2004

2004 in baseball
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 2004.

Club competitions

Professional

Asia and Australia

• Nippon Professional Baseball
  • Nippon Series: Seibu Lions (PL) over the Chunichi Dragons (CL), 4 - 3 - 0 (Details)
    • Central League: Chunichi Dragons (Details)
    • Pacific League: Seibu Lions (Details)
• Korea Baseball Organization: Hyundai Unicorns defeated the Samsung Lions in the Korean Series (Details)
• Chinese Professional Baseball League: Sinon Bulls defeated the Uni-President Lions in the Taiwan Series (Details)
• China Baseball League: Beijing Tigers defeated the Tianjin Lions in the championship series, 3 - 2 (Details)
• Claxton Shield: New South Wales Patriots

Europe

• European Cup: DOOR Neptunus Rotterdam, Hoofdklasse (Details)
  • Division Élite: Lions de Savigny-sur-Orge
  • Baseball-Bundesliga: Paderborn Untouchables
  • Hoofdklasse Honkbal: DOOR Neptunus Rotterdam
    • Holland Series: SC Neptunus defeated the HCAW in the series, 3 - 1 (Details)
  • Serie A1: Prink Grosseto

North America

• Major League Baseball
  • World Series: Boston Red Sox (AL) over the St. Louis Cardinals (NL), 4 - 0 (Details)
    • American League: Boston Red Sox (Details)
    • National League: St. Louis Cardinals (Details)

• Minor League Baseball
  • Appalachian League: Greeneville Astros
  • Arizona League: AZL Giants
  • Atlantic League: Long Island Ducks
  • California League: Modesto A's
  • Carolina League: Kinston Indians
  • Central League: Edinburg Roadrunners
  • Eastern League: New Hampshire Fisher Cats
  • Florida State League: Daytona Cubs / Tampa Yankees
  • Frontier League: Rockford RiverHawks
  • Gulf Coast League: GCL Yankees
  • International League: Buffalo Bisons (Details)
  • Midwest League: West Michigan Whitecaps
  • New York-Penn League: Mahoning Valley Scrappers
  • Northeast League: New Jersey Jackals
  • Northern League: St. Paul Saints
  • Northwest League: Boise Hawks
  • Pacific Coast League: Sacramento River Cats (Details)
  • Pioneer League: Provo Angels
  • South Atlantic League: Hickory Crawdads
  • Southern League: Mobile Bay Bears / Tennessee Smokies
  • Texas League: Frisco RoughRiders

• Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Piratas de Campeche defeated the Saraperos de Saltillo in the finals, 4 - 1

• Cuban Serie Nacional: Industriales (Details)

Winter Leagues

• Serie del Caribe: in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Tigres del Licey (Dominican Republic) (Details)
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana: Tigres del Licey defeated the Gigantes del Cibao in the finals, 4 - 1
  • Liga Mexicana del Pacífico: Tomateros de Culiacán
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Leones de Ponce defeated the Criollos de Caguas in the finals, in an unknown result
  • Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional: Tigres de Aragua defeated the Caribes de Anzoátegui in the finals, 4 - 2

Amateur

• National Collegiate Athletic Association
  • College World Series (Division I): California State University, Fullerton defeated the University of Texas at Austin in the finals, 6 - 4, 3 - 2 (Details)
  • Division II Baseball Championship: Delta State University over the Grand Valley State University, 12 - 8 in the finals
  • Division III Baseball Championship: George Fox University over the Eastern Connecticut State University, 5 - 3 in the finals
• NAIA College World Series: Cumberland University over the Oklahoma City University, 10 - 3 in the finals
• National Junior College Athletic Association
  • Division I Baseball World Series: Dixie State College of Utah
  • Division II Baseball World Series: Grand Rapids Community College
  • Division III Baseball World Series: Richland College
• Community College League of California: Saddleback College over Cypress College 10 - 4 in the finals
• National Baseball Congress World Series: Aloha Knights (Details)
• National Club Baseball Association: Colorado State University
• Canadian Intercollegiate Baseball Association/Association de Baseball Inter-Universitaire Canadienne: Queen's University
• All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series: Tohoku Fukushi University defeated the Nihon University in the final, 3 - 1 (Details)
• Japan High School Baseball Federation
  • National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Saibi High School (Ehime) defeat Aikoudai Meiden High School (Aichi), 6 - 5 in the championship (Details)
  • National High School Baseball Championship: Komazawa University Tomakomai High School (North Hokkaido) defeat Saibi High School (Ehime), 13 - 10 in the championship (Details)
• Little League
  • Little League World Series: Pabao (Willemstad, Curaçao) defeat Conejo Valley East (Thousand Oaks, CA), 5 - 2 in the championship (Details)

International competitions

• Women's Baseball World Cup in Edmonton, AB Canada (Details)
  • United States (Gold); Japan (Silver); Canada (Bronze)
• Olympics in Athens, Attica, Greece (Details)
  • Cuba (Gold); Australia (Silver); Japan (Bronze)
• South American Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina (Details)
  • Argentina (Gold); Brazil (Silver); Ecuador (Bronze)
• World University Baseball Championship in Tainan City, Taiwan (Details)
  • United States (Gold); Japan (Silver); South Korea (Bronze)

Culture

Literature

• Baseballissimo, by Dave Bidini
• Beyond the Shadow of the Senators, by Brad Snyder
• The Meaning of Ichiro, by Robert Whiting
• My Prison Without Bars, by Pete Rose and Rick Hill
• Negro League Baseball: The Rise and Ruin of a Black Institution, by Neil Lanctot
• The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers, by Bill James and Rob Neyer
• The Numbers Game, by Alan Schwarz
• Un été sans point ni coup sûr, by Marc Robitaille
• Waiting for Teddy Williams, by Howard Frank Mosher
• A Woman's Work, by Dorothy Jane Mills

Song

• Tessie, by The Dropkick Murphys

Film

• Hustle
• Mr. 3000

Births

Further information: Births in 2004

Deaths

Further information: Deaths in 2004