2004 Colorado Rockies season

The 2004 Colorado Rockies season was their 12th in Major League Baseball and 10th season at Coors Field. Clint Hurdle was the manager. They finished with a record of 68–94, fourth in the National League West, and missed the postseason for the ninth consecutive season.

Offseason

December 2, 2003: Juan Uribe was traded by Colorado to the Chicago White Sox for Aaron Miles.
December 11, 2003: Vinny Castilla signed as a free agent.
December 14, 2003: Justin Speier was traded by the Rockies as part of a three-team deal to the Toronto Blue Jays for a player to be named later from Toronto and Joe Kennedy from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. The Blue Jays sent minor leaguer Sandy Nin to the Rockies on December 15 to complete the trade.
January 9, 2004: Jeromy Burnitz and Royce Clayton signed as free agents.
March 8, 2004: Shawn Estes signed as a free agent.

Regular season

Summary

Having missed the first 68 games of the season due to a groin injury, right fielder Larry Walker's first three home runs of the season came on June 25 against Cleveland. The last was off José Jiménez, which won the game for the Rockies in the 10th inning for a 10−8 margin. Walker totaled four hits and five runs batted in on the day, and it was his third career three-home run game.
Walker reached 2,000 career hits on June 30 becoming the 234th player in major league history to do so. Having already achieved 400 doubles, 300 home runs, 1,000 runs scored, and 1,000 RBI, he became the 40th player to reach all five totals. The milestone hit was a double off Ben Sheets in the fourth inning versus the Milwaukee Brewers. Through that point, Walker was the Rockies' career leader in 12 categories.

In-season transactions

July 22: Jamey Wright was signed as a free agent.
August 6: Traded right fielder Larry Walker to the St. Louis Cardinals for players to be named later and Jason Burch. On August 11, the Cardinals sent Luis Martinez and Chris Narveson to the Rockies to complete the trade.
September 27, 2004: Jhoulys Chacín was signed as an amateur free agent.

Major League debuts

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	Charles Johnson	109	305	72	.236	13	47
1B	Todd Helton	154	547	190	.347	32	96
2B	Aaron Miles	134	522	153	.293	6	47
SS	Royce Clayton	146	574	160	.279	8	54
3B	Vinny Castilla	148	583	158	.271	35	131
LF	Matt Holliday	121	400	116	.290	14	57
CF	Preston Wilson	58	202	50	.248	6	29
RF	Jeromy Burnitz	150	540	153	.283	37	110

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
	102	322	94	.292	12	40
	75	195	55	.282	10	35
	122	177	47	.266	9	40
	59	121	29	.240	2	10
	36	113	36	.319	1	10
	38	108	35	.324	6	20
	42	105	26	.248	3	9
Denny Hocking	55	94	19	.202	0	4
Jorge Piedra	38	91	27	.297	3	10
Choo Freeman	45	90	17	.189	1	11
Clint Barmes	20	71	20	.282	2	10
René Reyes	28	61	9	.148	0	1
Garrett Atkins	15	28	10	.357	1	8
Andy Tracy	15	16	3	.188	0	1

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
	34	202.0	15	8	5.84	117
	33	201.0	11	12	5.51	133
	27	162.1	9	7	3.66	117
	17	96.2	6	4	4.28	40
	14	78.2	2	3	4.12	41
Scott Elarton	8	41.1	0	6	9.80	23
Jeff Francis	7	36.2	3	2	5.15	32
Denny Stark	6	26.0	0	5	11.42	10
Jason Young	2	8.1	0	1	12.96	7

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
Jeff Fassero	40	111.0	3	8	5.51	59
Adam Bernero	16	32.1	1	1	5.57	21
Chris Gissell	5	8.2	0	1	14.54	11

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
	66	1	9	35	7.11	52
	65	3	8	0	3.68	38
	64	1	2	0	7.52	20
	55	6	6	0	4.74	30
	47	2	4	0	5.64	48
Scott Dohmann	41	0	3	0	4.11	49
Allan Simpson	32	2	1	0	5.08	46
Vladimir Núñez	22	3	3	0	7.01	22
Turk Wendell	12	0	0	0	7.02	11
Chin-hui Tsao	10	0	0	1	3.86	11
Marc Kroon	6	0	0	0	6.00	3
Travis Driskill	5	0	0	0	6.48	6
Kevin Jarvis	2	0	0	0	27.00	0