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)
Results
Record	83–79 (.512)
Divisional place	3rd
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
New York Yankees	104	58	0.642	—	54–27	50–31
Baltimore Orioles	84	78	0.519	20	43–38	41–40
Toronto Blue Jays	83	79	0.512	21	46–35	37–44
Tampa Bay Rays	77	85	0.475	27	36–45	41–40
Boston Red Sox	71	91	0.438	33	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	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)

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)

June: 12–15 (Home: 6–8 ; Road: 6–7)

July: 15–11 (Home: 7–2 ; Road: 8–9)

August: 9–17 (Home: 7–8 ; Road: 2–9)

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

References

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2014 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota

AL West	Houston Los Angeles Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Miami New York Philadelphia Washington

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Toronto Blue Jays

Based in Toronto, Ontario

The franchise

Ballparks

Exhibition Stadium
Rogers Centre
Spring training: Grant Field
Florida Auto Exchange Stadium
Cecil P. Englebert Complex

Culture

Rivalries

Pearson Cup

Retired numbers

Key personnel

Owner: Rogers Communications
President & CEO: Mark Shapiro
General manager: Ross Atkins
Manager: John Gibbons

World Series championships (2)

1992
1993

American League pennants (2)

1992
1993

Division titles (6)

Wild Card berths (1)

2016

Minors

Seasons (40)

1970s	1977 • 1978 • 1979

1980s	1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989

1990s	1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999

2000s	2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009

2010s	2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017

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