1904 World Series

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The 1904 World Series was the Major League Baseball championship that was never played after the National League champion New York Giants refused to meet the American League champion Boston Americans.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
1904 World Series canonical 3
1904 National League pennant 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Major League Baseball postseason series ⓘ
canceled sports championship series ⓘ
americanLeagueChampionHomeCity Boston ⓘ
americanLeagueChampionLeague American League ⓘ
americanLeagueChampionManager Jimmy Collins ⓘ
americanLeagueChampionRecordType pennant winner ⓘ
cancellationReason refusal of New York Giants to participate ⓘ
chronologyPosition second planned World Series in MLB history ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
era early 20th century ⓘ
followedBy 1905 World Series ⓘ
giantsRefusalDecisionMaker John T. Brush ⓘ
giantsRefusalMotivation belief that National League champion alone was world champion ⓘ
hostility toward American League ⓘ
giantsRefusalSupportedByManager John McGraw ⓘ
hadFormalAgreementBetweenLeagues no ⓘ
hadNewspaperCoverage yes ⓘ
hadRadioCoverage no ⓘ
hadTelevisionCoverage no ⓘ
isFirstUnplayedWorldSeries true ⓘ
isOfficiallyRecognizedByMLB yes ⓘ
isOnlyWorldSeriesNotPlayedAfter1903 false ⓘ
isOnlyWorldSeriesNotScheduled false ⓘ
isPartOf Deadball Era ⓘ
linked to: Dead-ball era

history of the World Series ⓘ
isRecognizedAsChampionForSeason New York Giants (NL) and Boston Americans (AL) as separate league champions ⓘ
league Major League Baseball ⓘ
ledTo National Commission rules on World Series ⓘ
formal World Series agreement between leagues ⓘ
nationalLeagueChampionHomeCity New York City ⓘ
nationalLeagueChampionLeague National League ⓘ
nationalLeagueChampionManager John McGraw ⓘ
nationalLeagueChampionOwner John T. Brush ⓘ
nationalLeagueChampionRecordType pennant winner ⓘ
notableFor being a World Series that was never played ⓘ
intensifying AL–NL rivalry ⓘ
plannedAmericanLeagueChampion Boston Americans ⓘ
Boston Red Sox ⓘ
plannedNationalLeagueChampion New York Giants ⓘ
precededBy 1903 World Series ⓘ
ruleChangeYear 1905 ⓘ
season 1904 MLB season ⓘ
sport baseball ⓘ
status not played ⓘ
subsequentPolicy World Series became mandatory between league champions ⓘ
worldSeriesNumber 2 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New York Giants 1900–1916 → leaguePennant → 1904 National League pennant ⓘ
linked to: 1904 World Series