2014 Toronto Blue Jays season

2014 Toronto Blue Jays
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1977)
East Division (since 1977)
Location
Rogers Centre (since 1989)
Toronto, Ontario (since 1977)
Other information
Owner(s)	Rogers; Paul Beeston (CEO)
General manager(s)	Alex Anthopoulos
Manager(s)	John Gibbons
Local television	Sportsnet Sportsnet One (Buck Martinez, Pat Tabler, Joe Siddall)
Local radio	Blue Jays Radio Network Sportsnet 590 the FAN (Jerry Howarth, Joe Siddall, Mike Wilner, Duane Ward)
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The 2014 Toronto Blue Jays season was the 38th season for the franchise, and the 25th full season of play (26th overall) at Rogers Centre.^[1] Pitcher Roy Halladay signed a one-day contract with the Blue Jays before retiring from baseball, citing injuries.^[2]

The Blue Jays announced their 2014 schedule on September 10, 2013.^[3]

Standings

American League East

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

American League Wild Card

Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
^(1) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	98	64	0.605
^(2) Baltimore Orioles	96	66	0.593
^(3) Detroit Tigers	90	72	0.556

Wild Card teams (Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)	W	L	Pct.	GB
^(4) Kansas City Royals	89	73	0.549	+1
^(5) Oakland Athletics	88	74	0.543	—
Seattle Mariners	87	75	0.537	1
Cleveland Indians	85	77	0.525	3
New York Yankees	84	78	0.519	4
Toronto Blue Jays	83	79	0.512	5
Tampa Bay Rays	77	85	0.475	11
Chicago White Sox	73	89	0.451	15
Boston Red Sox	71	91	0.438	17
Houston Astros	70	92	0.432	18
Minnesota Twins	70	92	0.432	18
Texas Rangers	67	95	0.414	21

Records vs opponents

Record Games Left Opponent Home Road Total Home Road Total AL East Baltimore Orioles 4–5 4–6 8–11 – – – Boston Red Sox 5–5 7–2 12–7 – – – New York Yankees 5–4 3–7 8–11 – – – Tampa Bay Rays 5–4 6–4 11–8 – – – Totals 19–18 20–19 39–37 – – – AL Central Chicago White Sox 1–3 1–2 2–5 – – – Cleveland Indians 2–1 2–1 4–2 – – – Detroit Tigers 2–1 3–0 5–1 – – – Kansas City Royals 2–2 1–2 3–4 – – – Minnesota Twins 1–2 1–2 2–4 – – – Totals 8–9 8–7 16–16 – – – AL West Houston Astros 2–1 1–3 3–4 – – – Los Angeles Angels 1–3 1–2 2–5 – – – Oakland Athletics 3–0 0–4 3–4 – – – Seattle Mariners 3–1 0–3 3–4 – – – Texas Rangers 2–1 2–1 4–2 – – – Totals 11–6 4–13 15–19 – – – National League Chicago Cubs 3–0 – 3–0 – – – Cincinnati Reds – 1–2 1–2 – – – Milwaukee Brewers 2–0 1–1 3–1 – – – Philadelphia Phillies 2–0 2–0 4–0 – – – Pittsburgh Pirates – 1–2 1–2 – – – St. Louis Cardinals 1–2 – 1–2 – – – Totals 8–2 5–5 13–7 – – – Grand Totals 46–35 37–44 83–79 – – –

Month Games Won Lost Pct. March 1 0 1 .000 April 26 12 14 .462 May 30 21 9 .700 June 27 12 15 .444 July 26 15 11 .577 August 26 9 17 .346 September 26 14 12 .538 Totals 162 83 79 .509

