1914 Chicago White Sox season

1914  Chicago White Sox
League	American League
Ballpark	Comiskey Park
City	Chicago, Illinois
Owners	Charles Comiskey
Managers	Nixey Callahan
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Regular season

Season standings

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

Record vs. opponents

1914 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	WSH
Boston	—	13–9	16–6	15–7–1	11–11	12–9–3	13–9–2	11–11
Chicago	9–13	—	13–9	6–16	12–10–1	5–17	13–9–1	12–10–1
Cleveland	6–16	9–13	—	6–16	8–14–1	3–19	8–13–2	11–11–1
Detroit	7–15–1	16–6	16–6	—	13–9–1	9–12–1	9–13	10–12–1
New York	11–11	10–12–1	14–8–1	9–13–1	—	8–14	11–11	7–15
Philadelphia	9–12–3	17–5	19–3	12–9–1	14–8	—	15–7–1	13–9–1
St. Louis	9–13–2	9–13–1	13–8–2	13–9	11–11	7–15–1	—	9–13
Washington	11–11	10–12–1	11–11–1	12–10–1	15–7	9–13–1	13–9	—

Roster

1914 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers Joe Benz Eddie Cicotte Red Faber Hi Jasper Bill Lathrop Reb Russell Jim Scott Ed Walsh Mellie Wolfgang		Catchers Walt Kuhn Wally Mayer Ray Schalk Billy Sullivan Infielders Scotty Alcock Howard Baker Joe Berger Lena Blackburne Jim Breton Hal Chase Jack Fournier Harry Lord Carl Manda Buck Weaver		Outfielders Ping Bodie Larry Chappell Shano Collins Cecil Coombs Tom Daly Ray Demmitt Irv Porter Braggo Roth Hank Schreiber Polly Wolfe Other positions Delos Brown Charlie Kavanagh		Manager Nixey Callahan Coaches Kid Gleason

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Ray Schalk	136	392	106	.270	0	36
1B	Jack Fournier	109	379	118	.311	6	44
2B	Lena Blackburne	144	479	105	.222	1	35
SS	Buck Weaver	136	541	133	.246	2	28
3B	Jim Breton	81	231	49	.212	0	24
OF	Ping Bodie	107	327	75	.229	3	29
OF	Shano Collins	154	598	164	.274	3	65
OF	Ray Demmitt	146	515	133	.258	2	46

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Hal Chase	58	206	55	.267	0	20
Scotty Alcock	54	156	27	.173	0	7
Joe Berger	48	148	23	.155	0	3
Tom Daly	62	133	31	.233	0	8
Braggo Roth	34	126	37	.294	1	10
Wally Mayer	40	85	14	.165	0	5
Harry Lord	21	69	13	.188	1	3
Howard Baker	15	47	13	.277	0	5
Walt Kuhn	17	40	11	.225	0	0
Larry Chappell	21	39	9	.231	0	1
Polly Wolfe	8	28	6	.214	0	0
Cecil Coombs	7	23	4	.174	0	1
Carl Manda	9	15	4	.267	0	1
Charlie Kavanagh	6	5	1	.200	0	0
Irv Porter	1	4	1	.250	0	0
Hank Schreiber	1	2	0	.000	0	0
Delos Brown	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Billy Sullivan	1	0	0	----	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Joe Benz	48	283.1	14	19	2.26	142
Eddie Cicotte	45	269.1	11	16	2.04	122
Jim Scott	43	253.1	14	18	2.84	138

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Red Faber	40	181.1	10	9	2.68	88
Reb Russell	38	167.1	7	12	2.90	79
Mellie Wolfgang	24	119.1	9	5	1.89	50
Ed Walsh	8	44.2	2	3	2.82	15

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Bill Lathrop	19	1	2	0	2.64	7
Hi Jasper	16	1	0	0	3.34	19

References

• 1914 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference