2004 World Series

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2004 World Series
Manny Ramírez (Boston)
UmpiresEd Montague (crew chief), Dale Scott, Brian Gorman, Chuck Meriwether, Gerry Davis, Charlie Reliford
Hall of FamersRed Sox:
Pedro Martínez
David Ortiz
Cardinals:
Tony La Russa (manager)
Scott Rolen
Larry Walker
Broadcast
TelevisionFox (United States)
MLB International (International)
TV announcersJoe Buck and Tim McCarver (Fox)
Dave O'Brien and Rick Sutcliffe (MLB)
Radio
Radio announcersJon Miller and Joe Morgan (ESPN)
Joe Castiglione and Jerry Trupiano (WEEI)
Mike Shannon and Wayne Hagin (KMOX)
ALCSBoston Red Sox over New York Yankees (4–3)
NLCSSt. Louis Cardinals over Houston Astros (4–3)
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The 2004 World Series was the championship series of

Fox, and watched by an average of just under 25.5 million viewers. The Red Sox's World Series championship was their first since 1918, ending the Curse of the Bambino.[2][3][4][5][6]

The Cardinals earned their berth into the playoffs by winning the

Florida Marlins won in 2003.[8]

The Red Sox had

Most Valuable Player. While not a particularly competitive series, the 2004 World Series is ranked as one of the most memorable World Series of all time, and one of the most iconic professional sports moments from the 2000s due to its historical significance for Boston.[9][10][11][12] The Red Sox and Cardinals faced each other again in the 2013 World Series
, which the Red Sox also won, this time 4 games to 2.

Route to the series

See also:
2004 MLB Postseason

Boston Red Sox

Main article: 2004 Boston Red Sox season

The Red Sox had lost in the previous season's ALCS against the New York Yankees. The loss was mainly blamed on the decision by then-manager Grady Little to keep starting pitcher Pedro Martínez in the game in the 8th inning of Game 7, that resulted the win (and the 2003 American League championship in general) to rival New York via a walk-off home run, then Little was fired two weeks later.[13]

The Red Sox hired Terry Francona as their manager during the 2003–04 off-season.

During the off-season, the Red Sox hired

wild card to earn a place in the post-season for the second year in a row.[21]

In the divisional round of the playoffs, the Red Sox faced the second-seeded

Dave Roberts then came into the game to pinch run for Millar and stole second base. Mueller then singled to enable him to tie the game. Another game-winning home run by Ortiz won the game 6–4 for the Red Sox in the 12th inning.[24] Ortiz' single in the 14th inning of Game 5 scored the winning run for the Red Sox, in what was, then, the longest post-season game in baseball history.[25] Despite having a dislocated ankle tendon, Schilling started Game 6 for the Red Sox.[26] He pitched for seven innings, and allowed just one run, during which time his sock became soaked in blood.[26] In the eighth inning, Yankees third baseman Rodriguez slapped a ball out of pitcher Arroyo's hand, allowing the Yankees to score a run. However, after a discussion the umpires called Rodriguez out for interference and canceled the run. Fans then threw debris onto the field in protest and the game was stopped for ten minutes.[27][28] The Red Sox won the game 4–2 and became the first baseball team to ever force a Game 7 after having been down 3 games to none.[27] A 10–3 win in Game 7 brought the Red Sox to the World Series for the first time in 18 years.[29]

St. Louis Cardinals

Baseball batter in a red hat, white top and white pants, standing on baseball field for the Cardinals.
Albert Pujols, seen here in 2007, hit 46 home runs, then a career-high.
Main article: 2004 St. Louis Cardinals season

Having failed to make the playoffs the season before, and with their division rivals (the

runs batted in (RBI)—helped them to lead the league in runs scored.[32] They also allowed the fewest runs of any team in the league.[33] Four of their starters recorded at least 15 wins and closer Jason Isringhausen recorded a league-best 47 saves.[32][34] They added outfielder Larry Walker in August and finished the regular season with the best win–loss record in the league at 105-57.[35]

The top-seeded Cardinals faced the #3 seed

one-hitter by Astros pitchers Brandon Backe and Brad Lidge gave them the series lead.[38] An RBI single by Jeff Bagwell in the 9th inning of Game 6 tied the game and forced extra innings. In the 12th, Edmonds won the game for the Cardinals with a walk-off home run.[39] Trailing in the sixth inning of Game 7, a game-tying RBI double by Albert Pujols followed by a Scott Rolen two-run home run and then an RBI single by Larry Walker in the 8th inning helped the Cardinals to a 5–2 win and their first World Series berth in 17 years.[40]

