1914 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1914 Pittsburgh Pirates
1914 Pittsburgh Pirates
League	National League
Ballpark	Forbes Field
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Owners	Barney Dreyfuss
Managers	Fred Clarke

The 1914 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 33rd season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 28th in the National League. The Pirates finished seventh in the league standings with a record of 69–85. It was the Pirates first losing season since 1898.

Regular season

Season standings

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Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Braves	94	59	.614	—	51‍–‍25	43‍–‍34
New York Giants	84	70	.545	10½	43‍–‍36	41‍–‍34
St. Louis Cardinals	81	72	.529	13	42‍–‍34	39‍–‍38
Chicago Cubs	78	76	.506	16½	46‍–‍30	32‍–‍46
Brooklyn Robins	75	79	.487	19½	45‍–‍34	30‍–‍45
Philadelphia Phillies	74	80	.481	20½	48‍–‍30	26‍–‍50
Pittsburgh Pirates	69	85	.448	25½	39‍–‍36	30‍–‍49
Cincinnati Reds	60	94	.390	34½	34‍–‍42	26‍–‍52

Record vs. opponents

1914 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	9–13	16–6	14–8–2	11–11–1	12–10	17–5–1	15–6–1
Brooklyn	13–9	—	10–12	11–11	9–13	11–11	16–6	5–17
Chicago	6–16	12–10	—	17–5	9–13	12–10	12–10	10–12–2
Cincinnati	8–14–2	11–11	5–17	—	9–13	9–13	8–14–1	10–12
New York	11–11–1	13–9	13–9	13–9	—	12–10	13–9–1	9–13
Philadelphia	10–12	11–11	10–12	13–9	10–12	—	12–10	8–14
Pittsburgh	5–17–1	6–16	10–12	14–8–1	9–13–1	10–12	—	15–7–1
St. Louis	6–15–1	17–5	12–10–2	12–10	13–9	14–8	7–15–1	—

Game log

1914 Game Log: 69–85 (Home: 39–36; Away: 30–49)

April: 10–2 (Home: 1–1; Away: 9–1)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 14	@ Cardinals	1–2	Griner	Adams (0–1)	—	—	0–1
2	April 15	@ Cardinals	5–1	Cooper (1–0)	Sallee	—	—	1–1
3	April 16	@ Cardinals	4–1	McQuillan (1–0)	Hageman	—	—	2–1
4	April 17	@ Cardinals	2–0	Kantlehner (1–0)	Perritt	—	—	3–1
5	April 18	@ Reds	8–5	Conzelman (1–0)	Rowan	—	7,500	4–1
6	April 19	@ Reds	9–3	Cooper (2–0)	Benton	McQuillan (1)	10,000	5–1
7	April 21	@ Reds	5–2	McQuillan (2–0)	Yingling	—	—	6–1
8	April 23	Cardinals	5–1	Adams (1–1)	Hageman	—	20,000	7–1
9	April 24	Cardinals	1–8	Perritt	Harmon (0–1)	—	—	7–2
10	April 26	@ Cubs	6–4	Conzelman (2–0)	Lavender	McQuillan (2)	12,000	8–2
11	April 28	@ Cubs	5–2	McQuillan (3–0)	Humphries	—	—	9–2
12	April 29	@ Cubs	7–0	Adams (2–1)	Lavender	—	1,000	10–2

