# 1904 Boston Beaneaters season

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

## 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 | — |

### Notable transactions

* August 7, 1904: Doc Marshall was purchased by the Beaneaters from the New York Giants.

### 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 | Tom Needham | 84 | 269 | 70 | .280 | 4 | 19 |
| 1B | Fred Tenney | 147 | 533 | 144 | .270 | 1 | 37 |
| 2B | Fred Raymer | 114 | 419 | 88 | .210 | 1 | 27 |
| 3B | Jim Delahanty | 142 | 499 | 142 | .285 | 3 | 60 |
| SS | Ed Abbaticchio | 154 | 579 | 148 | .256 | 3 | 54 |
| OF | Phil Geier | 149 | 580 | 141 | .243 | 1 | 27 |
| OF | Rip Cannell | 100 | 346 | 81 | .234 | 0 | 18 |
| 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 |
| Bill Lauterborn | 20 | 69 | 19 | .275 | 0 | 2 |
| Doc Marshall | 13 | 43 | 9 | .209 | 0 | 2 |
| Kid O'Hara | 8 | 29 | 6 | .207 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 350.0 | 18 | 25 | 2.85 | 196 |
| Togie Pittinger | 38 | 335.1 | 15 | 21 | 2.66 | 146 |
| Kaiser Wilhelm | 39 | 288.0 | 14 | 20 | 3.69 | 73 |
| Ed McNichol | 17 | 122.0 | 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 | 214.0 | 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 |