By reaching the World Series with the Cardinals, Tony La Russa became the sixth manager to win pennants in both leagues.[41] This was after La Russa had managed the Oakland Athletics to three straight pennants between 1988 and 1990 and winning the 1989 World Series.[41] He would attempt to join Sparky Anderson as the only men to have managed teams to World Series championships in both leagues.[42] He wore #10 in tribute to Anderson (who wore 10 while manager of the Cincinnati Reds) and to indicate he was trying to win the team's 10th championship.[43][44]

Series build-up

The series was heavily discussed and analyzed by the

American media prior to it beginning. The Star-News of Wilmington, North Carolina, compared the Red Sox and Cardinals position by position and concluded that the Cardinals were stronger in eight positions, the Red Sox in four and both teams even in one. They predicted that the Cardinals would win the series in seven games.[45] Andrew Haskett of E-Sports.com gave high praise to the two teams' starting pitchers but also said that the Cardinals "took a serious blow" when Chris Carpenter was forced out of the series due to an injury to his arm. He also pointed out the ability of both teams to hit home runs, especially in the case of the Red Sox's David Ortiz and the Cardinals' Albert Pujols, Scott Rolen and Jim Edmonds. While he praised the Red Sox defense, he called the Cardinals "one of the best defensive teams to ever walk onto a baseball field". Ultimately he concluded that the series would be close and that the Red Sox would win it.[46]

John Donovan of Sports Illustrated praised both teams for how unexpected their reaching the World Series was, saying that they were "not supposed to be here". He also called the series a "blast from the past" because both teams were very old franchises and had twice previously met in the World Series.[47] In a breakdown of how the two teams matched up, he concluded that the edge was with the Red Sox in pitching and the Cardinals in defense and batting. Ultimately he concluded that Schilling and Martinez would be the "key to [the] Series" and that the Red Sox would win in six games.[48] Jim Molony of MLB.com, said he expected the series to play out very differently from the last time the two teams met in the World Series in 1967. This was because both team offenses had been some of the best in the league during the season, while pitching had been very dominant in 1967.[49]

Bally's in Las Vegas set the Red Sox as 8–5 favorites to win the Series" and that there was "some sentiment in St. Louis that the NL champions have been disrespected". but also that Red Sox General Manager Theo Epstein "Did not want to dis[respect] the Cardinals".[50] Shaughnessy also quoted Schilling as having said: "There's a lot of good players in that [visitors] clubhouse over there. This isn't the time for us to be thinking about history. If we get three wins and 26 outs into the fourth win, I'm pretty sure it will hit us."[50] Before the series began, Shaughnessy wrote a piece saying that although the Red Sox had beaten the Yankees, the series needed to be won, as it was the only way the Curse of the Bambino, which he had publicized based on the book of the same title in 1990,[51] would end,[52][53] and demeaning chants of "1918!" would no longer echo at Yankee Stadium.[54] During the series, he wrote a piece about how much people in New England were thinking about loved ones who had spent their entire lives rooting for the Red Sox, hoping that one day, they would see their Red Sox win a World Series.[55][56]

Both teams had lost in their previous World Series appearances in seven games. The Red Sox lost to the

home-field advantage, which meant the Red Sox had the advantage at Fenway Park in four of the seven games in the series.[59]

Summary

Boston won the series, 4–0.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 23 St. Louis Cardinals – 9, Boston Red Sox – 11 Fenway Park 4:00 35,035[60] 
2 October 24 St. Louis Cardinals – 2, Boston Red Sox – 6 Fenway Park 3:20 35,001[61] 
3 October 26 Boston Red Sox – 4, St. Louis Cardinals – 1 Busch Stadium (II) 2:58 52,015[62] 
4 October 27 Boston Red Sox – 3, St. Louis Cardinals – 0 Busch Stadium (II) 3:14 52,037[63]

Matchups

Game 1

October 23, 2004 8:05 pm (EDT) at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts 49 °F (9 °C), Overcast
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis 0 1 1 3 0 2 0 2 0 9 11 1
Boston 4 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 X 11 13 4
WP: Keith Foulke (1–0)   LP: Julián Tavárez (0–1)
Home runs:
STL: Larry Walker (1)
BOS: David Ortiz (1), Mark Bellhorn (1)
Attendance: 35,035
Boxscore

Local band

Victoria Snelgrove, who had been accidentally killed by police two days earlier as Sox fans had celebrated winning the American League pennant.[64][65] Steven Tyler, the lead singer of Aerosmith, another local band, performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" and Red Sox legend Carl Yastrzemski threw the ceremonial first pitch.[65] Kelly Clarkson sang "God Bless America" during the seventh-inning stretch
.

Down the right field line, into the corner it is fair! And a three-run home run, Ortiz has done it again!

Joe Buck of Fox Sports, calling the fifth home run of the postseason by David Ortiz in Game 1.[66]

Manny Ramírez flied out, Ortiz hit a three-run home run in his first-ever World Series at bat. Kevin Millar then scored by virtue of a single by Bill Mueller to put the Red Sox up 4–0.[67][68]

The Cardinals scored one run in both the second and third innings on a

sacrifice fly by Mike Matheny to score Jim Edmonds and a home run to right field by Walker, respectively. However, in the bottom of the third, the Red Sox scored three runs after seven consecutive batters reached base, giving them a five-run lead. Dan Haren came in from the Cardinals' bullpen to replace Williams during the inning.[69]

In the top of the fourth inning, Bronson Arroyo was brought in to replace Wakefield after he had walked four batters. Those walks, combined with a throwing error by Millar and a passed ball by Doug Mirabelli, allowed the Cardinals to reduce the lead to two runs. In the sixth inning, So Taguchi reached first on an infield hit and was allowed to advance to second when Arroyo threw the ball into the stands. Doubles by Édgar Rentería and Walker tied the game at seven. In the bottom of the seventh inning, Ramírez singled with two men on base, and a poor throw by Edmonds allowed Mark Bellhorn to score. Ortiz then hit a line drive that appeared to skip off the lip of the infield and hit Cardinals' second baseman Tony Womack with "considerable force".[70] Womack immediately grabbed his clavicle as a second Red Sox run scored. He was attended to once play had ended and replaced by Marlon Anderson. A precautionary X-ray revealed that there was no damage.[69][70]

In the top of the eighth inning, with one out and two men on base, Red Sox closer

Pesky's Pole, for his third home run in as many games to give the Red Sox a two-run lead.[65][72] In the ninth inning, Foulke struck out Cedeño to win the game for the Red Sox 11–9.[67][69]

With a total of 20 runs, it was the highest scoring opening game of a World Series ever.[73] With four RBI, Ortiz also tied a franchise record for RBI in a World Series game.[65][74] Walker, making his World Series debut in Game 1, collected four hits in five at bats with a home run and two doubles.[75] His four-hit outing tied a Cardinals World Series record, becoming the seventh overall and first to do so since Lou Brock in 1967, also against Boston.[76]

Game 2

October 24, 2004 8:10 pm (EDT) at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts 48 °F (9 °C), Overcast
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 0
Boston 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 X 6 8 4
WP: Curt Schilling (1–0)   LP: Matt Morris (0–1)
Attendance: 35,001
Boxscore

Boston native James Taylor performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" before Game 2 and singer Donna Summer, also a Boston native, performed "God Bless America" during the seventh-inning stretch. The ceremonial first pitch was thrown by the surviving three members of the famous Red Sox quartet that had faced the Cardinals in 1946: Bobby Doerr, Dom DiMaggio and Johnny Pesky (Ted Williams had died two years earlier).[77]

Boston pitcher, in black hat, navy blue top and grey pants, delivering a practice pitch for the Red Sox the day before a game. Nearly empty bleachers are visible behind him.
Schilling, seen here in 2007, started and won Game 2 for the Red Sox.

Despite having a torn tendon in his right ankle, similar to Game 6 of the ALCS against the Yankees, Schilling started Game 2 for the Red Sox.

antibiotics and was able to pitch.[78]
Morris started for the Cardinals on three days' rest (one day fewer than is orthodox rest for a starting pitcher).[79]

In the first inning,

line drive towards Mueller, who caught it to end the inning.[78] Morris walked Ramírez and Ortiz in the bottom of the inning. Varitek then tripled to center field to give the Red Sox a 2–0 lead.[80]

In the fourth inning, Pujols doubled again and was able to score on an error by Mueller. The Red Sox also scored in the bottom of the inning when Bellhorn doubled to center with two runners on base, to give them a three-run lead.

leadoff hitter, having already given up four runs in the previous four innings. Mueller committed his World Series record-tying third error of the game, in the sixth inning;[81] however, the Cardinals failed to capitalize. In the bottom of the inning, Trot Nixon led off with a single to center, and two more singles by Johnny Damon and Orlando Cabrera enabled two more runs to score to make it 6–1.[80]

After six innings of allowing no earned runs – which gave him a total of 13 innings against the Yankees and Cardinals with only one earned run allowed on a torn ankle tendon – Schilling made way for Alan Embree, who pitched a scoreless seventh. Mike Timlin replaced Embree in the eighth, in which a sacrifice fly by Scott Rolen reduced the Red Sox lead to four. Keith Foulke then came in to strike out Jim Edmonds to end the inning and also pitched the ninth to end the game. For the second game in a row, the Red Sox won despite committing four fielding errors.[80]

With the

win, Schilling became only the fifth pitcher to ever win a World Series game with a team from both leagues, having previously done it with National League teams, the Philadelphia Phillies in 1993, and the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2001.[78] He later donated the bloody sock he wore during the game to the Baseball Hall of Fame museum.[73][82] Much of the blame for the Cardinals' losses in the first two games was directed at the fact that Rolen, Edmonds and Reggie Sanders, three of the Cardinals' best batters, had combined for one hit in 22 at-bats.[83][84][85]

Game 3

October 26, 2004 7:30 pm (CDT) at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri 66 °F (19 °C), Overcast
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 9 0
St. Louis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0
Manny Ramírez (1)
STL: Larry Walker (2)
Attendance: 52,015
Boxscore

Seattle Mariners designated hitter Edgar Martínez was presented with the 2004 Roberto Clemente Award, having announced his retirement one month before.[86] The ceremonial first pitch was thrown by arguably the Cardinals' best-ever position player, Stan Musial, and caught by arguably their best-ever pitcher, Bob Gibson. "The Star-Spangled Banner" and "God Bless America" were sung by country music singer Martina McBride and singer–songwriter Amy Grant respectively. During the game, a sign for the fast-food restaurant Taco Bell that measured 12 by 12 feet (3.7 m × 3.7 m) and read "Free Taco Here", was hung approximately 420 feet (130 m) from home plate, over the left-center field bullpen. Taco Bell promised that, if the sign was hit by a home run ball, they would give a free "Crunchy Beef Taco" to everyone in the United States.[87][88]

Once again, the Red Sox took the lead in the first inning when Ramírez hit a home run off former Red Sox pitcher Jeff Suppan. Pedro Martínez was the starting pitcher for the Red Sox, and in the bottom of the first inning, he allowed the Cardinals to load the bases with one out. Edmonds then hit a fly ball towards Ramírez in left field, who caught it on the run and threw to catcher Jason Varitek at home plate. Varitek tagged out Walker, who was attempting to score from third, ending the inning.[89]

In the bottom of the third inning, the Cardinals had two runners on base with no one out. Walker hit a ground ball towards first base, and Cardinals

third base coach José Oquendo signalled to Suppan on third to run to home plate. However, halfway towards home, Suppan "suddenly stopped".[89] Édgar Rentería, who had been running from second base towards third, was forced to return to second when he saw Suppan had stopped. After stepping on first base, David Ortiz began moving toward Suppan, who had turned back toward third, Ortiz threw to third baseman Mueller, who tagged Suppan out. After the next batter, Albert Pujols, grounded to Mueller, the inning ended.[89]

Trot Nixon extended the Red Sox lead to two in the top of the fourth, hitting a single to right field that scored Mueller, who had started the rally with a two-out double to left-center. Johnny Damon then led off the Red Sox's fifth inning with a double to right. Singles by Orlando Cabrera and Ramírez, to right and left respectively, scored Damon to make it 3–0. With two out, Mueller singled along the first base line, enabling Cabrera to score the Red Sox's fourth run. Suppan was replaced by Al Reyes, which meant none of the Cardinals three starting pitchers had finished five innings during the series.[89]

shutout when Walker hit a home run to center field off Foulke in the ninth inning, but Foulke retired the other three batters he faced in the inning to secure the win for the Red Sox 4–1.[89][90]

On the same day the Red Sox won Game 3, The Boston Globe's Dan Shaughnessy wrote that, as this win brought the Red Sox on the verge of winning a World Series, he wondered how many people in New England were thinking about loved ones who had spent their entire lives rooting for the Red Sox and hoping that one day, they would see the Red Sox win a World Series.[55][56]

Game 4

October 27, 2004 7:25 pm (CDT) at Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri 61 °F (16 °C), Cloudy
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 0
St. Louis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
WP: Derek Lowe (1–0)   LP: Jason Marquis (0–1)   Sv: Keith Foulke (1)
Home runs:
BOS: Johnny Damon (1)
STL: None
Attendance: 52,037
Boxscore
Batter in black hat red top and white pants, batting during spring training for the Red Sox.
Ramírez, seen here during spring training in 2007, was named the series MVP.

Manny Ramírez received the Hank Aaron Award for the National and American Leagues, respectively.[92] Former Cardinals players Lou Brock and Red Schoendienst threw out ceremonial first pitches along with Rashima Manning, from the Herbert Hoover Boys & Girls Clubs of America.[91] A lunar eclipse was visible during the game – the first lunar eclipse to take place during a World Series game.[93][94] The game was also played on the 18th anniversary of Game 7 of the 1986 World Series, which the Red Sox had lost at Shea Stadium to the New York Mets
, despite taking a 3–0 lead into the sixth inning.

Damon hit a home run to right field in the first at-bat of the game on a 2–1 count to give the Red Sox the lead in the first inning for the fourth straight game;[93] it proved to be the game-winning run. Ramírez singled in the third inning to give him a hit in 17 consecutive postseason games.[94] Doubles to right by David Ortiz and to center by Trot Nixon, who narrowly missed a grand slam after swinging on a 3–0 count, scored two more runs for the Red Sox to give them a three-run lead.[93][95] Cardinals starter Jason Marquis went six innings and allowed just the three runs. Marquis was the only Cardinal pitcher who went past five innings.

