1904 American League
Code:
Team W L % GB
Detroit Tigers 87 69 .558 -
Philadelphia Athletics 85 71 .545 2
Chicago White Sox 81 73 .526 5
New York Highlanders 77 77 .500 9
St. Louis Browns 76 78 .494 10
Cleveland Bronchos 72 82 .468 14
Boston Pilgrims 72 82 .468 14
Washington Senators 68 86 .442 18
League AVG: .238
League ERA: 2.63
Detroit Tigers
Going into September, the Tigers held a slim lead on the Athletics. Detroit then went 11-15 in that month while the A's went 15-13, just good enough to trim Detroit's lead to a half-game. In October, the A's then went 2-2 against the Browns and Detroit was shocked by losing 3 of 4 games to Washington, putting Philly up by a half-game. The Tigers then won their final two games against New York and Philly split their first two games against Chicago. On the final day of the season, Philly beat Chicago 5-1 to tie Detroit and force a best of three playoff. The Tigers won the first game 4-2 and the second game 2-1 to quickly dispatch of the defending AL champions. This was the Tigers 2nd pennant (after winning the AL's first pennant in 1901). All four of the AL's pennants have gone to either Detroit or Philadelphia.
Lineup:
C Charlie Dexter - .185, 38 RBI
1B Davey Crockett - .279, 40 RBI
2B Harry Arndt - .200, 54 RBI
3B Joe Yeager - .229, 52 RBI
SS Kid Elberfeld - .282, 77 RBI
LF Hugh Duffy - .247, 69 RBI
CF Roy Thomas - .315, 58 RBI
RF Ollie Pickering - .309, 35 RBI
Pitchers:
Ed Killian - 25-15, 2.23
George Mullin - 27-11, 2.03
Frank Owen - 17-15, 2.72
Alex Jones - 13-19, 3.39
Philadelphia Athletics
After winning two straight pennants, the A's were shocked to find themselves looking up at Detroit at the end of August. They managed to take a half-game lead with just three days remaining in the season but winning two of three games against Chicago was enough to only finish the season tied with Detroit. Then the A's were stunned by losing two straight games to the Tigers in a pennant playoff. Once again, the A's pitching staff was outstanding with four pitchers posting ERA's of 2.35 or lower. However, with the league average plummeting, four of their regular batters hit .234 or worse.
Lineup:
C Harry Smith - .197, 45 RBI
1B Dan McGann - .272, 51 RBI
2B Danny Murphy - .221, 49 RBI
3B Charlie Reilly - .161, 30 RBI
SS Harry Lochhead - .234, 38 RBI
LF Matty McIntyre - .304, 62 RBI
CF Dave Fultz - .272, 31 RBI, 68 SB
RF Socks Seybold - .256, 60 RBI
Pitchers:
Eddie Plank - 18-16, 2.35
Chief Bender - 18-16, 1.73
Weldon Henley - 24-10, 1.62
Andy Coakley - 9-12, 2.10 (R)
Chicago White Sox
The White Sox, thanks largely to their new and improved pitching staff, won 5 of their final 7 games to finish in 3rd place. They could have had a better shot at the pennant if they had not lost 10 of their final 13 games in September.
Lineup:
C Marty Bergen - .241, 35 RBI
1B Harry Davis - .259, 65 RBI
2B Art Madison - .245, 52 RBI
3B Dave Brain - .279, 60 RBI
SS Lee Tannehill - .178, 21 RBI
LF George Flynn - .215, 43 RBI, 67 SB
CF Jack McCarthy - .309, 55 RBI
RF Tommy Dowd - .297, 48 RBI, 44 SB
Pitchers:
Ed Walsh - 25-13, 1.58 (R)
Frank Smith - 25-16, 2.16 (R)
Roy Patterson - 14-19, 2.97
Nick Altrock - 8-13, 4.15 (R)
Sam Leever - 7-8, 2.57
New York Highlanders
Lineup:
C Roger Bresnahan - .242, 45 RBI
1B Burt Hart - .271, 38 RBI, 32 SB
2B Gene DeMontreville - .271, 41 RBI, 41 SB
3B Jimmy Mathison - .174, 31 RBI
