2004 St. Louis Cardinals season

MLB yearly infobox
name = St. Louis Cardinals
season = 2004
misc = 2004 National League Champions

current league = National League
y1 = 1892
division = Central Division
y2 = 1994
Uniform
ballpark = Busch Memorial Stadium
y4 = 1966
city = St. Louis, Missouri
y5 = 1882
owners = William DeWitt, Jr.
managers = Tony La Russa
television = Fox Sports Midwest
(Joe Buck,Dan McLaughlin, Al Hrabosky)
KPLR
(Ricky Horton, Bob Carpenter, Rich Gould)
radio = KMOX
(Mike Shannon, Wayne Hagin)
espntn = stl
brtn = stl

The St. Louis Cardinals 2004 season was the team's 123rd season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 113th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 105-57 during the season and won the National League Central division. In the playoffs the Cardinals defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 3 games to 1 in the NLDS and the Houston Astros 4 games to 3 in the NLCS to reach their first World Series since 1987. In the World Series the Cardinals faced the Boston Red Sox and were swept 4 games to 0. It was the final World Series played at Busch Memorial Stadium.

Catcher Mike Matheny, third baseman Scott Rolen, and outfielder Jim Edmonds won Gold Gloves this year. Due to their superior offensive seasons, Albert Pujols, along with Rolen and Edmonds earned the nickname MV3.

Offseason

*December 2, 2003: Chris Carpenter was signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals. [ http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/carpech01.shtml]
*December 13, 2003: J.D. Drew was traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Eli Marrero to the Atlanta Braves for Jason Marquis, Ray King, and Adam Wainwright. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/drewj.01.shtml J.D. Drew Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*January 10, 2004: Alan Benes was signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/benesal01.shtml]

Regular Season

Opening Day Starters

*Jim Edmonds
*Ray Lankford
*Mike Matheny
*Matt Morris
*Albert Pujols
*Edgar Renteria
*Scott Rolen
*Reggie Sanders
*Tony Womack [ [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2004&t=SLN 2004 St. Louis Cardinals Roster by Baseball Almanac ] ]

eason standings

Transactions

*February 12, 2004: John Mabry was signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mabryjo01.shtml John Mabry Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*August 6, 2004: Larry Walker was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the St. Louis Cardinals for players to be named later and Jason Burch (minors). The St. Louis Cardinals sent Luis Martinez (August 11, 2004) and Chris Narveson (August 11, 2004) to the Colorado Rockies to complete the trade. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/walkela01.shtml Larry Walker Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Roster

Pitching

tarting pitchers

NLDS

t. Louis Cardinals vs. Los Angeles Dodgers

St. Louis wins series, 3-1

References

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/2004.shtml 2004 St. Louis Cardinals]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2004&t=SLN 2004 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]