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The New York Yankees' 2004 season was the 102nd season for the Yankees. The Yankees opened the season by playing two games against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in Japan on March 30, 2004. The team finished with a record of 101-61, finishing 3 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox in the AL East. The 2004 season was the Yankees third straight season of 100+ wins, the first such instance in franchise history. New York was managed by Joe Torre. In the playoffs, the Yankees defeated the Minnesota Twins, 3 games to 1, in the ALDS, before losing to the wild card Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3, in the ALCS. The 2004 Yankees are notable as the only team in MLB history to lose a 7-game playoff series after taking a 3 games to none lead. ==Offseason== *October 27, 2003: Luis Sojo was released by the New York Yankees.〔http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sojolu01.shtml〕 *December 16, 2003: Nick Johnson was traded by the New York Yankees with Randy Choate and Juan Rivera to the Montreal Expos for Javier Vázquez.〔http://www.baseball-reference.com/j/johnsni01.shtml〕 *December 23, 2003: Buddy Carlyle was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.〔http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/carlybu01.shtml〕 * January 6, 2004: Kenny Lofton signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees. *February 5, 2004: Mike Lamb was traded by the Texas Rangers to the New York Yankees for Jose Garcia (minors).〔http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lambmi01.shtml〕 * February 16, 2004: The New York Yankees sent Alfonso Soriano and a player to be named to later were sent to the Texas Rangers in exchange for Alex Rodriguez. The New York Yankees sent Joaquin Arias (April 23, 2004) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.〔(Alfonso Soriano Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com )〕 *March 25, 2004: Mike Lamb was traded by the New York Yankees to the Houston Astros for Juan DeLeon (minors).〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2004 New York Yankees season」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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