1914 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 1914 throughout the world.  

[edit] Champions

• World Series: Boston Braves over Philadelphia Athletics (4-0)

[edit] Awards and honors

[edit] Major League Baseball final standings

[edit] American League final standings

[edit] National League final standings

[edit] Federal League final standings

[edit] Events

[edit] Births

• February 9 - Bill Veeck
• February 17 - Rod Dedeaux
• March 1 - Harry Caray
• July 26 - Ellis Kinder
• August 22 - Augie Donatelli
• October 13 - Frankie Hayes
• October 14 - Harry Brecheen
• November 2 - Johnny Vander Meer
• November 23 - Emmett Ashford
• November 25 - Joe DiMaggio
• December 11 - Bill Nicholson
• December 12 - Buzzie Bavasi

[edit] Deaths

• April 1 - Rube Waddell, 37, pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics who led AL in strikeouts six consecutive years, including modern record of 349 in 1904; four-time 20-game winner led AL in ERA twice with career 2.16 mark, best ever by lefthander with 1500 innings; 2316 strikeouts ranked third in history upon retirement, 50 shutouts ranked fifth; first major leaguer to strike out side on nine pitches
• July 9 - Ossee Schreckengost, 39, catcher, most notably with the Athletics, who pioneered one-handed style; batted .300 twice
• August 17 - Harry Steinfeldt, 36, third baseman for the Reds and Cubs who led NL in hits, doubles and RBI once each, batted .300 twice; hit .471 in 1907 World Series to lead Cubs to title
• November 2 - Jack Sheridan, 52, American League umpire since the league's 1901 formation, previously in the Players League and National League, who officiated in four of the first seven World Series; introduced the practice of crouching behind the catcher when calling balls and strikes