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2004 Toronto Blue Jays season

Field	Value
name	Toronto Blue Jays
season	2004
league	American League
division	East
ballpark	SkyDome
city	Toronto
record	67–94 (.414)
divisional_place	5th
owners	Rogers; Paul Godfrey (CEO)
general_managers	J. P. Ricciardi
managers	Carlos Tosca, John Gibbons
television	The Sports Network
(Pat Tabler, Rod Black)
Rogers Sportsnet
(Rob Faulds, John Cerutti)
radio	CJCL (AM)
(Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek, Mike Wilner)

(Pat Tabler, Rod Black) Rogers Sportsnet (Rob Faulds, John Cerutti) (Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek, Mike Wilner) |}} The 2004 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 28th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing fifth in the American League East with a record of 67 wins and 94 losses, their worst record since 1980. The Blue Jays' radio play-by-play announcer, Tom Cheek, called every Blue Jays game from the team's inaugural contest on April 7, 1977, until June 3, 2004, when he took two games off following the death of his father – a streak of 4,306 consecutive regular season games and 41 postseason games. It was the team's first season where Ace is the sole mascot, following the removal of Diamond at the end of the previous season.

Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 2004 season.

September 2003

September 30	DeWayne Wise granted free agency (signed with Atlanta Braves to a one-year, $325,000 contract on October 25, 2003).

October 2003

October 28	Re-signed Frank Catalanotto to a one-year, $2.3 million contract.

November 2003

November 26	Signed free agent Bruce Chen from the Boston Red Sox to a contract.

December 2003

December 27	Signed free agent Valerio De Los Santos from the Philadelphia Phillies to a one-year, $850,000 contract.

January 2004

January 22	Re-signed Roy Halladay to a four-year, $42 million contract.

March 2004

March 31	Selected Sean Douglass off waivers from the Minnesota Twins.

Regular season

Summary

The 2004 season was a disappointing year for the Blue Jays right from the beginning. They started the season 0–8 at SkyDome and never started a lengthy winning streak. Much of that was due to injuries to All-Stars Carlos Delgado, Vernon Wells and Roy Halladay among others. Although the additions of starting pitchers Ted Lilly and Miguel Batista and reliever Justin Speier were relatively successful, veteran Pat Hentgen faltered throughout the season and retired on July 24. Rookies and minor league callups David Bush, Jason Frasor, Josh Towers and others filled the void in the rotation and the bullpen; however, inconsistent performances were evident. Most starting pitchers did not pitch further than the sixth inning; thus, the overused bullpen contributed to the frequent relinquishing of early scoring leads.

The offense really sputtered due to the injuries of Wells, Delgado, Catalanotto and others, although in their absence, Josh Phelps emerged as the team's go to guy, hitting 12 homers and driving in 51 runs before being limited to playing against left-handed pitching and was traded to the Cleveland Indians. Five different catchers were used: Greg Myers, Bobby Estalella, Kevin Cash, Gregg Zaun, and rookie Guillermo Quiróz. Greg Myers was injured running the bases in Minnesota, early in the season, and was lost for the year. Bobby Estalella was called up, but he proved to be brittle as well. Gregg Zaun landed the starting catching job for the rest of the season. Kevin Cash continued to struggle from an offensive standpoint and would be moved in the offseason. The highly touted Guillermo Quiróz was promoted from the minors near the end of the season.

With the team struggling in last place and mired in a five-game losing streak, manager Carlos Tosca was fired on August 8, 2004, and was replaced by first-base coach John Gibbons through the end of the season. The Jays' trying year would also touch long-time radio announcer Tom Cheek, who had to break his streak of calling all 4,306 regular season games in franchise history, upon the death of his father. Cheek had to take more time off later to remove a brain tumor, and by the end of the season, Cheek only called the home games.

Nevertheless, prospects Russ Adams, Gabe Gross, and Alex Ríos provided excitement for the fans. Adams hit his first major league home run in his second game, in which Gross also earned his own first major league grand slam. Alex Ríos was among the MLB Rookie of the Year Award candidates. However, the award went to Bobby Crosby of the Oakland Athletics. Rookie pitchers David Bush, Gustavo Chacín and Jason Frasor also showed promise for the club's future. The Blue Jays' lone MLB All-Star Game representative in 2004 was pitcher Ted Lilly.

