2004 All-Star Game

The 2004 All-Star Game was played on Tuesday, July 13, 2004. The American League won the seventy-fifth midsummer classic by a score of 9 to 4. The game was played at Minute Maid Park in Houston, TX in front of 41,886 fans. The MVP was Alfonso Soriano of the Texas Rangers.

The Teams[edit]

The American League team was led by manager Joe Torre and undetermined coaches.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Ron Belliard	Cleveland Indians	2B
Carlos Beltran	Kansas City Royals	OF	Fans Selection	replaced after being traded to NL
Hank Blalock	Texas Rangers	3B
Francisco Cordero	Texas Rangers	P
Carl Crawford	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	OF
Jason Giambi	New York Yankees	1B	Fans Selection
Tom Gordon	New York Yankees	P
Vladimir Guerrero	Anaheim Angels	OF	Fans Selection
Carlos Guillen	Detroit Tigers	SS
Ken Harvey	Kansas City Royals	1B
Tim Hudson	Oakland Athletics	P		replaced due to injury
Derek Jeter	New York Yankees	SS	Fans Selection
Matt Lawton	Cleveland Indians	OF
Ted Lilly	Toronto Blue Jays	P
Esteban Loaiza	Chicago White Sox	P
Victor Martinez	Cleveland Indians	C
Hideki Matsui	New York Yankees	OF	Final Man
Mark Mulder	Oakland Athletics	P	Starting Pitcher
Joe Nathan	Minnesota Twins	P
David Ortiz	Boston Red Sox	1B
Manny Ramirez	Boston Red Sox	OF
Mariano Rivera	New York Yankees	P
Alex Rodriguez	New York Yankees	3B	Fans Selection
Francisco Rodriguez	Anaheim Angels	P
Ivan Rodriguez	Detroit Tigers	C	Fans Selection
Kenny Rogers	Texas Rangers	P
C.C. Sabathia	Cleveland Indians	P
Curt Schilling	Boston Red Sox	P		replaced due to injury
Gary Sheffield	New York Yankees	OF
Alfonso Soriano	Texas Rangers	2B	Fans Selection
Ichiro Suzuki	Seattle Mariners	OF	Fans Selection
Miguel Tejada	Baltimore Orioles	SS
Javier Vazquez	New York Yankees	P		replaced Hudson
Jake Westbrook	Cleveland Indians	P		replaced Schilling
Michael Young	Texas Rangers	SS

The National League team was led by manager Jack McKeon and coach Jimy Williams and an undetermined coach.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Bobby Abreu	Philadelphia Phillies	OF	Final Man
Moises Alou	Chicago Cubs	OF
Carlos Beltran	Houston Astros	OF		replaced Griffey
Armando Benitez	Florida Marlins	P
Lance Berkman	Houston Astros	OF
Barry Bonds	San Francisco Giants	OF	Fans Selection
Miguel Cabrera	Florida Marlins	OF
Sean Casey	Cincinnati Reds	1B		replaced due to injury
Roger Clemens	Houston Astros	P	Starting Pitcher
Johnny Estrada	Atlanta Braves	C
Eric Gagne	Los Angeles Dodgers	P
Tom Glavine	New York Mets	P
Danny Graves	Cincinnati Reds	P
Ken Griffey, Jr.	Cincinnati Reds	OF	Fans Selection	replaced due to injury
Todd Helton	Colorado Rockies	1B
Livan Hernandez	Montreal Expos	P
Randy Johnson	Arizona Diamondbacks	P
Jeff Kent	Houston Astros	2B	Fans Selection
Danny Kolb	Milwaukee Brewers	P
Barry Larkin	Cincinnati Reds	SS
Paul Lo Duca	Los Angeles Dodgers	C		replaced Casey
Mark Loretta	San Diego Padres	2B
Mike Lowell	Florida Marlins	3B
Carl Pavano	Florida Marlins	P
Mike Piazza	New York Mets	C	Fans Selection
Albert Pujols	St. Louis Cardinals	1B	Fans Selection
Edgar Renteria	St. Louis Cardinals	SS	Fans Selection
Scott Rolen	St. Louis Cardinals	3B	Fans Selection
Jason Schmidt	San Francisco Giants	P
Ben Sheets	Milwaukee Brewers	P
Sammy Sosa	Chicago Cubs	OF	Fans Selection
Jim Thome	Philadelphia Phillies	1B
Jack Wilson	Pittsburgh Pirates	SS
Carlos Zambrano	Chicago Cubs	P