# 1904 Chicago Cubs season

The 1904 Chicago Cubs season was the 33rd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 29th in the National League, and the 12th at West Side Park. The Cubs finished second in the National League with a record of 93–60.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational 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 recordvte Sources: :
| 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
## 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 | Johnny Kling | 123 | 452 | 110 | .243 | 2 | 46 |
| 1B | Frank Chance | 124 | 451 | 140 | .310 | 6 | 49 |
| 2B | Johnny Evers | 152 | 532 | 141 | .265 | 0 | 47 |
| SS | Joe Tinker | 141 | 488 | 108 | .221 | 3 | 41 |
| 3B | Doc Casey | 136 | 548 | 147 | .268 | 1 | 43 |
| OF | Jack McCarthy | 115 | 432 | 114 | .264 | 0 | 51 |
| OF | Jimmy Slagle | 120 | 481 | 125 | .260 | 1 | 31 |
| OF | Davy Jones | 98 | 336 | 82 | .244 | 3 | 39 |

#### 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 |
| Shad Barry | 73 | 263 | 69 | .262 | 1 | 26 |
| Otto Williams | 57 | 185 | 37 | .200 | 0 | 8 |
| Jack O'Neill | 51 | 168 | 36 | .214 | 1 | 19 |
| Harry McChesney | 22 | 88 | 23 | .261 | 0 | 11 |
| Frank Schulte | 20 | 84 | 24 | .286 | 2 | 13 |
| Frank Corridon | 19 | 58 | 13 | .224 | 0 | 1 |
| Aleck Smith | 10 | 29 | 6 | .207 | 0 | 1 |
| Solly Hofman | 7 | 26 | 7 | .269 | 1 | 4 |
| George Moriarty | 4 | 13 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Ike Van Zandt | 3 | 11 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Carney | 2 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Holmes | 1 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Stanton | 1 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Dutch Rudolph | 2 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 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 |
| Jake Weimer | 37 | 307.0 | 20 | 14 | 1.91 | 177 |
| Buttons Briggs | 34 | 277.0 | 19 | 11 | 2.05 | 112 |
| Carl Lundgren | 31 | 242.0 | 17 | 9 | 2.60 | 106 |
| Bob Wicker | 30 | 229.0 | 17 | 9 | 2.67 | 99 |
| Mordecai Brown | 26 | 212.1 | 15 | 10 | 1.86 | 81 |
| Frank Corridon | 12 | 100.1 | 5 | 5 | 3.05 | 34 |

#### 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 |
| Ernie Groth | 3 | 16.0 | 0 | 2 | 5.63 | 9 |