2004 Chicago White Sox season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Chicago White Sox
season = 2004
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = American League Central
y2 = 1994
Uniform
ballpark = U.S. Cellular Field
y4 = 1991
city = Chicago, Illinois
y5 = 1900
owners = Jerry Reinsdorf
managers = Ozzie Guillén
television = WGN-TV/WCIU-TV
FSN Chicago
(Ken Harrelson, Darrin Jackson)
radio =WMVP
(John Rooney, Ed Farmer)|

The 2004 Chicago White Sox season was the White Sox's 105th season. They finished with a record 83-79, good enough for 2nd place in the American League Central, 9 games behind the champion Minnesota Twins.

Regular Season

Major transactions

*11/3/03 Named Ozzie Guillen manager.
*11/26/03 Sandy Alomar, Jr. was signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/a/alomasa02.shtml]
*12/2/03 Acquired Shortstop Juan Uribe from the Colorado Rockies in exchange for Aaron Miles.
*1/7/04 Agreed to terms with relief pitcher Cliff Politte on a one-year contract with a club option for 2005.
*1/22/04 Signed relief pitcher Shingo Takatsu to a one-year contract, with a club option for 2005.
*6/17/04: Billy Koch was traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Florida Marlins for Wilson Valdez and cash. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kochbi01.shtml]
*6/27/04 Traded Catcher Miguel Olivo, minor league Outfielder Jeremy Reed and minor league Infielder Mike Morse to the Seattle Mariners for Starting Pitcher Freddy García and Catcher Ben Davis.
*7/31/04 Traded Starting Pitcher Esteban Loaiza to the New York Yankees for Starting Pitcher José Contreras. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/loaizes01.shtml Esteban Loaiza Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/2004.shtml 2004 Chicago White Sox]