1914 New York Yankees

The final standing	7th in AL (Did not qualify for World Series)
Regular season record	70-84 (.455)
Post-season record	(Not played)
AL rank	7th
World Series record and opponent	(Not played)
Manager	Frank Chance and Roger Peckinpaugh
Captain	Roger Peckinpaugh
Top batter	Home runs: Roger Peckinpaugh (3), Fritz Maisel, Les Nunamaker (2) BA: Birdie Cree (.309), Doc Cook (.283), Charlie Mullen (.260) Runs: Fritz Maisel (78), Doc Cook (59), Roy Hartzell, Roger Peckinpaugh (55)  RBI: Roger Peckinpaugh (51), Fritz Maisel (47), Charlie Mullen (44)
Top pitcher/ (W-L, ERA)	Ray Caldwell: 18-9, 1.94
Attendance record	359,477 (4th of 8)

1914 New York Yankees season: A brief summary

The 1914 New York Yankees season, marking the club’s twelfth year, was a period of mixed fortunes and challenges. Ending the season with a record of 70–84, the Yankees found themselves in the lower echelons of the American League, finishing in seventh place. This performance reflected a team in transition, grappling with the competitive dynamics of early 20th-century baseball.

One of the key aspects of this season was the team’s struggle for consistency. With 70 wins, the Yankees showed they could compete, but the 84 losses indicated a lack of cohesion and perhaps issues in strategy or execution. This was a time when the sport was evolving, and the Yankees, like many other teams, were trying to adapt to new styles of play and management.

The player roster of the 1914 Yankees included some notable talents, but it’s apparent that they lacked the depth or star power to consistently outperform their rivals. The season’s stats might not have showcased any standout performers who dominated the league, but it did highlight a group of hardworking and determined players.

In the context of the American League, the Yankees’ performance was middling. Finishing seventh out of eight teams signified that while they were not at the bottom, there was significant room for improvement. This season would have been a learning experience for the club, emphasizing the need for strategic improvements, whether in player recruitment, training, or on-field tactics.

The 1914 season was also significant in the broader history of baseball. It was a time of great change in the sport, with the Federal League challenging the established structure. This upheaval in the baseball world may have had indirect impacts on teams like the Yankees, affecting player morale and the competitive environment.

In summary, the 1914 New York Yankees season was a reflection of a team in the midst of growth and struggle. While their record was not impressive, it provided valuable lessons and experiences that would contribute to the team’s future development. The season was a stepping stone, part of the long and storied history of one of baseball’s most iconic franchises.

Postseason Result

(Did not qualify – Eliminated in Regular Season)

1914 New York Yankees roster

Name	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	WAR
Ángel Aragón	23	R	R	5′ 5″	150	Aug 2, 1890	1st	6	1	0
Luke Boone	24	R	R	5′ 9″	160	May 6, 1890	2	108	96	-0.2
Carroll Brown	25	R	R	6′ 1″	178	Feb 20, 1889	4	20	14	0.4
Tom Burr	20	R	R	6′ 3″	190	Nov 1, 1893	1st	1	0	0
Ray Caldwell	26	L	R	6′ 2″	190	Apr 26, 1888	5	59	26	7.1
Frank Chance	37	R	R	6′ 0″	190	Sep 9, 1876	17	1	0	0
Les Channell	28	L	L	6′ 0″	180	Mar 3, 1886	2	1	0
King Cole	28	R	R	6′ 1″	170	Apr 15, 1886	5	33	15	0.1
Doc Cook	28	L	R	6′ 0″	170	Jun 24, 1886	2	134	126	0.9
Guy Cooper	21	B	R	6′ 1″	185	Jan 28, 1893	1st	1	0	-0.1
Birdie Cree	31	R	R	5′ 6″	150	Oct 23, 1882	7	77	75	3
Tom Daley	29	L	R	5′ 5″	168	Nov 13, 1884	3	69	54	1.4
Ray Fisher	26	R	R	5′ 11″	180	Oct 4, 1887	5	29	26	4.1
Frank Gilhooley	22	L	R	5′ 8″	155	Jun 10, 1892	4	1	1	0.1
Dick Gossett	23	R	R	5′ 11″	185	Aug 21, 1890	2	10	9	-0.3
Joe Harris	23	R	R	5′ 9″	170	May 20, 1891	1st	2	1	0.1
Roy Hartzell	32	L	R	5′ 8″	155	Jul 6, 1881	9	138	134	1.5
Bill Holden	24	R	R	6′ 0″	170	Sep 7, 1889	2	50	44	-0.8
Ray Keating	20	R	R	5′ 11″	185	Jul 21, 1893	3	35	25	0.9
Harry Kingman	22	L	L	6′ 1″	165	Apr 3, 1892	1st	4	0	0
Fritz Maisel	24	R	R	5′ 7″	170	Dec 23, 1889	2	150	148	3.6
Marty McHale	27	R	R	5′ 11″	174	Oct 30, 1886	4	34	23	1.7
Charlie Meara	23	L	R	5′ 10″	160	Apr 16, 1891	1st	4	2	0
Charlie Mullen	25	R	R	5′ 10″	155	Mar 15, 1889	3	93	93	0.5
Les Nunamaker	25	R	R	6′ 2″	190	Jan 25, 1889	4	87	70	3.1
Roger Peckinpaugh	23	R	R	5′ 10″	165	Feb 5, 1891	4	157	157	3.3
Cy Pieh	27	R	R	6′ 2″	190	Sep 29, 1886	2	19	4	-1
Bill Reynolds	29	R	R	6′ 0″	185	Aug 14, 1884	2	4	0	0
Jay Rogers	25	R	R	5′ 11″	178	Aug 3, 1888	1st	5	1	-0.3
Al Schulz	25	R	L	6′ 0″	182	May 12, 1889	3	6	4	0
Pi Schwert	21	R	R	5′ 10″	160	Nov 22, 1892	1st	3	2	0.1
Ed Sweeney	25	R	R	6′ 1″	200	Jul 19, 1888	7	87	78	1.2
Frank Truesdale	30	B	R	5′ 8″	145	Mar 31, 1884	3	77	65	0.7
Jimmy Walsh	26	R	R	5′ 10″	170	Aug 24, 1887	3	43	39	-0.1
Jack Warhop	29	R	R	5′ 9″	168	Jul 4, 1884	7	41	23	3.3
Harry Williams	24	R	R	6′ 1″	200	Jun 23, 1890	2	59	57	-1

1914 New York Yankees player additions, transactions, and trades

December 1913:

• December 8: John Knight player rights sold to Toledo (American Association).

Before 1914 Season:

• Bill McKechnie jumped to the Indianapolis Hoosiers.
• Al Schulz jumped to the Buffalo Buffeds.
• Rollie Zeider jumped to the Chicago Chi-Feds.

January 1914:

• January: Dan Costello selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates off waivers.
• January 20: Russ Ford jumped to the Buffalo Buffeds.

February 1914:

• February 19: Birdie Cree player rights sold to Baltimore (International) for $2,500.

May 1914:

• May 13: Purchased Les Nunamaker from the Boston Red Sox.
• May 19: Bill Reynolds player rights sold to Jersey City (International).
• May 27: Guy Cooper player rights sold to the Boston Red Sox.
• May 31: Purchased Charlie Meara from Perth Amboy (Atlantic).

June 1914:

• June 13: Traded Jimmy Walsh to the Philadelphia Athletics. Received Tom Daley.
• June 25: Traded a player to be named later and cash to Lincoln (Western). Received Charlie Mullen. The New York Yankees sent Harry Williams (July 1, 1914) to Lincoln (Western) to complete the trade.

July 1914:

• July 6: Purchased Carroll Brown from the Philadelphia Athletics.
• July 8: Traded Bill Holden and $5,000 to Baltimore (International). Received Birdie Cree.
• July 20: Released Jay Rogers.

1914 New York Yankees player Debuts

• Angel Aragon – 08-20-1914 – 24 years old
• Alex Burr – 04-21-1914 – 20 years old
• Guy Cooper – 05-02-1914 – 21 years old
• Joe Harris – 06-09-1914 – 23 years old
• Harry Kingman – 07-01-1914 – 22 years old
• Charlie Meara – 06-01-1914 – 23 years old
• Jay Rogers – 05-22-1914 – 25 years old
• Pi Schwert – 10-06-1914 – 21 years old

