2004 Cleveland Indians season

2004 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Jacobs Field (since 1994)
Cleveland, Ohio (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Larry Dolan
General manager(s)	Mark Shapiro
Manager(s)	Eric Wedge
Local television	FSN Ohio John Sanders, Mike Hegan, Rick Manning
Local radio	WTAM Tom Hamilton, Matt Underwood, Mike Hegan
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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

AL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	92	70	0.568	—	49–32	43–38
Chicago White Sox	83	79	0.512	9	46–35	37–44
Cleveland Indians	80	82	0.494	12	44–37	36–45
Detroit Tigers	72	90	0.444	20	38–43	34–47
Kansas City Royals	58	104	0.358	34	33–47	25–57

Record vs. opponents

2004 American League Records Sources:
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 58 Jason Anderson 56 Cliff Bartosh 63 Rafael Betancourt 64 Fernando Cabrera 27 Jack Cressend 55 Francisco Cruceta 31 Jeff D'Amico 50 Jason Davis 58 Joey Dawley 57 Kyle Denney 49 Chad Durbin 39 Scott Elarton 53 Jeremy Guthrie 62 Bob Howry 36 José Jiménez 34 Cliff Lee 47 David Lee 59 Matt Miller 57 Lou Pote 54 David Riske 49 Jake Robbins 53 Jeriome Robertson 52 CC Sabathia 61 Jason Stanford 55 Scott Stewart 32 Kazuhito Tadano 37 Jake Westbrook 24,00 Rick White 26 Bob Wickman		Catchers 44 Josh Bard 15 Tim Laker  2 Sandy Martínez 41 Víctor Martínez Infielders 20 Ronnie Belliard  1 Casey Blake 23 Ben Broussard 48 Travis Hafner  8 John McDonald 12 Lou Merloni 16 Jhonny Peralta 45 Josh Phelps  7 Brandon Phillips 13 Omar Vizquel		Outfielders 10 Coco Crisp  6 Alex Escobar  9 Jody Gerut 45 Raul González 11 Matt Lawton 31 Mark Little 38 Ryan Ludwick 24 Grady Sizemore 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 Recap
May: 13–13 (Home: 11–6; Away: 2–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Recap
June: 15–13 (Home: 7–5; Away: 8–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Recap 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 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
July: 16–12 (Home: 9–7; Away: 7–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Recap 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
August: 14–15 (Home: 8–5; Away: 6–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Recap
September: 12–14 (Home: 4–9; Away: 8–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Recap 136 September 3 Angels 5–10 Escobar (9–9) Elarton (3–4) 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
October: 1–2 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Attendance Record Recap
Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = Postponement Bold = Indians team member

2004 Game Log
April # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 5 @ Twins 7 – 4 (11) Rincón (1-0) Durbin (0-1) 49,584 0-1 2 April 6 @ Twins 7 – 6 (15) Roa (1-0) Westbrook (0-1) 19,832 0-2 3 April 7 @ Twins 11 – 4 Durbin (1-1) Lohse (0-1) 20,313 1-2 4 April 8 @ Royals 6 – 1 D'Amico (1-0) Affeldt (0-1) 14,671 2-2 5 April 9 @ Royals 3 – 1 Grimsley (1-0) Cressend (0-1) Leskanic (1) 28,535 2-3 6 April 10 @ Royals 7 – 6 (10) Sullivan (1-0) Betancourt (0-1) 21,889 2-4 7 April 11 @ Royals 5 – 3 Sullivan (2-0) Jiménez (0-1) Leskanic (2) 16,933 2-5 8 April 12 Twins 6 – 3 Lee (1-0) Lohse (0-2) 42,424 3-5 9 April 14 Twins 10 – 6 Silva (1-0) D'Amico (1-1) Rincón (1) 14,237 3-6 10 April 15 Twins 3 – 0 Radke (2-0) Stanford (0-1) Nathan (1) 15,105 3-7 11 April 16 Tigers 10 – 3 Sabathia (1-0) Cornejo (1-1) 18,507 4-7 12 April 17 Tigers 6 – 1 Maroth (2-0) Davis (0-1) 18,955 4-8 13 April 18 Tigers 9 – 7 Lee (2-0) Bonderman (1-1) Riske (1) 19,240 5-8 14 April 19 Tigers 10 – 4 Levine (1-0) Betancourt (0-2) 13,650 5-9 15 April 20 Royals 15 – 5 Anderson (1-0) Durbin (1-2) 13,563 5-10 -- April 21 Royals Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for July 24 16 April 22 Royals 5 – 4 Betancourt (1-2) Grimsley (1-1) Riske (2) 15,720 6-10 17 April 23 @ Tigers 17 – 3 Bonderman (2-1) Davis (0-2) 22,008 6-11 18 April 24 @ Tigers 5 – 2 Urbina (1-0) Stewart (0-1) 20,913 6-12 19 April 25 @ Tigers 3 – 2 Westbrook (1-1) Johnson (1-4) 17,253 7-12 20 April 27 @ White Sox 11 – 7 (10) Betancourt (2-2) Adkins (2-1) 14,572 8-12 21 April 28 @ White Sox 9 – 8 Jackson (1-0) Betancourt (2-3) 12,189 8-13 22 April 30 Orioles 11 – 2 Lee (3-0) Ponson (2-2) 18,782 9-13
May # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 23 May 1 Orioles 3 – 2(13) Durbin (2-2) DeJean (0-2) 17,275 10-13 -- May 2 Orioles Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for June 14 24 May 3 Red Sox 2 – 1 Westbrook (2-1) Schilling (3-2) Betancourt (1) 16,285 11-13 25 May 4 Red Sox 7 – 6 Davis (1-2) Lowe (3-2) Betancourt (2) 16,070 12-13 26 May 5 Red Sox 9 – 5 Arroyo (1-1) D'Amico (1-2) 17,370 12-14 27 May 6 Red Sox 5 – 2 Martínez (4-2) Sabathia (1-1) Foulke (6) 26,825 12-15 28 May 7 @ Orioles 3 – 2 (10) Julio (1-0) Durbin (2-3) 34,324 12-16 29 May 8 @ Orioles 10 – 7 Parrish (3-1) Stewart (0-2) Julio (4) 30,687 12-17 30 May 9 @ Orioles 12 – 11 López (3-1) Riske (0-1) Julio (5) 35,778 12-18 31 May 10 @ Red Sox 10 – 6 Durbin (3-3) Kim (1-1) 35,257 13-18 32 May 11 @ Red Sox 5 – 3 Embree (1-0) Jiménez (0-2) Foulke (7) 35,401 13-19 33 May 12 @ Red Sox 6 – 4 Lee (4-0) Wakefield (2-2) 35,371 14-19 34 May 14 Devil Rays 8 – 7 (10) White (1-0) Carter (1-2) 19,796 15-19 35 May 15 Devil Rays 9 – 7 Westbrook (3-1) Zambrano (3-4) 18,040 16-19 36 May 16 Devil Rays 10 – 0 Sabathia (2-1) Waechter (1-4) 19,499 17-19 37 May 17 White Sox 7 – 2 Lee (5-0) Díaz (0-1) 15,617 18-19 38 May 18 White Sox 4 – 2 Garland (3-2) Durbin (3-4) Koch (7) 15,298 18-20 39 May 19 White Sox 15 – 3 Schoeneweis (4-1) Davis (1-3) 17,205 18-21 40 May 21 @ Devil Rays 5 – 3 Miller (1-1) Sabathia (2-2) Báez (6) 10,213 18-22 41 May 22 @ Devil Rays 6 – 3 Waechter (2-4) Westbrook (3-2) Sosa (1) 12,008 18-23 42 May 23 @ Devil Rays 5 – 4 (10) Harper (1-0) Riske (0-2) 10,555 18-24 43 May 25 Mariners 5 – 4 (12) Myers (2-1) Jiménez (0-3) Guardado (7) 15,349 18-25 44 May 26 Mariners 7 – 3 Moyer (3-2) Sabathia (2-3) Guardado (8) 16,007 18-26 45 May 27 Mariners 9 – 5 Westbrook (4-2) Meche (1-5) 17,272 19-26 46 May 28 Athletics 1 – 0 Jiménez (1-3) Mecir (0-4) 19,257 20-26 47 May 29 Athletics 8 – 6 Riske (1-2) Rhodes (1-2) Jiménez (1) 26,441 21-26 48 May 30 Athletics 4 – 3 White (2-0) Rhodes (1-3) 24,005 22-26
June # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 49 June 1 Rangers 6 – 5 (12) Ramirez (3-2) White (2-1) Cordero (17) 17,136 22-27 50 June 2 Rangers 5 – 3 Almanzar (5-0) Betancourt (2-4) Cordero (18) 18,098 22-28 51 June 3 @ Angels 5 – 2 Escobar (4-2) Lee (5-1) 39,353 22-29 52 June 4 @ Angels 9 – 6 Riske (2-2) Rodríguez (1-1) Jiménez (2) 43,590 23-29 53 June 5 @ Angels 3 – 2 White (3-1) Lackey (3-7) Jiménez (3) 43,514 24-29 54 June 6 @ Angels 7 – 0 Sabathia (3-3) Colón (4-4) 43,337 25-29 55 June 8 Marlins 7 – 5 Bump (1-3) Jiménez (1-4) Benítez (23) 21,252 25-30 56 June 9 Marlins 8 – 1 Westbrook (5-2) Burnett (0-2) 17,072 26-30 57 June 10 Marlins 4 – 1 Pavano (6-2) Davis (1-4) Benítez (24) 19,113 26-31 58 June 11 Reds 6 – 5 (11) Riske (3-2) Norton (0-1) 27,308 27-31 59 June 12 Reds 8 – 7 Betancourt (3-4) Norton (0-2) Jiménez (4) 42,101 28-31 60 June 13 Reds 10 – 8 Miller (1-0) Reith (2-2) Jiménez (5) 31,235 29-31 61 June 14 Orioles 14 – 0 Westbrook (6-2) DuBose (4-5) 19,340 30-31 62 June 15 @ Mets 7 – 2 Trachsel (6-5) Davis (1-5) 22,783 30-32 63 June 16 @ Mets 9 – 1 Sabathia (4-3) Ginter (1-1) 29,512 31-32 64 June 17 @ Mets 6 – 2 Bottalico (3-1) White (3-2) 17,675 31-33 65 June 18 @ Braves 4 – 2 Lee (6-1) Hampton (1-7) Jiménez (6) 28,000 32-33 66 June 19 @ Braves 4 – 0 Byrd (1-0) Westbrook (6-3) Smoltz (11) 41,987 32-34 67 June 20 @ Braves 5 – 2 Davis (2-5) Ortiz (6-6) Jiménez (7) 31,000 33-34 68 June 21 @ White Sox 5 – 1 Sabathia (5-3) Schoeneweis (5-6) 29,722 34-34 69 June 22 @ White Sox 11 – 9 (10) Takatsu (4-0) Jiménez (1-5) 27,922 34-35 70 June 23 @ White Sox 9 – 5 Lee (7-1) Buehrle (7-2) 21,654 35-35 71 June 24 @ White Sox 7 – 1 Rauch (1-1) Westbrook (6-4) 20,744 35-36 72 June 25 Rockies 10 – 8 (10) Reed (1-1) Jiménez (1-6) Chacón (16) 22,642 35-37 73 June 26 Rockies 4 – 3 (12) Robertson (1-0) Reed (1-2) 29,124 36-37 74 June 27 Rockies 5 – 3 Miller (2-0) Jennings (6-7) Jiménez (8) 27,252 37-37 75 June 29 @ Tigers 9 – 7 (11) Dingman (2-1) Jiménez (1-7) 30,457 37-38 76 June 30 @ Tigers 12 – 5 Robertson (7-3) Davis (2-6) 27,665 37-39
July # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 77 July 1 @ Tigers 7 – 6 (10) Riske (4-2) Urbina (3-3) White (1) 25,159 38-39 78 July 2 @ Reds 15 – 2 Tadano (1-0) Sánchez (0-1) 36,156 39-39 79 July 3 @ Reds 4 – 2 Wilson (8-2) Elarton (0-1) Graves (31) 38,708 39-40 80 July 4 @ Reds 5 – 4 (11) Jones (6-2) White (3-3) 30,375 39-41 81 July 5 Rangers 8 – 5 Rogers (12-2) Sabathia (5-4) Cordero (25) 25,363 39-42 82 July 6 Rangers 4 – 1 Lee (8-1) Bierbrodt (1-1) Riske (3) 16,796 40-42 83 July 7 Rangers 9 – 8 Mahay (2-0) Robertson (1-1) Cordero (26) 18,499 40-43 84 July 8 Rangers 10 – 0 Rodríguez (2-0) Elarton (0-2) 24,914 40-44 85 July 9 Athletics 5 – 4 Howry (1-0) Dotel (1-1) 24,325 41-44 86 July 10 Athletics 16 – 7 Mulder (12-2) White (3-4) 28,448 41-45 87 July 11 Athletics 4 – 1 Lee (9-1) Zito (4-7) Riske (4) 24,622 42-45 88 July 15 @ Mariners 2 – 1 Piñeiro (5-10) Westbrook (6-5) Guardado (16) 32,896 42-46 89 July 16 @ Mariners 18 – 6 Lee (10-1) Blackley (1-2) 32,578 43-46 90 July 17 @ Mariners 6 – 5 Sabathia (6-4) Franklin (3-8) Riske (5) 36,154 44-46 91 July 18 @ Mariners 7 – 5 Hasegawa (3-3) Miller (2-1) Guardado (17) 37,363 44-47 92 July 19 @ Angels 8 – 5 (10) Riske (5-2) Percival (2-2) Miller (1) 42,986 45-47 93 July 20 @ Angels 14 – 5 Westbrook (7-5) Washburn (10-5) 40,000 46-47 94 July 21 White Sox 14 – 0 Buehrle (10-3) Lee (10-2) 21,922 46-48 95 July 22 White Sox 3 – 0 García (8-8) Sabathia (6-5) Takatsu (7) 23,168 46-49 96 July 23 Royals 3 – 2 (11) White (4-4) Field (2-2) 26,504 47-49 97 July 24 Royals 10 – 2 Durbin (4-4) George (1-2) 18,873 48-49 98 July 24 Royals 4 – 3 Miller (3-1) Sullivan (3-3) 27,865 49-49 99 July 25 Royals 5 – 1 Westbrook (8-5) Greinke (2-8) 23,540 50-49 100 July 26 Tigers 13 – 4 Maroth (8-7) Lee (10-3) 18,359 50-50 101 July 27 Tigers 10 – 6 Sabathia (7-5) Knotts (5-6) 19,090 51-50 102 July 28 Tigers 5 – 4 Elarton (1-2) Walker (1-4) Wickman (1) 23,213 52-50 103 July 30 @ Royals 7 – 6 (11) Betancourt (4-4) Sullivan (3-4) 32,079 53-50 104 July 31 @ Royals 10 – 3 Greinke (3-8) Tadano (1-1) 27,689 53-51
August # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 105 August 1 @ Royals 8 – 7 May (8-11) Sabathia (7-6) Camp (2) 15,641 53-52 106 August 2 @ Blue Jays 6 – 1 Lilly (8-7) Lee (10-4) 17,549 53-53 107 August 3 @ Blue Jays 7 – 6 Speier (3-6) Betancourt (4-5) Frasor (14) 15,025 53-54 108 August 4 @ Blue Jays 14 – 5 Westbrook (9-5) Towers (6-4) 15,675 54-54 109 August 5 @ Blue Jays 6 – 3 (10) Betancourt (5-5) Ligtenberg (1-4) Wickman (2) 30,037 55-54 110 August 6 @ White Sox 3 – 2 Sabathia (8-6) Buehrle (10-5) Wickman (3) 23,811 56-54 111 August 7 @ White Sox 6 – 5 Miller (4-1) Takatsu (4-3) Wickman (4) 32,790 57-54 112 August 8 @ White Sox 3 – 2 Takatsu (5-3) Betancourt (5-6) 25,897 57-55 113 August 9 @ White Sox 13 – 11 Westbrook (10-5) Díaz (1-3) 31,116 58-55 114 August 10 Blue Jays 2 – 0 Durbin (5-4) Bush (1-3) Wickman (5) 19,942 59-55 115 August 11 Blue Jays 3 – 2 Sabathia (9-6) Frederick (0-1) Wickman (6) 23,696 60-55 116 August 12 Blue Jays 6 – 2 Riske (6-2) Ligtenberg (1-5) 22,734 61-55 117 August 13 Twins 8 – 2 Elarton (2-2) Silva (10-8) 30,101 62-55 118 August 14 Twins 7 – 1 Westbrook (11-5) Lohse (5-10) 40,942 63-55 119 August 15 Twins 4 – 2 (10) Rincón (10-5) White (4-5) Nathan (34) 38,019 63-56 120 August 16 @ Rangers 5 – 2 Ramirez (4-3) Sabathia (9-7) Cordero (36) 23,551 63-57 121 August 17 @ Rangers 16 – 4 Erickson (1-2) Lee (10-5) Brocail (1) 24,864 63-58 122 August 18 @ Rangers 5 – 2 Rogers (15-5) Elarton (2-3) Cordero (37) 31,572 63-59 123 August 20 @ Twins 5 – 1 Lohse (6-10) Westbrook (11-6) 25,157 63-60 124 August 21 @ Twins 8 – 1 Mulholland (4-6) Durbin (5-5) 27,945 63-61 125 August 22 @ Twins 7 – 3 Radke (9-6) Sabathia (9-8) 28,587 63-62 126 August 23 Yankees 6 – 4 Gordon (5-3) Wickman (0-1) Rivera (42) 33,172 63-63 127 August 24 Yankees 5 – 4 Gordon (6-3) Wickman (0-2) Rivera (43) 31,729 63-64 128 August 25 Yankees 4 – 3 Riske (7-2) Gordon (6-4) Betancourt (3) 30,605 64-64 129 August 26 White Sox 14 – 9 Cotts (2-3) Durbin (5-6) 30,049 64-65 130 August 27 White Sox 6 – 3 Sabathia (10-8) Grilli (0-1) Wickman (7) 30,527 65-65 131 August 28 White Sox 5 – 3 Contreras (12-6) Lee (10-6) Takatsu (13) 37,374 65-66 132 August 29 White Sox 9 – 0 Elarton (3-3) Garland (9-10) 32,834 66-66 133 August 31 @ Yankees 22 – 0 Westbrook (12-6) Vázquez (13-8) 51,777 67-66
September # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 134 September 1 @ Yankees 5 – 3 Hernández (6-0) Sabathia (10-9) Rivera (46) 41,448 67-67 135 September 2 @ Yankees 9 – 1 Lieber (10-8) Lee (10-7) 37,963 67-68 136 September 3 Angels 10 – 5 Escobar (9-9) Elarton (3-4) 20,994 67-69 137 September 4 Angels 6 – 1 Washburn (11-5) Davis (2-7) 23,786 67-70 138 September 5 Angels 2 – 1 Lackey (12-11) Westbrook (12-7) Rodríguez (11) 26,208 67-71 139 September 6 @ Mariners 5 – 0 Sabathia (11-9) Meche (4-6) 33,084 68-71 140 September 8 @ Mariners 9 – 5 Lee (11-7) Baek (1-2) 28,764 69-71 141 September 10 @ Athletics 4 – 3 (12) White (5-5) Duchscherer (5-6) Wickman (8) 24,154 70-71 142 September 11 @ Athletics 5 – 4 Rincón (1-0) Howry (1-1) Dotel (19) 30,436 70-72 143 September 12 @ Athletics 1 – 0 Zito (11-10) Westbrook (12-8) Dotel (20) 29,107 70-73 144 September 14 Tigers 11 – 3 Bonderman (10-11) Denney (0-1) 16,489 70-74 145 September 15 Tigers 5 – 3 Howry (2-1) Yan (2-4) Wickman (9) 15,411 71-74 146 September 16 Tigers 6 – 4 Walker (3-4) Sabathia (11-10) Yan (4) 15,943 71-75 147 September 17 Royals 6 – 4 Wood (3-7) Westbrook (12-9) Affeldt (11) 14,347 71-76 148 September 18 Royals 7 – 1 Gobble (8-8) Lee (11-8) 17,848 71-77 149 September 19 Royals 8 – 3 Denney (1-1) Bautista (0-3) 16,745 72-77 150 September 20 @ Tigers 3 – 1 Maroth (11-11) Elarton (3-5) Yan (5) 13,820 72-78 151 September 21 @ Tigers 8 – 7 Howry (3-1) Yan (3-5) Wickman (10) 11,351 73-78 152 September 22 @ Tigers 7 – 6 Westbrook (13-9) Ledezma (4-3) 16,360 74-78 153 September 23 Twins 9 – 7 Lee (12-8) Durbin (0-1) Betancourt (4) 18,053 75-78 154 September 24 Twins 8 – 2 Santana (20-6) Denney (1-2) 16,253 75-79 155 September 25 Twins 5 – 3 Howry (4-1) Romero (7-3) Wickman (11) 23,541 76-79 156 September 26 Twins 6 – 2 Silva (14-8) Cruceta (0-1) 22,091 76-80 157 September 27 @ Royals 6 – 1 Westbrook (14-9) Cerda (1-3) 11,544 77-80 158 September 28 @ Royals 5 – 1 Lee (13-8) May (9-19) 11,847 78-80 159 September 29 @ Royals 5 – 2 Bartosh (1-0) Wood (3-8) Wickman (12) 11,193 79-80
October # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 160 October 1 @ Twins 4 – 3 Crain (3-0) Howry (4-2) Nathan (44) 25,322 79-81 161 October 2 @ Twins 6 – 5 (12) Lohse (9-12) Riske (7-3) 32,268 79-82 162 October 3 @ Twins 5 – 2 Lee (14-8) Lohse (9-13) Wickman (13) 28,624 80-82

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
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; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

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

1. http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bereja01.shtml
2. http://www.baseball-reference.com/y/younger02.shtml
3. http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/d'amije01.shtml
4. Milton Bradley Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
5. Russell Branyan Statistics Baseball-Reference.com

References

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