1904 St. Louis Browns season

1904 St. Louis Browns
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1900)
Location
Sportsman's Park (since 1902)
St. Louis, Missouri (since 1902)
Results
Record	65–87 (.428)
League place	6th
Other information
Owner(s)	Robert Hedges
Manager(s)	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

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 Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NY	PHI	STL	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	Sugden, JoeJoe Sugden	105	348	93	.267	0	30
1B	Jones, TomTom Jones	156	625	152	.243	2	68
3B	Moran, CharlesCharles Moran	82	272	47	.173	0	14
SS	Wallace, BobbyBobby Wallace	139	541	149	.275	2	69
OF	Burkett, JesseJesse Burkett	147	575	156	.271	2	27
OF	Heidrick, EmmetEmmet Heidrick	133	538	147	.273	1	36

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
Hynes, PatPat Hynes	66	254	60	.236	0	15
Kahoe, MikeMike Kahoe	72	236	51	.216	0	12
O'Connor, JackJack O'Connor	14	47	10	.213	0	2
DeMontreville, GeneGene DeMontreville	4	9	1	.111	0	0
Swander, PinkyPinky Swander	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Vahrenhorst, HarryHarry 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
Pelty, BarneyBarney Pelty	39	301	15	18	2.84	126
Glade, FredFred Glade	35	289	18	15	2.27	156
Howell, HarryHarry Howell	34	299.2	13	21	2.19	122
Sudhoff, WillieWillie Sudhoff	27	222.1	8	15	3.76	63
Siever, EdEd Siever	29	217	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
Morgan, CyCy Morgan	8	51	0	2	3.71	24
Hynes, PatPat Hynes	5	26	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
Wright, GeneGene 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