2004 New York Yankees season

The 2004 New York Yankees season was the 102nd season for the team. The Yankees opened the season by playing two games against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in Japan on March 30, 2004. The team finished with a record of 101–61, finishing 3 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox in the AL East. The 2004 season was the Yankees third straight season of 100+ wins, the first such instance in franchise history. New York was managed by Joe Torre. In the playoffs, the Yankees defeated the Minnesota Twins, 3 games to 1, in the ALDS, before losing to the wild card Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3, in the ALCS. The 2004 Yankees are notable as the only team in MLB history to lose a 7-game playoff series after taking a 3 games to none lead. This was the fourth straight year in which the Yankees lost to the eventual World Series champions in the postseason. Only the Los Angeles Dodgers (2016–19) have duplicated the same feat.

2004 New York Yankees
American League East Champions
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Yankee Stadium
City	New York
Record	101–61 (.623)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	George Steinbrenner
General managers	Brian Cashman
Managers	Joe Torre
Television	WCBS-TV YES Network (Michael Kay, Jim Kaat, Ken Singleton, Bobby Murcer, Paul O'Neill, Joe Girardi)
Radio	WCBS (AM) (John Sterling, Charley Steiner) WADO (Armando Tallavara)
Seasons

Offseason

Alex Rodriguez was acquired in a trade with the Texas Rangers in exchange for Alfonso Soriano and Joaquín Árias.

• October 27, 2003: Luis Sojo was released by the New York Yankees.
• December 16, 2003: Nick Johnson was traded by the New York Yankees with Randy Choate and Juan Rivera to the Montreal Expos for Javier Vázquez.
• December 23, 2003: Buddy Carlyle was signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.
• January 6, 2004: Kenny Lofton signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.
• February 5, 2004: Mike Lamb was traded by the Texas Rangers to the New York Yankees for Jose Garcia (minors).
• February 16, 2004: The New York Yankees sent Alfonso Soriano and a player to be named later were sent to the Texas Rangers in exchange for Alex Rodriguez. The New York Yankees sent Joaquin Arias (April 23, 2004) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.
• March 25, 2004: Mike Lamb was traded by the New York Yankees to the Houston Astros for Juan DeLeon (minors).

Signed Gary Sheffield

Regular season

Season summary

July

Derek Jeter dives into stands chasing and catching a pop up in the 12th inning of a 3 to 3 game against the Boston Red Sox, the play was later named the dive.

August

On August 31 the Yankees had their worst loss in history by run differential, losing 22–0 to the Cleveland Indians.

September

On September 30 the Yankees clinched their division.

Season standings

AL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	101	61	.623	—	57‍–‍24	44‍–‍37
Boston Red Sox	98	64	.605	3	55‍–‍26	43‍–‍38
Baltimore Orioles	78	84	.481	23	38‍–‍43	40‍–‍41
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	70	91	.435	30½	41‍–‍39	29‍–‍52
Toronto Blue Jays	67	94	.416	33½	40‍–‍41	27‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents

2004 American League record 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

• June 7, 2004: Phil Hughes was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 2004.
• July 22, 2004: Donzell McDonald was signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.
• July 31, 2004: Esteban Loaiza was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the New York Yankees for José Contreras and cash.
• August 3, 2004: John Olerud was signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.
• August 17, 2004: Shane Spencer signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.

Roster

2004 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers 27 Kevin Brown 52 José Contreras 43 Jorge De Paula 36 Tom Gordon 57 Alex Graman 57,61 Brad Halsey 45 Félix Heredia 26 Orlando Hernández 31 Steve Karsay 22 Jon Lieber 28 Esteban Loaiza 60 Sam Marsonek 35 Mike Mussina 40 C. J. Nitkowski 46 Donovan Osborne 61 Juan Padilla 47 Bret Prinz 56,57 Scott Proctor 48 Paul Quantrill 42 Mariano Rivera 56 Tanyon Sturtze 33 Javier Vázquez 40 Gabe White		Catchers 17 John Flaherty 68 Dioner Navarro 20 Jorge Posada Infielders 18 Homer Bush 41 Miguel Cairo 29 Tony Clark 60 Félix Escalona 25 Jason Giambi  2 Derek Jeter 38 Travis Lee 18 John Olerud 39 Andy Phillips 13 Alex Rodriguez 14 Enrique Wilson		Outfielders 19 Bubba Crosby 12 Kenny Lofton 55 Hideki Matsui 11 Gary Sheffield 24 Rubén Sierra 51 Bernie Williams		Manager  6 Joe Torre Coaches 23 Don Mattingly (hitting) 52 Rich Monteleone (bullpen) 30 Willie Randolph (bench) 53 Luis Sojo (third base) 34 Mel Stottlemyre (pitching) 54 Roy White (first base)

