1914 Indianapolis Hoosiers season

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

Offseason

• Prior to 1914 season: Frank Harter jumped to the Hoosiers from the Cincinnati Reds.^[1]

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
Indianapolis Hoosiers	88	65	.575	--
Chicago Federals	87	67	.565	1½
Baltimore Terrapins	84	70	.545	4½
Buffalo Buffeds	80	71	.530	7
Brooklyn Tip-Tops	77	77	.500	11½
Kansas City Packers	67	84	.444	20
Pittsburgh Rebels	64	86	.427	22½
St. Louis Terriers	62	89	.411	25

Record vs. opponents

1914 Federal League Records Sources:
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	—

Roster

1914 Indianapolis Hoosiers
Roster
Pitchers Harry Billiard Cy Falkenberg Frank Harter Ed Henderson George Kaiserling Katsy Keifer Ralph McConnaughey Earl Moseley George Mullin Fred Ostendorf Charlie Whitehouse Clarence Woods		Catchers Bill Rariden George Textor Bill Warren Infielders Charlie Carr Biddy Dolan Jimmy Esmond Frank LaPorte Bill McKechnie Frank Rooney Carl Vandagrift		Outfielders Everitt Booe Vin Campbell Al Kaiser Benny Kauff Edd Roush Al Scheer		Manager Bill Phillips

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
3B	McKechnie, BillBill McKechnie	149	570	173	.304	2	38
OF	Kauff, BennyBenny Kauff	154	571	211	.370	8	95

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
Roush, EddEdd Roush	74	166	54	.325	1	30
Textor, GeorgeGeorge Textor	22	57	10	.175	0	4
Warren, BillBill Warren	26	50	12	.240	0	5
Booe, EverittEveritt Booe	20	31	7	.226	0	6

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
Falkenberg, CyCy Falkenberg	49	377.1	25	16	2.22	236
Moseley, EarlEarl Moseley	43	316.2	19	18	3.47	205
Kaiserling, GeorgeGeorge Kaiserling	37	275.1	17	10	3.11	75
Keifer, KatsyKatsy Keifer	1	9	1	0	2.00	2

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
Mullin, GeorgeGeorge Mullin	36	203	14	10	2.70	74
Billiard, HarryHarry Billiard	32	125.2	8	7	3.72	45
McConnaughey, RalphRalph McConnaughey	7	26	0	2	4.85	7
Whitehouse, CharlieCharlie Whitehouse	8	26	2	0	4.85	10
Harter, FrankFrank Harter	6	24.2	1	2	4.01	8
Henderson, EdEd Henderson	2	10	1	0	4.50	1

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
Woods, ClarenceClarence Woods	2	0	0	1	4.50	1

Notes

1. Frank Harter page at Baseball Reference

References

• 1914 Indianapolis Hoosiers at Baseball Reference