1904 Boston Americans season

1904 Boston Americans
1904 AL Champions
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Owner(s) Henry Killilea
Manager(s) Jimmy Collins
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The 1904 Boston Americans season was the fourth season for the professional baseball franchise that later became known as the Boston Red Sox. The Americans finished first in the American League (AL) with a record of 95 wins and 59 losses. The team was managed by Jimmy Collins and played its home games at Huntington Avenue Grounds. The Americans were set to play the National League (NL) champion New York Giants in the 1904 World Series, however the Giants refused to play.

Regular season

Opening day ceremonies at the Huntington Avenue Grounds in celebration of the 1903 World Series Championship by the Americans.

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Americans 9559 0.617 — 49–30 46–29
New York Highlanders 9259 0.609 1½ 46–29 46–30
Chicago White Sox 8965 0.578 6 50–27 39–38
Cleveland Naps 8665 0.570 7½ 44–31 42–34
Philadelphia Athletics 8170 0.536 12½ 47–31 34–39
St. Louis Browns 6587 0.428 29 32–43 33–44
Detroit Tigers 6290 0.408 32 34–40 28–50
Washington Senators 38113 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 —13–99–1316–612–10–213–9–112–1020–2
Chicago 9–13—14–814–8–112–10–18–1414–818–4
Cleveland 13–98–14—14–8–29–11–111–1013–918–4
Detroit 6–168–14–18–14–2—7–1510–12–111–11–212–8–4
New York 10–12–210–12–111–9–115–7—12–916–618–4
Philadelphia 9–13–114–810–1112–10–19–12—11–10–116–6–1
St. Louis 10–128–149–1311–11–26–1610–11–1—11–10–1
Washington 2–204–184–188–12–44–186–16–110–11–1—

Opening Day lineup

Patsy DoughertyLF
Jimmy Collins3B
Chick StahlCF
Buck FreemanRF
Freddy ParentSS
Candy LaChance1B
Hobe Ferris2B
Lou CrigerC
Cy YoungP

Roster

1904 Boston Americans
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

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
CLou Criger9829963.11234
1BCandy LaChance157573130.227147
2BHobe Ferris156563120.213363
SSFreddy Parent155591172.291677
3BJimmy Collins156631171.271367
OFBuck Freeman157597167.280784
OFKip Selbach9837697.258030
OFChick Stahl157587170.290367

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
Patsy Dougherty4919553.27204
Duke Farrell6819842.212015
Bill O'Neill175110.19605
Tom Doran12324.12500
Bob Unglaub9132.15402

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
Cy Young4338026161.97200
Bill Dinneen3733523142.20153
Jesse Tannehill33281.221112.04116
Norwood Gibson3327317142.21112
George Winter20135.2842.3231

Notes

  1. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.144, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0

References


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