For those of you embarking this trolley along the route, the premise of the exercise can be found HERE.
OVERVIEW
No franchise moves or changes to the league structure for the 1904 season.
OFFSEASON / PRESEASON
Three modified NeLers enter the league for 1904:
- C Regino “Mamelo” Garcia (28); Pirates
- C Gervasio “Striker” Gonzalez (19) Senators
- OF Pete Hill (21); Cubs SABR BIO
Notable MLBers embarking include Sherry Magee (Phillies), Orval Overall (White Sox), Miller Huggins (Cardinals), Ty Cobb (Tigers) and Hal Chase (Yankees).
My Brooklyn club drafts pitcher Nap Rucker and 1B Harry Lumley, and signs pitcher Jack Cronin on a 1-year deal.
Other interesting moves include Rube Waddell to the Red Sox, Patsy Donovan to the White Sox, Sam Mertes to the Blues, Jake Beckley and Charlie Hickman to the Yankees, George Mullin to the Phillies and NeLer Regino Garcia to the Pirates.
OPENING DAY PREVIEW
The top-ranked position player is Pirates SS Honus Wagner.
The top-ranked pitcher is Rube Waddell.
The top-rated prospect is age-19 OF Sherry Magee.
BNN sees the 103-51 Athletics and 95-59 Pirates headed for relatively comfortable Pennant wins.
REGULAR SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
04/24: At just 16 years of age, White Sox outfielder Armando Marsans belts his first homer in the bigs.
05/08: Pittsburgh’s John Anderson hits safely in 26 straight.
05/23: The Yankees extend Turkey Mike Donlin thru 1909.
06/06: A tough break for the Cards sees Clark Griffith done for the year courtesy of an RC tear.
06/16: Cincy’s Moose McCormick clips the Braves for the cycle.
07/06: The AL wins the All-Star Game 3-2; Washington’s Ed McFarland takes home the MVP.
07/19: Rookie star Sherry Magee collects the cycle against Pittsburgh.
08/03: Freddy Parent’s 5-hit, 5-RBI game that includes him hitting for the cycle leads the Red Sox to a 21-0 humiliation of the Tigers.
08/29: His Boston teammate Chick Stahl has a 3-homer game against Detroit.
09/08: Chicago’s Tom Hughes pitches a no-no against the Cardinals.
09/12: One final cycle for the season, this time by Cy Seymour of the Cards against the Giants.
REGULAR SEASON RECAP
A three-way sarabande is prolonged deep into September but in the end the A’s wriggle free of the Yankees and Red Sox to lock down their maiden AL Pennant.
The Cards do it easy, breaking the Buccos’ stranglehold on the NL and clinching in early September.
Plenty of top-notch play from the NeL gang, with Grant Johnson again excelling and both Pete Hill and Regino Garcia set to be Harry Lumley’s biggest threats in NL RoY voting.
This is Sol White’s final season in the game.
FINAL MLB STANDINGS
AL STAT LEADERS
NL STAT LEADERS
PLAYOFFS
A first Championship in the offing for the victor.
The Athletics win a seesawing opener in the Loo and take a 2-0 lead back to Philly after a much more decisive Game 2 win, with 3 HR from Harry Davis and the absence through injury of Cards OF Homer Smoot each a major factor.
Looking down the barrel of a third straight defeat, the Redbirds rally late to take Game 3 and nearly repeat the feat the following day before the Athletics rebound to prevail by a run.
Philly wraps up its maiden title at the first opportunity with another tight win.
4 homers and 11 RBI for the series make Harry Davis a most deserving Most Valuable Player.
1904 RECAP
Nap Lajoie wins another unanimous AL MVP, his third, with Cy Seymour taking out his first in the NL.
Maiden CYAs to Frank Owen and Bob Wicker.
Harry Lumley prevails in the NL RoY, with Cleveland’s Spike Shannon winning it in the AL.
Tom Walker of the Browns and Pittsburgh’s Ed Poole take out the reliever awards.
No love at all for the NeLers this awards season.
NeL-obsessed member from Sydney, Australia who spends an inordinate amount of my free time running simulations of various natures on Out of the Park Baseball.