# 1914 Boston Red Sox season

The 1914 Boston Red Sox season was the 14th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished second in the American League (AL) with a record of 91 wins and 62 losses, 8+1⁄2 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics. The team played its home games at Fenway Park.

## Offseason
### Transactions

August 14, 1913: The Red Sox purchase outfielder Wally Rehg from the St. Paul Saints for $10,000.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 99 | 53 | .651 | — | 51‍–‍24 | 48‍–‍29 |
| Boston Red Sox | 91 | 62 | .595 | 8½ | 44‍–‍31 | 47‍–‍31 |
| Washington Senators | 81 | 73 | .526 | 19 | 40‍–‍33 | 41‍–‍40 |
| Detroit Tigers | 80 | 73 | .523 | 19½ | 42‍–‍35 | 38‍–‍38 |
| St. Louis Browns | 71 | 82 | .464 | 28½ | 42‍–‍36 | 29‍–‍46 |
| Chicago White Sox | 70 | 84 | .455 | 30 | 43‍–‍37 | 27‍–‍47 |
| New York Yankees | 70 | 84 | .455 | 30 | 36‍–‍40 | 34‍–‍44 |
| Cleveland Naps | 51 | 102 | .333 | 48½ | 32‍–‍47 | 19‍–‍55 |

### Record vs. opponents

1914 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | NYY | PHA | SLB | 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 | — |

### Opening Day lineup

| Harry Hooper | RF |
| Clyde Engle | 1B |
| Tris Speaker | CF |
| Duffy Lewis | LF |
| Larry Gardner | 3B |
| Steve Yerkes | 2B |
| Everett Scott | SS |
| Bill Carrigan | C |
| Ray Collins | P |
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### Notable transactions

* July 9, 1914: The Red Sox purchase pitchers Babe Ruth and Ernie Shore as well as catcher Ben Egan from the Baltimore Orioles for between $25,000 and $30,000.

### 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 | Bill Carrigan | 82 | 178 | 45 | .253 | 1 | 22 |
| 1B | Dick Hoblitzell | 69 | 229 | 73 | .319 | 0 | 33 |
| 2B | Steve Yerkes | 92 | 293 | 64 | .218 | 1 | 23 |
| SS | Everett Scott | 144 | 539 | 129 | .239 | 2 | 37 |
| 3B | Larry Gardner | 155 | 553 | 143 | .259 | 3 | 68 |
| OF | Tris Speaker | 158 | 571 | 193 | .338 | 4 | 90 |
| OF | Duffy Lewis | 146 | 510 | 142 | .278 | 2 | 79 |
| OF | Harry Hooper | 142 | 530 | 137 | .258 | 1 | 41 |

#### 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 |
| Hal Janvrin | 145 | 492 | 117 | .238 | 1 | 51 |
| Hick Cady | 61 | 159 | 41 | .258 | 0 | 8 |
| Wally Rehg | 88 | 151 | 33 | .219 | 0 | 11 |
| Clyde Engle | 59 | 134 | 26 | .194 | 0 | 9 |
| Pinch Thomas | 66 | 130 | 25 | .192 | 0 | 5 |
| Olaf Henriksen | 63 | 95 | 25 | .263 | 1 | 5 |
| Del Gainer | 38 | 84 | 20 | .238 | 2 | 13 |
| Bill Swanson | 11 | 20 | 4 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| Les Nunamaker | 5 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Pratt | 5 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| George F. Wilson | 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 |
| Ray Collins | 39 | 272.1 | 20 | 13 | 2.51 | 72 |
| Dutch Leonard | 36 | 224.2 | 19 | 5 | 0.96 | 176 |
| Rube Foster | 32 | 211.2 | 14 | 8 | 1.70 | 89 |
| Ernie Shore | 20 | 139.2 | 10 | 5 | 2.00 | 51 |
| Smoky Joe Wood | 18 | 113.1 | 10 | 3 | 2.62 | 67 |
| Rankin Johnson Sr. | 16 | 99.1 | 3 | 9 | 3.08 | 24 |

#### 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 |
| Hugh Bedient | 42 | 177.1 | 8 | 12 | 3.60 | 70 |
| Vean Gregg | 12 | 68.1 | 3 | 4 | 3.95 | 24 |
| Fritz Coumbe | 17 | 62.1 | 1 | 2 | 1.44 | 17 |
| Babe Ruth | 4 | 23.0 | 2 | 1 | 3.91 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Guy Cooper | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.32 | 5 |
| Ed Kelly | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 |
| Matt Zieser | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 0 |
| Tris Speaker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |