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
SportBaseball
DurationRegular season:
  • April 14 – October 7, 1914 (AL)
  • April 14 – October 6, 1914 (NL)
  • April 13 – October 10, 1914 (FL)
World Series (AL vs. NL):
  • October 9–13, 1914
Number of games154
Number of teams24 (8 per league)
Regular Season
Season MVP
AL championsPhiladelphia Athletics
  AL runners-upBoston Red Sox
NL championsBoston Braves
  NL runners-upNew York Giants
FL championsIndianapolis Hoosiers
  FL runners-upChicago Federals
World Series
ChampionsBoston Braves (NL)
  Runners-upPhiladelphia Athletics (AL)
MLB seasons
Locations of teams for the 1913–1914 American League seasons
American League
Locations of teams for the 1914 National League season
National League
Locations of teams for the 1914 Federal League season
Federal League

The 1914 major league baseball season began on April 13, 1914, with the first game of the inaugural major league season of the Federal League (having previously existed as a minor league the year before). The league declared itself as a "third major league", with its own eight teams, in competition with the established National and American Leagues.

The National League regular season ended on October 6 with the Boston Braves as champions, and the American League regular season concluded the next day with the Philadelphia Athletics as champions. 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 Brooklyn Dodgers renamed as the Brooklyn Robins.

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]

Schedule

See also: Major League Baseball 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 first put in place for the 1904 season, and which lasted until the 140-game schedule of 1919. Most teams played more than 154 games, due to tie games (called on account of darkness or weather) that had to be replayed;[2] tie games are excluded from team standings, but the statistics of individual players are included in their season totals.

The Federal League had its Opening Day on April 13, with a game between Buffalo and Baltimore.[3] Opening Day for the American and National Leagues was on April 14, and featured all 16 teams of those leagues,[4] only the third time those two leagues started their season on the same day (the 1912 season had been the second). The National League had its final day of the regular season on October 6,[5] while the American League's final day of the regular season was October 7.[6] The World Series between AL and NL champions took place between October 9 and October 13.[7] The Federal League had the final day of its regular season on October 10.[8]

Teams

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

League Team City Stadium Capacity Manager
American League Boston Red Sox Boston, Massachusetts Fenway Park 35,000 Bill Carrigan
Chicago White Sox Chicago, Illinois Comiskey Park 28,000 Jimmy Callahan
Cleveland Naps Cleveland, Ohio League Park 21,414 Joe Birmingham
Detroit Tigers Detroit, Michigan Navin Field 23,000 Hughie Jennings
New York Yankees New York, New York Brush Stadium 34,000 Frank Chance, Roger Peckinpaugh
Philadelphia Athletics Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Shibe Park 23,000 Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns St. Louis, Missouri Sportsman's Park 18,000 Branch Rickey
Washington Senators Washington, D.C. Griffith Stadium 27,000 Clark Griffith
National League Boston Braves Boston, Massachusetts Fenway Park
South End Grounds* 		35,000
11,000* 		George Stallings
Brooklyn Robins New York, New York Ebbets Field 30,000 Wilbert Robinson
Chicago Cubs Chicago, Illinois West Side Park 16,000 Hank O'Day
Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati, Ohio Redland Field 20,696 Buck Herzog
New York Giants New York, New York Brush Stadium 34,000 John McGraw
Philadelphia Phillies Philadelphia, Pennsylvania National League Park 18,000 Red Dooin
Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Forbes Field 23,000 Fred Clarke
St. Louis Cardinals St. Louis, Missouri Robison Field 21,000 Miller Huggins
Federal League Baltimore Terrapins Baltimore, Maryland Terrapin Park 16,000 Otto Knabe
Brooklyn Tip-Tops New York, New York Washington Park 18,800 Bill Bradley
Buffalo Buffeds Buffalo, New York Federal League Park 20,000 Larry Schlafly
Chicago Federals Chicago, Illinois Weeghman Park 14,000 Joe Tinker
Indianapolis Hoosiers Indianapolis, Indiana Federal League Park 23,000 Bill Phillips
Kansas City Packers Kansas City, Missouri Gordon and Koppel Field 12,000 George Stovall
Pittsburgh Rebels Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Exposition Park 16,000 Doc Gessler, Rebel Oakes
St. Louis Terriers St. Louis, Missouri Handlan's Park 15,000 Mordecai Brown, Fielder Jones

