# 1904 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1904 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the Athletics finishing fifth in the American League with a record of 81 wins and 70 losses.

## Preseason
### 1904 Philadelphia City Series

The Athletics played eight games against the Philadelphia Phillies 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 |
Following the 1904 series, the Athletics and Phillies had each won 10 of the twenty games played in the local championship in 1903 and 1904,

## Regular season

* May 5, 1904: Cy Young threw the first no hitter in the history of the American League's Boston franchise against the Athletics. It was also a perfect game. The Americans beat the Athletics by a score of 3–0.

### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Boston Americans | 95 | 59 | .617 | — | 49‍–‍30 | 46‍–‍29 |
| New York Highlanders | 92 | 59 | .609 | 1½ | 46‍–‍29 | 46‍–‍30 |
| Chicago White Sox | 89 | 65 | .578 | 6 | 50‍–‍27 | 39‍–‍38 |
| Cleveland Naps | 86 | 65 | .570 | 7½ | 44‍–‍31 | 42‍–‍34 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 81 | 70 | .536 | 12½ | 47‍–‍31 | 34‍–‍39 |
| St. Louis Browns | 65 | 87 | .428 | 29 | 32‍–‍43 | 33‍–‍44 |
| Detroit Tigers | 62 | 90 | .408 | 32 | 34‍–‍40 | 28‍–‍50 |
| Washington Senators | 38 | 113 | .252 | 55½ | 23‍–‍52 | 15‍–‍61 |

### Record vs. opponents

1904 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYH | PHA | SLB | WSH |
| Boston | — | 13–9 | 9–13 | 16–6 | 12–10–2 | 13–9–1 | 12–10 | 20–2 |
| Chicago | 9–13 | — | 14–8 | 14–8–1 | 12–10–1 | 8–14 | 14–8 | 18–4 |
| Cleveland | 13–9 | 8–14 | — | 14–8–2 | 9–11–1 | 11–10 | 13–9 | 18–4 |
| Detroit | 6–16 | 8–14–1 | 8–14–2 | — | 7–15 | 10–12–1 | 11–11–2 | 12–8–4 |
| New York | 10–12–2 | 10–12–1 | 11–9–1 | 15–7 | — | 12–9 | 16–6 | 18–4 |
| Philadelphia | 9–13–1 | 14–8 | 10–11 | 12–10–1 | 9–12 | — | 11–10–1 | 16–6–1 |
| St. Louis | 10–12 | 8–14 | 9–13 | 11–11–2 | 6–16 | 10–11–1 | — | 11–10–1 |
| Washington | 2–20 | 4–18 | 4–18 | 8–12–4 | 4–18 | 6–16–1 | 10–11–1 | — |

### 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 | Ossee Schreckengost | 95 | 311 | 58 | .186 | 1 | 21 |
| 1B | Harry Davis | 102 | 404 | 125 | .309 | 10 | 62 |
| 2B | Danny Murphy | 150 | 557 | 160 | .287 | 7 | 77 |
| SS | Monte Cross | 153 | 503 | 95 | .189 | 1 | 38 |
| 3B | Lave Cross | 155 | 607 | 176 | .290 | 1 | 71 |
| OF | Topsy Hartsel | 147 | 534 | 135 | .253 | 2 | 25 |
| OF | Ollie Pickering | 124 | 455 | 103 | .226 | 0 | 30 |
| OF | Socks Seybold | 143 | 510 | 149 | .292 | 3 | 64 |

#### 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 |
| Danny Hoffman | 53 | 204 | 61 | .299 | 3 | 24 |
| Doc Powers | 57 | 184 | 35 | .190 | 0 | 11 |
| Pete Noonan | 39 | 114 | 23 | .202 | 2 | 13 |
| Jim Mullen | 41 | 110 | 24 | .218 | 1 | 9 |
| Lou Bruce | 30 | 101 | 27 | .267 | 0 | 8 |

### 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 |
| Rube Waddell | 46 | 383.0 | 25 | 19 | 1.62 | 349 |
| Eddie Plank | 44 | 357.1 | 26 | 17 | 2.17 | 201 |
| Weldon Henley | 36 | 295.2 | 15 | 17 | 2.53 | 130 |
| Chief Bender | 29 | 203.2 | 10 | 11 | 2.87 | 149 |
| Andy Coakley | 8 | 62.0 | 4 | 3 | 1.89 | 33 |
| Fred Applegate | 3 | 21.0 | 1 | 2 | 6.43 | 12 |

#### 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 |
| Jim Fairbank | 3 | 17.0 | 0 | 1 | 6.35 | 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 |
| John Barthold | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.06 | 5 |
| Lou Bruce | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.91 | 2 |