1904 Philadelphia Athletics season

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

1904 Philadelphia Athletics
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Columbia Park (since 1901) Philadelphia (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, John Shibe, Connie Mack, Sam Jones, Frank Hough
Manager(s)	Connie Mack
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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.[1]

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Americans	95	59	0.617	—	49–30	46–29
New York Highlanders	92	59	0.609	1½	46–29	46–30
Chicago White Sox	89	65	0.578	6	50–27	39–38
Cleveland Naps	86	65	0.570	7½	44–31	42–34
Philadelphia Athletics	81	70	0.536	12½	47–31	34–39
St. Louis Browns	65	87	0.428	29	32–43	33–44
Detroit Tigers	62	90	0.408	32	34–40	28–50
Washington Senators	38	113	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	—	13–9	9–13	16–6	12–10–2	13–9–1	12–10	20–2
Chicago	9–13	—	14–8	14–8–1	12–10–1	8–14	14–8	18–4
Cleveland	13–9	8–14	—	14–8–2	9–11–1	11–10	13–9	18–4
Detroit	6–16	8–14–1	8–14–2	—	7–15	10–12–1	11–11–2	12–8–4
New York	10–12–2	10–12–1	11–9–1	15–7	—	12–9	16–6	18–4
Philadelphia	9–13–1	14–8	10–11	12–10–1	9–12	—	11–10–1	16–6–1
St. Louis	10–12	8–14	9–13	11–11–2	6–16	10–11–1	—	11–10–1
Washington	2–20	4–18	4–18	8–12–4	4–18	6–16–1	10–11–1	—

Roster

1904 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Fred Applegate John Barthold Chief Bender Andy Coakley Jim Fairbank Weldon Henley Eddie Plank Rube Waddell		Catchers Pete Noonan Doc Powers Ossee Schreckengost Infielders Lave Cross Monte Cross Harry Davis Jim Mullen Danny Murphy		Outfielders Lou Bruce Topsy Hartsel Danny Hoffman Ollie Pickering Socks Seybold		Manager Connie Mack

Player stats

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
C	Ossee Schreckengost	95	311	58	.186	1	21
1B	Harry Davis	102	404	125	.309	10	62
2B	Danny Murphy	150	557	160	.287	7	77
SS	Monte Cross	153	503	95	.189	1	38
3B	Lave Cross	155	607	176	.290	1	71
OF	Topsy Hartsel	147	534	135	.253	2	25
OF	Ollie Pickering	124	455	103	.226	0	30
OF	Socks Seybold	143	510	149	.292	3	64

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 Hoffman	53	204	61	.299	3	24
Doc Powers	57	184	35	.190	0	11
Pete Noonan	39	114	23	.202	2	13
Jim Mullen	41	110	24	.218	1	9
Lou Bruce	30	101	27	.267	0	8

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 Waddell	46	383	25	19	1.62	349
Eddie Plank	44	357.1	26	17	2.17	201
Weldon Henley	36	295.2	15	17	2.53	130
Chief Bender	29	203.2	10	11	2.87	149
Andy Coakley	8	62	4	3	1.89	33
Fred Applegate	3	21	1	2	6.43	12

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 Fairbank	3	17	0	1	6.35	6

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 Barthold	4	0	0	0	5.06	5
Lou Bruce	2	0	0	0	4.91	2

Notes

1. 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

• 1904 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1904 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com