1904 New York Giants season

1904 New York Giants
1904 National League Champions
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883)
Location
Polo Grounds (since 1889)
New York City (since 1883)
Other information
Owner(s)	John T. Brush
Manager(s)	John McGraw
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The 1904 New York Giants season was the 22nd season in franchise history. They led the National League in both runs scored and fewest runs allowed, on their way to 106 wins and the pennant.

The first modern World Series had been played the previous year, but manager John McGraw and owner John T. Brush refused to play the American League champion Boston Americans. They would change their position the following year.

Regular season

Team photograph

The Giants had little offensive firepower in this pitching-dominated era but scored using a balanced lineup and a lot of small-ball tactics formerly employed by manager McGraw in his playing days. The lineup featured three of the top five stolen base leaders in the majors: Bill Dahlen, Sam Mertes, and Dan McGann.

They also had one of the greatest pitching duos of all-time in Joe McGinnity and Christy Mathewson, who each had arguably the greatest seasons in their Hall of Fame careers. They combined for 68 wins – a 20th-century record for two pitchers on the same team.^[1]

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

• August 7, 1904: Doc Marshall was purchased from the Giants by the Boston Beaneaters.^[2]

Roster

1904 New York Giants
Roster
Pitchers Red Ames Claude Elliott Christy Mathewson Joe McGinnity Billy Milligan Dummy Taylor Hooks Wiltse Catchers Frank Bowerman Doc Marshall Jim O'Rourke Jack Warner		Infielders Dan Brouthers Bill Dahlen Art Devlin Jack Dunn Billy Gilbert Dan McGann John McGraw		Outfielders Roger Bresnahan George Browne Mike Donlin Moose McCormick Sam Mertes		Manager John McGraw

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	Warner, JackJack Warner	86	287	57	.199	1	15
1B	McGann, DanDan McGann	141	517	148	.286	6	71
2B	Gilbert, BillyBilly Gilbert	146	478	121	.253	1	54
3B	Devlin, ArtArt Devlin	130	474	133	.281	1	66
SS	Dahlen, BillBill Dahlen	145	523	140	.268	2	80
OF	Bresnahan, RogerRoger Bresnahan	109	402	114	.284	5	33
OF	Browne, GeorgeGeorge Browne	150	596	169	.284	4	39
OF	Mertes, SamSam Mertes	148	532	147	.276	4	78

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
Bowerman, FrankFrank Bowerman	93	289	67	.232	2	27
McCormick, MooseMoose McCormick	59	203	54	.266	1	26
Dunn, JackJack Dunn	64	181	56	.309	1	19
Donlin, MikeMike Donlin	42	132	37	.280	2	14
Marshall, DocDoc Marshall	11	17	6	.353	0	2
McGraw, JohnJohn McGraw	5	12	4	.333	0	0
Brouthers, DanDan Brouthers	2	5	0	.000	0	0
O'Rourke, JimJim O'Rourke	1	4	1	.250	0	0

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
McGinnity, JoeJoe McGinnity	51	408	35	8	1.61	144
Mathewson, ChristyChristy Mathewson	48	367.2	33	12	2.03	212
Taylor, DummyDummy Taylor	36	296.1	21	15	2.34	138
Ames, RedRed Ames	16	115	4	6	2.27	93

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
Wiltse, HooksHooks Wiltse	24	164.2	13	3	2.84	105
Milligan, BillyBilly Milligan	5	25	0	1	5.40	6
Elliott, ClaudeClaude Elliott	3	15	0	1	3.00	8

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
Dunn, JackJack Dunn	1	0	0	0	4.50	1
Bowerman, FrankFrank Bowerman	1	0	0	0	9.00	0

Awards and honors

League top five finishers

George Browne

• NL leader in runs scored (99)

Bill Dahlen

• NL leader in RBI (80)
• #2 in NL in stolen bases (47)

Christy Mathewson

• NL leader in strikeouts (212)
• #2 in NL in wins (33)

Iron Man McGinnity

• NL leader in wins (35)
• NL leader in ERA (1.61)
• NL leader in shutouts (9)

Sam Mertes

• #2 in NL in RBI (78)
• #2 in NL in stolen bases (47)

References

1. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 100, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
2. Doc Marshall page at Baseball Reference

External links

• 1904 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference