2004 Chicago Cubs season

2004 Chicago Cubs
Major league affiliations
National League (since 1876) Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Wrigley Field (since 1916) Chicago, Illinois (since 1876)
2004 information
Owner(s)	Tribune Company
General manager(s)	Jim Hendry
Manager(s)	Dusty Baker
Local television	WCIU-TV Superstation WGN FSN Chicago (Chip Caray, Steve Stone)
Local radio	WGN (Ron Santo, Pat Hughes)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Pitching
4 Farm system
5 Notes
6 References

Offseason

November 25, 2003: Derrek Lee was traded by the Florida Marlins to the Chicago Cubs for Hee Seop Choi and Mike Nannini (minors).^[1]
December 2, 2003: Scott McClain was signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.^[2]
December 18, 2003: Todd Hollandsworth was signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.^[3]
March 23, 2004: Greg Maddux was signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.^[4]

Regular season

In 2004, despite the return of Greg Maddux and a midseason deal for Nomar Garciaparra, misfortune struck the Cubs again. They led the Wild Card by 1.5 games over San Francisco and Houston on September 25, and both of those teams lost that day, giving the Northsiders a chance at increasing the lead to a commanding 2.5 games with only eight games remaining in the season, but reliever LaTroy Hawkins blew a save to the Mets, allowing a three-run game-tying home run with two outs in the ninth. The Cubs lost the game in extra innings, a defeat that seemingly deflated the team, as they proceeded to drop 6 of their last 8 games as the Astros won the Wild Card. Despite the fact that the Cubs had won 89 games, this fallout was decidedly unlovable, as the Cubs traded superstar Sammy Sosa after he had left the season's final game early and then lied about it publicly.

Season standings

Central Division	W	L	GB	Pct.
St. Louis Cardinals	105	57	--	.644
Houston Astros	92	70	13	.564
Chicago Cubs	89	73	16	.536
Cincinnati Reds	76	86	29	.466
Pittsburgh Pirates	72	89	32½	.419
Milwaukee Brewers	67	94	37½	.411

Transactions

April 1, 2004: Scott McClain was released by the Chicago Cubs.^[2]
April 3, 2004: Trenidad Hubbard was released by the Chicago Cubs.^[5]
April 12, 2004: Trenidad Hubbard was signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.^[5]
June 7, 2004: Sam Fuld was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 10th round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed July 9, 2004.^[6]
July 30, 2004: Denny Hocking was signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.^[7]
July 31, 2004: Alex Gonzalez was traded as part of a 4-team trade by the Chicago Cubs with Francis Beltrán and Brendan Harris to the Montreal Expos. The Boston Red Sox sent Nomar Garciaparra and Matt Murton to the Chicago Cubs. The Minnesota Twins sent Doug Mientkiewicz to the Boston Red Sox. The Montreal Expos sent Orlando Cabrera to the Boston Red Sox. The Chicago Cubs sent Justin Jones (minors) to the Minnesota Twins.^[8]

Roster

2004 Chicago Cubs

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

12 Dusty Baker

Coaching Staff

2 Gene Clines (first base)
15 Sonny Jackson (special asst)
3 Wendell Kim (third base)
59 Juan Lopez (bullpen)
36 Gary Matthews (hitting)
39 Dick Pole (bench)
41 Larry Rothschild (pitching)

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

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
Gonzalez, AlexAlex Gonzalez	37	129	28	.217	3	8

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

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

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

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Iowa Cubs	Pacific Coast League	Mike Quade
AA	West Tenn Diamond Jaxx	Southern League	Bobby Dickerson
A	Daytona Cubs	Florida State League	Steve McFarland
A	Lansing Lugnuts	Midwest League	Julio Garcia
Short-Season A	Boise Hawks	Northwest League	Tom Beyers
Rookie	AZL Cubs	Arizona League	Trey Forkerway

Notes

^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/leede02.shtml
^ ^a ^b http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcclasc01.shtml
^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hollato01.shtml
^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/maddugr01.shtml
^ ^a ^b http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hubbatr01.shtml
^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fuldsa01.shtml
^ Dennis Hocking Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gonzaal01.shtml
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

References

2004 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

2004 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore • Boston • New York • Tampa Bay • Toronto

AL Central	Chicago • Cleveland • Detroit • Kansas City • Minnesota

AL West	Anaheim • Oakland • Seattle • Texas

NL East	Atlanta • Florida • Montréal • New York • Philadelphia

NL Central	Chicago • Cincinnati • Houston • Milwaukee • Pittsburgh • St. Louis

NL West	Arizona • Colorado • Los Angeles • San Diego • San Francisco

2004 All-Star Game • 2004 World Series

Chicago Cubs

Formerly the Chicago White Stockings, Chicago Colts and the Chicago Orphans • Based in Chicago, Illinois

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History • Seasons • Records • No-hitters • Players • Managers • Owners and executives • Broadcasters • Opening Day starting pitchers • First-round draft picks

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Milwaukee Brewers • St. Louis Cardinals • Chicago White Sox

Retired numbers

10 • 14 • 23 • 26 • 31 • 31 • 42 • Hey Hey!

Key personnel

Owner: Family of Joe Ricketts; operated by Tom Ricketts • President of Baseball Operations: Theo Epstein • General Manager: Jed Hoyer • Manager: Dale Sveum

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Championships (4)

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Championships

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Wild Card	1998

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affiliates

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