Back to Foulke, Red Sox fans have longed to hear it: The Boston Red Sox are World Champions!

Joe Buck, calling the final play of Game 4.[55]

Swing and a ground ball stabbed by Foulke! He has it, he underhands to first – and the Boston Red Sox are the World Champions! For the first time in 86 years, the Red Sox have won baseball's world championship! Can you believe it?

Joe Castiglione calling the final play of Game 4 for WEEI in Boston.[96]

In the top of the eighth, Mueller led off with a single to right and Nixon followed with his third double of the game.

bases loaded and nobody out, and was able to finish the inning without allowing a run to score.[95] Kevin Millar pinch hit for the Red Sox starting pitcher Derek Lowe during this inning. It was the third straight game in which the Red Sox starting pitcher had not allowed an earned run.[95]

Red Sox closer Foulke came in to pitch the bottom of the ninth. Pujols led off the inning by hitting a single through Foulke's legs and into center field. After Foulke induced Rolen into a fly out and struck out Edmonds, Pujols took second base, but no

ground ball that bounced back to Foulke on the mound. Foulke threw it underhand to Doug Mientkiewicz at first base to end the game, and the Red Sox drought.[97]

The series win was the Red Sox's first title in 86 years. They were also the fourth team to win a World Series without trailing in any of the games in the series,

Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the series, said afterwards "I don't believe in curses, I believe you make your own destination. [sic]"[93] Kevin Millar said that it was important to finish off the Cardinals in four and not let it go to a fifth game given the team's history.[55]

The Cardinals offense struggled to find spark in the final three games. Pujols, Rolen, and Edmonds, the normally fearsome 3-4-5 hitters for the Cardinals, were six-for-45 with one RBI. The club batted .190 with a .562 OPS overall. Walker was one of very few exceptions, batting .357 with a 1.366 OPS. His two home runs accounted for the only two home runs hit by the entire Cardinals team.[100] In the 2004 postseason, Walker scored 21 percent (14 of 68) of Cardinal runs.[76]

Composite line score

2004 World Series (4–0):

St. Louis Cardinals
(N.L.).

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston Red Sox 8 0 5 3 2 2 2 2 0 24 39 8
St. Louis Cardinals 0 1 1 4 0 2 0 3 1 12 24 1
Total attendance: 174,088   Average attendance: 43,522
Winning player's share: $223,619.79   Losing player's share: $163,378.53[101]

Series statistics

Boston Red Sox

Batting

Note: GP=Games Played; AB=At Bats; R=Runs; H=Hits; 2B=Doubles; 3B=Triples; HR=Home Runs; RBI=Runs Batted In; BB=Walks; AVG=Batting Average; OBP=On Base Percentage; SLG=Slugging Percentage

Player GP AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB AVG OBP SLG Reference
Jason Varitek 4 13 2 2 0 1 0 2 1 .154 .267 .308 [102]
Doug Mientkiewicz 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 [103]
Mark Bellhorn 4 10 3 3 1 0 1 4 5 .300 .563 .700 [104]
Bill Mueller 4 14 3 6 2 0 0 2 4 .429 .556 .571 [105]
Orlando Cabrera 4 17 3 4 1 0 0 3 3 .235 .381 .294 [106]
Manny Ramirez 4 17 2 7 0 0 1 4 3 .412 .500 .588 [107]
Johnny Damon 4 21 4 6 2 1 1 2 0 .286 .286 .619 [108]
Trot Nixon 4 14 1 5 3 0 0 3 1 .357 .400 .571 [109]
David Ortiz 4 13 3 4 1 0 1 4 4 .308 .471 .615 [110]
Kevin Millar 4 8 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 .125 .364 .250 [111]
Doug Mirabelli 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 [112]
Gabe Kapler 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 [113]
Pokey Reese 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 [114]
Derek Lowe 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 [115]
Pedro Martínez 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .333 .000 [116]

Pitching

Note: G=Games Played; GS=Games Started; IP=Innings Pitched; H=Hits; BB=Walks; R=Runs; ER=Earned Runs; SO=Strikeouts; W=Wins; L=Losses; SV=Saves; ERA=Earned Run Average

Player G GS IP H BB R ER SO W L SV ERA Reference
Derek Lowe 1 1 7 3 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0.00 [117]
Pedro Martínez 1 1 7 3 2 0 0 6 1 0 0 0.00 [118]
Curt Schilling 1 1 6 4 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 0.00 [119]
Keith Foulke 4 0 5 4 1 1 1 8 1 0 1 1.80 [120]
Tim Wakefield 1 1 3+2⁄3 3 5 5 5 2 0 0 0 12.27 [121]
Mike Timlin 3 0 3 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 6.00 [122]
Bronson Arroyo 2 0 2+2⁄3 4 1 2 2 4 0 0 0 6.75 [123]
Alan Embree 3 0 1+2⁄3 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0.00 [124]

