1904_Major_League_Baseball_season Knowpia

1904 MLB season
1904 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 14 – October 10, 1904
Number of games	154
Number of teams	16
Pennant Winners
AL champions	Boston Americans
AL runners-up	New York Highlanders
NL champions	New York Giants
NL runners-up	Chicago Cubs
MLB seasons
	← 1903 1905 →

The 1904 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 14 to October 10, 1904. The Boston Americans and New York Giants finished atop the standings for the American League and National League, respectively. There was no postseason, as the Giants declined to meet the Americans in a World Series.

Americans

White Sox

Naps

Tigers

Athletics

Browns

Highlanders

Senators

Locations of AL teams for the 1904–1906 MLB seasons

American League

Beaneaters

Superbas

Cubs

Reds

Giants

Phillies

Pirates

Cardinals

Locations of NL teams for the 1904–1906 MLB seasons

National League

The St. Louis Browns and Detroit Tigers played 11 consecutive games against each other in September—the first six in Detroit and the final five in St. Louis^[1]—the most games played consecutively between two teams in major league history.^[2]

Teams edit

League	Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
American League	Boston Americans	Boston, Massachusetts	Huntington Avenue Grounds	11,500
	Chicago White Sox	Chicago, Illinois	South Side Park	15,000
	Cleveland Naps	Cleveland, Ohio	League Park	9,000
	Detroit Tigers	Detroit, Michigan	Bennett Park	8,500
	New York Highlanders	New York, New York	Hilltop Park	16,000
	Philadelphia Athletics	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Columbia Park	9,500
	St. Louis Browns	St. Louis, Missouri	Sportsman's Park	8,000
	Washington Senators	Washington, D.C.	American League Park	Unknown
National League	Boston Beaneaters	Boston, Massachusetts	South End Grounds	2,300
	Brooklyn Superbas	New York, New York	Washington Park	18,800
	Chicago Cubs	Chicago, Illinois	West Side Park	16,000
	Cincinnati Reds	Cincinnati, Ohio	Palace of the Fans	6,000
	New York Giants	New York, New York	Polo Grounds	16,000
	Philadelphia Phillies	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	National League Park	18,000
	Pittsburgh Pirates	Allegheny, Pennsylvania	Exposition Park	16,000
	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis, Missouri	Robison Field	Unknown

Schedule edit

The 1904 schedule consisted of 154 games (an increase from 140 from the previous season) for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This format was an adjustment to the 140-game, 20-games-each format that had been in place from the 1901 season. This format would last until 1919.

Opening Day took place on April 14 with all but the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals playing. The National League and American League would see their final day of the regular season on October 9 & 10, respectively.

Standings edit

American League edit

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Americans	95	59	0.617	—	49–30	46–29
New York Highlanders	92	59	0.609	1½	46–29	46–30
Chicago White Sox	89	65	0.578	6	50–27	39–38
Cleveland Naps	86	65	0.570	7½	44–31	42–34
Philadelphia Athletics	81	70	0.536	12½	47–31	34–39
St. Louis Browns	65	87	0.428	29	32–43	33–44
Detroit Tigers	62	90	0.408	32	34–40	28–50
Washington Senators	38	113	0.252	55½	23–52	15–61

National League edit

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	106	47	0.693	—	56–26	50–21
Chicago Cubs	93	60	0.608	13	49–27	44–33
Cincinnati Reds	88	65	0.575	18	49–27	39–38
Pittsburgh Pirates	87	66	0.569	19	48–30	39–36
St. Louis Cardinals	75	79	0.487	31½	39–36	36–43
Brooklyn Superbas	56	97	0.366	50	31–44	25–53
Boston Beaneaters	55	98	0.359	51	34–45	21–53
Philadelphia Phillies	52	100	0.342	53½	28–43	24–57

Postseason edit

No postseason was held this year.

Managers edit

American League edit

Team	Manager
Boston Americans	Jimmy Collins
Chicago White Stockings	Nixey Callahan and Fielder Jones
Cleveland Naps	Bill Armour
Detroit Tigers	Ed Barrow and Bobby Lowe
New York Highlanders	Clark Griffith
Philadelphia Athletics	Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns	Jimmy McAleer
Washington Senators	Malachi Kittridge and Patsy Donovan

National League edit

Team	Manager
Boston Beaneaters	Al Buckenberger
Brooklyn Superbas	Ned Hanlon
Chicago Cubs	Frank Selee
Cincinnati Reds	Joe Kelley
New York Giants	John McGraw
Philadelphia Phillies	Hugh Duffy
Pittsburgh Pirates	Fred Clarke
St. Louis Cardinals	Kid Nichols

League leaders edit

American League edit

Hitting leaders
Stat	Player	Total
AVG	Nap Lajoie (CLE)	.376
HR	Harry Davis (PHA)	14
RBI	Nap Lajoie (CLE)	102
R	Patsy Dougherty (BSA/NYH)	113
H	Nap Lajoie (CLE)	208
SB	Harry Bay (CLE) Elmer Flick (CLE)	38

