1904 Boston Americans season

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.

1904 Boston Americans
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkHuntington Avenue Grounds
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record95–59 (.617)
League place1st
OwnersHenry Killilea
ManagersJimmy Collins
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference

Offseason

Transactions

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

Regular season

Statistical leaders

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
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Americans 9559 0.617 — 49–30 46–29
New York Highlanders 9259 0.609 1½ 46–29 46–30
Chicago White Sox 8965 0.578 6 50–27 39–38
Cleveland Naps 8665 0.570 7½ 44–31 42–34
Philadelphia Athletics 8170 0.536 12½ 47–31 34–39
St. Louis Browns 6587 0.428 29 32–43 33–44
Detroit Tigers 6290 0.408 32 34–40 28–50
Washington Senators 38113 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
1904 American League record

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYH PHA SLB WSH
Boston —13–99–1316–612–10–213–9–112–1020–2
Chicago 9–13—14–814–8–112–10–18–1414–818–4
Cleveland 13–98–14—14–8–29–11–111–1013–918–4
Detroit 6–168–14–18–14–2—7–1510–12–111–11–212–8–4
New York 10–12–210–12–111–9–115–7—12–916–618–4
Philadelphia 9–13–114–810–1112–10–19–12—11–10–116–6–1
St. Louis 10–128–149–1311–11–26–1610–11–1—11–10–1
Washington 2–204–184–188–12–44–186–16–110–11–1—

Opening Day lineup
Patsy DoughertyLF
Jimmy Collins3B
Chick StahlCF
Buck FreemanRF
Freddy ParentSS
Candy LaChance1B
Hobe Ferris2B
Lou CrigerC
Cy YoungP

Source:[8][9]

Roster
1904 Boston Americans
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Starters by position

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
CLou Criger98299 3463 10 5234 28.211 .285 .298 [10]
1BCandy LaChance157572 55130 19 5147 23.227 .267 .283 [11]
2BHobe Ferris156566 50120 23 10363 21.212 .241 .304 [12]
SSFreddy Parent155593 85173 22 9677 26.292 .328 .390 [13]
3BJimmy Collins156632 85171 33 13367 27.271 .306 .378 [14]
RFBuck Freeman157599 64167 20 19784 31.279 .327 .411 [15]
LFKip Selbach98376 5097 19 8030 49.258 .348 .351 [16]
CFChick Stahl157588 83170 27 19367 65.289 .367 .415 [17]

Other batters

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 Farrell68198 1142 9 2015 14.212 .278 .278 [18]
LF Patsy Dougherty49195 3353 5 404 25.272 .357 .338 [19]
IF/OF Bill O'Neill1752 710 1 005 1.192 .208 .212 [20]
C Tom Doran1232 14 0 100 4.125 .243 .188 [21]
IF Bob Unglaub913 12 1 002 1.154 .214 .231 [22]

Pitchers

Note: 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

Player GP AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB AVG OBP SLG Reference
Cy Young43148 1433 3 3110 0.223 .223 .304 [23]
Jesse Tannehill45122 1424 2 606 10.197 .258 .311 [24]
Bill Dinneen37120 925 0 109 5.208 .252 .225 [25]
Norwood Gibson3392 56 0 002 9.065 .149 .065 [26]
George Winter2444 75 0 000 5.114 .204 .114 [27]

Starting pitchers

Note: GP=Games Played; GS=Games Started; IP=Innings Pitched; H=Hits; BB=Walks; R=Runs; ER=Earned Runs; SO=Strikeouts; W=Wins; L=Losses; SV=Saves; ERA=Earned Run Average

Player GP GS IP H BB R ER SO W L SV ERA Reference
Cy Young43 41 380 327 29 104 832002616 11.97 [28]
Bill Dinneen37 37 335+2⁄3 283 66 115 821532314 02.20 [29]
Jesse Tannehill33 31 281+2⁄3 256 33 89 641162111 02.04 [30]
Norwood Gibson33 32 273 216 81 111 671121714 02.21 [31]
George Winter20 16 135+2⁄3 126 27 47 35384 02.32 [32]

References
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