1914 Major League Baseball season

The 1914 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League, National League, and Federal League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format first put in place for the 1904 season, and which lasted until the 140-game schedule of 1919. Most teams played more than 154 games, due to tie games (called on account of darkness or weather) that had to be replayed;^[2] tie games are excluded from team standings, but the statistics of individual players are included in their season totals.

The Federal League had its Opening Day on April 13, with a game between Buffalo and Baltimore.^[3] Opening Day for the American and National Leagues was on April 14, and featured all 16 teams of those leagues,^[4] only the third time those two leagues started their season on the same day (the 1912 season had been the second). The National League had its final day of the regular season on October 6,^[5] while the American League's final day of the regular season was October 7.^[6] The World Series between AL and NL champions took place between October 9 and October 13.^[7] The Federal League had the final day of its regular season on October 10.^[8]

An asterisk (*) denotes the ballpark a team played the minority of their home games at

The postseason began on October 9 and ended on October 13 with the Boston Braves sweeping the Philadelphia Athletics in the 1914 World Series in four games. The National and American Leagues refused a postseason against the Federal League.

Bracket

	World Series
	AL	Philadelphia Athletics	0
	NL	Boston Braves	4

Across two leagues, Dave Davenport tied as a leader in saves at 6 (2 with the Cincinnati Reds of the NL and 4 with the St. Louis Terriers of the FL).^[10]

• Chalmers Award: Johnny Evers (BSN, National); Eddie Collins (PHA, American)

Note: Attendance data for Federal League teams is unavailable.

The 1914 season saw the two-year Federal League form, and with it, eight new teams in eight new venues:

• The Baltimore Terrapins played at Terrapin Park, former home of the 1901–1902 AL Baltimore Orioles when it was known as Oriole Park.
• The Brooklyn Tip-Tops played at Washington Park, former longtime home of the NL Brooklyn team.
• The Buffalo Buffeds played at Federal League Park.
• The Chicago Federals played at Weeghman Park, current longtime home of the NL Chicago Cubs (known today as Wrigley Field).
• The Indianapolis Hoosiers played their only season at Federal League Park, playing their last game on October 8 against the St. Louis Terriers, relocating to Newark, New Jersey at Harrison Park for the start of the 1915 season.
• The Kansas City Packers played at Gordon and Koppel Field.
• The Pittsburgh Rebels played at Exposition Park, former longtime home of the NL Pittsburgh Pirates and PL Pittsburgh Burghers.
• The St. Louis Terriers played at Handlan's Park.

The Boston Braves would play their last game at their inaugural home at the South End Grounds site on August 11, having played 39 seasons as a Major League team and five seasons as a member of the National Association, back to 1876 and 1871 respectively, and moved into the Boston Red Sox home of Fenway Park on September 7 to accommodate crowds larger than their South End Grounds capacity and the Braves' eventually successful run at the World Series. They previously played their on August 1 and August 8. In all, 29 of their 79 home games were played at Fenway Park. The team would only play at Fenway through July of the following season.

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