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1904 Season (154 Games)

Baseball America Top 100 Prospects List Published
Thursday, April 14th, 1904: The season is about to start, so it's time for Baseball America to publish the annual Top 100 Prospects list. This year 19-year-old left fielder Sherry Magee of the St. Louis Cardinals is the #1 prospect overall.

Here is the top 10:
1) LF Sherry Magee, 19, St. Louis Cardinals
2) SP Ed Walsh, 22, Cincinnati Reds
3) SP Frank Smith, 24, New York Giants
4) 3B Art Devlin, 24, Boston Americans
5) RF Harry Lumley, 23, St. Louis Browns
6) SP Howie Camnitz, 22, Philadelphia Athletics
7) RF Moose McCormick, 23, New York Giants
8) RF Frank Schulte, 21, Boston Beaneaters
9) MR Beany Jacobson, 22, Cleveland Naps
10) MR Bugs Raymond, 22, New York Highlanders

American League Predicted Standings

Team W L PCT GB Runs AVG HR SB Runs against ERA K BB Washington Senators 95 59 .617 - 1127 .314 45 92 878 3.30 579 332 Boston Americans 85 69 .552 10 975 .286 56 148 887 3.55 473 456 Chicago White Sox 84 70 .545 11 969 .288 37 117 892 3.65 639 508 Cleveland Naps 80 74 .519 15 955 .275 47 140 871 3.67 583 615 Philadelphia Athletics 79 75 .513 16 945 .285 44 160 920 3.77 319 526 Detroit Tigers 68 86 .442 27 934 .285 40 131 1097 4.16 427 494 New York Highlanders 65 89 .422 30 1042 .291 45 152 1146 4.87 502 454 St. Louis Browns 61 93 .396 34 964 .289 54 164 1220 4.11 465 529

Top 10 Hitters Player Team G AB HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG C. Seymour, CF WS1 154 672 10 170 7 .359 .398 .551 G. Beaumont, CF BOS 154 657 11 114 32 .364 .420 .513 C. Sockalexis, RF WS1 154 661 11 157 0 .378 .411 .510 N. Lajoie, 2B WS1 154 709 6 134 20 .346 .375 .505 H. Lumley, RF SLA 150 638 14 132 18 .332 .376 .565 F. Chance, C SLA 143 605 4 92 37 .354 .415 .507 C. Hickman, 1B PHA 154 679 12 141 6 .313 .337 .517 J. Hoffmeister, 3B SLA 151 626 8 131 15 .333 .370 .486 F. Tenney, 1B WS1 137 555 0 77 18 .350 .440 .439 B. Freeman, 1B DET 151 639 14 134 6 .306 .337 .526 Top 10 Pitchers Player Team G W L S ERA IP HA BB K K/9 C. Mathewson WS1 51 35 13 0 2.95 429.1 442 110 208 4.37 E. Plank BOS 38 24 12 0 2.95 317.1 362 89 137 3.90 C. Young WS1 42 24 12 0 3.57 339.0 398 47 116 3.08 J. St.Vrain WS1 51 22 19 0 3.27 366.2 398 109 188 4.63 R. Ames CHA 38 20 16 0 2.93 331.0 332 142 204 5.55 R. Waddell CHA 38 20 15 0 3.08 322.2 349 106 226 6.31 F. Gilmore PHA 38 19 16 0 3.18 307.1 341 101 63 1.85 A. Orth BOS 38 20 16 0 3.51 318.2 372 79 85 2.42 K. Keenan CLE 38 19 14 0 3.84 291.1 253 259 269 8.30 F. Glade DET 38 19 18 0 3.63 302.2 367 85 108 3.23

National League Predicted Standings

Team W L PCT GB Runs AVG HR SB Runs against ERA K BB Philadelphia Phillies 84 70 .545 - 935 .283 50 114 837 3.30 462 414 Brooklyn Superbas 79 75 .513 5 875 .275 41 113 845 3.83 416 377 Boston Beaneaters 79 75 .513 5 891 .284 36 150 911 3.63 467 440 Pittsburgh Pirates 78 76 .506 6 836 .281 30 137 840 3.99 433 494 St. Louis Cardinals 77 77 .500 7 905 .285 32 157 912 4.11 385 425 Cincinnati Reds 77 77 .500 7 883 .282 41 79 901 3.46 490 403 New York Giants 75 79 .487 9 890 .284 44 94 910 3.76 413 451 Chicago Cubs 69 85 .448 15 843 .278 34 111 903 3.73 482 433

Top 10 Hitters Player Team G AB HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG M. Donlin, RF PHI 154 654 11 126 23 .351 .401 .542 S. Crawford, RF NY1 149 633 7 109 23 .348 .383 .568 E. Flick, RF SLN 152 641 6 112 28 .330 .390 .493 F. Clarke, LF NY1 151 617 3 118 13 .335 .382 .493 R. Bresnahan, C PHI 141 554 4 101 14 .327 .416 .479 M. Grady, C CHN 144 598 9 105 11 .320 .371 .491 E. Delahanty, 2B CHN 153 617 7 97 12 .329 .374 .500 J. Titus, RF BRO 152 626 6 107 11 .316 .366 .466 D. Murphy, 2B CIN 152 659 11 132 11 .290 .315 .478 H. Smoot, CF BSN 154 681 7 102 21 .315 .344 .456 Top 10 Pitchers Player Team G W L S ERA IP HA BB K K/9 D. White PHI 38 23 12 0 2.83 318.0 354 73 100 2.83 T. Hughes CIN 38 21 12 0 3.30 309.2 333 72 120 3.49 B. Ewing BSN 38 20 16 0 2.98 321.2 338 103 99 2.78 C. Patten NY1 38 19 16 0 3.08 311.0 347 84 88 2.54 H. Howell PHI 38 20 14 0 3.48 316.0 338 110 114 3.26 N. Altrock PHI 38 18 17 0 2.93 315.1 360 60 77 2.21 F. Kitson SLN 38 22 13 0 4.06 305.2 367 70 73 2.16 B. Dinneen CHN 38 19 16 0 3.53 311.0 333 85 109 3.15 F. Owen BRO 38 20 17 0 3.74 321.0 372 73 92 2.59 J. Cronin PIT 38 20 16 0 3.89 328.0 373 110 97 2.66

