero (37)	The Ballpark in Arlington	31,572	63–59	L4
123	August 20	@ Twins	1–5	Lohse (6–10)	Westbrook (11–6)	—	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	25,157	63–60	L5
124	August 21	@ Twins	1–8	Mulholland (4–6)	Durbin (5–5)	—	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	27,945	63–61	L6
125	August 22	@ Twins	3–7	Radke (9–6)	Sabathia (9–8)	—	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	28,587	63–62	L7
126	August 23	Yankees	4–6	Gordon (5–3)	Wickman (0–1)	Rivera (42)	Jacobs Field	33,172	63–63	L8
127	August 24	Yankees	4–5	Gordon (6–3)	Wickman (0–2)	Rivera (43)	Jacobs Field	31,729	63–64	L9
128	August 25	Yankees	4–3	Riske (7–2)	Gordon (6–4)	Betancourt (3)	Jacobs Field	30,605	64–64	W1
129	August 26	White Sox	9–14	Cotts (2–3)	Durbin (5–6)	—	Jacobs Field	30,049	64–65	L1
130	August 27	White Sox	6–3	Sabathia (10–8)	Grilli (0–1)	Wickman (7)	Jacobs Field	30,527	65–65	W1
131	August 28	White Sox	3–5	Contreras (12–6)	Lee (10–6)	Takatsu (13)	Jacobs Field	37,374	65–66	L1
132	August 29	White Sox	9–0	Elarton (3–9)	Garland (9–10)	—	Jacobs Field	32,834	66–66	W1
133	August 31	@ Yankees	22–0	Westbrook (12–6)	Vazquez (13–8)	—	Yankee Stadium	51,777	67–66	W2

September: 12–14 (Home: 4–9; Away: 8–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Stadium	Attendance	Record	Streak
134	September 1	@ Yankees	3–5	Hernandez (6–0)	Sabathia (10–9)	Rivera (46)	Yankee Stadium	41,448	67–67	L1
135	September 2	@ Yankees	1–9	Lieber (10–8)	Lee (10–7)	—	Yankee Stadium	37,963	67–68	L2
136	September 3	Angels	5–10	Escobar (9–9)	Elarton (3–10)	—	Jacobs Field	20,994	67–69	L3
137	September 4	Angels	1–6	Washburn (11–5)	Davis (2–7)	—	Jacobs Field	23,786	67–70	L4
138	September 5	Angels	1–2	Lackey (12–11)	Westbrook (12–7)	Rodríguez (11)	Jacobs Field	26,208	67–71	L5
139	September 6	@ Mariners	6–0	Sabathia (11–9)	Meche (4–6)	—	Safeco Field	33,084	68–71	W1
140	September 8	@ Mariners	9–5	Lee (11–7)	Baek (1–2)	—	Safeco Field	28,764	69–71	W2
141	September 10	@ Athletics	4–3 (12)	White (5–5)	Duchscherer (5–6)	Wickman (8)	Network Associates Coliseum	24,154	70–71	W3
142	September 11	@ Athletics	4–5	Rincon (1–0)	Howry (1–1)	Dotel (33)	Network Associates Coliseum	30,436	70–72	L1
143	September 12	@ Athletics	0–1	Zito (11–10)	Westbrook (12–8)	Dotel (34)	Network Associates Coliseum	29,107	70–73	L2
144	September 14	Tigers	3–11	Bonderman (10–11)	Denney (0–1)	—	Jacobs Field	16,489	70–74	L3
145	September 15	Tigers	5–3	Howry (2–1)	Yan (2–4)	Wickman (9)	Jacobs Field	15,411	71–74	W1
146	September 16	Tigers	4–6	Walker (3–4)	Sabathia (11–10)	Yan (4)	Jacobs Field	15,943	71–75	L1
147	September 17	Royals	4–6	Wood (3–7)	Westbrook (12–9)	Affeldt (11)	Jacobs Field	14,347	71–76	L2
148	September 18	Royals	1–7	Gobble (8–8)	Lee (11–8)	—	Jacobs Field	17,848	72–76	L3
149	September 19	Royals	8–3	Denney (1–1)	Bautista (0–3)	—	Jacobs Field	16,745	72–77	W1
150	September 20	@ Tigers	1–3	Maroth (11–11)	Elarton (3–11)	Yan (5)	Comerica Park	13,820	72–78	L1
151	September 21	@ Tigers	8–7	Howry (3–1)	Yan (3–5)	Wickman (10)	Comerica Park	11,351	73–78	W1
152	September 22	@ Tigers	7–6	Westbrook (13–9)	Ledezma (4–3)	—	Comerica Park	16,360	74–78	W2
153	September 23	Twins	9–7	Lee (12–8)	Durbin (0–1)	Betancourt (4)	Jacobs Field	18,053	75–78	W3
154	September 24	Twins	2–8	Santana (20–6)	Denney (1–2)	—	Jacobs Field	16,253	75–79	L1
155	September 25	Twins	5–3	Howry (4–1)	Romero (7–3)	Wickman (11)	Jacobs Field	23,541	76–79	W1
156	September 26	Twins	2–6	Silva (14–8)	Cruceta (0–1)	—	Jacobs Field	22,091	76–80	L1
157	September 27	@ Royals	6–1	Westbrook (14–9)	Cerda (1–3)	—	Kauffman Stadium	11,544	77–80	W1
156	September 28	@ Royals	5–1	Lee (13–8)	May (9–19)	—	Kauffman Stadium	11,847	78–80	W2
159	September 29	@ Royals	5–2	Bartosh (1–0)	Wood (3–8)	Wickman (12)	Kauffman Stadium	11,193	79–80	W3

