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The following are the baseball events of the year 1914 throughout the world.  

Contents 1 Champions 2 Awards and honors 3 MLB statistical leaders 4 Major league baseball final standings 4.1 American League final standings 4.2 National League final standings 4.3 Federal League final standings 5 Events 6 Births 6.1 January-March 6.2 April-June 6.3 July-September 6.4 October-December 7 Deaths

[edit] Champions

• World Series: Boston Braves over Philadelphia Athletics (4-0)

[edit] Awards and honors

• Chalmers Award
  • Eddie Collins, Philadelphia Athletics, 2B
  • Johnny Evers, Boston Braves, 2B

[edit] MLB statistical leaders

	American League		National League		Federal League
AVG	Ty Cobb DET	.368	Jake Daubert BRO	.329	Benny Kauff IND	.370
HR	Frank Baker PHA	9	Gavvy Cravath PHI	19	Dutch Zwilling CHI	16
RBIs	Sam Crawford DET	104	Sherry Magee PHI	103	Frank LaPorte IND	107
Wins	Walter Johnson WSH	28	Grover Alexander PHI	27	Claude Hendrix CHI	29
ERA	Dutch Leonard WSH	0.96	Bill Doak STL	1.72	Claude Hendrix CHI	1.69
Ks	Walter Johnson WSH	225	Grover Alexander PHI	214	Cy Falkenberg SD	236

[edit] Major league baseball final standings

[edit] American League final standings

American League
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Philadelphia Athletics	99	53	.651	--
Boston Red Sox	91	62	.595	8.5
Washington Senators	81	73	.526	19
Detroit Tigers	80	73	.523	19.5
St. Louis Browns	71	82	.464	28.5
Chicago White Sox	70	84	.455	30
New York Yankees	70	84	.455	30
Cleveland Naps	51	102	.333	48.5

[edit] National League final standings

National League
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Boston Braves	94	59	.614	--
New York Giants	84	70	.545	10.5
St. Louis Cardinals	81	72	.529	13
Chicago Cubs	78	76	.506	16.5
Brooklyn Robins	75	79	.487	19.5
Philadelphia Phillies	74	80	.481	20.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	69	85	.448	25.5
Cincinnati Reds	60	94	.390	34.5

[edit] Federal League final standings

Federal League
Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
Indianapolis Hoosiers	88	65	.575	--
Chicago Chi-Feds	87	67	.565	1.5
Baltimore Terrapins	84	70	.562	4.5
Buffalo Buffeds	80	71	.530	7
Brooklyn Tip-Tops	77	77	.500	11.5
Kansas City Packers	67	84	.444	20
Pittsburgh Rebels	64	86	.427	22.5
St. Louis Terriers	62	89	.411	25

[edit] Events

• May 31 - Joe Benz pitches a no hitter in a 6-1 Chicago White Sox victory over the Cleveland Naps.

• June 9 - Honus Wagner of the Pittsburgh Pirates becomes the second member of the 3000 hit club.

• September 9 - In the second game of a doubleheader, George Davis of the Boston Braves pitches a no-hitter against the Philadelphia Phillies in a 7-0 win.

• September 19 - Ed Lafitte tosses a no-hitter for the Brooklyn Tip-Tops of the Federal League in a 6-2 win over the Kansas City Packers.

• September 27 - Nap Lajoie of the Cleveland Naps becomes the third member of the 3000 hit club.

• October 13 - The Boston Braves defeat the Philadelphia Athletics, 3-1, in Game 4 of the World Series to win their first World Championship, four games to none. This was the first four-game sweep in World Series history. The Cubs had defeated the Tigers four games to none in 1907, but Game 1 had ended in a tie before the Cubs won the next four in a row.

• November 1 - Philadelphia Athletics owner Connie Mack start a fire sale, asking waivers on Jack Coombs, Eddie Plank and Chief Bender. Coombs goes to the Brooklyn Robins as Plank and Bender escape Mack's maneuvering by jumping to the Federal League. Despite the American League Pennant title, Philadelphia fans did not support the Athletics and the club lost $50,000.

[edit] Births

[edit] January-March

• January 4 - Herman Franks
• January 19 - Benny Culp
• January 28 - Alf Anderson
• February 8 - Bert Haas
• February 9 - Bill Veeck
• February 17 - Rod Dedeaux
• February 23 - Lynn Myers
• February 23 - Mike Tresh
• March 1 - Harry Caray
• March 18 - Red Marion

[edit] April-June

• April 8 - Andy Karl
• May 15 - Jimmy Wasdell
• May 20 - Stan Benjamin
• June 14 - George Myatt
• June 12 - Pete Naktenis
• June 16 - Johnnie Wittig

[edit] July-September

• July 3 - Buddy Rosar
• July 8 - George Fallon
• July 11 - George Binks
• July 16 - Don Ross
• July 18 - Andy Gilbert
• July 19 - Marius Russo
• July 26 - Ellis Kinder
• July 31 - Elmer Riddle
• August 5 - Bob Daughters
• August 6 - Tommy Reis
• August 22 - Augie Donatelli
• August 26 - Al Cuccinello
• August 30 - Buddy Hancken
• September 29 - Johnny Johnson

[edit] October-December

• October 10 - Tommy Fine
• October 13 - Frankie Hayes
• October 14 - Harry Brecheen
• October 28 - Johnny Rigney
• November 2 - Jesse Flores
• November 2 - Tom McBride
• November 2 - Johnny Vander Meer
• November 4 - Les McCrabb
• November 13 - Jack Hallett
• November 12 - Emerson Dickman
• November 15 - Mickey Livingston
• November 15 - Maurice Van Robays
• November 19 - Eddie Morgan
• November 22 - Alex Pitko
• November 23 - Emmett Ashford
• November 25 - Joe DiMaggio
• November 25 - Gene Handley
• December 6 - Turkey Tyson
• December 11 - Bill Nicholson
• December 12 - Buzzie Bavasi
• December 14 - Rusty Peters

[edit] Deaths

• February 9 - Jack Farrell, 56, second baseman for 11 seasons, 1879-1889. Played bulk of his career with the Providence Grays.
• April 1 - Rube Waddell, 37, pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics who led AL in strikeouts six consecutive years, including modern record of 349 in 1904; four-time 20-game winner led AL in ERA twice with career 2.16 mark, best ever by left-hander with 1500 innings; 2316 strikeouts ranked third in history upon retirement, 50 shutouts ranked fifth; first major leaguer to strike out side on nine pitches. According to Lee Allen, in The American League Story (1961), there were those who considered it appropriate that Rube should pass away on April Fool's Day.
• May 26 - Juice Latham, 61, player for several teams from 1875-1884.
• June 16 - Bert Dorr, 52, pitcher for the 1882 St. Louis Browns.
• July 9 - Ossee Schreckengost, 39, catcher, most notably with the Athletics, who pioneered one-handed style; batted .300 twice
• August 17 - Harry Steinfeldt, 36, third baseman for the Reds and Cubs who led NL in hits, doubles and RBI once each, batted .300 twice; hit .471 in 1907 World Series to lead Cubs to title
• November 2 - Jack Sheridan, 52, American League umpire since the league's 1901 formation, previously in the Players League and National League, who officiated in four of the first seven World Series; introduced the practice of crouching behind the catcher when calling balls and strikes
• November 9 - Danny Green, 38, outfielder for the Orphans and White Sox Chicago teams and a four-time .300 hitter who died following complications related to a beaning
• November 28 - Tug Wilson, 54, outfielder and catcher for the 1884 Brooklyn Atlantics
• December 31 - John Farrow, 61, catcher for three seasons, 10 years separated his last two seasons.

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