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1914 Portland Beavers season

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1914 Portland Beavers
LeaguePacific Coast League
BallparkVaughn Street Park
CityPortland, Oregon
Record113–84
League place1st
OwnersWilliam Wallace McCredie
ManagersWalt McCredie
← 1913

The 1914 Portland Beavers season was the 12th season in the history of the Portland Beavers baseball team. Under the leadership of manager Walt McCredie, the team compiled a 113–84 record and won the Pacific Coast League (PCL) pennant. The Beavers won five PCL pennants between 1906 and 1914.

Second baseman Bill Rodgers was the team captain and led the team with 227 hits. Outfielder Ty Lober led the PCL with nine home runs, and shortstop Art Kores led the league with 54 doubles and 21 triples.[1]

1914 PCL standings

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Team W L Pct. GB
Portland Beavers 113 84 .574 --
Los Angeles Angels 116 94 .552
San Francisco Seals 115 96 .545
Venice Tigers 113 98 .536
Sacramento Sacts 90 121 .427
Oakland Oaks 79 133 .373

Statistics

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Batting

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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; SLG = Slugging percentage; SB = Stolen bases

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR SLG SB
C Gus Fisher 139 440 156 .355 1 .455
1B, RF Fred Derrick 144 520 155 .298 4 .385
3B, 1B Art Kores 187 692 205 .296 5 .457
CF Buddy Ryan 150 530 156 .294 3 .394
RF Walt Doan 172 639 187 .293 3 .374
2B Bill Rodgers 200 773 226 .292 2 .349
SS Dave Bancroft 177 668 185 .277 2 .380
3B, SS Bobby Davis 124 366 91 .249 0 .306
LF Ty Lober 177 582 143 .246 9 .368
LF, CF Billy Speas 125 416 115 .276 1 .358
C George Yantz 65 164 34 .207 0 .268

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Pitching

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; PCT = Win percentage; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L PCT ERA SO
Irv Higginbotham 60 417.2 31 20 .608 2.28
Harry Krause 46 356.1 22 18 .550 2.22
Elmer Rieger 37 195.1 12 11 .522 2.72
Elmer Martinoni 33 176.1 11 2 .846 2.19
Rube Evans 33 158.1 11 10 .524 2.61
Hi West 27 185.1 11 10 .524 2.82

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References

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  1. ^ "1914 Pacific Coast League Leaders". Stat Crew. Retrieved February 26, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "1914 Portland Beavers". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 25, 2020.