1914 Major League Baseball season

1914 MLB season
1914 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 14 – October 13, 1914
Number of games	154
Number of teams	16
Regular Season
Season MVP	AL: Eddie Collins (PHA); NL: Johnny Evers (BSB)
AL champions	Philadelphia Athletics
AL runners-up	Boston Red Sox
NL champions	Boston Braves
NL runners-up	New York Giants
World Series
Champions	Boston Braves
Runners-up	Philadelphia Athletics
MLB seasons
	← 1913 1915 →

The 1914 Major League Baseball season began on April 14, 1914. The regular season ended on October 7, with the Boston Braves and Philadelphia Athletics as the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the 11th World Series on October 9 and ended with Game 4 on October 13. The Braves defeated the Athletics, four games to none.

Red Sox

White Sox

Naps

Tigers

Athletics

Browns

Yankees

Senators

Locations of AL teams for the 1914 MLB season

American League

Braves

Robins

Cubs

Reds

Giants

Phillies

Pirates

Cardinals

Locations of NL teams for the 1914 MLB season

National League

In competition with Major League Baseball, the Federal League declared itself as a "third major league" for its own 1914 season, with its own eight teams, in competition with the established National and American Leagues.

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.

Teams edit

An asterisk (*) denotes the departure from a ballpark mid-season.

League	Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
American League	Boston Red Sox	Boston, Massachusetts	Fenway Park	35,000
	Chicago White Sox	Chicago, Illinois	Comiskey Park	28,000
	Cleveland Naps	Cleveland, Ohio	League Park	21,414
	Detroit Tigers	Detroit, Michigan	Navin Field	23,000
	New York Yankees	New York, New York	Brush Stadium	34,000
	Philadelphia Athletics	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Shibe Park	23,000
	St. Louis Browns	St. Louis, Missouri	Sportsman's Park	18,000
	Washington Senators	Washington, D.C.	Griffith Stadium	27,000
National League	Boston Braves	Boston, Massachusetts	Fenway Park South End Grounds*	35,000 11,000*
	Brooklyn Robins	New York, New York	Ebbets Field	30,000
	Chicago Cubs	Chicago, Illinois	West Side Park	16,000
	Cincinnati Reds	Cincinnati, Ohio	Redland Field	20,696
	New York Giants	New York, New York	Brush Stadium	34,000
	Philadelphia Phillies	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	National League Park	18,000
	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Forbes Field	23,000
	St. Louis Cardinals	St. Louis, Missouri	Robison Field	21,000

Schedule edit

The 1914 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National 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 put in place for the 1904 season. This format would last until 1919.

Opening Day, April 14, featured all sixteen teams, only the third time every team has started their season on the same day (with the previous season being the second). The National League would see its final day of the regular season on October 6, while the American League would see its final day of the regular season was on October 7. The World Series took place between October 9 and October 13.

Standings edit

American League edit

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Athletics	99	53	0.651	—	51–24	48–29
Boston Red Sox	91	62	0.595	8½	44–31	47–31
Washington Senators	81	73	0.526	19	40–33	41–40
Detroit Tigers	80	73	0.523	19½	42–35	38–38
St. Louis Browns	71	82	0.464	28½	42–36	29–46
Chicago White Sox	70	84	0.455	30	43–37	27–47
New York Yankees	70	84	0.455	30	36–40	34–44
Cleveland Naps	51	102	0.333	48½	32–47	19–55

National League edit

v t e National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Braves	94	59	0.614	—	51–25	43–34
New York Giants	84	70	0.545	10½	43–36	41–34
St. Louis Cardinals	81	72	0.529	13	42–34	39–38
Chicago Cubs	78	76	0.506	16½	46–30	32–46
Brooklyn Robins	75	79	0.487	19½	45–34	30–45
Philadelphia Phillies	74	80	0.481	20½	48–30	26–50
Pittsburgh Pirates	69	85	0.448	25½	39–36	30–49
Cincinnati Reds	60	94	0.390	34½	34–42	26–52

Postseason edit

Bracket edit

World Series

AL	Philadelphia Athletics	0

NL	Boston Braves	4

Managers edit

American League edit

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Red Sox	Bill Carrigan	Finished 2nd
Chicago White Sox	Nixey Callahan
Cleveland Naps	Joe Birmingham
Detroit Tigers	Hughie Jennings
New York Yankees	Frank Chance and Roger Peckinpaugh
Philadelphia Athletics	Connie Mack	Won AL pennant
St. Louis Browns	Branch Rickey
Washington Senators	Clark Griffith	Finished 3rd

