Kirk Rueter ERA in 2004
4.732004 Regular Season
Kirk Rueter posted a 4.73 ERA in the 2004 regular season.
| ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |||
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| Oct 1, 2004 |  @ LAD | W 4-2 | 4.73 | 7.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Sep 24, 2004 | vs LAD | L 3-2 | 4.81 | 6.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Sep 19, 2004 |  vs SD | W 4-2 | 4.82 | 7.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Sep 14, 2004 |  @ MIL | W 3-2 | 5.02 | 5.1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Sep 8, 2004 |  @ COL | W 5-3 | 5.07 | 6.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Sep 1, 2004 | vs COL | L 4-1 | 5.09 | 5.1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Aug 27, 2004 |  @ ATL | L 5-3 | 5.10 | 5.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Aug 22, 2004 |  vs NYM | W 3-1 | 5.02 | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Aug 16, 2004 |  vs WSH | W 8-5 | 5.21 | 5.1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 11, 2004 |  @ PIT | L 8-6 F/11 | 5.15 | 5.0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Aug 5, 2004 |  vs CIN | L 12-3 | 4.93 | 5.2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Jul 31, 2004 |  vs STL | W 8-7 | 5.01 | 5.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Jul 26, 2004 | @ SD | L 3-2 | 5.00 | 5.2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Jul 21, 2004 | vs SD | L 7-1 | 5.09 | 5.0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Jul 16, 2004 | @ COL | L 7-1 | 4.99 | 6.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Jul 7, 2004 | vs COL | W 8-4 | 4.85 | 6.1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Jul 2, 2004 |  vs ATH | W 7-3 | 4.88 | 6.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Jun 26, 2004 | @ ATH | L 8-7 F/10 | 4.91 | 6.1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Jun 21, 2004 | vs LAD | W 3-2 | 4.75 | 6.2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Jun 16, 2004 |  vs TOR | W 10-2 | 5.03 | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Jun 10, 2004 |  @ TB | L 5-2 | 5.53 | 5.1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Jun 5, 2004 | @ COL | L 11-2 | 5.29 | 4.2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| May 31, 2004 |  @ ARI | W 8-4 | 5.11 | 5.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| May 26, 2004 | vs ARI | W 4-3 | 5.24 | 6.1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| May 19, 2004 |  @ CHC | L 4-3 F/10 | 5.36 | 6.1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| May 13, 2004 |  vs PHI | L 4-3 | 5.52 | 6.2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| May 7, 2004 | @ CIN | W 6-1 | 5.54 | 8.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| May 2, 2004 |  vs MIA | W 9-8 F/11 | 7.06 | 4.1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Apr 27, 2004 | vs ATL | L 12-3 | 6.12 | 4.1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Apr 22, 2004 | vs SD | L 9-4 | 5.23 | 4.0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Apr 17, 2004 | vs LAD | L 5-4 | 4.86 | 5.2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Apr 10, 2004 | @ SD | L 6-4 | 4.91 | 5.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 5, 2004 |  @ HOU | W 5-4 | 3.00 | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
- 10th-best of Kirk Rueter's 13 seasons on file; the best is 2.73 in 1993.
- Up 0.20 from 4.53 in 2003.
Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on November 3, 2026.