1904 New York Highlanders season

The 1904 New York Highlanders season, their second in New York and fourth overall, finished with the team in second place in the American League with a record of 92–59. The team was managed by Clark Griffith and played home games at Hilltop Park.

1904 New York Highlanders
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Other information
Owner(s)William Devery and Frank Farrell
Manager(s)Clark Griffith
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Offseason

Regular season

The name

The first verified use of the alternate nickname "Yankees" (a synonym for "Americans", the team being American Leaguers) occurred on April 7, 1904, when a spring training story from Richmond, Virginia carried the headline "Yankees Will Start Home From South To-Day." The New York Evening Journal screamed: "YANKEES BEAT BOSTON".[3] The casual use of that nickname suggests it was already in the popular lexicon, although "Highlanders" would continue to be the primary (and equally unofficial) nickname for several more years.

Season summary

The Highlanders were in the thick of the American League pennant race throughout the season, leading by two games as late as September 20.[4] This led to the New York Giants announcement that they would not play in the World Series, since they considered the Highlanders to be only a "minor league" team.[5]

On the final day of the season at Hilltop Park, New York pitcher Jack Chesbro threw a wild pitch in the ninth inning, giving the Boston Americans the win, and the 1904 AL pennant. Even though it was Boston who stole the pennant on the final day, the Giants stuck to their word and their refusal prevented the World Series from being played.

It would be a century later, in 2004, the next time Boston directly eliminated the Yankees from title contention, when they did so in the final game of the 2004 ALCS, a hundred years later in a repeat of sorts of the events of that year, the beginning of a long rivalry between the two clubs.

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Americans 9559 0.617 — 49–30 46–29
New York Highlanders 9259 0.609 1½ 46–29 46–30
Chicago White Sox 8965 0.578 6 50–27 39–38
Cleveland Naps 8665 0.570 7½ 44–31 42–34
Philadelphia Athletics 8170 0.536 12½ 47–31 34–39
St. Louis Browns 6587 0.428 29 32–43 33–44
Detroit Tigers 6290 0.408 32 34–40 28–50
Washington Senators 38113 0.252 55½ 23–52 15–61

Record vs. opponents
1904 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NY PHI STL WSH
Boston —13–99–1316–612–10–213–9–112–1020–2
Chicago 9–13—14–814–8–112–10–18–1414–818–4
Cleveland 13–98–14—14–8–29–11–111–1013–918–4
Detroit 6–168–14–18–14–2—7–1510–12–111–11–212–8–4
New York 10–12–210–12–111–9–115–7—12–916–618–4
Philadelphia 9–13–114–810–1112–10–19–12—11–10–116–6–1
St. Louis 10–128–149–1311–11–26–1610–11–1—11–10–1
Washington 2–204–184–188–12–44–186–16–110–11–1—

Roster
1904 New York Highlanders
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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
CDeacon McGuire10132267.208020
1BJohn Ganzel130465121.260648
2BJimmy Williams146559147.263274
3BWid Conroy140489119.243152
SSKid Elberfeld122445117.263246
OFWillie Keeler143543186.343240
OFJohn Anderson143558155.278382
OFPatsy Dougherty106452128.283622

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 Fultz9733993.274232
Red Kleinow5820943.206016
Jack Thoney3612824.188012
Champ Osteen2810721.19629
Monte Beville9226.27302
Bob Unglaub6194.21102
Orth Collins5176.35301
Frank McManus470.00000
Elmer Bliss110.00000

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 Chesbro55454.241121.82239
Jack Powell47390.123192.44202
Tom Hughes19136.17113.7075
Al Orth20137.21162.6837
Clark Griffith16100.1752.8736
Ned Garvin212012.258

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
Walter Clarkson1366.1125.0243
Ambrose Puttmann949.1202.7426
Barney Wolfe733.2033.218

Awards and honors

Records

Franchise records
  • Jack Chesbro, Yankees single season record, most wins in a season (41)

References
  1. Jack O'Connor page at Baseball Reference
  2. Red Kleinow page at Baseball Reference
  3. Popik, Barry. "The Big Apple: Yankees (American League Baseball team)". barrypopik.com. Retrieved March 4, 2007.
  4. 1904 Highlanders Schedule
  5. Lukas, J. Anthony (October 23, 1994). "The Year the World Series Was Cancelled". Newspaper. ProQuest 109390622.
  6. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.100, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
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