2004 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	March 30 – October 27, 2004
Number of games	162
Number of teams	30
TV partner(s)	Fox, ESPN
Draft
Top draft pick	Matt Bush
Picked by	San Diego Padres
Regular Season
Season MVP	AL: Vladimir Guerrero (ANA) NL: Barry Bonds (SF)
Postseason
AL champions	Boston Red Sox
AL runners-up	New York Yankees
NL champions	St. Louis Cardinals
NL runners-up	Houston Astros
World Series
Champions	Boston Red Sox
Runners-up	St. Louis Cardinals
World Series MVP	Manny Ramirez (BOS)
MLB seasons
← 2003 2005 →

The 2004 Major League Baseball season ended when the Boston Red Sox defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in a four-game World Series sweep. The Red Sox championship ended an 86-year-long drought known as the Curse of the Bambino. The Red Sox were also the first team in MLB history and the third team from a major North American professional sports league ever to come back from a 3–0 postseason series deficit and win. This happened in the ALCS against the New York Yankees.

The Montreal Expos would play their last season in Montreal, before relocating to Washington DC, becoming the Washington Nationals in 2005.

Statistical leaders

Statistic	American League		National League
AVG	Ichiro Suzuki SEA	.372	Barry Bonds SF	.362
HR	Manny Ramírez BOS	43	Adrián Beltré LA	48
RBI	Miguel Tejada BAL	150	Vinny Castilla COL	131
Wins	Curt Schilling BOS	21	Roy Oswalt HOU	20
ERA	Johan Santana MIN	2.61	Jake Peavy SD	2.27
SO	Johan Santana MIN	265	Randy Johnson AZ	290
SV	Mariano Rivera NYY	53	Armando Benítez FLA Jason Isringhausen STL	47
SB	Carl Crawford TB	59	Scott Podsednik MIL	70

Standings

Postseason

2004 was the last postseason until 2020 where both LCS went to 7 games.

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