1904 Washington Senators season

1904 Washington Senators
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
National Park (since 1903)
Washington, D.C. (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Thomas C. Noyes
Manager(s)	Malachi Kittridge and Patsy Donovan
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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.

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 Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NY	PHI	STL	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.

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
SS	Joe Cassidy	152	581	140	.241	1	33
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
Charles Moran	62	243	54	.222	0	7
Jim Mullin	27	102	19	.186	0	4
Al Orth	31	102	22	.216	0	11
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	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	3	6.00	16

See also

• List of worst Major League Baseball season records

References

• 1904 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
• 1904 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com