Standings

American League

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Athletics 99 53 .651 — 51‍–‍24 48‍–‍29
Boston Red Sox 91 62 .595 8½ 44‍–‍31 47‍–‍31
Washington Senators 81 73 .526 19 40‍–‍33 41‍–‍40
Detroit Tigers 80 73 .523 19½ 42‍–‍35 38‍–‍38
St. Louis Browns 71 82 .464 28½ 42‍–‍36 29‍–‍46
Chicago White Sox 70 84 .455 30 43‍–‍37 27‍–‍47
New York Yankees 70 84 .455 30 36‍–‍40 34‍–‍44
Cleveland Naps 51 102 .333 48½ 32‍–‍47 19‍–‍55

National League

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Braves 94 59 .614 — 51‍–‍25 43‍–‍34
New York Giants 84 70 .545 10½ 43‍–‍36 41‍–‍34
St. Louis Cardinals 81 72 .529 13 42‍–‍34 39‍–‍38
Chicago Cubs 78 76 .506 16½ 46‍–‍30 32‍–‍46
Brooklyn Robins 75 79 .487 19½ 45‍–‍34 30‍–‍45
Philadelphia Phillies 74 80 .481 20½ 48‍–‍30 26‍–‍50
Pittsburgh Pirates 69 85 .448 25½ 39‍–‍36 30‍–‍49
Cincinnati Reds 60 94 .390 34½ 34‍–‍42 26‍–‍52

Federal League

Federal League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Indianapolis Hoosiers 88 65 .575 — 53‍–‍23 35‍–‍42
Chicago Federals 87 67 .565 1½ 43‍–‍34 44‍–‍33
Baltimore Terrapins 84 70 .545 4½ 53‍–‍26 31‍–‍44
Buffalo Buffeds 80 71 .530 7 47‍–‍29 33‍–‍42
Brooklyn Tip-Tops 77 77 .500 11½ 47‍–‍32 30‍–‍45
Kansas City Packers 67 84 .444 20 37‍–‍36 30‍–‍48
Pittsburgh Rebels 64 86 .427 22½ 37‍–‍37 27‍–‍49
St. Louis Terriers 62 89 .411 25 32‍–‍43 30‍–‍46

Postseason

Bracket

World Series
      
AL Philadelphia Athletics 7 1 512* 3
NL Boston Braves 1 0 4 1

*Denotes walk-off

1914 schedule of the Federal League

Managerial changes

Off-season

Team Former Manager New Manager
Brooklyn Robins Bill Dahlen Wilbert Robinson
Chicago Cubs Johnny Evers Hank O'Day
Cincinnati Reds Joe Tinker Buck Herzog

In-season

Team Former Manager New Manager
New York Yankees Frank Chance Roger Peckinpaugh

League leaders

American League

National League

Federal League

Awards and honors

Home field attendance

Team name Wins %± Home attendance %± Per game
Boston Red Sox[9] 91 15.2% 481,359 10.1% 6,093
Chicago White Sox[10] 70 −10.3% 469,290 −27.2% 5,794
Detroit Tigers[11] 80 21.2% 416,225 4.4% 5,336
Boston Braves[12] 94 36.2% 382,913 84.1% 4,847
New York Giants[13] 84 −16.8% 364,313 −42.2% 4,554
New York Yankees[14] 70 22.8% 359,477 0.5% 4,609
Philadelphia Athletics[15] 99 3.1% 346,641 −39.4% 4,444
St. Louis Cardinals[16] 81 58.8% 256,099 25.8% 3,242
St. Louis Browns[17] 71 24.6% 244,714 −2.2% 3,021
Washington Senators[18] 81 −10.0% 243,888 −25.1% 3,167
Chicago Cubs[19] 78 −11.4% 202,516 −51.7% 2,665
Cleveland Naps[20] 51 −40.7% 185,997 −65.6% 2,354
Pittsburgh Pirates[21] 69 −11.5% 139,620 −52.8% 1,813
Philadelphia Phillies[22] 74 −15.9% 138,474 −70.5% 1,775
Brooklyn Robins[23] 75 15.4% 122,671 −64.6% 1,553
Cincinnati Reds[24] 60 −6.3% 100,791 −60.9% 1,309

Note: Attendance data for Federal League teams is unavailable.

Events

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