1904 Major League Baseball season

This article is about the 1904 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1904 in baseball.

The 1904 Major League Baseball season. No World Series was held this season. The St. Louis Browns played eleven consecutive games against the Detroit Tigers at Bennett Park in Detroit — the longest regular season homestand in Major League history.^[1]

Final standings

American League
Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB

1st	Boston Americans	95	59	.617	–
2nd	New York Highlanders	92	59	.609	1.5
3rd	Chicago White Sox	89	65	.578	6.0
4th	Cleveland Naps	86	65	.570	7.5
5th	Philadelphia Athletics	81	70	.536	12.5
6th	St. Louis Browns	65	87	.428	29.0
7th	Detroit Tigers	62	90	.408	32.0
8th	Washington Senators	38	113	.252	55.5

National League
Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB

1st	New York Giants	106	47	.693	–
2nd	Chicago Cubs	93	60	.608	13.0
3rd	Cincinnati Reds	88	65	.575	18.0
4th	Pittsburgh Pirates	87	66	.569	19.0
5th	St. Louis Cardinals	75	79	.487	31.5
6th	Brooklyn Superbas	56	97	.366	50.0
7th	Boston Beaneaters	55	98	.359	51.0
8th	Philadelphia Phillies	52	100	.314	53.5

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
June 11 – Bob Witch
August 17 – Jesse Tann

Post-season

No postseason was held this year.

Events

May 30 – Frank Chance of the Chicago Cubs is hit by a pitch five times in one game.^[2]

References

↑ "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. p. 352. ISBN 9781402742736.

ESPN

External links

1904 in baseball history from ThisGreatGame.com

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 Pittsburg St. Louis

Major League Baseball seasons

Pre-modern era

Beginnings	1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881

Competition	1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891

NL monopoly	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900

Modern era

Deadball era	1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920

Liveball era	1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941

World War II	1942 1943 1944 1945

Postwar	1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960

First expansion	1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

Birth of division play	1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993

Wildcard begins	1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Wildcard expansion	2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

See also

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