1904 Philadelphia Athletics
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkColumbia Park
CityPhiladelphia
OwnersBenjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, John Shibe, Connie Mack, Sam Jones, Frank Hough
ManagersConnie Mack

The 1904 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the Athletics finishing fifth in the American League with a record of 81 wins and 70 losses.

Preseason

1904 Philadelphia City Series

The Athletics played eight games against the Philadelphia Phillies for the local championship in the pre-season city series. The Athletics defeated the Phillies, 5 games to 3.

The series was to have opened on April 2, 1904 at the Phillies’ Philadelphia Ball Park but was called off due to wet grounds.[1] The game scheduled for April 9, 1904 at the Phillies’ park was canceled due to rain.[2]

AL Philadelphia Athletics (5) vs. NL Philadelphia Phillies (3)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1April 4, 1904Philadelphia Phillies – 1, Philadelphia Athletics – 0Columbia Park1:258,641[3] 
2April 5, 1904Philadelphia Phillies – 2, Philadelphia Athletics – 4Columbia Park1:383,701[4] 
3April 6, 1904Philadelphia Phillies – 6, Philadelphia Athletics – 14Columbia Park-2,643[5] 
4April 7, 1904Philadelphia Athletics – 4, Philadelphia Phillies – 6Philadelphia Ball Park-3,142[6] 
5April 8, 1904Philadelphia Athletics – 2, Philadelphia Phillies – 4Philadelphia Ball Park1:352,311[7] 
6April 11, 1904Philadelphia Phillies – 0, Philadelphia Athletics – 2Columbia Park1:251,046[8] 
7April 12, 1904Philadelphia Athletics – 4, Philadelphia Phillies – 3Philadelphia Ball Park1:401,379[9] 
8April 13, 1904Philadelphia Phillies – 8, Philadelphia Athletics – 3Columbia Park1:30714[10]

Following the 1904 series, the Athletics and Phillies had each won 10 of the twenty games played in the local championship in 1903 and 1904,

Regular season

  • May 5, 1904: Cy Young threw the first no hitter in the history of the American League's Boston franchise against the Athletics. It was also a perfect game. The Americans beat the Athletics by a score of 3–0.[11]

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 record

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYH PHA SLB 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—

Roster

1904 Philadelphia Athletics
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
COssee Schreckengost9531158.186121
1BHarry Davis102404125.3091062
2BDanny Murphy150557160.287777
SSMonte Cross15350395.189138
3BLave Cross155607176.290171
OFTopsy Hartsel147534135.253225
OFOllie Pickering124455103.226030
OFSocks Seybold143510149.292364

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
Danny Hoffman5320461.299324
Doc Powers5718435.190011
Pete Noonan3911423.202213
Jim Mullen4111024.21819
Lou Bruce3010127.26708

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
Rube Waddell46383.025191.62349
Eddie Plank44357.126172.17201
Weldon Henley36295.215172.53130
Chief Bender29203.210112.87149
Andy Coakley862.0431.8933
Fred Applegate321.0126.4312

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
Jim Fairbank317.0016.356

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
John Barthold40005.065
Lou Bruce20004.912

Notes

  1. ↑ "First Game Postponed: Athletics and Phillies Will Come Together at Columbia Park Tomorrow". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 3, 1904. p. 14.
  2. ↑ "Rain Cuts Out Many Ballgames: Athletics and Phillies Have to Call Their Seance Off with the Downpour". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 10, 1904. p. 15.
  3. ↑ "Phils Win First Game Before Enthusiastic Crowd". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 5, 1904. p. 10.
  4. ↑ "Phillies Get But Two Hits Off Plank". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 6, 1904. p. 6.
  5. ↑ "Home-Run Day At Columbia Park". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 7, 1904. p. 10.
  6. ↑ "Athletics Win At Phillies' Opening". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 8, 1904. p. 6.
  7. ↑ "Phillies Win Their Second Game from the Athletics". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 9, 1904. p. 10.
  8. ↑ "Athletics Win Out With One Hit". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 12, 1904. p. 10.
  9. ↑ "Athletics Make Good in Seventh and Win". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 13, 1904. p. 6.
  10. ↑ "Phillies Size Up Pinnance in Sixth". Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. April 14, 1904. p. 6.
  11. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 144, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0

References


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