1904 Philadelphia Athletics season

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

LeagueAmerican League
BallparkColumbia Park
Record81–70 (.536)
OwnersBenjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, John Shibe, Connie Mack, Sam Jones, Frank Hough
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1904 Philadelphia Athletics
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkColumbia Park
CityPhiladelphia
Record81–70 (.536)
League place5th
OwnersBenjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, John Shibe, Connie Mack, Sam Jones, Frank Hough
ManagersConnie Mack
← 1903
1905 â†’
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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)

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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]
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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

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Americans 9559 .617 — 49‍–‍30 46‍–‍29
New York Highlanders 9259 .609 1½ 46‍–‍29 46‍–‍30
Chicago White Sox 8965 .578 6 50‍–‍27 39‍–‍38
Cleveland Naps 8665 .570 7½ 44‍–‍31 42‍–‍34
Philadelphia Athletics 8170 .536 12½ 47‍–‍31 34‍–‍39
St. Louis Browns 6587 .428 29 32‍–‍43 33‍–‍44
Detroit Tigers 6290 .408 32 34‍–‍40 28‍–‍50
Washington Senators 38113 .252 55½ 23‍–‍52 15‍–‍61
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Record vs. opponents

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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—
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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

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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
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Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Danny Hoffman5320461.299324
Doc Powers5718435.190011
Pete Noonan3911423.202213
Jim Mullen4111024.21819
Lou Bruce3010127.26708
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Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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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
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Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jim Fairbank317.0016.356
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Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Player G W L SV ERA SO
John Barthold40005.065
Lou Bruce20004.912
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Notes

References

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