May: 11–12 (Home: 10–10; Away: 1–2)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
13	May 1	Reds	4–2	Conzelman (3–0)	Benton	McQuillan (3)	4,000	11–2
14	May 2	Reds	7–5	Cooper (3–0)	Douglas	Adams (1)	—	12–2
15	May 3	@ Reds	3–1 (11)	McQuillan (4–0)	Ames	—	15,000	13–2
16	May 6	Cubs	1–0	Adams (3–1)	Cheney	—	—	14–2
17	May 7	Cubs	7–1	Cooper (4–0)	Humphries	—	—	15–2
18	May 9	Cubs	2–10	Lavender	Conzelman (3–1)	—	9,000	15–3
19	May 10	@ Cubs	1–4	Cheney	McQuillan (4–1)	—	9,000	15–4
20	May 12	Braves	1–1 (10)			—	—	15–4
21	May 14	Giants	3–4	Demaree	Adams (3–2)	—	10,000	15–5
22	May 15	Giants	3–5	Mathewson	McQuillan (4–2)	—	—	15–6
23	May 16	Giants	0–2	Tesreau	Cooper (4–1)	—	—	15–7
24	May 18	Braves	1–4	James	Adams (3–3)	—	—	15–8
25	May 19	Braves	7–5	Harmon (1–1)	Cocreham	—	2,000	16–8
26	May 20	Braves	4–1	Cooper (5–1)	Luque	—	—	17–8
27	May 21	Phillies	6–2	Harmon (2–1)	Mayer	—	3,000	18–8
28	May 22	Phillies	8–2	Adams (4–3)	Marshall	—	—	19–8
29	May 23	Phillies	7–2	McQuillan (5–2)	Oeschger	—	—	20–8
30	May 25	Robins	5–4	Cooper (6–1)	Wagner	—	—	21–8
31	May 26	Robins	2–3	Reulbach	Adams (4–4)	—	—	21–9
32	May 28	Phillies	0–2	Mayer	Harmon (2–2)	—	—	21–10
33	May 29	Reds	2–3	Douglas	McQuillan (5–3)	—	—	21–11
34	May 30	Reds	2–3	Yingling	Cooper (6–2)	Ames	—	21–12
35	May 30	Reds	0–3	Davenport	Adams (4–5)	—	—	21–13
36	May 31	@ Reds	1–2	Ames	Harmon (2–3)	—	—	21–14
37	May 31	@ Reds	5–5			—	26,000	21–14

June: 9–17 (Home: 3–2; Away: 6–15)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
38	June 1	@ Cubs	3–7	Cheney	O'Toole (0–1)	—	2,500	21–15
39	June 2	@ Cubs	3–7	Pierce	Adams (4–6)	—	—	21–16
40	June 3	Cubs	5–6	Humphries	Harmon (2–4)	Cheney	—	21–17
41	June 5	@ Phillies	3–13	Mayer	McQuillan (5–4)	—	—	21–18
42	June 6	@ Phillies	5–2	Adams (5–6)	Marshall	—	—	22–18
43	June 8	@ Phillies	7–5	Harmon (3–4)	Alexander	McQuillan (4)	—	23–18
44	June 9	@ Phillies	1–3	Mayer	Conzelman (3–2)	—	—	23–19
45	June 10	@ Braves	2–11	Rudolph	Cooper (6–3)	—	—	23–20
46	June 11	@ Braves	2–3	James	Adams (5–7)	—	—	23–21
47	June 12	@ Braves	3–5	Perdue	McQuillan (5–5)	—	—	23–22
48	June 13	@ Braves	3–4	Tyler	Cooper (6–4)	—	—	23–23
49	June 15	@ Giants	3–2	Adams (6–7)	Marquard	—	—	24–23
50	June 16	@ Giants	0–3	Tesreau	Harmon (3–5)	—	—	24–24
51	June 17	@ Giants	0–5	Mathewson	McQuillan (5–6)	—	—	24–25
52	June 18	@ Giants	4–3	Harmon (4–5)	Demaree	—	18,000	25–25
53	June 20	@ Robins	4–3	Cooper (7–4)	Reulbach	—	—	26–25
54	June 22	@ Robins	1–5	Pfeffer	Harmon (4–6)	—	—	26–26
55	June 23	@ Robins	1–2	Rucker	Cooper (7–5)	—	—	26–27
56	June 24	Cardinals	0–3	Doak	Adams (6–8)	—	—	26–28
57	June 25	Cardinals	4–1	Conzelman (4–2)	Perritt	—	—	27–28
58	June 26	Cardinals	3–2 (10)	McQuillan (6–6)	Sallee	—	—	28–28
59	June 27	Cardinals	4–2 (7)	Harmon (5–6)	Griner	—	—	29–28
60	June 28	@ Reds	6–7	Rowan	McQuillan (6–7)	—	—	29–29
61	June 28	@ Reds	0–1	Schneider	O'Toole (0–2)	—	—	29–30
62	June 29	@ Cardinals	4–1	Cooper (8–5)	Perritt	—	—	30–30
63	June 30	@ Cardinals	0–1	Sallee	Harmon (5–7)	—	—	30–31

