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.
Randy Johnson struck out Jeff Cirillo on June 29, 2004, for his 4000th strikeout.
Ken Griffey Jr. – June 20 Greg Maddux – August 7, 2004 Ichiro Suzuki – 262 hits (broke George Sisler's 84-year-old record of 257) There were a total of 80 walk-off home runs, which was then the MLB single-season record until 2018.
[1] This was the fourth season that national TV coverage was split between ESPN and Fox Sports.