# 1914 Chicago Cubs season

The 1914 Chicago Cubs season was the 43rd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 39th in the National League and the 22nd at West Side Park. The Cubs finished fourth in the National League with a record of 78–76.

## 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 | Roger Bresnahan | 101 | 248 | 69 | .278 | 0 | 24 |
| 1B | Vic Saier | 153 | 537 | 129 | .240 | 18 | 72 |
| 2B | Bill Sweeney | 134 | 463 | 101 | .218 | 1 | 38 |
| SS | Red Corriden | 107 | 318 | 73 | .230 | 3 | 29 |
| 3B | Heinie Zimmerman | 146 | 564 | 167 | .296 | 4 | 87 |
| OF | Tommy Leach | 153 | 577 | 152 | .263 | 7 | 46 |
| OF | Wilbur Good | 154 | 580 | 158 | .272 | 2 | 43 |
| OF | Frank Schulte | 137 | 465 | 112 | .241 | 5 | 61 |

#### 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 |
| Jimmy Archer | 79 | 248 | 64 | .258 | 0 | 19 |
| Jimmy Johnston | 50 | 101 | 23 | .228 | 1 | 8 |
| Claud Derrick | 28 | 96 | 21 | .219 | 0 | 13 |
| Cy Williams | 55 | 94 | 19 | .202 | 0 | 5 |
| Pete Knisely | 37 | 69 | 9 | .130 | 0 | 5 |
| Bob Fisher | 15 | 50 | 15 | .300 | 0 | 5 |
| Art Phelan | 25 | 46 | 13 | .283 | 0 | 3 |
| Art Bues | 14 | 45 | 10 | .222 | 0 | 4 |
| Bubbles Hargrave | 23 | 36 | 8 | .222 | 0 | 2 |
| Chick Keating | 20 | 30 | 3 | .100 | 0 | 0 |
| Fritz Mollwitz | 13 | 20 | 3 | .150 | 0 | 1 |
| Tom Needham | 9 | 17 | 2 | .118 | 0 | 3 |
| Johnny Bates | 9 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 1 |
| Earl Tyree | 1 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Milo Allison | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 |
| Herman Bronkie | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 |
| Tuffy Stewart | 2 | 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 |
| Larry Cheney | 50 | 311.1 | 20 | 18 | 2.54 | 157 |
| Hippo Vaughn | 42 | 293.2 | 21 | 13 | 2.05 | 165 |
| Jimmy Lavender | 37 | 214.1 | 11 | 11 | 3.07 | 87 |
| George McConnell | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 1.29 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Bert Humphries | 34 | 171.0 | 10 | 11 | 2.68 | 62 |
| George Pierce | 30 | 141.0 | 9 | 12 | 3.51 | 78 |
| Zip Zabel | 29 | 128.0 | 4 | 4 | 2.18 | 50 |
| Charlie Smith | 16 | 53.2 | 2 | 4 | 3.86 | 17 |
| Eddie Stack | 7 | 16.1 | 0 | 1 | 4.96 | 9 |

#### 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 |
| Casey Hageman | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.47 | 17 |
| Elmer Koestner | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.84 | 6 |