1914 Philadelphia Athletics season

The 1914 Philadelphia Athletics season was a season in American baseball. It involved the A's finishing first in the American League with a record of 99 wins and 53 losses. They went on to face the Boston Braves in the 1914 World Series, which they lost in four straight games.

1914 Philadelphia Athletics
1914 AL Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Connie Mack, Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Manager(s)Connie Mack
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After the season, Connie Mack sold his best players off to other teams due to his frustration with the Federal League. The A's would then post seven consecutive last place finishes in the American League and would not win another pennant until 1929.

Regular season

The franchise took a downturn in 1914. The heavily favored Athletics lost the 1914 World Series to the "Miracle" Boston Braves in a four-game sweep. Miracles often have two sides, and for a few years this "miracle" wrought disaster on the A's. Mack traded, sold or released most of the team's star players soon after, and the team fell into a lengthy slump.

Season standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Athletics 9953 0.651 — 51–24 48–29
Boston Red Sox 9162 0.595 8½ 44–31 47–31
Washington Senators 8173 0.526 19 40–33 41–40
Detroit Tigers 8073 0.523 19½ 42–35 38–38
St. Louis Browns 7182 0.464 28½ 42–36 29–46
Chicago White Sox 7084 0.455 30 43–37 27–47
New York Yankees 7084 0.455 30 36–40 34–44
Cleveland Naps 51102 0.333 48½ 32–47 19–55

Record vs. opponents
1914 American League Records

Sources:
Team BOS CWS CLE DET NYY PHI STL WSH
Boston —13–916–615–7–111–1112–9–313–9–211–11
Chicago 9–13—13–96–1612–10–15–1713–9–112–10–1
Cleveland 6–169–13—6–168–14–13–198–13–211–11–1
Detroit 7–15–116–616–6—13–9–19–12–19–1310–12–1
New York 11–1110–12–114–8–19–13–1—8–1411–117–15
Philadelphia 9–12–317–519–312–9–114–8—15–7–113–9–1
St. Louis 9–13–29–13–113–8–213–911–117–15–1—9–13
Washington 11–1110–12–111–11–112–10–115–79–13–113–9—

Roster
1914 Philadelphia Athletics
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
CWally Schang10730788.287345
1BStuffy McInnis149576181.314195
2BEddie Collins152526181.344285
SSJack Barry140467113.242042
3BFrank Baker150570182.319989
OFRube Oldring119466129.277349
OFAmos Strunk122404111.275245
OFEddie Murphy148573156.272343

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
Jimmy Walsh6821651.236336
Jack Lapp6919946.231019
Tom Daley288622.25607
Larry Kopf376913.188012
Chick Davies194611.23905
Shag Thompson16295.17202
Billy Orr10244.16701
Press Cruthers4153.20000
Wickey McAvoy8162.12500
Jack Coombs5113.27302
Earle Mack280.00001
Harry Davis573.42902
Sam Crane260.00000
Dean Sturgis441.25000
Ferdie Moore242.50001
Ira Thomas230.00000
Toots Coyne120.00000
Ben Rochefort121.50000
Buck Sweeney110.00000

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
Bob Shawkey382371582.7389
Eddie Plank34185.11572.87110
Weldon Wyckoff321851173.0286
Chief Bender281791732.26107
Byron Houck311003.274
Willie Jensen19012.001
Chick Davies19101.004
Jack Coombs28014.501

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
Joe Bush3820616123.06109
Herb Pennock28151.21142.7990
Rube Bressler29147.21041.7796
Boardwalk Brown1566154.0920

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
Charlie Boardman20004.912
Fred Worden100018.001

1914 World Series
Main article: 1914 World Series

Boston Braves (4) vs Philadelphia Athletics (0)

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Braves – 7, Athletics – 1October 9Shibe Park20,562
2Braves – 1, Athletics – 0October 10Shibe Park20,562
3Athletics – 4, Braves – 5 (12 innings)October 12Fenway Park35,520
4Athletics – 1, Braves – 3October 13Fenway Park34,365


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