1914 St. Louis Browns season

1914 St. Louis Browns
League	American League
Ballpark	Sportsman's Park
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	71–82 (.464)
League place	5th
Owners	Robert Hedges
Managers	Branch Rickey
Seasons

The 1914 St. Louis Browns season involved the Browns finishing 5th in the American League with a record of 71 wins and 82 losses.

Regular season

The 1914 St. Louis Browns.

Season standings

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American 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 record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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	—

Notable transactions

• May 1914: Jack Enzenroth jumped from the Browns to the Kansas City Packers.^[1]

Roster

1914 St. Louis Browns roster
Roster
Pitchers Grover Baichley George Baumgardner Earl Hamilton Harry Hoch Bill James Walt Leverenz Ernie Manning Roy Mitchell Allen Sothoron Wiley Taylor Carl Weilman		Catchers Sam Agnew Frank Crossin Jack Enzenroth George Hale Joe Jenkins Bill Rumler Infielders Jimmy Austin Charlie Bold Ed Hemingway Ivan Howard Dick Kauffman Doc Lavan John Leary Ed Miller Del Pratt Bobby Wallace Dee Walsh Buzzy Wares		Outfielders Tim Bowden Bob Clemens Bobby Messenger Burt Shotton Ernie Walker Tilly Walker Gus Williams Other batters Branch Rickey Dutch Schirick		Manager Branch Rickey

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	Sam Agnew	115	311	66	.212	0	16
1B	John Leary	144	533	141	.265	0	45
2B	Del Pratt	158	584	165	.283	5	65
SS	Doc Lavan	75	239	63	.264	1	21
3B	Jimmy Austin	130	466	111	.238	0	30
OF	Tilly Walker	151	517	154	.298	6	78
OF	Burt Shotton	154	579	156	.269	0	38
OF	Gus Williams	144	499	126	.253	4	47

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
Buzzy Wares	81	215	45	.209	0	23
Ivan Howard	81	209	51	.244	0	20
Ernie Walker	74	131	39	.298	1	14
Frank Crossin	43	90	11	.122	0	5
Bobby Wallace	26	73	16	.219	0	5
Ed Miller	41	58	8	.138	0	4
William Rumler	34	46	8	.174	0	6
Joe Jenkins	19	32	4	.125	0	0
Dee Walsh	7	23	2	.087	0	1
Dick Kauffman	7	15	4	.267	0	2
Bob Clemens	7	13	3	.231	0	3
George Hale	6	11	2	.182	0	0
Tim Bowden	7	9	2	.222	0	0
Jack Enzenroth	3	6	1	.167	0	0
Ed Hemingway	3	5	0	.000	0	0
Ernie Manning	7	4	0	.000	0	0
Branch Rickey	2	2	0	.000	0	0
Bobby Messenger	1	2	0	.000	0	0
Charlie Bold	2	1	0	.000	0	0
Dutch Schirick	1	0	0	----	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
Earl Hamilton	44	302.1	16	18	2.50	111
Carl Weilman	44	299.0	17	12	2.08	119
Bill James	44	284.0	15	14	2.85	109

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 Baumgardner	45	183.2	16	14	2.79	93
Walt Leverenz	27	111.1	1	12	3.80	41
Roy Mitchell	28	103.1	4	5	4.35	38
Harry Hoch	15	54.0	0	2	3.00	13
Wiley Taylor	16	50.0	2	5	3.42	20

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
Ernie Manning	4	0	0	0	3.60	3
Grover Baichley	4	0	0	0	5.14	3
Allan Sothoron	1	0	0	0	6.00	3

Notes

1. Jack Enzenroth page at Baseball Reference

References

• 1914 St. Louis Browns team page at Baseball Reference
• 1914 St. Louis Browns season at baseball-almanac.com