1904 St. Louis Browns season

1904  St. Louis Browns
League	American League
Ballpark	Sportsman's Park
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	65–87 (.428)
League place	6th
Owners	Robert Hedges
Managers	Jimmy McAleer
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The 1904 St. Louis Browns season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the American League with a record of 65 wins and 87 losses, 29 games behind the Boston Americans.

Offseason

• October 6, 1903: John Anderson was traded by the Browns to the New York Highlanders for Jack O'Connor. ^[1]

Regular season

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 St. Louis Browns
Roster
Pitchers Fred Glade Harry Howell Cy Morgan Barney Pelty Ed Siever Willie Sudhoff Gene Wright		Catchers Mike Kahoe Jack O'Connor Joe Sugden Infielders Gene DeMontreville Harry Gleason Hunter Hill Tom Jones Charles Moran Dick Padden Bobby Wallace		Outfielders Art Bader Jesse Burkett Emmet Heidrick Charlie Hemphill Frank Huelsman Pat Hynes Other batters Pinky Swander Harry Vahrenhorst		Manager Jimmy McAleer

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	Joe Sugden	105	348	93	.267	0	30
1B	Tom Jones	156	625	152	.243	2	68
2B	Dick Padden	132	453	108	.238	0	36
3B	Charles Moran	82	272	47	.173	0	14
SS	Bobby Wallace	139	541	149	.275	2	69
OF	Jesse Burkett	147	575	156	.271	2	27
OF	Emmet Heidrick	133	538	147	.273	1	36
OF	Charlie Hemphill	114	438	112	.256	2	45

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
Pat Hynes	66	254	60	.236	0	15
Mike Kahoe	72	236	51	.216	0	12
Hunter Hill	58	219	47	.215	0	14
Harry Gleason	46	155	33	.213	0	6
Frank Huelsman	20	68	15	.221	0	1
Jack O'Connor	14	47	10	.213	0	2
Gene DeMontreville	4	9	1	.111	0	0
Art Bader	2	3	0	.000	0	0
Pinky Swander	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Harry Vahrenhorst	1	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Barney Pelty

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Barney Pelty	39	301.0	15	18	2.84	126
Harry Howell	34	299.2	13	21	2.19	122
Fred Glade	35	289.0	18	15	2.27	156
Willie Sudhoff	27	222.1	8	15	3.76	63
Ed Siever	29	217.0	10	15	2.65	77

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
Cy Morgan	8	51.0	0	2	3.71	24
Pat Hynes	5	26.0	1	0	6.23	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
Gene Wright	1	0	1	0	13.50	3

Notes

1. Jack O'Connor page at Baseball Reference

References

• 1904 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
• 1904 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com