# 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.

## 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 | — |

### Game log

1914 Game Log: 69–85 (Home: 39–36; Away: 30–49) :
April: 10–2 (Home: 1–1; Away: 9–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 14@ Cardinals1–2GrinerAdams (0–1)——0–1
2April 15@ Cardinals5–1Cooper (1–0)Sallee——1–1
3April 16@ Cardinals4–1McQuillan (1–0)Hageman——2–1
4April 17@ Cardinals2–0Kantlehner (1–0)Perritt——3–1
5April 18@ Reds8–5Conzelman (1–0)Rowan—7,5004–1
6April 19@ Reds9–3Cooper (2–0)BentonMcQuillan (1)10,0005–1
7April 21@ Reds5–2McQuillan (2–0)Yingling——6–1
8April 23Cardinals5–1Adams (1–1)Hageman—20,0007–1
9April 24Cardinals1–8PerrittHarmon (0–1)——7–2
10April 26@ Cubs6–4Conzelman (2–0)LavenderMcQuillan (2)12,0008–2
11April 28@ Cubs5–2McQuillan (3–0)Humphries——9–2
12April 29@ Cubs7–0Adams (2–1)Lavender—1,00010–2 :
May: 11–12 (Home: 10–10; Away: 1–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
13May 1Reds4–2Conzelman (3–0)BentonMcQuillan (3)4,00011–2
14May 2Reds7–5Cooper (3–0)DouglasAdams (1)—12–2
15May 3@ Reds3–1 (11)McQuillan (4–0)Ames—15,00013–2
16May 6Cubs1–0Adams (3–1)Cheney——14–2
17May 7Cubs7–1Cooper (4–0)Humphries——15–2
18May 9Cubs2–10LavenderConzelman (3–1)—9,00015–3
19May 10@ Cubs1–4CheneyMcQuillan (4–1)—9,00015–4
20May 12Braves1–1 (10)——15–4
21May 14Giants3–4DemareeAdams (3–2)—10,00015–5
22May 15Giants3–5MathewsonMcQuillan (4–2)——15–6
23May 16Giants0–2TesreauCooper (4–1)——15–7
24May 18Braves1–4JamesAdams (3–3)——15–8
25May 19Braves7–5Harmon (1–1)Cocreham—2,00016–8
26May 20Braves4–1Cooper (5–1)Luque——17–8
27May 21Phillies6–2Harmon (2–1)Mayer—3,00018–8
28May 22Phillies8–2Adams (4–3)Marshall——19–8
29May 23Phillies7–2McQuillan (5–2)Oeschger——20–8
30May 25Robins5–4Cooper (6–1)Wagner——21–8
31May 26Robins2–3ReulbachAdams (4–4)——21–9
32May 28Phillies0–2MayerHarmon (2–2)——21–10
33May 29Reds2–3DouglasMcQuillan (5–3)——21–11
34May 30Reds2–3YinglingCooper (6–2)Ames—21–12
35May 30Reds0–3DavenportAdams (4–5)——21–13
36May 31@ Reds1–2AmesHarmon (2–3)——21–14
37May 31@ Reds5–5—26,00021–14 :
June: 9–17 (Home: 3–2; Away: 6–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
38June 1@ Cubs3–7CheneyO'Toole (0–1)—2,50021–15
39June 2@ Cubs3–7PierceAdams (4–6)——21–16
40June 3Cubs5–6HumphriesHarmon (2–4)Cheney—21–17
41June 5@ Phillies3–13MayerMcQuillan (5–4)——21–18
42June 6@ Phillies5–2Adams (5–6)Marshall——22–18
43June 8@ Phillies7–5Harmon (3–4)AlexanderMcQuillan (4)—23–18
44June 9@ Phillies1–3MayerConzelman (3–2)——23–19
45June 10@ Braves2–11RudolphCooper (6–3)——23–20
46June 11@ Braves2–3JamesAdams (5–7)——23–21
47June 12@ Braves3–5PerdueMcQuillan (5–5)——23–22
48June 13@ Braves3–4TylerCooper (6–4)——23–23
49June 15@ Giants3–2Adams (6–7)Marquard——24–23
50June 16@ Giants0–3TesreauHarmon (3–5)——24–24
51June 17@ Giants0–5MathewsonMcQuillan (5–6)——24–25
52June 18@ Giants4–3Harmon (4–5)Demaree—18,00025–25
53June 20@ Robins4–3Cooper (7–4)Reulbach——26–25
54June 22@ Robins1–5PfefferHarmon (4–6)——26–26
55June 23@ Robins1–2RuckerCooper (7–5)——26–27
56June 24Cardinals0–3DoakAdams (6–8)——26–28
