1904 Washington Senators
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkNational Park
CityWashington, D.C.
OwnersThomas C. Noyes
ManagersMalachi Kittridge and Patsy Donovan
← 1903 Seasons 1905 →

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

American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Americans 95 59 0.617 — 49–30 46–29
New York Highlanders 92 59 0.609 1½ 46–29 46–30
Chicago White Sox 89 65 0.578 6 50–27 39–38
Cleveland Naps 86 65 0.570 7½ 44–31 42–34
Philadelphia Athletics 81 70 0.536 12½ 47–31 34–39
St. Louis Browns 65 87 0.428 29 32–43 33–44
Detroit Tigers 62 90 0.408 32 34–40 28–50
Washington Senators 38 113 0.252 55½ 23–52 15–61

Record vs. opponents

1904 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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

Roster

1904 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

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

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Davey Dunkle page at Baseball Reference

References

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