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.

1904 St. Louis Cardinals
League	National League
Ballpark	League Park
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	75–79 (.487)
League place	5th
Owners	Frank Robison and Stanley Robison
Managers	Kid Nichols
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Regular season

Season standings

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National 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 record v t e 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

1904 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Joe Corbett Chappie McFarland Jim McGinley Kid Nichols Mike O'Neill War Sanders Jack Taylor		Catchers John Butler Bill Byers Mike Grady Larry McLean Charlie Swindells Dave Zearfoss Infielders Jake Beckley Dave Brain Jimmy Burke She Donahue John Farrell Simmy Murch Danny Shay		Outfielders George Barclay Jack Dunleavy Hugh Hill Spike Shannon Homer Smoot		Manager Kid Nichols

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

External links

• 1904 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference
• 1904 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com