1904 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1904 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 23rd season of the Pittsburgh Pirates[1] franchise; the 18th in the National League. The Pirates finished fourth in the National League with a record of 87–66.

1904 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Location
Exposition Park (since 1891) Allegheny, Pennsylvania (since 1882)
Other information
Owner(s)	Barney Dreyfuss
Manager(s)	Fred Clarke
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Regular season

The 1904 Pittsburgh Pirates

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	—

Roster

1904 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Howie Camnitz Charlie Case Patsy Flaherty Watty Lee Sam Leever Mike Lynch Roscoe Miller Lew Moren Jack Pfiester Deacon Phillippe Chick Robitaille Doc Scanlan Bucky Veil		Catchers Jimmy Archer Fred Carisch Ed Phelps Jack Rafter Harry Smith Infielders Kitty Bransfield Tommy Leach Claude Ritchey Tom Stankard Honus Wagner		Outfielders Ginger Beaumont Harry Cassady Fred Clarke Ernie Diehl Jack Gilbert Otto Krueger Moose McCormick Jimmy Sebring Bull Smith Other batters Bobby Lowe		Manager Fred Clarke

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	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	10	5	2.94	49
Roscoe Miller	19	134.1	7	7	3.35	35
Chick Robitaille	9	66	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	1	4	4.22	21
Watty Lee	5	22.2	1	2	8.74	5
Doc Scanlan	4	22	1	3	4.91	10
Jack Pfiester	3	20	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

References

• 1904 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
• 1904 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac

Notes

1. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, the name of Pittsburgh was often spelled without the 'h'.