1904 Philadelphia Athletics season

March 2026 November 2013 Philadelphia Athletics 1904 Philadelphia Athletics Primary Logo (1902 to 1921).svg American League Columbia Park Philadelphia 81 70 y 5th Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe, John Shibe, Connie Mack, Sam Jones, Frank Hough Connie Mack The 1904 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the Athletics finishing fifth in the American League with a record of 81 wins and 70 losses. Preseason 1904 Philadelphia City Series The Athletics played eight games against the Philadelphia Phillies for the local championship in the pre-season city series. The Athletics defeated the Phillies, 5 games to 3. The series was to have opened on April 2, 1904 at the Phillies’ Philadelphia Ball Park but was called off due to wet grounds. April 3, 1904 First Game Postponed: Athletics and Phillies Will Come Together at Columbia Park Tomorrow Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 14 The game scheduled for April 9, 1904 at the Phillies’ park was canceled due to rain. April 10, 1904 Rain Cuts Out Many Ballgames: Athletics and Phillies Have to Call Their Seance Off with the Downpour Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 15 AL Philadelphia Athletics (5) vs. NL Philadelphia Phillies (3) Philadelphia Phillies – 1, Philadelphia Athletics – 0 April 4, 1904 Columbia Park 1:25 8,641 April 5, 1904 Phils Win First Game Before Enthusiastic Crowd Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 10 Philadelphia Phillies – 2, Philadelphia Athletics – 4 April 5, 1904 Columbia Park 1:38 3,701 April 6, 1904 Phillies Get But Two Hits Off Plank Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 6 Philadelphia Phillies – 6, Philadelphia Athletics – 14 April 6, 1904 Columbia Park 2,643 April 7, 1904 Home-Run Day At Columbia Park Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 10 Philadelphia Athletics – 4, Philadelphia Phillies – 6 April 7, 1904 Philadelphia Ball Park 3,142 April 8, 1904 Athletics Win At Phillies' Opening Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 6 Philadelphia Athletics – 2, Philadelphia Phillies – 4 April 8, 1904 Philadelphia Ball Park 1:35 2,311 April 9, 1904 Phillies Win Their Second Game from the Athletics Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 10 Philadelphia Phillies – 0, Philadelphia Athletics – 2 April 11, 1904 Columbia Park 1:25 1,046 April 12, 1904 Athletics Win Out With One Hit Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 10 Philadelphia Athletics – 4, Philadelphia Phillies – 3 April 12, 1904 Philadelphia Ball Park 1:40 1,379 April 13, 1904 Athletics Make Good in Seventh and Win Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 6 Philadelphia Phillies – 8, Philadelphia Athletics – 3 April 13, 1904 Columbia Park 1:30 714 April 14, 1904 Phillies Size Up Pinnance in Sixth Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 6 Following the 1904 series, the Athletics and Phillies had each won 10 of the twenty games played in the local championship in 1903 and 1904, Regular season May 5, 1904: Cy Young threw the first no hitter in the history of the American League's Boston franchise against the Athletics. It was also a perfect game. The Americans beat the Athletics by a score of 3–0.Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 144, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, 978-0-451-22363-0 Season standings Philadelphia Athletics Record vs. opponents PHA Roster 1904 Philadelphia Athletics Roster Pitchers Fred Applegate John Barthold Chief Bender Andy Coakley Jim Fairbank Weldon Henley Eddie Plank Rube Waddell Catchers Pete Noonan Doc Powers Ossee Schreckengost Infielders Lave Cross Monte Cross Harry Davis Jim Mullen Danny Murphy Outfielders Lou Bruce Topsy Hartsel Danny Hoffman Ollie Pickering Socks Seybold Manager Connie Mack 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 Ossee Schreckengost 95 311 58 .186 1 21 1B Harry Davis Harry Davis (1900s first baseman) 102 404 125 .309 10 62 2B Danny Murphy Danny Murphy (second baseman) 150 557 160 .287 7 77 SS Monte Cross 153 503 95 .189 1 38 3B Lave Cross 155 607 176 .290 1 71 OF Topsy Hartsel 147 534 135 .253 2 25 OF Ollie Pickering 124 455 103 .226 0 30 OF Socks Seybold 143 510 149 .292 3 64 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 Danny Hoffman 53 204 61 .299 3 24 Doc Powers 57 184 35 .190 0 11 Pete Noonan 39 114 23 .202 2 13 Jim Mullen Jim Mullen (baseball) 41 110 24 .218 1 9 Lou Bruce 30 101 27 .267 0 8 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 Rube Waddell 46 383.0 25 19 1.62 349 Eddie Plank 44 357.1 26 17 2.17 201 Weldon Henley 36 295.2 15 17 2.53 130 Chief Bender 29 203.2 10 11 2.87 149 Andy Coakley 8 62.0 4 3 1.89 33 Fred Applegate baseball 3 21.0 1 2 6.43 12 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 Jim Fairbank 3 17.0 0 1 6.35 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 John Barthold 4 0 0 0 5.06 5 Lou Bruce 2 0 0 0 4.91 2 Notes 2 References 1904 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1904 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Philadelphia Athletics seasons Philadelphia Athletics season Oakland Category:1900s in Philadelphia Category:Long stubs with short prose