Game log

Legend
Yankees Win	Yankees Loss	Game Postponed

2004 Game Log (101–61) Home: 57–24 Away: 44–37
March (1–1) Home: 0–0 Away: 1–1 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 1 March 30 @ Devil Rays 3–8 Zambrano (1–0) Mussina (0–1) — Tokyo Dome 55,000 0–1 2 March 31 @ Devil Rays 12–1 Brown (1–0) González (0–1) — Tokyo Dome 55,000 1–1
April (11–10) Home: 7–5 Away: 4–5 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 3 April 6 @ Devil Rays 4–9 Zambrano (2–0) Mussina (0–2) — Tropicana Field 41,755 1–2 4 April 7 @ Devil Rays 3–2 Brown (2–0) Abbott (0–1) Rivera (1) Tropicana Field 31,669 2–2 5 April 8 White Sox 3–1 Vazquez (1–0) Schoeneweis (0–1) Rivera (2) Yankee Stadium 55,290 3–2 6 April 9 White Sox 3–9 Garland (1–0) Contreras (0–1) — Yankee Stadium 45,965 3–3 7 April 10 White Sox 3–7 Buehrle (1–0) DePaula (0–1) — Yankee Stadium 47,911 3–4 8 April 11 White Sox 5–4 Mussina (1–2) Wright (0–1) Rivera (3) Yankee Stadium 37,484 4–4 – April 13 Devil Rays Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 6 9 April 14 Devil Rays 5–1 Brown (3–0) Hendrickson (0–1) — Yankee Stadium 37,914 5–4 10 April 16 @ Red Sox 2–6 Wakefield (1–0) Vazquez (1–1) — Fenway Park 35,163 5–5 11 April 17 @ Red Sox 2–5 Schilling (2–0) Mussina (1–3) — Fenway Park 35,023 5–6 12 April 18 @ Red Sox 7–3 Quantrill (1–0) Lowe (1–1) — Fenway Park 35,011 6–6 13 April 19 @ Red Sox 4–5 Timlin (1–1) Gordon (0–1) Foulke (3) Fenway Park 35,027 6–7 14 April 20 @ White Sox 11–8 Quantrill (2–0) Buehrle (1–1) Rivera (4) U.S. Cellular Field 32,034 7–7 15 April 21 @ White Sox 3–1 Vazquez (2–1) Garland (1–1) Rivera (5) U.S. Cellular Field 26,154 8–7 16 April 22 @ White Sox 3–4 Schoeneweis (2–1) Mussina (1–4) Marte (2) U.S. Cellular Field 34,030 8–8 17 April 23 Red Sox 2–11 Lowe (2–1) Contreras (0–2) — Yankee Stadium 55,001 8–9 18 April 24 Red Sox 2–3 (12) Foulke (1–0) Quantrill (2–1) Timlin (1) Yankee Stadium 55,195 8–10 19 April 25 Red Sox 0–2 Martinez (3–1) Vazquez (2–2) Williamson (1) Yankee Stadium 55,338 8–11 20 April 27 Athletics 10–8 Osborne (1–0) Mecir (0–2) Rivera (6) Yankee Stadium 33,191 9–11 21 April 28 Athletics 5–1 Contreras (1–2) Mulder (2–2) Gordon (1) Yankee Stadium 44,325 10–11 22 April 29 Athletics 7–5 Brown (4–0) Zito (2–3) Rivera (7) Yankee Stadium 35,651 11–11 23 April 30 Royals 5–2 Vázques (3–2) Anderson (1–2) Rivera (8) Yankee Stadium 43,237 12–11
May (18–8) Home: 6–2 Away: 12–6 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 24 May 1 Royals 12–4 Lieber (1–0) Villacis (0–1) — Yankee Stadium 54,103 13–11 25 May 2 Royals 4–2 Mussina (2–4) Affeldt (0–3) Rivera (9) Yankee Stadium 49,208 14–11 26 May 4 @ Athletics 10–8 Osborne (2–0) Bradford (1–1) Rivera (10) Network Associates Coliseum 35,081 15–11 27 May 5 @ Athletics 4–3 Quantrill (3–1) Rhodes (0–1) Rivera (11) Network Associates Coliseum 43,227 16–11 28 May 6 @ Athletics 4–7 Harden (1–2) Vazquez (3–3) Mecir (1) Network Associates Coliseum 38,417 16–12 29 May 7 @ Mariners 2–6 Franklin (2–2) Lieber (1–1) — Safeco Field 46,491 16–13 30 May 8 @ Mariners 6–0 Mussina (3–4) Meche (1–3) — Safeco Field 46,454 17–13 31 May 9 @ Mariners 7–6 Quantrill (4–1) Soriano (0–3) Rivera (12) Safeco Field 46,589 18–13 32 May 11 Angels 8–7 (10) Gordon (1–1) Weber (0–1) — Yankee Stadium 36,706 19–13 33 May 12 Angels 2–11 Sele (2–0) Vázquez (3–4) — Yankee Stadium 49,954 19–14 34 May 13 Angels 7–4 Lieber (2–1) Lackey (3–4) Rivera (13) Yankee Stadium 41,089 20–14 35 May 14 Mariners 9–5 Mussina (4–4) Villone (3–2) — Yankee Stadium 49,653 21–14 36 May 15 Mariners 7–13 (13) Guardado (1–0) White (0–1) — Yankee Stadium 54,531 21–15 37 May 16 Mariners 2–1 Brown (5–0) Piñeiro (1–5) Rivera (14) Yankee Stadium 54,732 22–15 38 May 18 @ Angels 0–1 (11) Shields (3–0) Quantrill (4–2) — Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,660 22–16 39 May 19 @ Angels 4–2 Lieber (3–1) Lackey (3–5) Rivera (15) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,742 23–16 40 May 20 @ Angels 6–2 Mussina (5–4) Colon (4–3) — Angel Stadium of Anaheim 43,810 24–16 41 May 21 @ Rangers 7–9 Benoit (2–1) Brown (5–1) Cordero (14) The Ballpark in Arlington 49,195 24–17 42 May 22 @ Rangers 3–4 Almanzar (4–0) Gordon (1–2) — The Ballpark in Arlington 49,458 24–18 43 May 23 @ Rangers 8–3 Vazquez (4–4) Dickey (4–4) — The Ballpark in Arlington 50,241 25–18 44 May 25 @ Orioles 11–3 Lieber (4–1) Bedard (1–2) — Oriole Park at Camden Yards 42,846 26–18 45 May 26 @ Orioles 12–9 Sturtze (1–0) Ryan (1–2) Rivera (16) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 37,610 27–18 46 May 27 @ Orioles 18–5 Contreras (2–2) Ponson (3–5) — Oriole Park at Camden Yards 46,282 28–18 47 May 28 @ Devil Rays 7–5 Vázquez (5–4) Waechter (2–5) Rivera (17) Tropicana Field 20,627 29–18 48 May 29 @ Devil Rays 5–3 Brown (6–1) Hendrickson (2–5) Rivera (18) Tropicana Field 25,692 30–18 49 May 30 @ Devil Rays 6–7 Zambrano (5–4) Lieber (4–2) Baez (8) Tropicana Field 26,098 30–19
June (19–7) Home: 14–3 Away: 5–4 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 50 June 1 Orioles 8–7 Mussina (6–4) Ponson (3–6) Rivera (19) Yankee Stadium 38,012 31–19 51 June 2 Orioles 6–5 Prinz (1–0) DuBose (4–4) Rivera (20) Yankee Stadium 50,502 32–19 52 June 3 Orioles 5–2 Vazquez (6–4) Parrish (3–2) Rivera (21) Yankee Stadium 44,020 33–19 53 June 4 Rangers 7–6 Brown (7–1) Powell (1–1) Rivera (22) Yankee Stadium 49,372 34–19 54 June 5 Rangers 1–8 Dominguez (1–1) Lieber (4–3) — Yankee Stadium 51,910 34–20 55 June 6 Rangers 2–1 Mussina (7–4) Drese (2–3) Rivera (23) Yankee Stadium 54,092 35–20 56 June 8 Rockies 2–1 Vázquez (7–4) Fassero (0–6) Rivera (24) Yankee Stadium 51,852 36–20 57 June 9 Rockies 7–5 Quantrill (5–2) Kennedy (4–4) Rivera (25) Yankee Stadium 38,013 37–20 58 June 10 Rockies 10–4 Contreras (3–2) Jennings (5–6) — Yankee Stadium 41,586 38–20 59 June 11 Padres 2–10 Eaton (3–6) Heredia (0–1) Otsuka (2) Yankee Stadium 49,855 38–21 60 June 12 Padres 3–2 Lieber (5–3) Tankersley (0–3) Rivera (26) Yankee Stadium 54,280 39–21 61 June 13 Padres 6–5 (12) Heredia (1–1) Beck (0–1) — Yankee Stadium 52,754 40–21 62 June 15 @ Diamondbacks 4–2 Contreras (4–2) Webb (3–6) Rivera (27) Bank One Ballpark 48,066 41–21 63 June 16 @ Diamondbacks 9–4 Sturtze (2–0) Fossum (1–5) — Bank One Ballpark 48,274 42–21 64 June 17 @ Diamondbacks 1–6 Sparks (3–4) Lieber (5–4) Dessens (2) Bank One Ballpark 48,252 42–22 65 June 18 @ Dodgers 3–6 Weaver (5–7) Vazquez (7–5) Gagne (17) Dodger Stadium 55,207 42–23 66 June 19 @ Dodgers 6–2 Halsey (1–0) Nomo (3–8) — Dodger Stadium 54,876 43–23 67 June 20 @ Dodgers 4–5 Lima (6–2) Contreras (4–3) Gagne (18) Dodger Stadium 55,157 43–24 68 June 22 @ Orioles 10–4 Mussina (8–4) Riley (1–3) — Oriole Park at Camden Yards 49,696 44–24 69 June 23 @ Orioles 2–13 Bedard (2–2) Lieber (5–5) — Oriole Park at Camden Yards 41,678 44–25 70 June 24 @ Orioles 5–2 Vazquez (8–5) Ponson (3–10) Rivera (28) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 48,442 45–25 – June 25 Mets Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for June 27 71 June 26 Mets 3–9 Leiter (3–2) Halsey (1–1) — Yankee Stadium 55,303 45–26 72 June 27 (1) Mets 8–1 Contreras (5–3) Trachsel (7–6) Gordon (2) Yankee Stadium 37,305 46–26 73 June 27 (2) Mets 11–6 Mussina (9–4) Ginter (1–2) — Yankee Stadium 55,387 47–26 74 June 29 Red Sox 11–3 Vazquez (9–5) Lowe (6–7) — Yankee Stadium 55,231 48–26 75 June 30 Red Sox 4–2 Gordon (2–2) Timlin (4–3) Rivera (29) Yankee Stadium 55,023 49–26
July (16–12) Home: 10–3 Away: 6–9 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 76 July 1 Red Sox 5–4 (13) Sturtze (3–0) Leskanic (0–4) — Yankee Stadium 55,265 50–26 77 July 2 @ Mets 2–11 Trachsel (8–6) Mussina (9–5) — Shea Stadium 55,068 50–27 78 July 3 @ Mets 9–10 Franco (2–4) Sturtze (3–1) — Shea Stadium 55,120 50–28 79 July 4 @ Mets 5–6 Moreno (2–1) Gordon (2–3) Looper (16) Shea Stadium 55,437 50–29 80 July 5 Tigers 10–3 Lieber (6–5) Robertson (7–4) — Yankee Stadium 52,608 51–29 81 July 6 Tigers 1–9 Johnson (6–7) Mussina (9–6) — Yankee Stadium 41,772 51–30 82 July 7 Tigers 8–10 Bonderman (6–6) Halsey (1–2) Urbina (12) Yankee Stadium 