2004 Season

Season Notes

• 2004 Season Page at Baseball Reference
• 2004 Season page at Wikipedia
• Final Record: 89-73 (.549), 3rd/4 AL West, 3Gb
• Interleague Home: Astros, Pirates, Cardinals
• Interleague Away: Astros, Reds, Marlins
• All Star Representatives (5): Michael Young, Kenny Rogers, Francisco Cordero, Hank Blalock, & Alfonso Soriano
• Alfonso Soriano was All Star Game MVP
• The Interactive schedule is not available for this season – the first year MLB.com did that was 2009.

• ST1: Rangers beat Royals, 9-5 (3/4/2004)
• ST2: Rangers beat Royals, 10-5 (3/5/2004)
• ST3: Rangers lose to Royals, 10-7 (3/6/2004)
• ST4: Rangers lose to Brewers, 8-3 (3/6/2004)
• ST5: Rangers lose again to Brewers, 12-8 (3/7/2004)
• ST6: Rangers beat San Diego, 4-2 (3/8/2004)
• ST7: Rangers lose to Mariners, 6-2 (3/9/2004)
• ST8: Rangers beat Giants, 8-2 (3/10/2004)
• ST9: Rangers lose to Giants, 5-3 (3/11/2004)
• ST10: Rangers lose to Zito & Giants, 2-1 (3/12/2004)
• ST11: Rangers pound Angels, 13-2 (3/13/2004)
• ST12: Rangers lose to Mariners, 2-1 (3/14/2004)
• ST13: Rangers lose to Brewers, 6-1 (3/15/2004)
• ST14: Rangers lose to Royals, 12-7 (3/16/2004)
• ST15: Rangers finally win; beat Cubs 6-1 (3/17/2004)
• ST16: Rangers beat Arizona, 9-4 (3/19/2004)
• ST17: Rangers lose to White Sox, 14-5 (3/20/2004)
• ST18: Rangers beat Rockies, 6-1 (3/21/2004)
• ST19: Rangers beat Royals, 7-6 (3/22/2004)
• ST20: Rangers win third in a row against Padres, 9-3 (3/23/2004)
• ST21: Rangers lose to A’s, 7-3 (3/24/2004)
• ST22: Rangers lose to Mariners, 4-3 (3/25/2004)
• ST23: Rangers beat Cubs, 10-7 (3/26/2004)
• ST24: Rangers lose close one to Brewers, 1-0 (3/26/2004)
• ST25: Rangers beat White Sox, 4-3 (3/27/2004)
• ST26: Rangers lose to Rockies, 9-4 (3/28/2004)
• ST27: Rangers lose to Padres 8-3 (3/29/2004)
• ST28: Rangers bombed by Angels, 15-6 (3/30/2004)
• ST29: Rangers lose to Diamondbacks, 8-1 (3/31/2004)
• ST30: Rangers lose again, this time to Giants, 7-6 (4/1/2004)
• Rangers rained out in Las Vegas (4/2/2004)
• Rangers rained out a second time in Vegas (4/3/2004)
• G1: Rangers lose season opener to A’s, 5-4 (4/5/2004)
• G2: Rangers drop second game to A’s, 3-1 (4/6/2004)
• G3: Rangers beat Barry Zito, 2-1 (4/7/2004)
• G4: Rangers win home opener, 12-4 (4/9/2004)
• G5: Rangers win again against the Angels, 12-6 (4/10/2004)
• G6: Rangers miss the sweep; lose to Angels 7-2 (4/11/2004)
• G7: Rangers beat Angels, 7-6 (4/12/2004)
• G8: Rangers lose 10-9. Fans lose tacos! (4/13/2004)
• G9: Rangers lose to A’s 9-4. Fans get tacos, though. (4/14/2004)
• G10: Rangers beat A’s 7-2 (4/15/2004)
• G11: The Ho gets a shutout; Rangers win 5-0 (4/16/2004)
• G12: Rangers lose to Mariners, 4-1 (4/17/2004)
• G13: Rangers lose close one, 4-2 to Mariners (4/18/2004)
• G14: Rangers beat Angels again, 6-3 (4/20/2004)
• G15: Rangers win nice one, 4-1 (4/21/2004)
• G16: The Ho loses another one, 7-5 (4/22/2004)
• G17: Rangers outslug Mariners, 10-8 (4/23/2004)
• G18: Rangers shut out Mariners, 3-0 (4/24/2004)
• G19: Rangers sweep Mariners behind big game, 14-6 (4/25/2004)
• G20: Rangers win 4th in a row; beat Royals 3-2 (4/27/2004)
• G21: Rangers lose to Royals, 5-3 (4/28/2004)
• G22: Rangers pull one out; win 9-7 (4/29/2004)
• Rangers and Red Sox rained out (4/30/2004)
• G23: Rangers beat Sox in first game of DH, 4-3 (5/1/2004)
