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2004 Cincinnati Reds season

Field	Value
name	Cincinnati Reds
season	2004
league	National League
division	Central
ballpark	Great American Ball Park
city	Cincinnati
record	76–86 (.469)
divisional_place	4th
owners	Carl Lindner
general_managers	Dan O'Brien Jr.
managers	Dave Miley
television	FSN Ohio
(George Grande, Chris Welsh)
radio	WLW
(Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall, Steve Stewart)
espntn	cin
brtn	CIN

(George Grande, Chris Welsh) (Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall, Steve Stewart) |}}

The 2004 Cincinnati Reds season was the 135th season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their second season at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. They improved on their 69–93 record from 2003.

Offseason

January 14, 2004: John Vander Wal was signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds.
March 14, 2004: John Vander Wal was released by the Cincinnati Reds.
March 17, 2004: John Vander Wal was signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

Regular season

Season summary

The Reds finished with a final record of 76–86. That earned them fourth place in their division. They finished 29 games behind the division winner and eventual National League champion, the St. Louis Cardinals. The Reds also finished 16 games behind the second place team and National League wild card winner, the Houston Astros. The Reds finished 13 games behind the third place team, the Chicago Cubs. They finished 3½ games ahead of the fifth place team, the Pittsburgh Pirates, and 8½ games ahead of the sixth place team, the Milwaukee Brewers.

Season standings

National League Central

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

April 6, 2004: Kenny Kelly was signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

Roster

2004 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers

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	C	Jason LaRue	114	390	98	.251	14	55	1B	Sean Casey	146	571	185	.324	24	99	2B	D'Angelo Jiménez	152	563	152	.270	12	67	SS	Barry Larkin	111	346	100	.289	8	44	3B	Ryan Freel	143	505	140	.277	3	28	LF	Adam Dunn	161	568	151	.266	46	102	CF	Ken Griffey Jr.	83	300	76	.253	20	60	RF	Austin Kearns	64	217	50	.230	9	32

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	Wily Mo Peña		110		336		87		.259		26		66	Juan Castro		111		299		73		.244		5		26	Felipe López		79		264		64		.242		7		31	Javier Valentín		82		202		47		.233		6		20	Jacob Cruz		96		147		33		.224		3		28	Brandon Larson		40		118		25		.212		3		14	Tim Hummel		56		110		24		.218		1		7	Darren Bragg		38		94		18		.191		4		9	Anderson Machado		17		56		15		.268		0		4	John Vander Wal		42		51		6		.118		2		4	Corky Miller		13		39		1		.026		0		3	Jermaine Clark		14		30		4		.133		0		2	Jason Romano		22		26		4		.154		1		3	Ray Olmedo		8		1		0		.000		0		0

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	Paul Wilson		29		183.2		11		6		4.36		117	Aaron Harang		28		161.0		10		9		4.86		125	Cory Lidle		24		149.0		7		10		5.32		93	Brandon Claussen		14		66.0		2		8		6.14		45	Josh Hancock		12		54.2		5		1		4.45		31	Luke Hudson		9		48.1		4		2		2.42		38	Jung Bong		3		15.1		1		1		4.70		11	Jesús Sánchez		3		14.1		0		2		7.53		8

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	José Acevedo		39		157.2		5		12		5.94		117	Todd Van Poppel		48		115.1		4		6		6.09		72	Jimmy Haynes		5		15.0		0		3		9.60		8

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	Danny Graves		68		1		6		41		3.95		40	John Riedling		70		5		3		0		5.10		46	Phil Norton		69		2		5		0		5.07		48	Todd Jones		51		8		2		1		3.79		37	Ryan Wagner		49		3		2		0		4.70		37	Gabe White		40		1		2		1		6.23		33	Mike Matthews		35		2		1		0		6.30		15	Joe Valentine		24		2		3		4		5.22		29	Brian Reith		22		2		2		0		7.27		24	Juan Padilla		12		1		0		0		10.67		12	Aaron Myette		5		0		0		0		8.31		6

Farm system

References

Season standings: National League Central Standings on ESPN.com
Batting Statistics: Cincinnati Reds Batting Stats on ESPN.com
Pitching Statistics: Cincinnati Reds Pitching Stats on ESPN.com
2004 Cincinnati Reds statistics at Baseball Reference.com

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/v/vandejo02.shtml John Vander Wal Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kellyke01.shtml Kenny Kelly Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com]
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition''. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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