National League edit

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Braves	George Stallings	Won World Series
Brooklyn Robins	Wilbert Robinson
Chicago Cubs	Hank O'Day
Cincinnati Reds	Buck Herzog
New York Giants	John McGraw	Finished 2nd
Philadelphia Phillies	Red Dooin
Pittsburgh Pirates	Fred Clarke
St. Louis Cardinals	Miller Huggins	Finished 3rd

League leaders edit

American League edit

Hitting leaders
Stat	Player	Total
AVG	Ty Cobb (DET)	.368
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

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Total
W	Walter Johnson (WSH)	28
L	Joe Benz (CWS)	19
ERA	Dutch Leonard (BRS)	0.96
K	Walter Johnson (WSH)	225
IP	Walter Johnson (WSH)	371.2
SV	Jack Bentley (WSH) Red Faber (CWS) Roy Mitchell (SLB) Jim Shaw (WSH)	4

National League edit

Hitting leaders
Stat	Player	Total
AVG	Jake Daubert (BKR)	.329
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

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Total
W	Grover Cleveland Alexander (PHP)	27
L	Red Ames (CIN)	23
ERA	Bill Doak (SLC)	1.72
K	Grover Cleveland Alexander (PHP)	214
IP	Grover Cleveland Alexander (PHP)	355.0
SV	Red Ames (CIN) Slim Sallee (SLC)	6

Awards and honors edit

Chalmers Award
- Eddie Collins, Philadelphia Athletics, 2B
- Johnny Evers, Boston Braves, 2B

Home field attendance edit

Team name	Wins	%±	Home attendance	%±	Per game
Boston Red Sox^[1]	91	15.2%	481,359	10.1%	6,093
Chicago White Sox^[2]	70	-10.3%	469,290	-27.2%	5,794
Detroit Tigers^[3]	80	21.2%	416,225	4.4%	5,336
Boston Braves^[4]	94	36.2%	382,913	84.1%	4,847
New York Giants^[5]	84	-16.8%	364,313	-42.2%	4,554
New York Yankees^[6]	70	22.8%	359,477	0.5%	4,609
Philadelphia Athletics^[7]	99	3.1%	346,641	-39.4%	4,444
St. Louis Cardinals^[8]	81	58.8%	256,099	25.8%	3,242
St. Louis Browns^[9]	71	24.6%	244,714	-2.2%	3,021
Washington Senators^[10]	81	-10.0%	243,888	-25.1%	3,167
Chicago Cubs^[11]	78	-11.4%	202,516	-51.7%	2,665
Cleveland Naps^[12]	51	-40.7%	185,997	-65.6%	2,354
Pittsburgh Pirates^[13]	69	-11.5%	139,620	-52.8%	1,813
Philadelphia Phillies^[14]	74	-15.9%	138,474	-70.5%	1,775
Brooklyn Robins^[15]	75	15.4%	122,671	-64.6%	1,553
Cincinnati Reds^[16]	60	-6.3%	100,791	-60.9%	1,309

Events edit

September 21 – Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators has four wild pitches in an inning.^[17]

References edit

^ "Boston Red Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Chicago White Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Detroit Tigers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Atlanta Braves Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "San Francisco Giants Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "New York Yankees Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "St. Louis Cardinals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Baltimore Orioles Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Minnesota Twins Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Chicago Cubs Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Cleveland Guardians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Pittsburgh Pirates Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Philadelphia Phillies Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Los Angeles Dodgers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Cincinnati Reds Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ Pellowski, Michael J (2007). The Little Giant Book of Baseball Facts. United States: Sterling Publishing Co. pp. 352. ISBN 9781402742736.

External links edit

1914 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference Retrieved January 14, 2018

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[1] "Boston Red Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[2] "Chicago White Sox Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[3] "Detroit Tigers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[4] "Atlanta Braves Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[5] "San Francisco Giants Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[6] "New York Yankees Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[7] "Oakland Athletics Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[8] "St. Louis Cardinals Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[9] "Baltimore Orioles Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[10] "Minnesota Twins Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[11] "Chicago Cubs Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[12] "Cleveland Guardians Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[13] "Pittsburgh Pirates Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[14] "Philadelphia Phillies Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[15] "Los Angeles Dodgers Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[16] "Cincinnati Reds Attendance, Stadiums and Park Factors". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[Pellowski-17] Pellowski, Michael J (2007). The Little Giant Book of Baseball Facts. United States: Sterling Publishing Co. pp. 352. ISBN 9781402742736.

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