1904 St. Louis Cardinals season

1904 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1892)
Location
League Park (since 1893)
St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
Results
Record	75–79 (.487)
League place	5th
Other information
Owner(s)	Frank Robison and Stanley Robison
Manager(s)	Kid Nichols
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The 1904 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 23rd season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 13th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 75–79 during the season and finished 5th in the National League.

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	—

Roster

1904 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Joe Corbett Chappie McFarland Jim McGinley Kid Nichols Mike O'Neill War Sanders Jack Taylor		Catchers John Butler Bill Byers Mike Grady Larry McLean Charlie Swindells Dave Zearfoss Infielders Jake Beckley Dave Brain Jimmy Burke She Donahue John Farrell Simmy Murch Danny Shay		Outfielders George Barclay Jack Dunleavy Hugh Hill Spike Shannon Homer Smoot		Manager Kid Nichols

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
1B	Beckley, JakeJake Beckley	142	551	179	.325	1	67
2B	Farrell, JohnJohn Farrell	131	509	130	.255	0	20
OF	Barclay, GeorgeGeorge Barclay	103	375	75	.200	1	28

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
Dunleavy, JackJack Dunleavy	51	172	40	.233	1	14
Butler, JohnJohn Butler	12	37	6	.162	0	1

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
Nichols, KidKid Nichols	36	317	21	13	2.02	134
McFarland, ChappieChappie McFarland	32	269.1	14	18	3.21	111
O'Neill, MikeMike O'Neill	25	220	10	14	2.09	68
Corbett, JoeJoe Corbett	14	108.2	5	8	4.39	68
Dunleavy, JackJack Dunleavy	7	55	1	4	4.42	28
McGinley, JimJim McGinley	3	27	2	1	2.00	6

External links

• 1904 St. Louis Cardinals
• 1904 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com