1904 MLB Season Leaders

3 leagues · 155 team games · 55 ranking tables

Awards

None of these awards existed yet. The earliest award in this database is from 1911, so a 1904 season has no award to show. That is a fact about the calendar, not about the players on this page.

American League

Led the American League — the first row of every table below.

Batting13 categories

RunsR

1	Patsy Dougherty	113
2	Elmer Flick	97
3	Bill Bradley	94
4	Nap Lajoie	92
5	Jimmy Collins	85
5	Freddy Parent	85
7	Jimmy Barrett	83
7	Danny Green	83
7	Chick Stahl	83
10	Topsy Hartsel	79

HitsH

1	Nap Lajoie	208
2	Willie Keeler	186
3	Bill Bradley	183
4	Patsy Dougherty	181
5	Elmer Flick	177
6	Lave Cross	176
7	Freddy Parent	172
8	Jimmy Collins	171
9	Chick Stahl	170
10	Jimmy Barrett	167
10	Buck Freeman	167

Doubles2B

1	Nap Lajoie	49
2	Jimmy Collins	33
3	Bill Bradley	32
4	Lave Cross	31
4	Elmer Flick	31
4	Lee Tannehill	31
4	Jimmy Williams	31
8	Danny Murphy	30
9	Jake Stahl	29
9	Bobby Wallace	29

Triples3B

1	Joe Cassidy	19
1	Buck Freeman	19
1	Chick Stahl	19
4	Elmer Flick	17
4	Danny Murphy	17
6	Sam Crawford	16
6	Charlie Hickman	16
8	George Davis	15
8	Nap Lajoie	15
10	Patsy Dougherty	14

Home RunsHR

1	Harry Davis	10
2	Buck Freeman	7
2	Danny Murphy	7
4	Bill Bradley	6
4	Patsy Dougherty	6
4	Elmer Flick	6
4	John Ganzel	6
4	Charlie Hickman	6
4	Freddy Parent	6
10	Nap Lajoie	5

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Nap Lajoie	102
2	Buck Freeman	84
3	Bill Bradley	83
4	John Anderson	82
5	Danny Murphy	77
5	Freddy Parent	77
7	Jimmy Williams	74
8	Sam Crawford	73
9	Lave Cross	71
10	George Davis	69
10	Bobby Wallace	69

WalksBB

1	Jimmy Barrett	79
2	Jesse Burkett	78
3	Topsy Hartsel	75
4	Billy Lush	72
4	Kip Selbach	72
6	Chick Stahl	64
7	Danny Green	63
8	Fielder Jones	53
9	Elmer Flick	51
10	Charles Moran	48

Stolen BasesSB

1	Harry Bay	38
1	Elmer Flick	38
3	Emmet Heidrick	35
4	George Davis	32
5	Wid Conroy	30
6	Jimmy Callahan	29
6	Nap Lajoie	29
8	Danny Green	28
9	Fielder Jones	25
9	Jake Stahl	25

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Nap Lajoie	11.5
2	Elmer Flick	7.4
3	George Davis	6.3
3	Chick Stahl	6.3
5	Bill Bradley	6.3
6	Bobby Wallace	5.6
7	Freddy Parent	5.4
8	Jimmy Barrett	5.3
9	Jesse Burkett	5.1
10	Willie Keeler	5.1

Batting Averagemin 481 PA

1	Nap Lajoie	.376
2	Willie Keeler	.343
3	Elmer Flick	.306
4	Bill Bradley	.300
5	Socks Seybold	.292
6	Freddy Parent	.291
7	Lave Cross	.290
7	Chick Stahl	.290
9	Danny Murphy	.287
10	Patsy Dougherty	.280
10	Buck Freeman	.280

On-Base Percentagemin 481 PA

1	Nap Lajoie	.413
2	Willie Keeler	.390
3	Elmer Flick	.371
4	Chick Stahl	.366
5	Jesse Burkett	.363
6	Billy Lush	.359
7	Jimmy Barrett	.353
8	Danny Green	.352
9	Kip Selbach	.351
9	Socks Seybold	.351

Slugging Percentagemin 481 PA

1	Nap Lajoie	.546
2	Elmer Flick	.449
3	Danny Murphy	.440
4	Charlie Hickman	.437
5	Chick Stahl	.416
6	Buck Freeman	.412
7	Bill Bradley	.409
7	Willie Keeler	.409
9	Socks Seybold	.396
10	Freddy Parent	.389

On-Base Plus Sluggingmin 481 PA

1	Nap Lajoie	.959
2	Elmer Flick	.820
3	Willie Keeler	.799
4	Chick Stahl	.782
5	Danny Murphy	.760
6	Charlie Hickman	.748
7	Socks Seybold	.747
8	Bill Bradley	.743
9	Buck Freeman	.741
10	Freddy Parent	.719

Pitching10 categories

WinsW

1	Jack Chesbro	41
2	Eddie Plank	26
2	Cy Young	26
4	Rube Waddell	25
5	Bill Bernhard	23
5	Bill Dinneen	23
5	Jack Powell	23
8	Frank Owen	21
8	Jesse Tannehill	21
10	Nick Altrock	19
10	Red Donahue	19

SavesSV

1	Casey Patten	3
2	Nick Altrock	1
2	Walter Clarkson	1
2	Fred Glade	1
2	Frank Owen	1
2	Ed Walsh	1
2	Cy Young	1

StrikeoutsSO

1	Rube Waddell	349
2	Jack Chesbro	239
3	Jack Powell	202
4	Eddie Plank	201
5	Cy Young	200
6	George Mullin	161
7	Fred Glade	156
8	Bill Dinneen	153
9	Casey Patten	150
10	Charles Bender	149

Innings PitchedIP

1	Jack Chesbro	454.7
2	Jack Powell	390.3
3	Rube Waddell	383.0
4	George Mullin	382.3
5	Cy Young	380.0
6	Casey Patten	357.7
7	Eddie Plank	357.3
8	Bill Dinneen	335.7
9	Ed Killian	331.7
10	Bill Bernhard	320.7

Complete GamesCG

1	Jack Chesbro	48
2	George Mullin	42
3	Cy Young	40
4	Rube Waddell	39
5	Jack Powell	38
6	Bill Dinneen	37
6	Casey Patten	37
6	Eddie Plank	37
9	Bill Bernhard	35
10	Frank Owen	34

ShutoutsSHO

1	Cy Young	10
2	Rube Waddell	8
3	George Mullin	7
3	Eddie Plank	7
3	Doc White	7
6	Nick Altrock	6
6	Jack Chesbro	6
6	Red Donahue	6
6	Fred Glade	6
10	Bill Dinneen	5
10	Weldon Henley	5
10	Addie Joss	5

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Rube Waddell	11.6
2	Jack Chesbro	10.8
3	Cy Young	10.3
4	Eddie Plank	7.8
5	Bill Bernhard	6.8
6	Bill Dinneen	6.7
7	Casey Patten	6.6
8	Jack Powell	6.5
9	Fred Glade	6.3
10	Red Donahue	6.1

Earned Run Averagemin 155 IP

1	Addie Joss	1.59
2	Rube Waddell	1.62
3	Doc White	1.78
4	Jack Chesbro	1.82
5	Frank Owen	1.94
6	Cy Young	1.97
7	Jesse Tannehill	2.04
8	Frank Smith	2.08
9	Bill Bernhard	2.13
10	Eddie Plank	2.17

Walks and Hits per Inningmin 155 IP

1	Jack Chesbro	0.94
1	Cy Young	0.94
3	Frank Owen	0.96
4	Addie Joss	0.99
5	Jesse Tannehill	1.03
6	Bill Dinneen	1.03
7	Rube Waddell	1.04
8	Roy Patterson	1.04
9	Harry Howell	1.05
10	Nick Altrock	1.05

Fielding Independent Pitchingmin 155 IP

1	Rube Waddell	1.58
2	Cy Young	1.83
3	Charles Bender	1.94
4	Jack Chesbro	2.10
5	Addie Joss	2.13
6	Fred Glade	2.16
7	Red Donahue	2.18
8	Bill Bernhard	2.23
9	Earl Moore	2.24
10	Eddie Plank	2.25

National League

Led the National League — the first row of every table below.

Batting13 categories

RunsR

1	George Browne	99
2	Ginger Beaumont	97
2	Honus Wagner	97
4	Miller Huggins	96
5	Tommy Leach	92
5	Roy Thomas	92
7	Frank Chance	89
8	Cozy Dolan	88
9	Spike Shannon	84
10	Sam Mertes	83

HitsH

1	Ginger Beaumont	185
2	Jake Beckley	179
3	Honus Wagner	171
4	George Browne	169
5	Cy Seymour	166
6	Kid Gleason	161
6	Harry Lumley	161
8	Tommy Leach	149
9	Ed Abbaticchio	148
9	Dan McGann	148
9	John Titus	148

