1904 Philadelphia Athletics season

1904  Philadelphia Athletics
League	American League
Ballpark	Columbia Park
City	Philadelphia
Owners	Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, John Shibe, Connie Mack, Sam Jones, Frank Hough
Managers	Connie Mack
←  1903 1905  →

The 1904 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the Athletics finishing fifth in the American League with a record of 81 wins and 70 losses.

Preseason

1904 Philadelphia City Series

The Athletics played eight games against the Philadelphia Phillies for the local championship in the pre-season city series. The Athletics defeated the Phillies, 5 games to 3.

The series was to have opened on April 2, 1904 at the Phillies’ Philadelphia Ball Park but was called off due to wet grounds. ^[1] The game scheduled for April 9, 1904 at the Phillies’ park was canceled due to rain. ^[2]

AL Philadelphia Athletics (5) vs. NL Philadelphia Phillies (3)

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	April 4, 1904	Philadelphia Phillies – 1, Philadelphia Athletics – 0	Columbia Park	1:25	8,641 [3]
2	April 5, 1904	Philadelphia Phillies – 2, Philadelphia Athletics – 4	Columbia Park	1:38	3,701 [4]
3	April 6, 1904	Philadelphia Phillies – 6, Philadelphia Athletics – 14	Columbia Park	-	2,643 [5]
4	April 7, 1904	Philadelphia Athletics – 4, Philadelphia Phillies – 6	Philadelphia Ball Park	-	3,142 [6]
5	April 8, 1904	Philadelphia Athletics – 2, Philadelphia Phillies – 4	Philadelphia Ball Park	1:35	2,311 [7]
6	April 11, 1904	Philadelphia Phillies – 0, Philadelphia Athletics – 2	Columbia Park	1:25	1,046 [8]
7	April 12, 1904	Philadelphia Athletics – 4, Philadelphia Phillies – 3	Philadelphia Ball Park	1:40	1,379 [9]
8	April 13, 1904	Philadelphia Phillies – 8, Philadelphia Athletics – 3	Columbia Park	1:30	714 [10]

Following the 1904 series, the Athletics and Phillies had each won 10 of the twenty games played in the local championship in 1903 and 1904,

Regular season

• May 5, 1904: Cy Young threw the first no hitter in the history of the American League's Boston franchise against the Athletics. It was also a perfect game. The Americans beat the Athletics by a score of 3–0. ^[11]

Season standings

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

Record vs. opponents

1904 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYH	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	13–9	9–13	16–6	12–10–2	13–9–1	12–10	20–2
Chicago	9–13	—	14–8	14–8–1	12–10–1	8–14	14–8	18–4
Cleveland	13–9	8–14	—	14–8–2	9–11–1	11–10	13–9	18–4
Detroit	6–16	8–14–1	8–14–2	—	7–15	10–12–1	11–11–2	12–8–4
New York	10–12–2	10–12–1	11–9–1	15–7	—	12–9	16–6	18–4
Philadelphia	9–13–1	14–8	10–11	12–10–1	9–12	—	11–10–1	16–6–1
St. Louis	10–12	8–14	9–13	11–11–2	6–16	10–11–1	—	11–10–1
Washington	2–20	4–18	4–18	8–12–4	4–18	6–16–1	10–11–1	—

Roster

1904 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Fred Applegate John Barthold Chief Bender Andy Coakley Jim Fairbank Weldon Henley Eddie Plank Rube Waddell		Catchers Pete Noonan Doc Powers Ossee Schreckengost Infielders Lave Cross Monte Cross Harry Davis Jim Mullen Danny Murphy		Outfielders Lou Bruce Topsy Hartsel Danny Hoffman Ollie Pickering Socks Seybold		Manager Connie Mack

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Ossee Schreckengost	95	311	58	.186	1	21
1B	Harry Davis	102	404	125	.309	10	62
2B	Danny Murphy	150	557	160	.287	7	77
SS	Monte Cross	153	503	95	.189	1	38
3B	Lave Cross	155	607	176	.290	1	71
OF	Topsy Hartsel	147	534	135	.253	2	25
OF	Ollie Pickering	124	455	103	.226	0	30
OF	Socks Seybold	143	510	149	.292	3	64

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Danny Hoffman	53	204	61	.299	3	24
Doc Powers	57	184	35	.190	0	11
Pete Noonan	39	114	23	.202	2	13
Jim Mullen	41	110	24	.218	1	9
Lou Bruce	30	101	27	.267	0	8

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Rube Waddell	46	383.0	25	19	1.62	349
Eddie Plank	44	357.1	26	17	2.17	201
Weldon Henley	36	295.2	15	17	2.53	130
Chief Bender	29	203.2	10	11	2.87	149
Andy Coakley	8	62.0	4	3	1.89	33
Fred Applegate	3	21.0	1	2	6.43	12

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jim Fairbank	3	17.0	0	1	6.35	6

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
John Barthold	4	0	0	0	5.06	5
Lou Bruce	2	0	0	0	4.91	2

Notes

1. "First Game Postponed: Athletics and Phillies Will Come Together at Columbia Park Tomorrow". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 3, 1904. p. 14.
2. "Rain Cuts Out Many Ballgames: Athletics and Phillies Have to Call Their Seance Off with the Downpour". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 10, 1904. p. 15.
3. "Phils Win First Game Before Enthusiastic Crowd". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 5, 1904. p. 10.
4. "Phillies Get But Two Hits Off Plank". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 6, 1904. p. 6.
5. "Home-Run Day At Columbia Park". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 7, 1904. p. 10.
6. "Athletics Win At Phillies' Opening". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 8, 1904. p. 6.
7. "Phillies Win Their Second Game from the Athletics". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 9, 1904. p. 10.
8. "Athletics Win Out With One Hit". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 12, 1904. p. 10.
9. "Athletics Make Good in Seventh and Win". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 13, 1904. p. 6.
10. "Phillies Size Up Pinnance in Sixth". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 14, 1904. p. 6.
11. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 144, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN   978-0-451-22363-0

References

• 1904 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1904 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com