# 1914 Kansas City Packers season

The 1914 Kansas City Packers season was a season in American baseball. The Packers finished in 6th place in the Federal League, 20 games behind the Indianapolis Hoosiers.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteFederal League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Indianapolis Hoosiers | 88 | 65 | .575 | — | 53‍–‍23 | 35‍–‍42 |
| Chicago Federals | 87 | 67 | .565 | 1½ | 43‍–‍34 | 44‍–‍33 |
| Baltimore Terrapins | 84 | 70 | .545 | 4½ | 53‍–‍26 | 31‍–‍44 |
| Buffalo Buffeds | 80 | 71 | .530 | 7 | 47‍–‍29 | 33‍–‍42 |
| Brooklyn Tip-Tops | 77 | 77 | .500 | 11½ | 47‍–‍32 | 30‍–‍45 |
| Kansas City Packers | 67 | 84 | .444 | 20 | 37‍–‍36 | 30‍–‍48 |
| Pittsburgh Rebels | 64 | 86 | .427 | 22½ | 37‍–‍37 | 27‍–‍49 |
| St. Louis Terriers | 62 | 89 | .411 | 25 | 32‍–‍43 | 30‍–‍46 |

### Record vs. opponents

1914 Federal League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BR | BUF | CHI | IND | KC | PIT | STL |
| Baltimore | — | 9–13 | 14–8–1 | 12–10 | 10–12–1 | 12–10 | 10–12–2 | 17–5–1 |
| Brooklyn | 13–9 | — | 11–11–1 | 9–13 | 3–19 | 11–11–1 | 17–5–1 | 13–9 |
| Buffalo | 8–14–1 | 11–11–1 | — | 10–12–1 | 11–10 | 12–10–1 | 13–7 | 15–7 |
| Chicago | 10–12 | 13–9 | 12–10–1 | — | 13–9–1 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 13–9–1 |
| Indianapolis | 12–10–2 | 19–3 | 10–11 | 9–13–1 | — | 13–9–1 | 12–10 | 13–9 |
| Kansas City | 10–12 | 11–11 | 10–12–1 | 8–14 | 9–13–1 | — | 11–10 | 8–12 |
| Pittsburgh | 12–10–2 | 5–17 | 7–13–1 | 10–12 | 10–12 | 10–11 | — | 10–11–1 |
| St. Louis | 5–17–1 | 9–13 | 7–15 | 9–13–1 | 9–13 | 12–8 | 11–10 | — |

### Notable transactions

* April 20, 1914: Chief Johnson jumped to the Packers from the Cincinnati Reds.
* May 1914: Jack Enzenroth jumped to the Packers from the St. Louis Browns.

### Roster
## 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 | Ted Easterly | 134 | 436 | 146 | .335 | 1 | 67 |
| 1B | George Stovall | 124 | 450 | 128 | .284 | 7 | 75 |
| 2B | Bill Kenworthy | 146 | 545 | 173 | .317 | 15 | 91 |
| SS | Pep Goodwin | 112 | 374 | 88 | .235 | 1 | 32 |
| 3B | George Perring | 144 | 496 | 138 | .278 | 2 | 69 |
| OF | Art Kruger | 122 | 441 | 114 | .259 | 4 | 47 |
| OF | Chet Chadbourne | 147 | 581 | 161 | .277 | 1 | 37 |
| OF | Grover Gilmore | 139 | 530 | 152 | .287 | 1 | 32 |

#### 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 |
| Cad Coles | 78 | 194 | 49 | .253 | 1 | 25 |
| Johnny Rawlings | 61 | 193 | 41 | .212 | 0 | 15 |
| Cliff Daringer | 64 | 160 | 42 | .263 | 0 | 16 |
| John Potts | 41 | 102 | 27 | .265 | 1 | 9 |
| Jack Enzenroth | 26 | 67 | 12 | .179 | 0 | 5 |
| Drummond Brown | 31 | 58 | 11 | .190 | 0 | 5 |
| Walter Tappan | 18 | 39 | 8 | .205 | 1 | 3 |

### 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 |
| Gene Packard | 42 | 302.0 | 20 | 14 | 2.89 | 154 |
| Nick Cullop | 44 | 295.2 | 14 | 19 | 2.34 | 149 |
| Chief Johnson | 20 | 134.0 | 9 | 10 | 3.16 | 78 |

#### 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 |
| Dwight Stone | 39 | 186.2 | 8 | 14 | 4.34 | 88 |
| Ben Harris | 31 | 154.0 | 7 | 7 | 4.09 | 40 |
| Pete Henning | 28 | 138.0 | 5 | 10 | 4.83 | 45 |
| Dan Adams | 36 | 136.0 | 4 | 9 | 3.51 | 38 |
| George Hogan | 4 | 13.0 | 0 | 1 | 4.15 | 7 |

#### 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 |
| Harry Swan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| George Perring | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 0 |