Doubles2B

1	Honus Wagner	44
2	Sam Mertes	28
3	Jim Delahanty	27
4	Bill Dahlen	26
4	Cy Seymour	26
6	John Titus	25
7	Dave Brain	24
8	John Farrell	23
8	Kid Gleason	23
8	Harry Lumley	23
8	Jimmy Sheckard	23
8	Homer Smoot	23

Triples3B

1	Harry Lumley	18
2	Honus Wagner	14
3	Joe Kelley	13
3	Cy Seymour	13
3	Joe Tinker	13
6	Ginger Beaumont	12
6	Dave Brain	12
6	Tommy Leach	12
6	Sherry Magee	12
6	Claude Ritchey	12

Home RunsHR

1	Harry Lumley	9
2	Dave Brain	7
3	Frank Chance	6
3	Cozy Dolan	6
3	Red Dooin	6
3	Dan McGann	6
7	Roger Bresnahan	5
7	Duff Cooley	5
7	Mike Grady	5
7	Cy Seymour	5

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Bill Dahlen	80
2	Harry Lumley	78
2	Sam Mertes	78
4	Honus Wagner	75
5	Tommy Corcoran	74
6	Dave Brain	72
7	Dan McGann	71
8	Duff Cooley	70
9	Jake Beckley	67
10	Art Devlin	66
10	Homer Smoot	66

WalksBB

1	Roy Thomas	102
2	Miller Huggins	88
3	Art Devlin	62
4	Claude Ritchey	59
4	Honus Wagner	59
6	Roger Bresnahan	58
7	Fred Tenney	57
8	Phil Geier	56
8	Jimmy Sheckard	56
10	Sam Mertes	54

Stolen BasesSB

1	Honus Wagner	53
2	Bill Dahlen	47
2	Sam Mertes	47
4	Frank Chance	42
4	Dan McGann	42
6	Joe Tinker	41
7	Danny Shay	36
8	Charlie Babb	34
8	Spike Shannon	34
10	Art Devlin	33
10	Billy Gilbert	33

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Honus Wagner	11.1
2	Roy Thomas	8.7
3	Cy Seymour	7.1
4	Tommy Leach	6.5
5	Frank Chance	6.3
6	Miller Huggins	6.1
7	Charlie Babb	5.9
8	Bill Dahlen	5.7
9	John Titus	5.5
10	Johnny Evers	5.4

Batting Averagemin 481 PA

1	Honus Wagner	.349
2	Jake Beckley	.325
3	Cy Seymour	.313
4	Frank Chance	.310
5	Ginger Beaumont	.301
6	John Titus	.294
7	Roy Thomas	.290
8	Dan McGann	.286
9	Jim Delahanty	.285
10	George Browne	.284
10	Cozy Dolan	.284
10	Fred Odwell	.284

On-Base Percentagemin 481 PA

1	Honus Wagner	.423
2	Roy Thomas	.416
3	Frank Chance	.382
4	Miller Huggins	.377
5	Jake Beckley	.375
6	Art Devlin	.371
7	John Titus	.362
8	Joe Kelley	.359
9	Dan McGann	.354
10	Cy Seymour	.352

Slugging Percentagemin 481 PA

1	Honus Wagner	.520
2	Cy Seymour	.439
3	Frank Chance	.430
4	Harry Lumley	.428
5	Dave Brain	.408
6	Jake Beckley	.403
7	Sam Mertes	.393
8	Jim Delahanty	.389
9	Dan McGann	.387
9	John Titus	.387

On-Base Plus Sluggingmin 481 PA

1	Honus Wagner	.944
2	Frank Chance	.812
3	Cy Seymour	.790
4	Jake Beckley	.778
5	Roy Thomas	.761
6	Harry Lumley	.759
7	John Titus	.749
8	Joe Kelley	.744
9	Dan McGann	.741
10	Sam Mertes	.739

Pitching10 categories

WinsW

1	Joe McGinnity	35
2	Christy Mathewson	33
3	Jack Harper	23
4	Kid Nichols	21
4	Luther Taylor	21
6	Patsy Flaherty	20
6	Jack Taylor	20
6	Jake Weimer	20
9	Buttons Briggs	19
10	Sam Leever	18
10	Vic Willis	18

SavesSV

1	Joe McGinnity	5
2	Red Ames	3
2	Buttons Briggs	3
2	Hooks Wiltse	3
5	Win Kellum	2
5	Billy Milligan	2
7	Mordecai Brown	1
7	Bill Duggleby	1
7	Jack Dunn	1
7	Chick Fraser	1
7	Ernie Groth	1
7	Carl Lundgren	1
7	Christy Mathewson	1
7	Kid Nichols	1
7	Deacon Phillippe	1
7	Ed Poole	1
7	Bill Reidy	1
7	Jack Taylor	1

StrikeoutsSO

1	Christy Mathewson	212
2	Vic Willis	196
3	Jake Weimer	177
4	Togie Pittinger	146
5	Joe McGinnity	144
6	Luther Taylor	138
7	Kid Nichols	134
8	Chick Fraser	127
9	Jack Harper	125
10	Buttons Briggs	112

Innings PitchedIP

1	Joe McGinnity	408.0
2	Oscar Jones	377.0
3	Christy Mathewson	367.7
4	Jack Taylor	352.0
5	Vic Willis	350.0
6	Togie Pittinger	335.3
7	Kid Nichols	317.0
8	Jack Cronin	307.0
8	Jake Weimer	307.0
10	Chick Fraser	302.0

Complete GamesCG

1	Jack Taylor	39
1	Vic Willis	39
3	Oscar Jones	38
3	Joe McGinnity	38
5	Kid Nichols	35
5	Togie Pittinger	35
7	Jack Cronin	33
7	Noodles Hahn	33
7	Christy Mathewson	33
10	Patsy Flaherty	32
10	Chick Fraser	32

ShutoutsSHO

1	Joe McGinnity	9
2	Jack Harper	6
3	Patsy Flaherty	5
3	Togie Pittinger	5
3	Luther Taylor	5
3	Jake Weimer	5
7	Mordecai Brown	4
7	Jack Cronin	4
7	Christy Mathewson	4
7	Bob Wicker	4

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Christy Mathewson	8.2
2	Kid Nichols	6.9
3	Noodles Hahn	6.4
4	Joe McGinnity	6.3
5	Jake Weimer	6.2
6	Vic Willis	6.0
7	Jack Harper	5.3
8	Luther Taylor	5.0
9	Jack Taylor	4.9
10	Chappie McFarland	4.5

Earned Run Averagemin 155 IP

1	Joe McGinnity	1.61
2	Ned Garvin	1.72
3	Mordecai Brown	1.86
4	Jake Weimer	1.91
5	Kid Nichols	2.02
6	Christy Mathewson	2.03
7	Buttons Briggs	2.05
8	Patsy Flaherty	2.05
9	Noodles Hahn	2.06
10	Mike O'Neill	2.09

Walks and Hits per Inningmin 155 IP

1	Joe McGinnity	0.96
2	Mordecai Brown	0.96
3	Noodles Hahn	0.98
4	Kid Nichols	1.00
5	Luther Taylor	1.03
6	Christy Mathewson	1.04
7	Jake Weimer	1.06
8	Jack Taylor	1.08
9	Sam Leever	1.10
10	Patsy Flaherty	1.10

Fielding Independent Pitchingmin 155 IP

1	Deacon Phillippe	2.03
2	Christy Mathewson	2.18
3	Kid Nichols	2.21
4	Noodles Hahn	2.31
5	Jake Weimer	2.32
6	Mordecai Brown	2.50
7	Tully Sparks	2.53
8	Bob Ewing	2.54
9	Mike O'Neill	2.58
10	Chappie McFarland	2.60

Independent Black clubs in 1904

9 more ranking tables from 1904. These clubs played a much shorter league schedule than the American and National Leagues did, so the counting statistics are not on the same scale as the ones above.

The Negro Leagues had none of these awards. There was no Most Valuable Player vote, no Cy Young Award, no Gold Glove and no Silver Slugger in Black baseball, so no player in those sections below could appear in the award list above however he played. A blank there says something about how the leagues were organised and nothing at all about the players.

Independent Black clubs

Led the Independent Black clubs — the first row of every table below.

There is no batting average table in this section, and that is not a gap in the record. Rate statistics need a qualifying line, and the one this site uses for 1904 is 481 plate appearances — three point one per team game across a 155-game schedule. The Independent Black clubs played a far shorter league season than that, so no player in it reaches the line and no rate table can be built without comparing a handful of games to a full year. The counting tables above are unaffected: those are simply what the players did.

