1914 Boston Red Sox season

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, ​8 ¹⁄₂ games behind the Philadelphia Athletics. The team played its home games at Fenway Park.

1914 Boston Red Sox
Babe Ruth's first Red Sox season
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Fenway Park (since 1912) Boston, Massachusetts (since 1901)
Results
Record	91–62 (.595)
League place	2nd (​8 ^1⁄2 GB)
Other information
Owner(s)	John I. Taylor Joseph Lannin
Manager(s)	Bill Carrigan
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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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

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	Bill Carrigan	82	178	45	.253	1	22
1B	Dick Hoblitzell	69	229	73	.319	0	33
2B	Steve Yerkes	92	293	64	.218	1	23
SS	Everett Scott	144	539	129	.239	2	37
3B	Larry Gardner	155	553	143	.259	3	68
OF	Tris Speaker	158	571	193	.338	4	90
OF	Duffy Lewis	146	510	142	.278	2	79
OF	Harry 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
Hal Janvrin	145	492	117	.238	1	51
Hick Cady	61	159	41	.258	0	8
Wally Rehg	88	151	33	.219	0	11
Clyde Engle	59	134	26	.194	0	9
Pinch Thomas	66	130	25	.192	0	5
Olaf Henriksen	63	95	25	.263	1	5
Del Gainer	38	84	20	.238	2	13
Bill Swanson	11	20	4	.200	0	0
Les Nunamaker	5	5	1	.200	0	0
Larry Pratt	5	4	0	.000	0	0
Squanto Wilson	1	0	0	---	0	0

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
Ray Collins	39	272.1	20	13	2.51	72
Dutch Leonard	36	224.2	19	5	0.96	176
Rube Foster	32	211.2	14	8	1.70	89
Ernie Shore	20	139.2	10	5	2.00	51
Smoky Joe Wood	18	113.1	10	3	2.62	67
Rankin Johnson Sr.	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
Hugh Bedient	42	177.1	8	12	3.60	70
Vean Gregg	12	68.1	3	4	3.95	24
Fritz Coumbe	17	62.1	1	2	1.44	17
Babe 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
Guy Cooper	9	1	0	0	5.32	5
Ed Kelly	3	0	0	0	0.00	4
Matt Zieser	2	0	0	0	1.80	0
Tris Speaker	1	0	0	0	9.00	0

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