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.Frank Harter page at Baseball Reference

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

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1914 Indianapolis Hoosiers Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

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 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 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 74 166 54 .325 1 30 Carl Vandagrift 43 136 34 .250 0 9 Biddy Dolan 32 103 23 .223 1 15 22 57 10 .175 0 4 26 50 12 .240 0 5 Frank Rooney 12 35 7 .200 1 8 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 49 377.1 25 16 2.22 236 43 316.2 19 18 3.47 205 37 275.1 17 10 3.11 75 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 36 203.0 14 10 2.70 74 32 125.2 8 7 3.72 45 7 26.0 0 2 4.85 7 8 26.0 2 0 4.85 10 6 24.2 1 2 4.01 8 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 2 0 0 1 4.50 1 Fred Ostendorf 1 0 0 0 22.50 0

Notes

References 1914 Indianapolis Hoosiers at Baseball Reference