1904 New York Highlanders

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1904 New York Highlanders
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Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1901)
1904 Uniform
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Location
Hilltop Park (Since 1903) New York, New York (Since 1903)
1904 Information
Owner(s)	William Devery and Frank Farrell
Manager(s)	Clark Griffith
Local television	none
Local radio	none
Baseball-Reference	1904 New York Highlanders

The New York Highlanders' 1904 season, their second in New York and fourth overall, finished with the team in 2nd 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.

Contents 1 The name 1.1 Final Standings 1.2 Player stats 2 1904 Highlanders Roster 2.1 Batting 2.1.1 Other batters 2.2 Starting pitchers 2.2.1 Other pitchers 3 External links

[edit] 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".^[1] 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.

New York's most notable point came 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 American league pennant. It would be another 100 years before the Red Sox would defeat the Yankees in a pennant-deciding game.

Earlier in the year, New York's dominant hold of first place 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. 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 also marked the first time that the Boston team, who would later formally become the Red Sox in 1908, would beat the New York AL team in a pennant-deciding game. The second time the Boston team would accomplish this came a full century later, in the final game of the 2004 ALCS.

[edit] Final Standings

American League	W	L	T	GB	Pct.
Boston Americans	95	59	3	--	.617
New York Highlanders	92	59	4	1½	.609
Chicago White Sox	89	65	2	6	.578
Cleveland Naps	86	65	3	7½	.570
Philadelphia Athletics	81	70	4	12½	.536
St. Louis Browns	65	87	4	29	.428
Detroit Tigers	62	90	10	32	.408
Washington Senators	38	113	6	55½	.252

[edit] Player stats

[edit] 1904 Highlanders Roster     Manager   ' 'Clark Griffith     Pitchers   ' 'Jack Chesbro   ' 'Walter Clarkson   ' 'Ned Garvin   ' 'Clark Griffith   ' 'Tom Hughes (hugheto01)   ' 'Al Orth   ' 'Jack Powell (powelja01)   ' 'Ambrose Puttmann   ' 'Barney Wolfe     Catchers   ' 'Red Kleinow   ' 'Deacon McGuire   ' 'Frank McManus     Infielders   ' 'Monte Beville   ' 'Wid Conroy   ' 'Kid Elberfeld   ' 'John Ganzel   ' 'Champ Osteen   ' 'Jack Thoney   ' 'Bob Unglaub   ' 'Jimmy Williams (williji01)     Outfielders   ' 'John Anderson (anderjo01)   ' 'Elmer Bliss   ' 'Orth Collins   ' 'Patsy Dougherty   ' 'Dave Fultz   ' 'Willie Keeler

[edit] Batting

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
John Anderson	143	558	155	.278	3	82
Wid Conroy	140	489	119	.243	1	52
Patsy Dougherty	106	452	128	.283	6	22
Kid Elberfeld	122	445	117	.263	2	46
John Ganzel	130	465	121	.260	6	48
Willie Keeler	143	543	186	.343	2	40
Deacon McGuire	101	322	67	.208	0	20
Jimmy Williams	146	559	147	.263	2	74

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Monte Beville	9	22	6	.273	0	2
Elmer Bliss	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Orth Collins	5	17	6	.353	0	1
Dave Fultz	97	339	93	.274	2	32
Red Kleinow	58	209	43	.206	0	16
Frank McManus	4	7	0	.000	0	0
Champ Osteen	28	107	21	.196	2	9
Jack Thoney	36	128	24	.188	0	12
Bob Unglaub	6	19	4	.211	0	2

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jack Chesbro	55	454.7	41	12	1.82	239
Clark Griffith	16	100.3	7	5	2.87	36
Tom Hughes	19	136.3	7	11	3.70	75
Al Orth	20	137.7	11	6	2.68	37
Jack Powell	47	390.3	23	19	2.44	202

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Walter Clarkson	13	66.3	1	2	5.02	43
Ned Garvin	2	12	0	1	2.25	8
Ambrose Puttmann	9	49.3	2	0	2.74	26
Barney Wolfe	7	33.7	0	3	3.21	8

[edit] External links

• 1904 New York Highlanders team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

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