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.

Offseason

August 14, 1913: The Red Sox purchase outfielder Wally Rehg from the St. Paul Saints for $10,000.^[1]

1914 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHA	SLB	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	—

Source:^[2]

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.^[3]

1914 Boston Red Sox

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

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

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
George F. Wilson	1	0	0	----	0	0

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

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	23.0	2	1	3.91	3

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	ERA	SO
Guy Cooper	9	1	5.32	5
Ed Kelly	3	0	0.00	4
Matt Zieser	2	0	1.80	0
Tris Speaker	1	0	9.00	0

^ "Rehg Sold To Red Sox". The Toledo News-Bee. August 14, 1913. p. 12. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
^ "Washington Senators 3, Boston Red Sox 0". Retrosheet. April 14, 1914. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
^ Stewart, Wayne (2006). Babe Ruth. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. p. 30. ISBN 0-313-33596-6.