As the season swings into the heat of the summer, the pennant race in the National League continues to sizzle with four teams in the chase. The front-runner continues to be the Brooklyn Superbas, who currently hold a slight two-game edge on the St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Beaneaters while the defending-champion New York Giants are four back.
In the American League, the two-horse race between Washington and Detroit has dissolved into an apparent runaway for the Capital City Nine. The Senators enjoy an 11-game cushion over the Tigers, with the Philadelphia Athletics 12 back and Cleveland sitting at 34-34 is 13.5 games off the pace.
Sean McGonigle of the Boston Americans continue to set the pace in the batter's race. His .373 mark is well ahead of Philadelphia Athletics' shortstop Newt Madewell (.354) and also tops the National's best - St. Louis' Milton Cumberledge (.356) and his team mate Hugh Harris (.354). Paddy Murphy rounds out a trio of hot hitting Cardinals with a .350 average, putting the the three top Senior Circuit batting averages all in heart of the St. Louis lineup.
Washington's Pat Krieger has become the first man to the 20-victory mark this season. Krieger is currently 20-4 with a 1.60 earned run average and is clearly the top pitcher in all of baseball thus far in 1904. He is first in wins in either league, and fifth (fourth in the AL) in earned run average.
PAT KRIEGER