2004 Seattle Mariners season

The Seattle Mariners 2004 season was their 28th, and they finished last in the American League West at 63–99. This was their first losing season since 1999. Ichiro Suzuki set the major league record for hits in a season on October 1, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old mark with a pair of early singles.^[1]

2004 Seattle Mariners
League	American League
Division	West
Ballpark	Safeco Field
City	Seattle, Washington
Record	63–99 (.389)
Divisional place	4th
Owners	Hiroshi Yamauchi (represented by Howard Lincoln)
General managers	Bill Bavasi
Managers	Bob Melvin
Television	KSTW 11 FSN Northwest
Radio	KOMO 1000 AM (Dave Niehaus, Rick Rizzs, Ron Fairly, Dave Valle, Dave Henderson)
← 2003 Seasons 2005 →

Offseason

• December 15, 2003: Quinton McCracken was traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks to the Mariners for Greg Colbrunn and cash.^[2]
• December 19, 2003: Scott Spiezio was signed as a free agent.^[3]

Regular season

At the All-Star Break, the Mariners had lost nine straight and were at 32–54 (.372), 17 games behind the division-leading Texas Rangers.^[4]

On October 1, Ichiro Suzuki set the major league record for hits, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old mark with a pair of early singles.^[5] It was his 258th hit of the season. Later in the game, Suzuki got another hit, giving him 259 this season and a major league-leading .373 average. Fireworks exploded after Suzuki's big hit reached the outfield, creating a haze over Safeco Field, and his teammates mobbed him at first base. The crowd of 45,573 was the ninth sellout this season.^[5] After the record breaking hit, Suzuki ran to the first-base seats, bowed respectfully and then shook hands with Sisler's 81-year-old daughter, Frances Sisler Drochelman, and other members of the Hall of Famer's family.^[5] Fans in downtown Tokyo watched Suzuki in sports bars and on big-screen monitors. Seattle's hitting coach that season was Paul Molitor. Sisler set the hits record in 1920 with the St. Louis Browns over a 154-game schedule. Suzuki broke it in the Mariners' 160th game.^[5] Suzuki's hit came off Ryan Drese, boosting Suzuki to 10-for-20 lifetime against him. Suzuki's sixth-inning infield single came off John Wasdin. After Suzuki's 258th hit, he scored his 100th run of the season when the Mariners batted around in the third, taking a 6–2 lead on six hits.^[5] Suzuki's first-inning single was his 919th hit in the majors, breaking the record for most hits over a four-year span. Bill Terry of the New York Giants set the previous record of 918 hits from 1929 to 1932.^[5] Suzuki has 921 hits in four seasons.

Opening Day box score

Mariners' lineup

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
Ichiro Suzuki (RF)	4	1	1	0	1	1	.250
Randy Winn (CF)	5	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Bret Boone (2B)	5	0	0	0	0	2	.000
Raúl Ibañez (LF)	3	1	1	0	1	1	.333
Edgar Martínez (DH)	3	0	1	1	1	2	.000
John Olerud (1B)	4	1	1	0	0	0	.000
Rich Aurilia (SS)	4	0	1	0	0	1	.250
Dan Wilson (C)	4	0	1	0	0	0	.250
Willie Bloomquist (3B)	2	0	1	1	0	1	.500

Source:^[6]

Draft

Main article: List of 2004 Seattle Mariners draft picks

In the 2004 Major League Baseball draft, the Mariners selected Matt Tuiasosopo in the third round for their first pick overall.^[7] Out of the 48 players selected by the Mariners in 2004, 5 have played in Major League Baseball including Tuiasosopo, Rob Johnson, Mark Lowe, Michael Saunders, and James Russell.^[7]

Season standings

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AL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Anaheim Angels	92	70	.568	—	45‍–‍36	47‍–‍34
Oakland Athletics	91	71	.562	1	52‍–‍29	39‍–‍42
Texas Rangers	89	73	.549	3	51‍–‍30	38‍–‍43
Seattle Mariners	63	99	.389	29	38‍–‍44	25‍–‍55

