1904 Boston Americans season

1904 Boston Americans
1904 AL Champions
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Huntington Avenue Grounds (since 1901)
Boston, Massachusetts (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Henry Killilea
Manager(s)	Jimmy Collins
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The 1904 Boston Americans season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Americans finishing 1st in the American League with a record of 95 wins and 59 losses. They were set to play the New York Giants in the World Series but the Giants refused to play.

The team was managed by Jimmy Collins and played its home games at Huntington Avenue Grounds.

Regular season

Opening day ceremonies at the Huntington Avenue Grounds in celebration of the 1903 World Series Championship by the Americans.

• May 5, 1904: Cy Young threw the first no-hitter in franchise history. It was also a perfect game. The Americans beat the Philadelphia Athletics by a score of 3–0.^[1]

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Americans	95	59	0.617	—	49–30	46–29
New York Highlanders	92	59	0.609	1½	46–29	46–30
Chicago White Sox	89	65	0.578	6	50–27	39–38
Cleveland Naps	86	65	0.570	7½	44–31	42–34
Philadelphia Athletics	81	70	0.536	12½	47–31	34–39
St. Louis Browns	65	87	0.428	29	32–43	33–44
Detroit Tigers	62	90	0.408	32	34–40	28–50
Washington Senators	38	113	0.252	55½	23–52	15–61

Record vs. opponents

1904 American League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NY	PHI	STL	WSH
Boston	—	13–9	9–13	16–6	12–10–2	13–9–1	12–10	20–2
Chicago	9–13	—	14–8	14–8–1	12–10–1	8–14	14–8	18–4
Cleveland	13–9	8–14	—	14–8–2	9–11–1	11–10	13–9	18–4
Detroit	6–16	8–14–1	8–14–2	—	7–15	10–12–1	11–11–2	12–8–4
New York	10–12–2	10–12–1	11–9–1	15–7	—	12–9	16–6	18–4
Philadelphia	9–13–1	14–8	10–11	12–10–1	9–12	—	11–10–1	16–6–1
St. Louis	10–12	8–14	9–13	11–11–2	6–16	10–11–1	—	11–10–1
Washington	2–20	4–18	4–18	8–12–4	4–18	6–16–1	10–11–1	—

Opening Day lineup

Patsy Dougherty	LF
Jimmy Collins	3B
Chick Stahl	CF
Buck Freeman	RF
Freddy Parent	SS
Candy LaChance	1B
Hobe Ferris	2B
Lou Criger	C
Cy Young	P

Roster

1904 Boston Americans
Roster
Pitchers Bill Dinneen Norwood Gibson Jesse Tannehill George Winter Cy Young		Catchers Lou Criger Tom Doran Duke Farrell Infielders Jimmy Collins Hobe Ferris Candy LaChance Freddy Parent Bob Unglaub		Outfielders Patsy Dougherty Buck Freeman Bill O'Neill Kip Selbach Chick Stahl		Manager Jimmy Collins

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	Criger, LouLou Criger	98	299	63	.11	2	34
1B	LaChance, CandyCandy LaChance	157	573	130	.227	1	47
2B	Ferris, HobeHobe Ferris	156	563	120	.213	3	63
SS	Parent, FreddyFreddy Parent	155	591	172	.291	6	77
3B	Collins, JimmyJimmy Collins	156	631	171	.271	3	67
OF	Freeman, BuckBuck Freeman	157	597	167	.280	7	84
OF	Selbach, KipKip Selbach	98	376	97	.258	0	30
OF	Stahl, ChickChick Stahl	157	587	170	.290	3	67

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
Dougherty, PatsyPatsy Dougherty	49	195	53	.272	0	4

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
Young, CyCy Young	43	380	26	16	1.97	200
Dinneen, BillBill Dinneen	37	335	23	14	2.20	153
Gibson, NorwoodNorwood Gibson	33	273	17	14	2.21	112

Notes

1. 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

References

• 1904 Boston Americans team page at Baseball Reference
• 1904 Boston Americans season at baseball-almanac.com