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2004 Milwaukee Brewers season

Field	Value
name	Milwaukee Brewers
season	2004
league	National League
division	Central
ballpark	Miller Park
city	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
record
divisional_place	6th
owners	Bud Selig
general_managers	Doug Melvin
managers	Ned Yost
television	FSN Wisconsin
(Daron Sutton, Bill Schroeder)
radio	WTMJ (AM)
(Bob Uecker, Jim Powell)

(Daron Sutton, Bill Schroeder) (Bob Uecker, Jim Powell) |}} The 2004 Milwaukee Brewers season was the 35th season for the Brewers in Milwaukee, their 7th in the National League, and their 36th overall.

They finished sixth in the National League Central with a record of 67 wins and 94 losses. The main highlight of the Brewers season was on the big screen, as the franchise was portrayed fictionally in the sports comedy Mr. 3000, starring Bernie Mac.

Offseason

November 13, 2003: Chris Coste signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
December 1, 2003: Lyle Overbay was traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks with Chris Capuano, Craig Counsell, Chad Moeller, Jorge de la Rosa, and Junior Spivey to the Milwaukee Brewers for a player to be named later, Richie Sexson, and Shane Nance. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Noochie Varner (minors) (December 15, 2003) to the Arizona Diamondbacks to complete the trade.
January 26, 2004: Scott Sheldon was signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

Regular season

Season standings

National League Central

Record vs. opponents

Transactions

June 14, 2004: Scott Sheldon was released by the Milwaukee Brewers.
July 26, 2004: Russell Branyan was sent to the Milwaukee Brewers by the Cleveland Indians as part of a conditional deal.

Roster

2004 Milwaukee Brewers
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	Chad Moeller	101	317	66	.208	5	27
1B	Lyle Overbay	159	579	174	.301	16	87
2B	Junior Spivey	59	228	62	.272	7	28
SS	Craig Counsell	140	473	114	.241	2	23
3B	Wes Helms	92	274	72	.263	4	28
LF	Geoff Jenkins	157	617	163	.264	27	93
CF	Scott Podsednik	154	640	156	.244	12	39
RF	Brady Clark	138	353	99	.280	7	46

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
Bill Hall	126	390	93	.238	9	53
Keith Ginter	113	386	101	.262	19	60
Ben Grieve	108	234	61	.261	7	29
Gary Bennett	75	219	49	.224	3	20
Russell Branyan	51	158	37	.234	11	27
Chris Magruder	56	89	21	.236	2	10
Trent Durrington	53	82	19	.232	2	4
Dave Krynzel	16	41	9	.220	0	3
Jeff Liefer	16	28	6	.214	1	5
Mark Johnson	7	11	1	.091	0	2
Matt Erickson	4	6	1	.167	0	0
Corey Hart	1	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
Ben Sheets	34	237.0	12	14	2.70	264
Doug Davis	34	207.1	12	12	3.39	166
Víctor Santos	31	154.0	11	12	4.97	115
Wes Obermueller	25	118.0	6	8	5.80	59
Chris Capuano	17	88.1	6	8	4.99	80
Ben Hendrickson	10	46.1	1	8	6.22	29
Jorge De La Rosa	5	22.2	0	3	6.35	5
Gary Glover	4	18.0	2	1	3.50	8
Chris Saenz	1	6.0	1	0	0.00	7

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
Matt Kinney	32	62.1	3	4	5.78	52
Adrián Hernández	6	16.0	0	2	8.44	14

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 Kolb	64	0	4	39	2.98	21
Luis Vizcaíno	73	4	4	1	3.75	63
Jeff Bennett	60	1	5	0	4.79	45
Mike Adams	46	2	3	0	3.40	39
Dave Burba	45	3	1	2	4.08	47
Brooks Kieschnick	32	1	1	0	3.77	28
Matt Wise	30	1	2	0	4.44	30
Ben Ford	19	1	1	0	6.38	13
Pedro Liriano	11	0	0	0	4.02	10
Travis Phelps	4	0	1	0	10.50	3
Trent Durrington	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of six minor league affiliates in 2004.

References

2004 Milwaukee Brewers team at Baseball-Reference
2004 Milwaukee Brewers team page at baseball-almanac.com

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/costech01.shtml Chris Coste Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/o/overbly01.shtml Lyle Overbay Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
"Scott Sheldon Stats".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/branyru01.shtml Russell Branyan Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
"2004 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Sports Reference.

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