2014 Major League Baseball season

This article is about the 2014 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 2014 in baseball.
2014 MLB season
League Major League Baseball
Sport Baseball
Duration March 22, 2014 – October 29, 2014
Number of games 162
Number of teams 30
Regular season
Season MVP AL: Mike Trout (LAA)
NL: Clayton Kershaw (LAD)
League Postseason
AL champions Kansas City Royals
  AL runners-up Baltimore Orioles
NL champions San Francisco Giants
  NL runners-up St. Louis Cardinals
World Series
Champions San Francisco Giants
  Runners-up Kansas City Royals
World Series MVP Madison Bumgarner (SF)

The 2014 Major League Baseball season began on March 22 at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, Australia, between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Arizona Diamondbacks.[1] The North American part of the season started on March 30 and ended on September 28.

The Major League Baseball All-Star Game's 85th edition was held on July 15 at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota, home of the Minnesota Twins. The American League (AL) beat the National League (NL) 5–3. With the win, the AL champion earned home-field advantage during the World Series.

This year the Houston Astros hosted the Civil Rights Game on May 30 at Minute Maid Park. They played host to the Baltimore Orioles.[2]

This was also the final season of Bud Selig as the Commissioner of Baseball. Selig served as the Executive Council Chairman from 1992 to 1998, acting as the commissioner, and then was appointed as the official commissioner in 1998.[3] On August 14, 2014, the franchise owners selected Rob Manfred to become the new Commissioner, starting in 2015.[4]

Standings

Division

American League National League
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
(2) Baltimore Orioles 96 66 0.593 50–31 46–35
New York Yankees 84 78 0.519 12 43–38 41–40
Toronto Blue Jays 83 79 0.512 13 46–35 37–44
Tampa Bay Rays 77 85 0.475 19 36–45 41–40
Boston Red Sox 71 91 0.438 25 34–47 37–44
AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
(3) Detroit Tigers 90 72 0.556 45–36 45–36
(4) Kansas City Royals 89 73 0.549 1 42–39 47–34
Cleveland Indians 85 77 0.525 5 48–33 37–44
Chicago White Sox 73 89 0.451 17 40–41 33–48
Minnesota Twins 70 92 0.432 20 35–46 35–46
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
(1) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 98 64 0.605 52–29 46–35
(5) Oakland Athletics 88 74 0.543 10 48–33 40–41
Seattle Mariners 87 75 0.537 11 41–40 46–35
Houston Astros 70 92 0.432 28 38–43 32–49
Texas Rangers 67 95 0.414 31 33–48 34–47
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
(1) Washington Nationals 96 66 0.593 51–30 45–36
Atlanta Braves 79 83 0.488 17 42–39 37–44
New York Mets 79 83 0.488 17 40–41 39–42
Miami Marlins 77 85 0.475 19 42–39 35–46
Philadelphia Phillies 73 89 0.451 23 37–44 36–45
NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
(3) St. Louis Cardinals 90 72 0.556 51–30 39–42
(4) Pittsburgh Pirates 88 74 0.543 2 51–30 37–44
Milwaukee Brewers 82 80 0.506 8 42–39 40–41
Cincinnati Reds 76 86 0.469 14 44–37 32–49
Chicago Cubs 73 89 0.451 17 41–40 32–49
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
(2) Los Angeles Dodgers 94 68 0.580 45–36 49–32
(5) San Francisco Giants 88 74 0.543 6 45–36 43–38
San Diego Padres 77 85 0.475 17 48–33 29–52
Colorado Rockies 66 96 0.407 28 45–36 21–60
Arizona Diamondbacks 64 98 0.395 30 33–48 31–50

Postseason

  Wild Card Game
(ALWCG, NLWCG)
Division Series
(ALDS, NLDS)
League Championship Series
(ALCS, NLCS)
World Series
                                     
    1  Los Angeles Angels 0  
4  Kansas City Royals 1     4  Kansas City Royals 3    
  4  Kansas City Royals 4  
5  Oakland Athletics 0     American League
  2  Baltimore Orioles 0    
2  Baltimore Orioles 3
   