SS Tommy Corcoran - .240, 57 RBI
LF Billy Lush - .275, 54 RBI
CF Cy Seymour - .343, 79 RBI, 37 SB
RF Jimmy Bannon - .256, 78 RBI
Pitchers:
Barney Wolfe - 19-20, 2.36
Walter Clarkson - 18-19, 2.28 (R)
Ed Stein - 13-16, 3.14
Wiley Piatt - 16-7, 2.81
St. Louis Browns
Lineup:
C Billy Maloney - .280, 56 RBI, 40 SB
1B Candy LaChance - .218, 28 RBI
2B Bill Friel - .214, 47 RBI
3B Hunter Hill - .214, 24 RBI
SS Billy Gilbert - .286, 20 RBI, 52 SB
LF Tom O'Brien - .285, 72 RBI
CF Davy Jones - .296, 51 RBI, 39 SB
RF Irv Waldron - .287, 54 RBI
Pitchers:
Barney Pelty - 26-12, 1.80 (R)
Cy Morgan - 9-24, 2.67 (R)
Hal Mauck - 13-16, 3.99
Silver King - 11-16, 3.70
Cleveland Bronchos
Lineup:
C Harry Bemis - .265, 42 RBI
1B Klondike Douglass - .273, 31 RBI
2B Sam Mertes - .260, 54 RBI, 50 SB
3B Tom Delahanty - .222, 36 RBI
SS Terry Turner - .290, 49 RBI (R)
LF Ducky Holmes - .213, 54 RBI
CF Rube Vinson - .187, 55 RBI (R)
RF Sport McAllister - .246, 25 RBI
Pitchers:
Otto Hess - 19-18, 2.25 (R)
Earl Moore - 17-14, 2.36
Addie Joss - 10-15, 2.87
Jesse Stovall - 14-12, 2.52
Gus Dorner - 6-13, 3.27
Boston Pilgrims
C Ossee Schreckengost - .287, 41 RBI
1B Jake Stahl - .256, 12 HR, 86 RBI
2B Hobe Ferris - .241, 58 RBI
3B Harry Gleason - .214, 26 RBI
SS Freddy Parent - .224, 49 RBI
LF Patsy Dougherty - .328, 66 RBI, 34 SB
CF Charlie Hemphill - .281, 60 RBI
RF Shad Barry - .279, 45 RBI
Pitchers:
Norwood Gibson - 20-20, 2.48
Buttons Briggs - 18-14, 2.35
George Winter - 11-21, 3.38
Win Kellum - 8-10, 4.27
Jake Volz - 7-9, 3.64
Washington Senators
Thanks to a strong pitching staff, the Senators were actually right in the thick of the pennant race early in the season. They slowly started to fade in mid-season, but the wheels really fell off beginning on July 8th when they began a 5-17 streak.
Lineup:
C Lew Drill - .201, 38 RBI
1B Frank Motz - .217, 41 RBI
2B John Farrell - .234, 48 RBI
3B Bill Coughlin - .257, 43 RBI
SS Joe Cassidy - .236, 31 RBI
LF Jimmy Slagle - .232, 38 RBI, 50 SB
CF Emil Frisk - .223, 63 RBI
RF Izzy Hoffman - .183, 11 HR, 45 RBI (R)
Pitchers:
Davey Dunkle - 15-21, 2.60
Tom Smith - 15-24, 2.93
Del Mason - 14-11, 3.47 (R)
Case PAtten - 11-7, 2.48
Beany Jacobson - 4-11, 2.68 (R)
Batting AVG
.343 Cy Seymour, NYY
.328 Patsy Dougherty, BOS
.315 Roy Thomas, DET
.309 Jack McCarthy, CHW
.309 Ollie Pickering, DET
HOMERUNS
12 Jake Stahl, BOS
11 Izzy Hoffman, WSH
RBI
86 Jake Stahl, BOS
79 Cy Seymour, NYY
78 Jimmy Bannon, NYY
77 Kid Elberfeld, DET
72 Tom O'Brien, SLB
OPS
.840 Patsy Dougherty, BOS
.819 Cy Seymour, NYY
.773 Roy Thomas, DET
STEALS
68 Dave Fultz, PHA (68-32, 68.00%)
67 George Flynn, CHW (67-48, 58.26%)
52 Billy Gilbert, SLB (52-20, 72.22%)
50 Jimmy Slagel, WSH (50-14, 78.13%)
50 Sam Mertes, CLE (50-15, 76.92%)
ERA
1.58 Ed Walsh, CHW (25-13)
1.62 Weldon Henley, PHA (24-10)
1.73 Chief Bender, PHA (18-16)
1.80 Barney Pelty, SLB (26-12)
2.03 George Mullin, DET (27-11)
WINS
27 George Mullin, DET
26 Barney Pelty, SLB
25 Frank Smith, CHW (25-16, 2.16)
25 Ed Walsh, CHW
25 Ed Killian, DET (25-15, 2.23)
24 Weldon Henley, PHA
STRIKEOUTS
317 Frank Smith, CHW
289 Ed Walsh, CHW
269 Cy Morgan, SLB
260 Norwood Gibson, BOS
248 Barney Pelty, SLB
248 Chief Bender, PHA
POY: George Mullin, DET, 24, 27-11, 2.03 ERA, 96 BB, 234 K, .214 OAVG, 1.05 WHIP
BOY: CF Cy Seymour, NYY, 31, .343, 79 RBI, 37 SB, .819 OPS
ROY: Barney Pelty, SLB, 24, 26-12, 1.80 ERA, 84 BB, 248 K, .206 OAVG, 0.98 WHIP