1914 Kansas City Packers season

1914  Kansas City Packers
6th place, Federal League
League	Federal League
Ballpark	Gordon and Koppel Field
City	Kansas City, Missouri
Owners	S. S. Gordon, C. C. Madison
Managers	George Stovall
1915  →

The 1914 Kansas City Packers season was a season in American baseball. The Packers finished in 6th place in the Federal League, 20 games behind the Indianapolis Hoosiers.

Regular season

Season standings

v t e Federal League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Indianapolis Hoosiers	88	65	0.575	—	53–23	35–42
Chicago Federals	87	67	0.565	1½	43–34	44–33
Baltimore Terrapins	84	70	0.545	4½	53–26	31–44
Buffalo Buffeds	80	71	0.530	7	47–29	33–42
Brooklyn Tip-Tops	77	77	0.500	11½	47–32	30–45
Kansas City Packers	67	84	0.444	20	37–36	30–48
Pittsburgh Rebels	64	86	0.427	22½	37–37	27–49
St. Louis Terriers	62	89	0.411	25	32–43	30–46

Record vs. opponents

1914 Federal League record v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BR	BUF	CHI	IND	KC	PIT	STL
Baltimore	—	9–13	14–8–1	12–10	10–12–1	12–10	10–12–2	17–5–1
Brooklyn	13–9	—	11–11–1	9–13	3–19	11–11–1	17–5–1	13–9
Buffalo	8–14–1	11–11–1	—	10–12–1	11–10	12–10–1	13–7	15–7
Chicago	10–12	13–9	12–10–1	—	13–9–1	14–8	12–10	13–9–1
Indianapolis	12–10–2	19–3	10–11	9–13–1	—	13–9–1	12–10	13–9
Kansas City	10–12	11–11	10–12–1	8–14	9–13–1	—	11–10	8–12
Pittsburgh	12–10–2	5–17	7–13–1	10–12	10–12	10–11	—	10–11–1
St. Louis	5–17–1	9–13	7–15	9–13–1	9–13	12–8	11–10	—

Notable transactions

• April 20, 1914: Chief Johnson jumped to the Packers from the Cincinnati Reds. ^[1]
• May 1914: Jack Enzenroth jumped to the Packers from the St. Louis Browns. ^[2]

Roster

1914 Kansas City Packers
Roster
Pitchers Dan Adams Nick Cullop Ben Harris Pete Henning George Hogan Chief Johnson Gene Packard Dwight Stone Harry Swan		Catchers Drummond Brown Ted Easterly Jack Enzenroth Infielders Cliff Daringer Pep Goodwin Bill Kenworthy George Perring Johnny Rawlings George Stovall Walter Tappan		Outfielders Chet Chadbourne Cad Coles Grover Gilmore Art Kruger John Potts		Manager George Stovall

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	Ted Easterly	134	436	146	.335	1	67
1B	George Stovall	124	450	128	.284	7	75
2B	Bill Kenworthy	146	545	173	.317	15	91
SS	Pep Goodwin	112	374	88	.235	1	32
3B	George Perring	144	496	138	.278	2	69
OF	Art Kruger	122	441	114	.259	4	47
OF	Chet Chadbourne	147	581	161	.277	1	37
OF	Grover Gilmore	139	530	152	.287	1	32

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
Cad Coles	78	194	49	.253	1	25
Johnny Rawlings	61	193	41	.212	0	15
Cliff Daringer	64	160	42	.263	0	16
John Potts	41	102	27	.265	1	9
Jack Enzenroth	26	67	12	.179	0	5
Drummond Brown	31	58	11	.190	0	5
Walter Tappan	18	39	8	.205	1	3

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
Gene Packard	42	302.0	20	14	2.89	154
Nick Cullop	44	295.2	14	19	2.34	149
Chief Johnson	20	134.0	9	10	3.16	78

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
Dwight Stone	39	186.2	8	14	4.34	88
Ben Harris	31	154.0	7	7	4.09	40
Pete Henning	28	138.0	5	10	4.83	45
Dan Adams	36	136.0	4	9	3.51	38
George Hogan	4	13.0	0	1	4.15	7

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
Harry Swan	1	0	0	0	0.00	1
George Perring	1	0	0	0	13.50	0

Notes

1. Chief Johnson page at Baseball Reference
2. Jack Enzenroth page at Baseball Reference

References

• 1914 Kansas City Packers at Baseball Reference