  3  Detroit Tigers 0  
    AL  Kansas City Royals 3
  NL  San Francisco Giants 4
    1  Washington Nationals 1    
4  Pittsburgh Pirates 0     5  San Francisco Giants 3    
  5  San Francisco Giants 4
5  San Francisco Giants 1     National League
  3  St. Louis Cardinals 1  
2  Los Angeles Dodgers 1
   
  3  St. Louis Cardinals 3  

Schedule

The Diamondbacks and Dodgers play in Sydney, March 23

No significant changes were made to the 2014 schedule. As was the case in 2013, each team played 19 games against each division opponent for a total of 76 games, and six or seven games against each team from the other two divisions in its league for a total of 66 games. All teams played 20 interleague games, with the majority of match-ups following the divisional rotation in place since 2004. For 2014, the matchups were AL East vs. NL Central, AL Central vs. NL West, and AL West vs. NL East. Teams played four games against a designated "rival" in two back-to-back two-game series, one home and one away. Unlike in 2013, when all of these series were played during the same week, these rivalry series were spread from early May through mid-August. The table below shows the interleague rivals for the 2014 season.

AL East NL East AL Central NL Central AL West NL West
Red Sox Braves White Sox Cubs Mariners Padres
Yankees Mets Indians Reds Angels Dodgers
Blue Jays Phillies Tigers Pirates Athletics Giants
Rays Marlins Twins Brewers Rangers Rockies
Orioles Nationals Royals Cardinals Astros Diamondbacks

Rule changes

On August 15, 2013, Major League Baseball announced that it would expand its video review process for the 2014 season, and MLB clubs unanimously approved the new rules on January 16, 2014. Managers were now able to challenge certain plays no more than twice per game, including force plays, fair or foul balls, and batters hit by a pitch, among others. If a manager exhausted his ability to challenge plays during the game and after the beginning of the seventh inning, the umpire crew chief could choose to invoke instant replay on any reviewable call. Calls that were challenged were reviewed by an umpiring crew at MLB headquarters in New York City, which made the final ruling.[5][6]

On December 11, 2013, the Playing Rules Committee voted overwhelmingly to outlaw home-plate collisions between runners and catchers.[7] On February 24, 2014, the new rule was put into effect as Rule 7.13 was released.[8]

Managerial changes

General managers

In-season

Team Former GM New GM Reason for leaving Former job
Atlanta Braves Frank Wren John Hart (interim) Fired Hart was a former Indians and Rangers general manager and was the current Braves senior advisor.

Field managers

In-season

Team Former manager Interim manager Reason for leaving Story/Accomplishments
Houston Astros Bo Porter Tom Lawless Fired Porter was fired on September 1 along with bench coach Dave Trembley. Lawless was named the interim manager. Porter finished with a 110–190 in under two seasons.[9]
Texas Rangers Ron Washington Tim Bogar Resigned Washington resigned on September 5 for personal reasons after eight seasons with the Rangers. He finished with a 664–611 record and is the franchise's all-time leader in regular season wins and games managed. Washington led the Rangers to four straight 90-win seasons, three playoff appearances, and back-to-back American League championships in 2010 and 2011.[10] Bogar, who is the current bench coach, was named the interim manager for the rest of the 2014 season.
Arizona Diamondbacks Kirk Gibson Alan Trammell Fired Gibson was fired on September 26 after four years as manager of the Diamondbacks. He finished with a 353–375 record and led the Diamondbacks to the division title during the 2011 season while capturing the National League Manager of the Year award. Trammell, who previously was the bench coach, will take over as manager for the final three games of the season.[11]

Off-season

At the end of the 2013 season, the following teams made replacements to their managers.

