1904 New York Giants season

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.

1904 New York Giants
1904 National League Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)John T. Brush
Manager(s)John McGraw
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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 in a 1904 World Series. 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 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—

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

Roster
1904 New York Giants
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
CJack Warner8628757.199115
1BDan McGann141517148.286671
2BBilly Gilbert146478121.253154
3BArt Devlin130474133.281166
SSBill Dahlen145523140.268280
OFRoger Bresnahan109402114.284533
OFGeorge Browne150596169.284439
OFSam Mertes148532147.276478

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
Frank Bowerman9328967.232227
Moose McCormick5920354.266126
Jack Dunn6418156.309119
Mike Donlin4213237.280214
Doc Marshall11176.35302
John McGraw5124.33300
Dan Brouthers250.00000
Jim O'Rourke141.25000

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
Joe McGinnity514083581.61144
Christy Mathewson48367.233122.03212
Dummy Taylor36296.121152.34138
Red Ames16115462.2793

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
Hooks Wiltse24164.21332.84105
Billy Milligan525015.406
Claude Elliott315013.008

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
Jack Dunn10004.501
Frank Bowerman10009.000

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


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