1914 Major League Baseball season

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1914 MLB season
League American League, National League, Federal League
Sport Baseball
DurationApril 14 – October 13, 1914 (AL, NL)
April 13 – October 10, 1914 (FL)
Number of games154
Number of teams8 (AL), 8 (NL), 8 (FL)
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
FL champions Indianapolis Hoosiers
  FL runners-up Chicago Federals
World Series
Champions Boston Braves
  Runners-up Philadelphia Athletics
MLB seasons
Locations of teams for the 1913–1914 American League seasons
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Locations of teams for the 1914 National League season
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Locations of teams for the 1914 Federal League season
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The 1914 major league baseball season began on April 13, 1914 with the inaugural season of the Federal League. The league declared itself as a "third major league", with its own eight teams, in competition with the established National and American Leagues.

Contents

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 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. Both the National and American Leagues rejected offers by the Federal League for a postseason matchup.

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 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. [1]

Teams

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

LeagueTeamCityStadiumCapacity
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
Federal League Baltimore Terrapins Baltimore, Maryland Terrapin Park 16,000
Brooklyn Tip-Tops New York, New York Washington Park 18,800
Buffalo Buffeds Buffalo, New York Federal League Park 20,000
Chicago Federals Chicago, Illinois Weeghman Park 14,000
Indianapolis Hooisers Indianapolis, Indiana Federal League Park 23,000
Kansas City Packers Kansas City, Missouri Gordon and Koppel Field 12,000
Pittsburgh Rebels Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Exposition Park 16,000
St. Louis Terriers St. Louis, Missouri Handlan's Park 15,000

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 put in place for the 1904 season. This format would last until 1919.

The Federal League would see its Opening Day on April 13, while Opening Day for the American and National Leagues was on April 14, and featured all sixteen teams of the AL & NL, only the third time every team has started their season on the same day between the two leagues (with the 1912 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. The Federal League would see its final day of the regular season on October 10.

Standings

Federal League

Federal League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Indianapolis Hoosiers 88650.575—53–2335–42
Chicago Federals 87670.5651½43–3444–33
Baltimore Terrapins 84700.5454½53–2631–44
Buffalo Buffeds 80710.530747–2933–42
Brooklyn Tip-Tops 77770.50011½47–3230–45
Kansas City Packers 67840.4442037–3630–48
Pittsburgh Rebels 64860.42722½37–3727–49
St. Louis Terriers 62890.4112532–4330–46

Postseason

Bracket

World Series
   
AL Philadelphia Athletics 0
NL Boston Braves 4

Managers

Federal League

TeamManagerComments
Baltimore Terrapins Otto Knabe Finished 3rd
Brooklyn Tip-Tops Bill Bradley
Buffalo Buffeds Larry Schlafly
Chicago Federals Joe Tinker Finished 2nd
Indianapolis Hoosiers Bill Phillips Won FL pennant
Kansas City Packers George Stovall
Pittsburgh Rebels Doc Gessler
Rebel Oakes
St. Louis Terriers Mordecai Brown
Fielder Jones

League leaders

American League

National League

Federal League

Awards and honors

Home field attendance

Team nameWins%±Home attendance%±Per game
Boston Red Sox [2] 9115.2%481,35910.1%6,093
Chicago White Sox [3] 70-10.3%469,290-27.2%5,794
Detroit Tigers [4] 8021.2%416,2254.4%5,336
Boston Braves [5] 9436.2%382,91384.1%4,847
New York Giants [6] 84-16.8%364,313-42.2%4,554
New York Yankees [7] 7022.8%359,4770.5%4,609
Philadelphia Athletics [8] 993.1%346,641-39.4%4,444
St. Louis Cardinals [9] 8158.8%256,09925.8%3,242
St. Louis Browns [10] 7124.6%244,714-2.2%3,021
Washington Senators [11] 81-10.0%243,888-25.1%3,167
Chicago Cubs [12] 78-11.4%202,516-51.7%2,665
Cleveland Naps [13] 51-40.7%185,997-65.6%2,354
Pittsburgh Pirates [14] 69-11.5%139,620-52.8%1,813
Philadelphia Phillies [15] 74-15.9%138,474-70.5%1,775
Brooklyn Robins [16] 7515.4%122,671-64.6%1,553
Cincinnati Reds [17] 60-6.3%100,791-60.9%1,309

Note: Attendance data for Federal League teams is unavailable.

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