Team Former manager New manager Reason for leaving Story/Accomplishments
Seattle Mariners Eric Wedge Lloyd McClendon Resigned Wedge declined to return on September 27, 2013 as he missed part of the season with a partial stroke. He finished with a 213–273 record in three seasons.[12] McClendon was announced as the new manager on November 5, 2013.[13] McClendon previously managed the Pittsburgh Pirates from 2001 to 2005 and compiled a 336–446 record.[14]
Chicago Cubs Dale Sveum Rick Renteria Fired Sveum was fired by the Cubs after two seasons and a record of 127–197.[15] Rentería was named manager on November 7, 2013 after being the bench coach for the San Diego Padres the last two seasons.[16]
Washington Nationals Davey Johnson Matt Williams Retired Johnson announced on November 12, 2012 that the 2013 season would be his last. He finished with a record of 224–183 in his three seasons.[17] Matt Williams was announced on October 31, 2013 as the new manager.[18]
Cincinnati Reds Dusty Baker Bryan Price Fired Baker was fired by the Reds after six seasons and a record of 509–463.[19] Price served as the Reds pitching coach for four seasons.[20][21]
Detroit Tigers Jim Leyland Brad Ausmus Resigned and Retired Leyland resigned on October 21, 2013 and then retired the next day with a record of 700–597 (.540) with three division titles (2011–13), one AL wild card (2006) and two AL pennants (2006 and 2012).[22] Ausmus was announced as the next manager on November 3, 2013.[23]

League leaders

American League

Hitting leaders

Stat Player Total
AVG José Altuve (HOU) .341
HR Nelson Cruz (BAL) 40
RBI Mike Trout (LAA) 111
R Mike Trout (LAA) 115
H José Altuve (HOU) 225
SB José Altuve (HOU) 56

Pitching leaders

Stat Player Total
W Corey Kluber (CLE)
Max Scherzer (DET)
Jered Weaver (LAA)
18
L Colby Lewis (TEX) 14
ERA Félix Hernández (SEA) 2.14
K David Price (DET)/(TB) 271
IP David Price (DET)/(TB) 248.1
SV Fernando Rodney (SEA) 48

National League

Hitting leaders

Stat Player Total
AVG Justin Morneau (COL) .319
HR Giancarlo Stanton (MIA) 37
RBI Adrian Gonzalez (LAD) 119
R Anthony Rendon (WAS) 111
H Ben Revere (PHI)
Denard Span (WAS)
184
SB Dee Gordon (LAD) 64

Pitching leaders

Stat Player Total
W Clayton Kershaw (LAD) 21
L A. J. Burnett (PHI) 18
ERA Clayton Kershaw (LAD) 1.77
K Johnny Cueto (CIN)
Stephen Strasburg (WAS)
242
IP Johnny Cueto (CIN) 243.2
SV Craig Kimbrel (ATL) 47

Milestones

Batters

Pitchers

No-hitters

Other Accomplishments

Miscellaneous

Awards and honors

Regular season

Baseball Writers' Association of America Awards
BBWAA Award National League American League
Rookie of the Year Jacob DeGrom (NYM) José Abreu (CWS)
Cy Young Award Clayton Kershaw (LAD) Corey Kluber (CLE)
Manager of the Year Matt Williams (WAS) Buck Showalter (BAL)
Most Valuable Player Clayton Kershaw (LAD) Mike Trout (LAA)
Gold Glove Awards
Position National League American League
Pitcher Zack Greinke (LAD) Dallas Keuchel (HOU)
Catcher Yadier Molina (STL) Salvador Pérez (KC)
1st Base Adrian Gonzalez (LAD) Eric Hosmer (KC)
2nd Base DJ LeMahieu (COL) Dustin Pedroia (BOS)
3rd Base Nolan Arenado (COL) Kyle Seager (SEA)
Shortstop Andrelton Simmons (ATL) J. J. Hardy (BAL)
Left field Christian Yelich (MIA) Alex Gordon (KC)
Center field Juan Lagares (NYM) Adam Jones (BAL)
Right field Jason Heyward (ATL) Nick Markakis (BAL)
Silver Slugger Awards
Pitcher/Designated Hitter Madison Bumgarner (SF) Víctor Martínez (DET)
Catcher Buster Posey (SF) Yan Gomes (CLE)
1st Base Adrian Gonzalez (LAD) José Abreu (CWS)
2nd Base Neil Walker (PIT) José Altuve (HOU)
3rd Base Anthony Rendon (WAS) Adrián Beltré (TEX)
Shortstop Ian Desmond (WAS) Alexei Ramírez (CWS)
Outfield Giancarlo Stanton (MIA) José Bautista (TOR)
Justin Upton (ATL) Michael Brantley (CLE)
Andrew McCutchen (PIT) Mike Trout (LAA)