57June 25Cardinals4–1Conzelman (4–2)Perritt——27–28
58June 26Cardinals3–2 (10)McQuillan (6–6)Sallee——28–28
59June 27Cardinals4–2 (7)Harmon (5–6)Griner——29–28
60June 28@ Reds6–7RowanMcQuillan (6–7)——29–29
61June 28@ Reds0–1SchneiderO'Toole (0–2)——29–30
62June 29@ Cardinals4–1Cooper (8–5)Perritt——30–30
63June 30@ Cardinals0–1SalleeHarmon (5–7)——30–31 :
July: 9–18 (Home: 7–13; Away: 2–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
64July 1@ Cardinals1–5HagemanConzelman (4–3)——30–32
65July 3Cubs2–1O'Toole (1–2)Lavender——31–32
66July 4Cubs0–1VaughnAdams (6–9)——31–33
67July 4Cubs2–4CheneyCooper (8–6)——31–34
68July 5@ Cubs4–5 (10)SmithO'Toole (1–3)——31–35
69July 7Giants5–2Adams (7–9)Marquard——32–35
70July 8Phillies7–10MarshallO'Toole (1–4)Oeschger—32–36
71July 9Phillies0–1TincupMcQuillan (6–8)——32–37
72July 10Phillies2–5MattesonHarmon (5–8)——32–38
73July 11Phillies3–1Mamaux (1–0)Rixey——33–38
74July 15Robins4–3Cooper (9–6)Allen——34–38
75July 16Robins3–4RuckerMamaux (1–1)Ragan—34–39
76July 16Robins2–5PfefferKantlehner (1–1)——34–40
77July 17Giants1–3 (21)MarquardAdams (7–10)——34–41
78July 18Giants3–0Harmon (6–8)Demaree——35–41
79July 18Giants5–6 (10)MathewsonMcQuillan (6–9)—20,00035–42
80July 20Braves0–1TylerCooper (9–7)James—35–43
81July 21Braves0–6RudolphO'Toole (1–5)——35–44
82July 22Braves0–1 (11)JamesHarmon (6–9)——35–45
83July 22Braves8–4Mamaux (2–1)Crutcher——36–45
84July 23Braves0–2TylerCooper (9–8)——36–46
85July 24Phillies3–2McQuillan (7–9)Mayer——37–46
86July 25@ Giants2–4MathewsonAdams (7–11)—20,00037–47
87July 27@ Giants3–1Harmon (7–9)Marquard—5,00038–47
88July 29@ Giants0–1TesreauMcQuillan (7–10)——38–48
89July 30@ Robins7–2Cooper (10–8)Allen——39–48
90July 31@ Robins3–9RaganHarmon (7–10)——39–49 :
August: 13–14 (Home: 9–8; Away: 4–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
91August 1@ Robins1–7PfefferAdams (7–12)——39–50
92August 1@ Robins1–10ReulbachO'Toole (1–6)—10,00039–51
93August 3@ Robins7–3 (13)Cooper (11–8)Ragan—1,00040–51
94August 4@ Braves0–1RudolphHarmon (7–11)——40–52
95August 5@ Braves0–4JamesO'Toole (1–7)——40–53
96August 6@ Braves4–5 (10)StrandAdams (7–13)—9,00040–54
97August 7@ Braves5–1Cooper (12–8)Cottrell—8,00041–54
98August 8@ Phillies4–3McQuillan (8–10)MayerConzelman (1)—42–54
99August 10@ Phillies4–2Harmon (8–11)Tincup——43–54
100August 11@ Phillies4–5AlexanderConzelman (4–4)—1,00043–55
101August 13Cardinals2–1Cooper (13–8)Griner——44–55
102August 13Cardinals5–2Adams (8–13)Perritt——45–55
103August 14Reds8–7McQuillan (9–10)DouglasHarmon (1)—46–55
104August 15Reds2–0Conzelman (5–4)Ames——47–55
105August 17Giants3–7TesreauHarmon (8–12)Fromme5,00047–56
106August 18Giants3–1Adams (9–13)Marquard—3,00048–56
107August 19Giants5–1Cooper (14–8)DemareeMcQuillan (5)—49–56
108August 20Braves3–6RudolphO'Toole (1–8)——49–57
109August 22Braves3–2 (12)Harmon (9–12)James——50–57
110August 22Braves2–4HessAdams (9–14)——50–58
111August 24Phillies2–3MarshallMcQuillan (9–11)Mayer—50–59
112August 25Phillies2–0Mamaux (3–1)Alexander——51–59
113August 26Robins1–2PfefferCooper (14–9)——51–60
114August 26Robins2–4RaganAdams (9–15)——51–61
