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.

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

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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

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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