:1914 Major League Baseball season
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}}
{{MLBseason|year=1914}}
{{Infobox sports season
| title = 1914 MLB season
| league = {{ubl
|American League (AL)
|National League (NL)
|Federal League (FL)
}}
| sport = Baseball
| duration = Regular season:{{Bulleted list
| {{nowrap|April 14 – October 7, 1914 (AL)}}
| {{nowrap|April 14 – October 6, 1914 (NL)}}
| {{nowrap|April 13 – October 10, 1914 (FL)}}}}World Series (AL vs. NL):{{Bulleted list
| {{nowrap|October 9–13, 1914}}}}
| no_of_games = 154
| no_of_teams = 24 (8 per league)
| season = Regular Season
| MVP = {{ubl
|AL: Eddie Collins (PHA)
|NL: Johnny Evers (BSB)
}}
| MVP_link = Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award#Chalmers Award
| conf1 = AL
| conf1_champ = Philadelphia Athletics
| conf1_runner-up = Boston Red Sox
| conf2 = NL
| conf2_champ = Boston Braves
| conf2_runner-up = New York Giants
| conf3 = FL
| conf3_champ = Indianapolis Hoosiers
| conf3_runner-up = Chicago Federals
| finals = World Series
| finals_link = 1914 World Series
| finals_champ = Boston Braves (NL)
| finals_runner-up = Philadelphia Athletics (AL)
| seasonslist = List of Major League Baseball seasons
| seasonslistnames = MLB
| prevseason_link = 1913 Major League Baseball season
| prevseason_year = 1913
| nextseason_link = 1915 Major League Baseball season
| nextseason_year = 1915
}}
{{MLB Team Maps (1914)}}
The 1914 major league baseball season began on April 13, 1914, with the first game of the inaugural major league season of the Federal League (having previously existed as a minor league the year before). The league declared itself as a "third major league", with its own eight teams, in competition with the established National and American Leagues.
The National League regular season ended on October 6 with the Boston Braves as champions, and the American League regular season concluded the next day with the Philadelphia Athletics as champions. The Federal League season ended on October 10, and saw the Indianapolis Hoosiers winning the Federal League pennant. The postseason between the National and American Leagues began with Game 1 of the 11th World Series on October 9 and ended with Game 4 on October 13. The Braves swept the Athletics in four games, capturing their first championship in franchise history. Both the National and American Leagues rejected offers by the Federal League for a postseason matchup. Going into the season, the defending World Series champions were the Philadelphia Athletics from the {{mlby|1913}} season.
This was the last of four seasons that the Chalmers Award, a precursor to the Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (introduced in 1931), was given to a player in each of the established National and American Leagues.
The Brooklyn Dodgers renamed as the Brooklyn Robins.
The major-league status of the Federal League was confirmed by the Special Baseball Records Committee (as convened by then-Commissioner of Baseball William Eckert) in 1969.{{cite web |url=https://ourgame.mlblogs.com/why-is-the-national-association-not-a-major-league-and-other-records-issues-7507e1683b66 |title=Why Is the National Association Not a Major League … and Other Records Issues |first=John |last=Thorn |website=Our Game |date=May 4, 2015 |access-date=November 21, 2019}}
Schedule
{{See also|Major League Baseball schedule}}
The 1914 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League, National League, and Federal League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format first put in place for the {{mlby|1904}} season, and which lasted until the 140-game schedule of {{mlby|1919}}. Most teams played more than 154 games, due to tie games (called on account of darkness or weather) that had to be replayed;{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1914/Y_1914.htm |title=The 1914 Season |website=Retrosheet |access-date=May 13, 2024}} tie games are excluded from team standings, but the statistics of individual players are included in their season totals.
The Federal League had its Opening Day on April 13, with a game between Buffalo and Baltimore.{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1914/04131914.htm |title=Events of Monday, April 13, 1914 |website=Retrosheet |access-date=May 13, 2024}} Opening Day for the American and National Leagues was on April 14, and featured all 16 teams of those leagues,{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1914/04141914.htm |title=Events of Tuesday, April 14, 1914 |website=Retrosheet |access-date=May 13, 2024}} only the third time those two leagues started their season on the same day (the {{mlby|1912}} season had been the second). The National League had its final day of the regular season on October 6,{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1914/10061914.htm |title=Events of Tuesday, October 6, 1914 |website=Retrosheet |access-date=May 13, 2024}} while the American League's final day of the regular season was October 7.{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1914/10071914.htm |title=Events of Wednesday, October 7, 1914 |website=Retrosheet |access-date=May 13, 2024}} The World Series between AL and NL champions took place between October 9 and October 13.{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1914/YPS_1914.htm |title=The 1914 Post-Season Games |website=Retrosheet |access-date=May 13, 2024}} The Federal League had the final day of its regular season on October 10.{{cite web |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1914/10101914.htm |title=Events of Saturday, October 10, 1914 |website=Retrosheet |access-date=May 13, 2024}}
Teams
An asterisk (*) denotes the ballpark a team played the minority of their home games at
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" |League ! scope="col" |Team ! scope="col" |City ! scope="col" |Stadium ! scope="col" |Capacity |
| rowspan="9" style="{{Baseball primary style|American League}};"|{{Baseball secondary link|American League|American League}}
! scope="row" |Boston Red Sox |35,000 |{{sortname|Bill|Carrigan}} |
|---|
| scope="row" |Chicago White Sox
|28,000 |{{sortname|Jimmy|Callahan|link=Nixey Callahan}} |
| scope="row" |Cleveland Naps
|21,414 |{{sortname|Joe|Birmingham}} |
| scope="row" |Detroit Tigers
|23,000 |{{sortname|Hughie|Jennings}} |
| rowspan="2" scope="row" |New York Yankees
| rowspan="2" |New York, New York | rowspan="2" |Brush Stadium | rowspan="2" |34,000 |{{sortname|Frank|Chance}} |
| {{sortname|Roger|Peckinpaugh}} |
| scope="row" |Philadelphia Athletics
|23,000 |{{sortname|Connie|Mack}} |
| scope="row" |St. Louis Browns
|18,000 |{{sortname|Branch|Rickey}} |
| scope="row" |Washington Senators
|27,000 |{{sortname|Clark|Griffith}} |
| rowspan="9" style="{{Baseball primary style|National League}};"|{{Baseball secondary link|National League|National League (baseball)|National League}}
! rowspan="2" scope="row" |Boston Braves | rowspan="2" |Boston, Massachusetts |11,000 | rowspan="2" |{{sortname|George|Stallings}} |
| Fenway Park*
|35,000* |
| scope="row" |Brooklyn Robins
|30,000 |{{sortname|Wilbert|Robinson}} |
| scope="row" |Chicago Cubs
|16,000 |{{sortname|Hank|O'Day}} |
| scope="row" |Cincinnati Reds
|20,696 |{{sortname|Buck|Herzog}} |
| scope="row" |New York Giants
|34,000 |{{sortname|John|McGraw}} |
| scope="row" |Philadelphia Phillies
|18,000 |{{sortname|Red|Dooin}} |
| scope="row" |Pittsburgh Pirates
|23,000 |{{sortname|Fred|Clarke}} |
| scope="row" |St. Louis Cardinals
|21,000 |{{sortname|Miller|Huggins}} |
| rowspan="12" style="background:#00AA00;" |{{Baseball secondary link|Federal League|Federal League}}
! scope="row" |Baltimore Terrapins |16,000 |{{sortname|Otto|Knabe}} |
| scope="row" |Brooklyn Tip-Tops
|18,800 |{{sortname|Bill|Bradley|dab=baseball}} |
| scope="row" |Buffalo Buffeds
|20,000 |{{sortname|Larry|Schlafly}} |
| scope="row" |Chicago Federals
|14,000 |{{sortname|Joe|Tinker}} |
| scope="row" |Indianapolis Hoosiers
|23,000 |{{sortname|Bill|Phillips|dab=pitcher}} |
| scope="row" |Kansas City Packers
|12,000 |{{sortname|George|Stovall}} |
| rowspan="2" scope="row" |Pittsburgh Rebels
| rowspan="2" |Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | rowspan="2" |Exposition Park | rowspan="2" |16,000 |{{sortname|Doc|Gessler}} |
| {{sortname|Rebel|Oakes}} |
| rowspan="2" scope="row" |St. Louis Terriers
| rowspan="2" |St. Louis, Missouri | rowspan="2" |Handlan's Park | rowspan="2" |15,000 |{{sortname|Mordecai|Brown}} |
| {{sortname|Fielder|Jones}} |
Standings
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=American League=
{{1914 American League standings|highlight=Philadelphia Athletics}}
{{Flexbox wrap|break}}
=National League=
{{1914 National League standings|highlight=Boston Braves}}
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=Federal League=
{{1914 Federal League standings|highlight=Indianapolis Hoosiers}}
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Postseason
The postseason began on October 9 and ended on October 13 with the Boston Braves sweeping the Philadelphia Athletics in the 1914 World Series in four games. The National and American Leagues refused a postseason against the Federal League.