On October 2, 2004, the Toronto Blue Jays announced the dismissals of pitching coach Gil Patterson and first-base coach Joe Breeden, effective at the end of the season. One day later, the Blue Jays finished the 2004 campaign with a 3–2 loss against the New York Yankees in front of an announced crowd of 49,948. However, the Jays' annus horribilis continued after the game, when it was announced that former pitcher and current TV broadcaster John Cerutti died suddenly of natural causes at the age of only 44.

More losses to the Jays family came in the offseason. Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame member Bobby Mattick, the manager from 1980 to 1981 and perhaps the best baseball man in the organization, suffered a stroke and died at the age of 89. Mattick had also served as the Vice President of Baseball Operations for the Blue Jays. A few days before Christmas, the Jays also mourned the loss of former first baseman Doug Ault, who had hit two home runs in the team's inaugural game in 1977; he was only 54 years old.

Rogers Communications, the owner of the Jays, purchased SkyDome from Sportsco International in November 2004 for approximately $25 million CAD ($21.24 million USD), just a fraction of the construction cost.

Just days after superstar Carlos Delgado became a free agent after the club refused arbitration, the Jays announced the signing of Manitoban third baseman Corey Koskie, formerly of the Minnesota Twins. One month after Koskie was inked, the Jays traded pitching prospect Adam Peterson to the Arizona Diamondbacks for corner infielder/DH Shea Hillenbrand.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 2004 regular season.

April 2004

April 18	Sent Scott Cassidy to the Boston Red Sox as part of a conditional deal.

May 2004

May 27	Signed free agent Marvin Benard from the Chicago White Sox to a one-year contract.

June 2004

June 23	Received Anthony Sanders from the Colorado Rockies as part of a conditional deal.

July 2004

July 24	Acquired John Hattig from the Boston Red Sox for Terry Adams.

August 2004

August 4	Acquired Eric Crozier from the Cleveland Indians for Josh Phelps.

September 2004

September 13	Re-signed Frank Catalanotto to a two-year, $5.4 million contract.

2004 draft picks

Source

The 2004 MLB draft was held on June 7–8. The Blue Jays had two compensation picks.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College/School	Nationality	Signed
1	16	David Purcey	LHP	Oklahoma	United States	2004–07–20
1	32*	Zach Jackson	LHP	Texas A&M	United States	2004–07–23
2	57	Curtis Thigpen	C	Texas	United States	2004–07–09
3	83*	Adam Lind	1B	South Alabama	United States	2004–06–16
3	87	Danny Hill	RHP	Missouri	United States	2004–06–16
4	117	Casey Janssen	RHP	UCLA	United States	2004–06–16
5	147	Ryan Klosterman	SS	Vanderbilt	United States	2004–06–22
6	177	Preston Patton	OF	Texas A&M	United States	–
7	207	Randy Dicken	RHP	Shippensburg	United States	2004–06–16
8	237	Rhame Cannon	1B	The Citadel	United States	2004–06–16
9	267	Joseph Metropoulos	1B	Southern California	United States	2004–06–16
10	297	Brian Hall	2B	Stanford	United States	2004–06–16
24	717	Jesse Litsch	RHP	South Florida Community College	United States	–

- The Blue Jays received the 32nd pick as compensation for loss of free agent Kelvim Escobar
- The Blue Jays received the 83rd pick from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim as compensation for signing of free agent Kelvim Escobar

Roster

2004 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers

Game log

|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || April 5 || Tigers || 7–0 || Johnson (1–0) || Halladay (0–1) || || 47,817 || 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || April 6 || Tigers || 7–3 || Maroth (1–0) || Batista (0–1) || Robertson (1) || 21,003 || 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || April 7 || Tigers || 6–3 || Bonderman (1–0) || Hentgen (0–1) || || 13,100 || 0–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || April 9 || @ Red Sox || 10–5 || Speier (1–0) || Timlin (0–1) || || 34,337 || 1–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 5 || April 10 || @ Red Sox || 4–1 || Martínez (1–1) || Halladay (0–2) || Foulke (2) || 35,305 || 1–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 6 || April 11 || @ Red Sox || 6–4 (12) || Malaska (1–0) || López (0–1) || || 34,286 || 1–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || April 13 || @ Tigers || 7–5 || Adams (1–0) || Patterson (0–1) || Speier (1) || 8,804 || 2–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 8 || April 14 || @ Tigers || 5–3 || Robertson (1–0) || Lilly (0–1) || Patterson (1) || 15,129 || 2–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 9 || April 15 || @ Tigers || 11–0 || Halladay (1–2) || Johnson (1–2) || || 17,572 || 3–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 || April 16 || Orioles || 11–2 || Riley (1–0) || Batista (0–2) || || 14,239 || 3–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 11 || April 17 || Orioles || 5–3 || Ryan (1–0) || Speier (1–1) || Julio (1) || 20,177 || 3–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 12 || April 18 || Orioles || 7–0 || DuBose (1–2) || Hentgen (0–2) || || 16,842 || 3–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 13 || April 20 || Red Sox || 4–2 || Martínez (2–1) || Halladay (1–3) || Foulke (4) || 26,010 || 3–10 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 14 || April 21 || Red Sox || 4–2 || Wakefield (2–0) || Lilly (0–2) || Foulke (5) || 16,163 || 3–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 15 || April 22 || Red Sox || 7–3 || Adams (2–0) || Schilling (2–1) || || 16,480 || 4–11 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 16 || April 23 || @ Orioles || 11–3 || DuBose (2–2) || Towers (0–1) || || 26,827 || 4–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 17 || April 24 || @ Orioles || 5–4 (12) || Ligtenberg (1–0) || DeJean (0–1) || || 41,093 || 5–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 18 || April 25 || @ Orioles || 15–3 || Halladay (2–3) || Ponson (2–1) || || 31,028 || 6–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 || April 26 || @ Twins || 6–1 || Lilly (1–2) || Radke (2–2) || || 13,859 || 7–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 20 || April 27 || @ Twins || 7–4 || Rincón (3–0) || Speier (1–2) || || 14,029 || 7–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 21 || April 28 || @ Twins || 9–5 || Rincón (4–0) || Frasor (0–1) || || 15,164 || 7–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 22 || April 29 || @ White Sox || 6–4 || Loaiza (4–0) || Nakamura (0–1) || Koch (2) || 11,210 || 7–15 |- align="center" bgcolor=#bbbbbb | -- || April 30 || @ White Sox ||colspan=6|Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for May 1 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 23 || May 1 || @ White Sox || 4–3 (10) || Takatsu (1–0) || Speier (1–3) || || || 7–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || May 1 || @ White Sox || 10–6 || Lilly (2–2) || Wright (0–4) || || 22,072 || 8–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 25 || May 2 || @ White Sox || 3–2 || Garland (2–1) || Batista (0–3) || Koch (3) || 15,550 || 8–17 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 26 || May 3 || Royals || 3–2 (10) || Field (1–0) || Adams (2–1) || Cerda (1) || 13,007 || 8–18 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27 || May 4 || Royals || 5–4 || Hentgen (1–2) || May (0–4) || Frasor (1) || 20,011 || 9–18 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 28 || May 5 || Royals || 10–3 || Halladay (3–3) || Anderson (1–3) || || 14,103 || 10–18 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 29 || May 7 || White Sox || 5–4 || Adams (3–1) || Politte (0–1) || || 15,661 || 11–18 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 30 || May 8 || White Sox || 4–2 || Frasor (1–1) || Cotts (0–1) || Adams (1) || 18,368 || 12–18 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 31 || May 9 || White Sox || 5–2 || Miller (1–0) || Loaiza (4–2) || Ligtenberg (1) || 17,546 || 13–18 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 32 || May 10 || @ Royals || 9–3 || Hentgen (2–2) || Anderson (1–4) || || 13,803 || 14–18 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 33 || May 11 || @ Royals || 5–1 || Camp (2–0) || Halladay (3–4) || || 15,779 || 14–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 34 || May 12 || @ Royals || 4–3 || Field (2–0) || Adams (3–2) || || 29,309 || 14–20 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 35 || May 13 || Red Sox || 12–6 || Batista (1–3) || Schilling (4–3) || || 20,876 || 15–20 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 36 || May 14 || Red Sox || 9–3 || Embree (2–0) || Ligtenberg (1–1) || || 20,948 || 15–21 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 37 || May 15 || Red Sox || 4–0 || Arroyo (2–1) || Hentgen (2–3) || || 36,841 || 15–22 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 38 || May 16 || Red Sox || 3–1 || Halladay (4–4) || Martínez (4–3) || Adams (2) || 31,618 || 16–22 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 39 || May 17 || Twins || 9–5 || Rincón (6–2) || Nakamura (0–2) || Fultz (1) || 13,502 || 16–23 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 40 || May 18 || Twins || 5–3 || Batista (2–3) || Santana (2–1) || Adams (3) || 25,405 || 17–23 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 41 || May 19 || Twins || 6–5 || Fultz (2–1) || Adams (3–3) || Nathan (13) || 25,675 || 17–24 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 42 || May 21 || @ Red Sox || 11–5 || Timlin (3–1) || Nakamura (0–3) || || 35,287 || 17–25 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 43 || May 22 || @ Red Sox || 5–2 || Martínez (1–0) || Ligtenberg (1–2) || Foulke (9) || 35,196 || 17–26 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 44 || May 23 || @ Red Sox || 7–2 || Wakefield (4–2) || Batista (2–4) || || 35,239 || 17–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 45 || May 24 || Angels || 6–5 (10)|| Frasor (2–1) || Weber (0–2) || || 15,301 || 18–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 46 || May 26 || Angels || 6–5 || Adams (4–3) || Percival (2–1) || || 14,515 || 19–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 47 || May 27 || Angels || 3–2 || Halladay (5–4) || Washburn (7–2) || Frasor (2) || 14,773 || 20–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 48 || May 28 || Rangers || 5–4 || Lilly (3–2) || Dickey (4–5) || Frasor (3) || 16,394 || 21–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 49 || May 29 || Rangers || 6–2 || Batista (3–4) || Dominguez (0–1) || || 30,704 || 22–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 50 || May 30 || Rangers || 4–2 || Rogers (8–2) || Miller (1–1) || Cordero (16) || 22,225 || 22–28 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 51 || May 31 || @ Mariners || 6–2 || Moyer (4–2) || Hentgen (2–4) || || 27,856 || 22–29 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 52 || June 1 || @ Mariners || 6–5 || López (1–1) || Nageotte (0–1) || Frasor (4) || 24,848 || 23–29 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 53 || June 2 || @ Mariners || 5–3 || Lilly (4–2) || Piñeiro (1–7) || Ligtenberg (2) || 25,317 || 24–29 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 54 || June 3 || @ Athletics || 2–1 (11)|| Bradford (3–1) || Adams (4–4) || || 10,879 || 24–30 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 55 || June 4 || @ Athletics || 6–1 || Towers (1–1) || Bradford (3–2) || Chulk (1) || 12,822 || 25–30 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 56 || June 5 || @ Athletics || 4–0 || Hudson (6–2) || Hentgen (2–5) || || 20,772 || 25–31 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 57 || June 6 || @ Athletics || 8–3 || Redman (4–3) || Kershner (0–1) || || 24,092 || 25–32 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 58 || June 8 || Dodgers || 7–1 || Lilly (5–2) || Nomo (3–6) || || 16,499 || 26–32 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 59 || June 9 || Dodgers || 4–0 || Batista (4–4) || Lima (4–2) || || 18,003 || 27–32 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 60 || June 10 || Dodgers || 6–1 || Ishii (8–3) || Towers (1–2) || || 16,267 || 27–33 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 61 || June 11 || Diamondbacks || 3–2 || Choate (1–0) || Frasor (2–2) || Valverde (7) || 14,259 || 27–34 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 62 || June 12 || Diamondbacks || 15–4 || Halladay (6–4) || Good (0–1) || Chulk (2) || 30,349 || 28–34 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 63 || June 13 || Diamondbacks || 5–3 || Johnson (9–4) || Lilly (5–3) || Valverde (8) || 22,766 || 28–35 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 64 || June 15 || @ Giants || 4–3 || Schmidt (8–2) || Batista (4–5) || Herges (17) || 36,737 || 28–36 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 65 || June 16 || @ Giants || 10–2 || Rueter (3–6) || Hentgen (2–6) || || 36,834 || 28–37 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 66 || June 17 || @ Giants || 8–5 || Brower (4–3) || Speier (1–4) || Herges (18) || 40,464 || 28–38 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 67 || June 18 || @ Padres || 3–2 || Lilly (6–3) || Wells (2–5) || Frasor (5) || 40,511 || 29–38 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 68 || June 19 || @ Padres || 3–2 || Linebrink (3–1) || Speier (1–5) || Hoffman (15) || 40,307 || 29–39 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 69 || June 20 || @ Padres || 3–0 || Batista (5–5) || Lawrence (8–5) || Frasor (6) || 41,060 || 30–39 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 70 || June 22 || Devil Rays || 5–1 || Harper (2–0) || Hentgen (2–7) || || 15,646 || 30–40 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 71 || June 23 || Devil Rays || 2–1 (10)|| Frasor (3–2) || Colomé (1–1) || || 14,713 || 31–40 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 72 || June 24 || Devil Rays || 19–13 || Halama (4–1) || Lilly (6–4) || || 14,876 || 31–41 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 73 || June 25 || Expos || 3–1 || Towers (2–2) || Day (5–8) || Frasor (7) || 16,484 || 32–41 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 74 || June 26 || Expos || 10–5 || Batista (6–5) || Downs (0–1) || || 23,875 || 33–41 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 75 || June 27 || Expos || 9–4 || Hernández (5–7) || Hentgen (2–8) || || 25,915 || 33–42 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 76 || June 28 || @ Devil Rays || 10–2 || Zambrano (8–4) || Halladay (6–5) || || 11,218 || 33–43 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 77 || June 29 || @ Devil Rays || 4–0 || Lilly (7–4) || Halama (4–2) || || 11,640 || 34–43 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 78 || June 30 || @ Devil Rays || 6–2 || Brazelton (2–0) || Towers (2–3) || || 10,560 || 34–44 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 79 || July 1 || @ Devil Rays || 14–0 || Batista (7–5) || Hendrickson (5–6) || || 14,417 || 35–44 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 80 || July 2 || @ Expos † || 2–0 || Hernández (6–7) || Bush (0–1) || || 8,220 || 35–45 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 81 || July 3 || @ Expos † || 2–0 || Halladay (7–5) || Armas (1–3) || Frasor (8) || 8,831 || 36–45 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 82 || July 4 || @ Expos † || 6–4 || Hill (1–1) || Lilly (7–5) || Horgan (1) || 8,279 || 36–46 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 83 || July 6 || Mariners || 7–6 || Batista (8–5) || Moyer (6–5) || Frasor (9) || 16,262 || 37–46 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 84 || July 7 || Mariners || 12–4 || Towers (3–3) || Blackley (1–1) || || 18,513 || 38–46 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 85 || July 8 || Mariners || 10–8 || Speier (2–5) || Guardado (2–1) || || 16,188 || 39–46 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 86 || July 9 || Angels || 5–4 || Colón (6–8) || Halladay (7–6) || Percival (14) || 15,071 || 39–47 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 87 || July 10 || Angels || 11–2 || Escobar (5–5) || Lilly (7–6) || || 20,635 || 39–48 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 88 || July 11 || Angels || 5–2 || Lackey (7–8) || Batista (8–6) || Percival (15) || 17,573 || 39–49 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 89 || July 16 || @ Rangers || 11–2 || Drese (5–5) || Halladay (7–7) || || 44,348 || 39–50 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 90 || July 17 || @ Rangers || 4–0 || Rodríguez (3–0) || Lilly (7–7) || || 43,189 || 39–51 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 91 || July 18 || @ Rangers || 7–5 || Brocail (1–1) || Chulk (0–1) || Cordero (28) || 24,334 || 39–52 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 92 || July 19 || @ Athletics || 5–3 || Towers (4–3) || Saarloos (1–1) || Frasor (10) || 15,480 || 40–52 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 93 || July 20 || @ Athletics || 1–0 (14)|| Lehr (1–1) || Speier (2–6) || || 18,885 || 40–53 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 94 || July 21 || @ Yankees || 10–3 || Vázquez (11–6) || Hentgen (2–9) || || 53,031 || 40–54 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 95 || July 22 || @ Yankees || 1–0 || Rivera (1–0) || Chulk (0–2) || || 53,657 || 40–55 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 96 || July 23 || Devil Rays || 7–4 || Batista (9–6) || Hendrickson (7–8) || Frasor (11) || 16,633 || 41–55 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 97 || July 24 || Devil Rays || 4–2 || Towers (5–3) || Bell (3–4) || Frasor (12) || 18,841 || 42–55 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 98 || July 25 || Devil Rays || 5–3 || Bush (1–1) || Zambrano (9–7) || Ligtenberg (3) || 15,784 || 43–55 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 99 || July 26 || Yankees || 6–5 (10)|| Rivera (2–1) || Frasor (3–3) || || 30,041 || 43–56 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 100 || July 27 || Yankees || 7–4 || Proctor (1–0) || Ligtenberg (1–3) || Gordon (3) || 30,087 || 43–57 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 101 || July 28 || Yankees || 3–2 (10)|| Frasor (4–3) || Proctor (1–1) || || 31,385 || 44–57 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 102 || July 30 || @ Devil Rays || 3–0 || Towers (6–3) || Halama (5–5) || Frasor (13) || 10,531 || 45–57 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 103 || July 31 || @ Devil Rays || 6–5 || Sosa (3–0) || Bush (1–2) || Báez (21) || 17,418 || 45–58 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 104 || August 1 || @ Devil Rays || 5–3 || Brazelton (4–3) || Douglass (0–1) || Báez (22) || 10,750 || 45–59 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 105 || August 2 || Indians || 6–1 || Lilly (8–7) || Lee (10–4) || || 17,549 || 46–59 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 106 || August 3 || Indians || 7–6 || Speier (3–6) || Betancourt (4–5) || Frasor (14) || 15,025 || 47–59 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 107 || August 4 || Indians || 14–5 || Westbrook (9–5) || Towers (6–4) || || 15,675 || 47–60 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 108 || August 5 || Indians || 6–3 (10)|| Betancourt (5–5) || Ligtenberg (1–4) || Wickman (2) || 30,037 || 47–61 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 109 || August 6 || @ Yankees || 11–4 || Vázquez (13–6) || Douglass (0–2) || || 48,900 || 47–62 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 110 || August 7 || @ Yankees || 6–0 || Hernández (4–0) || Lilly (8–8) || || 54,025 || 47–63 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 111 || August 8 || @ Yankees || 8–2 || Lieber (8–7) || Batista (9–7) || || 52,616 || 47–64 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 112 || August 9 || @ Yankees || 5–4 || Towers (7–4) || Loaiza (9–6) || Frasor (15) || 49,853 || 48–64 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 113 || August 10 || @ Indians || 2–0 || Durbin (5–4) || Bush (1–3) || Wickman (5) || 19,942 || 48–65 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 114 || August 11 || @ Indians || 3–2 || Sabathia (9–6) || Frederick (0–1) || Wickman (6) || 23,696 || 48–66 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 115 || August 12 || @ Indians || 6–2 || Riske (6–2) || Ligtenberg (1–5) || || 22,734 || 48–67 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 116 || August 13 || Orioles || 4–0 || Ponson (8–12) || Batista (9–8) || || 21,234 || 48–68 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 117 || August 14 || Orioles || 7–2 || Towers (8–4) || Borkowski (3–3) || || 35,768 || 49–68 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 118 || August 15 || Orioles || 11–7 || Groom (3–0) || Chulk (0–3) || || 26,132 || 49–69 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 119 || August 16 || @ Red Sox || 8–4 || Lowe (11–10) || Miller (1–2) || Foulke (20) || 35,271 || 49–70 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 120 || August 17 || @ Red Sox || 5–4 || Foulke (3–3) || Frederick (0–2) || || 35,105 || 49–71 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 121 || August 18 || @ Red Sox || 6–4 || Wakefield (9–7) || Batista (9–9) || || 34,867 || 49–72 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 122 || August 20 || @ Orioles || 14–4 || Towers (9–4) || Borkowski (3–4) || || 35,024 || 50–72 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 123 || August 21 || @ Orioles || 10–4 || Bush (2–3) || Cabrera (9–6) || || 38,079 || 51–72 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 124 || August 22 || @ Orioles || 8–5 || Miller (2–2) || Bédard (5–8) || Frasor (16) || 44,482 || 52–72 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 125 || August 23 || Red Sox || 3–0 || Lilly (9–8) || Martínez (13–5) || || 27,145 || 53–72 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 126 || August 24 || Red Sox || 5–4 || Wakefield (10–7) || Batista (9–10) || Foulke (23) || 22,217 || 53–73 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 127 || August 25 || Red Sox || 11–5 || Schilling (16–6) || Towers (9–5) || || 22,479 || 53–74 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 128 || August 26 || Yankees || 7–4 || Nitkowski (1–1) || Frasor (4–4) || Rivera (44) || 35,682 || 53–75 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 129 || August 27 || Yankees || 8–7 || Sturtze (5–2) || Miller (2–3) || Gordon (4) || 35,436 || 53–76 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 130 || August 28 || Yankees || 18–6 || Brown (10–3) || Lilly (9–9) || Rivera (45) || 43,541 || 53–77 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 131 || August 29 || Yankees || 6–4 || Batista (10–10) || Mussina (9–8) || Frasor (17) || 44,072 || 54–77 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 132 || August 31 || Mariners || 7–5 || Atchison (2–2) || Ligtenberg (1–6) || Putz (6) || 21,174 || 54–78 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 133 || September 1 || Mariners || 4–2 || Bush (3–3) || Villone (5–5) || Speier (2) || 22,310 || 55–78 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 134 || September 2 || Mariners || 8–6 || File (1–0) || Baek (1–1) || Speier (3) || 23,374 || 56–78 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 135 || September 3 || Athletics || 7–4 || Hudson (11–4) || Lilly (9–10) || Dotel (18) || 28,488 || 56–79 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 136 || September 4 || Athletics || 9–5 || Hammond (4–1) || Frasor (4–5) || || 29,149 || 56–80 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 137 || September 5 || Athletics || 13–5 || Glynn (1–0) || Harden (9–6) || || 28,327 || 57–80 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 138 || September 7 || @ Angels || 5–2 || Colón (14–11) || Bush (3–4) || Percival (27) || 36,277 || 57–81 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 139 || September 8 || @ Angels || 1–0 || Miller (3–3) || Escobar (9–10) || Speier (4) || 36,905 || 58–81 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 140 || September 9 || @ Angels || 5–4 || Lilly (10–10) || Washburn (11–6) || Speier (5) || 37,514 || 59–81 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 141 || September 10 || @ Rangers || 10–3 || Drese (12–8) || Batista (10–11) || || 24,617 || 59–82 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 142 || September 11 || @ Rangers || 10–7 || Mahay (3–0) || Frasor (4–6) || Cordero (43) || 40,587 || 59–83 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 143 || September 12 || @ Rangers || 7–6 || Brocail (3–1) || Speier (3–7) || Cordero (44) || 20,434 || 59–84 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 144 || September 13 || Orioles || 9–1 || Chen (1–0) || Miller (3–4) || || 18,372 || 59–85 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 145 || September 15 || Orioles || 3–0 || Lilly (11–10) || Riley (1–4) || Speier (6) || 19,942 || 60–85 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 146 || September 16 || Orioles || 9–5 || López (13–8) || Batista (10–12) || || 21,451 || 60–86 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 147 || September 17 || Devil Rays || 11–4 || Waechter (4–7) || Towers (9–6) || || 25,987 || 60–87 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 148 || September 18 || Devil Rays || 4–2 || Bush (4–4) || Ritchie (0–1) || Batista (1) || 33,432 || 61–87 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 149 || September 19 || Devil Rays || 9–7 || Chulk (1–3) || Kazmir (2–2) || Speier (7) || 30,714 || 62–87 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 150 || September 20 || @ Yankees || 6–3 || Chacín (1–0) || Vázquez (14–10) || Batista (2) || 10,732 || 63–87 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 151 || September 21 || @ Yankees || 5–3 || Loaiza (10–7) || Halladay (7–8) || Rivera (50) || 36,675 || 63–88 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 152 || September 22 || @ Yankees || 5–4 || Lilly (12–10) || Hernández (8–1) || Batista (3) || 49,560 || 64–88 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 153 || September 24 || @ Devil Rays || 4–2 || Hendrickson (10–15) || Towers (9–7) || Báez (29) || 13,003 || 64–89 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 154 || September 25 || @ Devil Rays || 6–5 || Báez (4–3) || Batista (10–13) || || 20,978 || 64–90 |- align="center" bgcolor=#bbbbbb | -- || September 26 || @ Devil Rays ||colspan=6|Cancelled (Hurricane Jeanne) Not rescheduled |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 155 || September 27 || @ Orioles || 4–1 || League (1–0) || Ponson (11–15) || Batista (4) || 17,809 || 65–90 |- align="center" bgcolor=#bbbbbb | -- || September 28 || @ Orioles ||colspan=6|Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 29 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 156 || September 29 || @ Orioles || 7–6 || Ryan (4–6) || Speier (3–8) || || || 65–91 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 157 || September 29 || @ Orioles || 4–0 || Bauer (2–1) || Chacín (1–1) || || 20,600 || 65–92 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 158 || September 30 || @ Orioles || 9–3 || Riley (3–4) || Towers (9–8) || || 18,793 || 65–93 |- |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 159 || October 1 || Yankees || 7–0 || Bush (5–4) || Hernández (8–2) || || 48,914 || 66–93 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 160 || October 2 || Yankees || 4–2 || Halladay (8–8) || Brown (10–6) || Batista (5) || 50,498 || 67–93 |- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 161 || October 3 || Yankees || 3–2 || Proctor (2–1) || Towers (9–9) || Sturtze (1) || 49,948 || 67–94 |- | † At Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

