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1904 American League Statistics & Leaders

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League Standings Minor League Standings

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Division
Team	W	L	WPct	GB
Detroit	97	57	.630	--
Cleveland	84	70	.545	13
Philadelphia (A)	79	75	.513	18
St. Louis (A)	75	79	.487	22
Boston (A)	72	82	.468	25
Washington	70	84	.455	27
New York (A)	70	84	.455	27
Chicago (A)	69	85	.448	28

Post-Season Results
World Series (2-1)	Cincinnati Reds over Detroit Tigers

League Batting Stats Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
DET	5.3	818	154	5509	1583	325	60	41	396	377	.287	.335	.390	.726
PHA	5.2	795	154	5404	1468	367	98	46	357	433	.272	.317	.401	.718
CLE	5.1	786	154	5400	1467	277	66	36	377	441	.272	.319	.367	.687
SLA	5.0	763	154	5360	1448	305	78	61	343	350	.270	.314	.390	.704
NYA	4.6	714	154	5393	1468	268	83	45	326	415	.272	.314	.378	.691
CHA	4.6	707	154	5350	1408	261	81	44	346	616	.263	.308	.367	.675
BOS	4.6	705	154	5336	1465	288	77	48	362	567	.275	.321	.384	.705
WS1	4.4	682	154	5335	1430	323	60	42	317	423	.268	.309	.375	.684
Totals	4.8	5970	1232	43087	11737	2414	603	363	2824	3622	.272	.317	.382	.699
Average		746	154	5386	1467	302	75	45	353	453

League Pitching Stats Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
CLE	4.6	703	154	3.65	1385.3	1440	9.4	296	1.9	419	2.7	11
DET	4.6	704	154	3.66	1407.7	1433	9.3	415	2.7	509	3.3	27
SLA	4.6	713	154	3.84	1367.3	1484	9.6	308	2.0	473	3.1	11
BOS	4.8	746	154	4.11	1358.3	1463	9.5	333	2.2	445	2.9	23
NYA	4.9	748	154	3.92	1376.3	1463	9.5	393	2.6	477	3.1	11
PHA	5.0	775	154	4.06	1391.7	1457	9.5	426	2.8	409	2.7	15
WS1	5.1	784	154	4.19	1362.0	1481	9.6	271	1.8	494	3.2	16
CHA	5.2	797	154	4.02	1375.0	1516	9.8	382	2.5	396	2.6	12
Totals	4.8	5970	1232	3.93	11023.6	11737	9.5	2824	2.3	3622	2.9	126
Average		746	154		1378	1467		353		453		16

League Miscellaneous Stats Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance	Manager
BOS	73	81	-1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.06	1.12	1,499,634
CHA	69	85	0	0	0	2	0	0	8	0.96	0.54	1,356,208	Carl Mitchell
CLE	85	69	-1	0	0	0	1	0	4	0.95	0.69	1,413,546	Mark Kossoff
DET	88	66	9	0	0	0	0	1	5	1.02	0.80	1,442,029
NYA	74	80	-4	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.87	0.95	1,436,902	Jason Haralson
PHA	79	75	0	0	0	2	0	1	7	1.05	1.64	1,177,560	Mark Goercke
SLA	82	72	-7	0	0	1	3	0	3	1.07	0.77	1,491,066	Zach Deuel
WS1	67	87	3	0	0	0	0	1	8	1.02	1.48	1,373,825	Robert Wells

League Win Shares Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
DET	291	138.70	100.43	51.85	11.93	3.97	7.60	5.61	6.40	16.36
CLE	252	124.56	86.89	40.51	9.34	2.19	4.94	6.16	6.27	11.63
PHA	237	118.63	76.97	41.35	7.45	1.72	4.29	4.78	7.81	15.32
SLA	225	101.34	82.85	40.78	9.77	2.38	6.82	5.31	7.20	9.32
BOS	216	94.62	80.28	41.08	7.22	3.35	4.86	7.01	7.16	11.50
WS1	210	96.07	76.60	37.31	6.39	3.26	4.71	6.92	7.23	8.82
NYA	210	109.14	68.12	32.72	5.12	2.06	4.19	4.57	7.80	9.00
CHA	207	104.55	70.19	32.22	3.71	1.98	3.93	5.98	6.19	10.44

League Award Winners
Silver Slugger Award:	Frank Chance	NYA	.357, 9 HR, 94 RBI
Cy Young Award:	Tully Sparks	CLE	23-9, 2.88, 312.7 IP, 93 K
Rookie of the Year Award:	Tom Fisher	DET	19-11, 3.58, 264.0 IP, 100 K