=Bracket=
{{2TeamBracket
| RD1=World Series
| RD1-seed1=AL
| RD1-team1=Philadelphia Athletics
| RD1-score1=0
| RD1-seed2=NL
| RD1-team2=Boston Braves
| RD1-score2=4
}}
Managerial changes
=Off-season=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| Team
! Former Manager ! New Manager |
|---|
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |Brooklyn Robins |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |Chicago Cubs |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |Cincinnati Reds |
=In-season=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| Team
! Former Manager ! New Manager |
|---|
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |New York Yankees |
League leaders
=American League=
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| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| style="width:15%;"| Stat
! Player ! style="width:15%;"| Total |
|---|
| AVG
| .368 |
| OPS
| .979 |
| HR
| Home Run Baker (PHA) | 9 |
| RBI
| Sam Crawford (DET) | 104 |
| R
| Eddie Collins (PHA) | 122 |
| H
| Tris Speaker (BRS) | 193 |
| SB
| Fritz Maisel (NYY) | 74 |
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| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| style="width:15%;"| Stat
! Player ! style="width:15%;"| Total |
|---|
| W
| Walter Johnson (WSH) | 28 |
| L
| 19 |
| ERA
| Dutch Leonard (BRS) | 0.96 |
| K
| Walter Johnson (WSH) | 225 |
| IP
| Walter Johnson (WSH) | 371.2 |
| SV
| Jack Bentley (WSH) | 4 |
| WHIP
| Dutch Leonard (BRS) | 0.886 |
{{Flexbox wrap|end}}
=National League=
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| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| style="width:15%;"| Stat
! Player ! style="width:15%;"| Total |
|---|
| AVG
| Jake Daubert (BKR) | .329 |
| OPS
| Gavvy Cravath (PHP) | .901 |
| HR
| Gavvy Cravath (PHP) | 19 |
| RBI
| Sherry Magee (PHP) | 103 |
| R
| George Burns (NYG) | 100 |
| H
| Sherry Magee (PHP) | 171 |
| SB
| George Burns (NYG) | 62 |
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| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| style="width:15%;"| Stat
! Player ! style="width:15%;"| Total |
|---|
| W
| Grover Alexander (PHP) | 27 |
| L
| 23 |
| ERA
| 1.72 |
| K
| Grover Alexander (PHP) | 214 |
| IP
| Grover Alexander (PHP) | 355.0 |
| SV
| Red Ames (CIN) | 6 |
| WHIP
| Babe Adams (PIT) | 1.032 |
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=Federal League=
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| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| style="width:15%;"| Stat
! Player ! style="width:15%;"| Total |
|---|
| AVG
| Benny Kauff (IND) | .370 |
| OPS
| Benny Kauff (IND) | .981 |
| HR
| Dutch Zwilling (CHF) | 16 |
| RBI
| Frank LaPorte (IND) | 107 |
| R
| Benny Kauff (IND) | 120 |
| H
| Benny Kauff (IND) | 211 |
| SB
| Benny Kauff (IND) | 75 |
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| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| style="width:15%;"| Stat
! Player ! style="width:15%;"| Total |
|---|
| W
| Claude Hendrix (CHF) | 29 |
| L
| Bob Groom (SLT) | 20 |
| ERA
| Claude Hendrix (CHF) | 1.69 |
| K
| Cy Falkenberg (IND) | 236 |
| IP
| Cy Falkenberg (IND) | 377.1 |
| SV
| 6 |
| WHIP
| 0.934 |
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Awards and honors
- Chalmers Award: Johnny Evers (BSB, National); Eddie Collins (PHA, American)
Home field attendance
Note: Attendance data for Federal League teams is unavailable.
Events
- September 21 – Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators has four wild pitches in an inning.{{cite book|last=Pellowski|first=Michael J|title=The Little Giant Book of Baseball Facts|year=2007|publisher=Sterling Publishing Co|location=United States|isbn=9781402742736|pages=[https://archive.org/details/littlegiantbooko0000pell/page/352 352]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/littlegiantbooko0000pell/page/352}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1914-schedule.shtml 1914 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference] Retrieved January 14, 2018
{{1914 MLB season by team}}
{{MLB seasons}}