1914 Boston Red Sox season

1914 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Fenway Park (since 1912)
Boston, Massachusetts (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	John I. Taylor Joseph Lannin
Manager(s)	Bill Carrigan
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The 1914 Boston Red Sox season involved the Red Sox finishing 2nd in the American League with a record of 91 wins and 62 losses.

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Athletics	99	53	0.651	—	51–24	48–29
Boston Red Sox	91	62	0.595	8½	44–31	47–31
Washington Senators	81	73	0.526	19	40–33	41–40
Detroit Tigers	80	73	0.523	19½	42–35	38–38
St. Louis Browns	71	82	0.464	28½	42–36	29–46
Chicago White Sox	70	84	0.455	30	43–37	27–47
New York Yankees	70	84	0.455	30	36–40	34–44
Cleveland Naps	51	102	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	—	13–9	16–6	15–7–1	11–11	12–9–3	13–9–2	11–11
Chicago	9–13	—	13–9	6–16	12–10–1	5–17	13–9–1	12–10–1
Cleveland	6–16	9–13	—	6–16	8–14–1	3–19	8–13–2	11–11–1
Detroit	7–15–1	16–6	16–6	—	13–9–1	9–12–1	9–13	10–12–1
New York	11–11	10–12–1	14–8–1	9–13–1	—	8–14	11–11	7–15
Philadelphia	9–12–3	17–5	19–3	12–9–1	14–8	—	15–7–1	13–9–1
St. Louis	9–13–2	9–13–1	13–8–2	13–9	11–11	7–15–1	—	9–13
Washington	11–11	10–12–1	11–11–1	12–10–1	15–7	9–13–1	13–9	—

Opening Day lineup

Harry Hooper	RF
Clyde Engle	1B
Tris Speaker	CF
Duffy Lewis	LF
Larry Gardner	3B
Steve Yerkes	2B
Everett Scott	SS
Bill Carrigan	C
Ray Collins	P

Notable transactions

• July 9, 1914: Babe Ruth was purchased by the Red Sox from Baltimore Orioles.^[1]

Roster

1914 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Hugh Bedient Ray Collins Guy Cooper Fritz Coumbe Rube Foster Vean Gregg Rankin Johnson Ed Kelly Dutch Leonard Babe Ruth Ernie Shore Smoky Joe Wood Matt Zeiser		Catchers Hick Cady Bill Carrigan Les Nunamaker Larry Pratt Pinch Thomas Infielders Clyde Engle Del Gainer Larry Gardner Dick Hoblitzel Hal Janvrin Everett Scott Bill Swanson Squanto Wilson Steve Yerkes		Outfielders Olaf Henriksen Harry Hooper Duffy Lewis Wally Rehg Tris Speaker		Manager Bill Carrigan

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	Carrigan, BillBill Carrigan	82	178	45	.253	1	22
OF	Speaker, TrisTris Speaker	158	571	193	.338	4	90
OF	Hooper, HarryHarry Hooper	142	530	137	.258	1	41

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
Engle, ClydeClyde Engle	59	134	26	.194	0	9
Pratt, LarryLarry Pratt	5	4	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
Collins, RayRay Collins	39	272.1	20	13	2.51	72

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
Bedient, HughHugh Bedient	42	177.1	8	12	3.60	70
Ruth, BabeBabe Ruth	4	23	2	1	3.91	3

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
Cooper, GuyGuy Cooper	9	1	0	0	5.32	5
Kelly, EdEd Kelly	3	0	0	0	0.00	4

Notes

1. Babe Ruth page at Baseball Reference

References

• 1914 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference
• 1914 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com