Gold Glove Award Winners

P	Odie Porter	BOS	1.000, 14 PO, 39 A, 0 E
C	Harry Smith	SLA	.952, 418 PO, 143 A, 28 E 33.2% (108-325) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Dan McGann	WS1	.988, 2022 PO, 132 A, 26 E
2B	Gene Demontreville	DET	.966, 325 PO, 583 A, 32 E
3B	Otto Krueger	WS1	.971, 80 PO, 414 A, 15 E
SS	George Magoon	CLE	.947, 207 PO, 557 A, 43 E
LF	Socks Seybold	DET	1.000, 284 PO, 8 A, 0 E
CF	Steve Brodie	CLE	.958, 292 PO, 4 A, 13 E
RF	Doc Nance	CLE	.982, 211 PO, 7 A, 4 E

League Batting Leaderboards Help

(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.

Batting Average

Chance	NYA	.357
Hickman	WS1	.349
Mellor	DET	.348
Foster	PHA	.344
McCreery	NYA	.340

On-Base Pct

Chance	NYA	.416
Foster	PHA	.410
McCreery	NYA	.410
Green	DET	.409
Hartsel	DET	.409

Slugging Pct

Foster	PHA	.538
Sheckard	SLA	.529
McCreery	NYA	.525
Hickman	WS1	.525
Chance	NYA	.516

OPS

Foster	PHA	.949
McCreery	NYA	.935
Chance	NYA	.932
Sheckard	SLA	.928
Hickman	WS1	.907

Sheckard	SLA	112.6
Kelley	BOS	107.5
Chance	NYA	106.7
Hartsel	DET	100.2
Hickman	WS1	98.6

Games

Conroy	NYA	154
McGann	WS1	154
Crawford	SLA	152
McCarthy	BOS	152
Ferris	NYA	150

At-Bats

Demontreville	DET	654
Conroy	NYA	638
McGann	WS1	638
Waldron	SLA	611
Coughlin	DET	601

Runs

Dougherty	CLE	119
Sheckard	SLA	116
Kelley	BOS	113
Slagle	BOS	111
Hartsel	DET	109

Hits

Chance	NYA	205
Hickman	WS1	204
Demontreville	DET	199
Mellor	DET	198
Waldron	SLA	197

Total Bases

Hickman	WS1	307
Sheckard	SLA	302
Chance	NYA	296
Kelley	BOS	284
Selbach	NYA	277

Singles

Demontreville	DET	162
Tenney	NYA	160
Green	DET	147
Chance	NYA	146
Jones	CHA	145

Doubles

Hickman	WS1	63
Seybold	DET	55
Mellor	DET	54
Nance	CLE	49
Sheckard	SLA	49

Triples

Selbach	NYA	24
McCarthy	BOS	19
Kelley	BOS	17
Mertes	PHA	17
Sheckard	SLA	15

Homeruns

Heidrick		15
Foster	PHA	12
McCreery	NYA	12
Crawford	SLA	11
Leach	SLA	10

RBIs

Green	DET	115
Seybold	DET	104
Crawford	SLA	103
Mellor	DET	101
Sheckard	SLA	100

Stolen Bases

Dougherty	CLE	97
Barrett	WS1	79
Slagle	BOS	79
Kelley	BOS	72
Burkett	CHA	61

Caught Stealing

Chance	NYA	34
Hartsel	DET	28
Waldron	SLA	28
Conroy	NYA	27
Heidrick		27

Walks

Hartsel	DET	88
Barrett	WS1	69
Kelley	BOS	69
Green	DET	68
Crawford	SLA	66

Strikeouts

Burkett	CHA	118
Van Haltren	BOS	107
Dorner	CLE	70
Leach	SLA	67
Blewett	BOS	66

League Pitching Leaderboards Help

ERA

Mitchell	NYA	2.76
Shields	CLE	2.81
Willis	SLA	2.85
Sparks	CLE	2.88
Siever	SLA	3.09

