2004 Houston Astros season
| 2004 Houston Astros | |
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| Hosted the All-Star Game National League Wild Card Champions |
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| Record | 92–70 (.564) |
| Divisional place | 2nd |
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| Owner(s) | Drayton McLane, Jr. |
| General manager(s) | Gerry Hunsicker |
| Manager(s) | Jimy Williams and Phil Garner |
| Local television |
KNWS-TV FSN Southwest (Bill Brown, Larry Dierker, Jim Deshaies, Greg Lucas, Bill Worrell) |
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KTRH (Milo Hamilton, Alan Ashby) KLAT (Francisco Ernesto Ruiz, Alex Treviño) |
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ESPN.com BB-reference |
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The Houston Astros' 2004 season was the 43rd in club history, their 43rd in the National League (NL), eleventh in the National League Central division, and fifth at Minute Maid Park. They hosted that year's All-Star Game, the first at Minute Maid Park. Despite a 44–44 record, Phil Garner replaced Jimy Williams as manager during the season. The Astros finished second in the Central division and captured the NL wild card. The Astros won a postseason series for the first time in franchise history by defeating the Atlanta Braves in the National League Division Series (NLDS), scoring an NLDS-record 36 runs. Roger Clemens won the NL Cy Young Award, becoming the fourth pitcher to win the award in both leagues, and the only one with seven overall.
When he hit his sixth career grand slam against the Milwaukee Brewers on April 9, first baseman Jeff Bagwell tied a club record.Starting pitcher Roger Clemens was named National League Pitcher of the Month in April after going 5–0 in a win–loss record (W–L) with a 1.95 earned run average (ERA), 32 strikeouts and 14 bases on balls in 32 1⁄3 innings pitched. In just one start did he allow more than one run. Clemens passed Steve Carlton to move into then-second place behind Nolan Ryan on the all-time strikeout list on May 6 against the Pittsburgh Pirates in a 6–2 victory while striking out nine and bringing his career total to 4,140. In May, outfielder Lance Berkman produced a .785 slugging percentage with 24 runs batted in (RBI), winning his first career National League Player of the Month honors.
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