• G24: Rangers take second game of DH too, 8-5 (5/1/2004)
• G25: SWEEP! SWEEP! SWEEP! Rangers beat Sox, 4-1 (5/2/2004)
• G26: Rangers shut out Devil Rays, 9-0 (5/3/2004)
• G27: Rangers finally lose, 5-4 to Devil Rays (5/4/2004)
• G28: Rangers win 6-1 over Drays (5/5/2004)
• G29: Rangers lose to Tigers 8-7 (5/7/2004)
• G30: Rangers outlast Tigers, 16-15 (5/8/2004)
• G31: Rangers lose to Tigers, 5-3 (5/9/2004)
• G32: Rangers beat Devil Rays, 5-4 (5/11/2004)
• G33: Rangers outslug Devil Rays, 9-8 (5/12/2004)
• G34: Rangers lose to Devil Rays, 6-3 (5/13/2004)
• G35: Rangers lose to Tigers, 7-1 (5/14/2004)
• G36: Rangers beat Tigers, 6-1 (5/14/2004)
• G37: Rangers dominated by Tigers, 3-1 (5/16/2004)
• G38: Rangers outhomered by Royals; lose 7-6 (5/18/2004)
• G39: Juan Gonzalez returns, beats Rangers 5-3 (5/19/2004)
• G40: Rangers beat Royals, 6-3 (5/20/2004)
• G41: Rangers beat Yankees, 9-7 (5/21/2004)
• G42: Rangers walk off with win against Yankes, 4-3 (5/22/2004)
• G43: Rangers lose finale to Yankees, 8-3 (5/23/2004)
• G44: Rangers beat ChiSox, 7-4 (5/25/2004)
• G45: Rangers shut out by Loaiza & ChiSox, 4-0 (5/26/2004)
• G46: Rangers shut out second night in a row, 9-0 (5/27/2004)
• G47: Rangers lose again, this time to Blue Jays 5-4 (5/28/2004)
• G48: Rangers lose 4th game in a row 6-2 (5/29/2004)
• G49: Rangers finally win; beat Toronto 4-2 (5/30/2004)
• G50: Rangers get great comeback win, 6-5 (6/1/2004)
• G51: Rangers beat Indians again, 5-3 (6/2/2004)
• G52: Rangers lose to Yankees, 7-6 (6/4/2004)
• G53: Rangers beat Yankees, 8-1 (6/5/2004)
• G54: Rangers lose close one to Yanks, 2-1 (6/6/2004)
• G55: Rangers beat Pirates, 6-5 (6/7/2004)
• Rangers and Pirates rained out (6/8/2004)
• Rangers and Pirates rained out AGAIN (6/9/2004)
• G56: Rangers win first half of DH, 9-7 over Buccos (6/10/2004)
• G57: Rangers sweep DH & series, 10-4 over Pirates (6/10/2004)
• G58: Rangers lose to Cardinals, 11-7 (6/11/2004)
• G59: Rangers slam way to win, 7-2 (6/12/2004)
• G60: Rangers lose game 13-2, little girl loses ball (6/13/2004)
• G61: Rangers lose to Reds, 5-4 (6/15/2004)
• G62: Rangers lose to Reds again, 7-4 (6/16/2004)
• G63: Rangers lose to Reds again, 4-3 (6/17/2004)
• G64: Rangers beat Fish, 8-1 (6/18/2004)
• G65: Rangers win close one, 7-6 (6/19/2004)
• G66: Rangers sweep Marlins, 4-2 (6/20/2004)
• G67: Rangers beat Mariners easily, 10-2 (6/22/2004)
• G68: Rangers beat Mariners again 6-3 (6/23/2004)
• G69: Rangers take LONG TIME to beat Mariners, 9-7 (6/24/2004)
• G70: Kenny Rogers beats Astros, 3-1 (6/25/2004)
• G71: Rangers beat Astros in a soggy game, 8-7 (6/26/2004)
• G72: Ryan Drese loses to Roy Oswalt, 1-0 (6/27/2004)
• G73: Rangers homer their way to the win, 8-5 (6/28/2004)
• G74: Rangers lose to Mariners, 4-3 (6/29/2004)
• G75: Rangers beat Mariners, 9-6 late (6/30/2004)
• G76: Rangers lose to Mariners, 8-4 (7/1/2004)
• G77: Rangers lose first game of series to Astros, 7-5 (7/2/2004)
• G78: Rangers lose again to Astros, 10-8 (7/3/2004)
• G79: Rangers destroy Astros, 18-3 (7/4/2004)
• G80: Rangers beat Indians, 8-5 (7/5/2004)
• G81: Nick Bierbrodt loses to Indians, 4-1 (7/6/2004)
• G82: Rangers survive bad Drese outing; win 9-8 (7/7/2004)
• G83: Rangers totally dominate Indians; win 10-0 (7/8/2004)
• G84: Rangers shut out by Red Sox, 7-0 (7/9/2004)
