# 1914 St. Louis Cardinals season

The 1914 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 33rd season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 23rd season in the National League. The Cardinals went 81–72 during the season and finished third in the National League.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational 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

1914 National League recordvte Sources: :
| 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 | — |

### 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 | Frank Snyder | 100 | 326 | 75 | .230 | 1 | 25 |
| 1B | Dots Miller | 155 | 573 | 166 | .290 | 4 | 88 |
| 2B | Miller Huggins | 148 | 504 | 134 | .263 | 1 | 24 |
| SS | Art Butler | 86 | 274 | 55 | .201 | 1 | 24 |
| 3B | Zinn Beck | 137 | 457 | 106 | .232 | 3 | 45 |
| OF | Lee Magee | 142 | 529 | 150 | .284 | 2 | 40 |
| OF | Cozy Dolan | 126 | 421 | 101 | .240 | 4 | 32 |
| OF | Chief Wilson | 154 | 580 | 150 | .259 | 9 | 73 |

#### 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 |
| Walton Cruise | 95 | 256 | 58 | .227 | 4 | 28 |
| Ivey Wingo | 80 | 237 | 71 | .300 | 4 | 26 |
| Lee Dressen | 46 | 103 | 24 | .233 | 0 | 7 |
| Ted Cather | 39 | 99 | 27 | .273 | 0 | 13 |
| Joe Riggert | 34 | 89 | 19 | .213 | 0 | 8 |
| Ken Nash | 24 | 51 | 14 | .275 | 0 | 6 |
| Chuck Miller | 36 | 36 | 7 | .194 | 0 | 2 |
| Possum Whitted | 20 | 31 | 4 | .129 | 0 | 1 |
| Paddy O'Connor | 10 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruno Betzel | 7 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Roche | 12 | 9 | 6 | .667 | 0 | 3 |
| Rolla Daringer | 2 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 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 |
| Pol Perritt | 41 | 286.0 | 16 | 13 | 2.36 | 115 |
| Slim Sallee | 46 | 282.1 | 18 | 17 | 2.10 | 105 |
| Bill Doak | 36 | 256.0 | 19 | 6 | 1.72 | 118 |
| Hub Perdue | 22 | 153.1 | 8 | 8 | 2.82 | 43 |

#### 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 |
| Dan Griner | 37 | 179.0 | 9 | 13 | 2.51 | 74 |
| Hank Robinson | 26 | 126.0 | 7 | 8 | 3.00 | 30 |
| Casey Hageman | 12 | 55.1 | 2 | 4 | 2.44 | 21 |
| Steamboat Williams | 5 | 11.0 | 0 | 1 | 6.55 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Bill Steele | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.70 | 16 |
| Dick Niehaus | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.12 | 6 |
| Bill Hopper | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 1 |