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The 1904 World Series was not played. It would have been contested between the champions of the two major leagues—the National League (NL) and the American League (AL)—as had been done in October 1903, the first modern World Series.
The league champions in 1904 were the Boston Americans (now the Boston Red Sox) of the AL and the New York Giants (now the San Francisco Giants) of the NL. Boston had clinched their second consecutive AL pennant, while New York won the 1904 NL pennant by a wide margin, 13 games ahead of the Chicago Cubs. With still no formal arrangement in place between the two leagues regarding the staging of the World Series, the Giants under owner John T. Brush refused to play against a team from what they considered an inferior league. The resulting criticism from fans and writers caused Brush to reverse course during the offseason and lead the effort to formalize the World Series between the two leagues.