1904 Major League Baseball season

This article is about the 1904 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1904 in baseball. Sports season

1904 MLB season
League	American League (AL) National League (NL)
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 14 – October 10, 1904 (AL) April 14 – October 9, 1904 (NL)
Number of games	154
Number of teams	16 (8 per league)
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 →

Americans

White Sox

Naps

Tigers

Athletics

Browns

Highlanders

Senators Locations of teams for the 1904–1907 American League seasons

American League

Beaneaters

Superbas

Cubs

Reds

Giants

Phillies

Pirates

Cardinals Locations of teams for the 1903–1906 National League seasons

National League

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.

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—the most games played consecutively between two teams in major league history. The Chicago White Stockings shortened their name to the Chicago White Sox.

Schedule

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.

Teams

League	Team	City	Stadium	Capacity	Manager
American League	Boston Americans	Boston, Massachusetts	Huntington Avenue Grounds	11,500	Jimmy Collins
	Chicago White Sox	Chicago, Illinois	South Side Park	15,000	Jimmy Callahan, Fielder Jones
	Cleveland Naps	Cleveland, Ohio	League Park	9,000	Bill Armour
	Detroit Tigers	Detroit, Michigan	Bennett Park	8,500	Ed Barrow, Bobby Lowe
	New York Highlanders	New York, New York	Hilltop Park	16,000	Clark Griffith
	Philadelphia Athletics	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Columbia Park	9,500	Connie Mack
	St. Louis Browns	St. Louis, Missouri	Sportsman's Park	8,000	Jimmy McAleer
	Washington Senators	Washington, D.C.	American League Park	7,000	Malachi Kittridge, Patsy Donovan
National League	Boston Beaneaters	Boston, Massachusetts	South End Grounds	2,300	Al Buckenberger
	Brooklyn Superbas	New York, New York	Washington Park	18,800	Ned Hanlon
	Chicago Cubs	Chicago, Illinois	West Side Park	16,000	Frank Selee
	Cincinnati Reds	Cincinnati, Ohio	Palace of the Fans	6,000	Joe Kelley
	New York Giants	New York, New York	Polo Grounds	16,000	John McGraw
	Philadelphia Phillies	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	National League Park	18,000	Hugh Duffy
	Pittsburgh Pirates	Allegheny, Pennsylvania	Exposition Park	16,000	Fred Clarke
	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis, Missouri	Robison Field	15,200	Kid Nichols

Standings

American League

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American League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Americans	95	59	.617	—	49‍–‍30	46‍–‍29
New York Highlanders	92	59	.609	1½	46‍–‍29	46‍–‍30
Chicago White Sox	89	65	.578	6	50‍–‍27	39‍–‍38
Cleveland Naps	86	65	.570	7½	44‍–‍31	42‍–‍34
Philadelphia Athletics	81	70	.536	12½	47‍–‍31	34‍–‍39
St. Louis Browns	65	87	.428	29	32‍–‍43	33‍–‍44
Detroit Tigers	62	90	.408	32	34‍–‍40	28‍–‍50
Washington Senators	38	113	.252	55½	23‍–‍52	15‍–‍61

National League

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National League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	106	47	.693	—	56‍–‍26	50‍–‍21
Chicago Cubs	93	60	.608	13	49‍–‍27	44‍–‍33
Cincinnati Reds	88	65	.575	18	49‍–‍27	39‍–‍38
Pittsburgh Pirates	87	66	.569	19	48‍–‍30	39‍–‍36
St. Louis Cardinals	75	79	.487	31½	39‍–‍36	36‍–‍43
Brooklyn Superbas	56	97	.366	50	31‍–‍44	25‍–‍53
Boston Beaneaters	55	98	.359	51	34‍–‍45	21‍–‍53
Philadelphia Phillies	52	100	.342	53½	28‍–‍43	24‍–‍57

Postseason

No postseason was held this year.

Further information: 1904 World Series

Managerial changes

Off-season

Team	Former Manager	New Manager
Philadelphia Phillies	Chief Zimmer	Hugh Duffy
St. Louis Cardinals	Patsy Donovan	Kid Nichols
Washington Senators	Tom Loftus	Malachi Kittridge

In-season

Team	Former Manager	New Manager
Chicago White Stockings	Jimmy Callahan	Fielder Jones
Detroit Tigers	Ed Barrow	Bobby Lowe
Washington Senators	Malachi Kittridge	Patsy Donovan

League leaders

American League

Hitting leaders
Stat	Player	Total
AVG	Nap Lajoie (CLE)	.376
OPS	Nap Lajoie (CLE)	.959
HR	Harry Davis (PHA)	14
RBI	Nap Lajoie (CLE)	102
R	Patsy Dougherty (NYH/BSA)	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
WHIP	Cy Young (BSA)	0.937

National League

Hitting leaders
Stat	Player	Total
AVG	Honus Wagner (PIT)	.349
OPS	Honus Wagner (PIT)	.944
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
WHIP	Joe McGinnity (NYG)	0.963

Home field attendance

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

No-hitters

May 5 – Cy Young
August 17 – Jesse Tannehill

Events

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

References

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External links

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

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