1904 Boston Beaneaters season

The 1904 Boston Beaneaters season was the 34th season of the franchise.

1904 Boston Beaneaters
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
South End Grounds (since 1871) Boston, Massachusetts (since 1871)
Results
Record	55–98 (.359)
League place	7th
Other information
Owner(s)	Arthur Soden
Manager(s)	Al Buckenberger
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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 Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BR	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.[1]

Roster

1904 Boston Beaneaters
Roster
Pitchers Tom Fisher Ed McNichol Togie Pittinger Joe Stewart Kaiser Wilhelm Vic Willis		Catchers Doc Marshall Gene McAuliffe Pat Moran Tom Needham Infielders Ed Abbaticchio Jim Delahanty Bill Lauterborn Fred Raymer Andy Sullivan Fred Tenney		Outfielders George Barclay Rip Cannell Pat Carney Duff Cooley Phil Geier Kid O'Hara Joe Stanley Jack White		Manager Al Buckenberger

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

Notes

1. Doc Marshall page at Baseball Reference

References

• 1904 Boston Beaneaters season at Baseball Reference