2004 San Diego Padres season

MLB yearly infobox
name = San Diego Padres
season = 2004
misc =

current league = National League
y1 = 1969
division = Western Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = PETCO Park
y4 = 2004
city = San Diego, California
y5 = 1969
owners = John Moores
managers = Bruce Bochy
television = KUSI-TV
4SD
(Mark Grant, Matt Vasgersian, Rick Sutcliffe, Tim Flannery)
radio = XEPRS-AM
(Jerry Coleman, Ted Leitner)
XEMO
(Juan Angel Avila, Eduardo Ortega)|

The 2004 San Diego Padres season saw the club finish with a record of 87-75, the fifth most wins in franchise history. With the 87 wins, the Padres improved their won-loss record by 23 games over the 2003 season (64-98), the single largest improvement from one full season to the next in team history. The Padres also moved into their new home PETCO Park, which drew a total of 3,016,752 fans to 81 home games, shattering all previous attendance marks.

Offseason

*November 26, 2003: Mark Kotsay was traded by the San Diego Padres to the Oakland Athletics for Terrence Long and Ramon Hernandez. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kotsama01.shtml]

Regular season

Petco Park

PETCO Park is an open-air stadium in downtown San Diego, California. It opened in 2004, replacing Qualcomm Stadium as the home park of Major League Baseball's San Diego Padres. Before then, the Padres shared Qualcomm Stadium with the NFL's San Diego Chargers. The stadium is named after the animal and pet supplies retailer PETCO, which is based in San Diego and paid for the naming rights.

Opening Day Starters

Other batters

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

Relief pitchers

Award Winners

* Jake Peavy, ERA Champion (2.27) 2004 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
* Mark Loretta, Second Base, Reserve

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SDP/2004.shtml 2004 San Diego Padres team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2004&t=SDN 2004 San Diego Padres team page at Baseball Almanac]