2004 St. Louis Cardinals Trades and Transactions

Transactions listed are from October 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

• November 2, 2003

  Jeff Fassero granted Free Agency.

• November 3, 2003

  Signed Allen Levrault as a free agent.

  Chris Carpenter granted Free Agency.

  Fernando Viña granted Free Agency.

• November 5, 2003

  Signed Cody McKay as a free agent.

• November 6, 2003

  Signed Joe Horgan as a free agent.

• November 7, 2003

  Signed Mike Mahoney as a free agent.

  Mike DeJean granted Free Agency.

• November 19, 2003

  Signed Kevin Witt as a free agent.

• November 20, 2003

  Signed Randy Flores as a free agent.

• November 21, 2003

  Traded Tino Martinez to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Received a player to be named later and Evan Rust (minors). The Tampa Bay Devil Rays sent John-Paul Davis (minors) (December 16, 2003) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

• November 24, 2003

  Signed Chad Paronto as a free agent.

• December 2, 2003

  Signed Chris Carpenter as a free agent.

• December 4, 2003

  Signed Chris Widger as a free agent.

• December 7, 2003

  Signed Cal Eldred as a free agent.

  Signed Steve Kline as a free agent.

• December 9, 2003

  Signed Brent Butler as a free agent.

• December 13, 2003

  Traded J.D. Drew and Eli Marrero to the Atlanta Braves. Received Ray King, Jason Marquis and Adam Wainwright.

• December 15, 2003

  Drafted Héctor Luna from the Cleveland Indians in the 2003 rule 5 draft.

• December 18, 2003

  Signed Jeff Suppan as a free agent.

• December 19, 2003

  Signed Reggie Sanders as a free agent.

• December 21, 2003

  Gene Stechschulte granted Free Agency.

• December 24, 2003

  Signed Luis Ortiz as a free agent.

• December 25, 2003

  Signed Matt Duff as a free agent.

• December 30, 2003

  Signed Mark Quinn as a free agent.

• January 7, 2004

  Signed Chris Prieto as a free agent.

• January 8, 2004

  Signed Lou Pote as a free agent.

• January 9, 2004

  Signed Marlon Anderson as a free agent.

  Signed Mike Lincoln as a free agent.

  Signed Julián Tavárez as a free agent.

• January 10, 2004

  Signed Alan Benes as a free agent.

• January 12, 2004

  Signed Wilson Delgado as a free agent.

  Signed Randy Ruiz as a free agent.

• January 18, 2004

  Signed Emil Brown as a free agent.

• January 22, 2004

  Selected Colin Porter off waivers from the Houston Astros.

• February 12, 2004

  Signed John Mabry as a free agent.

• February 18, 2004

  Signed Doug Creek as a free agent.

  Signed Ray Lankford as a free agent.

• February 23, 2004

  Selected Luis Martínez off waivers from the Milwaukee Brewers.

• March 18, 2004

  Released Brent Butler.

• March 21, 2004

  Traded Matt Duff to the Boston Red Sox. Received Tony Womack.

• March 26, 2004

  Released Randy Ruiz.

• March 28, 2004

  Released Allen Levrault.

• March 29, 2004

  Traded Kerry Robinson to the San Diego Padres. Received Brian Hunter.

• April 1, 2004

  Released Mark Quinn.

• April 4, 2004

  Traded Wilson Delgado to the New York Mets. Received Roger Cedeño.

• April 7, 2004

  Released Chris Widger.

• May 2, 2004

  Released Emil Brown.

• May 7, 2004

  Traded Joe Horgan to the Montreal Expos. Received Benji DeQuin (minors).

• May 26, 2004

  Lou Pote player rights sold to the Cleveland Indians.

• May 29, 2004

  Released Brian Hunter.

• June 1, 2004

  Signed Mark Quinn as a free agent.

• June 6, 2004

  Signed Alberto Reyes as a free agent.

• June 7, 2004

  Drafted Chris Lambert in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 30, 2004.

  Drafted Jarrett Hoffpauir in the 6th round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 21, 2004.

  Drafted Mike Parisi in the 9th round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 24, 2004.

  Drafted Mark Worrell in the 12th round of the 2004 amateur draft. Player signed June 29, 2004.

• June 15, 2004

  Received Nerio Rodríguez from the New York Yankees as part of a conditional deal.

• June 16, 2004

  Signed Cory Doyne as a free agent.

• July 15, 2004

  Released Jason Pearson.

• July 21, 2004

  Sent Jason Ryan to the Kansas City Royals as part of a conditional deal.

• July 27, 2004

  Received Armando Ríos from the Baltimore Orioles as part of a conditional deal.

• July 28, 2004

  Released Luis Ortiz.

• August 2, 2004

  Signed Tim Young as a free agent.

• August 6, 2004

  Traded players to be named later and Jason Burch (minors) to the Colorado Rockies. Received Larry Walker. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Luis Martínez (August 11, 2004) and Chris Narveson (August 11, 2004) to the Colorado Rockies to complete the trade.

• August 17, 2004

  Signed Danny Patterson as a free agent.

  Signed Steve Woodard as a free agent.

• August 23, 2004

  Released Armando Ríos.

• September 26, 2004

  Signed David Peralta as an amateur free agent.

• October 15, 2004

  Alan Benes granted Free Agency.

  Doug Creek granted Free Agency.

  Mike Mahoney granted Free Agency.

  Chad Paronto granted Free Agency.

  Danny Patterson granted Free Agency.

  Colin Porter granted Free Agency.

  Chris Prieto granted Free Agency.

  Mark Quinn granted Free Agency.

  Nerio Rodríguez granted Free Agency.

  Steve Stemle granted Free Agency.

  Kevin Witt granted Free Agency.

  Steve Woodard granted Free Agency.

  Tim Young granted Free Agency.

• October 29, 2004

  Ray Lankford granted Free Agency.

  Mike Matheny granted Free Agency.

  Édgar Rentería granted Free Agency.

• November 1, 2004

  Steve Kline granted Free Agency.

  Matt Morris granted Free Agency.

  Tony Womack granted Free Agency.

• November 2, 2004

  Cal Eldred granted Free Agency.

• November 3, 2004

  John Mabry granted Free Agency.

• November 4, 2004

  Woody Williams granted Free Agency.

• November 16, 2004

  Signed Toby Borland as a free agent.

• November 19, 2004

  Signed Brandon Berger as a free agent.

  Signed Mike Mahoney as a free agent.

  Released Jason Simontacchi.

• November 22, 2004

  Signed Mike Bell as a free agent.

• November 24, 2004

  Released Marlon Anderson.

• December 1, 2004

  Signed Chris Gissell as a free agent.

• December 7, 2004

  Signed Cal Eldred as a free agent.

  Signed John Mabry as a free agent.

  Signed Matt Morris as a free agent.

• December 13, 2004

  Tyler Johnson drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2004 rule 5 draft.

• December 14, 2004

  Signed Einar Díaz as a free agent.

• December 18, 2004

  Traded Daric Barton, Kiko Calero and Dan Haren to the Oakland Athletics. Received Mark Mulder.

• December 21, 2004

  So Taguchi granted Free Agency.

• December 22, 2004

  Signed Mike Myers as a free agent.

  Signed So Taguchi as a free agent.

• December 23, 2004

  Signed David Eckstein as a free agent.

  Signed Raúl González as a free agent.

• December 27, 2004

  Signed John Lindsey as a free agent.

• December 28, 2004

  Signed Abraham Núñez as a free agent.

• January 6, 2005

  Signed Mark Grudzielanek as a free agent.

• January 12, 2005

  Signed Bob File as a free agent.

• January 14, 2005

  Signed Donovan Solano as an amateur free agent.

• January 18, 2005

  Signed Nerio Rodríguez as a free agent.

• January 20, 2005

  Signed Wilton Guerrero as a free agent.

• January 26, 2005

  Signed Peter Zoccolillo as a free agent.

• February 2, 2005

  Signed Héctor Mercado as a free agent.

• February 19, 2005

  Signed Kevin Jarvis as a free agent.

• February 21, 2005

  Signed Bill Pulsipher as a free agent.

• March 22, 2005

  The Oakland Athletics returned Tyler Johnson (earlier draft pick).

• March 28, 2005

  Released Héctor Mercado.

• March 29, 2005

  Traded Mike Myers to the Boston Red Sox. Received Carlos De La Cruz (minors) and Kevin Ool (minors).

• March 30, 2005

  Released Wilton Guerrero.

  Released John Lindsey.