2004 Major League Baseball season

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 first team in MLB history and the third team from a major North American professional sports league to ever come back from a 3–0 postseason series deficit, in the ALCS against the New York Yankees.
The Montreal Expos would play their last season in Montreal, before re-locating to Washington DC, becoming the Washington Nationals in 2005.
Postseason.
Bracket.
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Note: Two teams in the same division could not meet in the division series.
Managers.
National League.
±hosted the MLB All Star Game
Milestones.
The following players reached major milestones in 2004:
Perfect game.
Randy Johnson pitched the 17th perfect game in MLB history on May 18, 2004.
4000 strikeouts.
Randy Johnson struck out Jeff Cirillo on June 29, 2004 for his 4000th strikeout.
500 Home Run Club.
Ken Griffey, Jr – June 20
300 Wins Club.
Greg Maddux – August 7, 2004
Single-Season Hits Record Broken.
Ichiro Suzuki – 262 Hits (broke George Sisler's 84-year-old record of 257)
Walk-off home runs.
There were a total of 80 walk-off home runs, which was then the MLB single-season record until 2018.