# 1904 Brooklyn Superbas season

The 1904 Brooklyn Superbas finished in sixth place with a 65–97 record.

## Offseason

* December 12, 1903: Bill Dahlen was traded by the Superbas to the New York Giants for Charlie Babb, Jack Cronin and cash.
* January 16, 1904: Bill Bergen was purchased by the Superbas from the Cincinnati Reds.
* March 1904: Ed Poole was purchased by the Superbas from the Cincinnati Reds.

## 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

* April 30, 1904: Jack Doyle and Deacon Van Buren were purchased from the Superbas by the Philadelphia Phillies.
* August 1, 1904: Doc Scanlan was purchased by the Superbas from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
* August 27: Fred Mitchell was purchased by the Superbas from the Philadelphia Phillies.

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
| Pos | Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
| C | Bill Bergen | 96 | 329 | 17 | 60 | .182 | 0 | 12 | 3 |
| 1B | Pop Dillon | 135 | 511 | 60 | 132 | .258 | 0 | 31 | 13 |
| 2B | Dutch Jordan | 87 | 252 | 21 | 45 | .179 | 0 | 19 | 7 |
| 3B | Mike McCormick | 105 | 347 | 28 | 64 | .184 | 0 | 27 | 22 |
| SS | Charlie Babb | 151 | 521 | 49 | 138 | .265 | 0 | 53 | 34 |
| OF | Harry Lumley | 150 | 577 | 79 | 161 | .279 | 9 | 78 | 30 |
| OF | Jimmy Sheckard | 143 | 507 | 70 | 121 | .239 | 1 | 46 | 21 |
| OF | John Dobbs | 101 | 363 | 36 | 90 | .248 | 0 | 30 | 11 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
| Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
| Doc Gessler | 104 | 341 | 41 | 99 | .290 | 2 | 28 | 13 |
| Sammy Strang | 77 | 271 | 28 | 52 | .192 | 1 | 9 | 16 |
| Lew Ritter | 72 | 214 | 23 | 53 | .248 | 0 | 19 | 17 |
| Emil Batch | 28 | 94 | 9 | 24 | .255 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| Fred Jacklitsch | 26 | 77 | 8 | 18 | .234 | 0 | 8 | 7 |
| Bill Reidy | 11 | 32 | 2 | 5 | .156 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jack Doyle | 8 | 22 | 2 | 5 | .227 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Charlie Loudenslager | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deacon Van Buren | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games
| Player | G | GS | IP | W | L | ERA | BB | SO | CG |
| Oscar Jones | 46 | 41 | 377.0 | 17 | 25 | 2.75 | 92 | 96 | 38 |
| Jack Cronin | 40 | 33 | 307.0 | 12 | 23 | 2.70 | 79 | 110 | 33 |
| Ned Garvin | 23 | 22 | 181.2 | 5 | 15 | 1.68 | 78 | 86 | 16 |
| Ed Poole | 25 | 23 | 178.0 | 8 | 14 | 3.39 | 74 | 67 | 19 |
| Doc Scanlan | 13 | 12 | 104.0 | 6 | 6 | 2.16 | 40 | 40 | 11 |
| Fred Mitchell | 8 | 8 | 66.0 | 2 | 5 | 3.82 | 23 | 16 | 8 |
| Doc Reisling | 7 | 7 | 51.0 | 3 | 4 | 2.12 | 10 | 19 | 6 |
| Bull Durham | 2 | 2 | 11.0 | 2 | 0 | 3.27 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Joe Koukalik | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 1.13 | 4 | 1 | 1 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games
| Player | G | GS | IP | W | L | ERA | BB | SO | CG |
| Bill Reidy | 6 | 4 | 38.1 | 0 | 4 | 4.46 | 6 | 11 | 2 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Bases on balls; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | BB | SO |
| Grant Thatcher | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.00 | 2 | 4 |
| Jack Doscher | 2 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 2 |