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
1904 American League Champions
Cy Young's perfect game
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record95–59 (.617)
League place1st
Other information
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.

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; 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
CLou Criger9829963.211234
1BCandy LaChance157573130.227147
2BHobe Ferris156563120.213363
SSFreddy Parent155591172.291677
3BJimmy Collins156631171.271367
OFBuck Freeman157597167.280784
OFKip Selbach9837697.258030
OFChick Stahl157587170.290367

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
Duke Farrell6819842.212015
Patsy Dougherty4919553.27204
Bill O'Neill175110.19605
Tom Doran12324.12500
Bob Unglaub9132.15402

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
Cy Young4338026161.97200
Bill Dinneen37335+2⁄323142.20153
Jesse Tannehill33281+2⁄321112.04116
Norwood Gibson3327317142.21112
George Winter20135+2⁄3842.3231

References
  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. "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.
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