# 1914 Brooklyn Tip-Tops season

The 1914 Brooklyn Tip-Tops season was a season in American baseball. The Tip-Tops finished in 5th place in the Federal League, 11½ 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 | Grover Land | 102 | 335 | 92 | .275 | 0 | 29 |
| 1B | Hap Myers | 92 | 305 | 67 | .220 | 1 | 29 |
| 2B | Solly Hofman | 147 | 515 | 148 | .287 | 5 | 83 |
| SS | Ed Gagnier | 94 | 337 | 63 | .187 | 0 | 25 |
| 3B | Tex Wisterzil | 149 | 534 | 137 | .257 | 0 | 66 |
| OF | Steve Evans | 145 | 514 | 179 | .348 | 12 | 96 |
| OF | Claude Cooper | 113 | 399 | 96 | .241 | 2 | 25 |
| OF | Al Shaw | 112 | 376 | 122 | .324 | 5 | 49 |

#### 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 |
| George Anderson | 98 | 364 | 115 | .316 | 3 | 24 |
| Al Halt | 80 | 261 | 61 | .234 | 3 | 25 |
| Jim Delahanty | 74 | 214 | 62 | .290 | 0 | 15 |
| Yip Owens | 58 | 184 | 51 | .277 | 2 | 20 |
| Danny Murphy | 52 | 161 | 49 | .304 | 4 | 32 |
| Art Griggs | 40 | 112 | 32 | .286 | 1 | 15 |
| Felix Chouinard | 32 | 79 | 20 | .253 | 0 | 8 |
| Art Watson | 22 | 46 | 13 | .283 | 1 | 3 |
| Rinaldo Williams | 4 | 15 | 4 | .267 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Bradley | 7 | 6 | 3 | .500 | 0 | 3 |

### 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 |
| Tom Seaton | 44 | 302.2 | 25 | 14 | 3.03 | 172 |
| Ed Lafitte | 42 | 290.2 | 18 | 15 | 2.63 | 137 |
| Happy Finneran | 27 | 175.1 | 12 | 11 | 3.18 | 54 |
| Bert Maxwell | 12 | 71.1 | 3 | 4 | 3.28 | 19 |
| Mordecai Brown | 9 | 57.2 | 2 | 5 | 4.21 | 32 |
| Joe Vernon | 1 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 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 |
| Byron Houck | 17 | 92.0 | 2 | 6 | 3.13 | 45 |
| Don Marion | 17 | 89.1 | 3 | 2 | 3.93 | 41 |
| Rudy Sommers | 23 | 82.0 | 2 | 7 | 4.06 | 40 |
| Bill Chappelle | 16 | 74.1 | 4 | 2 | 3.15 | 31 |
| Jim Bluejacket | 17 | 67.0 | 4 | 5 | 3.76 | 29 |
| Rube Peters | 11 | 37.1 | 2 | 2 | 3.82 | 13 |
| Harry Juul | 9 | 29.0 | 0 | 3 | 6.21 | 16 |
| Fin Wilson | 2 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.71 | 4 |

#### 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 |
| Esty Chaney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1 |
| John McGraw | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |