1914 Chicago Federals season

1914 Chicago Federals
2nd place, Federal League
League	Federal League
Ballpark	Weeghman Park
City	Chicago, Illinois
Owners	Charles Weeghman
Managers	Joe Tinker

The 1914 Chicago Federals season was a season in American baseball. Chicago finished 87–67, good for 2nd place in the Federal League, just 1½ games behind the Indianapolis Hoosiers.

Regular season

The 1914 Chicago Federals

Season standings

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

Record vs. opponents

1914 Federal League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BAL	BR	BUF	CHI	IND	KC	PIT	STL
Baltimore	—	9–13	14–8–1	12–10	10–12–1	12–10	10–12–2	17–5–1
Brooklyn	13–9	—	11–11–1	9–13	3–19	11–11–1	17–5–1	13–9
Buffalo	8–14–1	11–11–1	—	10–12–1	11–10	12–10–1	13–7	15–7
Chicago	10–12	13–9	12–10–1	—	13–9–1	14–8	12–10	13–9–1
Indianapolis	12–10–2	19–3	10–11	9–13–1	—	13–9–1	12–10	13–9
Kansas City	10–12	11–11	10–12–1	8–14	9–13–1	—	11–10	8–12
Pittsburgh	12–10–2	5–17	7–13–1	10–12	10–12	10–11	—	10–11–1
St. Louis	5–17–1	9–13	7–15	9–13–1	9–13	12–8	11–10	—

Player stats

Batting

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
C	Art Wilson	137	440	128	.291	10	64
1B	Fred Beck	157	555	155	.279	11	77
2B	Jack Farrell	156	524	123	.235	0	35
SS	Joe Tinker	126	438	112	.256	2	46
3B	Rollie Zeider	119	452	124	.274	1	36
OF	Al Wickland	157	536	148	.276	6	68
OF	Dutch Zwilling	154	592	185	.313	16	95
OF	Max Flack	134	502	124	.247	2	39

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
Harry Fritz	65	174	37	.213	0	13
Austin Walsh	57	121	29	.240	1	10
Bruno Block	45	106	21	.198	0	14
Jim Stanley	54	98	19	.194	0	4
Clem Clemens	13	27	4	.148	0	2
Bill Jackson	26	25	1	.040	0	1
Leo Kavanagh	5	11	3	.273	0	1
Jimmy Smith	3	6	3	.500	0	1
Skipper Roberts	4	3	1	.333	0	1
Jack Kading	3	3	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

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
Claude Hendrix	49	362.0	29	10	1.69	189
Doc Watson	26	172.0	9	8	2.04	69
Rankin Johnson	16	120.0	9	5	1.58	60
Dan Sherman	1	0.1	0	1	0.00	0

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
Max Fiske	38	198.0	12	12	3.14	87
Erv Lange	36	190.0	12	11	2.23	87
Mike Prendergast	30	136.0	5	9	2.38	71
Tom McGuire	24	131.1	5	6	3.70	37
Ad Brennan	16	85.2	5	5	3.57	31

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
Dave Black	8	1	0	0	6.12	19

References

• 1914 Chicago Federals at Baseball Reference