October: 1–2 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–2)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Stadium	Attendance	Record	Streak
160	October 1	@ Twins	3–4	Crain (3–0)	Howry (4–2)	Nathan (44)	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	25,322	79–81	L1
–	October 2	@ Twins	Suspended (pre-determined stopping time, continuation October 3)
161	October 3	@ Twins	5–6 (12)	Lohse (9–12)	Riske (7–3)	—	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	32,268	79–82	L2
162	October 3	@ Twins	5–2	Lee (14–8)	Lohse (9–13)	Wickman (13)	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	28,624	80–82	W1

Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Indians team member

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Josh Bard	7	19	5	8	2	0	1	4	.421	0
Cliff Bartosh	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Ronnie Belliard	152	599	78	169	48	1	12	70	.282	3
Rafael Betancourt	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Casey Blake	152	587	93	159	36	3	28	88	.271	5
Ben Broussard	139	418	57	115	28	5	17	82	.275	4
Coco Crisp	139	491	78	146	24	2	15	71	.297	20
Jason Davis	2	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	.200	0
Scott Elarton	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	.333	0
Alex Escobar	46	152	20	32	8	2	1	12	.211	1
Jody Gerut	134	481	72	121	31	5	11	51	.252	13
Raul González	7	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	.091	0
Travis Hafner	140	482	96	150	41	3	28	109	.311	3
Bob Howry	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Jose Jimenez	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Tim Laker	43	117	12	25	2	0	3	17	.214	0
Matt Lawton	150	591	109	164	25	0	20	70	.277	23
Cliff Lee	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	0
Mark Little	11	20	0	4	0	0	0	2	.200	0
Ryan Ludwick	15	50	3	11	2	0	2	4	.220	0
Victor Martinez	141	520	77	147	38	1	23	108	.283	0
John McDonald	66	93	17	19	5	1	2	7	.204	0
Lou Merloni	71	190	25	55	12	1	4	28	.289	1
Matt Miller	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Jhonny Peralta	8	25	2	6	1	0	0	2	.240	0
Josh Phelps	24	76	13	23	6	0	5	10	.303	0
Brandon Phillips	6	22	1	4	2	0	0	1	.182	0
David Riske	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Jeriome Robertson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
CC Sabathia	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	0
Grady Sizemore	43	138	15	34	6	2	4	24	.246	2
Kaz Tadano	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	.333	0
Omar Vizquel	148	567	82	165	28	3	7	59	.291	19
Jake Westbrook	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Rick White	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Ernie Young	3	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500	0
Team Totals	162	5674	848	1565	345	29	184	820	.276	94