Wins

Waddell	DET	24
Sparks	CLE	23
Deegan	PHA	22
Bender	NYA	21
Blewett	BOS	21

Losses

Killian	WS1	25
Bender	NYA	19
Chesbro	SLA	18
Donovan	SLA	18
Hardy	NYA	18

Winning Pct

Weimer	DET	.882
Sparks	CLE	.719
Deegan	PHA	.688
Waddell	DET	.667
Fisher	DET	.633

Saves

Garvin	DET	13
Cushman	PHA	9
Pfiester	WS1	8
Lovett	DET	7
Murphy	WS1	7

Games Pitched

Garvin	DET	52
Owen	WS1	46
Bender	NYA	45
Killian	WS1	43
Lovett	DET	43

Games Started

Owen	WS1	46
Bender	NYA	45
Killian	WS1	43
Waddell	DET	43
Siever	SLA	42

Complete Games

Bender	NYA	35
Blewett	BOS	34
Killian	WS1	34
Shields	CLE	31
Hardy	NYA	30

Shutouts

Iburg	WS1	3
Kellum	BOS	3
Mitchell	NYA	3
Schmidt	PHA	3
Bender	NYA	2

Innings Pitched

Bender	NYA	382.0
Waddell	DET	371.3
Killian	WS1	364.3
Siever	SLA	361.0
Shields	CLE	355.3

Hits Allowed

Bender	NYA	415
Killian	WS1	405
Vorhees	DET	395
Siever	SLA	381
Dorner	CLE	362

Homeruns Allowed

Swormstedt	PHA	28
Waddell	DET	22
Killian	WS1	20
Newton	PHA	20
Owen	WS1	19

Strikeouts

Waddell	DET	182
Owen	WS1	154
Bender	NYA	140
Killian	WS1	130
Shields	CLE	119

Walks Allowed

Vorhees	DET	98
Sparks	CLE	94
Hardy	NYA	93
Fisher	DET	92
Deegan	PHA	89

Walks per 9IP

Shields	CLE	0.8
Brown	BOS	1.1
Glade	WS1	1.2
Iburg	WS1	1.5
Orth	CHA	1.6

Hits per 9IP

Sparks	CLE	8.1
Mitchell	NYA	8.4
Waddell	DET	8.6
Shields	CLE	8.7
Willis	SLA	8.7

Strikeouts per 9IP

Owen	WS1	4.5
Waddell	DET	4.4
Willis	SLA	4.2
Glade	WS1	3.7
Fisher	DET	3.4

WHiP

Shields	CLE	1.05
Waddell	DET	1.17
Kellum	BOS	1.18
Willis	SLA	1.19
Glade	WS1	1.20

OAVG

Sparks	CLE	.243
Mitchell	NYA	.244
Waddell	DET	.252
Shields	CLE	.252
Schmidt	PHA	.255

OOBP

Shields	CLE	.268
Glade	WS1	.288
Kellum	BOS	.294
Falkenberg	CHA	.300
Waddell	DET	.301

OSLG

Mitchell	NYA	.304
Sparks	CLE	.322
Schmidt	PHA	.327
Kellum	BOS	.337
Willis	SLA	.341

OOPS

Mitchell	NYA	.609
Shields	CLE	.611
Kellum	BOS	.631
Sparks	CLE	.632
Schmidt	PHA	.635

League All-Stars

No All-Stars selected

League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Jesse Burkett	CHA	$ 14,000,000
2.	Cy Young	BOS	$ 11,800,000
3.	Frank Chance	NYA	$ 11,500,000
4.	Honus Wagner	CHA	$ 10,720,000
5.	Kid Nichols	WS1	$ 10,340,000
6.	George Van Haltren	BOS	$ 9,394,600
7.	Emmet Heidrick	PHA	$ 9,049,600
8.	Gene Demontreville	DET	$ 9,000,000
9.	Jake Beckley	CHA	$ 8,650,000
10.	Joe Kelley	BOS	$ 8,260,000
11.	Harry Wolverton	CLE	$ 8,123,321
12.	Kip Selbach	NYA	$ 7,870,000
13.	Jimmy Sheckard	SLA	$ 7,670,000
	Jack Taylor	NYA	$ 7,670,000
15.	Tom McCreery	NYA	$ 7,500,000
	Charlie Hickman	WS1	$ 7,500,000
17.	Al Orth	CHA	$ 7,497,000
18.	Danny Green	DET	$ 7,452,000
19.	Sam Crawford	SLA	$ 7,092,857
20.	Chick Stahl	CHA	$ 7,080,000
21.	Steve Brodie	CLE	$ 6,990,000
22.	Bill Dineen	PHA	$ 6,890,000
23.	Topsy Hartsel	DET	$ 6,708,900
24.	Jack McCarthy	BOS	$ 6,560,000
25.	Jack Chesbro	SLA	$ 5,957,143