1914 New York Yankees team stats (batting)

Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA
C	Ed Sweeney	25	87	306	258	25	55	8	1	1	22	19	6	35	30	0.213
1B	Charlie Mullen	25	93	381	323	33	84	8	0	0	44	11	17	33	55	0.26
2B	Luke Boone	24	106	414	370	34	82	8	2	0	21	10	18	31	41	0.222
SS	Roger Peckinpaugh	23	157	635	570	55	127	14	6	3	51	38	17	51	73	0.223
3B	Fritz Maisel	24	150	630	548	78	131	23	9	2	47	74	17	76	69	0.239
OF	Roy Hartzell	32	137	581	481	55	112	15	9	1	32	22	25	68	38	0.233
OF	Birdie Cree	31	77	322	275	45	85	18	5	0	40	4	9	30	24	0.309
OF	Doc Cook	28	132	534	470	59	133	11	3	1	40	26	32	44	60	0.283
C	Les Nunamaker	25	87	284	257	19	68	10	3	2	29	11	9	22	34	0.265
2B	Frank Truesdale	30	77	263	217	22	46	4	0	0	13	11	11	39	35	0.212
OF	Tom Daley	29	69	239	191	36	48	6	4	0	9	8	8	38	13	0.251
1B	Harry Williams	24	59	212	178	9	29	5	2	1	17	3	6	26	26	0.163
OF	Bill Holden	24	50	186	165	12	30	3	2	0	12	2	4	16	26	0.182
OF	Jimmy Walsh	26	43	166	136	13	26	1	3	1	11	6	9	29	21	0.191
C	Dick Gossett	23	10	27	21	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	5	0.143
OF	Ángel Aragón	23	6	10	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.143
OF	Charlie Meara	23	4	9	7	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	0.286
C	Pi Schwert	21	3	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0
C	Jay Rogers	25	5	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
UT	Joe Harris	23	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0
C	Bill Reynolds	29	4	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.4
OF	Frank Gilhooley	22	1	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.667
1B	Harry Kingman	22	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
	Les Channell	28	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1B	Frank Chance	37	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
OF	Tom Burr	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
P	Ray Caldwell	26	59	126	113	9	22	4	0	0	10	2	1	7	24	0.195
P	Ray Keating	20	35	78	71	6	12	1	0	0	6	1	0	4	25	0.169
P	Jack Warhop	29	41	74	71	10	10	3	1	0	1	1	0	1	18	0.141
P	Ray Fisher	26	29	71	65	2	9	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	11	0.138
P	Marty McHale	27	32	66	60	5	12	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	15	0.2
P	Carroll Brown	25	20	48	44	1	8	3	1	0	2	0	0	2	18	0.182
P	King Cole	28	33	45	42	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	20	0.048
P	Cy Pieh	27	19	20	17	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	8	0.118
P	Al Schulz	25	6	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0
P	Guy Cooper	21	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals	26.4	157	5773	4992	535	1144	149	52	12	416	251	191	577	711	0.229
	Rank in 8 AL teams				8	6	8	8	8	7		1	8	1	7	8
	Non-Pitcher Totals	26.5	157	5235	4501	501	1067	135	49	12	390	245	189	553	567	0.237
	Pitcher Totals	25.8	157	538	491	34	77	14	3	0	26	6	2	24	144	0.157

1914 New York Yankees team stats (pitching)

Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER
SP	Jack Warhop	29	8	15	0.348	2.37	37	23	10	15	0	0	216.2	182	75	57
SP	Ray Caldwell	26	18	9	0.667	1.94	31	23	7	22	5	0	213	153	53	46
SP	Ray Keating	20	8	11	0.421	2.96	34	25	5	14	0	0	210	198	94	69
SP	Ray Fisher	26	10	12	0.455	2.28	29	26	2	17	2	1	209	177	65	53
SP	Marty McHale	27	6	16	0.273	2.97	31	23	6	12	0	1	191	195	82	63
SP	Carroll Brown	25	6	5	0.545	3.24	20	14	4	8	0	0	122.1	123	57	44
RP	King Cole	28	10	9	0.526	3.3	33	15	12	8	2	0	141.2	151	63	52
RP	Cy Pieh	27	3	4	0.429	5.05	18	4	10	1	0	0	62.1	68	41	35
	Al Schulz	25	1	3	0.25	4.76	6	4	2	1	0	0	28.1	27	17	15
	Guy Cooper	21	0	0		9	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	3	3	3
	Team Totals	25.8	70	84	0.455	2.81	157	157	59	98	9	2	1397.1	1277	550	437
	Rank in 8 AL teams		6	2		5				1	7	7	7	5	4	5

1914 New York Yankees record vs. opponents/ Team splits

Opponent (Games)	Won	Lost	WP
Boston Red Sox (22)	11	11	0.500
Chicago White Sox (23)	10	12	0.455
Cleveland Naps (23)	14	8	0.636
Detroit Tigers (23)	9	13	0.409
Philadelphia Athletics (22)	8	14	0.364
St. Louis Browns (22)	11	11	0.500
Washington Senators (22)	7	15	0.318

1914 New York Yankees monthly Record

Month (Games)	Won	Lost	WP
April (9)	5	4	0.556
May (26)	11	15	0.423
June (27)	6	20	0.231
July (35)	20	13	0.606
August (27)	14	13	0.519
September (26)	11	15	0.423
October (7)	3	4	0.429

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