1914 Major League Baseball season

The 1914 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 13 to October 13, 1914. The Federal League declared itself as a "third major league" for the 1914 season, with its own eight teams, in competition with the established National and American Leagues.

This article is about the 1914 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1914 in baseball.
1914 MLB season
LeagueMajor League Baseball
SportBaseball
DurationApril 13 – October 13, 1914
Number of games154
Number of teams24
Regular Season
Season MVPAL: Eddie Collins (PHA)
NL: Johnny Evers (BSN)
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
  Runners-upPhiladelphia Athletics

The Boston Braves and Philadelphia Athletics were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The Braves then defeated the Athletics in the World Series, four games to none. Meanwhile, the Indianapolis Hoosiers won the 1914 Federal League pennant.

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.

Awards and honors

Statistical leaders
 American LeagueNational League
TypeNameStatNameStat
AVGTy Cobb DET.368Jake Daubert BKN.329
HRHome Run Baker PHA9Gavvy Cravath PHP19
RBIsSam Crawford DET104Sherry Magee PHP103
WinsWalter Johnson WSH28Pete Alexander PHP27
ERADutch Leonard BSR0.96Bill Doak SLC1.72
SOWalter Johnson WSH225Pete Alexander PHP214
SVRoy Mitchell SLB
Red Faber CHW
Jack Bentley WSH
Jim Shaw WSH		4Slim Sallee SLC
Red Ames CIN		6
SBFritz Maisel NYY74George Burns NYG62

Standings

Federal League
Federal League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Indianapolis Hoosiers 8865 0.575 — 53–23 35–42
Chicago Federals 8767 0.565 1½ 43–34 44–33
Baltimore Terrapins 8470 0.545 4½ 53–26 31–44
Buffalo Buffeds 8071 0.530 7 47–29 33–42
Brooklyn Tip-Tops 7777 0.500 11½ 47–32 30–45
Kansas City Packers 6784 0.444 20 37–36 30–48
Pittsburgh Rebels 6486 0.427 22½ 37–37 27–49
St. Louis Terriers 6289 0.411 25 32–43 30–46

Postseason

Bracket

  World Series
       
  AL Philadelphia Athletics 0
  NL Boston Braves 4

Managers

American League
Team Manager Comments
Boston Red Sox Bill Carrigan
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
St. Louis Browns Branch Rickey
Washington Senators Clark Griffith

National League
Team Manager Comments
Boston Braves George Stallings
Brooklyn Robins Wilbert Robinson
Chicago Cubs Hank O'Day
Cincinnati Reds Buck Herzog
New York Giants John McGraw
Philadelphia Phillies Red Dooin
Pittsburgh Pirates Fred Clarke
St. Louis Cardinals Miller Huggins

Federal League
Team Manager Comments
Baltimore Terrapins Otto Knabe
Brooklyn Tip-Tops Bill Bradley
Buffalo Buffeds Larry Schlafly
Chicago Federals Joe Tinker
Indianapolis Hoosiers Bill Phillips
Kansas City Packers George Stovall
Pittsburgh Rebels Doc Gessler and Rebel Oakes
St. Louis Terriers Mordecai Brown and Fielder Jones

Events

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


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