1904 Boston Americans season

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1904  Boston Americans
Boston Americans logo.png
League American League
Ballpark Huntington Avenue Grounds
City Boston, Massachusetts
Record95–59 (.617)
League place1st
Owners Henry Killilea
Managers Jimmy Collins
Stats ESPN.com
BB-reference
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Opening day ceremonies at the Huntington Avenue Grounds in celebration of the 1903 World Series championship by the Americans. Opening Day ceremonies, 1904.jpg
Opening day ceremonies at the Huntington Avenue Grounds in celebration of the 1903 World Series championship by the Americans.

The 1904 Boston Americans season was the fourth season for the professional baseball franchise that later became known as the Boston Red Sox. The Americans finished first in the American League (AL) with a record of 95 wins and 59 losses, 1+1⁄2 games ahead of the New York Highlanders. The team was managed by Jimmy Collins and played its home games at Huntington Avenue Grounds. The Americans were set to play the National League (NL) champion New York Giants in the 1904 World Series; however, the Giants refused to play.

Contents

Offseason

Transactions

Prior to the regular season, the team held spring training in Macon, Georgia. [3]

Regular season

Statistical leaders

The offense was led by Buck Freeman, who hit 7 home runs and had 84 RBIs, and Freddy Parent with a .291 batting average. The pitching staff was led by Cy Young, who made 43 appearances (41 starts) and pitched 40 complete games with a 26–16 record and 1.97 ERA, while striking out 200 in 380 innings. The team had two other 20-game winners; Bill Dinneen (23–14) and Jesse Tannehill (21–11).

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Americans 9559.617—49‍–‍3046‍–‍29
New York Highlanders 9259.6091½46‍–‍2946‍–‍30
Chicago White Sox 8965.578650‍–‍2739‍–‍38
Cleveland Naps 8665.5707½44‍–‍3142‍–‍34
Philadelphia Athletics 8170.53612½47‍–‍3134‍–‍39
St. Louis Browns 6587.4282932‍–‍4333‍–‍44
Detroit Tigers 6290.4083234‍–‍4028‍–‍50
Washington Senators 38113.25255½23‍–‍5215‍–‍61

The team had three games end in a tie; September 13 at Philadelphia, September 14 vs. New York, and September 15 vs. New York. [4] Both ties against New York were the second games of doubleheaders. Tie games are not counted in league standings, but player statistics during tie games are counted. [7]

Record vs. opponents

1904 American League record

Sources:
TeamBOSCWSCLEDETNYHPHASLBWSH
Boston —13–99–1316–612–10–213–9–112–1020–2
Chicago 9–13—14–814–8–112–10–18–1414–818–4
Cleveland 13–98–14—14–8–29–11–111–1013–918–4
Detroit 6–168–14–18–14–2—7–1510–12–111–11–212–8–4
New York 10–12–210–12–111–9–115–7—12–916–618–4
Philadelphia 9–13–114–810–1112–10–19–12—11–10–116–6–1
St. Louis 10–128–149–1311–11–26–1610–11–1—11–10–1
Washington 2–204–184–188–12–44–186–16–110–11–1—

Opening Day lineup

Patsy Dougherty LF
Jimmy Collins 3B
Chick Stahl CF
Buck Freeman RF
Freddy Parent SS
Candy LaChance 1B
Hobe Ferris 2B
Lou Criger C
Cy Young P

Source: [8] [9]

Roster

1904 Boston Americans
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Player stats

Batting

Note: Stats in brackets are derived from Retrosheet which differ from the stats found on MLB.com.

Starters by position

Note: Pos=Position; GP=Games Played; AB=At Bats; R=Runs; H=Hits; 2B=Doubles; 3B=Triples; HR=Home Runs; RBI=Runs Batted In; BB=Walks; AVG=Batting Average; OBP=On Base Percentage; SLG=Slugging Percentage

PosPlayerGPABRH2B3BHRRBIBBAVGOBPSLGReference
C Lou Criger 98299346310523427 (28).211.283 (.285).298 [10] [11]
1B Candy LaChance 157573 (572)5513019514723.227.265 (.267).283 [12] [13]
2B Hobe Ferris 156563 (566)50120231036323 (21).213 (.212).245 (.241).306 (.304) [14] [15]
SS Freddy Parent 155591 (593)85172 (173)22967728 (26).291 (.292).330 (.328).389 (.390) [16] [17]
3B Jimmy Collins 156631 (632)85171331336727.271.306.379 (.378) [18] [19]
RF Buck Freeman 157597 (599)64167201978432 (31).280 (.279).329 (.327).412 (.411) [20] [21]
LF Kip Selbach 98376509719803049.258.348.351 [22]
CF Chick Stahl 15758883170271936765.289.367.415 [23]

Other batters

Note: Pos=Position; GP=Games Played; AB=At Bats; R=Runs; H=Hits; 2B=Doubles; 3B=Triples; HR=Home Runs; RBI=Runs Batted In; BB=Walks; AVG=Batting Average; OBP=On Base Percentage; SLG=Slugging Percentage

PosPlayerGPABRH2B3BHRRBIBBAVGOBPSLGReference
C Duke Farrell 6819811429201514.212.278.278 [24]
LF Patsy Dougherty 491953353540425.272.357.338 [25]
IF/OF Bill O'Neill 175271010051.192.208.212 [26]
C Tom Doran 12321401004.125.243.188 [27]
IF Bob Unglaub 9131210021.154.214.231 [28]

Pitchers

Note: GP=Games Played; AB=At Bats; R=Runs; H=Hits; 2B=Doubles; 3B=Triples; HR=Home Runs; RBI=Runs Batted In; BB=Walks; AVG=Batting Average; OBP=On Base Percentage; SLG=Slugging Percentage

PlayerGPABRH2B3BHRRBIBBAVGOBPSLGReference
Cy Young 431481433331100.223.223.304 [29]
Jesse Tannehill 451221424260610.197.258.311 [30]
Bill Dinneen 3712092501095.208.252.225 [31]
Norwood Gibson 33925600029.065.149.065 [32]
George Winter 24447500005.114.204.114 [33]

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: GP=Games Played; GS=Games Started; IP=Innings Pitched; H=Hits; BB=Walks; R=Runs; ER=Earned Runs; SO=Strikeouts; W=Wins; L=Losses; SV=Saves; ERA=Earned Run Average

PlayerGPGSIPHBBRERSOWLSVERAReference
Cy Young 43413803272910483200261611.97 [34]
Bill Dinneen 3737335+2⁄32836611582153231402.20 [35]
Jesse Tannehill 3331281+2⁄3256338964116211102.04 [36]
Norwood Gibson 33322732168111167112171402.21 [37]
George Winter 2016135+2⁄312627473538402.32 [38]

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