1914 Major League Baseball season

This article is about the 1914 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1914 in baseball.

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 →

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

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.

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

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

See also: Major League Baseball schedule

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

American League 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 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

Bracket

	World Series
	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	0
	NL	Boston Braves	4

Managers

American League 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 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

American League

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

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

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

Home field attendance

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

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

References

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

External links

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