1904 National League

1904 in baseball
1904 National League
Japanese baseball
American League
Negro Leagues
<< 1903 1905 >>

The 1904 season of the National League was the twenty-ninth season of the league.

BR page

Standings

Bold indicates league champion; there was no World Series played

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	New York Giants	158	106	47	5	.671	-.-	744 (4.71)	476 (3.01)	0.262	0.319	0.344	2.17	0.956
2	Chicago Cubs	156	93	60	3	.596	13.0	599 (3.84)	517 (3.31)	0.248	0.289	0.315	2.30	0.954
3	Cincinnati Reds	157	88	65	4	.561	18.0	695 (4.43)	547 (3.48)	0.255	0.307	0.338	2.34	0.954
4	Pittsburgh Pirates	156	87	66	3	.558	19.0	675 (4.33)	592 (3.79)	0.258	0.311	0.338	2.89	0.955
5	St. Louis Cardinals	155	75	79	1	.484	31.5	602 (3.88)	595 (3.84)	0.253	0.300	0.327	2.64	0.952
6	Brooklyn Superbas	154	56	97	1	.364	50.0	497 (3.23)	614 (3.99)	0.232	0.291	0.295	2.70	0.945
7	Boston Beaneaters	155	55	98	2	.355	51.0	491 (3.17)	749 (4.83)	0.237	0.281	0.300	3.43	0.945
8	Philadelphia Phillies	155	52	100	3	.335	53.5	571 (3.68)	784 (5.06)	0.248	0.300	0.316	3.39	0.937

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Claude Ritchey	Pittsburgh Pirates	156
At Bats	Ginger Beaumont	Pittsburgh Pirates	615
Runs Scored	George Browne	New York Giants	99
Hits	Ginger Beaumont	Pittsburgh Pirates	185
Doubles	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	44
Triples	Harry Lumley	Brooklyn Superbas	18
Home Runs	Harry Lumley	Brooklyn Superbas	9
Total Bases	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	255
Runs Batted In	Bill Dahlen	New York Giants	80
Stolen Bases	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	53
Walks	Roy Thomas	Philadelphia Phillies	102
Hit by Pitch	Dan McGann	New York Giants	18
Sacrifice Hits	Kid Gleason	Philadelphia Phillies	35
Batting Average	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.349
On-Base Percentage	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.423
Slugging Percentage	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.520
On-Base plus Slugging	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.943
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Honus Wagner	Pittsburgh Pirates	187

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Joe McGinnity	New York Giants	35
Losses	Oscar Jones Vic Willis	Brooklyn Superbas Boston Beaneaters	25
Win-Loss Percentage	Joe McGinnity	New York Giants	0.814
Appearances	Joe McGinnity	New York Giants	51
Games Started	Christy Mathewson	New York Giants	46
Complete Games	Jack Taylor Vic Willis	St. Louis Cardinals Boston Beaneaters	39
Shutouts	Joe McGinnity	New York Giants	9
Games Finished	Tom Fisher	Boston Beaneaters	9
Saves	Joe McGinnity	New York Giants	5
Innings Pitched	Joe McGinnity	New York Giants	408.0
Batters Faced	Joe McGinnity	New York Giants	1613
Hits Allowed	Oscar Jones	Brooklyn Superbas	387
Home Runs Allowed	Jack Cronin	Brooklyn Superbas	10
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Togie Pittinger	Boston Beaneaters	144
Hit Batsmen	Tom Walker	Cincinnati Reds	18
Strikeouts	Christy Mathewson	New York Giants	212
Wild Pitches	Jack Harper Ed McNichol	Cincinnati Reds Boston Beaneaters	12
Balks	Fred Mitchell	Philadelphia Phillies/Brooklyn Superbas	3
Runs Allowed	Vic Willis	Boston Beaneaters	182
Earned Runs Allowed	Kaiser Wilhelm	Boston Beaneaters	118
Earned Run Average	Joe McGinnity	New York Giants	1.61
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Joe McGinnity	New York Giants	0.963

Postseason

The World Series between the league champions of the American League, the Boston Pilgrims and the National League, the |New York Giants was not held.

Umpires

• Bill Carpenter
• Red Dooin*
• Bob Emslie
• Patsy Flaherty*
• Tim Hurst
• Jim Johnstone
• Charles Kennedy
• Charles Lanigan*
• Sam Leever*
• Augie Moran
• Tom Needham*
• Hank O'Day
• Mike O'Neill*
• Kaiser Wilhelm*
• Charles Zimmer

* Denotes a fill-in umpire

Further Reading

• Tom Ruane: "A Retro-Review of the 1900s (the 1904 edition)", Retrosheet.org [1]