# 1904 Washington Senators season

The 1904 Washington Senators won 38 games, lost 113, and finished in eighth place in the American League. They were managed by Malachi Kittridge and Patsy Donovan and played home games at National Park. Their winning percentage of .252 is fourth worst for any MLB team since 1900.

## Regular season
### 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 | — |

### Notable transactions

* July 20, 1904: Davey Dunkle was purchased from the Senators by the Louisville Colonels.

### 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 | Malachi Kittridge | 81 | 265 | 64 | .242 | 0 | 24 |
| 1B | Jake Stahl | 142 | 520 | 136 | .262 | 3 | 50 |
| 2B | Barry McCormick | 113 | 404 | 88 | .218 | 0 | 39 |
| SS | Joe Cassidy | 152 | 581 | 140 | .241 | 1 | 33 |
| 3B | Hunter Hill | 77 | 290 | 57 | .197 | 0 | 17 |
| OF | Frank Huelsman | 84 | 303 | 75 | .248 | 2 | 30 |
| OF | Bill O'Neill | 95 | 365 | 89 | .244 | 1 | 16 |
| OF | Patsy Donovan | 125 | 436 | 100 | .229 | 0 | 19 |

#### 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 |
| Boileryard Clarke | 85 | 275 | 58 | .211 | 0 | 17 |
| Bill Coughlin | 65 | 265 | 73 | .275 | 0 | 17 |
| Charles Moran | 62 | 243 | 54 | .222 | 0 | 7 |
| Kip Selbach | 48 | 178 | 49 | .275 | 0 | 14 |
| Lew Drill | 46 | 142 | 38 | .268 | 1 | 11 |
| Jim Mullen | 27 | 102 | 19 | .186 | 0 | 4 |
| Al Orth | 31 | 102 | 22 | .216 | 0 | 11 |
| Jack Thoney | 17 | 70 | 21 | .300 | 0 | 6 |
| Rabbit Nill | 15 | 48 | 8 | .167 | 0 | 3 |
| Lefty Herring | 15 | 46 | 8 | .174 | 0 | 2 |
| Izzy Hoffman | 10 | 30 | 3 | .100 | 0 | 1 |

### 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 |
| Casey Patten | 45 | 357.2 | 14 | 23 | 3.07 | 150 |
| Happy Townsend | 36 | 291.1 | 5 | 26 | 3.58 | 143 |
| Beany Jacobson | 33 | 253.2 | 6 | 23 | 3.55 | 75 |
| Barney Wolfe | 17 | 126.2 | 6 | 10 | 3.27 | 44 |
| Tom Hughes | 16 | 124.1 | 2 | 13 | 3.47 | 48 |
| Davey Dunkle | 12 | 74.1 | 2 | 9 | 4.96 | 23 |
| Highball Wilson | 3 | 25.0 | 0 | 3 | 4.68 | 11 |

#### 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 |
| Al Orth | 10 | 73.2 | 3 | 4 | 4.76 | 23 |
| Del Mason | 5 | 33.0 | 0 | 3 | 6.00 | 16 |