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Jason Anderson	0	0	45.00	1	0	0	1.0	1	5	5	4	1
Cliff Bartosh	1	0	4.66	34	0	0	19.1	22	10	10	11	25
Rafael Betancourt	5	6	3.92	68	0	4	66.2	71	32	29	18	76
Fernando Cabrera	0	0	3.38	4	0	0	5.1	3	3	2	1	6
Jack Cressend	0	1	6.32	11	0	0	15.2	22	11	11	10	8
Francisco Cruceta	0	1	9.39	2	2	0	7.2	10	9	8	4	9
Jeff D'Amico	1	2	7.63	7	7	0	30.2	45	29	26	6	16
Jason Davis	2	7	5.51	26	19	0	114.1	148	81	70	51	72
Joe Dawley	0	0	5.40	2	2	0	8.1	7	5	5	7	8
Kyle Denney	1	2	9.56	4	4	0	16.0	32	17	17	8	13
Chad Durbin	5	6	6.66	17	8	0	51.1	63	40	38	24	38
Scott Elarton	3	5	4.53	21	21	0	117.1	107	62	59	42	80
Jeremy Guthrie	0	0	4.63	6	0	0	11.2	9	6	6	6	7
Bob Howry	4	2	2.74	37	0	0	42.2	37	14	13	12	39
Jose Jimenez	1	7	8.42	31	0	8	36.1	45	37	34	14	21
Tim Laker	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
Cliff Lee	14	8	5.43	33	33	0	179.0	188	113	108	81	161
David Lee	0	0	10.38	4	0	0	4.1	8	7	5	4	4
Matt Miller	4	1	3.09	57	0	1	55.1	42	22	19	23	55
Lou Pote	0	0	9.00	2	0	0	3.0	3	3	3	1	5
David Riske	7	3	3.72	72	0	5	77.1	69	32	32	41	78
Jake Robbins	0	0	5.40	2	0	0	1.2	3	1	1	0	0
Jeriome Robertson	1	1	12.21	8	0	0	14.0	22	22	19	9	6
CC Sabathia	11	10	4.12	30	30	0	188.0	176	90	86	72	139
Jason Stanford	0	1	0.82	2	2	0	11.0	12	1	1	5	5
Scott Stewart	0	2	7.24	23	0	0	13.2	23	14	11	6	18
Kaz Tadano	1	1	4.65	14	4	0	50.1	55	30	26	18	39
Jake Westbrook	14	9	3.38	33	30	0	215.2	208	95	81	61	116
Rick White	5	5	5.29	59	0	1	78.1	88	52	46	29	44
Bob Wickman	0	2	4.25	30	0	13	29.2	33	14	14	10	26
Team Totals	80	82	4.82	162	162	32	1466.2	1553	857	785	579	1115

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Minor league affiliates

Classification level	Team	League
AAA	Buffalo Bisons	International League
AA	Akron Aeros	Eastern League
Advanced A	Kinston Indians	Carolina League
A	Lake County Captains	South Atlantic League
Short Season A	Mahoning Valley Scrappers	New York–Penn League
Rookie	Burlington Indians	Appalachian League

Notes

^ "Jason Bere Stats".
^ "Ernie Young Stats".
^ ^a ^b "Jeff d'Amico Stats".
^ Milton Bradley Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
^ ^a ^b Russell Branyan Statistics Baseball-Reference.com

References

2004 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Reference
2004 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Almanac

[1] "Jason Bere Stats".

[2] "Ernie Young Stats".

[baseball-reference.com-3] "Jeff d'Amico Stats".

[4] Milton Bradley Statistics Baseball-Reference.com

[autogenerated1-5] Russell Branyan Statistics Baseball-Reference.com

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