2004 American League Division Series

2004 American League Division Series
2004 American League Division Series
Teams
Team (Wins)
Team (Wins)
New York Yankees (3)
Minnesota Twins (1)
Dates	October 5 – 9
Television	Fox (Games 1, 4); ESPN (Games 2–3)
TV announcers	Joe Buck, Tim McCarver (Game 1); Jon Miller, Joe Morgan and Gary Miller (Games 2–3); Josh Lewin, Steve Lyons (Game 4)
Radio	ESPN
Radio announcers	Dan Shulman, Dave Campbell
Umpires	Charlie Reliford; Mark Wegner; Brian Gorman; Mike Everitt; Jerry Crawford; Paul Nauert
Teams
Team (Wins)
Team (Wins)
Boston Red Sox (3)
Anaheim Angels (0)
Dates	October 5 – 8
Television	ESPN
TV announcers	Chris Berman, Rick Sutcliffe, Tony Gwynn and Kyle Peterson
Radio	ESPN
Radio announcers	John Rooney, Buck Martinez
Umpires	Larry Young; Jerry Meals; Brian Runge; Gary Cederstrom; Ed Montague; Kerwin Danley

The 2004 American League Division Series (ALDS), the opening round of the 2004 American League playoffs, began on Tuesday, October 5, and ended on Saturday, October 9, with the champions of the three AL divisions—along with a "wild card" team—participating in two best-of-five series. They were:

(1) New York Yankees (Eastern Division champion, 101–61) vs. (3) Minnesota Twins (Central Division champion, 92–70): Yankees win series, 3–1.
(2) Anaheim Angels (Western Division champion, 92–70) vs. (4) Boston Red Sox (Wild Card, 98–64): Red Sox win series, 3–0.

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The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox went on to meet in the AL Championship Series (ALCS). The Red Sox became the American League champion, and defeated the National League champion St. Louis Cardinals in the 2004 World Series for their first World Championship since 1918.

^ The higher seed (in parentheses) had the home field advantage. The Angels received home field advantage rather than the Twins due to their winning the season series 6–4 against Minnesota. Although the team with the best record was normally intended to play the wild card team, the Yankees played the Twins, rather than the wild card Red Sox, because the Yankees and Red Sox are in the same division.

[1] The higher seed (in parentheses) had the home field advantage. The Angels received home field advantage rather than the Twins due to their winning the season series 6–4 against Minnesota. Although the team with the best record was normally intended to play the wild card team, the Yankees played the Twins, rather than the wild card Red Sox, because the Yankees and Red Sox are in the same division.

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