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:1904 Major League Baseball season

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}}

{{MLBseason|year=1904}}

{{Infobox sports season

| title = 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)

| no_of_games = 154

| no_of_teams = 16 (8 per league)

| playoffs = Pennant winners

| conf1 = AL

| conf1_champ = Boston Americans

| conf1_runner-up = New York Highlanders

| conf2 = NL

| conf2_champ = New York Giants

| conf2_runner-up = Chicago Cubs

| seasonslist = List of Major League Baseball seasons

| seasonslistnames = MLB

| prevseason_link = 1903 Major League Baseball season

| prevseason_year = 1903

| nextseason_link = 1905 Major League Baseball season

| nextseason_year = 1905

}}

{{MLB Team Maps (1904–1906)}}

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. Going into the season, the defending World Series champions were the Boston Americans from the {{mlby|1903}} season.

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{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1904/VDET01904.htm |title=The 1904 Detroit Tigers Regular Season Game Log |website=Retrosheet |access-date=October 9, 2020}}—the most games played consecutively between two teams in major league history.{{cite web|title=Games Played by Teams Record Book|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/rb_gam2.shtml|work=Baseball-Almanac.com|access-date=May 14, 2012}} The Chicago White Stockings shortened their name to the Chicago White Sox.

Schedule

{{See also|Major League Baseball 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 {{mlby|1901}} season. This format would last until {{mlby|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

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

! scope="col" |League

! scope="col" |Team

! scope="col" |City

! scope="col" |Stadium

! scope="col" |Capacity

! scope="col" |Manager{{Cite web |title=1904 Major League Managers |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/1904-managers.shtml |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}

rowspan="11" style="{{Baseball primary style|American League}};"|{{Baseball secondary link|American League|American League}}

! scope="row" |Boston Americans

|Boston, Massachusetts

|Huntington Avenue Grounds

|11,500

|{{sortname|Jimmy|Collins}}

rowspan="2" scope="row" |Chicago White Sox

| rowspan="2" |Chicago, Illinois

| rowspan="2" |South Side Park

| rowspan="2" |14,000

|{{sortname|Jimmy|Callahan|link=Nixey Callahan}}

{{sortname|Fielder|Jones}}
scope="row" |Cleveland Naps

|Cleveland, Ohio

|League Park (Cleveland)

|9,000

|{{sortname|Bill|Armour}}

rowspan="2" scope="row" |Detroit Tigers

| rowspan="2" |Detroit, Michigan

| rowspan="2" |Bennett Park

| rowspan="2" |8,500

|{{sortname|Ed|Barrow}}

{{sortname|Bobby|Lowe}}
scope="row" |New York Highlanders

|New York, New York

|Hilltop Park

|16,000

|{{sortname|Clark|Griffith}}

scope="row" |Philadelphia Athletics

|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

|Columbia Park

|9,500

|{{sortname|Connie|Mack}}

scope="row" |St. Louis Browns

|St. Louis, Missouri

|Sportsman's Park

|8,000

|{{sortname|Jimmy|McAleer}}

rowspan="2" scope="row" |Washington Senators

| rowspan="2" |Washington, D.C.

| rowspan="2" |American League Park

| rowspan="2" |7,000

|{{sortname|Malachi|Kittridge}}

{{sortname|Patsy|Donovan}}
rowspan="8" style="{{Baseball primary style|National League}};"|{{Baseball secondary link|National League|National League (baseball)|National League}}

! scope="row" |Boston Beaneaters

|Boston, Massachusetts

|South End Grounds

|6,600

|{{sortname|Al|Buckenberger}}

scope="row" |Brooklyn Superbas

|New York, New York

|Washington Park

|12,000

|{{sortname|Ned|Hanlon|dab=baseball}}

scope="row" |Chicago Cubs

|Chicago, Illinois

|West Side Park

|13,000

|{{sortname|Frank|Selee}}

scope="row" |Cincinnati Reds

|Cincinnati, Ohio

|Palace of the Fans

|12,000

|{{sortname|Joe|Kelley}}

scope="row" |New York Giants

|New York, New York

|Polo Grounds

|16,000

|{{sortname|John|McGraw}}

scope="row" |Philadelphia Phillies

|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

|National League Park

|18,000

|{{sortname|Hugh|Duffy}}

scope="row" |Pittsburgh Pirates

|Allegheny, Pennsylvania

|Exposition Park

|16,000

|{{sortname|Fred|Clarke}}

scope="row" |St. Louis Cardinals

|St. Louis, Missouri

|League Park (St. Louis)

|15,200

|{{sortname|Kid|Nichols}}

Standings

{{Flexbox wrap|start}}

=American League=

{{1904 American League standings|highlight=Boston Americans}}

{{Flexbox wrap|break}}

=National League=

{{1904 National League standings|highlight=New York Giants}}

{{Flexbox wrap|end}}

Postseason

No postseason was held this year.

{{further|1904 World Series}}

Managerial changes

=Off-season=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
Team

! Former Manager

! New Manager

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |Philadelphia Phillies

|Chief Zimmer

|Hugh Duffy

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |St. Louis Cardinals

|Patsy Donovan

|Kid Nichols

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |Washington Senators

|Tom Loftus

|Malachi Kittridge

=In-season=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
Team

! Former Manager

! New Manager

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |Chicago White Stockings

|Jimmy Callahan

|Fielder Jones

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |Detroit Tigers

|Ed Barrow

|Bobby Lowe

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |Washington Senators

|Malachi Kittridge

|Patsy Donovan

League leaders

Any team shown in {{small|small text}} indicates a previous team a player was on during the season.

=American League=

{{Flexbox wrap|start}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

|+ Hitting leaders{{Cite web |title=1904 American League Batting Leaders |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1904-batting-leaders.shtml |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}

style="width:15%;"| Stat

! Player

! style="width:15%;"| Total

AVG

| Nap Lajoie (CLE)

| .376

OPS

| Nap Lajoie (CLE)

| .959

HR

| Harry Davis (PHA)

| 10

RBI

| Nap Lajoie (CLE)

| 102

R

| Patsy Dougherty (NYH/{{small|BSA}})

| 113

H

| Nap Lajoie (CLE)

| 208

SB

| Harry Bay (CLE)
Elmer Flick (CLE)

| 38

{{Flexbox wrap|break}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

|+ Pitching leaders{{Cite web |title=1904 American League Pitching Leaders |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/1904-pitching-leaders.shtml |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}

style="width:15%;"| Stat

! Player

! style="width:15%;"| Total

W

| Jack Chesbro1 (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

1 Modern (1901–present) single-season wins record

{{Flexbox wrap|end}}

=National League=

{{Flexbox wrap|start}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

|+ Hitting leaders{{Cite web |title=1904 National League Batting Leaders |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/1904-batting-leaders.shtml |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}

style="width:15%;"| Stat

! Player

! style="width:15%;"| 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

{{Flexbox wrap|break}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

|+ Pitching leaders{{Cite web |title=1904 National League Pitching Leaders |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL/1904-pitching-leaders.shtml |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}

style="width:15%;"| Stat

! Player

! style="width:15%;"| 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

{{Flexbox wrap|end}}

Home field attendance

class="wikitable sortable"
style="text-align:center; font-size:larger;"
Team name