115August 27Robins0–1 (10)ReulbachHarmon (9–13)——51–62
116August 29Robins1–0 (13)Mamaux (4–1)Pfeffer——52–62
117August 29Robins4–5RaganCooper (14–10)—1,50052–63
118August 31Giants1–1 (11)——52–63 :
September: 12–20 (Home: 6–2; Away: 6–18)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
119September 2@ Cardinals4–1McQuillan (10–11)Perritt——53–63
120September 2@ Cardinals1–1 (11)——53–63
121September 3@ Cardinals11–6Cooper (15–10)PerdueHarmon (2)—54–63
122September 3@ Cardinals10–3 (8)Kantlehner (2–1)Griner——55–63
123September 4@ Cardinals2–1Harmon (10–13)Sallee——56–63
124September 5@ Cubs2–3ZabelMcQuillan (10–12)——56–64
125September 6@ Cubs3–8VaughnAdams (9–16)—8,00056–65
126September 7Cardinals4–7DoakMamaux (4–2)——56–66
127September 7Cardinals2–1Harmon (11–13)Sallee——57–66
128September 9Cubs5–1McQuillan (11–12)Cheney——58–66
129September 10Cubs4–2Cooper (16–10)Vaughn——59–66
130September 12Cubs5–4Adams (10–16)Lavender——60–66
131September 12Cubs4–0Kantlehner (3–1)Humphries——61–66
132September 13@ Cubs0–2CheneyHarmon (11–14)—4,00061–67
133September 14@ Cubs4–7VaughnMcQuillan (11–13)——61–68
134September 15Reds9–0Adams (11–16)Benton——62–68
135September 16@ Phillies2–6RixeyCooper (16–11)—1,00062–69
136September 17@ Phillies3–6MattesonHarmon (11–15)——62–70
137September 17@ Phillies0–2TincupMcQuillan (11–14)——62–71
138September 18@ Phillies4–6OeschgerKantlehner (3–2)——62–72
139September 19@ Braves3–9DavisCooper (16–12)Tyler—62–73
140September 21@ Braves5–6RudolphHarmon (11–16)——62–74
141September 22@ Braves2–8TylerMcQuillan (11–15)——62–75
142September 23@ Robins1–5PfefferCooper (16–13)——62–76
143September 23@ Robins2–5RuckerConzelman (5–5)——62–77
144September 24@ Robins2–3AitchisonMcQuillan (11–16)——62–78
145September 25@ Robins2–3SchmutzKelly (0–1)——62–79
146September 26@ Giants2–4TesreauHarmon (11–17)——62–80
147September 26@ Giants4–2Adams (12–16)Mathewson—10,00063–80
148September 28@ Giants2–5FrommeMcQuillan (11–17)——63–81
149September 28@ Giants6–13 (6)MarquardCooper (16–14)——63–82
150September 29@ Giants5–2Harmon (12–17)Wiltse—50064–82
151September 30Cardinals0–1DoakCooper (16–15)——64–83 :
October: 5–2 (Home: 3–0; Away: 2–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
152October 1Reds5–1Adams (13–16)Ames——65–83
153October 2Reds2–1McQuillan (12–17)Douglas——66–83
154October 3Reds1–0Harmon (13–17)Lear—2,00067–83
155October 4@ Reds4–5DouglasConzelman (5–6)——67–84
156October 4@ Reds11–4 (6)Mamaux (5–2)Benton——68–84
157October 5@ Reds4–3McQuillan (13–17)Ames——69–84
158October 5@ Reds1–4 (7)SchneiderKelly (0–2)—30069–85 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Tie Bold = Pirates team member :

### 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 | 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

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
#### 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 |
| 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

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

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 |