• G85: Rangers shut out two nights in a row, 14-6 (7/10/2004)
• G86: Rangers salvage last game, win 6-5 (7/11/2004)
• All Star Game: AL Wins, 9-4 (7/13/2004)
• G87: Rangers open second half with big win, 11-2 (7/16/2004)
• G88: Rangers shut out Toronto on “Siegler Box Night”, 4-0 (7/17/2004)
• G89: Rangers sweep Blue Jays, 7-5 (7/18/2004)
• G90: Rangers lose to White Sox, 12-6 (7/19/2004)
• G91: Rangers comeback for win, 6-4 (7/20/2004)
• G92: Rangers beat Angels, 3-2 (7/21/2004)
• G93: Rangers blown out by Angels, 11-2 (7/22/2004)
• G100: Rangers lose close one to A’s, 7-6 (7/29/2004)
• G101: Rangers beat A’s, 7-5; retake first place (7/30/2004)
• G102: Rangers lose to A’s, 9-4 (7/31/2004)
• G103: Rangers lose to A’s again, 4-1 (8/1/2004)
• G104: Rangers beat Detroit, 5-4 (8/3/2004)
• G105: Rangers & Mike Bacsik shut out Tigers, 8-0 (8/4/2004)
• G106: Rangers sweep Tigers behind close one, 2-1 (8/5/2004)
• G107: Rangers lose ugly to Orioles, 9-1 (8/6/2004)
• G108: Rangers lose ugly again to Orioles, 3-1 (8/7/2004)
• G109: Rangers lose even UGLIER, 11-5 (8/8/2004)
• G110: Rangers swept in Baltimore 7-3, lose 4th in a row (8/9/2004)
• G111: Rangers beat Yankees, 7-1 (8/10/2004)
• G112: Rangers lose to Yankees, 4-2 (8/11/2004)
• G113: Rangers lose to Yankees, 5-1 (8/12/2004)
• G114: Rangers beat Tampa Bay, 5-3 (8/13/2004)
• G115: Rangers beat Tampa Bay again, 6-5 (8/14/2004)
• G116: Rangers sweep Devil Rays, 6-2 (8/15/2004)
• G117: Rangers win 4th in a row, 5-2 over Indians (8/16/2004)
• G118: Rangers demolish Indians 16-4 for 5th in a row (8/17/2004)
• G119: Rangers win 5-2 over Indians – 6 in a row (8/18/2004)
• G120: Rangers beat Royals, 5-3; 7 in a row (8/20/2004)
• G121: Rangers win by score of 5-3 for second day in a row (8/21/2004)
• G122: Fire’s out. Rangers finally lose; 10-2 to Royals (8/22/2004)
• G123: Johan Santana beats Rangers, 7-4 (8/23/2004)
• G124: Rangers walk-off against Twins, 5-4 (8/24/2004)
• G127: Rangers beat Orioles, 6-4 (8/27/2004)
• G128: Rangers beat Orioles, 4-3 (8/28/2004)
• G129: Rangers lose to Orioles, 7-6 (8/29/2004)
• G130: Rangers drop game to Twins, 8-5 (8/31/2004)
• G140: Rangers beat Blue Jays, 10-3 (9/10/2004)
• G141: Rangers beat Blue Jays, 10-7 (9/11/2004)
• G142: Rangers sweep Blue Jays, 7-6 (9/12/2004)
• G143: Rangers lose the chair throwing game, 7-6 (9/13/2004)
• G144: Rangers bounce back, win 12-9 (9/14/2004)
• G145: Rangers beat A’s again, 10-3 (9/15/2004)
• G146: Rangers lose to A’s, 5-4 (9/16/2004)
• G147: Rangers lose to Halos, 9-5 (9/17/2004)
• G148: Rangers win 2-0 – WHOA! (9/18/2004)
• G149: Rangers win 1-0 – EXCUSE ME? US? (9/19/2004)
• G150: Rangers beat A’s, 9-4 (9/21/2004)
• G151: Rangers win again, 5-3 over A’s (9/22/2004)
• G152: Rangers sweep A’s behind awesome win, 5-4 (9/23/2004)
• G153: Rangers lose see-saw affair to Mariners, 8-7 (9/24/2004)
• G154: Rangers beat Mariners, 5-4 (9/25/2004)
• G155: OUCH! Rangers lose to Mariners, 9-0 (9/26/2004)
• G156: Rangers drop game to Angels, 5-3 (9/27/2004)
• G157: Rangers lose game and ground, 8-2 (9/28/2004)
• G158: Rangers eliminated after 8-7 loss to Angels (9/29/2004)
• G159: Rangers win home finale 6-3; doesn’t matter (9/30/2004)
• G160: Ryan Drese bombed; Rangers lose 8-3 (10/1/2004)
• G161: Rangers beat Mariners, 10-4 (10/2/2004)
• G162: Rangers shut out Mariners in season finale, 3-0 (10/3/2004)