1914 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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.

1914 Pittsburgh Pirates
LeagueNational League
BallparkForbes Field
CityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1]
OwnersBarney Dreyfuss
ManagersFred Clarke
← 1913 Seasons 1915 →

Regular season

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Season standings

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National League
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

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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

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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

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Roster

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1914 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

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Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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

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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

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Starting pitchers

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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

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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

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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

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  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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