1914 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1914 Pittsburgh Pirates
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Location
Forbes Field (since 1909)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1] (since 1907)
Other information
Owner(s)	Barney Dreyfuss
Manager(s)	Fred Clarke
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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.

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Braves	94	59	0.614	—	51–25	43–34
New York Giants	84	70	0.545	10½	43–36	41–34
St. Louis Cardinals	81	72	0.529	13	42–34	39–38
Chicago Cubs	78	76	0.506	16½	46–30	32–46
Brooklyn Robins	75	79	0.487	19½	45–34	30–45
Philadelphia Phillies	74	80	0.481	20½	48–30	26–50
Pittsburgh Pirates	69	85	0.448	25½	39–36	30–49
Cincinnati Reds	60	94	0.390	34½	34–42	26–52

Record vs. opponents

1914 National League Records Sources:
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

Roster

1914 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Babe Adams Pat Bohen Joe Conzelman Wilbur Cooper Bob Harmon Erv Kantlehner Herb Kelly Al Mamaux Dixie McArthur George McQuillan Marty O'Toole		Catchers Sam Brenegan Bob Coleman George Gibson Jake Kafora Pat Kilhullen Bobby Schang Syd Smith Bill Wagner Infielders Wally Gerber Ham Hyatt Ed Konetchy Joe Leonard Ike McAuley Alex McCarthy Mike Mowrey Paddy Siglin Jim Viox Honus Wagner		Outfielders Clarence Berger Max Carey Zip Collins Dan Costello Jim Kelly Joe Kelly Ed Mensor Mike Mitchell Fritz Scheeren Other batters Fred Clarke Pete Falsey Ralph Shafer		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
OF	Kelly, JoeJoe Kelly	141	508	113	.222	1	48

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
Kelly, JimJim Kelly	32	44	10	.227	0	3
Clarke, FredFred Clarke	2	2	0	.000	0	0
Shafer, RalphRalph Shafer	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
Adams, BabeBabe Adams	40	283	13	16	2.51	91

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

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
Bohen, PatPat Bohen	1	0	0	0	18.00	0

References

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

External links

• 1914 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
• 1914 Pittsburgh Pirates Page at Baseball Almanac