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	Gregg Zaun	107	338	91	.269	6	36
1B	Carlos Delgado	128	458	123	.269	32	99
2B	Orlando Hudson	135	489	132	.270	12	58
SS	Chris Gomez	109	341	96	.282	3	37
3B	Eric Hinske	155	570	140	.246	15	69
LF	Reed Johnson	141	537	145	.270	10	61
CF	Vernon Wells	134	536	146	.272	23	67
RF	Alex Ríos	111	426	122	.286	1	28
DH	Josh Phelps	79	295	70	.237	12	51

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
Frank Catalanotto	75	249	73	.293	1	26
Frank Menechino	71	236	71	.301	9	25
Chris Woodward	69	213	50	.235	1	24
Kevin Cash	60	181	35	.193	4	21
Dave Berg	58	154	39	.253	3	23
Gabe Gross	44	129	27	.209	3	16
Howie Clark	40	115	25	.217	3	12
Russ Adams	22	72	22	.306	4	10
Guillermo Quiróz	17	52	11	.212	0	6
Simon Pond	16	49	8	.163	1	6
Eric Crozier	14	33	5	.152	2	4
Greg Myers	8	18	4	.222	0	1
Bobby Estalella	5	13	3	.231	0	0
Chad Hermansen	4	7	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
Miguel Batista	38	198.2	10	13	4.80	104
Ted Lilly	32	197.1	12	10	4.06	168
Roy Halladay	21	133.0	8	8	4.20	95
Josh Towers	21	116.1	9	9	5.11	51
Dave Bush	16	97.2	5	4	3.69	64
Justin Miller	19	81.2	3	4	6.06	47
Pat Hentgen	18	80.1	2	9	6.95	33
Gustavo Chacin	2	14.0	1	1	2.57	6