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Total
W	Jack Chesbro (NYH)	41
L	Happy Townsend (WSH)	26
ERA	Addie Joss (CLE)	1.59
K	Rube Waddell (PHA)	349
IP	Jack Chesbro (NYH)	454.2
SV	Casey Patten (WSH)	3

National League edit

Hitting leaders
Stat	Player	Total
AVG	Honus Wagner (PIT)	.349
HR	Harry Lumley (BKN)	9
RBI	Bill Dahlen (NYG)	80
R	George Browne (PIT)	99
H	Ginger Beaumont (PIT)	185
SB	Honus Wagner (PIT)	53

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Total
W	Joe McGinnity (NYG)	35
L	Vic Willis (BSB) Oscar Jones (BKN)	25
ERA	Joe McGinnity (NYG)	1.61
K	Christy Mathewson (NYG)	212
IP	Joe McGinnity (NYG)	408.0
SV	Joe McGinnity (NYG)	5

Home field attendance edit

Team name	Wins	%±	Home attendance	%±	Per game
Boston Americans^[3]	95	4.4%	623,295	64.3%	7,695
New York Giants^[4]	106	26.2%	609,826	5.2%	7,260
Chicago White Stockings^[5]	89	48.3%	557,123	94.7%	7,143
Philadelphia Athletics^[6]	81	8.0%	512,294	21.3%	6,485
Chicago Cubs^[7]	93	13.4%	439,100	13.7%	5,629
New York Highlanders^[8]	92	27.8%	438,919	107.2%	5,852
Cincinnati Reds^[9]	88	18.9%	391,915	11.4%	4,961
St. Louis Cardinals^[10]	75	74.4%	386,750	70.7%	5,089
Pittsburgh Pirates^[11]	87	-4.4%	340,615	4.2%	4,367
St. Louis Browns^[12]	65	0.0%	318,108	-16.4%	4,078
Cleveland Naps^[13]	86	11.7%	264,749	-14.9%	3,394
Brooklyn Superbas^[14]	56	-20.0%	214,600	-4.5%	2,824
Detroit Tigers^[15]	62	-4.6%	177,796	-20.8%	2,251
Philadelphia Phillies^[16]	52	6.1%	140,771	-7.2%	1,928
Boston Beaneaters^[17]	55	-5.2%	140,694	-1.7%	1,781
Washington Senators^[18]	38	-11.6%	131,744	2.2%	1,689

No-hitters edit

May 5 – Cy Young
August 17 – Jesse Tannehill

Events edit

May 30 – Frank Chance of the Chicago Cubs is hit by a pitch five times in a double header.^[19]^[20]

References edit

^ "The 1904 Detroit Tigers Regular Season Game Log". Retrosheet. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
^ "Games Played by Teams Record Book". Baseball-Almanac.com. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
^ "Boston Red Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "San Francisco Giants Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Chicago White Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Chicago Cubs Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "New York Yankees Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Cincinnati Reds Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "St. Louis Cardinals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Pittsburgh Pirates Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Baltimore Orioles Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Cleveland Guardians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Los Angeles Dodgers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Detroit Tigers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Philadelphia Phillies Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Atlanta Braves Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Minnesota Twins Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ Pellowski, Michael J (2007). The Little Giant Book of Baseball Facts. United States: Sterling Publishing Co. pp. 352. ISBN 9781402742736.
^ "Hit by a Pitch Records by Baseball Almanac". baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved September 30, 2021.

ESPN

External links edit

1904 in baseball history from ThisGreatGame.com
1904 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference

[1] "The 1904 Detroit Tigers Regular Season Game Log". Retrosheet. Retrieved October 9, 2020.

[2] "Games Played by Teams Record Book". Baseball-Almanac.com. Retrieved May 14, 2012.

[3] "Boston Red Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[4] "San Francisco Giants Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[5] "Chicago White Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[6] "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[7] "Chicago Cubs Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[8] "New York Yankees Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[9] "Cincinnati Reds Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[10] "St. Louis Cardinals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[11] "Pittsburgh Pirates Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[12] "Baltimore Orioles Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[13] "Cleveland Guardians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[14] "Los Angeles Dodgers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[15] "Detroit Tigers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[16] "Philadelphia Phillies Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[17] "Atlanta Braves Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[18] "Minnesota Twins Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[Pellowski-19] Pellowski, Michael J (2007). The Little Giant Book of Baseball Facts. United States: Sterling Publishing Co. pp. 352. ISBN 9781402742736.

[20] "Hit by a Pitch Records by Baseball Almanac". baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved September 30, 2021.

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Summary

Teams edit

Schedule edit

Standings edit

American League edit

National League edit

Postseason edit

Managers edit

American League edit

National League edit

League leaders edit

American League edit

National League edit

Home field attendance edit

No-hitters edit

Events edit

References edit

External links edit