Derek Lowe (Trading Card DB)

June 17, 2004: Derek Lowe throws seven shutout innings in his best game of the season  

Derek Lowe was struggling a bit in 2004. Primarily a relief pitcher…

June 19, 2004: Blast-Off in the Big O

It was Juan wild night in an otherwise sad and dreary 2004 season…

June 25, 2004: Manny Ramírez’s 5 RBIs help Red Sox to big win over Phillies

On the path to the 2004 World Series championship, the rain-shortened…
Travis Blackley (TRADING CARD DB)

July 1, 2004: Travis Blackley wins major-league debut for Seattle Mariners

After Travis Blackley won his last seven decisions for the Triple-A…
Tim Wakefield

July 6, 2004: Red Sox win their second 11-0 game of the season

Less than three weeks earlier, on June 17 at Denver’s Coors…

July 16, 2004: First-place Cardinals stun Reds with 8th-inning rally to win

In mid-July 2004, more than 600 members of SABR descended upon…
Albert Pujols (NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME LIBRARY)

July 20, 2004: Albert Pujols’s epic 3-homer day leads Cardinals’ stunning rally

After falling one game short of the World Series in 2003, the…
MilarKevin

July 23, 2004: Kevin Millar homers three times, but Red Sox lose to Yankees

Boston Red Sox first baseman Kevin Millar was apparently seeing…

July 24, 2004: Red Sox fired up after walk-off win over Yankees at Fenway

“This may be the worst game I’ve ever seen … the best worst…

July 29, 2004: Mets’ Eric Valent hits for the ground-rule cycle

Getting a rare start for the New York Mets, left fielder Eric…
MartinezPedro

August 12, 2004: Pedro Martínez strikes out 10 Devil Rays batters in shutout

Throwing a complete game had become a remarkable event by 2004.…
FoulkeKeith

August 16, 2004: Keith Foulke earns 20th save as Red Sox begin summer surge

Keith Foulke signed as a free agent with the Boston Red Sox on…
Mark Teixeira (TRADING CARD DB)

August 17, 2004: Rangers’ Mark Teixeira drives in 7 runs, hits for the cycle

On August 17, 2004, switch-hitter Mark Teixeira “returned to…
Shane Nance (Trading Card DB)

August 23, 2004: Arizona’s Shane Nance earns only big-league win

“We have a lot of players here who we thought would be up here…
Jake Westbrook (TRADING CARD DB)

August 31, 2004: Indians set AL shutout record with unexpected 22-0 rout of Yankees

The Cleveland Indians were still reeling from a wretched nine-game…

September 3, 2004: Two solo homers help Red Sox run win streak to 10 in a row

Two solo home runs – and excellent pitching – helped the…
Johnny Damon

September 7, 2004: Johnny Damon hits his third leadoff home run of the year for Red Sox

It came on the second pitch of the game. Left-hander Mark Redman…