NABL News: Opening Day
Thursday, April 14th, 1904: Opening Day 1904 has finally arrived. Break out the bats and the balls -- the new season is here! The grass is green and the stadiums are refurbished for the start of a new season. Baseball is back in the North American BaseBall League! These games are on tap today:

Cleveland Naps @ Chicago White Sox
Boston Americans @ New York Highlanders
Detroit Tigers @ St. Louis Browns
Philadelphia Athletics @ Washington Senators
New York Giants @ Brooklyn Superbas
Chicago Cubs @ Cincinnati Reds
Boston Beaneaters @ Philadelphia Phillies

Philadelphia at Washington
3 game series

Thursday 4/14
Jack Harper vs Christy Mathewson
Washington 2 Philadelphia 1:
Mathewson out duels Harper. Jack Doyle RBI.

Friday 4/15
Ad Gumbert vs Jim St Vrain
Washington 4 Philadelphia 1:
Chief Sockalexis and St Vrain hit HRs.

Saturday 4/16
Frank Gilmore vs Cy Young
Washington 5 Philadelphia 2:
Jack Doyle goes 3-4. Cy Seymour 2-5.

Washington (3-0) at Boston (1-2)
4 game series

Monday 4/18
Christy Mathewson (1-0, 0.00) vs Andy Dunning (0-0, 0.00)
Boston 6 Washington 5:
Bill Kemmer HR, 2 RBIs. Ginger Beaumont HR, 2 RBIs.

Tuesday 4/19
Game 1
Jim St Vrain (1-0, 1.50) Eddie Plank (0-0, 9.00)
Washington 5 Boston 2:
Chief Sockalexis 2-4, 3 RBIs. Cy Seymour 2-4, RBI.

Game 2
Cy Young (1-0, 0.75) vs Al Orth (1-0, 3.00)
Washington 9 Boston 4:
Chief Sockalexis hits 2 HRs and Cy Seymour added another shot. Sockalexis drove in four while Seymour 3.

Wednesday 4/20
Christy Mathewson (1-1, 2.12) vs Red Donahue (0-1, 12.60)
Boston 8 Washington 6:
Cy Seymour 3-5, 2 RBIs. Tom Delahanty 3 RBIs.

New York (3-3) at Washington (5-2)
4 game series

Friday 4/22
Andy Coakley (1-0, 0.00) vs Jim St Vrain (2-0 1.80)
NY 8 Washington 3:
Pete O"Brien 2-5, 4 RBIs.

Saturday 4/23
Dummy Taylor (1-0, 3.00) vs Cy Young (2-0, 1.71)
Washington 11 NY 5:
Bill Kemmer 3-5, 2 RBIs. Nap Lajoie 4 RBIs.

Monday 4/25
Bob Wicker (0-2, 4.50) vs Christy Mathewson (1-2, 4.44)
Washington 11 NY 7:
Harry Davis 4-5, 2 RBIs for Highlanders. Chief Sockalexis 3-4, 4 RBIs.

Tuesday 4/26
Andy Coakley (2-0, 0.50) vs Cy Young (2-0, 1.71)
Washington 6 NY 4:
Bill Kemmer HR (2), 2 RBIs. Sam Gillen 3-4, RBI.

Standings

American League Standings
	W	L	PCT	GB
Washington Senators	8	3	.727	-
Cleveland Naps	8	4	.667	.5
Boston Americans	6	5	.545	2.0
St. Louis Browns	6	6	.500	2.5
Chicago White Sox	5	6	.455	3.0
Philadelphia Athletics	4	7	.364	4.0
New York Highlanders	4	7	.364	4.0
Detroit Tigers	4	7	.364	4.0

National League Standings
	W	L	PCT	GB
New York Giants	7	4	.636	-
Pittsburgh Pirates	7	5	.583	.5
Philadelphia Phillies	6	5	.545	1.0
Chicago Cubs	7	6	.538	1.0
St. Louis Cardinals	6	6	.500	1.5
Brooklyn Superbas	5	6	.455	2.0
Cincinnati Reds	5	8	.385	3.0
Boston Beaneaters	4	7	.364	3.0

Leaders

League Leaders AVG 2 tied with .500 1 F. Clarke NY1 .500 1 R. Thomas CLE .500 3 C. Sockalexis WS1 .455 4 H. Davis NYA .431	League Leaders HR 3 tied with 3 1 E. Delahanty CHN 3 1 F. Foutz BRO 3 1 C. Sockalexis WS1 3 4 8 tied with 2	League Leaders RBI F. Foutz - BRO 16 2 F. Clarke NY1 15 2 C. Sockalexis WS1 15 4 H. Lumley SLA 14 4 2 more tied with 14
League Leaders W K. Keenan - CLE 4 2 J. Chesbro SLN 3 2 B. Dinneen CHN 3 2 J. Powell PIT 3 2 3 more tied with 3	League Leaders ERA F. Smith - NY1 0.67 2 N. Altrock PHI 0.92 3 B. Daley CHN 1.35 4 W. Garoni CLE 1.38 5 2 tied with 1.67	League Leaders K K. Keenan - CLE 28 2 R. Waddell CHA 26 3 C. Mathewson WS1 21 4 J. Weimer CIN 17 5 H. Killeen NYA 15