2004 Texas Rangers season

Offseason

• October 8, 2003: Tony Mounce was released by the Rangers.
• November 19, 2003: Ken Huckaby was signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
• February 5, 2004: Mike Lamb was traded by the Texas Rangers to the New York Yankees for Jose Garcia.
• February 16, 2004: Alex Rodriguez was traded by the Texas Rangers with cash to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later and Alfonso Soriano. The New York Yankees sent Joaquin Arias to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

  Regular season

Opening Day starters

• Gerald Laird, C
• Mark Teixeira, 1B
• Alfonso Soriano, 2B
• Hank Blalock, 3B
• Michael Young, SS
• David Dellucci, LF
• Laynce Nix, CF
• Kevin Mench, RF
• Brad Fullmer, DH
• Kenny Rogers, LHP

  Season summary

• May 8: Alfonso Soriano set a club record with six hits in nine innings in a 16–15, 10-inning victory over the Detroit Tigers. The game featured an hour-long fifth inning: up by two runs entering the inning, Detroit scored eight runs in the top half of the inning to take a ten run lead over the Rangers; the Rangers would score ten runs in the bottom half of the inning to tie the game.
• October 1: In a game against the Texas Rangers, Ichiro Suzuki set an MLB record for most hits in one season.

  Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

• July 6, 2004: Ken Huckaby was selected off waivers by the Baltimore Orioles from the Texas Rangers.
• August 18, 2004: Ken Huckaby was signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

  Roster

Game log

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Awards and honors

• Alfonso Soriano, 2004 All-Star Game Most Valuable Player
• Alfonso Soriano, Second Base, Silver Slugger Award
• Kenny Rogers, Pitcher, Gold Glove Award
• Buck Showalter, American League Manager of the Year Award
• Mark Teixeira, First Base, Silver Slugger Award

• Alfonso Soriano, Second Base, Starter
• Francisco Cordero, Pitcher, Reserve
• Kenny Rogers, Pitcher, Reserve
• Hank Blalock, Third Base, Reserve
• Michael Young, Shortstop, Reserve

• Buddy Bell
• Ferguson Jenkins
• Tom Vandergriff

  Farm system