# 1904 Philadelphia Phillies season

The following lists the events of the 1904 Philadelphia Phillies season.

## Spring Training

In 1904, the Phillies held spring training in Savannah, Georgia. The team practiced and played exhibition games at Bolton Street Park. It was the first season the Phillies trained in Savannah.

### 1904 Philadelphia City Series

The Phillies played eight games against the Philadelphia Athletics for the local championship in the pre-season city series. The Athletics defeated the Phillies, 5 games to 3.
The series was to have opened on April 2, 1904, at the Phillies’ Philadelphia Ball Park but was called off due to wet grounds. The game scheduled for April 9, 1904 at the Phillies’ park was canceled due to rain.
AL Philadelphia Athletics (5) vs. NL Philadelphia Phillies (3)
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | April 4, 1904 | Philadelphia Phillies – 1, Philadelphia Athletics – 0 | Columbia Park | 1:25 | 8,641 |
| 2 | April 5, 1904 | Philadelphia Phillies – 2, Philadelphia Athletics – 4 | Columbia Park | 1:38 | 3,701 |
| 3 | April 6, 1904 | Philadelphia Phillies – 6, Philadelphia Athletics – 14 | Columbia Park | - | 2,643 |
| 4 | April 7, 1904 | Philadelphia Athletics – 4, Philadelphia Phillies – 6 | Philadelphia Ball Park | - | 3,142 |
| 5 | April 8, 1904 | Philadelphia Athletics – 2, Philadelphia Phillies – 4 | Philadelphia Ball Park | 1:35 | 2,311 |
| 6 | April 11, 1904 | Philadelphia Phillies – 0, Philadelphia Athletics – 2 | Columbia Park | 1:25 | 1,046 |
| 7 | April 12, 1904 | Philadelphia Athletics – 4, Philadelphia Phillies – 3 | Philadelphia Ball Park | 1:40 | 1,379 |
| 8 | April 13, 1904 | Philadelphia Phillies – 8, Philadelphia Athletics – 3 | Columbia Park | 1:30 | 714 |
The Phillies and Athletics had each won 10 of the 20 games between the two teams after the 1904 series,

## 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 | Red Dooin | 108 | 355 | 86 | .242 | 6 | 36 |
| 1B | Jack Doyle | 66 | 236 | 52 | .220 | 1 | 22 |
| 2B | Kid Gleason | 153 | 587 | 161 | .274 | 0 | 42 |
| SS | Rudy Hulswitt | 113 | 406 | 99 | .244 | 1 | 36 |
| 3B | Harry Wolverton | 102 | 398 | 106 | .266 | 0 | 49 |
| OF | Roy Thomas | 139 | 496 | 144 | .290 | 3 | 29 |
| OF | Sherry Magee | 95 | 364 | 101 | .277 | 3 | 57 |
| OF | John Titus | 146 | 504 | 148 | .294 | 4 | 55 |

#### 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 |
| Johnny Lush | 106 | 369 | 102 | .276 | 2 | 42 |
| Frank Roth | 81 | 229 | 59 | .258 | 1 | 20 |
| She Donahue | 58 | 200 | 43 | .215 | 0 | 14 |
| Bob Hall | 46 | 163 | 26 | .160 | 0 | 17 |
| Shad Barry | 35 | 122 | 25 | .205 | 0 | 3 |
| Fred Mitchell | 25 | 82 | 17 | .207 | 0 | 3 |
| Hugh Duffy | 18 | 46 | 13 | .283 | 0 | 5 |
| Deacon Van Buren | 12 | 43 | 10 | .233 | 0 | 3 |
| Doc Marshall | 8 | 20 | 2 | .100 | 0 | 1 |
| Jesse Purnell | 7 | 19 | 2 | .105 | 0 | 1 |
| Klondike Douglass | 3 | 10 | 3 | .300 | 0 | 1 |
| Tom Fleming | 3 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Herman Long | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| Butch Rementer | 1 | 2 | 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 |
| Chick Fraser | 42 | 302.0 | 14 | 24 | 3.25 | 127 |
| Bill Duggleby | 32 | 223.2 | 12 | 13 | 3.78 | 55 |
| Tully Sparks | 26 | 200.2 | 7 | 16 | 2.65 | 67 |
| Jack Sutthoff | 19 | 163.2 | 6 | 13 | 3.68 | 46 |
| John McPherson | 15 | 128.0 | 1 | 12 | 3.66 | 32 |
| Fred Mitchell | 13 | 108.2 | 4 | 7 | 3.40 | 29 |
| Frank Corridon | 11 | 94.1 | 6 | 5 | 2.19 | 44 |
| Johnny Lush | 7 | 42.2 | 0 | 6 | 3.59 | 27 |
| Ralph Caldwell | 6 | 41.0 | 2 | 2 | 4.17 | 30 |
| Tom Barry | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 1 | 40.50 | 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 |
| John Brackenridge | 7 | 34.0 | 0 | 1 | 5.66 | 11 |