The 2004 Major League Baseball season ended when the Boston Red Sox defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in a four-game World Series sweep. This season was particularly notable since the Red Sox championship broke the 86-year-long popular myth known as the Curse of the Bambino. The Red Sox were also the third sports team to ever come back from a 3–0 postseason series deficit, in the ALCS against the New York Yankees. Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Major_League_Baseball_season.

Final Stats:

Rank	Team	Manager	Most Hits	Most HR's	Most RBI's	Top Pitcher
Champion 98 64	Boston Red Sox	Terry Francona	Johnny Damon	Manny Ramirez	David Ortiz	Curt Schilling
Runner-Up 105 57	St. Louis Cardinals	Tony La Russa	Albert Pujols	Albert Pujols	Scott Rolen	Jeff Suppan
LCS 101 61	New York Yankees	Joe Torre	Derek Jeter	Alex Rodriguez	Gary Sheffield	Jon Lieber
LCS 92 70	Houston Astros	Phil Garner	Craig Biggio	Lance Berkman	Jeff Kent	Roy Oswalt
LDS 96 66	Atlanta Braves	Bobby Cox	J.D. Drew	J.D. Drew	Chipper Jones	Jaret Wright
LDS 93 69	Los Angeles Dodgers	Jim Tracy	Adrian Beltre	Adrian Beltre	Adrian Beltre	Jose Lima
LDS 92 70	Minnesota Twins	Ron Gardenhire	Lew Ford	Corey Koskie	Torii Hunter	Johan Santana
LDS 92 70	Anaheim Angels	Mike Scioscia	Vladimir Guerrero	Vladimir Guerrero	Vladimir Guerrero	Bartolo Colon
91 71	San Francisco Giants	Felipe Alou	Marquis Grissom	Barry Bonds	Barry Bonds	Jason Schmidt
91 71	Oakland Athletics	Ken Macha	Mark Kotsay	Eric Chavez	Erubiel Durazo	Mark Mulder
89 73	Texas Rangers	Buck Showalter	Michael Young	Mark Teixeira	Mark Teixeira	Kenny Rogers
89 73	Chicago Cubs	Dusty Baker	Moises Alou	Moises Alou	Moises Alou	Carlos Zambrano
87 75	San Diego Padres	Bruce Bochy	Mark Loretta	Phil Nevin	Phil Nevin	Jake Peavy
86 76	Philadelphia Phillies	Larry Bowa	Jimmy Rollins	Jim Thome	Bobby Abreu	Eric Milton
83 79	Chicago White Sox	Ozzie Guillen	Carlos Lee	Paul Konerko	Paul Konerko	Mark Buehrle
83 79	Florida Marlins	Jack McKeon	Juan Pierre	Miguel Cabrera	Miguel Cabrera	Carl Pavano
80 82	Cleveland Indians	Eric Wedge	Ronnie Belliard	Casey Blake	Travis Hafner	Cliff Lee
78 84	Baltimore Orioles	Lee Mazzilli	Miguel Tejada	Miguel Tejada	Miguel Tejada	Rodrigo Lopez
76 86	Cincinnati Reds	Dave Miley	Sean Casey	Adam Dunn	Adam Dunn	Paul Wilson
72 89	Pittsburgh Pirates	Lloyd McClendon	Jack Wilson	Craig Wilson	Craig Wilson	Oliver Perez
72 90	Detroit Tigers	Alan Trammell	Ivan Rodriguez	Carlos Pena	Carlos Guillen	Nate Robertson
71 91	New York Mets	Art Howe	Kazuo Matsui	Mike Cameron	Mike Cameron	Steve Trachsel
70 91	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	Lou Piniella	Carl Crawford	Aubrey Huff	Aubrey Huff	Mark Hendrickson
68 94	Colorado Rockies	Clint Hurdle	Todd Helton	Jeromy Burnitz	Vinny Castilla	Shawn Estes
67 94	Toronto Blue Jays	Carlos Tosca	Vernon Wells	Carlos Delgado	Carlos Delgado	Ted Lilly
67 94	Milwaukee Brewers	Ned Yost	Lyle Overbay	Geoff Jenkins	Geoff Jenkins	Doug Davis
67 95	Montreal Expos	Frank Robinson	Brad Wilkerson	Brad Wilkerson	Tony Batista	Livan Hernandez
63 99	Seattle Mariners	Bob Melvin	Ichiro Suzuki	Bret Boone	Bret Boone	Ron Villone
58 104	Kansas City Royals	Tony Pena	Joe Randa	Mike Sweeney	Mike Sweeney	Jimmy Gobble
51 111	Arizona Diamondbacks	Bob Brenly	Shea Hillenbrand	Steve Finley	Shea Hillenbrand	Randy Johnson