!Wins

!{{abbr|%±|Percent change}}

!Home attendance

!{{abbr|%±|Percent change}}

!{{abbr|Per game|Average home attendance per game}}

Boston Americans{{cite web |title=Boston Red Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/attend.shtml |access-date=March 28, 2024 |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com}}

|95

| 4.4%

|623,295

|64.3%

|7,695

New York Giants{{cite web |title=San Francisco Giants Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SFG/attend.shtml |access-date=March 28, 2024 |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com}}

|106

| 26.2%

|609,826

|5.2%

|7,260

Chicago White Stockings{{cite web |title=Chicago White Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/attend.shtml |access-date=March 28, 2024 |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com}}

|89

| 48.3%

|557,123

| 94.7%

|7,143

Philadelphia Athletics{{cite web |title=Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/OAK/attend.shtml |access-date=March 28, 2024 |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com}}

|81

| 8.0%

|512,294

|21.3%

|6,485

Chicago Cubs{{cite web |title=Chicago Cubs Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHC/attend.shtml |access-date=March 28, 2024 |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com}}

|93

| 13.4%

|439,100

| 13.7%

|5,629

New York Highlanders{{cite web |title=New York Yankees Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BLA/attend.shtml |access-date=March 28, 2024 |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com}}

|92

|27.8%

|438,919

|107.2%

|5,852

Cincinnati Reds{{cite web |title=Cincinnati Reds Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CIN/attend.shtml |access-date=March 28, 2024 |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com}}

|88

| 18.9%

|391,915

| 11.4%

|4,961

St. Louis Cardinals{{cite web |title=St. Louis Cardinals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/STL/attend.shtml |access-date=March 28, 2024 |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com}}

|75

| 74.4%

|386,750

| 70.7%

|5,089

Pittsburgh Pirates{{cite web |title=Pittsburgh Pirates Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PIT/attend.shtml |access-date=March 28, 2024 |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com}}

|87

| −4.4%

|340,615

| 4.2%

|4,367

St. Louis Browns{{cite web |title=Baltimore Orioles Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BAL/attend.shtml |access-date=March 28, 2024 |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com}}

|65

| 0.0%

|318,108

| −16.4%

|4,078

Cleveland Naps{{cite web |title=Cleveland Guardians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CLE/attend.shtml |access-date=March 28, 2024 |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com}}

|86

|11.7%

|264,749

| −14.9%

|3,394

Brooklyn Superbas{{cite web |title=Los Angeles Dodgers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/LAD/attend.shtml |access-date=March 28, 2024 |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com}}

|56

| −20.0%

|214,600

| −4.5%

|2,824

Detroit Tigers{{cite web |title=Detroit Tigers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DET/attend.shtml |access-date=March 28, 2024 |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com}}

|62

| −4.6%

|177,796

| −20.8%

|2,251

Philadelphia Phillies{{cite web |title=Philadelphia Phillies Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PHI/attend.shtml |access-date=March 28, 2024 |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com}}

|52

| 6.1%

|140,771

| −7.2%

|1,928

Boston Beaneaters{{cite web |title=Atlanta Braves Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/ATL/attend.shtml |access-date=March 28, 2024 |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com}}

|55

| −5.2%

|140,694

| −1.7%

|1,781

Washington Senators{{cite web |title=Minnesota Twins Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/attend.shtml |access-date=March 28, 2024 |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com}}

|38

| −11.6%

|131,744

| 2.2%

|1,689

No-hitters

Events

  • May 30 – Frank Chance of the Chicago Cubs is hit by a pitch five times in a double header.{{cite book|last=Pellowski|first=Michael J|title=The Little Giant Book of Baseball Facts|year=2007|publisher=Sterling Publishing Co|location=United States|isbn=9781402742736|pages=[https://archive.org/details/littlegiantbooko0000pell/page/352 352]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/littlegiantbooko0000pell/page/352}}{{cite web|url=http://baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/rb_hbp2.shtml|title=Hit by a Pitch Records by Baseball Almanac|work=baseball-almanac.com|access-date=September 30, 2021}}

References

{{Reflist}}

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20040514072516/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlbhist/alltime/season?year=1904 ESPN]

External links

  • [http://www.thisgreatgame.com/1904-baseball-history.html 1904 in baseball history] from ThisGreatGame.com
  • [https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1904-schedule.shtml 1904 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference]

{{1904 MLB season by team}}

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