On This Day

Friday, April 15, 1904

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 1 0 1.000 --
Athletics 1 0 1.000 0.0
Naps 1 0 1.000 0.0
Americans 1 1 .500 0.5
Highlanders 1 1 .500 0.5
White Sox 0 1 .000 1.0
Senators 0 1 .000 1.0
Browns 0 1 .000 1.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Giants 2 0 1.000 --
Reds 1 0 1.000 0.5
Pirates 1 0 1.000 0.5
Beaneaters 1 1 .500 1.0
Phillies 1 1 .500 1.0
Cardinals 0 1 .000 1.5
Cubs 0 1 .000 1.5
Superbas 0 2 .000 2.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Ginger Beaumont 3
1 Bill Byers 3
1 Lave Cross 3
1 John Farrell 3
1 3 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sam Mertes 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Buck Freeman 4
2 Duff Cooley 2
2 Jack Cronin 2
2 Johnny Evers 2
2 2 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Charlie Babb 1
1 Bill Bergen 1
1 George Browne 1
1 Frank Chance 1
1 18 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Jack Powell 0.73
2 Togie Pittinger 0.60
3 Joe McGinnity 0.56
4 Norwood Gibson 0.50
5 2 tied 0.45

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jack Powell 8
2 Frank Corridon 5
2 Win Kellum 5
2 Joe McGinnity 5
2 Casey Patten 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jimmy Barrett .750
2 Joe Kelley .667
3 Ginger Beaumont .600
3 Bill Bradley .600
3 John Farrell .600

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Jack Chesbro 1
1 Buck Freeman 1
1 Sam Mertes 1
1 Freddy Parent 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Buck Freeman 5
2 Terry Turner 3
3 George Browne 2
3 Duff Cooley 2
3 10 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 George Browne 2
1 Frank Chance 2
1 Jim Delahanty 2
1 Fred Tenney 2
5 29 tied 1

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Bill Bernhard 0.00
1 Norwood Gibson 0.00
1 Togie Pittinger 0.00
4 Christy Mathewson 1.00
5 John Brackenridge 1.08

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Bill Bernhard 1
1 Jack Chesbro 1
1 Bill Duggleby 1
1 Norwood Gibson 1
1 7 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Jack Powell 8
2 Frank Corridon 5
2 Win Kellum 5
2 Joe McGinnity 5
2 2 others tied 5

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Fred Clarke .353
2 Honus Wagner .353
3 Roger Bresnahan .351
4 Mike Donlin .349
5 Ginger Beaumont .344

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Buck Freeman 14
2 Charlie Hickman 12
3 Hobe Ferris 9
3 Jimmy Sheckard 9
5 2 tied 8

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Buck Freeman 111
2 Charlie Hickman 97
3 Sam Mertes 95
4 Nap Lajoie 94
5 Sam Crawford 92

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Frank Chance 69
2 Jimmy Sheckard 68
3 Sammy Strang 46
3 Honus Wagner 46
5 2 tied 45

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Earl Moore 1.74
2 Bill Bernhard 2.01
3 Doc White 2.13
4 Bill Dinneen 2.16
5 Cy Young 2.16

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Joe McGinnity 32
2 Christy Mathewson 31
3 Cy Young 28
4 Deacon Phillippe 26
5 Sam Leever 25

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 302
2 Christy Mathewson 270
3 Bill Donovan 187
4 Cy Young 183
5 Eddie Plank 178

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Roscoe Miller 3
2 Clarence Currie 2
2 Bill Dinneen 2
2 Ed Doheny 2
2 9 others tied 2