1914 Philadelphia Athletics season

1914 Philadelphia Athletics
1914 AL Champions
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Shibe Park (since 1909)
Philadelphia (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	Connie Mack, Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe and John Shibe
Manager(s)	Connie Mack
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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.

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	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	—

Roster

1914 Philadelphia Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Chief Bender Charlie Boardman Rube Bressler Boardwalk Brown Joe Bush Jack Coombs Byron Houck Willie Jensen Herb Pennock Eddie Plank Bob Shawkey Fred Worden Weldon Wyckoff		Catchers Jack Lapp Wickey McAvoy Wally Schang Dean Sturgis Ira Thomas Infielders Frank Baker Jack Barry Eddie Collins Toots Coyne Sam Crane Press Cruthers Harry Davis Larry Kopf Earle Mack Stuffy McInnis Ferdie Moore Billy Orr Ben Rochefort		Outfielders Tom Daley Chick Davies Eddie Murphy Rube Oldring Amos Strunk Buck Sweeney Shag Thompson Jimmy Walsh		Manager Connie Mack

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	Baker, FrankFrank Baker	150	570	182	.319	9	89

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
Walsh, JimmyJimmy Walsh	68	216	51	.236	3	36
Thompson, ShagShag Thompson	16	29	5	.172	0	2
Orr, BillyBilly Orr	10	24	4	.167	0	1
Davis, HarryHarry Davis	5	7	3	.429	0	2
Crane, SamSam Crane	2	6	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
Bender, ChiefChief Bender	28	179	17	3	2.26	107
Houck, ByronByron Houck	3	11	0	0	3.27	4
Jensen, WillieWillie Jensen	1	9	0	1	2.00	1
Coombs, JackJack Coombs	2	8	0	1	4.50	1

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
Bush, JoeJoe Bush	38	206	16	12	3.06	109
Pennock, HerbHerb Pennock	28	151.2	11	4	2.79	90
Bressler, RubeRube Bressler	29	147.2	10	4	1.77	96
Brown, BoardwalkBoardwalk Brown	15	66	1	5	4.09	20

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
Boardman, CharlieCharlie Boardman	2	0	0	0	4.91	2
Worden, FredFred Worden	1	0	0	0	18.00	1

1914 World Series

Boston Braves (4) vs Philadelphia Athletics (0)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Braves – 7, Athletics – 1	October 9	Shibe Park	20,562
2	Braves – 1, Athletics – 0	October 10	Shibe Park	20,562
3	Athletics – 4, Braves – 5 (12 innings)	October 12	Fenway Park	35,520
4	Athletics – 1, Braves – 3	October 13	Fenway Park	34,365

External links

• 1914 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1914 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com