Batting9 categories

RunsR

1	Grant Johnson	8
2	Rube Foster	6
2	Bill Monroe	6
2	Sol White	6
5	Harry Buckner	5
5	John Patterson	5
5	Andrew Payne	5
8	Charlie Grant	4
8	Jimmy Smith	4
10	William Bell	3
10	Robert Footes	3
10	Pete Hill	3
10	Will Jackson	3
10	Chappie Johnson	3
10	Danny McClellan	3

HitsH

1	Grant Johnson	12
1	Sol White	12
3	Chappie Johnson	11
4	Pete Hill	10
5	Harry Buckner	9
5	Rube Foster	9
7	John Patterson	8
8	Harry Moore	6
9	Charlie Grant	5
9	Johnny Hill	5
9	Andrew Payne	5

Doubles2B

1	Harry Buckner	3
1	Chappie Johnson	3
3	Rube Foster	2
3	Grant Johnson	2
3	Danny McClellan	2
3	Bill Monroe	2
3	Sol White	2
8	William Bell	1
8	Robert Footes	1
8	Charlie Grant	1
8	Johnny Hill	1
8	Will Horn	1
8	Harry Moore	1
8	John Patterson	1

Triples3B

1	Harry Buckner	1
1	Rube Foster	1
1	Bill Monroe	1

Home RunsHR

1	Harry Buckner	2
1	John Patterson	2
3	William Bell	1
3	Grant Johnson	1
3	Bob Jordan	1
3	Andrew Payne	1

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Grant Johnson	7
2	Harry Buckner	6
3	John Patterson	5
4	Rube Foster	4
4	Pete Hill	4
4	Chappie Johnson	4
4	Sol White	4
8	William Bell	3
8	Robert Footes	3
8	Bob Jordan	3
8	Andrew Payne	3

WalksBB

1	Will Jackson	5
2	Grant Johnson	4
2	John Patterson	4
2	Jimmy Smith	4
5	Harry Buckner	3
5	Charlie Grant	3
5	Bill Monroe	3
5	Harry Moore	3
9	Chappie Johnson	2
9	Bob Jordan	2
9	Danny McClellan	2
9	Sol White	2

Stolen BasesSB

1	John Patterson	7
2	Johnny Hill	4
3	Pete Hill	3
3	Bill Monroe	3
3	Sol White	3
6	Rube Foster	2
6	Charlie Grant	2
6	Will Jackson	2
6	Grant Johnson	2
10	Bob Jordan	1
10	Danny McClellan	1
10	Harry Moore	1

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Harry Buckner	0.7
2	Rube Foster	0.6
3	John Patterson	0.6
4	Grant Johnson	0.6
5	Sol White	0.4
6	Chappie Johnson	0.4
7	Ray Wilson	0.2
8	Bill Monroe	0.2
9	William Bell	0.1
10	Pete Hill	0.1

How this page is built

The qualifying line for 1904 is 481 plate appearances and 155 innings pitched. It comes from the length of the schedule — 155 games per team, measured from the season files themselves — at the official rate of 3.1 plate appearances and one inning per team game. Batting average, on-base, slugging, OPS, earned run average and WHIP all use it; a player who came to the plate twice and got two hits does not appear at the top of the batting average table, which is exactly what that line is for. Counting statistics such as home runs and strikeouts have no minimum, because none is needed.

How the rankings were made

Wins above replacement in these tables is ours rather than the source database's, so it will not match a published figure exactly. Also: why every ranking stops at one league, and why some categories are missing on purpose.

Every ranking on this page is worked out inside one league. 1904 is counted as 3 separate leagues — American League, National League and Independent Black clubs, and a player is ranked only against the men in his own. Leading the American League and leading baseball are different claims, and the one we can make from these files is the first. There is no combined table anywhere on this page, because adding two leagues together would produce a number that no record book recognises.

There are 55 ranking tables here, 18 places deep. Players tied on a value share a place, so a table can run past ten rows when the tenth spot is shared, and a league with fewer than ten qualified players in a category is left out rather than shown as a top ten that is not one. A player who did none of the thing is not ranked in it either — a shutout table lists the pitchers who threw one, not the hundreds who threw none tied on zero. Some categories are missing on purpose: nobody leads a league in strikeouts at the plate, in losses, or in home runs allowed. A ranking is meant to mark an achievement, so only achievements are ranked.

Wins above replacement on this page is ours, not the source database's. The hitting and pitching files carry a WAR column that we compute here from the same season lines you see, using park factors and a run environment worked out per season. Published versions elsewhere use different methods and will not match ours exactly. Every other column is the record as the database supplies it.

Names on this page lead to that player's own record. Most of them open a full career page with every season he appeared in. Some open a summary screen instead — we pre-build pages for the players people look for, and everyone else is assembled on demand from the same files, so the numbers are identical either way even though the address looks different.

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