1914 Brooklyn Tip-Tops season

The 1914 Brooklyn Tip-Tops season was a season in American baseball. The Tip-Tops finished in 5th place in the Federal League, 11½ games behind the Indianapolis Hoosiers.

1914 Brooklyn Tip-Tops
5th place, Federal League
Major League affiliations
Federal League (since 1914)
Location
Washington Park (since 1914) Brooklyn, New York (since 1914)
Other information
Owner(s)	Robert Ward
Manager(s)	Bill Bradley
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Regular season

The 1914 Brooklyn Tip-Tops

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 Brooklyn Tip-Tops
Roster
Pitchers Jim Bluejacket Mordecai Brown Esty Chaney Bill Chappelle Happy Finneran Byron Houck Herold Juul Ed Lafitte Dan Marion Bert Maxwell John McGraw Rube Peters Tom Seaton Rudy Sommers Joe Vernon Fin Wilson		Catchers Grover Land Yip Owens Art Watson Infielders Jim Delahanty Ed Gagnier Art Griggs Al Halt Solly Hofman Hap Myers Rinaldo Williams Tex Wisterzil		Outfielders George Anderson Felix Chouinard Claude Cooper Steve Evans Danny Murphy Al Shaw Other batters Bill Bradley		Manager Bill Bradley

Player stats

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	Grover Land	102	335	92	.275	0	29
1B	Hap Myers	92	305	67	.220	1	29
2B	Solly Hofman	147	515	148	.287	5	83
SS	Ed Gagnier	94	337	63	.187	0	25
3B	Tex Wisterzil	149	534	137	.257	0	66
OF	Steve Evans	145	514	179	.348	12	96
OF	Claude Cooper	113	399	96	.241	2	25
OF	Al Shaw	112	376	122	.324	5	49

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
George Anderson	98	364	115	.316	3	24
Al Halt	80	261	61	.234	3	25
Jim Delahanty	74	214	62	.290	0	15
Yip Owens	58	184	51	.277	2	20
Danny Murphy	52	161	49	.304	4	32
Art Griggs	40	112	32	.286	1	15
Felix Chouinard	32	79	20	.253	0	8
Art Watson	22	46	13	.283	1	3
Rinaldo Williams	4	15	4	.267	0	0
Bill Bradley	7	6	3	.500	0	3

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
Tom Seaton	44	302.2	25	14	3.03	172
Ed Lafitte	42	290.2	18	15	2.63	137
Happy Finneran	27	175.1	12	11	3.18	54
Bert Maxwell	12	71.1	3	4	3.28	19
Mordecai Brown	9	57.2	2	5	4.21	32
Joe Vernon	1	3.1	0	0	10.80	0

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
Byron Houck	17	92	2	6	3.13	45
Don Marion	17	89.1	3	2	3.93	41
Rudy Sommers	23	82	2	7	4.06	40
Bill Chappelle	16	74.1	4	2	3.15	31
Jim Bluejacket	17	67	4	5	3.76	29
Rube Peters	11	37.1	2	2	3.82	13
Harry Juul	9	29	0	3	6.21	16
Fin Wilson	2	7	0	1	7.71	4

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
Esty Chaney	1	0	0	0	6.75	1
John McGraw	1	0	0	0	0.00	2

References

• 1914 Brooklyn Tip-Tops at Baseball Reference