Other awards

Fielding Bible Awards
Position Player
Pitcher Dallas Keuchel (HOU)
Catcher Jonathan Lucroy (MIL)
1st Base Adrian Gonzalez (LAD)
2nd Base Dustin Pedroia (BOS)
3rd Base Josh Donaldson (OAK)
Shortstop Andrelton Simmons (ATL)
Left Field Alex Gordon (KC)
Center Field Juan Lagares (NYM)
Right Field Jason Heyward (ATL)
Multi-position Lorenzo Cain (KC)

Monthly Awards

Player of the Month

Month American League National League
April José Abreu Troy Tulowitzki
May Edwin Encarnación Yasiel Puig
June Mike Trout Andrew McCutchen
July José Abreu Jayson Werth
August Víctor Martínez Josh Harrison
September Miguel Cabrera Matt Kemp

Pitcher of the Month

Month American League National League
April Sonny Gray Jose Fernandez
May Masahiro Tanaka Madison Bumgarner
June Félix Hernández Clayton Kershaw
July Sonny Gray Clayton Kershaw
August Matt Shoemaker Madison Bumgarner
September Corey Kluber Adam Wainwright

Rookie of the Month

Month American League National League
April José Abreu Chris Owings
May George Springer Kolten Wong
June José Abreu Billy Hamilton
July José Abreu Jacob deGrom
August Matt Shoemaker Kyle Hendricks
September Collin McHugh Jacob deGrom

Uniforms

Wholesale changes

Patches

Anniversaries and special events

The following teams will wear commemorative patches for special occasions:

Team Special occasion
Atlanta Braves To commemorate the 40th anniversary of Hank Aaron's 715th home run
Remembrance of the life of longtime announcer Pete Van Wieren
Baltimore Orioles 60th anniversary in Baltimore
Remembrance of the life of former part-owner Tom Clancy
Boston Red Sox To commemorate their 2013 World Series championship [home opener only]
Chicago Cubs Wrigley Field's 100th anniversary
Chicago White Sox Remembrance of the life of David Reinsdorf, son of owner Jerry Reinsdorf
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Remembrance of the life of former shortstop and manager Jim Fregosi (August 12)
Milwaukee Brewers Remembrance of the life of scouting director Bruce Seid
Minnesota Twins Host city of the 2014 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
New York Mets Remembrance of the life of long time broadcaster Ralph Kiner[112]
Remembrance of the life of former general manager Frank Cashen
Oakland Athletics 25th Anniversary World Series champions reunion
Remembrance of the life of former pitcher Bob Welch (July 19)
Philadelphia Phillies Remembrance of the life of part-owner Claire Betz
Remembrance of the life of former manager Jim Fregosi (August 12)
Pittsburgh Pirates Remembrance of the life of Hall-of-Fame OF Ralph Kiner[113]
San Diego Padres Remembrance of the life of long time broadcaster Jerry Coleman
Remembrance of the life of Hall-of-Fame OF Tony Gwynn
Tampa Bay Rays Remembrance of the life of senior adviser Don Zimmer
All 30 teams May 11, Mother's Day – Breast cancer awareness
June 15, Father's Day – Prostate cancer awareness
July 4 – patches with ALS and Lou Gehrig in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of Gehrig's speech[114]
July 27–75th anniversary of the Baseball Hall of Fame. The Cubs and Cardinals wore the patches July 26.

