1914 Baltimore Terrapins season

The 1914 Baltimore Terrapins season was a season in American baseball. They finished in third place in the Federal League, 4½ games behind the Indianapolis Hoosiers.

1914 Baltimore Terrapins
3rd place, Federal League
Major League affiliations
Federal League (since 1914)
Location
Terrapin Park (since 1914) Baltimore, Maryland (since 1914)
Other information
Owner(s)	Ned Hanlon
Manager(s)	Otto Knabe
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Offseason

• Prior to 1914 season
  • Vern Duncan jumped to the Terrapins from the Philadelphia Phillies.[1]
  • Guy Zinn jumped to the Terrapins from the Boston Braves.[2]

Regular season

The 1914 Baltimore Terrapins

Season standings

Federal League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Indianapolis Hoosiers	88	65	0.575	—	53–23	35–42
Chicago Federals	87	67	0.565	1½	43–34	44–33
Baltimore Terrapins	84	70	0.545	4½	53–26	31–44
Buffalo Buffeds	80	71	0.530	7	47–29	33–42
Brooklyn Tip-Tops	77	77	0.500	11½	47–32	30–45
Kansas City Packers	67	84	0.444	20	37–36	30–48
Pittsburgh Rebels	64	86	0.427	22½	37–37	27–49
St. Louis Terriers	62	89	0.411	25	32–43	30–46

Record vs. opponents

1914 Federal League Records Sources:
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	—

Roster

1914 Baltimore Terrapins
Roster
Pitchers John Allen Bill Bailey Snipe Conley Vern Hughes Jack Quinn Jack Ridgway Frank Smith George Suggs Kaiser Wilhelm Ducky Yount		Catchers Medric Boucher Fred Jacklitsch Doc Kerr Harvey Russell Infielders Mickey Doolan Enos Kirkpatrick Otto Knabe Frank Lobert Harry Swacina Jimmy Walsh		Outfielders Johnny Bates Felix Chouinard Vern Duncan Fred Kommers Jack McCandless Benny Meyer Hack Simmons Guy Zinn		Manager Otto Knabe

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
1B	Harry Swacina	158	617	173	.280	0	90
2B	Otto Knabe	147	469	106	.226	2	42
3B	Jimmy Walsh	120	428	132	.308	10	65
OF	Vern Duncan	157	557	160	.287	2	53

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
Johnny Bates	59	190	58	.305	1	29
Fred Kommers	16	42	9	.214	1	1

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
Jack Quinn	46	342.2	26	14	2.60	164
Bill Bailey	19	128.2	7	9	3.08	131

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
Frank Smith	39	174.2	10	8	2.99	83
Snipe Conley	35	125	4	6	2.52	86
Jack Ridgway	4	9	0	1	11.00	2

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
Vern Hughes	3	0	0	0	3.18	0
John Allen	1	0	0	0	18.00	2

Notes

1. Vern Duncan page at Baseball-Reference
2. Guy Zinn page at Baseball-Reference

References

• 1914 Baltimore Terrapins at Baseball Reference