1904 Philadelphia Athletics season explained

Philadelphia Athletics
Season:	1904
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Columbia Park
City:	Philadelphia
Owners:	Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, John Shibe, Connie Mack, Sam Jones, Frank Hough
Managers:	Connie 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]

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.^[3]

Roster

1904 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		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
C		95	311	58	.186	1	21
1B		102	404	125	.309	10	62
2B		150	557	160	.287	7	77
SS		153	503	95	.189	1	38
3B		155	607	176	.290	1	71
OF		147	534	135	.253	2	25
OF		124	455	103	.226	0	30
OF		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
	53	204	61	.299	3	24
	57	184	35	.190	0	11
	39	114	23	.202	2	13
	41	110	24	.218	1	9
	30	101	27	.267	0	8

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
	46	383.0	25	19	1.62	349
	44	357.1	26	17	2.17	201
	36	295.2	15	17	2.53	130
	29	203.2	10	11	2.87	149
	8	62.0	4	3	1.89	33
	3	21.0	1	2	6.43	12

Other pitchers

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

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
	4	0	0	0	5.06	5
	2	0	0	0	4.91	2

References

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

Notes and References

1. News: . April 3, 1904. First Game Postponed: Athletics and Phillies Will Come Together at Columbia Park Tomorrow . Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 14.
2. News: . April 10, 1904. Rain Cuts Out Many Ballgames: Athletics and Phillies Have to Call Their Seance Off with the Downpour . Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 15.
3. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 144, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,