2004 Pacific Coast League season

The 2004 Pacific Coast League season was the 102nd season in the league's history. It ended with the Sacramento River Cats winning their second straight championship.

Final standings

Playoff teams in bold.

American Conference

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Iowa Cubs	79	64	.552	--	Mike Quade	Chicago Cubs
Colorado Springs Sky Sox	78	65	.545	1	Marv Foley	Colorado Rockies
Omaha Royals	71	73	.493	3½	Mike Jirschele	Kansas City Royals
Albuquerque Isotopes	67	77	.465	12½	Tracy Woodson	Florida Marlins

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Oklahoma RedHawks	81	63	.563	--	Bobby Jones	Texas Rangers
Memphis Redbirds	73	71	.507	8	Danny Sheaffer	St. Louis Cardinals
New Orleans Zephyrs	66	78	.458	15	Chris Maloney	Houston Astros
Nashville Sounds	63	79	.444	17	Trent Jewett	Pittsburgh Pirates

Pacific Conference

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Portland Beavers	84	60	.583	--	Craig Colbert	San Diego Padres
Tacoma Rainiers	79	63	.556	4	Dan Rohn	Seattle Mariners
Edmonton Trappers	69	74	.483	14½	Dave Huppert	Montreal Expos
Salt Lake Stingers	56	88	.389	28	Mike Brumley Jr.	Anaheim Angels

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Sacramento River Cats	79	65	.549	--	Tony DeFrancesco	Oakland Athletics
Tucson Sidewinders	74	70	.514	5	Chip Hale	Arizona Diamondbacks
Las Vegas 51s	67	76	.469	11½	Terry Kennedy	Los Angeles Dodgers
Fresno Grizzlies	62	82	.431	17	Fred Stanley	San Francisco Giants

Playoffs

	Conference Championships					Championship Finals
	AC	Iowa Cubs	3
	AE	Oklahoma RedHawks	2
						AC	Iowa Cubs	0
						NS	Sacramento River Cats	3
	NN	Portland Beavers	1
	NS	Sacramento River Cats	3

Conference Championships

Iowa vs. Oklahoma Date Away Home September 8 Oklahoma 1 Iowa 2 September 9 Oklahoma 4 Iowa 2 September 10 Iowa 4 Oklahoma 10 September 11 Iowa 5 Oklahoma 2 September 12 Iowa 6 Oklahoma 2 Iowa wins series 3-2

Portland vs. Sacramento Date Away Home September 8 Portland 7 Sacramento 2 September 9 Portland 3 Sacramento 7 September 10 Sacramento 5 Portland 4 September 11 Sacramento 5 Portland 2 Sacramento wins series 3-1

Championship Finals

Iowa vs. Sacramento Date Away Home September 14 Iowa 5 Sacramento 6 September 15 Iowa 4 Sacramento 5 September 17 Sacramento 4 Iowa 3 Sacramento wins series 3-0

League Leaders

Batting

• Batting Average Garrett Atkins, Colorado Springs, .366
• Runs Scored Nick Swisher, Sacramento, 109
• Hits Clint Barmes, Colorado Springs, 175
• Doubles Atkins, 43
• Triples Rich Thompson, Nashville, 13
• Home Runs Kevin Witt, Memphis, 36
• Runs Batted In Andy Tracy, Colorado Springs, 120
• Stolen Bases Freddy Guzman, Portland, 48

Pitching

• Wins Chris Gissell, Colorado Springs, 14
• Earned Run Average Les Walrond, Omaha, 3.06
• Complete Games Nelson Figueroa, Nashville, 4
• Shutouts Four tied with 2
• Strikeouts Dan Haren, Memphis, 150
• Saves Al Reyes, Memphis, 23

All-Star Team

• First Base Dan Johnson, Sacramento
• Second Base Chris Burke, New Orleans
• Shortstop Clint Barmes, Colorado Springs
• Third Base Garrett Atkins, Colorado Springs
• Outfield Chad Allen, Oklahoma; Ryan Church, Edmonton, Adam Riggs, Salt Lake
• Catcher Mike Rose, Sacramento
• Designated Hitter Calvin Pickering, Omaha
• Right-Handed Pitcher Brian Sweeney, Portland
• Left-Handed Pitcher Scott Downs, Edmonton
• Relief Pitcher Al Reyes, Memphis

Sources include 2005 Baseball Almanac

External Links

• BR Minors page
• 2004 PCL - The Baseball Cube