# 1914 Washington Senators season

The 1914 Washington Senators won 81 games, lost 73, and finished in third place in the American League. They were managed by Clark Griffith and played home games at National Park.

## 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 | — |

### 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 | John Henry | 92 | 261 | 44 | .169 | 0 | 20 |
| 1B | Chick Gandil | 145 | 526 | 136 | .259 | 3 | 75 |
| 2B | Ray Morgan | 147 | 491 | 126 | .257 | 1 | 49 |
| SS | George McBride | 157 | 503 | 102 | .203 | 0 | 24 |
| 3B | Eddie Foster | 157 | 616 | 174 | .282 | 2 | 50 |
| OF | Clyde Milan | 115 | 437 | 129 | .295 | 1 | 39 |
| OF | Danny Moeller | 151 | 571 | 143 | .250 | 1 | 45 |
| OF | Howie Shanks | 143 | 500 | 112 | .224 | 4 | 64 |

#### 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 |
| Mike Mitchell | 55 | 193 | 55 | .285 | 1 | 20 |
| Rip Williams | 81 | 169 | 47 | .278 | 1 | 22 |
| Eddie Ainsmith | 62 | 151 | 34 | .225 | 0 | 13 |
| Wally Smith | 45 | 97 | 19 | .196 | 0 | 8 |
| Merito Acosta | 39 | 74 | 19 | .257 | 0 | 4 |
| Germany Schaefer | 30 | 29 | 7 | .241 | 0 | 2 |
| Charlie Pick | 10 | 23 | 9 | .391 | 0 | 1 |
| Joe Gedeon | 4 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |
| Doug Neff | 3 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Irish Meusel | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Wilson | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
| Walter Johnson | 51 | 371.2 | 28 | 18 | 1.72 | 225 |
| Doc Ayers | 49 | 265.1 | 11 | 15 | 2.54 | 148 |
| Jim Shaw | 48 | 257.0 | 15 | 17 | 2.70 | 164 |
| Joe Boehling | 27 | 196.0 | 13 | 8 | 3.03 | 91 |

#### 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 |
| Jack Bentley | 30 | 125.1 | 5 | 7 | 2.37 | 55 |
| Joe Engel | 35 | 124.1 | 7 | 5 | 2.97 | 41 |
| Harry Harper | 23 | 57.0 | 2 | 1 | 3.47 | 50 |
| Carl Cashion | 2 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 10.80 | 1 |

#### 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 |
| Mutt Williams | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.14 | 3 |
| Bert Gallia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 4 |
| Jim Stevens | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
| Nick Altrock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Clark Griffith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Frank Barron | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |