MLB 2014

Major League Baseball
season	2014
Period	March 22nd - October 29th, 2014
Regular season
Season MVP AL	Mike Trout ( LAA )
Season MVP NL	Clayton Kershaw ( LAD )
Postseason
AL Champion	Kansas City Royals
Second AL	Baltimore Orioles
NL champion	San Francisco Giants
Second NL	St. Louis Cardinals
World Series
champion	San Francisco Giants
MVP	Madison Bumgarner (SF)
Playing times
◄ 2013 2015 ►

The 2014 MLB season , the 113th season of Major League Baseball , opened on March 22, 2014 with the opening game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Arizona Diamondbacks in Sydney , Australia , which the Dodgers won 3–1.

During the regular season , 30 teams fought in 162 games each for a place in the play-offs. Each team played 142 inner-league and 20 inter- league games. The 2014 World Series was held from October 21 to 29. The defending champions were the Boston Red Sox , who won the 2013 World Series .

The 2014 MLB All-Star Game was played on July 15, 2014 at Target Field , the Minnesota Twins' stadium in Minneapolis . The winning league, the American League , had home rights in the World Series .

Participating teams

For the 2014 season, the MLB did not make any changes to participating franchises or to league and division assignments.

TEX OAK LAA SEA MIN CWS DET CLE KC TB NYY BOS GOAL BAL HOU

American League venues. Divisions: West, Central, East.

American League
East	Central	west
Boston Red Sox	Detroit Tigers	Oakland Athletics
Tampa Bay Rays	Cleveland Indians	Texas Rangers
Baltimore Orioles	Kansas City Royals	LA Angels of Anaheim
New York Yankees	Minnesota Twins	Seattle Mariners
Toronto Blue Jays	Chicago White Sox	Houston Astros

SF SD COL LAD ARI CIN STL Mil CHC PIT PHI ATL MIA NYM WSH

National League venues. Divisions: West, Central, East.

National League
East	Central	west
Atlanta Braves	St. Louis Cardinals	Los Angeles Dodgers
Washington Nationals	Pittsburgh Pirates	Arizona Diamondbacks
New York Mets	Cincinnati Reds	San Diego Padres
Philadelphia Phillies	Milwaukee Brewers	San Francisco Giants
Miami Marlins	Chicago Cubs	Colorado Rockies

* Sorted according to the previous year's placements in the respective divisions. The teams that qualified for the postseason in the previous year are colored green .

Spring training

On February 21, 2014 the MLB season preparation begins, the so-called Spring Training , in which the teams in the Grapefruit League and the Cactus League test new players, but also bring in their desired core formations. The last game of Spring Training will take place on March 30, 2014.

Spring Training 2014 tables

The teams marked in blue in the tables of the Cactus and Grapefruit League are members of the National League, those marked in red play in the American League.
As of March 30, 2014

Cactus League

Item	team	W.	L.	%	GB
	Cleveland Indians	20th	9	.690	-
	LA Angels	19th	11	.633	1.5
	Seattle Mariners	18th	12	.600	2.5
	San Francisco Giants	17th	12	.586	3.0
	Oakland Athletics	15th	13	.536	4.5
	Colorado Rockies	15th	14th	.517	5.0
	Arizona Diamondbacks	12	13	.480	6.0
	San Diego Padres	11	13	.458	6.5
	Chicago Cubs	15th	18th	.455	7.0
	Cincinnati Reds	14th	17th	.452	7.0
	Kansas City Royals	12	16	.429	7.5
	Milwaukee Brewers	13	18th	.419	8.0
	Texas Rangers	10	17th	.370	9.0
	Chicago White Sox	9	14th	.391	8.0
	LA Dodgers	7th	12	.368	8.0

Grapefruit League

Item	team	W.	L.	%	GB
	Tampa Bay Rays	16	7th	.696	-
	Miami Marlins	18th	12	.600	1.5
	Pittsburgh Pirates	15th	10	.600	2.0
	Baltimore Orioles	13	9	.591	2.5
	New York Yankees	17th	12	.586	2.0
	Detroit Tigers	15th	12	.556	3.0
	Toronto Blue Jays	16	13	.552	3.0
	Washington Nationals	15th	13	.536	3.5
	New York Mets	14th	16	.467	5.5
	St. Louis Cardinals	11	13	.458	5.5
	Houston Astros	12	15th	.444	6.0
	Atlanta Braves	12	18th	.400	7.5
	Boston Red Sox	11	17th	.393	7.5
	Minnesota Twins	9	16	.360	8.0
	Philadelphia Phillies	9	18th	.333	9.0

W = Wins (victories), L = Loss (defeats),% = Winning Percentage , GB = Games Behind (behind leaders: number of necessary defeats for the leader while simultaneously winning)

Regular season

Brief explanation of game operations and table structure

The AL and NL are each divided into three divisions for game operations. The allocation is based on regional criteria: East, Central and West Division. The game will run from March 22 to September 28, 2014.

The table positions are responsible for reaching the postseason : The three respective division winners and the two other best teams according to the winning percentage will play the championship in the American and National League in three rounds. The respective champions then meet in the World Series.

The ranking of the teams in the table results during the season from the current ratio of wins to games overall as the so-called winning percentage . The reason for this is the uneven distribution of the games over the calendar, so that some teams have played three or more games more than others. For example, the balance of team A with 15 wins and 15 defeats (.500 expressed as the corresponding percentage) is considered to be exactly equivalent to the balance of team B, which achieved 16 wins and 16 defeats at the same time. However, this is irrelevant for the final tables, since at the end of the season all teams had played the 162 season games that have been common since 1961. Therefore, it is sufficient to state wins and defeats (draws are not common).

With the indication GB ( Games Behind ) it is documented how big the gap between a chaser and the first in the table is. This expresses how many victories the pursuer would theoretically need with simultaneous defeat of the leader in order to achieve a tie. GB is expressed to 0.5 games: For example, if team A has 10 wins and 5 defeats, but team B 9 wins and 5 defeats, a win of its own (without defeat by A) would lead to a tie.

In order to at least indicate the development during the season, the table positions of the teams were recorded at the end of April and the end of May. Another milestone is the All-Star-Break , the break in game operations on the occasion of the All-Star Game ; Similar to the autumn championship in football , an intermediate result is determined in the middle of the season. The last interim information is rather arbitrarily related to the date August 31st, in order to be able to assess about four weeks before the end of the season to what extent the respective division was already pre-decided at this point in time or, if necessary, the leader at that point was still displaced.

Season course of the regular season

American League

April

As of April 30, the American League ranked as follows:

East Division
PS	franchise	W.	L.	%	GB
3	New York Yankees	15th	11	.577	-
	Baltimore Orioles	12	12	.500	2
	Boston Red Sox	13	14th	.481	2.5
	Toronto Blue Jays	12	15th	.444	3.5
	Tampa Bay Rays	11	16	.407	4.5

Central Division
PS	franchise	W.	L.	%	GB
2	Detroit Tigers	14th	9	.609	-
WC	Kansas City Royals	14th	12	.538	1.5
	Minnesota Twins	12	12	.500	2.5
	Chicago White Sox	14th	15th	.483	3
	Cleveland Indians	11	17th	.393	5.5

West Division
PS	franchise	W.	L.	%	GB
1	Oakland Athletics	18th	10	.643	-
WC	Texas Rangers	15th	13	.536	3
	Los Angeles Angels	14th	13	.519	3.5
	Seattle Mariners	11	14th	.440	5.5
	Houston Astros	9	19th	.321	9

PS = postseason; Number = Rank on the seed list or WC = Wild Card (best two teams after the division winners)
W = Wins (victories), L = Losses (defeats),% = Winning Percentage , GB = Games Behind (behind leaders: number of necessary Defeats of the leader with simultaneous own victory)

May

As of May 31, the American League ranked as follows:

East Division
PS	franchise	W.	L.	%	GB
▲ 3	Toronto Blue Jays	33	24	.579	-
▼ WC	New York Yankees	29	25th	.537	2.5
▼	Baltimore Orioles	27	27	.500	4.5
▼	Boston Red Sox	26th	29	.473	6th
	Tampa Bay Rays	23	33	.411	9.5

Central Division
PS	franchise	W.	L.	%	GB
2	Detroit Tigers	31	21st	.596	-
▲	Chicago White Sox	28	29	.491	5.5
▼	Kansas City Royals	26th	29	.473	6.5
▼	Minnesota Twins	25th	28	.472	6.5
	Cleveland Indians	26th	30th	.464	7th

West Division
PS	franchise	W.	L.	%	GB
1	Oakland Athletics	34	22nd	.607	-
▲ toilet	Los Angeles Angels	30th	25th	.545	3.5
▼	Texas Rangers	28	28	.500	6th
	Seattle Mariners	27	28	.491	6.5
	Houston Astros	24	33	.421	10.5

Arrows: ▲ Improvement vs. April, ▼ worsening vs. April, otherwise see AL April

June to All-Star Break

Up until the All-Star-Break (July 15, 2014), the AL had the following placements:

East Division
PS	franchise	W.	L.	%	GB
▲ 3	Baltimore Orioles	52	42	.553	-
▼ WC	Toronto Blue Jays	49	47	.510	4th
▼	New York Yankees	47	47	.500	5
▲	Tampa Bay Rays	44	53	.454	9.5
▼	Boston Red Sox	43	52	.453	9.5

Central Division
PS	franchise	W.	L.	%	GB
2	Detroit Tigers	53	38	.582	-
▲	Kansas City Royals	48	46	.511	6.5
▲	Cleveland Indians	47	47	.500	7.5
	Minnesota Twins	44	50	.468	10.5
▼	Chicago White Sox	45	51	.469	10.5

West Division
PS	franchise	W.	L.	%	GB
1	Oakland Athletics	59	36	.621	-
WC	Los Angeles Angels	57	37	.606	1.5
▲	Seattle Mariners	51	44	.537	8th
▲	Houston Astros	40	56	.417	19.5
▼	Texas Rangers	38	57	.400	21st

Arrows: ▲ Improvement vs. May, ▼ worsening vs. May, explanations: see AL April

Second half of July and August

As of August 31, the following placements were made in the AL:

East Division
PS	franchise	W.	L.	%	GB
2	Baltimore Orioles	79	56	.585	-
▲	New York Yankees	70	65	.519	9
▼	Toronto Blue Jays	69	67	.507	10.5
	Tampa Bay Rays	66	71	.482	14th
	Boston Red Sox	60	76	.441	19.5

Central Division
PS	franchise	W.	L.	%	GB
▲ 3	Kansas City Royals	74	61	.548	-
▼ WC	Detroit Tigers	74	62	.544	0.5
	Cleveland Indians	70	64	.522	3.5
▲	Chicago White Sox	62	75	.453	13
▼	Minnesota Twins	59	77	.434	15.5

West Division
PS	franchise	W.	L.	%	GB
▲ 1	Los Angeles Angels	83	53	.610	-
▼ WC	Oakland Athletics	78	58	.574	5
	Seattle Mariners	73	62	.541	9.5
	Houston Astros	59	79	.428	25th
	Texas Rangers	53	83	.390	30th

Arrows: ▲ Improvement vs. July, ▼ deterioration compared to July, explanations: see AL April

September

The tables in the American League show the following picture:

East Division
PS	franchise	W.	L.	%	GB
2	Baltimore Orioles	96	66	.593	-
	New York Yankees	84	78	.519	12.0
	Toronto Blue Jays	83	79	.512	13.0
	Tampa Bay Rays	77	85	.475	19.0
	Boston Red Sox	71	91	.438	25.0

Central Division
PS	franchise	W.	L.	%	GB
▲ 3	Detroit Tigers	90	72	.556	-
▼ WC	Kansas City Royals	89	73	.549	1.0
	Cleveland Indians	85	77	.525	5.0
	Chicago White Sox	73	89	.451	17.0
	Minnesota Twins	70	92	.432	20.0

West Division
PS	franchise	W.	L.	%	GB
1	Los Angeles Angels	98	64	.605	-
WC	Oakland Athletics	88	74	.543	10.0
	Seattle Mariners	87	75	.537	11.0
	Houston Astros	70	92	.432	28.0
	Texas Rangers	67	95	.414	31.0

Arrows: ▲ Improvement vs. August, ▼ worsening vs. August, explanations: see AL April

National League

April

As of April 30, the National League ranked as follows:

East Division
PS	franchise	W.	L.	%	GB
2	Atlanta Braves	17th	9	.654	-
WC	New York Mets	15th	11	.577	2
WC	Washington Nationals	16	12	.571	2
	Philadelphia Phillies	13	13	.500	4th
	Miami Marlins	13	14th	.481	4.5

Central Division
PS	franchise	W.	L.	%	GB
1	Milwaukee Brewers	20th	8th	.714	-
	St. Louis Cardinals	15th	14th	.517	5.5
	Cincinnati Reds	12	15th	.444	7.5
	Pittsburgh Pirates	10	16	.385	9
	Chicago Cubs	9	17th	.346	10

West Division
PS	franchise	W.	L.	%	GB
3	San Francisco Giants	17th	11	.607	-
	Los Angeles Dodgers	15th	12	.556	1.5
	Colorado Rockies	16	13	.552	1.5
	San Diego Padres	13	16	.448	4.5
	Arizona Diamondbacks	9	22nd	.290	9.5

Explanations: see AL

May

As of May 31, the National League ranked as follows:

East Division
PS	franchise	W.	L.	%	GB
3	Atlanta Braves	30th	25th	.545	-
▲	Miami Marlins	28	27	.509	2
	Washington Nationals	27	27	.500	2.5
▼	New York Mets	26th	29	.473	4th
▼	Philadelphia Phillies	24	29	.453	5

Central Division
PS	franchise	W.	L.	%	GB
2	Milwaukee Brewers	33	23	.589	-
WC	St. Louis Cardinals	30th	26th	.536	3
	Cincinnati Reds	25th	29	.463	7th
	Pittsburgh Pirates	25th	30th	.455	7.5
	Chicago Cubs	20th	33	.377	11.5

West Division
PS	franchise	W.	L.	%	GB
1	San Francisco Giants	36	20th	.643	-
WC	Los Angeles Dodgers	30th	27	.526	6.5
	Colorado Rockies	28	27	.509	7.5
	San Diego Padres	26th	30th	.464	10
	Arizona Diamondbacks	23	35	.397	14th

Arrows: ▲ Improvement vs. April, ▼ worsening vs. April, otherwise see AL April

June to All-Star Break

Up until the All-Star-Break (July 15, 2014) the NL had the following placements:

East Division
PS	franchise	W.	L.	%	GB
3	Atlanta Braves	52	43	.547	-
▲	Washington Nationals	51	42	.548	-
▲	New York Mets	45	50	.474	7th
▼	Miami Marlins	44	50	.468	7.5
	Philadelphia Phillies	42	53	.442	10

Central Division
PS	franchise	W.	L.	%	GB
2	Milwaukee Brewers	53	43	.552	-
WC	St. Louis Cardinals	52	44	.542	1
	Cincinnati Reds	51	44	.537	1.5
	Pittsburgh Pirates	49	46	.516	3.5
	Chicago Cubs	40	54	.426	12

West Division
PS	franchise	W.	L.	%	GB
▲ 1	Los Angeles Dodgers	54	43	.557	-
▼ WC	San Francisco Giants	52	43	.547	1
▲	San Diego Padres	41	54	.432	12
▼	Colorado Rockies	40	55	.421	13
	Arizona Diamondbacks	40	56	.417	13.5

Arrows: ▲ Improvement vs. May, ▼ worsening vs. May, otherwise see AL April

Second half of July and August

As of August 31, the NL had the following placements:

East Division
PS	franchise	W.	L.	%	GB
▲ 1	Washington Nationals	77	58	.570	-
▼ WC	Atlanta Braves	72	65	.526	6th
▲	Miami Marlins	66	69	.489	11
▼	New York Mets	64	73	.467	14th
	Philadelphia Phillies	62	74	.456	15.5

Central Division
PS	franchise	W.	L.	%	GB
3	Milwaukee Brewers	73	63	.537	-
3	St. Louis Cardinals	73	63	.537
▲	Pittsburgh Pirates	71	65	522	2
▼	Cincinnati Reds	66	71	.482	7.5
	Chicago Cubs	61	76	.445	12.5

West Division
PS	franchise	W.	L.	%	GB
2	Los Angeles Dodgers	77	60	.562	-
WC	San Francisco Giants	74	62	.544	2.5
	San Diego Padres	64	71	.474	12
▲	Arizona Diamondbacks	57	79	.419	19.5
▼	Colorado Rockies	54	82	.397	22.5

Arrows: ▲ Improvement vs. July, ▼ deterioration compared to July, otherwise see AL April

September

The tables in the National League show the following picture:

East Division
PS	franchise	W.	L.	%	GB
1	Washington Nationals	96	66	.593	-
	Atlanta Braves	79	83	.488	17.0
▲	New York Mets	79	83	.488	17.0
▼	Miami Marlins	77	85	.475	19.0
	Philadelphia Phillies	73	89	.451	23.0

Central Division
PS	franchise	W.	L.	%	GB
▲ 3	St. Louis Cardinals	90	72	.556	-
▲ toilet	Pittsburgh Pirates	88	74	.543	2.0
▼	Milwaukee Brewers	82	80	.506	8.0
	Cincinnati Reds	76	86	.469	14.0
	Chicago Cubs	73	89	.451	17.0

West Division
PS	franchise	W.	L.	%	GB
2	Los Angeles Dodgers	94	68	.556	-
WC	San Francisco Giants	88	74	.543	6.0
	San Diego Padres	77	85	.475	17.0
▲	Colorado Rockies	66	96	.407	28.0
▼	Arizona Diamondbacks	64	98	.395	30.0

Arrows: ▲ Improvement vs. July, ▼ deterioration compared to August, otherwise see AL April

Postseason

Main articles: NLWC 2014 , ALWC 2014 , NLDS 2014 , ALDS 2014 , NLCS 2014 , ALCS 2014 , World Series 2014

Mode and participants

From the beginning of October, the Division Series and then the respective Championship Series will be played. To do this, the two wild card winners first meet in a game. The three division winners and the winner of the wild card game meet in two division series matches in the best-of-five mode ( ALDS or NLDS = American or National League Division Series). The winners of the Division Series matches then play the respective League Champion in a best-of-seven procedure ( ALCS or NLCS = American or National League Championship Series).

The wild card winners play against the best division winner, i.e. the team with the most wins from the regular season games. In contrast to previous years, he can also play against the winner of his own division.

Scheme

The following results were found in the postseason:

Wild Card Games

League Division Series

League Championship Series

World Series

2

Baltimore Orioles

3

3

Detroit Tigers

0

2

Baltimore Orioles

0

American League

WC1

Kansas City Royals

4th

1

Los Angeles Angels

0

WC1

Kansas City Royals

3

WC1

Kansas City Royals

1

WC2

Oakland Athletics

0

AL

Kansas City Royals

3

NL

San Francisco Giants

4th

2

Los Angeles Dodgers

1

3

St. Louis Cardinals

3

3

St. Louis Cardinals

1

National League

WC2

San Francisco Giants

4th

1

Washington Nationals

1

WC2

San Francisco Giants

3

WC1

Pittsburgh Pirates

0

WC2

San Francisco Giants

1

Submit Results
Wild Card Games: one game; ALDS, NLDS (Division Series): Best-of Five; ALCS, NLCS (Championship Series), World Series: Best-of-Seven

Player statistics

Hitting

American League				National League
Stat	Player	team	Total	Stat	Player	team	Total
AVG	José Altuve	HOU	.341	AVG	Justin Morneau	COL	.319
MR	Nelson Cruz	BAL	40	MR	Giancarlo Stanton	MIA	37
RBI	Mike Trout	LAA	111	RBI	Adrian Gonzalez	LAD	116
R.	Mike Trout	LAA	115	R.	Anthony Rendon	WHAT	111
H	José Altuve	HOU	225	H	Ben Revere Denard Span	PHI WHAT	184
SB	José Altuve	HOU	56	SB	Dee Gordon	LAD	64

Pitching

American League				National League
Stat	Player	team	Total	Stat	Player	team	Total
W.	Corey Kluber Max Scherzer Jered Weaver	CLE DET LAA	18th	W.	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	21st
L.	Colby Lewis	TEX	14th	L.	AJ Burnett	PHI	18th
ERA	Félix Hernández	SEA	2.14	ERA	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	1.77
K	David Price	DET / TB	271	K	Johnny Cueto Stephen Strasburg	CIN WHAT	242
IP	David Price	DET / TB	248.1	IP	Johnny Cueto	CIN	243.2
SV	Fernando Rodney	SEA	48	SV	Craig Kimbrel	ATL	47

honors and awards

Regular season

Award	American League	National League
MLB Most Valuable Player	Mike Trout	Clayton Kershaw
Rookie of the Year	José Abreu	Jacob deGrom
Cy Young Award	Corey Kluber	Clayton Kershaw
Comeback Player of the Year	Chris Young	Casey McGehee
Hank Aaron Award	Mike Trout	Giancarlo Stanton
TSN Player of the Year	Clayton Kershaw

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	José Fernández
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

Individual evidence

1. ^ Dodgers, D-backs to open 2014 season in Australia. MLB.com, accessed November 7, 2013 . 
2. ^ Sun, scenery, history mark Spring Training baseball in Arizona, Florida. MLB.com, accessed November 7, 2013 . 
3. ↑ 2014 Spring Training Standings. MLB.com, accessed March 30, 2014 .