Editing Aaron Rowand (section)

====2004====
In 2004, Rowand held the centerfield job for the entire season.<ref name="2004 Rowand">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=rowanaa01&t=b&year=2004|title=Aaron Rowand 2004 Batting Gamelogs|work=Baseball-Reference|access-date=February 23, 2021}}</ref> On May 23, he scored four runs, recorded four hits, and hit a three-run home run against [[Terry Mulholland]] as the White Sox beat the [[Minnesota Twins]] by a score of 17–7.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN200405230.shtml|title=Chicago White Sox at Minnesota Twins Box Score, May 23, 2004|work=Baseball-Reference|access-date=February 25, 2021}}</ref> He had four hits and scored three runs on July 19 in a 12–6 win over the Rangers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX200407190.shtml|title=Chicago White Sox at Texas Rangers Box Score, July 19, 2004|work=Baseball-Reference|access-date=February 25, 2021}}</ref> Facing the [[Boston Red Sox]] on August 13, he hit two home runs in a game for the first time, both coming against [[Tim Wakefield]], as the White Sox won 8–7.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap?gameId=240813102|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404153052/https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap?gameId=240813102|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 4, 2022|title=Rowand homers twice in White Sox win|work=ESPN|date=August 13, 2004|access-date=February 24, 2021}}</ref> Five days later, he had another two-home-run game, hitting his first ever [[Grand slam (baseball)|grand slam]] against [[Jeremy Bonderman]] in a 9–2 victory over the [[Detroit Tigers]]. [[José Contreras]], the [[starting pitcher]] for the White Sox in both of Rowand's two-home-run games, said, "I owe him something a little bigger than dinner."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap?gameId=240818104|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404153052/https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap?gameId=240818104|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 4, 2022|title=Contreras wins third straight decision|work=ESPN|date=August 18, 2004|access-date=February 25, 2021}}</ref> In 140 games (487 at bats), Rowand batted .310 with 94 runs scored, 151 hits, 38 doubles, 24 home runs, and 69 RBI. He set a career high with 17 stolen bases.<ref name="brstats" /> His 5.7 [[Wins Above Replacement]] (WAR) figure was seventh in the [[American League]] (AL) and fourth among AL position players (trailing only [[Ichiro Suzuki]]'s 9.2, [[Alex Rodriguez]]'s 7.6, and [[Miguel Tejada]]'s 7.4).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2004-batting-leaders.shtml|title=2004 AL Batting Leaders|work=Baseball-Reference|access-date=February 25, 2021}}</ref>