1904 Boston Americans season

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1904 Boston Americans
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkHuntington Avenue Grounds
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record95–59 (.617)
League place1st
OwnersHenry Killilea
ManagersJimmy Collins
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Opening day ceremonies at the Huntington Avenue Grounds in celebration of the 1903 World Series championship by the Americans.

The 1904 Boston Americans season was the fourth season for the professional baseball franchise that later became known as the Boston Red Sox. The Americans finished first in the American League (AL) with a record of 95 wins and 59 losses, 1+1⁄2 games ahead of the New York Highlanders. The team was managed by Jimmy Collins and played its home games at Huntington Avenue Grounds. The Americans were set to play the National League (NL) champion New York Giants in the 1904 World Series; however, the Giants refused to play.

Offseason[edit]

Transactions[edit]

Prior to the regular season, the team held spring training in Macon, Georgia.[3]

Regular season[edit]

Statistical leaders[edit]

The offense was led by Buck Freeman, who hit 7 home runs and had 84 RBIs, and Freddy Parent with a .291 batting average. The pitching staff was led by Cy Young, who made 43 appearances (41 starts) and pitched 40 complete games with a 26–16 record and 1.97 ERA, while striking out 200 in 380 innings. The team had two other 20-game winners; Bill Dinneen (23–14) and Jesse Tannehill (21–11).

Season standings[edit]

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

The team had three games end in a tie; September 13 at Philadelphia, September 14 vs. New York, and September 15 vs. New York.[4] Both ties against New York were the second games of doubleheaders. Tie games are not counted in league standings, but player statistics during tie games are counted.[7]

Record vs. opponents[edit]

1904 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYH PHA SLB 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 —

Opening Day lineup[edit]

Patsy Dougherty LF
Jimmy Collins 3B
Chick Stahl CF
Buck Freeman RF
Freddy Parent SS
Candy LaChance 1B
Hobe Ferris 2B
Lou Criger C
Cy Young P

Source:[8][9]

Roster[edit]

1904 Boston Americans
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Player stats[edit]

Batting[edit]

Starters by position[edit]

Note: Pos=Position; GP=Games Played; AB=At Bats; R=Runs; H=Hits; 2B=Doubles; 3B=Triples; HR=Home Runs; RBI=Runs Batted In; BB=Walks; AVG=Batting Average; OBP=On Base Percentage; SLG=Slugging Percentage

Pos Player GP AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB AVG OBP SLG Reference
C Lou Criger 98 299 34 63 10 5 2 34 28 .211 .285 .298 [10]
1B Candy LaChance 157 572 55 130 19 5 1 47 23 .227 .267 .283 [11]
2B Hobe Ferris 156 566 50 120 23 10 3 63 21 .212 .241 .304 [12]
SS Freddy Parent 155 593 85 173 22 9 6 77 26 .292 .328 .390 [13]
3B Jimmy Collins 156 632 85 171 33 13 3 67 27 .271 .306 .378 [14]
RF Buck Freeman 157 599 64 167 20 19 7 84 31 .279 .327 .411 [15]
LF Kip Selbach 98 376 50 97 19 8 0 30 49 .258 .348 .351 [16]
CF Chick Stahl 157 588 83 170 27 19 3 67 65 .289 .367 .415 [17]

Other batters[edit]

Note: Pos=Position; GP=Games Played; AB=At Bats; R=Runs; H=Hits; 2B=Doubles; 3B=Triples; HR=Home Runs; RBI=Runs Batted In; BB=Walks; AVG=Batting Average; OBP=On Base Percentage; SLG=Slugging Percentage

Pos Player GP AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB AVG OBP SLG Reference
C Duke Farrell 68 198 11 42 9 2 0 15 14 .212 .278 .278 [18]
LF Patsy Dougherty 49 195 33 53 5 4 0 4 25 .272 .357 .338 [19]
IF/OF Bill O'Neill 17 52 7 10 1 0 0 5 1 .192 .208 .212 [20]
C Tom Doran 12 32 1 4 0 1 0 0 4 .125 .243 .188 [21]
IF Bob Unglaub 9 13 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 .154 .214 .231 [22]

Pitching[edit]

Starting pitchers[edit]

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Cy Young 43 380 26 16 1.97 200
Bill Dinneen 37 335+2⁄3 23 14 2.20 153
Jesse Tannehill 33 281+2⁄3 21 11 2.04 116
Norwood Gibson 33 273 17 14 2.21 112
George Winter 20 135+2⁄3 8 4 2.32 31

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Baseball Notes". The Pittsburgh Press. December 7, 1903. p. 11. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
  2. ^ Nowlin, Bill; Prime, Jim (2005). Blood Feud: The Red Sox, The Yankees and the Struggle of Good vs. Evil. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Rounder Books. p. 218. ISBN 1-57940-111-2.
  3. ^ "Light Work". The Boston Globe. March 8, 1904. p. 8. Retrieved November 11, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
  4. ^ a b c d e "The 1904 Boston Americans Regular Season Game Log". Retrosheet. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
  5. ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.144, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  6. ^ "Tannehill Makes Record". St. Paul Globe. August 18, 1904. Retrieved June 19, 2012.
  7. ^ Hershberger, Richard (December 28, 2015). "Tie Games in Baseball". ordinary-times.com. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  8. ^ O'Connell, Fred P. (April 15, 1904). "15,000 See New Yorks Defeat Collins' Boys". The Boston Post. p. 4. Retrieved November 14, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
  9. ^ O'Connell, Fred P. (April 15, 1904). "Box Score". The Boston Post. p. 4. Retrieved November 14, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "The 1904 BOS A Batting Splits for Lou Criger". Retrosheet. Archived from the original on May 8, 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
  11. ^ "The 1904 BOS A Batting Splits for Candy LaChance". Retrosheet. Archived from the original on May 8, 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
  12. ^ "The 1904 BOS A Batting Splits for Hobe Ferris". Retrosheet. Archived from the original on May 8, 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
  13. ^ "The 1904 BOS A Batting Splits for Freddy Parent". Retrosheet. Archived from the original on May 8, 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
  14. ^ "The 1904 BOS A Batting Splits for Jimmy Collins". Retrosheet. Archived from the original on June 20, 2023. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
  15. ^ "The 1904 BOS A Batting Splits for Buck Freeman". Retrosheet. Archived from the original on May 8, 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
  16. ^ "The 1904 BOS A Batting Splits for Kip Selbach". Retrosheet. Archived from the original on May 8, 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
  17. ^ "The 1904 BOS A Batting Splits for Chick Stahl". Retrosheet. Archived from the original on June 18, 2023. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
  18. ^ "The 1904 BOS A Batting Splits for Duke Farrell". Retrosheet. Archived from the original on May 8, 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
  19. ^ "The 1904 BOS A Batting Splits for Patsy Dougherty". Retrosheet. Archived from the original on May 8, 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
  20. ^ "The 1904 BOS A Batting Splits for John O'Neill". Retrosheet. Archived from the original on May 8, 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
  21. ^ "The 1904 BOS A Batting Splits for Tom Doran". Retrosheet. Archived from the original on May 8, 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
  22. ^ "The 1904 BOS A Batting Splits for Bob Unglaub". Retrosheet. Archived from the original on May 8, 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2024.

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