1914 Indianapolis Hoosiers season

The 1914 Indianapolis Hoosiers season was a season in American baseball. The Hoosiers won the inaugural Federal League championship, finishing 88–65, 1½ games ahead of the Chicago Federals.

1914 Indianapolis Hoosiers
Federal League Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Harry F. Sinclair
Manager(s)Bill Phillips
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Offseason

Regular season

The offensive star of the team was outfielder Benny Kauff, who led the league in batting average (.370), runs scored (120), and stolen bases (75). Future Hall of Famers Edd Roush and Bill McKechnie also saw significant playing time, and Indianapolis scored a league-high 762 runs. Their rotation ace, Cy Falkenberg, went 25–16 with a 2.22 earned run average; he topped the circuit with 236 strikeouts.

Season standings
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

Record vs. opponents
1914 Federal League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BR BUF CHI IND KC PIT STL
Baltimore —9–1314–8–112–1010–12–112–1010–12–217–5–1
Brooklyn 13–9—11–11–19–133–1911–11–117–5–113–9
Buffalo 8–14–111–11–1—10–12–111–1012–10–113–715–7
Chicago 10–1213–912–10–1—13–9–114–812–1013–9–1
Indianapolis 12–10–219–310–119–13–1—13–9–112–1013–9
Kansas City 10–1211–1110–12–18–149–13–1—11–108–12
Pittsburgh 12–10–25–177–13–110–1210–1210–11—10–11–1
St. Louis 5–17–19–137–159–13–19–1312–811–10—

Roster
1914 Indianapolis Hoosiers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Player stats

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
CBill Rariden13139693.235047
1BCharlie Carr115441129.293369
2BFrank LaPorte133505157.3114107
SSJimmy Esmond151542160.295249
3BBill McKechnie149570173.304238
OFAl Scheer120363111.306345
OFVin Campbell134544173.318744
OFBenny Kauff154571211.370895

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
Al Kaiser5918743.230116
Edd Roush7416654.325130
Carl Vandagrift4313634.25009
Biddy Dolan3210323.223115
George Textor225710.17504
Bill Warren265012.24005
Frank Rooney12357.20018
Everitt Booe20317.22606

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
Cy Falkenberg49377.125162.22236
Earl Moseley43316.219183.47205
George Kaiserling37275.117103.1175
Katsy Keifer19102.002

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
George Mullin3620314102.7074
Harry Billiard32125.2873.7245
Ralph McConnaughey726024.857
Charlie Whitehouse826204.8510
Frank Harter624.2124.018
Ed Henderson210104.501

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
Clarence Woods20014.501
Fred Ostendorf100022.500

Notes
  1. Frank Harter page at Baseball Reference

References
Preceded by
First Season		 Federal League Championship Season
1914		 Succeeded by
Chicago Whales
1915
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