July: 9–18 (Home: 7–13; Away: 2–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
64	July 1	@ Cardinals	1–5	Hageman	Conzelman (4–3)	—	—	30–32
65	July 3	Cubs	2–1	O'Toole (1–2)	Lavender	—	—	31–32
66	July 4	Cubs	0–1	Vaughn	Adams (6–9)	—	—	31–33
67	July 4	Cubs	2–4	Cheney	Cooper (8–6)	—	—	31–34
68	July 5	@ Cubs	4–5 (10)	Smith	O'Toole (1–3)	—	—	31–35
69	July 7	Giants	5–2	Adams (7–9)	Marquard	—	—	32–35
70	July 8	Phillies	7–10	Marshall	O'Toole (1–4)	Oeschger	—	32–36
71	July 9	Phillies	0–1	Tincup	McQuillan (6–8)	—	—	32–37
72	July 10	Phillies	2–5	Matteson	Harmon (5–8)	—	—	32–38
73	July 11	Phillies	3–1	Mamaux (1–0)	Rixey	—	—	33–38
74	July 15	Robins	4–3	Cooper (9–6)	Allen	—	—	34–38
75	July 16	Robins	3–4	Rucker	Mamaux (1–1)	Ragan	—	34–39
76	July 16	Robins	2–5	Pfeffer	Kantlehner (1–1)	—	—	34–40
77	July 17	Giants	1–3 (21)	Marquard	Adams (7–10)	—	—	34–41
78	July 18	Giants	3–0	Harmon (6–8)	Demaree	—	—	35–41
79	July 18	Giants	5–6 (10)	Mathewson	McQuillan (6–9)	—	20,000	35–42
80	July 20	Braves	0–1	Tyler	Cooper (9–7)	James	—	35–43
81	July 21	Braves	0–6	Rudolph	O'Toole (1–5)	—	—	35–44
82	July 22	Braves	0–1 (11)	James	Harmon (6–9)	—	—	35–45
83	July 22	Braves	8–4	Mamaux (2–1)	Crutcher	—	—	36–45
84	July 23	Braves	0–2	Tyler	Cooper (9–8)	—	—	36–46
85	July 24	Phillies	3–2	McQuillan (7–9)	Mayer	—	—	37–46
86	July 25	@ Giants	2–4	Mathewson	Adams (7–11)	—	20,000	37–47
87	July 27	@ Giants	3–1	Harmon (7–9)	Marquard	—	5,000	38–47
88	July 29	@ Giants	0–1	Tesreau	McQuillan (7–10)	—	—	38–48
89	July 30	@ Robins	7–2	Cooper (10–8)	Allen	—	—	39–48
90	July 31	@ Robins	3–9	Ragan	Harmon (7–10)	—	—	39–49

August: 13–14 (Home: 9–8; Away: 4–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
91	August 1	@ Robins	1–7	Pfeffer	Adams (7–12)	—	—	39–50
92	August 1	@ Robins	1–10	Reulbach	O'Toole (1–6)	—	10,000	39–51
93	August 3	@ Robins	7–3 (13)	Cooper (11–8)	Ragan	—	1,000	40–51
94	August 4	@ Braves	0–1	Rudolph	Harmon (7–11)	—	—	40–52
95	August 5	@ Braves	0–4	James	O'Toole (1–7)	—	—	40–53
96	August 6	@ Braves	4–5 (10)	Strand	Adams (7–13)	—	9,000	40–54
97	August 7	@ Braves	5–1	Cooper (12–8)	Cottrell	—	8,000	41–54
98	August 8	@ Phillies	4–3	McQuillan (8–10)	Mayer	Conzelman (1)	—	42–54
99	August 10	@ Phillies	4–2	Harmon (8–11)	Tincup	—	—	43–54
100	August 11	@ Phillies	4–5	Alexander	Conzelman (4–4)	—	1,000	43–55
101	August 13	Cardinals	2–1	Cooper (13–8)	Griner	—	—	44–55
102	August 13	Cardinals	5–2	Adams (8–13)	Perritt	—	—	45–55
103	August 14	Reds	8–7	McQuillan (9–10)	Douglas	Harmon (1)	—	46–55
104	August 15	Reds	2–0	Conzelman (5–4)	Ames	—	—	47–55
105	August 17	Giants	3–7	Tesreau	Harmon (8–12)	Fromme	5,000	47–56
106	August 18	Giants	3–1	Adams (9–13)	Marquard	—	3,000	48–56
107	August 19	Giants	5–1	Cooper (14–8)	Demaree	McQuillan (5)	—	49–56
108	August 20	Braves	3–6	Rudolph	O'Toole (1–8)	—	—	49–57
109	August 22	Braves	3–2 (12)	Harmon (9–12)	James	—	—	50–57
110	August 22	Braves	2–4	Hess	Adams (9–14)	—	—	50–58
111	August 24	Phillies	2–3	Marshall	McQuillan (9–11)	Mayer	—	50–59
112	August 25	Phillies	2–0	Mamaux (3–1)	Alexander	—	—	51–59
113	August 26	Robins	1–2	Pfeffer	Cooper (14–9)	—	—	51–60
114	August 26	Robins	2–4	Ragan	Adams (9–15)	—	—	51–61
115	August 27	Robins	0–1 (10)	Reulbach	Harmon (9–13)	—	—	51–62
116	August 29	Robins	1–0 (13)	Mamaux (4–1)	Pfeffer	—	—	52–62
117	August 29	Robins	4–5	Ragan	Cooper (14–10)	—	1,500	52–63
118	August 31	Giants	1–1 (11)			—	—	52–63

September: 12–20 (Home: 6–2; Away: 6–18)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
119	September 2	@ Cardinals	4–1	McQuillan (10–11)	Perritt	—	—	53–63
120	September 2	@ Cardinals	1–1 (11)			—	—	53–63
121	September 3	@ Cardinals	11–6	Cooper (15–10)	Perdue	Harmon (2)	—	54–63
122	September 3	@ Cardinals	10–3 (8)	Kantlehner (2–1)	Griner	—	—	55–63
123	September 4	@ Cardinals	2–1	Harmon (10–13)	Sallee	—	—	56–63
124	September 5	@ Cubs	2–3	Zabel	McQuillan (10–12)	—	—	56–64
125	September 6	@ Cubs	3–8	Vaughn	Adams (9–16)	—	8,000	56–65
126	September 7	Cardinals	4–7	Doak	Mamaux (4–2)	—	—	56–66
127	September 7	Cardinals	2–1	Harmon (11–13)	Sallee	—	—	57–66
128	September 9	Cubs	5–1	McQuillan (11–12)	Cheney	—	—	58–66
129	September 10	Cubs	4–2	Cooper (16–10)	Vaughn	—	—	59–66
130	September 12	Cubs	5–4	Adams (10–16)	Lavender	—	—	60–66
131	September 12	Cubs	4–0	Kantlehner (3–1)	Humphries	—	—	61–66
132	September 13	@ Cubs	0–2	Cheney	Harmon (11–14)	—	4,000	61–67
133	September 14	@ Cubs	4–7	Vaughn	McQuillan (11–13)	—	—	61–68
134	September 15	Reds	9–0	Adams (11–16)	Benton	—	—	62–68
135	September 16	@ Phillies	2–6	Rixey	Cooper (16–11)	—	1,000	62–69
136	September 17	@ Phillies	3–6	Matteson	Harmon (11–15)	—	—	62–70
137	September 17	@ Phillies	0–2	Tincup	McQuillan (11–14)	—	—	62–71
138	September 18	@ Phillies	4–6	Oeschger	Kantlehner (3–2)	—	—	62–72
139	September 19	@ Braves	3–9	Davis	Cooper (16–12)	Tyler	—	62–73
140	September 21	@ Braves	5–6	Rudolph	Harmon (11–16)	—	—	62–74
141	September 22	@ Braves	2–8	Tyler	McQuillan (11–15)	—	—	62–75
142	September 23	@ Robins	1–5	Pfeffer	Cooper (16–13)	—	—	62–76
143	September 23	@ Robins	2–5	Rucker	Conzelman (5–5)	—	—	62–77
144	September 24	@ Robins	2–3	Aitchison	McQuillan (11–16)	—	—	62–78
145	September 25	@ Robins	2–3	Schmutz	Kelly (0–1)	—	—	62–79
146	September 26	@ Giants	2–4	Tesreau	Harmon (11–17)	—	—	62–80
147	September 26	@ Giants	4–2	Adams (12–16)	Mathewson	—	10,000	63–80
148	September 28	@ Giants	2–5	Fromme	McQuillan (11–17)	—	—	63–81
149	September 28	@ Giants	6–13 (6)	Marquard	Cooper (16–14)	—	—	63–82
150	September 29	@ Giants	5–2	Harmon (12–17)	Wiltse	—	500	64–82
151	September 30	Cardinals	0–1	Doak	Cooper (16–15)	—	—	64–83

October: 5–2 (Home: 3–0; Away: 2–2)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
152	October 1	Reds	5–1	Adams (13–16)	Ames	—	—	65–83
153	October 2	Reds	2–1	McQuillan (12–17)	Douglas	—	—	66–83
154	October 3	Reds	1–0	Harmon (13–17)	Lear	—	2,000	67–83
155	October 4	@ Reds	4–5	Douglas	Conzelman (5–6)	—	—	67–84
156	October 4	@ Reds	11–4 (6)	Mamaux (5–2)	Benton	—	—	68–84
157	October 5	@ Reds	4–3	McQuillan (13–17)	Ames	—	—	69–84
158	October 5	@ Reds	1–4 (7)	Schneider	Kelly (0–2)	—	300	69–85

Legend: = Win = Loss = Tie
Bold = Pirates team member

Opening Day lineup

Roster

1914 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Fred Clarke

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	George Gibson	102	274	78	.285	0	30
1B	Ed Konetchy	154	563	140	.249	4	51
2B	Jim Viox	143	506	134	.265	1	57
SS	Honus Wagner	150	552	139	.252	1	50
3B	Mike Mowrey	79	284	72	.254	1	25
OF	Max Carey	156	593	144	.243	1	31
OF	Joe Kelly	141	508	113	.222	1	48
OF	Mike Mitchell	76	273	64	.234	2	23

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
Zip Collins	49	182	44	.242	0	15
Alex McCarthy	57	173	26	.150	1	14
Bob Coleman	73	150	40	.267	1	14
Joe Leonard	53	126	25	.198	0	4
Ed Mensor	44	89	18	.202	1	6
Ham Hyatt	74	79	17	.215	1	15
Dan Costello	21	64	19	.297	0	5
Wally Gerber	17	54	13	.241	0	5
Jim Kelly	32	44	10	.227	0	3
Paddy Siglin	14	39	6	.154	0	2
Bobby Schang	11	35	8	.229	0	1
Fritz Scheeren	11	31	9	.290	1	2
Ike McAuley	15	24	3	.125	0	0
Jake Kafora	21	23	3	.130	0	0
Clarence Berger	6	13	1	.077	0	0
Syd Smith	5	11	3	.273	0	1
Fred Clarke	2	2	0	.000	0	0
Pat Kilhullen	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Pete Falsey	3	1	0	.000	0	0
Bill Wagner	3	1	0	.000	0	0
Ralph Shafer	1	0	0	----	0	0
Sam Brenegan	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
Babe Adams	40	283.0	13	16	2.51	91
Wilbur Cooper	40	266.2	16	15	2.13	102
George McQuillan	45	259.1	13	17	2.98	96
Bob Harmon	37	245.0	13	17	2.53	61

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 Conzelman	33	101.0	5	6	2.94	39
Marty O'Toole	19	92.1	1	8	4.68	36
Erv Kantlehner	21	67.0	3	2	3.09	26
Al Mamaux	13	63.0	5	2	1.71	30
Herb Kelly	5	25.2	0	2	2.45	6

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Pat Bohen	1	0	0	0	18.00	0
Dixie McArthur	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

References

^ From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.

External links

[1] From 1882-1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Side in 1907.

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