1904 Chicago Cubs season

1904 Chicago Cubs
League	National League
Ballpark	West Side Park
City	Chicago, Illinois
Owners	James Hart
Managers	Frank Selee
Seasons

The 1904 Chicago Cubs season was the 33rd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 29th in the National League, and the 12th at West Side Park. The Cubs finished second in the National League with a record of 93–60.

Regular season

1904 Chicago Cubs

Season standings

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

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	Johnny Kling	123	452	110	.243	2	46
1B	Frank Chance	124	451	140	.310	6	49
2B	Johnny Evers	152	532	141	.265	0	47
SS	Joe Tinker	141	488	108	.221	3	41
3B	Doc Casey	136	548	147	.268	1	43
OF	Jack McCarthy	115	432	114	.264	0	51
OF	Jimmy Slagle	120	481	125	.260	1	31
OF	Davy Jones	98	336	82	.244	3	39

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
Shad Barry	73	263	69	.262	1	26
Otto Williams	57	185	37	.200	0	8
Jack O'Neill	51	168	36	.214	1	19
Harry McChesney	22	88	23	.261	0	11
Frank Schulte	20	84	24	.286	2	13
Frank Corridon	19	58	13	.224	0	1
Aleck Smith	10	29	6	.207	0	1
Solly Hofman	7	26	7	.269	1	4
George Moriarty	4	13	0	.000	0	0
Ike Van Zandt	3	11	0	.000	0	0
Bill Carney	2	7	0	.000	0	0
Fred Holmes	1	3	1	.333	0	0
Tom Stanton	1	3	0	.000	0	0
Dutch Rudolph	2	3	1	.333	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
Jake Weimer	37	307.0	20	14	1.91	177
Buttons Briggs	34	277.0	19	11	2.05	112
Carl Lundgren	31	242.0	17	9	2.60	106
Bob Wicker	30	229.0	17	9	2.67	99
Mordecai Brown	26	212.1	15	10	1.86	81
Frank Corridon	12	100.1	5	5	3.05	34

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
Ernie Groth	3	16.0	0	2	5.63	9

References

• 1904 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference