2004 Major League Baseball season

2004 MLB season
2004 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	March 30 – October 27, 2004
Number of games	162
Number of teams	30
TV partner(s)	Fox, ESPN
Draft
Top draft pick	Matt Bush
Picked by	San Diego Padres
Regular Season
Season MVP	AL: Vladimir Guerrero (ANA); NL: Barry Bonds (SF)
Postseason
AL champions	Boston Red Sox
AL runners-up	New York Yankees
NL champions	St. Louis Cardinals
NL runners-up	Houston Astros
World Series
Champions	Boston Red Sox
Runners-up	St. Louis Cardinals
World Series MVP	Manny Ramirez (BOS)
MLB seasons
	← 2003 2005 →

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. The Red Sox were also the first team in MLB history and the third team from a major North American professional sports league ever to come back from a 3–0 postseason series deficit and win. This happened in the ALCS against the New York Yankees.

The Montreal Expos would play their last season in Montreal, before relocating to Washington DC, becoming the Washington Nationals in 2005.