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30 teams in AL, NL · 2428 regular-season games · 2004-03-30 to 2004-10-03 · attendance 73,022,972

◀ 2003 2005 ▶

World Series champion

Boston Red Sox

MVP

Vladimir Guerrero AL
Barry Bonds NL

Cy Young

Johan Santana AL
Roger Clemens NL

Rookie of the Year

Bobby Crosby AL
Jason Bay NL

All-Star Game

2004-07-13 at Minute Maid Park

Hall of Fame class of 2004

Dennis Eckersley, Paul Molitor

Postseason

Round	Result	Games
Division Series	Boston Red Sox 3–0 Anaheim Angels	3
Division Series	New York Yankees 3–1 Minnesota Twins	4
Division Series	St. Louis Cardinals 3–1 Los Angeles Dodgers	4
Division Series	Houston Astros 3–2 Atlanta Braves	5
League Championship	Boston Red Sox 4–3 New York Yankees	7
League Championship	St. Louis Cardinals 4–3 Houston Astros	7
World Series	Boston Red Sox 4–0 St. Louis Cardinals	4

Standings

AL Central

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Minnesota Twins	92	70	.568	—	715	1,911,490	Ron Gardenhire	Division
2	Chicago White Sox	83	79	.512	9	831	1,930,537	Ozzie Guillen, Harold Baines
3	Cleveland Indians	80	82	.494	12	857	1,814,401	Eric Wedge
4	Detroit Tigers	72	90	.444	20	844	1,917,004	Alan Trammell
5	Kansas City Royals	58	104	.358	34	905	1,661,478	Tony Pena

AL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	New York Yankees	101	61	.623	—	808	3,775,292	Joe Torre, Willie Randolph	Division
2	Boston Red Sox	98	64	.605	3	768	2,837,294	Terry Francona	World Series Wild Card
3	Baltimore Orioles	78	84	.481	23	830	2,744,018	Lee Mazzilli
4	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	70	91	.435	30.5	842	1,274,911	Lou Piniella
5	Toronto Blue Jays	67	94	.416	33.5	823	1,900,041	Carlos Tosca, John Gibbons

AL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Anaheim Angels	92	70	.568	—	734	3,375,677	Mike Scioscia, Joe Maddon	Division
2	Oakland Athletics	91	71	.562	1	742	2,201,516	Ken Macha
3	Texas Rangers	89	73	.549	3	794	2,513,685	Buck Showalter
4	Seattle Mariners	63	99	.389	29	823	2,940,731	Bob Melvin

NL Central

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	St. Louis Cardinals	105	57	.648	—	659	3,048,427	Tony LaRussa	Pennant Division
2	Houston Astros	92	70	.568	13	698	3,087,872	Jimy Williams, Phil Garner	Wild Card
3	Chicago Cubs	89	73	.549	16	665	3,170,154	Dusty Baker
4	Cincinnati Reds	76	86	.469	29	907	2,287,250	Dave Miley
5	Pittsburgh Pirates	72	89	.447	32.5	744	1,580,031	Lloyd McClendon
6	Milwaukee Brewers	67	94	.416	37.5	757	2,062,382	Ned Yost

NL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Atlanta Braves	96	66	.593	—	668	2,327,565	Bobby Cox	Division
2	Philadelphia Phillies	86	76	.531	10	781	3,250,092	Larry Bowa, Gary Varsho
3	Florida Marlins	83	79	.512	13	700	1,723,105	Jack McKeon
4	New York Mets	71	91	.438	25	731	2,318,951	Art Howe
5	Montreal Expos	67	95	.414	29	769	749,550	Frank Robinson

NL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Los Angeles Dodgers	93	69	.574	—	684	3,488,283	Jim Tracy	Division
2	San Francisco Giants	91	71	.562	2	770	3,256,854	Felipe Alou
3	San Diego Padres	87	75	.537	6	705	3,016,752	Bruce Bochy
4	Colorado Rockies	68	94	.420	25	923	2,338,069	Clint Hurdle
5	Arizona Diamondbacks	51	111	.315	42	899	2,519,560	Bob Brenly, Al Pedrique

Leaders

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NL

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No-hitters

Randy Johnson, Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Atlanta Braves, 2004-05-18

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