Record vs. opponents

2004 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2004 v t e
Team	ANA	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Anaheim	—	6–3	4–5	5–4	4–5	7–2	7–0	5–4	5–4	10–9	13–7	6–1	9–10	4–5	7–11
Baltimore	3–6	—	10–9	2–4	3–3	6–0	6–3	4–5	5–14	0–7	7–2	11–8	5–2	11–8	5–13
Boston	5–4	9–10	—	4–2	3–4	6–1	4–2	2–4	11–8	8–1	5–4	14–5	4–5	14–5	9–9
Chicago	4–5	4–2	2–4	—	10–9	8–11	13–6	9–10	3–4	2–7	7–2	4–2	6–3	3–4	8–10
Cleveland	5–4	3–3	4–3	9–10	—	9–10	11–8	7–12	2–4	6–3	5–4	3–3	1–8	5–2	10–8
Detroit	2–7	0–6	1–6	11–8	10–9	—	8–11	7–12	4–3	4–5	5–4	3–3	4–5	4–2	9–9
Kansas City	0–7	3–6	2–4	6–13	8–11	11–8	—	7–12	1–5	2–7	2–5	3–6	4–5	3–3	6–12
Minnesota	4–5	5–4	4–2	10–9	12–7	12–7	12–7	—	2–4	2–5	5–4	4–5	5–2	4–2	11–7
New York	4–5	14–5	8–11	4–3	4–2	3–4	5–1	4–2	—	7–2	6–3	15–4	5–4	12–7	10–8
Oakland	9–10	7–0	1–8	7–2	3–6	5–4	7–2	5–2	2–7	—	11–8	7–2	11–9	6–3	10–8
Seattle	7–13	2–7	4–5	2–7	4–5	4–5	5–2	4–5	3–6	8–11	—	2–5	7–12	2–7	9–9
Tampa Bay	1–6	8–11	5–14	2–4	3–3	3–3	6–3	5–4	4–15	2–7	5–2	—	2–7	9–9	15–3
Texas	10–9	2–5	5–4	3–6	8–1	5–4	5–4	2–5	4–5	9–11	12–7	7–2	—	7–2	10–8
Toronto	5–4	8–11	5–14	4–3	2–5	2–4	3–3	2–4	7–12	3–6	7–2	9–9	2–7	—	8–10

Transactions

• June 9: Quinton McCracken was released.^[2]
• July 23: John Olerud was released.^[8][9]
• August 6: Bill Pulsipher was purchased by the Seattle Mariners from the Long Island Ducks (Atlantic).^[10]
• September 13: Bill Pulsipher was released.^[10]

Roster

2004 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers 57 Scott Atchison 32 Cha Seung Baek 48 Travis Blackley 45 Ryan Franklin 34 Freddy García 18 Eddie Guardado 17 Shigetoshi Hasegawa 32 Kevin Jarvis 35 Masao Kida 56 Bobby Madritsch 40 Julio Mateo 55 Gil Meche 50 Jamie Moyer 53 Mike Myers 37 Clint Nageotte 38 Joel Piñeiro 20 J. J. Putz 52 George Sherrill 39 Rafael Soriano 54 Aaron Taylor 43 Matt Thornton 47 Ron Villone 41 Randy Williams		Catchers 10 Pat Borders 13 Ben Davis 7,8 Miguel Olivo 59 René Rivera  6 Dan Wilson Infielders 35 Rich Aurilia 16 Willie Bloomquist 29 Bret Boone 12 Jolbert Cabrera 53 Greg Dobbs 25 Dave Hansen 33 Bucky Jacobsen 26 Justin Leone 22 José López 30 Mickey Lopez 11 Edgar Martínez  5 John Olerud  1 Ramón Santiago 23 Scott Spiezio		Outfielders 44 Hiram Bocachica 28 Raúl Ibañez  9 Quinton McCracken 58 Jeremy Reed 51 Ichiro Suzuki  2 Randy Winn		Manager  3 Bob Melvin Coaches  8 Mike Aldrete (first base) 49 Orlando Gómez (bullpen) 15 Rene Lachemann (bench) 31 Dave Myers (third base)  4 Paul Molitor (hitting) 27 Bryan Price (pitching)

Player stats

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	Dan Wilson	103	319	80	.251	2	33
1B	John Olerud	78	261	64	.245	5	22
2B	Brett Boone	148	593	149	.251	24	83
SS	Rich Aurilia	73	261	63	.241	4	28
3B	Scott Spiezio	112	367	79	.215	10	41
LF	Raúl Ibañez	123	481	146	.304	16	62
CF	Randy Winn	157	626	179	.286	14	81
RF	Ichiro Suzuki	161	704	262	.372	8	60
DH	Edgar Martínez	141	486	128	.263	12	63

