1914 Philadelphia Athletics season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Philadelphia Athletics 1914 American League champions Philadelphia Athletics Primary Logo (1902 to 1921).svg American League Shibe Park Philadelphia 99 53 y 1st Connie Mack, Benjamin Shibe, Tom Shibe and John Shibe Connie Mack 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. The team 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 the contracts of his best players to other teams due to his frustration with the Federal League. The A's subsequently posted seven consecutive last-place finishes in the American League and did 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 Philadelphia Athletics Record vs. opponents PHA 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 C Wally Schang 107 307 88 .287 3 45 1B Stuffy McInnis 149 576 181 .314 1 95 2B Eddie Collins 152 526 181 .344 2 85 SS Jack Barry Jack Barry (baseball) 140 467 113 .242 0 42 3B Frank Baker Home Run Baker 150 570 182 .319 9 89 OF Rube Oldring 119 466 129 .277 3 49 OF Amos Strunk 122 404 111 .275 2 45 OF Eddie Murphy Eddie Murphy (baseball) 148 573 156 .272 3 43 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 Jimmy Walsh Jimmy Walsh (outfielder) 68 216 51 .236 3 36 Jack Lapp 69 199 46 .231 0 19 Tom Daley Tom Daley (baseball) 28 86 22 .256 0 7 Larry Kopf 37 69 13 .188 0 12 Chick Davies 19 46 11 .239 0 5 Shag Thompson 16 29 5 .172 0 2 Billy Orr Billy Orr (baseball) 10 24 4 .167 0 1 Wickey McAvoy 8 16 2 .125 0 0 Press Cruthers 4 15 3 .200 0 0 Jack Coombs 5 11 3 .273 0 2 Earle Mack 2 8 0 .000 0 1 Harry Davis Harry Davis (1900s first baseman) 5 7 3 .429 0 2 Sam Crane Sam Crane (shortstop) 2 6 0 .000 0 0 Dean Sturgis 4 4 1 .250 0 0 Ferdie Moore 2 4 2 .500 0 1 Ira Thomas 2 3 0 .000 0 0 Toots Coyne 1 2 0 .000 0 0 Ben Rochefort 1 2 1 .500 0 0 Buck Sweeney 1 1 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 Bob Shawkey 38 237.0 15 8 2.73 89 Eddie Plank 34 185.1 15 7 2.87 110 Weldon Wyckoff 32 185.0 11 7 3.02 86 Chief Bender 28 179.0 17 3 2.26 107 Byron Houck 3 11.0 0 0 3.27 4 Willie Jensen 1 9.0 0 1 2.00 1 Chick Davies 1 9.0 1 0 1.00 4 Jack Coombs 2 8.0 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 Joe Bush Bullet Joe Bush 38 206.0 16 12 3.06 109 Herb Pennock 28 151.2 11 4 2.79 90 Rube Bressler 29 147.2 10 4 1.77 96 Boardwalk Brown 15 66.0 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 Charlie Boardman 2 0 0 0 4.91 2 Fred Worden Fred Worden (baseball) 1 0 0 0 18.00 1 1914 World Series 1914 World Series Boston Braves (4) vs Philadelphia Athletics (0) GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1Braves – 7, Athletics – 1October 9Shibe Park20,5622Braves – 1, Athletics – 0October 10Shibe Park20,5623Athletics – 4, Braves – 5 (12 innings)October 12Fenway Park35,5204Athletics – 1, Braves – 3October 13Fenway Park34,365 External links 1914 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1914 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Philadelphia Athletics seasons Philadelphia Athletics season Category:American League champion seasons Oakland