1904 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1904 Pittsburgh Pirates
LeagueNational League
BallparkExposition Park
CityAllegheny, Pennsylvania
OwnersBarney Dreyfuss
ManagersFred Clarke
← 1903 Seasons 1905 →

The 1904 Pittsburgh[a] Pirates season was the 23rd season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 18th in the National League.

The Pirates finished fourth in the National League with a record of 87–66.

Regular season

The 1904 Pittsburgh Pirates

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 106 47 .693 — 56‍–‍26 50‍–‍21
Chicago Cubs 93 60 .608 13 49‍–‍27 44‍–‍33
Cincinnati Reds 88 65 .575 18 49‍–‍27 39‍–‍38
Pittsburgh Pirates 87 66 .569 19 48‍–‍30 39‍–‍36
St. Louis Cardinals 75 79 .487 31½ 39‍–‍36 36‍–‍43
Brooklyn Superbas 56 97 .366 50 31‍–‍44 25‍–‍53
Boston Beaneaters 55 98 .359 51 34‍–‍45 21‍–‍53
Philadelphia Phillies 52 100 .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 —


Roster

1904 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

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 Ed Phelps 94 302 73 .242 0 28
1B Kitty Bransfield 139 520 116 .223 0 60
2B Claude Ritchey 156 544 143 .263 0 51
SS Honus Wagner 132 490 171 .349 4 75
3B Tommy Leach 146 579 149 .257 2 56
OF Fred Clarke 72 278 85 .306 0 25
OF Ginger Beaumont 153 615 185 .301 3 54
OF Jimmy Sebring 80 305 82 .269 0 32

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
Otto Krueger 86 268 52 .194 1 26
Moose McCormick 66 238 69 .290 2 23
Harry Smith 47 141 35 .248 0 18
Fred Carisch 37 125 31 .248 0 8
Jack Gilbert 25 87 21 .241 0 3
Harry Cassady 12 44 9 .205 0 3
Bull Smith 13 42 6 .143 0 1
Ernie Diehl 12 37 6 .162 0 4
Jimmy Archer 7 20 3 .150 0 1
Jack Rafter 1 3 0 .000 0 0
Tom Stankard 2 2 0 .000 0 0
Bobby Lowe 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
Sam Leever 34 253.1 18 11 2.17 63
Patsy Flaherty 29 242.0 19 9 2.05 54
Mike Lynch 27 222.2 15 11 2.71 95
Deacon Phillippe 21 166.2 10 10 3.24 82
Charlie Case 18 141.0 10 5 2.94 49
Roscoe Miller 19 134.1 7 7 3.35 35
Chick Robitaille 9 66.0 4 3 1.91 34
Bucky Veil 1 4.2 0 0 5.79 1

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
Howie Camnitz 10 45.0 1 4 4.22 21
Watty Lee 5 22.2 1 2 8.74 5
Doc Scanlan 4 22.0 1 3 4.91 10
Jack Pfiester 3 20.0 1 1 7.20 6

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
Lew Moren 1 0 0 0 9.00 0

Notes

  1. ^ In the early 20th century and earlier, the name of Pittsburgh was spelled with and without the final 'h'.

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