2014 AL Records Source: AL Standings Head-to-Head
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	11–8	5–1	3–4	1–5	4–3	3–4	4–2	4–3	13–6	2–4	5–2	12–7	6–1	11–8	12–8
Boston	8–11	—	4–3	2–5	1–5	4–3	6–1	2–5	4–2	7–12	3–4	1–5	9–10	4–2	7–12	9–11
Chicago	1–5	3–4	—	9–10	9–10	3–3	6–13	1–5	9–10	2–5	4–3	3–4	5–2	2–4	5–2	11–9
Cleveland	4–3	5–2	10–9	—	8–11	5–2	10–9	2–5	11–8	4–3	2–4	2–4	4–2	6–1	2–4	10–10
Detroit	5–1	5–1	10–9	11–8	—	4–3	13–6	3–4	9–10	3–4	5–2	2–4	3–4	4–3	1–5	12–8
Houston	3–4	3–4	3–3	2–5	3–4	—	3–3	7–12	3–3	4–2	8–11	9–10	2–5	11–8	4–3	5–15
Kansas City	4–3	1–6	13–6	9–10	6–13	3–3	—	3–3	11–8	4–3	5–2	2–5	4–2	5–1	4–3	15–5
Los Angeles	2–4	5–2	5–1	5–2	4–3	12–7	3–3	—	7–0	2–4	10–9	7–12	5–2	14–5	5–2	12–8
Minnesota	3–4	2–4	10–9	8–11	10–9	3–3	8–11	0–7	—	3–4	1–6	5–2	2–4	2–5	4–2	9–11
New York	6–13	12–7	5–2	3–4	4–3	2–4	3–4	4–2	4–3	—	2–4	3–3	8–11	4–3	11–8	13–7
Oakland	4–2	4–3	3–4	4–2	2–5	11–8	2–5	9–10	6–1	4–2	—	9–10	4–2	9–10	4–3	13–7
Seattle	2–5	5–1	4–3	4–2	4–2	10–9	5–2	12–7	2–5	3–3	10–9	—	4–3	9–10	4–3	9–11
Tampa Bay	7–12	10–9	2–5	2–4	4–3	5–2	2–4	2–5	4–2	11–8	2–4	3–4	—	5–2	8–11	10–10
Texas	1–6	2–4	4–2	1–6	3–4	8–11	1–5	5–14	5–2	3–4	10–9	10–9	2–5	—	2–4	10–10
Toronto	8–11	12–7	2–5	4–2	5–1	3–4	3–4	2–5	2–4	8–11	3–4	3–4	11–8	4–2	—	13–7

2014 Draft

The 2014 Major League Baseball draft was held on June 5–7.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College/School	Nationality	Signed
1	9	Jeff Hoffman	RHP	East Carolina University (NC)		July 2, 2014[4]
1	11*	Max Pentecost	C	Kennesaw State University (GA)		July 2, 2014[4]
2	49	Sean Reid-Foley	RHP	Sandalwood High School (FL)		June 10, 2014[5]
3	83	Nick Wells	LHP	Battlefield High School (VA)		June 18, 2014[6]
4	114	Matt Morgan	C	Thorsby High School (AL)		June 8, 2014[7]
5	144	Lane Thomas	RF	Bearden High School (TN)		June 10, 2014[8]
6	174	Grayson Huffman	LHP	Grayson County College (TX)		June 18, 2014[6]
7	204	Zack Zehner	LF	California Polytechnic State University (CA)		Unsigned
8	234	Justin Shafer	RHP	University of Florida (FL)		June 8, 2014[7]
9	264	Ryan Metzler	2B	University of South Carolina Aiken (SC)		June 12, 2014[9]
10	294	Jordan Romano	RHP	Oral Roberts University (OK)		June 12, 2014[9]

• – Toronto received the 11th overall pick in the 2014 draft as compensation for not signing Phillip Bickford in 2013.

Regular Season

Summary

The Blue Jays started the year, like most years in the past 10, in mediocre fashion, ending the month of April with a record of 12 wins and 15 losses, 3 ¹⁄₂ games behind the Eastern division leaders. The month of May was a different story; they won 21 games and lost 9, taking over sole possession of the division lead on May 22. The month was memorable for a 9-game winning streak which included series sweeps over the Boston Red Sox (away), the Oakland A's (at home) and the Tampa Bay Rays (at home). Edwin Encarnación hit 16 home runs during the month, tying an American League record for homers in May, set by Mickey Mantle in 1956. Between May 15 and June 6, the Blue Jays won 18 out of 21 to climb into their largest division lead, at any point of the season, since 1993. However, from June 7 to June 30 the Jays won only 7 more games versus 15 losses. As of June 30, they were just 6 games above .500, but still held onto a 1 ¹⁄₂ game lead in their division.

The Blue Jays had three All Stars in 2014: José Bautista, Mark Buehrle, and Edwin Encarnación.

On July 26, the Blue Jays ended a streak of 17 consecutive losses in games against the Yankees at Yankee Stadium.^[10] On August 10, the Blue Jays played the longest game in franchise history in terms of both time and innings, defeating the Detroit Tigers 6–5 after 19 innings. After a poor August, Toronto opened September with its first series win in Tampa Bay since April 6–8, 2007.^[11] They would go on to complete the sweep, their first at Tropicana Field.^[12] Top prospect Daniel Norris made his MLB debut on September 5, striking out David Ortiz in his ¹⁄₃ of an inning.

On September 23, the Blue Jays were officially eliminated from playoff contention.^[13] The Kansas City Royals clinched a playoff spot on September 26, making the Blue Jays the owners of the longest current MLB playoff drought.^[14]

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2014 Game Log
March: 0–1 (Home: 0–0 ; Road: 0–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB 1 March 31 @ Rays 2–9 Price (1–0) Dickey (0–1) 31,042 0–1 1
April: 12–14 (Home: 5–7 ; Road: 7–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB 2 April 1 @ Rays 4–2 Hutchison (1–0) Cobb (0–1) Santos (1) 11,113 1–1 ½ 3 April 2 @ Rays 3–0 Buehrle (1–0) Moore (0–1) Cecil (1) 10,808 2–1 +½ 4 April 3 @ Rays 2–7 Archer (1–0) Morrow (0–1) 9,571 2–2 ½ 5 April 4 Yankees 3–7 Tanaka (1–0) McGowan (0–1) 48,197 2–3 1 6 April 5 Yankees 4–0 Dickey (1–1) Pineda (0–1) Santos (2) 45,446 3–3 1 7 April 6 Yankees 4–6 Sabathia (1–1) Hutchison (1–1) Robertson (2) 34,067 3–4 1 8 April 8 Astros 5–2 Buehrle (2–0) Oberholtzer (0–2) Santos (3) 13,123 4–4 ½ 9 April 9 Astros 7–3 Morrow (1–1) Harrell (0–2) 13,569 5–4 +½ 10 April 10 Astros 4–6 Keuchel (1–1) Dickey (1–2) Bass (1) 15,778 5–5 – 11 April 11 @ Orioles 2–0 McGowan (1–1) Tillman (1–1) Santos (4) 22,327 6–5 – 12 April 12 @ Orioles 1–2 (12) Britton (2–0) Redmond (0–1) 30,446 6–6 1 13 April 13 @ Orioles 11–3 Buehrle (3–0) Jiménez (0–3) 39,281 7–6 – 14 April 15 @ Twins 9–3 Loup (1–0) Hughes (0–1) 21,818 8–6 +½ – April 16 @ Twins Postponed (snow). Makeup date: April 17. 15 April 17 @ Twins 0–7 Gibson (3–0) Dickey (1–3) 20,507 8–7 1½ 16 April 17 @ Twins 5–9 Fien (3–0) Santos (0–1) 20,698 8–8 2 17 April 18 @ Indians 3–2 Delabar (1–0) Rzepczynski (0–1) Santos (5) 16,335 9–8 1 18 April 19 @ Indians 5–0 Buehrle (4–0) Kluber (1–2) 15,188 10–8 – 19 April 20 @ Indians 4–6 Outman (3–0) Loup (1–1) Axford (6) 11,716 10–9 1 20 April 22 Orioles 9–3 Delabar (2–0) Meek (0–1) 14,866 11–9 1 21 April 23 Orioles 8–10 Tillman (3–1) Redmond (0–2) Hunter (6) 15,202 11–10 1 22 April 24 Orioles 4–11 Norris (1–2) Cecil (0–1) 16,283 11–11 2 23 April 25 Red Sox 1–8 Peavy (1–0) Buehrle (4–1) 29,411 11–12 2 24 April 26 Red Sox 6–7 Buchholz (1–2) Morrow (1–2) Uehara (5) 40,322 11–13 3 25 April 27 Red Sox 7–1 Dickey (2–3) Lester (2–4) 45,260 12–13 3 26 April 29 @ Royals 7–10 Crow (1–1) Cecil (0–2) 10,705 12–14 3 27 April 30 @ Royals 2–4 Herrera (1–1) Hutchison (1–2) Holland (7) 11,715 12–15 3½
May: 21–9 (Home: 12–6 ; Road: 9–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB 28 May 1 @ Royals 7–3 Buehrle (5–1) Guthrie (2–2) Loup (1) 11,207 13–15 2½ 29 May 2 @ Pirates 5–6 Melancon (1–1) Santos (0–2) 24,547 13–16 3 30 May 3 @ Pirates 6–8 Morris (3–0) Redmond (0–3) Melancon (1) 31,439 13–17 3½ 31 May 4 @ Pirates 7–2 McGowan (2–1) Vólquez (1–3) 29,496 14–17 2½ 32 May 5 @ Phillies 3–0 Happ (1–0) Kendrick (0–3) Cecil (2) 25,275 15–17 1½ 33 May 6 @ Phillies 6–5 (10) Stroman (1–0) Bastardo (3–2) Loup (2) 26,057 16–17 1½ 34 May 7 Phillies 10–0 Buehrle (6–1) Lee (3–3) 16,446 17–17 1½ 35 May 8 Phillies 12–6 Dickey (3–3) Burnett (2–2) 18,158 18–17 1½ 36 May 9 Angels 3–4 Smith (2–0) Cecil (0–3) Frieri (4) 21,383 18–18 2½ 37 May 10 Angels 3–5 Skaggs (3–1) Happ (1–1) Smith (4) 31,412 18–19 3½ 38 May 11 Angels 3–9 Weaver (4–2) Hutchison (1–3) 20,871 18–20 3½ 39 May 12 Angels 7–3 Buehrle (7–1) Wilson (4–3) 13,603 19–20 2½ 40 May 13 Indians 5–4 Dickey (4–3) Masterson (2–2) Janssen (1) 13,673 20–20 1½ 41 May 14 Indians 4–15 Kluber (4–3) McGowan (2–2) 14,068 20–21 1½ 42 May 15 Indians 4–2 Happ (2–1) Salazar (1–4) Janssen (2) 17,364 21–21 1½ 43 May 16 @ Rangers 2–0 Hutchison (2–3) Darvish (3–2) 39,129 22–21 1½ 44 May 17 @ Rangers 4–2 Delabar (3–0) Cotts (1–3) Janssen (3) 39,723 23–21 ½ 45 May 18 @ Rangers 2–6 Poreda (2–0) Dickey (4–4) 43,671 23–22 1 46 May 20 @ Red Sox 7–4 Happ (3–1) Doubront (2–4) Janssen (4) 37,904 24–22 ½ 47 May 21 @ Red Sox 6–4 Hutchison (3–3) Buchholz (2–4) Janssen (5) 36,116 25–22 – 48 May 22 @ Red Sox 7–2 Buehrle (8–1) Lester (4–6) 36,018 26–22 +1 49 May 23 Athletics 3–2 Hendriks (1–0) Kazmir (5–2) Janssen (6) 21,007 27–22 +1½ 50 May 24 Athletics 5–2 Dickey (5–4) Chavez (4–2) Cecil (3) 29,372 28–22 +2 51 May 25 Athletics 3–1 Happ (4–1) Pomeranz (4–2) Janssen (7) 45,277 29–22 +2 52 May 26 Rays 10–5 Hutchison (4–3) Bédard (2–3) 15,616 30–22 +2 53 May 27 Rays 9–6 Buehrle (9–1) Cobb (1–2) Janssen (8) 15,993 31–22 +3 54 May 28 Rays 3–2 Loup (2–1) Oviedo (1–1) 17,309 32–22 +3 55 May 29 Royals 6–8 (10) Davis (4–1) Redmond (0–4) Holland (15) 17,978 32–23 +2½ 56 May 30 Royals 1–6 Vargas (5–2) Happ (4–2) 21,543 32–24 +2½ 57 May 31 Royals 12–2 Stroman (2–0) Brooks (0–1) Redmond (1) 31,652 33–24 +2½
June: 12–15 (Home: 6–8 ; Road: 6–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB 58 June 1 Royals 4–0 Buehrle (10–1) Guthrie (2–5) 38,008 34–24 +3½ 59 June 3 @ Tigers 5–3 McGowan (3–2) Nathan (2–2) Janssen (9) 33,488 35–24 +4½ 60 June 4 @ Tigers 8–2 Dickey (6–4) Porcello (8–3) 32,033 36–24 +4½ 61 June 5 @ Tigers 7–3 Happ (5–2) Verlander (6–5) Janssen (10) 39,440 37–24 +5½ 62 June 6 Cardinals 3–1 Stroman (3–0) Lynn (6–4) Janssen (11) 33,528 38–24 +6 63 June 7 Cardinals 0–5 Miller (7–5) Buehrle (10–2) 42,981 38–25 +5½ 64 June 8 Cardinals 0–5 García (2–0) Hutchison (4–4) 45,726 38–26 +5½ 65 June 9 Twins 5–4 Janssen (1–0) Guerrier (0–1) 19,428 39–26 +5½ 66 June 10 Twins 0–4 Correia (3–7) Happ (5–3) 20,681 39–27 +5½ 67 June 11 Twins 2–7 Hughes (7–2) Stroman (3–1) 45,080 39–28 +4½ 68 June 12 @ Orioles 2–4 Gausman (2–1) Buehrle (10–3) Britton (6) 17,403 39–29 +3½ 69 June 13 @ Orioles 4–0 Hutchison (5–4) Jiménez (2–8) McGowan (1) 44,031 40–29 +3½ 70 June 14 @ Orioles 2–3 Norris (6–5) Dickey (6–5) Britton (7) 33,901 40–30 +3½ 71 June 15 @ Orioles 5–2 Happ (6–3) Tillman (5–4) Janssen (12) 46,469 41–30 +4½ 72 June 17 @ Yankees 1–3 Tanaka (11–1) Stroman (3–2) Robertson (17) 41,834 41–31 +3½ 73 June 18 @ Yankees 3–7 Whitley (3–0) Buehrle (10–4) 41,342 41–32 +2½ 74 June 19 @ Yankees 4–6 Phelps (3–4) Hutchison (5–5) Warren (2) 40,169 41–33 +1½ 75 June 20 @ Reds 14–9 McGowan (4–2) Chapman (0–2) 33,103 42–33 +1½ 76 June 21 @ Reds 1–11 Leake (5–6) Happ (6–4) 42,530 42–34 +1½ 77 June 22 @ Reds 3–4 Cueto (7–5) Dickey (6–6) Chapman (13) 36,089 42–35 +1½ 78 June 23 Yankees 8–3 Stroman (4–2) Whitley (3–1) 31,554 43–35 +1½ 79 June 24 Yankees 7–6 Janssen (2–0) Warren (1–4) 34,206 44–35 +2½ 80 June 25 Yankees 3–5 Kuroda (5–5) Hutchison (5–6) Robertson (18) 34,710 44–36 +1½ 81 June 26 White Sox 7–0 Happ (7–4) Carroll (2–4) 23,248 45–36 +2 82 June 27 White Sox 4–5 Danks (7–6) Dickey (6–7) Petricka (2) 24,173 45–37 +1½ 83 June 28 White Sox 3–4 Sale (7–1) McGowan (4–3) Putnam (1) 39,623 45–38 +1½ 84 June 29 White Sox 0–4 Quintana (5–7) Buehrle (10–5) 33,177 45–39 +1½
July: 15–11 (Home: 7–2 ; Road: 8–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB 85 July 1 Brewers 4–1 Hutchison (6–6) Estrada (7–5) Janssen (13) 45,088 46–39 +1 86 July 2 Brewers 7–4 Janssen (3–0) Smith (1–1) 24,286 47–39 +1 87 July 3 @ Athletics 1–4 Gray (8–3) Dickey (6–8) Doolittle (12) 32,913 47–40 – 88 July 4 @ Athletics 0–1 (12) Otero (7–1) Jenkins (0–1) 22,322 47–41 ½ 89 July 5 @ Athletics 1–5 Kazmir (10–3) Buehrle (10–6) 20,236 47–42 1 90 July 6 @ Athletics 2–4 Samardzija (3–7) Hutchison (6–7) Doolittle (13) 22,897 47–43 2 91 July 7 @ Angels 2–5 Shoemaker (7–2) Happ (7–5) Smith (11) 38,189 47–44 3 92 July 8 @ Angels 4–0 Dickey (7–8) Skaggs (4–5) 38,111 48–44 2½ 93 July 9 @ Angels 7–8 Grilli (1–3) Loup (2–2) Smith (12) 35,726 48–45 2½ 94 July 11 @ Rays 8–5 Loup (3–2) Balfour (0–3) Janssen (14) 17,533 49–45 3 95 July 12 @ Rays 3–10 Odorizzi (5–8) Hutchison (6–8) 22,693 49–46 3 96 July 13 @ Rays 0–3 Price (9–7) Dickey (7–9) McGee (7) 17,187 49–47 4 97 July 18 Rangers 1–5 Darvish (9–5) Dickey (7–10) 38,012 49–48 4 98 July 19 Rangers 4–1 Stroman (5–2) Lewis (6–7) Loup (3) 45,802 50–48 4 99 July 20 Rangers 9–6 Redmond (1–4) Feliz (0–1) Loup (4) 36,011 51–48 3 100 July 21 Red Sox 1–14 Lackey (11–6) Hutchison (6–9) 27,905 51–49 4 101 July 22 Red Sox 7–3 Happ (8–5) Peavy (1–9) Cecil (4) 29,269 52–49 4 102 July 23 Red Sox 6–4 Dickey (8–10) Buchholz (5–6) Janssen (15) 35,696 53–49 3 103 July 24 Red Sox 8–0 Stroman (6–2) De La Rosa (3–3) 46,683 54–49 3 104 July 25 @ Yankees 4–6 Kuroda (7–6) Buehrle (10–7) Robertson (26) 44,237 54–50 4 105 July 26 @ Yankees 6–4 Hutchison (7–9) Kelley (1–3) 46,166 55–50 3 106 July 27 @ Yankees 5–4 Sanchez (1–0) Robertson (1–3) Janssen (16) 45,063 56–50 3 107 July 28 @ Red Sox 14–1 Dickey (9–10) Buchholz (5–7) 37,974 57–50 2½ 108 July 29 @ Red Sox 4–2 Stroman (7–2) De La Rosa (3–4) Janssen (17) 38,275 58–50 2½ 109 July 30 @ Red Sox 6–1 Buehrle (11–7) Workman (1–4) 38,203 59–50 2½ 110 July 31 @ Astros 6–5 Sanchez (2–0) Qualls (1–3) Janssen (18) 17,423 60–50 1½
August: 9–17 (Home: 7–8 ; Road: 2–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB 111 August 1 @ Astros 1–3 Veras (1–1) Loup (3–3) Qualls (12) 19,576 60–51 2½ 112 August 2 @ Astros 2–8 Oberholtzer (4–7) Dickey (9–11) 19,946 60–52 2½ 113 August 3 @ Astros 1–6 Feldman (5–8) Stroman (7–3) 19,932 60–53 3½ 114 August 5 Orioles 3–9 Norris (9–7) Buehrle (11–8) 36,183 60–54 5 115 August 6 Orioles 5–1 Hutchison (8–9) Chen (12–4) 33,054 61–54 4 116 August 7 Orioles 1–2 González (6–6) Happ (8–6) Britton (24) 34,676 61–55 5 117 August 8 Tigers 4–5 Alburquerque (3–1) Janssen (3–1) Nathan (24) 36,237 61–56 6 118 August 9 Tigers 3–2 (10) Loup (4–3) Chamberlain (1–5) 45,927 62–56 6 119 August 10 Tigers 6–5 (19) Jenkins (1–1) Porcello (13–7) 46,126 63–56 5 120 August 11 @ Mariners 1–11 Hernández (13–3) Hutchison (8–10) 41,168 63–57 6 121 August 12 @ Mariners 3–6 Young (11–6) Happ (8–7) Rodney (34) 26,076 63–58 6½ 122 August 13 @ Mariners 0–2 Iwakuma (11–6) Dickey (9–12) Rodney (35) 32,368 63–59 7½ 123 August 15 @ White Sox 5–11 Noesí (7–8) Stroman (7–4) 22,739 63–60 7½ 124 August 16 @ White Sox 6–3 Cecil (1–3) Lindstrom (2–2) Janssen (19) 29,420 64–60 6½ 125 August 17 @ White Sox 5–7 Caroll (5–7) Hutchison (8–11) Petricka (9) 25,761 64–61 7½ 126 August 19 @ Brewers 1–6 Fiers (3–1) Happ (8–8) 42,221 64–62 9 127 August 20 @ Brewers 9–5 Dickey (10–12) Nelson (2–4) 39,300 65–62 9 128 August 22 Rays 0–8 Smyly (8–10) Stroman (7–5) 28,506 65–63 9 129 August 23 Rays 5–4 (10) McGowan (5–3) Peralta (2–4) 37,451 66–63 8 130 August 24 Rays 1–2 (10) McGee (4–1) Santos (0–3) Boxberger (2) 38,869 66–64 8 131 August 25 Red Sox 3–4 (10) Uehara (6–4) Sanchez (2–1) Breslow (1) 26,041 66-65 9 132 August 26 Red Sox 7–11 (11) Tazawa (3–3) Janssen (3–2) 27,321 66–66 10 133 August 27 Red Sox 5–2 Stroman (8–5) Layne (1–1) Cecil (5) 30,285 67–66 9 134 August 29 Yankees 3–6 Capuano (2–3) Buehrle (11–9) Robertson (35) 43,318 67–67 10½ 135 August 30 Yankees 2–0 Hutchison (9–11) Pineda (3–3) Sanchez (1) 45,863 68–67 10½ 136 August 31 Yankees 4–3 Happ (9–8) McCarthy (8–14) Janssen (20) 45,678 69–67 10½
September: 14–12 (Home: 9–4 ; Road: 5–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB 137 September 2 @ Rays 8–2 Dickey (11–12) Hellickson (1–3) 10,125 70–67 10 138 September 3 @ Rays 7–4 Stroman (9–5) Archer (8–8) Sanchez (2) 10,264 71–67 10 139 September 4 @ Rays 1–0 (10) Cecil (2–3) Geltz (0–1) Janssen (21) 10,392 72–67 10 140 September 5 @ Red Sox 8–9 (10) Layne (2–1) Janssen (3–3) 35,667 72–68 10 141 September 6 @ Red Sox 3–4 Buchholz (7–8) Happ (9–9) Mujica (4) 36,677 72–69 10 142 September 7 @ Red Sox 3–1 Dickey (12–12) De La Rosa (4–6) Janssen (22) 36,261 73–69 10 143 September 8 Cubs 8–0 Stroman (10–5) Turner (5–9) 16,879 74–69 10 144 September 9 Cubs 9–2 Buehrle (12–9) Ramirez (2–2) 17,903 75–69 10 145 September 10 Cubs 11–1 Hutchison (10–11) Hendricks (6–2) 19,411 76–69 10 146 September 12 Rays 0–1 Karns (1–0) Happ (9–10) Balfour (12) 19,909 76–70 11½ 147 September 13 Rays 6–3 Dickey (13–12) Boxberger (5–2) Janssen (23) 31,368 77–70 10½ 148 September 14 Rays 5–6 (10) McGee (5–2) Morrow (1–3) Beliveau (1) 28,633 77–71 11½ 149 September 15 @ Orioles 2–5 Chen (16–4) Stroman (10–6) Britton (35) 25,061 77–72 12½ 150 September 16 @ Orioles 2–8 Jiménez (5–9) Hutchison (10–12) 35,297 77–73 13½ 151 September 17 @ Orioles 1–6 Norris (14–8) Happ (9–11) 37,537 77–74 14½ 152 September 18 @ Yankees 2–3 Robertson (3–5) Sanchez (2–2) 34,279 77–75 15 153 September 19 @ Yankees 3–5 Kuroda (11–9) Buehrle (12–10) Warren (3) 40,059 77–76 15 154 September 20 @ Yankees 6–3 Stroman (11–6) Capuano (2–4) Janssen (24) 47,292 78–76 15 155 September 21 @ Yankees 2–5 Tanaka (13–4) Hutchison (10–13) Robertson (38) 48,144 78–77 15 156 September 22 Mariners 14–4 Happ (10–11) Paxton (6–4) 15,548 79–77 14 157 September 23 Mariners 10–2 Dickey (14–12) Hernández (14–6) 16,272 80–77 14 158 September 24 Mariners 1–0 Buehrle (13–10) Walker (2–3) Sanchez (3) 16,836 81–77 14 159 September 25 Mariners 5–7 Medina (5–3) Loup (4–4) Rodney (47) 17,173 81–78 14 160 September 26 Orioles 4–2 Hutchison (11–13) Tillman (13–6) Stroman (1) 27,037 82–78 13 161 September 27 Orioles 4–2 Happ (11–11) Chen (16–6) Janssen (24) 37,996 83–78 12 162 September 28 Orioles 0–1 González (10–9) Dickey (14–13) Britton (37) 45,901 83–79 13

Roster

2014 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers 56 Mark Buehrle 27 Brett Cecil 50 Steve Delabar 43 R.A. Dickey  4 Kyle Drabek 31 Kendall Graveman 48 J. A. Happ 39 Liam Hendriks 36 Drew Hutchison 44 Casey Janssen 33 Jeremy Jeffress 64 Chad Jenkins 51 Bobby Korecky 62 Aaron Loup 29 Dustin McGowan 38 Brad Mills 23 Brandon Morrow 35 Sean Nolin 32 Daniel Norris 59 Rob Rasmussen 58 Todd Redmond 32 Esmil Rogers 41 Aaron Sanchez 21 Sergio Santos 54 Marcus Stroman 45 Neil Wagner		Catchers 14 George Kottaras 31 Erik Kratz 30 Dioner Navarro 22 Josh Thole Infielders  1 Jonathan Diaz 10 Edwin Encarnación 47 Juan Francisco 39 Chris Getz 17 Ryan Goins  3 Maicer Izturis 16 Dan Johnson 66 Munenori Kawasaki 13 Brett Lawrie 26 Adam Lind  9 John Mayberry, Jr.  7 José Reyes 18 Steve Tolleson 15 Danny Valencia		Outfielders 19 José Bautista 53 Melky Cabrera  9 Cole Gillespie 55 Brad Glenn  8 Anthony Gose 33 Darin Mastroianni 11 Kevin Pillar 45 Dalton Pompey 28 Colby Rasmus 14 Nolan Reimold 14 Moisés Sierra		Manager  5 John Gibbons Coaches 61 Alex Andreopoulos (bullpen catcher) 57 Sal Butera (video replay) 20 DeMarlo Hale (bench) 34 Tim Leiper (first base)  2 Luis Rivera (third base) 25 Kevin Seitzer (hitting) 46 Bob Stanley (bullpen) 40 Pete Walker (pitching)

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Buffalo Bisons	International League	Gary Allenson
AA	New Hampshire Fisher Cats	Eastern League	Bobby Meacham
A	Dunedin Blue Jays	Florida State League	Omar Malavé
A	Lansing Lugnuts	Midwest League	John Tamargo, Jr.
A-Short Season	Vancouver Canadians	Northwest League	John Schneider
Rookie	Bluefield Blue Jays	Appalachian League	Dennis Holmberg
Rookie	GCL Blue Jays	Gulf Coast League	Kenny Graham

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External links

• Baseball Reference
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