2004 Texas Rangers season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Texas Rangers
season = 2004
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1961
division = Western Division
y2 = 1972
Uniform
ballpark = Ameriquest Field in Arlington
y4 = 1994
city = Arlington, Texas
y5 = 1972
owners = Tom Hicks
managers = Buck Showalter
television = KDFI
KDFW
FSN Southwest
(Tom Grieve, Josh Lewin)
radio =KRLD
(Eric Nadel, Victor Rojas)
KFLC
(Eleno Ornelas, [Jose Guzman] )|The 'Texas Rangers' finished the 2004 season in 3rd place in the West division of the American League. Five Rangers were All Stars, Francisco Cordero, Kenny Rogers, Hank Blalock, Michael Young and All-Star Game MVP Alfonso Soriano.

Offseason

* October 8, 2003: Tony Mounce was released by the Rangers. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mouncto01.shtml Tony Mounce page at Baseball Reference] ]
* November 19, 2003: Ken Huckaby was signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/huckake01.shtml Ken Huckaby Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
* February 16, 2004: Alex Rodriguez was traded by the Texas Rangers with cash to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later and Alfonso Soriano. The New York Yankees sent Joaquin Arias (April 23, 2004) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

Regular Season

eason standings

Notable transactions

*July 6, 2004: Ken Huckaby was selected off waivers by the Baltimore Orioles from the Texas Rangers.
*August 18, 2004: Ken Huckaby was signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

Game Log

Player stats

Batting

tarters by position

"Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In"

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Awards and Honors

* Alfonso Soriano, 2004 All-Star Game Most Valuable Player
* Alfonso Soriano, Second Base, Silver Slugger Award
* Kenny Rogers, Pitcher, Gold Glove Award
* Buck Showalter, American League Manager of the Year Award
* Mark Teixeria, First Base, Silver Slugger Award

All-Star Game
* Alfonso Soriano, Second Base, Starter

* Francisco Cordero, Pitcher, Reserve
* Kenny Rogers, Pitcher, Reserve
* Hank Blalock, Third Base, Reserve
* Michael Young, Shortstop, Reserve

Texas Rangers Hall of Fame Inductees
**Buddy Bell
**Ferguson Jenkins
**Tom Vandergriff (local politician who spearheaded the campaign to bring baseball to the DFW area)

References

External links

* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2004&t=TEX 2004 Texas Rangers team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]