# 1914 Chicago Federals season

The 1914 Chicago Federals season was a season in American baseball. Chicago finished 87–67, good for 2nd place in the Federal League, just 1½ games behind the Indianapolis Hoosiers.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteFederal League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Indianapolis Hoosiers | 88 | 65 | .575 | — | 53‍–‍23 | 35‍–‍42 |
| Chicago Federals | 87 | 67 | .565 | 1½ | 43‍–‍34 | 44‍–‍33 |
| Baltimore Terrapins | 84 | 70 | .545 | 4½ | 53‍–‍26 | 31‍–‍44 |
| Buffalo Buffeds | 80 | 71 | .530 | 7 | 47‍–‍29 | 33‍–‍42 |
| Brooklyn Tip-Tops | 77 | 77 | .500 | 11½ | 47‍–‍32 | 30‍–‍45 |
| Kansas City Packers | 67 | 84 | .444 | 20 | 37‍–‍36 | 30‍–‍48 |
| Pittsburgh Rebels | 64 | 86 | .427 | 22½ | 37‍–‍37 | 27‍–‍49 |
| St. Louis Terriers | 62 | 89 | .411 | 25 | 32‍–‍43 | 30‍–‍46 |

### Record vs. opponents

1914 Federal League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BR | BUF | CHI | IND | KC | PIT | STL |
| Baltimore | — | 9–13 | 14–8–1 | 12–10 | 10–12–1 | 12–10 | 10–12–2 | 17–5–1 |
| Brooklyn | 13–9 | — | 11–11–1 | 9–13 | 3–19 | 11–11–1 | 17–5–1 | 13–9 |
| Buffalo | 8–14–1 | 11–11–1 | — | 10–12–1 | 11–10 | 12–10–1 | 13–7 | 15–7 |
| Chicago | 10–12 | 13–9 | 12–10–1 | — | 13–9–1 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 13–9–1 |
| Indianapolis | 12–10–2 | 19–3 | 10–11 | 9–13–1 | — | 13–9–1 | 12–10 | 13–9 |
| Kansas City | 10–12 | 11–11 | 10–12–1 | 8–14 | 9–13–1 | — | 11–10 | 8–12 |
| Pittsburgh | 12–10–2 | 5–17 | 7–13–1 | 10–12 | 10–12 | 10–11 | — | 10–11–1 |
| St. Louis | 5–17–1 | 9–13 | 7–15 | 9–13–1 | 9–13 | 12–8 | 11–10 | — |

### 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 | Art Wilson | 137 | 440 | 128 | .291 | 10 | 64 |
| 1B | Fred Beck | 157 | 555 | 155 | .279 | 11 | 77 |
| 2B | Jack Farrell | 156 | 524 | 123 | .235 | 0 | 35 |
| SS | Joe Tinker | 126 | 438 | 112 | .256 | 2 | 46 |
| 3B | Rollie Zeider | 119 | 452 | 124 | .274 | 1 | 36 |
| OF | Al Wickland | 157 | 536 | 148 | .276 | 6 | 68 |
| OF | Dutch Zwilling | 154 | 592 | 185 | .313 | 16 | 95 |
| OF | Max Flack | 134 | 502 | 124 | .247 | 2 | 39 |

#### 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 |
| Harry Fritz | 65 | 174 | 37 | .213 | 0 | 13 |
| Austin Walsh | 57 | 121 | 29 | .240 | 1 | 10 |
| Bruno Block | 45 | 106 | 21 | .198 | 0 | 14 |
| Jim Stanley | 54 | 98 | 19 | .194 | 0 | 4 |
| Clem Clemens | 13 | 27 | 4 | .148 | 0 | 2 |
| Bill Jackson | 26 | 25 | 1 | .040 | 0 | 1 |
| Leo Kavanagh | 5 | 11 | 3 | .273 | 0 | 1 |
| Jimmy Smith | 3 | 6 | 3 | .500 | 0 | 1 |
| Skipper Roberts | 4 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
| Jack Kading | 3 | 3 | 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 |
| Claude Hendrix | 49 | 362.0 | 29 | 10 | 1.69 | 189 |
| Doc Watson | 26 | 172.0 | 9 | 8 | 2.04 | 69 |
| Rankin Johnson | 16 | 120.0 | 9 | 5 | 1.58 | 60 |
| Dan Sherman | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 |

#### 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 |
| Max Fiske | 38 | 198.0 | 12 | 12 | 3.14 | 87 |
| Erv Lange | 36 | 190.0 | 12 | 11 | 2.23 | 87 |
| Mike Prendergast | 30 | 136.0 | 5 | 9 | 2.38 | 71 |
| Tom McGuire | 24 | 131.1 | 5 | 6 | 3.70 | 37 |
| Ad Brennan | 16 | 85.2 | 5 | 5 | 3.57 | 31 |

#### 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 |
| Dave Black | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.12 | 19 |