50,338 51–31 83 July 8 Devil Rays 7–1 Contreras (6–3) Zambrano (9–5) Rivera (30) Yankee Stadium 40,378 52–31 84 July 9 Devil Rays 5–4 Vazquez (10–5) Colome (2–2) Rivera (31) Yankee Stadium 47,700 53–31 85 July 10 Devil Rays 6–3 Lieber (7–5) Brazelton (2–2) Rivera (32) Yankee Stadium 54,680 54–31 86 July 11 Devil Rays 10–3 Hernandez (1–0) Hendrickson (6–7) — Yankee Stadium 53,383 55–31 75th All-Star Game in Houston, Texas 87 July 15 @ Tigers 5–1 Contreras (7–3) Bonderman (6–7) — Comerica Park 38,902 56–31 88 July 16 @ Tigers 0–8 Maroth (6–7) Vazquez (10–6) — Comerica Park 40,918 56–32 89 July 17 @ Tigers 5–3 Hernandez (2–0) Knotts (5–4) Rivera (33) Comerica Park 41,857 57–32 90 July 18 @ Tigers 2–4 Robertson (9–4) Lieber (7–6) Urbina (15) Comerica Park 40,132 57–33 91 July 19 @ Devil Rays 7–9 Carter (3–2) Sturtze (3–2) Baez (19) Tropicana Field 41,755 57–34 92 July 20 @ Devil Rays 4–2 Contreras (8–3) Zambrano (9–6) Rivera (34) Tropicana Field 27,613 58–34 93 July 21 Blue Jays 10–3 Vazquez (11–6) Hentgen (2–9) — Yankee Stadium 53,031 59–34 94 July 22 Blue Jays 1–0 Rivera (1–0) Chulk (0–2) — Yankee Stadium 53,657 60–34 95 July 23 @ Red Sox 8–7 Gordon (3–3) Foulke (2–3) Rivera (35) Fenway Park 34,933 61–34 96 July 24 @ Red Sox 10–11 Mendoza (1–0) Rivera (1–1) — Fenway Park 34,501 61–35 97 July 25 @ Red Sox 6–9 Lowe (9–9) Contreras (8–4) Foulke (16) Fenway Park 35,006 61–36 98 July 26 @ Blue Jays 6–5 (10) Rivera (2–1) Frasor (3–3) — SkyDome 30,041 62–36 99 July 27 @ Blue Jays 7–4 Proctor (1–0) Lightenberg (1–3) Gordon (3) SkyDome 30,087 63–36 100 July 28 @ Blue Jays 2–3 (10) Frasor (4–3) Proctor (1–1) — SkyDome 31,385 63–37 101 July 29 Orioles 1–9 Ponson (6–12) Contreras (8–5) — Yankee Stadium 51,677 63–38 102 July 30 Orioles 2–1 Brown (8–1) Cabrera (8–5) Rivera (36) Yankee Stadium 51,551 64–38 103 July 31 Orioles 6–4 Vazquez (12–6) Bedard (4–6) Rivera (37) Yankee Stadium 51,845 65–38
August (16–12) Home: 6–6 Away: 10–6 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 104 August 1 Orioles 9–7 Hernandez (3–0) Lopez (8–7) Rivera (38) Yankee Stadium 51,632 66–38 105 August 3 Athletics 4–13 Mulder (15–3) Lieber (7–7) — Yankee Stadium 50,625 66–39 106 August 4 Athletics 8–6 (11) Rivera (3–1) Duchscherer (4–3) — Yankee Stadium 47,885 67–39 107 August 5 Athletics 5–1 Brown (9–1) Zito (7–8) — Yankee Stadium 52,335 68–39 108 August 6 Blue Jays 11–4 Vazquez (13–6) Douglass (0–2) — Yankee Stadium 48,900 69–39 109 August 7 Blue Jays 6–0 Hernandez (4–0) Lilly (8–8) — Yankee Stadium 54,025 70–39 110 August 8 Blue Jays 8–2 Lieber (8–7) Batista (9–7) — Yankee Stadium 52,616 71–39 111 August 9 Blue Jays 4–5 Towers (7–4) Loaiza (9–6) Frasor (15) Yankee Stadium 49,853 71–40 112 August 10 @ Rangers 1–7 Drese (9–6) Brown (9–2) — The Ballpark in Arlington 43,633 71–41 113 August 11 @ Rangers 4–2 Sturtze (4–2) Regilio (0–4) Rivera (39) The Ballpark in Arlington 43,729 72–41 114 August 12 @ Rangers 5–1 Hernandez (5–0) Erickson (0–3) — The Ballpark in Arlington 48,925 73–41 115 August 13 @ Mariners 11–3 Lieber (9–7) Villone (4–3) — Safeco Field 46,359 74–41 116 August 14 @ Mariners 6–4 Quantrill (6–2) Hasegawa (4–5) Rivera (40) Safeco Field 46,530 75–41 117 August 15 @ Mariners 3–7 Meche (3–5) Nitkowski (1–1) — Safeco Field 46,335 75–42 118 August 17 @ Twins 2–8 Radke (8–6) Vazquez (13–7) — Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 38,766 75–43 119 August 18 @ Twins 2–7 Santana (13–6) Mussina (9–7) — Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 41,125 75–44 120 August 19 @ Twins 13–10 Gordon (4–3) Nathan (1–1) Rivera (41) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 37,959 76–44 121 August 20 Angels 0–5 Ortiz (4–7) Lieber (9–8) — Yankee Stadium 53.530 76–45 122 August 21 Angels 1–6 Shields (7–2) Loaiza (9–7) — Yankee Stadium 54,008 76–46 123 August 22 Angels 3–4 Escobar (8–9) Brown (9–3) Percival (24) Yankee Stadium 53,885 76–47 124 August 23 @ Indians 6–4 Gordon (5–3) Wickman (0–1) Rivera (42) Jacobs Field 33,172 77–47 125 August 24 @ Indians 5–4 Gordon (6–3) Wickman (0–2) Rivera (43) Jacobs Field 31,729 78–47 126 August 25 @ Indians 3–4 Riske (7–2) Gordon (6–4) Betancourt (3) Jacobs Field 30,605 78–48 127 August 26 @ Blue Jays 7–4 Nitkowski (2–1) Frasor (4–4) Rivera (44) SkyDome 35,682 79–48 128 August 27 @ Blue Jays 8–7 Sturtze (5–2) Miller (2–3) Gordon (4) SkyDome 35,436 80–48 129 August 28 @ Blue Jays 18–6 Brown (10–3) Lilly (9–9) Rivera (45) SkyDome 43,541 81–48 130 August 29 @ Blue Jays 4–6 Batista (10–10) Mussina (9–8) Frasor (17) SkyDome 44,072 81–49 131 August 31 Indians 0–22 Westbrook (12–6) Vazquez (13–8) — Yankee Stadium 51,777 81–50
September (19–9) Home: 14–5 Away: 5–4 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 132 September 1 Indians 5–3 Hernandez (6–0) Sabathia (10–9) Rivera (46) Yankee Stadium 41,448 82–50 133 September 2 Indians 9–1 Lieber (10–8) Lee (10–7) — Yankee Stadium 37,963 83–50 134 September 3 Orioles 1–3 Lopez (11–8) Brown (10–4) Julio (20) Yankee Stadium 44,148 83–51 135 September 4 Orioles 0–7 Ponson (10–13) Mussina (9–9) — Yankee Stadium 48,963 83–52 136 September 5 Orioles 4–3 Rivera (4–1) Julio (2–3) — Yankee Stadium 48,252 84–52 137 September 6 (1) Devil Rays 7–4 Hernandez (7–0) Waechter (3–7) Quantrill (1) Yankee Stadium 44,422 85–52 – September 6 (2) Devil Rays Postponed Rescheduled for September 8 138 September 7 Devil Rays 11–2 Lieber (11–8) Sosa (3–4) — Yankee Stadium 33,518 86–52 – September 8 (1) Devil Rays Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 23 – September 8 (2) Devil Rays Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 9 139 September 9 (1) Devil Rays 9–1 Mussina (10–9) Brazelton (6–7) — Yankee Stadium N/A 87–52 140 September 9 (2) Devil Rays 10–5 Sturtze (6–2) Bell (6–8) — Yankee Stadium 41,230 88–52 141 September 10 @ Orioles 8–14 Lopez (12–8) Vazquez (13–9) — Oriole Park at Camden Yards 48,026 88–53 142 September 11 @ Orioles 5–2 Hernandez (8–0) Ponson (10–14) Rivera (47) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 47,858 89–53 143 September 12 @ Orioles 9–7 Gordon (7–4) Julio (2–5) Rivera (48) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 47,780 90–53 144 September 13 @ Royals 8–17 Anderson (4–11) Halsey (1–3) — Kauffman Stadium 23,951 90–54 145 September 14 @ Royals 4–0 Mussina (11–9) Greinke (8–10) — Kauffman Stadium 23,426 91–54 146 September 15 @ Royals 3–0 Vazquez (14–9) May (9–18) Rivera (49) Kauffman Stadium 22,418 92–54 147 September 17 Red Sox 2–3 Timlin (5–4) Rivera (4–2) Foulke (30) Yankee Stadium 55,128 92–55 148 September 18 Red Sox 14–4 Lieber (12–8) Lowe (14–12) — Yankee Stadium 55,153 93–55 149 September 19 Red Sox 11–1 Mussina (12–9) Martinez (16–7) — Yankee Stadium 55,142 94–55 150 September 20 Blue Jays 3–6 Chacin (1–0) Vazquez (14–10) Batista (2) Yankee Stadium 10,732 94–56 151 September 21 Blue Jays 5–3 Loaiza (10–7) Halladay (7–8) Rivera (50) Yankee Stadium 36,675 95–56 152 September 22 Blue Jays 4–5 Lilly (12–10) Hernandez (8–1) Batista (3) Yankee Stadium 49,560 95–57 153 September 23 Devil Rays 7–3 Lieber (13–8) Ritchie (0–2) — Yankee Stadium 29,501 96–57 154 September 24 @ Red Sox 6–4 Gordon (8–4) Martinez (16–8) Rivera (51) Fenway Park 35,022 97–57 155 September 25 @ Red Sox 5–12 Foulke (5–3) Quantrill (6–3) — Fenway Park 34,856 97–58 156 September 26 @ Red Sox 4–11 Schilling (21–6) Brown (10–5) — Fenway Park 34,582 97–59 – September 28 Twins Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 29 157 September 29 (1) Twins 5–3 Quantrill (7–3) Romero (7–4) Rivera (52) Yankee Stadium N/A 98–59 158 September 29 (2) Twins 5–4 Lieber (14–8) Lohse (8–12) Rivera (53) Yankee Stadium 45,072 99–59 159 September 30 Twins 6–4 Gordon (9–4) Fultz (3–3) — Yankee Stadium 48,454 100–59
October (1–2) Home: 0–0 Away: 1–2 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 160 October 1 @ Blue Jays 0–7 Bush (5–4) Hernandez (8–2) — SkyDome 48,914 100–60 161 October 2 @ Blue Jays 2–4 Halladay (8–8) Brown (10–6) Batista (5) SkyDome 50,498 100–61 162 October 3 @ Blue Jays 3–2 Proctor (2–1) Towers (9–9) Sturtze (1) SkyDome 49,948 101–61

Player stats

Batting

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
Jorge Posada, C	137	449	122	.272	21	81
Tony Clark, 1B	106	253	56	.221	16	49
Miguel Cairo, 2B	122	360	105	.292	6	42
Derek Jeter, SS	154	643	188	.292	23	78
Alex Rodriguez, 3B	155	601	172	.286	36	106
Hideki Matsui, LF	162	584	174	.298	31	108
Bernie Williams, CF	148	561	147	.262	22	70
Gary Sheffield, RF	154	573	166	.290	36	121
Rubén Sierra, DH	107	307	75	.244	17	65

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
Kenny Lofton	83	276	76	.275	3	18
Jason Giambi	80	264	55	.208	12	40
Enrique Wilson	93	240	51	.213	6	31
John Olerud	49	164	46	.280	4	26
John Flaherty	47	127	32	.252	6	16
Bubba Crosby	55	53	8	.151	2	7
Travis Lee	7	19	2	.105	0	2
Félix Escalona	5	8	0	.000	0	0
Andy Phillips	5	8	2	.250	1	2
Homer Bush	9	7	0	.000	0	0
Dioner Navarro	5	7	3	.429	0	1

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
Javier Vázquez	32	198.0	14	10	4.91	150
Jon Lieber	27	176.2	14	8	4.33	102
Mike Mussina	27	164.2	12	9	4.59	132
Kevin Brown	22	132.0	10	6	4.09	83
José Contreras	18	95.2	8	5	5.64	82
Orlando Hernández	15	84.2	8	2	3.30	84
Brad Halsey	8	32.0	1	3	6.47	25

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
Esteban Loaiza	10	42.1	1	2	8.50	34
Donovan Osborne	9	17.2	2	0	7.13	10
Jorge De Paula	3	9.0	0	1	5.00	2
Alex Graman	3	5.0	0	0	19.80	4

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
Mariano Rivera	74	4	2	53	1.94	66
Paul Quantrill	86	7	3	1	4.72	37
Tom Gordon	80	9	4	4	2.21	96
Félix Heredia	47	1	1	0	6.28	25
Tanyon Sturtze	28	6	2	1	5.47	56
Bret Prinz	26	1	0	0	5.08	22
Scott Proctor	26	2	1	0	5.40	21
Gabe White	24	0	1	0	8.27	8
C.J. Nitkowski	19	1	1	0	7.62	10
Steve Karsay	7	0	0	0	2.70	4
Juan Padilla	6	0	0	0	3.97	5
Sam Marsonek	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Postseason

Game log

2004 Postseason Game Log (6–5)
ALDS vs Twins (3–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 1 October 5 Twins 0–2 Santana (1–0) Mussina (0–1) Nathan (1) Yankee Stadium 55,749 0–1 2 October 6 Twins 7–6 (12) Quantrill (1–0) Nathan (0–1) — Yankee Stadium 56,354 1–1 3 October 8 @ Twins 8–4 Brown (1–0) Silva (0–1) — Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 54,803 2–1 4 October 9 @ Twins 6–5 (11) Rivera (1–0) Lohse (0–1) — Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 52,498 3–1
ALCS vs Red Sox (3–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 1 October 12 Red Sox 10–7 Mussina (1–0) Schilling (0–1) Rivera (1) Yankee Stadium 56,135 1–0 2 October 13 Red Sox 3–1 Lieber (1–0) Martinez (0–1) Rivera (2) Yankee Stadium 56,136 2–0 – October 15 @ Red Sox Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for October 16 3 October 16 @ Red Sox 19–8 Vazquez (1–0) Mendoza (0–1) — Fenway Park 35,126 3–0 4 October 17 @ Red Sox 4–6 (12) Leskanic (1–0) Quantrill (0–1) — Fenway Park 34,826 3–1 5 October 18 @ Red Sox 4–5 (14) Wakefield (1–0) Loaiza (0–1) — Fenway Park 35,120 3–2 6 October 19 Red Sox 2–4 Schilling (1–1) Lieber (1–1) Foulke (1) Yankee Stadium 56,128 3–3 7 October 20 Red Sox 3–10 Lowe (1–0) Brown (0–1) — Yankee Stadium 56,129 3–4

Awards and records

• Derek Jeter, Shortstop, Gold Glove
• Gary Sheffield, Outfield, Silver Slugger
• Mariano Rivera, Yankees Single Season Record, Most Saves in a Season (53)

2004 MLB All-Star Game

• Jason Giambi, first baseman, starter
• Alex Rodriguez, third baseman, starter
• Derek Jeter, shortstop, starter
• Mariano Rivera, relief pitcher, reserve
• Javier Vasquez, pitcher, reserve
• Hideki Matsui, outfield, reserve
• Gary Sheffield, outfield, reserve

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Clippers	International League	Bucky Dent
AA	Trenton Thunder	Eastern League	Stump Merrill
A	Tampa Yankees	Florida State League	Bill Masse
A	Battle Creek Yankees	Midwest League	Mitch Seoane and Bill Mosiello
A-Short Season	Staten Island Yankees	New York–Penn League	Tommy John
Rookie	GCL Yankees	Gulf Coast League	Oscar Acosta

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GCL Yankees; LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Tampa

External links

• 2004 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference
• 2004 New York Yankees at Baseball Almanac