1904 Major League Baseball season

1904 MLB season
1904 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 14 – October 10, 1904
Number of games	154
Number of teams	16
Pennant Winners
AL champions	Boston Americans
AL runners-up	New York Highlanders
NL champions	New York Giants
NL runners-up	Chicago Cubs
MLB seasons
	← 1903 1905 →

The 1904 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 14 to October 10, 1904. The Boston Americans and New York Giants finished atop 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.

Regular-season schedules were increased this season from 140 games to 154 games, with each team now playing the other seven teams in the same league 22 times apiece; this scheduling would be used through the 1918 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^[1]—the most games played consecutively between two teams in major league history.^[2]

Standings[]

American League[]

v t 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

National League[]

v t National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	106	47	0.693	—	56–26	50–21
Chicago Cubs	93	60	0.608	13	49–27	44–33
Cincinnati Reds	88	65	0.575	18	49–27	39–38
Pittsburgh Pirates	87	66	0.569	19	48–30	39–36
St. Louis Cardinals	75	79	0.487	31½	39–36	36–43
Brooklyn Superbas	56	97	0.366	50	31–44	25–53
Boston Beaneaters	55	98	0.359	51	34–45	21–53
Philadelphia Phillies	52	100	0.342	53½	28–43	24–57

League leaders[]

	American League		National League
Type	Name	Stat	Name	Stat
AVG	Nap Lajoie	.376	Honus Wagner	.349
HR	Harry Davis	10	Harry Lumley	9
RBI	Nap Lajoie	102	Bill Dahlen	80
Wins	Jack Chesbro	41	Joe McGinnity	35
ERA	Addie Joss	1.59	Joe McGinnity	1.61

No-hitters[]

May 5 – Cy Young
August 17 – Jesse Tannehill

Postseason[]

No postseason was held this year.

Managers[]

American League[]

Team	Manager
Boston Americans	Jimmy Collins
Chicago White Stockings	Nixey Callahan and Fielder Jones
Cleveland Bluebirds	Bill Armour
Detroit Tigers	Ed Barrow and Bobby Lowe
New York Highlanders	Clark Griffith
Philadelphia Athletics	Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns	Jimmy McAleer
Washington Senators	Malachi Kittridge and Patsy Donovan

National League[]

Team	Manager
Boston Beaneaters	Al Buckenberger
Brooklyn Superbas	Ned Hanlon
Chicago Cubs	Frank Selee
Cincinnati Reds	Joe Kelley
New York Giants	John McGraw
Philadelphia Phillies	Hugh Duffy
Pittsburgh Pirates	Fred Clarke
St. Louis Cardinals	Kid Nichols

Events[]

May 30 – Frank Chance of the Chicago Cubs is hit by a pitch five times in a double header.^[3]^[4]

References[]

^ "The 1904 Detroit Tigers Regular Season Game Log". Retrosheet. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
^ "Games Played by Teams Record Book". Baseball-Almanac.com. Retrieved May 14, 2012.
^ Pellowski, Michael J (2007). The Little Giant Book of Baseball Facts. United States: Sterling Publishing Co. pp. 352. ISBN 9781402742736.
^ "Hit by a Pitch Records by Baseball Almanac". baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved September 30, 2021.

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External links[]

1904 in baseball history from ThisGreatGame.com
1904 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference

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[1] "The 1904 Detroit Tigers Regular Season Game Log". Retrosheet. Retrieved October 9, 2020.

[2] "Games Played by Teams Record Book". Baseball-Almanac.com. Retrieved May 14, 2012.

[Pellowski-3] Pellowski, Michael J (2007). The Little Giant Book of Baseball Facts. United States: Sterling Publishing Co. pp. 352. ISBN 9781402742736.

[4] "Hit by a Pitch Records by Baseball Almanac". baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved September 30, 2021.

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v t 1904 MLB season by team
American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington
National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis