1904 Boston Beaneaters season

1904 Boston Beaneaters
Ballpark	South End Grounds
City	Boston, Massachusetts
Record	55–98 (.359)
Owners	Arthur Soden
Managers	Al Buckenberger

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Giants	106	47	0.693	—	56–26	50–21
Chicago Cubs	93	60	0.608	13	49–27	44–33
Cincinnati Reds	88	65	0.575	18	49–27	39–38
Pittsburgh Pirates	87	66	0.569	19	48–30	39–36
St. Louis Cardinals	75	79	0.487	31½	39–36	36–43
Brooklyn Superbas	56	97	0.366	50	31–44	25–53
Boston Beaneaters	55	98	0.359	51	34–45	21–53
Philadelphia Phillies	52	100	0.342	53½	28–43	24–57

Record vs. opponents

1904 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BRO	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	9–13	9–13	7–15	2–20	11–10–1	8–14	9–13–1
Brooklyn	13–9	—	5–17	8–14	3–19	13–9	7–14–1	7–15
Chicago	13–9	17–5	—	13–8–1	11–11–2	15–7	9–13	15–7
Cincinnati	15–7	14–8	8–13–1	—	10–12–1	16–6	11–11–2	14–8
New York	20–2	19–3	11–11–2	12–10–1	—	17–4–2	12–10	15–7
Philadelphia	10–11–1	9–13	7–15	6–16	4–17–2	—	9–13	7–15
Pittsburgh	14–8	14–7–1	13–9	11–11–2	10–12	13–9	—	12–10
St. Louis	13–9–1	15–7	7–15	8–14	7–15	15–7	10–12	—

Notable transactions

• August 7, 1904: Doc Marshall was purchased by the Beaneaters from the New York Giants.

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	Tom Needham	84	269	70	.280	4	19
1B	Fred Tenney	147	533	144	.270	1	37
3B	Jim Delahanty	142	499	142	.285	3	60
SS	Ed Abbaticchio	154	579	148	.256	3	54
OF	Duff Cooley	122	467	127	.272	5	70

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
Pat Moran	113	398	90	.226	4	34
Pat Carney	78	279	57	.204	0	11
George Barclay	24	93	21	.226	0	10
Doc Marshall	13	43	9	.209	0	2
Joe Stanley	3	8	0	.000	0	0
Jack White	1	5	0	.000	0	0
Gene McAuliffe	1	2	1	.500	0	0
Andy Sullivan	1	1	0	.000	0	0

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
Vic Willis	43	350	18	25	2.85	196
Togie Pittinger	38	335.1	15	21	2.66	146
Kaiser Wilhelm	39	288	14	20	3.69	73
Ed McNichol	17	122	2	12	4.28	39

Other 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
Tom Fisher	31	214	6	16	4.25	84
Pat Carney	4	26.1	0	4	5.81	5

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
Joe Stewart	2	0	0	0	9.64	1
Jim Delahanty	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

References

• 1904 Boston Beaneaters season at Baseball Reference