1904 Major League Baseball season

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1904 MLB season
League American League (AL)
National League (NL)
Sport Baseball
DurationApril 14 – October 10, 1904 (AL)
April 14 – October 9, 1904 (NL)
Number of games154
Number of teams16 (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
Locations of teams for the 1904–1907 American League seasons
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Locations of teams for the 1903–1906 National League seasons
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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: with still no formal arrangement in place between the two leagues, the Giants declined to meet the Americans in the 1904 World Series. Going into the season, the Americans were the defending World Series from the 1903 season.

Contents

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] 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

LeagueTeamCityStadiumCapacityManager [3]
American League Boston Americans Boston, Massachusetts Huntington Avenue Grounds 11,500 Jimmy Collins
Chicago White Sox Chicago, Illinois South Side Park 14,000 Jimmy Callahan
Fielder Jones
Cleveland Naps Cleveland, Ohio League Park (Cleveland) 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 6,600 Al Buckenberger
Brooklyn Superbas New York, New York Washington Park 12,000 Ned Hanlon
Chicago Cubs Chicago, Illinois West Side Park 13,000 Frank Selee
Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati, Ohio Palace of the Fans 12,000 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 League Park (St. Louis) 15,200 Kid Nichols

Standings

American League

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

National League

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 10647.693—56‍–‍2650‍–‍21
Chicago Cubs 9360.6081349‍–‍2744‍–‍33
Cincinnati Reds 8865.5751849‍–‍2739‍–‍38
Pittsburgh Pirates 8766.5691948‍–‍3039‍–‍36
St. Louis Cardinals 7579.48731½39‍–‍3636‍–‍43
Brooklyn Superbas 5697.3665031‍–‍4425‍–‍53
Boston Beaneaters 5598.3595134‍–‍4521‍–‍53
Philadelphia Phillies 52100.34253½28‍–‍4324‍–‍57

Postseason

No postseason was held this year. With still no formal arrangement in place between the two leagues regarding the staging of the World Series, the New York Giants refused to play against the Boston Americans or any other team from what they considered an inferior league. [4] [5]

Managerial changes

Off-season

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

In-season

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

League leaders

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

American League

Hitting leaders [6]
StatPlayerTotal
AVG Nap Lajoie (CLE).376
OPS Nap Lajoie (CLE).959
HR Harry Davis (PHA)10
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 [7]
StatPlayerTotal
W Jack Chesbro 1 (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

National League

Home field attendance

Team nameWins%±Home attendance%±Per game
Boston Americans [10] 954.4%623,29564.3%7,695
New York Giants [11] 10626.2%609,8265.2%7,260
Chicago White Stockings [12] 8948.3%557,12394.7%7,143
Philadelphia Athletics [13] 818.0%512,29421.3%6,485
Chicago Cubs [14] 9313.4%439,10013.7%5,629
New York Highlanders [15] 9227.8%438,919107.2%5,852
Cincinnati Reds [16] 8818.9%391,91511.4%4,961
St. Louis Cardinals [17] 7574.4%386,75070.7%5,089
Pittsburgh Pirates [18] 87−4.4%340,6154.2%4,367
St. Louis Browns [19] 650.0%318,108−16.4%4,078
Cleveland Naps [20] 8611.7%264,749−14.9%3,394
Brooklyn Superbas [21] 56−20.0%214,600−4.5%2,824
Detroit Tigers [22] 62−4.6%177,796−20.8%2,251
Philadelphia Phillies [23] 526.1%140,771−7.2%1,928
Boston Beaneaters [24] 55−5.2%140,694−1.7%1,781
Washington Senators [25] 38−11.6%131,7442.2%1,689

No-hitters

Events

References

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  2. ↑ "Games Played by Teams Record Book". Baseball-Almanac.com. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
  3. ↑ "1904 Major League Managers". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Brush Declines". The Boston Globe . March 8, 1904. p. 8. Retrieved November 11, 2018– via newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Deutsch, Jordan A. (1975). The Scrapbook History of Baseball . Bobbs-Merrill. pp. 57–58. ISBN   0672520281.
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  7. ↑ "1904 American League Pitching Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
  8. ↑ "1904 National League Batting Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
  9. ↑ "1904 National League Pitching Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
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  11. ↑ "San Francisco Giants Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  12. ↑ "Chicago White Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  13. ↑ "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  14. ↑ "Chicago Cubs Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  15. ↑ "New York Yankees Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  16. ↑ "Cincinnati Reds Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  17. ↑ "St. Louis Cardinals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  18. ↑ "Pittsburgh Pirates Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved March 28, 2024.
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  20. ↑ "Cleveland Guardians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  21. ↑ "Los Angeles Dodgers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved March 28, 2024.
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  23. ↑ "Philadelphia Phillies Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved March 28, 2024.
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  25. ↑ "Minnesota Twins Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved March 28, 2024.
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