# 1904 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1904 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 23rd season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 13th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 75–79 during the season and finished fifth in the National League.

## 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 | — |

### 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 | Mike Grady | 101 | 323 | 101 | .313 | 5 | 43 |
| 1B | Jake Beckley | 142 | 551 | 179 | .325 | 1 | 67 |
| 2B | John Farrell | 131 | 509 | 130 | .255 | 0 | 20 |
| SS | Danny Shay | 99 | 340 | 87 | .256 | 1 | 18 |
| 3B | Jimmy Burke | 118 | 406 | 92 | .227 | 0 | 37 |
| OF | Homer Smoot | 137 | 520 | 146 | .281 | 3 | 66 |
| OF | Spike Shannon | 134 | 500 | 140 | .280 | 1 | 26 |
| OF | George Barclay | 103 | 375 | 75 | .200 | 1 | 28 |

#### 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 |
| Dave Brain | 127 | 488 | 130 | .266 | 7 | 72 |
| Jack Dunleavy | 51 | 172 | 40 | .233 | 1 | 14 |
| Hugh Hill | 23 | 93 | 21 | .226 | 3 | 4 |
| Larry McLean | 27 | 84 | 14 | .167 | 0 | 4 |
| Dave Zearfoss | 27 | 80 | 17 | .213 | 0 | 9 |
| Bill Byers | 19 | 60 | 13 | .217 | 0 | 4 |
| Simmy Murch | 13 | 51 | 7 | .137 | 0 | 1 |
| John Butler | 12 | 37 | 6 | .162 | 0 | 1 |
| She Donahue | 4 | 15 | 4 | .267 | 0 | 2 |
| Charlie Swindells | 3 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 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 |
| Jack Taylor | 41 | 352.0 | 20 | 19 | 2.22 | 103 |
| Kid Nichols | 36 | 317.0 | 21 | 13 | 2.02 | 134 |
| Chappie McFarland | 32 | 269.1 | 14 | 18 | 3.21 | 111 |
| Mike O'Neill | 25 | 220.0 | 10 | 14 | 2.09 | 68 |
| Joe Corbett | 14 | 108.2 | 5 | 8 | 4.39 | 68 |
| Jack Dunleavy | 7 | 55.0 | 1 | 4 | 4.42 | 28 |
| Jim McGinley | 3 | 27.0 | 2 | 1 | 2.00 | 6 |
| War Sanders | 4 | 19.0 | 1 | 2 | 4.74 | 11 |