Throwbacks

In addition to ten Cubs throwback uniforms to mark the 100th anniversary of Wrigley Field, selected teams wore throwbacks throughout the season:

Other uniforms

Television

National

United States

This was first year of the new eight-year TV contracts with ESPN, Fox Sports, and TBS. ESPN will air Sunday night games, some Monday Night games and Wednesday night games, while Fox Sports will air Saturday games and TBS will air Sunday games.

Contract provisions in ESPN's contract virtually eliminated local blackouts among the network's Monday and Wednesday night games, allowing ESPN coverage to co-exist with that of the local broadcasters in home markets.[119][120] Sunday Night Baseball blackout rules will still apply.

Fox Sports' contract also covers Fox Sports 1, which began its first year of Major League Baseball coverage. Fox Sports 1 televised 40 regular-season games (mostly on Saturdays) and possibly up to 15 playoff games. The increase in televised games from previous years is due to a provision in the contract that allows for Fox Sports 1 to take a game between two teams in which Fox operates the teams' individual RSNs and elevate it into a national broadcast. As a result, MLB regular season coverage on the Fox network was reduced to 12 weeks beginning in 2014.[121]

In the post-season, TBS and ESPN aired two Wild Card Games. TBS, Fox Sports 1 and MLB Network aired the Division Series, while TBS aired the American League Championship Series. The Fox network and Fox Sports 1 aired the National League Championship Series, and the Fox network exclusively aired the All-Star Game and the World Series.

Canada

This is the first year of eight-year contracts for national broadcasts in Canada. Sportsnet, owned by Rogers Communications (and sister company of the Toronto Blue Jays), continues to be the primary rightsholder, retaining rights to the All-Star Game, the Home Run Derby, and most postseason games. In total (including Canada-wide rights to all Blue Jays games which are acquired directly from the team), Sportsnet's various channels will carry almost 300 MLB games per season until 2021.[122] As part of the deal, Rogers Cable became the Canadian launch partner for MLB Network, which was not previously available in Canada, and did not secure carriage on any Canadian providers other than Rogers that year. Despite this, MLB Network's Division Series telecasts were kept exclusive to that channel in Canada as well.[123]

Separately, TSN announced its own eight-year deal to expand its MLB coverage. Having carried ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball since 2010 under sublicense from Sportsnet, TSN and TSN2 will now carry all of ESPN's regular-season coverage (ESPN being a minority partner in TSN), adding Monday Night Baseball and Wednesday Night Baseball, totalling over 75 games per year.[124]

French-language rights, previously held exclusively by TSN's French-language sister channels RDS and RDS2, will now be split with TVA Sports, with each group airing approximately 70 games per season (TVA Sports also carries additional Blue Jays games acquired directly from the team). RDS will continue to carry the All-Star Game and the World Series, but the remaining postseason rights will be split equally between RDS and TVA Sports.[125][126]

Local

Radio

ESPN Radio aired its 17th season of national coverage, including Sunday night games, Saturday games, Opening Day and holiday games, the All-Star Game and Home Run Derby, and the entire postseason.

Local

The New York Yankees left WCBS, which was their radio home for 12 years, but the rights remained with CBS Radio's New York cluster, as they moved to WCBS's sister station WFAN with a new rights agreement, which allows an FM simulcast with WFAN-FM, which would mark the first time the Yankees are heard on FM radio in their hometown.[128] The move to WFAN means that the New York Mets moved to WOR (purchased by Clear Channel in late 2012) for the 2014 season, as they had been on WFAN since the station had adopted the all-sports format in 1987.[128]

This will be the final year in which the Chicago Cubs will air on WGN. WGN has had some form of broadcast relationship with the Cubs since 1925 and has been the exclusive broadcaster of the team since 1958; for many years, the Cubs and WGN were both owned by Tribune Company. The spin-off of the Cubs to new ownership, combined with continued financial losses, the Cubs' persistent on-field futility and the pending end of the rival Chicago White Sox's contract with WSCR after the 2015 season, prompted Tribune to end its relationship with the Cubs. Cubs broadcasts will move to CBS Radio's WBBM for 2015 and, if the White Sox do not renew with WSCR, to WSCR for 2016 and beyond.[129]

Retirements

Retired numbers

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