The 1914 Boston Red Sox season was the 14th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished second in the American League (AL) with a record of 91 wins and 62 losses, games behind the Philadelphia Athletics. The team played its home games at Fenway Park.
Offseason
Transactions August 14, 1913: The Red Sox purchase outfielder Wally Rehg from the St. Paul Saints for $10,000.
Regular season Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Opening Day lineup Harry Hooper RFClyde Engle 1BTris Speaker CFDuffy Lewis LFLarry Gardner 3BSteve Yerkes 2BEverett Scott SSBill Carrigan C Ray Collins P Source:
Notable transactions July 9, 1914: The Red Sox purchase pitchers Babe Ruth and Ernie Shore as well as catcher Ben Egan from the Baltimore Orioles for between $25,000 and $30,000.
Roster 1914 Boston Red Sox Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
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 82 178 45 .253 1 22 1B 69 229 73 .319 0 33 2B 92 293 64 .218 1 23 SS 144 539 129 .239 2 37 3B 155 553 143 .259 3 68 OF 158 571 193 .338 4 90 OF 146 510 142 .278 2 79 OF 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 145 492 117 .238 1 51 61 159 41 .258 0 8 88 151 33 .219 0 11 59 134 26 .194 0 9 66 130 25 .192 0 5 63 95 25 .263 1 5 38 84 20 .238 2 13 11 20 4 .200 0 0 5 5 1 .200 0 0 5 4 0 .000 0 0 1 0 0 ---- 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 39 272.1 20 13 2.51 72 36 224.2 19 5 0.96 176 32 211.2 14 8 1.70 89 20 139.2 10 5 2.00 51 18 113.1 10 3 2.62 67 16 99.1 3 9 3.08 24
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 42 177.1 8 12 3.60 70 12 68.1 3 4 3.95 24 17 62.1 1 2 1.44 17 4 23.0 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 9 1 0 0 5.32 5 3 0 0 0 0.00 4 2 0 0 0 1.80 0 1 0 0 0 9.00 0
References
External links 1914 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference 1914 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com