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
Sean Douglass	14	38.2	0	2	6.28	36
Ryan Glynn	6	20.0	1	0	4.05	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
Jason Frasor	63	4	6	17	4.08	54
Justin Speier	62	3	8	7	3.91	52
Kerry Ligtenberg	57	1	6	3	6.38	49
Vinnie Chulk	47	1	3	2	4.66	44
Terry Adams	42	4	4	3	3.98	35
Bob File	24	1	0	0	4.81	15
Jason Kershner	24	0	1	0	6.04	15
Kevin Frederick	22	0	2	0	6.59	22
Micheal Nakamura	19	0	3	0	7.36	24
Aquilino López	18	1	1	0	6.00	13
Valerio De Los Santos	17	0	0	0	6.17	10
Brandon League	3	1	0	0	0.00	0
Adam Peterson	3	0	0	0	16.88	2
Dave Maurer	3	0	0	0	54.00	1
Frank Menechino	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Award winners

Vernon Wells, Gold Glove Award All-Star Game
Ted Lilly, pitcher

Farm system

References

"2004 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions".
"2004 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions".
"Feature: 2004 Free Agent Draft Pick Compensation". Baseball-Reference.com.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20071012192230/http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/tor/history/all_stars.jsp Blue Jays All-Stars. bluejays.com: History]
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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