Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Highlanders (now New York Yankees)
Major League Baseball team season
The 1904
New York Highlanders
season, the team's second, finished with the team in second 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
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Offseason
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Regular season
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The name
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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".
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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.
Season summary
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The Highlanders were in the thick of the American League
pennant
race throughout the season, leading by two games as late as September 20.
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This 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.
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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 AL pennant. 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 would be a century later, in 2004, the next time Boston directly eliminated the Yankees from title contention, when they did so in the final game of the
2004 ALCS
, a hundred years later in a repeat of sorts of the events of that year, the beginning of a
long rivalry
between the two clubs.
Season standings
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Record vs. opponents
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Sources:
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Team
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BOS
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CWS
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CLE
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DET
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NYH
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PHA
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SLB
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WSH
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Boston
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?
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13?9
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9?13
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16?6
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12?10?2
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13?9?1
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12?10
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20?2
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Chicago
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9?13
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?
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14?8
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14?8?1
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12?10?1
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8?14
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14?8
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18?4
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Cleveland
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13?9
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8?14
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?
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14?8?2
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9?11?1
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11?10
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13?9
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18?4
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Detroit
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6?16
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8?14?1
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8?14?2
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?
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7?15
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10?12?1
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11?11?2
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12?8?4
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New York
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10?12?2
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10?12?1
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11?9?1
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15?7
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?
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12?9
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16?6
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18?4
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Philadelphia
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9?13?1
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14?8
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10?11
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12?10?1
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9?12
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?
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11?10?1
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16?6?1
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St. Louis
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10?12
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8?14
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9?13
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11?11?2
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6?16
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10?11?1
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?
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11?10?1
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Washington
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2?20
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4?18
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4?18
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8?12?4
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4?18
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6?16?1
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10?11?1
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?
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Roster
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1904 New York Highlanders
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Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Manager
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Player stats
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Batting
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Starters by position
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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Other batters
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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pitching
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Starting pitchers
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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Other pitchers
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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Awards and honors
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Records
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Franchise records
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- Jack Chesbro, Yankees single season record, most wins in a season (41)
References
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- ^
Jack O'Connor page at Baseball Reference
- ^
Red Kleinow page at Baseball Reference
- ^
Popik, Barry.
"The Big Apple: Yankees (American League Baseball team)"
. barrypopik.com
. Retrieved
March 4,
2007
.
- ^
1904 Highlanders Schedule
- ^
Lukas, J. Anthony (October 23, 1994). "The Year the World Series Was Cancelled".
Newspaper
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ProQuest
109390622
.
- ^
Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures
, 2008 Edition, p.100, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York,
ISBN
978-0-451-22363-0
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