St. Louis Cardinals

Batting

Note: GP=Games Played; AB=At Bats; R=Runs; H=Hits; 2B=Doubles; 3B=Triples; HR=Home Runs; RBI=Runs Batted In; BB=Walks; AVG=Batting Average; OBP=On Base Percentage; SLG=Slugging Percentage

Player GP AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB AVG OBP SLG Reference
Mike Matheny 7 19 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 .105 .150 .105 [125]
Albert Pujols 4 15 1 5 2 0 0 0 1 .333 .412 .467 [126]
Tony Womack 4 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 .182 .250 .182 [127]
Scott Rolen 4 15 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .059 .000 [128]
Édgar Rentería 4 15 2 5 3 0 0 1 2 .333 .412 .533 [129]
Reggie Sanders 4 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .308 .000 [130]
Jim Edmonds 4 15 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 .067 .125 .067 [131]
Larry Walker 4 14 2 5 2 0 2 3 2 .357 .438 .929 [132]
Marlon Anderson 4 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .333 [133]
John Mabry 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 [134]
Roger Cedeno 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 [135]
So Taguchi 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 [136]
Yadier Molina 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 [137]
Héctor Luna 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 [138]
Jason Marquis 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 [139]
Jeff Suppan 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 [140]

Pitching

Note: G=Games Played; GS=Games Started; IP=Innings Pitched; H=Hits; BB=Walks; R=Runs; ER=Earned Runs; SO=Strikeouts; W=Wins; L=Losses; SV=Saves; ERA=Earned Run Average

Player G GS IP H BB R ER SO W L SV ERA Reference
Jason Marquis 2 1 7 6 7 3 3 4 0 1 0 3.86 [141]
Jeff Suppan 1 1 4+2⁄3 8 1 4 4 4 0 1 0 7.71 [142]
Dan Haren 2 0 4+2⁄3 4 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.00 [143]
Matt Morris 1 1 4+1⁄3 4 4 4 4 3 0 1 0 8.31 [144]
Ray King 3 0 2+2⁄3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 [145]
Woody Williams 1 1 2+1⁄3 8 3 7 7 1 0 0 0 27.00 [146]
Jason Isringhausen 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.00 [147]
Julián Távarez 2 0 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 4.50 [148]
Cal Eldred 2 0 1+2⁄3 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 10.80 [149]
Kiko Calero 2 0 1+1⁄3 2 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.50 [150]
Al Reyes 2 0 1+1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 [151]

Broadcasting

The series was broadcast by

announcers were Joe Buck and Tim McCarver. Jeanne Zelasko covered the pre-game build up to all four games and the presentation of the World Series trophy.[55][66]
An average of 23.1 million people watched Game 1. This was the highest television ratings for the opening game of a World Series in five years and had the highest average number of viewers since 1996. It was also the highest rated broadcast on any network in the past ten months.[152] The ratings for the first two games were also the highest average since 1996,[153] and the average for the first three games was the highest since 1999.[154] Game 3 had the highest average number of viewers with 24.4 million, since 1996 when 28.7 million watched the Atlanta Braves and New York Yankees. It was also the Fox network's highest rating for a Game 3 of a World Series ever.[155] Game 4 posted an 18.2 national rating giving the series an overall average of 15.8. This was the highest average in five years, and the average number of viewers of 25.4 million was the highest since 1995.[156]

In terms of local radio, Joe Castiglione and Jerry Trupiano called the series for WEEI in Boston while Mike Shannon and Wayne Hagin announced for KMOX in St. Louis.

Game Rating
Share
 Audience (in millions)
1[157] 13.7 25 23.17
2[157] 15.9 24 25.46
3[158] 15.7 24 24.42
4[158] 18.2 28 28.84
Average 15.8 25.25 25.47

Aftermath

With the win coming eight months after the

Sportsman of the Year award a month later, making them the first professional team to ever win the award. For pitcher Curt Schilling, it was the second time he had won the award, having shared it with then-Arizona Diamondbacks teammate Randy Johnson in 2001.[160]

This World Series win by the Red Sox continued a history of Boston teams beating St. Louis teams to win championships.

St. Louis Hawks to win their first NBA championship in 1957.[161] With championship showdowns between teams from Boston and St. Louis seen in Major League Baseball, the NFL, NBA and NHL, it is the only showdown between teams from two specific locations, that has been seen in each of these four leagues.[161][162] St. Louis would finally end Boston's dominance against them when the St. Louis Blues defeated the Boston Bruins in the 2019 Stanley Cup Finals
.

