1914 St. Louis Browns season

1914 St. Louis Browns
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Sportsman's Park (since 1902) St. Louis, Missouri (since 1902)
Results
Record	71–82 (.464)
League place	5th
Other information
Owner(s)	Robert Hedges
Manager(s)	Branch Rickey
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The 1914 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 5th in the American League with a record of 71 wins and 82 losses.

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

v t American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Athletics	99	53	0.651	—	51–24	48–29
Boston Red Sox	91	62	0.595	8½	44–31	47–31
Washington Senators	81	73	0.526	19	40–33	41–40
Detroit Tigers	80	73	0.523	19½	42–35	38–38
St. Louis Browns	71	82	0.464	28½	42–36	29–46
Chicago White Sox	70	84	0.455	30	43–37	27–47
New York Yankees	70	84	0.455	30	36–40	34–44
Cleveland Naps	51	102	0.333	48½	32–47	19–55

Record vs. opponents[]

1914 American League Records v t Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	NYY	PHI	STL	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	—

Notable transactions[]

• May 1914: Jack Enzenroth jumped from the Browns to the Kansas City Packers.^[1]

Roster[]

1914 St. Louis Browns roster
Roster
Pitchers Grover Baichley George Baumgardner Earl Hamilton Harry Hoch Bill James Walt Leverenz Ernie Manning Roy Mitchell Allen Sothoron Wiley Taylor Carl Weilman		Catchers Sam Agnew Frank Crossin Jack Enzenroth George Hale Joe Jenkins Bill Rumler Infielders Jimmy Austin Charlie Bold Ed Hemingway Ivan Howard Dick Kauffman Doc Lavan Ed Miller Del Pratt Bobby Wallace Dee Walsh Buzzy Wares		Outfielders Tim Bowden Bob Clemens Bobby Messenger Burt Shotton Ernie Walker Tilly Walker Gus Williams Other batters Branch Rickey Dutch Schirick		Manager Branch Rickey

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	Gus Williams	144	499	126	.253	4	47

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
Jack Enzenroth	3	6	1	.167	0	0
Branch Rickey	2	2	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
Bill James	44	284	15	14	2.85	109

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
George Baumgardner	45	183.2	16	14	2.79	93

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
Grover Baichley	4	0	0	0	5.14	3

Notes[]

References[]

• 1914 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
• 1914 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com