2004 in baseball
The following are the baseball events of the year 2004 throughout the world.
Headline events of the year
The Boston Red Sox win their first World Series since 1918, ending the Curse of the Bambino.
With 262 hits, Ichiro Suzuki of the Mariners breaks George Sisler's record of 257. Suzuki also sets the record for most singles in a season, with 225.
2004 also marked the final year of the Montreal Expos, who relocated at season's end to Washington, D.C. and become known as the Washington Nationals.
Champions
Major League Baseball
Regular Season Champions
World Series Champion – Boston Red Sox
Postseason – October 4 to October 27
Click on any series score to link to that series' page.
Higher seed has home field advantage during Division Series and League Championship Series.
American League has home field advantage during World Series as a result of American League victory in 2004 All-Star Game.
American/National League is seeded 1-3/2-4 as a result of A/NL regular season champion (New York Yankees)/(St. Louis Cardinals) and A/NL wild card (Boston Red Sox)(Houston Astros) coming from the same division.