Red Sox

The Red Sox's win in the World Series ended the "Curse of the Bambino", which supposedly had afflicted the team ever since the Red Sox sold Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees in 1919.[163][164] Pitcher Derek Lowe and other players said that the team would no longer hear "1918!" at Yankee Stadium ever again.[54][165][166] Kevin Millar said to all Red Sox fans: "We wanted to do it so bad for the city of Boston. To win a World Series with this on our chests, it hasn't been done since 1918. So rip up those '1918!' posters right now."[55][162][166] Members of previous Red Sox teams who had fallen short immediately acclaimed the 2004 team, including Pesky – who had been the shortstop responsible for a fatal checking error that had allowed the Cardinals' Enos Slaughter to complete his "Mad Dash" to score the winning run in Game 7 at the old Sportsman's Park in 1946. Pesky watched the game from the visiting clubhouse and was immediately embraced by Millar, Wakefield, Schilling and others as a living representative of those previous teams as he joined the celebrations.

It also added to the recent success of Boston-area teams, following the Patriots wins in Super Bowls XXXVI and XXXVIII. With the Patriots having won Super Bowl XXXVIII the previous February, the Red Sox winning the World Series marked the first time since 1979 that the same city had a Super Bowl and World Series winner in the same year – the last city to accomplish the feat had been Pittsburgh, when the Steelers and Pirates had won Super Bowl XIII and the World Series respectively.[7] The city would go on to record a decade of sports success from 2001 to 2011 with seven championships in the four major North American sports leagues (MLB, the NFL, the NBA and the NHL), including one in each league after the Patriots won two more Super Bowls, the Celtics won the 2008 NBA championship and the Bruins won the Stanley Cup in 2011. Following the Bruins winning the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals, Boston Globe columnist Dan Shaughnessy ranked all seven championships and chose the Red Sox' 2004 World Series win as the greatest Boston sports championship during the ten-year span.[167]

Red Sox Manager Terry Francona became the third manager in four years to win a World Series in his first year as manager, following Bob Brenly of the 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks and Jack McKeon of the 2003 Florida Marlins.[73]

Massachusetts US Senator, Boston resident and future Secretary of State John Kerry, who had been named Democratic presidential nominee in Boston that summer, wore a Red Sox cap the day after the series ended.[168] He also said that the Red Sox had "[come] back against all odds and showed America what heart is".[168] His Republican opponent, incumbent President George W. Bush,[169] made a phone call from the White House to congratulate the team's owner John W. Henry, president Larry Lucchino and manager Terry Francona.[168] The team also visited Bush at the White House the following March, where he gave a speech honoring their presence, in which he asked "what took [them] so long?"[170] A future Presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, at the time Massachusetts Governor, ceremonially helped remove the Reverse Curve road sign on Storrow Drive that had been famously spray-painted to read "Reverse the Curse" as a further marking of the end of the Curse.[171]

The day after the Red Sox win, the Boston Globe more than doubled its daily press run, from 500,000 to 1.2 million copies, with the headline, "YES!!!" right across the front page.[94][172]

Group of men on a raised platform. One holds a sign that reads "JETER is playing GOLF today" and "THIS IS BETTER!"
Ramírez at the victory parade, with a sign that one of the spectators handed him.

The Red Sox held their World Series victory parade on the following Saturday, October 30. The team was transported around on 17

Massachusetts Avenue had to be closed to accommodate members of the media filming the parade as it passed under the Harvard Bridge.[173] Ramírez was handed a sign by one of the spectators part of the way through the parade, which read, "Jeter is playing golf today. This is better!"[174] He held on to this sign for the rest of the parade, in a similar way to what Tug McGraw said after the Philadelphia Phillies won the 1980 World Series.[174][175][176] Over three million people were estimated to have attended the parade, making it the largest gathering ever in the city of Boston.[177]

Group of about thirty men wearing suits in front of a white building
The Boston Red Sox were honored at the White House by President George W. Bush following their 2004 World Series victory.

The Red Sox were presented with their

off-season, were also present to collect their rings.[178] The ceremony, which lasted around an hour, ended with stars from other Boston sports teams, including the Celtics' Bill Russell, the Bruins' Bobby Orr and the Patriots' Tedy Bruschi and Richard Seymour, throwing ceremonial first pitches.[179] The presence of Bruschi and Seymour made evident the recent success of Boston-area teams.[7] The day after the Red Sox won the Series, Shaughnessy and the rest of the news media said of the Red Sox home opener: "The team in the third-base dugout? The New York Yankees, Sweet."[94] In a sign of respect, the Red Sox rivals came to the top step of the visitors dugout and gave the Red Sox a standing ovation.[180] The Fenway Park crowd burst into cheers when Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera was introduced, breaking from the tradition of fans booing opposing players, due to him having blown save opportunities in Games 4 and 5 of the 2004 ALCS. Rivera was a good sport about it and laughed while waving his arms in mock appreciation of the fans.[181]

All right...Forget about ending the curse and having 86 years of baggage erased in one fell swoop. If you don't get emotional watching a group of guys celebrating and hugging when you feel like you know them, when you suffered all the same highs and lows, when you spent the last seven months with them...I mean, why even follow sports at all? (Translation: It's getting a little dusty in here.)

Bill Simmons' entry in his Game 4 running diary at 8:42 PM Pacific Time, 1 minute after the final out[182]

The following August, Simon & Schuster published Faithful, a book which collected e-mails about the Red Sox between American writers and Red Sox fans Stephen King and Stewart O'Nan during the 2004 season.[183] In March 2005, Houghton Mifflin Company published Reversing the Curse, a book by Shaughnessy, author of the bestselling The Curse of the Bambino, chronicling the 2004 Red Sox season. ESPN's Bill Simmons published Now I Can Die In Peace, a collection of his columns with updated annotations and notes, including columns for each of the last four games of the ALCS and each World Series game – with Game 4 being a running diary.[184] The Farrelly Brothers altered the ending of their 2005 film Fever Pitch – which includes appearances by Damon, Nixon and Varitek – to coincide with the actual end of the series. They and their crew, plus stars Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon, flew to St. Louis and Barrymore and Fallon attended Game 4 in character, complete with the two of them running onto the field at Busch Stadium and kissing once the final out was made.[185][186]

On May 28, 2014, the team reunited at Fenway Park as the Red Sox celebrated the 10-year anniversary of the historic championship as they hosted the Atlanta Braves. Ramirez threw out the first pitch to Varitek but was cut off by Damon in a reversal of Ramirez once cutting off Damon's throw from center field during a game.[187]

Cardinals

The loss by the Cardinals in the series meant Tony La Russa failed to join Sparky Anderson as managers of World Series championship teams in both leagues. He would however achieve this in 2006.

On the Cardinals' side, the media expressed disappointment at the team's failure to win a game in the Series after recording the team's best regular season in over 60 years.

at bats in the series.[163][189][190]

It also marked the last time that Busch Memorial Stadium would host a World Series.[191] The Cardinals moved to the new Busch Stadium in their championship season of 2006,[191] which was their first since 1982.[192]

2005 season and beyond

Both the Red Sox and Cardinals made the playoffs the following season. The Red Sox lost to the eventual champions the Chicago White Sox, in the American League Division Series, who would go on to end their own curse in the Curse of the Black Sox. The Cardinals, in a repeat meeting of the previous season's National League Championship Series, lost to the Houston Astros.[193] However, the city of Boston would see more success when the New England Patriots won Super Bowl XXXIX, three months after the Red Sox won the World Series, giving the greater Boston area its third championship in 12 months, making it the first time since 1980 that any city had two Super Bowl winners and a World Series winner in a period of the same length.[7]

Both teams also won one of the next three World Series in successive years; the Cardinals, as noted above, in 2006, beating the Detroit Tigers in five games, becoming the first team since the New York Yankees in 1923, to win a World Series championship in their first season in a new stadium (which the Yankees themselves would also do in 2009).[191] Tony La Russa would achieve the distinction that he could not achieve in 2004 of managing World Series winners in both leagues.[43][44] He would continue to wear number 10 to pay tribute to Sparky Anderson afterwards.[44]

The Red Sox won the World Series the following year, sweeping the Colorado Rockies in four games.[58] Tom Werner, chairman of the Red Sox, and team president Larry Lucchino said that the 2004 championship was "for the parents and grandparents who had suffered through the Curse of the Bambino", while 2007 was "for children, grandchildren, and for Red Sox Nation".[194]

Both teams would meet again in the 2013 World Series, with the Red Sox winning the championship in six games. It was the first time Boston clinched the World Series at its home field, Fenway Park, since 1918.[195] Boston would win an additional title in 2018 when they defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 4 games to 1.

Twelve years after this World Series, the Chicago Cubs would end their own championship drought at 108 years, defeating the Cleveland Indians in seven games in their first World Series appearance in 71 years. In doing this, Theo Epstein is now credited with helping to end two of the most famous curses in all of professional sports.[196] Coincidentally, the losing manager in that year's World Series was Terry Francona, who had managed the Red Sox to both the 2004 and 2007 championships.[197] The winning manager in that World Series, Joe Maddon, like La Russa, managed pennant winning teams in both leagues having managed the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays.[198]

In the

Dave Roberts' Los Angeles Dodgers beat Gabe Kapler's San Francisco Giants in five games.[199]

See also

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