# 1914 Indianapolis Hoosiers season

The 1914 Indianapolis Hoosiers season was a season in American baseball. The Hoosiers won the inaugural Federal League championship, finishing 88–65, 1½ games ahead of the Chicago Federals.

## Offseason

* Prior to 1914 season: Frank Harter jumped to the Hoosiers from the Cincinnati Reds.

## Regular season

The offensive star of the team was outfielder Benny Kauff, who led the league in batting average (.370), runs scored (120), and stolen bases (75). Future Hall of Famers Edd Roush and Bill McKechnie also saw significant playing time, and Indianapolis scored a league-high 762 runs. Their rotation ace, Cy Falkenberg, went 25–16 with a 2.22 earned run average; he topped the circuit with 236 strikeouts.

### 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 | Bill Rariden | 131 | 396 | 93 | .235 | 0 | 47 |
| 1B | Charlie Carr | 115 | 441 | 129 | .293 | 3 | 69 |
| 2B | Frank LaPorte | 133 | 505 | 157 | .311 | 4 | 107 |
| SS | Jimmy Esmond | 151 | 542 | 160 | .295 | 2 | 49 |
| 3B | Bill McKechnie | 149 | 570 | 173 | .304 | 2 | 38 |
| OF | Al Scheer | 120 | 363 | 111 | .306 | 3 | 45 |
| OF | Vin Campbell | 134 | 544 | 173 | .318 | 7 | 44 |
| OF | Benny Kauff | 154 | 571 | 211 | .370 | 8 | 95 |

#### 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 |
| Al Kaiser | 59 | 187 | 43 | .230 | 1 | 16 |
| Edd Roush | 74 | 166 | 54 | .325 | 1 | 30 |
| Carl Vandagrift | 43 | 136 | 34 | .250 | 0 | 9 |
| Biddy Dolan | 32 | 103 | 23 | .223 | 1 | 15 |
| George Textor | 22 | 57 | 10 | .175 | 0 | 4 |
| Bill Warren | 26 | 50 | 12 | .240 | 0 | 5 |
| Frank Rooney | 12 | 35 | 7 | .200 | 1 | 8 |
| Everitt Booe | 20 | 31 | 7 | .226 | 0 | 6 |

### 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 |
| Cy Falkenberg | 49 | 377.1 | 25 | 16 | 2.22 | 236 |
| Earl Moseley | 43 | 316.2 | 19 | 18 | 3.47 | 205 |
| George Kaiserling | 37 | 275.1 | 17 | 10 | 3.11 | 75 |
| Katsy Keifer | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| George Mullin | 36 | 203.0 | 14 | 10 | 2.70 | 74 |
| Harry Billiard | 32 | 125.2 | 8 | 7 | 3.72 | 45 |
| Ralph McConnaughey | 7 | 26.0 | 0 | 2 | 4.85 | 7 |
| Charlie Whitehouse | 8 | 26.0 | 2 | 0 | 4.85 | 10 |
| Frank Harter | 6 | 24.2 | 1 | 2 | 4.01 | 8 |
| Ed Henderson | 2 | 10.0 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 | 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 |
| Clarence Woods | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.50 | 1 |
| Fred Ostendorf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.50 | 0 |