2004 American League Division Series

DatesOctober 5 – 9TelevisionFox (Games 1, 4)
ESPN (Games 2–3)TV announcersJoe Buck, Tim McCarver (Game 1)
Jon Miller, Joe Morgan and Gary Miller (Games 2–3)
Josh Lewin, Steve Lyons (Game 4)RadioESPNRadio announcersDan Shulman, Dave CampbellUmpiresCharlie Reliford
Mark Wegner
Brian Gorman
Mike Everitt
Jerry Crawford
Paul NauertTeamsDatesOctober 5 – 8TelevisionESPNTV announcersChris Berman, Rick Sutcliffe, Tony Gwynn and Kyle PetersonRadioESPNRadio announcersJohn Rooney, Buck MartinezUmpiresLarry Young
Jerry Meals
Brian Runge
Gary Cederstrom
Ed Montague
Kerwin Danley

The 2004 American League Division Series (ALDS), the opening round of the 2004American League playoffs in Major League Baseball’s (MLB) 2004 postseason, 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.

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 championSt. Louis Cardinals in the 2004 World Series for their first World Championship since 1918.