# 1904 St. Louis Browns season

The 1904 St. Louis Browns season was a season in American baseball. The team finished sixth in the American League with a record of 65 wins and 87 losses, 29 games behind the Boston Americans.

## Offseason

* October 6, 1903: John Anderson was traded by the Browns to the New York Highlanders for Jack O'Connor.

## 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 | — |

### 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 | Joe Sugden | 105 | 348 | 93 | .267 | 0 | 30 |
| 1B | Tom Jones | 156 | 625 | 152 | .243 | 2 | 68 |
| 2B | Dick Padden | 132 | 453 | 108 | .238 | 0 | 36 |
| 3B | Charles Moran | 82 | 272 | 47 | .173 | 0 | 14 |
| SS | Bobby Wallace | 139 | 541 | 149 | .275 | 2 | 69 |
| OF | Jesse Burkett | 147 | 575 | 156 | .271 | 2 | 27 |
| OF | Emmet Heidrick | 133 | 538 | 147 | .273 | 1 | 36 |
| OF | Charlie Hemphill | 114 | 438 | 112 | .256 | 2 | 45 |

#### 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 Hynes | 66 | 254 | 60 | .236 | 0 | 15 |
| Mike Kahoe | 72 | 236 | 51 | .216 | 0 | 12 |
| Hunter Hill | 58 | 219 | 47 | .215 | 0 | 14 |
| Harry Gleason | 46 | 155 | 33 | .213 | 0 | 6 |
| Frank Huelsman | 20 | 68 | 15 | .221 | 0 | 1 |
| Jack O'Connor | 14 | 47 | 10 | .213 | 0 | 2 |
| Gene DeMontreville | 4 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Bader | 2 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Pinky Swander | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Vahrenhorst | 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 |
| Barney Pelty | 39 | 301.0 | 15 | 18 | 2.84 | 126 |
| Harry Howell | 34 | 299.2 | 13 | 21 | 2.19 | 122 |
| Fred Glade | 35 | 289.0 | 18 | 15 | 2.27 | 156 |
| Willie Sudhoff | 27 | 222.1 | 8 | 15 | 3.76 | 63 |
| Ed Siever | 29 | 217.0 | 10 | 15 | 2.65 | 77 |

#### 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 |
| Cy Morgan | 8 | 51.0 | 0 | 2 | 3.71 | 24 |
| Pat Hynes | 5 | 26.0 | 1 | 0 | 6.23 | 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 |
| Gene Wright | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13.50 | 3 |