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
Jolbert Cabrera	113	359	97	.270	6	47
José López	57	207	48	.232	5	22
Willie Bloomquist	93	188	46	.245	2	18
Bucky Jacobsen	42	160	44	.275	9	28
Miguel Olivo	50	160	32	.200	6	14
Justin Leone	31	102	22	.216	6	13
Hiram Bocachica	50	90	22	..244	3	6
Dave Hansen	57	78	22	.282	2	12
Jeremy Reed	18	58	23	.397	0	5
Greg Dobbs	18	53	12	.226	1	9
Pat Borders	19	53	10	.189	1	5
Ramón Santiago	19	39	7	.179	0	2
Ben Davis	14	33	3	.091	0	2
Quinton McCracken	19	20	3	.150	0	0
Mickey Lopez	6	4	1	.250	0	0
René Rivera	2	3	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
Jamie Moyer	34	202.0	7	13	5.21	125
Ryan Franklin	32	200.1	4	16	4.90	104
Joel Piñeiro	21	140.2	6	11	4.67	111
Gil Meche	23	127.2	7	7	5.01	99
Freddy García	15	107.0	4	7	3.20	82
Bobby Madritsch	15	88.0	6	3	3.27	60
Travis Blackley	6	26.0	1	3	10.04	16

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
Ron Villone	56	117.0	8	6	4.08	86
Clint Nageotte	12	36.2	1	6	7.36	24
Cha-Seung Baek	7	31.0	2	4	5.52	20

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
Eddie Guardado	41	2	2	18	2.78	45
Shigetoshi Hasegawa	68	4	6	0	5.16	46
J.J. Putz	54	0	3	9	4.71	47
Mike Myers	50	4	1	0	4.88	23
Julio Mateo	45	1	2	1	4.68	43
Scott Atchison	25	2	3	0	3.52	36
George Sherrill	21	2	1	0	3.80	16
Matt Thornton	19	1	2	0	4.13	30
Kevin Jarvis	8	1	0	0	8.31	7
Masao Kida	7	0	0	0	8.38	5
Randy Williams	6	0	0	0	5.79	4
Rafael Soriano	6	0	3	0	13.50	3
Aaron Taylor	5	0	0	0	9.82	4

Awards and honors

• Edgar Martínez, Designated Hitter, Roberto Clemente Award

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tacoma Rainiers	Pacific Coast League	Dan Rohn
AA	San Antonio Missions	Texas League	Dave Brundage
A	Inland Empire 66ers	California League	Steve Roadcap
A	Wisconsin Timber Rattlers	Midwest League	Daren Brown
A-Short Season	Everett AquaSox	Northwest League	Pedro Grifol
Rookie	AZL Mariners	Arizona League	Scott Steinmann

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Major League Baseball draft

2004 Seattle Mariners draft picks
Information
Owner	Nintendo of America
General Manager(s)	Bill Bavasi
Manager(s)	Bob Melvin
First pick	Matt Tuiasosopo
Draft positions	N/A
Number of selections	48
Links
Results	Baseball-Reference
Official Site	The Official Site of the Seattle Mariners Archived January 22, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
Years	2003 • 2004 • 2005

The following is a list of 2004 Seattle Mariners draft picks. The Mariners took part in the June regular draft, also known as the Rule 4 draft. The Mariners made 48 selections in the 2004 draft, the first being shortstop Matt Tuiasosopo in the third round. In all, the Mariners selected 18 pitchers, 13 outfielders, 6 catchers, 6 shortstops, 3 first basemen, 1 third baseman, and 1 second baseman.

Draft

Matt Tuiasosopo (center) was the Mariners' first selection in the 2004 draft.

Rob Johnson was selected by the Mariners in the fourth round.

In the fifth round the Mariners selected Mark Lowe.

Marshall Hubbard was selected by the Mariners in the eight round.

With the 333rd pick in the 2004 draft, the Mariners selected Michael Saunders.

J. P. Arencibia was the 513th pick in the 2004 draft.

Key

Round (Pick)	Indicates the round and pick the player was drafted
Position	Indicates the secondary/collegiate position at which the player was drafted, rather than the professional position the player may have gone on to play
Bold	Indicates the player signed with the Mariners
Italics	Indicates the player did not sign with the Mariners
*	Indicates the player made an appearance in Major League Baseball

Table

Round (Pick)	Name	Position	School	Ref.
3 (93)	Matt Tuiasosopo	Shortstop	Woodinville High School	[12]
4 (123)	Rob Johnson	Catcher	University of Houston	[13]
5 (153)	Mark Lowe	Right-handed pitcher	University of Texas at Arlington	[14]
6 (183)	Jermaine Brock	Outfielder	Ottawa Hills High School	[15]
7 (213)	Sebastien Boucher	Outfielder	Bethune–Cookman University	[16]
8 (243)	Marshall Hubbard	First baseman	University of North Carolina at Asheville	[17]
9 (273)	Jeffrey Dominguez	Shortstop	Puerto Rico Baseball Academy and High School	[18]
10 (303)	Eric Carter	Right-handed pitcher	Delaware State University	[19]
11 (333)	Michael Saunders	Outfielder	Lambrick Park Secondary School	[20]
12 (363)	Steven Uhlmansiek	Left-handed pitcher	Wichita State University	[21]
13 (393)	Kristopher Kasarjian	Outfielder	Los Angeles Pierce College	[22]
14 (423)	Brent Johnson	Outfielder	University of Nevada, Las Vegas	[23]
15 (453)	Brent Thomas	Outfielder	Bellevue Community College	[24]
16 (483)	Chad Fillinger	Right-handed pitcher	Santa Clara University	[25]
17 (513)	J. P. Arencibia	Catcher	Westminster Christian School	[24]
18 (543)	Jack Arroyo	Second baseman	California State University, San Bernardino	[24]
19 (573)	Brandon Green	Shortstop	Wichita State University	[24]
20 (603)	Brian Chavez	Shortstop	Quartz Hill High School	[24]
21 (633)	Mumba Rivera	Right-handed pitcher	Bethune–Cookman University	[26]
22 (663)	David Hall	Outfielder	San Diego State University	[27]
23 (693)	John Summerhayes	First baseman	Stanford University	[28]
24 (723)	Gregory Slee	Catcher	Huntington College	[29]
25 (753)	Jonathan Jacobitz	Catcher	University of San Francisco	[30]
26 (783)	Zachary Ashwood	Left-handed pitcher	The Colony High School	[31]
27 (813)	Aaron Trolia	Right-handed pitcher	Washington State University	[24]
28 (843)	Adam Brandt	Left-handed pitcher	Otterbein College	[32]
29 (873)	Michael Ciccotelli	Left-handed pitcher	Villanova University	[33]
30 (903)	Rollie Gibson	Left-handed pitcher	Fresno City College	[34]
31 (933)	Chad Rothford	First baseman	Fresno City College	[35]
32 (963)	Donald Clement	Right-handed pitcher	Colorado State University–Pueblo	[36]
33 (993)	Marquise Liverpool	Outfielder	Don Bosco Preparatory High School	[37]
34 (1023)	Matthew Welker	Right-handed pitcher	Woodinville High School	[24]
35 (1053)	Brandon Javis	Shortstop	Cross Creek High School	[24]
36 (1083)	Nick Hagadone	Left-handed pitcher	Sumner High School	[24]
37 (1113)	James Russell	Left-handed pitcher	Colleyville Heritage High School	[38]
38 (1143)	Harold Williams	Left-handed pitcher	Mt. San Jacinto College	[39]
39 (1173)	Jacob Opitz	Shortstop	Heritage High School	[40]
40 (1203)	Michael Schilling	Right-handed pitcher	Fresno City College	[41]
41 (1233)	Garrett Parcell	Right-handed pitcher	Norco High School	[42]
42 (1262)	Erwin Jacobo	Third baseman	Braddock High School	[43]
43 (1291)	Luis Coste	Outfielder	Puerto Rico Baseball Academy and High School	[24]
44 (1320)	Felix Martinez	Outfielder	Broward College	[24]
45 (1349)	Gordon Lynah	Outfielder	Spartanburg Methodist College	[24]
46 (1379)	Daniel Martin	Outfielder	Indian River Community College	[24]
47 (1407)	Andrew Mcdonald	Catcher	Sahuaro High School	[24]
48 (1435)	Zachary Walden	Catcher	Stockbridge High School	[24]
49 (1463)	Andrew Reichard	Right-handed pitcher	Seminole Community College	[24]
50 (1491)	Leighton Autrey	Outfielder	Navarro College	[24]