en 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.^[1]

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.

1914 Federal League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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	—

1914 Indianapolis Hoosiers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

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

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

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

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

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

Preceded by First Season	Federal League Championship Season 1914	Succeeded by Chicago Whales 1915