1904 Cincinnati Reds season

The 1904 Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished third in the National League with a record of 88–65, 18 games behind the New York Giants.

1904 Cincinnati Reds
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Owner(s)Garry Herrmann
Manager(s)Joe Kelley
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Regular season

The Cincinnati Reds had made steady improvements over the past two seasons, and were looking to improve even more in 1904, as they were hoping to contend for the National League pennant. The Reds won only 52 games in 1901, however, they improved to 70 in 1902, and 74 in 1903.

Joe Kelley returned for his third season as player-manager of the team, as he took over first base on a permanent basis after Jake Beckley joined the St. Louis Cardinals. Thirty-one-year-old rookie Fred Odwell joined the team after spending the 1903 season with the Louisville Colonels of the American Association, while another rookie Miller Huggins, took over the starting job at second base.

Cy Seymour led Cincinnati with a .313 batting average, while hitting a club high five home runs, and drove in 58 runners. Tommy Corcoran hit only .230, but he managed to hit two home runs and have a club best 74 RBI. Rookie Miller Huggins led the Reds with 96 runs, while he hit .296 with two homers and 30 RBI.

On the mound, Jack Harper had a breakout season, as he won a team high 23 games, while posting a 2.30 ERA in 35 starts. Noodles Hahn had poor run support, as he only had a 16–18 record, however, Hahn had a 2.06 ERA in 35 games, 34 of them starts. Win Kellum and Tom Walker each won 15 games each, with ERA's of 2.60 and 2.24 respectively.

Season summary

Cincinnati began the season with a mediocre 8–7 record after fifteen games, however, the Reds won their next eight games to move into second place, just half a game behind the first place New York Giants. Cincinnati continue to play good baseball, winning seven of their next ten to improve to 23–11, and take a 1.5 game lead over the Giants and Chicago Cubs for first place in the National League.

The Reds, Giants and Cubs continued their battle for first place going into the month of June, but then the Giants got red hot, and Cincinnati, nor Chicago, could keep up with New York. The Reds had a 13–16 slump to drop their record to 36–27, falling into third place, 11.5 games behind the Giants. As the season went on, the Cubs, Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates battled for second place, but all three teams were well behind New York.

On August 7, the Reds, Giants and Pirates were in a three team deal, which included Cincinnati sending Mike Donlin to New York, while the Reds acquired Jimmy Sebring from Pittsburgh. The team continued playing good baseball for the remainder of the season, finishing with a record of 88–65, good for third place in the National League, 18 games behind the Giants. The Reds 88 wins was their highest since they won 92 games in the 1898 season.

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 10647 0.693 — 56–26 50–21
Chicago Cubs 9360 0.608 13 49–27 44–33
Cincinnati Reds 8865 0.575 18 49–27 39–38
Pittsburgh Pirates 8766 0.569 19 48–30 39–36
St. Louis Cardinals 7579 0.487 31½ 39–36 36–43
Brooklyn Superbas 5697 0.366 50 31–44 25–53
Boston Beaneaters 5598 0.359 51 34–45 21–53
Philadelphia Phillies 52100 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 —9–139–137–152–2011–10–18–149–13–1
Brooklyn 13–9—5–178–143–1913–97–14–17–15
Chicago 13–917–5—13–8–111–11–215–79–1315–7
Cincinnati 15–714–88–13–1—10–12–116–611–11–214–8
New York 20–219–311–11–212–10–1—17–4–212–1015–7
Philadelphia 10–11–19–137–156–164–17–2—9–137–15
Pittsburgh 14–814–7–113–911–11–210–1213–9—12–10
St. Louis 13–9–115–77–158–147–1515–710–12—

Roster
1904 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

  • Tommy Corcoran
 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
CAdmiral Schlei9729169.237032
1BJoe Kelley123449126.281063
2BMiller Huggins140491129.263230
SSTommy Corcoran150578133.230274
3BHarry Steinfeldt9934985.244152
OFCy Seymour131531166.313558
OFFred Odwell129468133.284158
OFCozy Dolan129465132.284651

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
Sam Woodruff8730658.190020
Heinie Peitz8427266.243130
Mike Donlin6023684.356138
Jimmy Sebring5622250.225024
Gabby Street11334.12100
Peaches O'Neill8154.26701

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
Noodles Hahn35297.216182.0698
Jack Harper34293.22392.30125
Win Kellum31224.215102.6070
Tom Walker242171582.2464
Bob Ewing2621211132.4699
Jack Sutthoff1290562.3027

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
Claude Elliott957.2312.9719

References
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