| 1914 MLB season | |
| Sport: | Baseball |
| Duration: | Regular season:World Series (AL vs. NL): |
| No Of Games: | 154 |
| No Of Teams: | 24 (8 per league) |
| Season: | Regular Season |
| Mvp Link: | Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award#Chalmers Award |
| Conf1: | AL |
| Conf1 Champ: | Philadelphia Athletics |
| Conf1 Runner-Up: | Boston Red Sox |
| Conf2: | NL |
| Conf2 Champ: | Boston Braves |
| Conf2 Runner-Up: | New York Giants |
| Conf3: | FL |
| Conf3 Champ: | Indianapolis Hoosiers |
| Conf3 Runner-Up: | Chicago Federals |
| Finals: | World Series |
| Finals Link: | 1914 World Series |
| Finals Champ: | Boston Braves (NL) |
| Finals Runner-Up: | Philadelphia Athletics (AL) |
| Seasonslist: | List of Major League Baseball seasons |
| Seasonslistnames: | MLB |
| Prevseason Link: | 1913 Major League Baseball season |
| Prevseason Year: | 1913 |
| Nextseason Link: | 1915 Major League Baseball season |
| Nextseason Year: | 1915 |
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]
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 season, and which lasted until the 140-game schedule of . 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 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]
An asterisk (*) denotes the departure from a ballpark mid-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 |
| Stat | Player | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ty Cobb (DET) | .368 | ||
| Home Run Baker (PHA) | 9 | ||
| Sam Crawford (DET) | 104 | ||
| Eddie Collins (PHA) | 122 | ||
| Tris Speaker (BRS) | 193 | ||
| Fritz Maisel (NYY) | 74 |
| Stat | Player | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Johnson (WSH) | 28 | ||
| Joe Benz (CWS) | 19 | ||
| Dutch Leonard (BRS) | 0.96 | ||
| Walter Johnson (WSH) | 225 | ||
| Walter Johnson (WSH) | 371.2 | ||
| Jack Bentley (WSH) Red Faber (CWS) Roy Mitchell (SLB) Jim Shaw (WSH) | 4 |
| Stat | Player | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Daubert (BKR) | .329 | ||
| Gavvy Cravath (PHP) | 19 | ||
| Sherry Magee (PHP) | 103 | ||
| George Burns (NYG) | 100 | ||
| Sherry Magee (PHP) | 171 | ||
| George Burns (NYG) | 62 |
| Stat | Player | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grover Cleveland Alexander (PHP) | 27 | ||
| Red Ames (CIN) | 23 | ||
| Bill Doak (SLC) | 1.72 | ||
| Grover Cleveland Alexander (PHP) | 214 | ||
| Grover Cleveland Alexander (PHP) | 355.0 | ||
| Red Ames (CIN) Slim Sallee (SLC) | 6 |
| Stat | Player | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benny Kauff (IND) | .370 | ||
| Dutch Zwilling (CHF) | 16 | ||
| Frank LaPorte (IND) | 107 | ||
| Benny Kauff (IND) | 120 | ||
| Benny Kauff (IND) | 211 | ||
| Benny Kauff (IND) | 75 |
| Stat | Player | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Hendrix (CHF) | 29 | ||
| Bob Groom (SLT) Henry Keupper (SLT) | 20 | ||
| Claude Hendrix (CHF) | 1.69 | ||
| Cy Falkenberg (IND) | 236 | ||
| Cy Falkenberg (IND) | 377.1 | ||
| Russ Ford (BUF) | 6 |
| Team name | Wins | Home attendance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |