1914 Boston Red Sox season

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1914  Boston Red Sox
League American League
Ballpark Fenway Park
City Boston, Massachusetts
Record91–62 (.595)
League place2nd
Owners John I. Taylor
Joseph Lannin
Managers Bill Carrigan
Stats ESPN.com
Baseball Reference
  1913 Seasons 1915  

The 1914 Boston Red Sox season was the 14th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished second in the American League (AL) with a record of 91 wins and 62 losses, 8+12 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics. The team played its home games at Fenway Park.

Contents

Offseason

Transactions

August 14, 1913: The Red Sox purchase outfielder Wally Rehg from the St. Paul Saints for $10,000. [1]

Regular season

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Athletics 9953.65151244829
Boston Red Sox 9162.59544314731
Washington Senators 8173.5261940334140
Detroit Tigers 8073.52319½42353838
St. Louis Browns 7182.46428½42362946
Chicago White Sox 7084.4553043372747
New York Yankees 7084.4553036403444
Cleveland Naps 51102.33348½32471955

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBOSCWSCLEDETNYYPHASLBWSH
Boston 13–916–615–7–111–1112–9–313–9–211–11
Chicago 9–1313–96–1612–10–15–1713–9–112–10–1
Cleveland 6–169–136–168–14–13–198–13–211–11–1
Detroit 7–15–116–616–613–9–19–12–19–1310–12–1
New York 11–1110–12–114–8–19–13–18–1411–117–15
Philadelphia 9–12–317–519–312–9–114–815–7–113–9–1
St. Louis 9–13–29–13–113–8–213–911–117–15–19–13
Washington 11–1110–12–111–11–112–10–115–79–13–113–9

Opening Day lineup

Harry Hooper RF
Clyde Engle 1B
Tris Speaker CF
Duffy Lewis LF
Larry Gardner 3B
Steve Yerkes 2B
Everett Scott SS
Bill Carrigan C
Ray Collins P

Source: [2]

Notable transactions

Roster

1914 Boston Red Sox
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Bill Carrigan 8217845.253122
1B Dick Hoblitzell 6922973.319033
2B Steve Yerkes 9229364.218123
SS Everett Scott 144539129.239237
3B Larry Gardner 155553143.259368
OF Tris Speaker 158571193.338490
OF Duffy Lewis 146510142.278279
OF Harry Hooper 142530137.258141

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Hal Janvrin 145492117.238151
Hick Cady 6115941.25808
Wally Rehg 8815133.219011
Clyde Engle 5913426.19409
Pinch Thomas 6613025.19205
Olaf Henriksen 639525.26315
Del Gainer 388420.238213
Bill Swanson 11204.20000
Les Nunamaker 551.20000
Larry Pratt 540.00000
George F. Wilson 100----00

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Ray Collins 39272.120132.5172
Dutch Leonard 36224.21950.96176
Rube Foster 32211.21481.7089
Ernie Shore 20139.21052.0051
Smoky Joe Wood 18113.11032.6267
Rankin Johnson Sr. 1699.1393.0824

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Hugh Bedient 42177.18123.6070
Vean Gregg 1268.1343.9524
Fritz Coumbe 1762.1121.4417
Babe Ruth 423.0213.913

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Guy Cooper 91005.325
Ed Kelly 30000.004
Matt Zieser 20001.800
Tris Speaker 10009.000

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References

  1. "Rehg Sold To Red Sox". The Toledo News-Bee . August 14, 1913. p. 12. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
  2. "Washington Senators 3, Boston Red Sox 0". Retrosheet . April 14, 1914. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  3. Stewart, Wayne (2006). Babe Ruth. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. p. 30. ISBN   0-313-33596-6.