| SCOREBOARD: OCTOBER 1, 1904 |
| Boston Braves 5, Chicago Cubs 4 at South End Grounds III |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 3, Cincinnati Reds 0 at Washington Park III |
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| Brooklyn Dodgers 4, Cincinnati Reds 3 at Washington Park III |
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| St. Louis Cardinals 5, New York Giants 1 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| St. Louis Cardinals 8, New York Giants 6 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 11, Philadelphia Phillies 3 at Baker Bowl |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 10, Pittsburgh Pirates 3 at Baker Bowl |
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| New York Yankees 7, Chicago White Sox 2 at South Side Park III |
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| Cleveland Indians 4, Washington Senators 0 at League Park I |
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| Cleveland Indians 9, Washington Senators 2 at League Park I |
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| Detroit Tigers 3, Philadelphia Athletics 2 at Bennett Park |
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| Detroit Tigers 2, Philadelphia Athletics 1 at Bennett Park |
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| Boston Red Sox 6, St. Louis Browns 1 at Sportsman's Park II |
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IN THE NEWS: Doc White's scoreless streak ends at 45 innings, when the New York Highlanders score in the first; White then pitches another eight shutout innings to win, 7-1.
IN THE NEWS: Christy Mathewson of the Giants strikes out 16 Cards in a 3-1 Giants victory. Big 6's sixteen strikeouts establishes a new major-league record as he finishes the game in one hour and 15 minutes. A crowd of just 300 is on hand in New York. Matty's 16 K's is one better than St. Louis Brownie Fred Glade's 15, recorded on June 15.
| SCOREBOARD: OCTOBER 3, 1904 |
| Chicago Cubs 16, Boston Braves 5 at South End Grounds III |
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| Cincinnati Reds 5, Brooklyn Dodgers 0 at Washington Park III |
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| Cincinnati Reds 5, Brooklyn Dodgers 1 at Washington Park III |
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| New York Giants 3, St. Louis Cardinals 1 at Polo Grounds IV |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 1 at Baker Bowl |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates 16, Philadelphia Phillies 4 at Baker Bowl |
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| Boston Red Sox 4, Chicago White Sox 1 at South Side Park III |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 2, Cleveland Indians 0 at League Park I |
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| Cleveland Indians 7, Philadelphia Athletics 2 at League Park I |
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| Detroit Tigers 3, Washington Senators 2 at Bennett Park |
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| New York Yankees 3, St. Louis Browns 0 at Sportsman's Park II |
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IN THE NEWS: In the first of two at New York, the Giants loses to the Cardinals 7-3 despite Sam Mertes' contribution of four hits for the cycle. New York drops the 2nd game in a forfeit in the 4th inning. With New York losing 2-1, three Giants are tossed out by umpire James Johnstone, a Giants nemesis. John McGraw is slow in replacing them on the field, and the ump declares a forfeit to St. Louis. One paper states tomorrow that McGraw didn't have enough players left on the bench to field a team.
IN THE NEWS: Cardinals P Jack Taylor hurls his 39th consecutive complete game of the season-a modern ML record. His streak started on April 15th and totals 352 innings pitched.
IN THE NEWS: Jack Chesbro pitches the Highlanders to a 3-2 win over Boston for his 41st victory. His 41-12 record will top the AL in wins and percentage; in 1902 with Pittsburgh, his 28-6 topped that league, making him the only pitcher to lead both leagues in winning percentage. The win gives New York a half-game lead over Boston.
George Stovall of Cleveland hits his first HR, and it comes off his older brother Jesse Stovall, pitching for Detroit in his last game. It marks the first time one brother gives up a HR to another, a feat which will be duplicated by the Ferrells in 1933, and the Niekros in 1976.
Pirates 3B Tommy Leach's three putouts and two assists help the Pirates beat the Cubs, 6-1, in eight innings. He will finish with 643 total chances, the highest of any 3rd sacker in the 20th century. Only Pirates third sacker Jimmy Williams, whom Leach replaced, had a higher total (671 in 1889).
IN THE NEWS: Despite a 154-game schedule, Detroit OF Jimmy Barrett becomes the first to play in 162 games, as the 7th-place Tigers close their home season, splitting with the Cleveland Blues before 400 spectators. The Tigers set a season record with 10 tie games, eight of which are replayed.
In a 7-inning nitecap, called on account of darkness, the Reds Miller Huggins lashes three triples against the Cardinals. The Reds win, 8-1.
| SCOREBOARD: OCTOBER 8, 1904 |
| New York Giants 5, Brooklyn Dodgers 0 at Washington Park III |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 3, Boston Braves 2 at Baker Bowl |
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| Philadelphia Phillies 4, Boston Braves 0 at Baker Bowl |
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| Chicago Cubs 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 2 at Exposition Park III |
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| Cincinnati Reds 6, St. Louis Cardinals 0 at Robison Field |
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| Cincinnati Reds 8, St. Louis Cardinals 1 at Robison Field |
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| Boston Red Sox 13, New York Yankees 2 at Huntington Ave Baseball Grounds |
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| Boston Red Sox 1, New York Yankees 0 at Huntington Ave Baseball Grounds |
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| Chicago White Sox 5, St. Louis Browns 2 at South Side Park III |
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| Detroit Tigers 2, Cleveland Indians 1 at Bennett Park |
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| Cleveland Indians 3, Detroit Tigers 0 at Bennett Park |
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| Washington Senators 12, Philadelphia Athletics 5 at American League Park II |
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| Philadelphia Athletics 2, Washington Senators 0 at American League Park II |
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IN THE NEWS: Cincinnati pitchers Tom Walker and Noodles Hahn each throw a shutout against St. Louis. Walker allows six hits in winning, 3-0, while Hahn allows one hit in winning, 1-0, in seven innings. The nitecap was called because of darkness.
IN THE NEWS: On the final day of the season, a doubleheader split will give the leading Boston Pilgrims the AL pennant over the Highlanders. 30,000 are on hand in New York for the contests. With the score 2-2 in the top of the 9th and a man on 3B, Jack Chesbro has a spitball get away from him for a wild pitch, and Lou Criger scores Boston's winning run. Bill Dinneen then stops New York in the 9th, hurling his 37th consecutive complete game of the season for an AL mark. New York wins the 2nd game, as George Winter goes the route in a 1-0 loss to the Highlanders, but Boston triumphs by one 1/2 games. The Pilgrim pitchers achieve 148 complete games-an AL record-Both leagues set marks for total complete games: AL 1,098, NL 1,089.
John McGraw issues a statement saying that he, not president John Brush, was responsible for refusing to play the AL winner in a post season series. The Sporting News will declare the Pilgrims champions by default.
IN THE NEWS: After a 4th-place finish, the Cleveland Blues release Bill Armour and name Nap Lajoie manager. Armour takes over the Tigers, where Ed Barrow and Bobby Lowe split the season, as Detroit falls to 7th.
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