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1914 Indianapolis Hoosiers season

Field	Value
name	Indianapolis Hoosiers
season	1914
misc	Federal League champions
league	Federal League
ballpark	Federal League Park
city	Indianapolis, Indiana
record
league_place	1st
owners	Harry F. Sinclair
managers	Bill Phillips
next_season	1915 Newark Peppers season

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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

Record vs. opponents

Roster

1914 Indianapolis Hoosiers
Roster
Pitchers

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

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

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

1915

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hartefr01.shtml Frank Harter page at Baseball Reference]

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