1914 NL

The 1914 season of the National League was the thirty-ninth season of the league.

[edit] Season summary

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	Boston Braves	158	94	59	5	.595	-.-	657 (4.16)	548 (3.47)	0.251	0.317	0.335	2.74	0.963
2	New York Giants	156	84	70	2	.538	10.5	672 (4.31)	576 (3.69)	0.265	0.324	0.348	2.94	0.961
3	St. Louis Cardinals	157	81	72	4	.516	13.0	558 (3.55)	540 (3.44)	0.248	0.309	0.333	2.38	0.964
4	Chicago Cubs	156	78	76	2	.500	16.5	605 (3.88)	638 (4.09)	0.243	0.312	0.337	2.71	0.951
5	Brooklyn Robins	154	75	79	0	.487	19.5	622 (4.04)	618 (4.01)	0.269	0.319	0.355	2.82	0.961
6	Philadelphia Phillies	154	74	80	0	.481	20.5	651 (4.23)	687 (4.46)	0.263	0.326	0.361	3.06	0.950
7	Pittsburgh Pirates	158	69	85	4	.437	25.5	503 (3.18)	540 (3.42)	0.233	0.290	0.303	2.70	0.966
8	Cincinnati Reds	157	60	94	3	.382	34.5	530 (3.38)	651 (4.15)	0.236	0.298	0.300	2.94	0.952

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Max Carey Rabbit Maranville	Pittsburgh Pirates Boston Braves	156
At Bats	Max Carey	Pittsburgh Pirates	593
Runs Scored	George Burns	New York Giants	100
Hits	Sherry Magee	Philadelphia Phillies	171
Doubles	Sherry Magee	Philadelphia Phillies	39
Triples	Max Carey	Pittsburgh Pirates	17
Home Runs	Gavvy Cravath	Philadelphia Phillies	19
Total Bases	Sherry Magee	Philadelphia Phillies	277
Runs Batted In	Sherry Magee	Philadelphia Phillies	103
Stolen Bases	George Burns	New York Giants	62
Walks	Miller Huggins	St. Louis Cardinals	105
Hit by Pitch	Art Fletcher Heinie Groh	New York Giants Cincinnati Reds	13
Strikeouts	Fred Merkle	New York Giants	80
Sacrifice Hits	Lee Magee	St. Louis Cardinals	35
Batting Average	Jake Daubert	Brooklyn Robins	0.329
On-Base Percentage	Casey Stengel	Brooklyn Robins	0.404
Slugging Percentage	Sherry Magee	Philadelphia Phillies	0.509
On-Base plus Slugging	Gavvy Cravath	Philadelphia Phillies	0.901
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Joe Connolly	Boston Braves	164

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Pete Alexander	Philadelphia Phillies	27
Losses	Red Ames	Cincinnati Reds	23
Win-Loss Percentage	Bill James	Boston Braves	0.788
Appearances	Larry Cheney	Chicago Cubs	50
Games Started	Larry Cheney Jeff Tesreau	Chicago Cubs New York Giants	40
Complete Games	Pete Alexander	Philadelphia Phillies	32
Shutouts	Jeff Tesreau	New York Giants	8
Games Finished	Zip Zabel	Chicago Cubs	18
Saves	Red Ames Slim Sallee	Cincinnati Reds St. Louis Cardinals	6
Innings Pitched	Pete Alexander	Philadelphia Phillies	355.0
Batters Faced	Pete Alexander	Philadelphia Phillies	1459
Hits Allowed	Pete Alexander	Philadelphia Phillies	327
Home Runs Allowed	Christy Mathewson	New York Giants	16
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Larry Cheney	Chicago Cubs	140
Hit Batsmen	Pol Perritt	St. Louis Cardinals	15
Strikeouts	Pete Alexander	Philadelphia Phillies	214
Wild Pitches	Larry Cheney	Chicago Cubs	26
Balks	Rube Benton Paul Fittery	Cincinnati Reds Cincinnati Reds	3
Runs Allowed	Larry Cheney	Chicago Cubs	136
Earned Runs Allowed	Christy Mathewson	New York Giants	104
Earned Run Average	Bill Doak	St. Louis Cardinals	1.72
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Babe Adams	Pittsburgh Pirates	1.032

In the World Series, the National League champion Boston Braves defeated the American League's Philadelphia Athletics, 4 games to 0.

The winner of the league's Chalmers Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Johnny Evers, a second baseman with the Boston Braves. In the award's voting, he had 50 out of a possible 64 points.