1904 Brooklyn Superbas season

1904 Brooklyn Superbas
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890)
Location
Washington Park (since 1898)
Brooklyn, New York (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	Charles Ebbets, Ferdinand Abell, Harry Von der Horst, Ned Hanlon
Manager(s)	Ned Hanlon
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The 1904 Brooklyn Superbas finished in sixth place with a 65–97 record.

Offseason

• December 12, 1903: Bill Dahlen was traded by the Superbas to the New York Giants for Charlie Babb, Jack Cronin and cash.^[1]
• January 16, 1904: Bill Bergen was purchased by the Superbas from the Cincinnati Reds.^[2]
• March 1904: Ed Poole was purchased by the Superbas from the Cincinnati Reds.^[3]

Regular season

Season standings

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
Pittsburg 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

Record vs. opponents

1904 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	9–13	9–13	7–15	2–20	11–10–1	8–14	9–13–1
Brooklyn	13–9	—	5–17	8–14	3–19	13–9	7–14–1	7–15
Chicago	13–9	17–5	—	13–8–1	11–11–2	15–7	9–13	15–7
Cincinnati	15–7	14–8	8–13–1	—	10–12–1	16–6	11–11–2	14–8
New York	20–2	19–3	11–11–2	12–10–1	—	17–4–2	12–10	15–7
Philadelphia	10–11–1	9–13	7–15	6–16	4–17–2	—	9–13	7–15
Pittsburg	14–8	14–7–1	13–9	11–11–2	10–12	13–9	—	12–10
St. Louis	13–9–1	15–7	7–15	8–14	7–15	15–7	10–12	—

Notable transactions

• April 30, 1904: Jack Doyle^[4] and Deacon Van Buren^[5] were purchased from the Superbas by the Philadelphia Phillies.
• August 1, 1904: Doc Scanlan was purchased by the Superbas from the Pittsburgh Pirates.^[6]
• August 27: Fred Mitchell was purchased by the Superbas from the Philadelphia Phillies.^[7]

Roster

1904 Brooklyn Superbas
Roster
Pitchers Jack Cronin Jack Doscher Bull Durham Ned Garvin Oscar Jones Joe Koukalik Fred Mitchell Ed Poole Bill Reidy Doc Reisling Doc Scanlan Grant Thatcher		Catchers Bill Bergen Lew Ritter Infielders Charlie Babb Emil Batch Pop Dillon Jack Doyle Fred Jacklitsch Dutch Jordan Charlie Loudenslager Mike McCormick Sammy Strang		Outfielders John Dobbs Doc Gessler Harry Lumley Jimmy Sheckard Other batters Deacon Van Buren		Manager Ned Hanlon

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	Bergen, BillBill Bergen	96	329	17	60	.182	0	12	3
1B	Dillon, PopPop Dillon	135	511	60	132	.258	0	31	13
2B	Jordan, DutchDutch Jordan	87	252	21	45	.179	0	19	7
3B	McCormick, MikeMike McCormick	105	347	28	64	.184	0	27	22
SS	Babb, CharlieCharlie Babb	151	521	49	138	.265	0	53	34
OF	Lumley, HarryHarry Lumley	150	577	79	161	.279	9	78	30
OF	Sheckard, JimmyJimmy Sheckard	143	507	70	121	.239	1	46	21
OF	Dobbs, JohnJohn Dobbs	101	363	36	90	.248	0	30	11

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
Gessler, DocDoc Gessler	104	341	41	99	.290	2	28	13
Strang, SammySammy Strang	77	271	28	52	.192	1	9	16
Ritter, LewLew Ritter	72	214	23	53	.248	0	19	17
Batch, EmilEmil Batch	28	94	9	24	.255	2	7	6
Jacklitsch, FredFred Jacklitsch	26	77	8	18	.234	0	8	7
Doyle, JackJack Doyle	8	22	2	5	.227	0	2	1
Loudenslager, CharlieCharlie Loudenslager	1	2	0	0	.000	0	0	0
Van Buren, DeaconDeacon Van Buren	1	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO	CG
Jones, OscarOscar Jones	46	41	377	17	25	2.75	92	96	38
Cronin, JackJack Cronin	40	33	307	12	23	2.70	79	110	33
Poole, EdEd Poole	25	23	178	8	14	3.39	74	67	19
Garvin, NedNed Garvin	23	22	181.2	5	15	1.68	78	86	16
Scanlan, DocDoc Scanlan	13	12	104	6	6	2.16	40	40	11
Mitchell, FredFred Mitchell	8	8	66	2	5	3.82	23	16	8
Reisling, DocDoc Reisling	7	7	51	3	4	2.12	10	19	6
Durham, BullBull Durham	2	2	11	2	0	3.27	5	1	1
Koukalik, JoeJoe Koukalik	1	1	8	0	1	1.13	4	1	1

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	BB	SO	CG
Reidy, BillBill Reidy	6	4	38.1	0	4	4.46	6	11	2

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	BB	SO
Thatcher, GrantGrant Thatcher	1	9	1	0	0	4.00	2	4
Doscher, JackJack Doscher	2	6.1	0	0	0	0.00	1	2

Notes

1. Bill Dahlen page at Baseball Reference
2. Bill Bergen page at Baseball Reference
3. Ed Poole page at Baseball Reference
4. Jack Doyle page at Baseball Reference
5. Deacon Van Buren page at Baseball Reference
6. Doc Scanlan page at Baseball Reference
7. Fred Mitchell page at Baseball Reference

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

• 1904 Brooklyn Superbas uniform
• Brooklyn Dodgers reference site
• Acme Dodgers page
• Retrosheet