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class="new" title="2014 in precision sports (page does not exist)">Precision sports</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_shooting" title="2014 in shooting">Shooting</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_racquetball&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2014 in racquetball (page does not exist)">Racquetball</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_roller_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2014 in roller sports (page does not exist)">Roller sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_sailing" title="2014 in sailing">Sailing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_skiing" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 in skiing">Skiing</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_speedway&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2014 in speedway (page does not exist)">Speedway</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=International_rugby_league_in_2014&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="International rugby league in 2014 (page does not exist)">Rugby league‎</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_rugby_union" title="2014 in rugby union">Rugby union</a></li> <li>Snooker <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_snooker_season" title="2013–14 snooker season">2013–14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_snooker_season" title="2014–15 snooker season">2014–15</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_strength_sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2014 in strength sports (page does not exist)">Strength sports</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_weightlifting" title="2014 in weightlifting">Weightlifting</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_squash_sport" title="2014 in squash sport">Squash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_table_tennis" title="2014 in table tennis">Table tennis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_tennis" title="2014 in tennis">Tennis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_triathlon" title="2014 in triathlon">Triathlon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_volleyball" title="2014 in volleyball">Volleyball</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr></tbody></table> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Champions">Champions</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_baseball&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Champions">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_League_Baseball">Major League Baseball</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_baseball&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Major League Baseball">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2014_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2014 Major League Baseball season">2014 Major League Baseball season</a></div> <ul><li>Regular Season Champions</li></ul> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>League </th> <th>Eastern Division Champions </th> <th>Central Division Champions </th> <th>Western Division Champions </th> <th>Wild Card Qualifier 1 </th> <th>Wild Card Qualifier 2 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels" title="Los Angeles Angels">Los Angeles Angels</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Royals" title="Kansas City Royals">Kansas City Royals</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Athletics" title="Oakland Athletics">Oakland Athletics</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington_Nationals" title="Washington Nationals">Washington Nationals</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>Postseason</li></ul> <table cellpadding="0" style="border-style:none;font-size:90%;border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0;margin:1em 2em 1em 1em"><tbody><tr><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Wild Card Game (ALWC, NLWC) </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)">Division Series (ALDS, NLDS) </td><td></td><td></td><td colspan="3" 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style="width:150px;height:7px"></td><td style="width:25px"></td><td style="width:1px"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="3"></td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:0"></td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:0"></td><td style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">1 </td><td style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">LA Angels </td><td style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td><td rowspan="6" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">4 </td><td style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Kansas City </td><td style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:0">4 </td><td style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid 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style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:0;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a></td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">4 </td><td style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Kansas City </td><td style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">4 </td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="3"></td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:0"></td><td></td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:0">2 </td><td style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:0">Baltimore </td><td style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:0;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="3"></td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:0"></td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:0"></td><td style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">2 </td><td style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Baltimore </td><td style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">3 </td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="3"></td><td rowspan="6" colspan="3"></td><td rowspan="3" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="3"></td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:0"></td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:0"></td><td style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:0">3 </td><td style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:0">Detroit </td><td style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:0;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="3"></td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:0"></td><td colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">AL4 </td><td style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Kansas City </td><td style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">3 </td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="3"></td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:0"></td><td colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td><td rowspan="3"></td><td rowspan="3" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:0">NL5 </td><td style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:0">San Francisco </td><td style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:0;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">4 </td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="3"></td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:0"></td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:0"></td><td style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">1 </td><td style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Washington </td><td style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="6"></td><td rowspan="6" colspan="3"></td><td rowspan="6" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">4 </td><td style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">Pittsburgh </td><td style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">0 </td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:0">5 </td><td style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:0">San Francisco </td><td style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:0;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">3 </td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:0">5 </td><td style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:0">San Francisco </td><td style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:0;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3" style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a></td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px"></td><td style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">5 </td><td style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">San Francisco </td><td style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">4 </td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="3"></td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:0"></td><td></td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-right-width:2px"></td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td><td style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:0">3 </td><td style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:0">St. Louis </td><td style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:0;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="3"></td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:0"></td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:0"></td><td style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">2 </td><td style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:1px">LA Dodgers </td><td style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">1 </td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:2px;border-right-width:2px"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="5" style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit"></td></tr><tr><td></td><td colspan="3"></td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-bottom-width:0"></td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:0"></td><td style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:0">3 </td><td style="color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0 2px;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-top-width:0">St. Louis </td><td style="text-align:center;color:var(--color-base,#202122);overflow:inherit;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border-color:var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);border-style:solid;border-top-width:0;border-left-width:0;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px">3 </td><td style="border-style:solid;border-width:0;border-color:inherit;border-top-width:2px"></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_champions">Other champions</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_baseball&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Other champions">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minor_League_Baseball" title="Minor League Baseball">Minor League Baseball</a> <ul><li>AAA <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Triple-A_Baseball_National_Championship_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="Triple-A Baseball National Championship Game">Championship</a>: <a href="/wiki/Omaha_Storm_Chasers" title="Omaha Storm Chasers">Omaha Storm Chasers</a> (Kansas City Royals) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_League" title="International League">International League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Pawtucket_Red_Sox" title="Pawtucket Red Sox">Pawtucket Red Sox</a> (Boston Red Sox)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Coast_League" title="Pacific Coast League">Pacific Coast League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Omaha_Storm_Chasers" title="Omaha Storm Chasers">Omaha Storm Chasers</a> (Kansas City Royals)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexican_League_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mexican League (baseball)">Mexican League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Diablos_Rojos_del_M%C3%A9xico" title="Diablos Rojos del México">Diablos Rojos del México</a></li></ul></li> <li>AA <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_League_(1938%E2%80%932020)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern League (1938–2020)">Eastern League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Binghamton_Mets" class="mw-redirect" title="Binghamton Mets">Binghamton Mets</a> (New York Mets)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_League_(1964%E2%80%932020)" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern League (1964–2020)">Southern League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Jacksonville_Suns" class="mw-redirect" title="Jacksonville Suns">Jacksonville Suns</a> (Miami Marlins)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_League" title="Texas League">Texas League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Midland_RockHounds" title="Midland RockHounds">Midland RockHounds</a> (Oakland Athletics)</li></ul></li> <li>A <ul><li><a href="/wiki/California_League" title="California League">California League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Lancaster_JetHawks" title="Lancaster JetHawks">Lancaster JetHawks</a> (Houston Astros)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carolina_League" title="Carolina League">Carolina League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Potomac_Nationals" title="Potomac Nationals">Potomac Nationals</a> (Washington Nationals)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida_State_League" title="Florida State League">Florida State League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Fort_Myers_Miracle" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Myers Miracle">Fort Myers Miracle</a> (Minnesota Twins)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midwest_League" title="Midwest League">Midwest League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Kane_County_Cougars" title="Kane County Cougars">Kane County Cougars</a> (Chicago Cubs)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Atlantic_League" title="South Atlantic League">South Atlantic League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Asheville_Tourists" title="Asheville Tourists">Asheville Tourists</a> (Colorado Rockies)</li></ul></li> <li>Short Season A <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_York%E2%80%93Penn_League" title="New York–Penn League">New York–Penn League</a>: <a href="/wiki/State_College_Spikes" title="State College Spikes">State College Spikes</a> (St. Louis Cardinals)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwest_League" title="Northwest League">Northwest League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Hillsboro_Hops" title="Hillsboro Hops">Hillsboro Hops</a> (Arizona Diamondbacks)</li></ul></li> <li>Rookie <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Appalachian_League" title="Appalachian League">Appalachian League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Johnson_City_Cardinals" title="Johnson City Cardinals">Johnson City Cardinals</a> (St. Louis Cardinals)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arizona_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Arizona League">Arizona League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Arizona_League_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Arizona League Indians">AZL Indians</a> (Cleveland Indians)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_Coast_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Gulf Coast League">Gulf Coast League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Gulf_Coast_League_Red_Sox" class="mw-redirect" title="Gulf Coast League Red Sox">GCL Red Sox</a> (Boston Red Sox)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pioneer_League_(baseball)" title="Pioneer League (baseball)">Pioneer League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Billings_Mustangs" title="Billings Mustangs">Billings Mustangs</a> (Cincinnati Reds)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Summer_League" title="Dominican Summer League">Dominican Summer League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Dominican_Summer_League_Rangers" title="Dominican Summer League Rangers">DSL Rangers 1</a> (Texas Rangers)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venezuelan_Summer_League" title="Venezuelan Summer League">Venezuelan Summer League</a>: <a href="/wiki/VSL_Tigers" class="mw-redirect" title="VSL Tigers">VSL Tigers</a> (Detroit Tigers)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arizona_Fall_League" title="Arizona Fall League">Arizona Fall League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Salt_River_Rafters" title="Salt River Rafters">Salt River Rafters</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_baseball" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent baseball">Independent baseball leagues</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Association_of_Independent_Professional_Baseball" class="mw-redirect" title="American Association of Independent Professional Baseball">American Association</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wichita_Wingnuts" title="Wichita Wingnuts">Wichita Wingnuts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_League_of_Professional_Baseball" title="Atlantic League of Professional Baseball">Atlantic League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Lancaster_Barnstormers" class="mw-redirect" title="Lancaster Barnstormers">Lancaster Barnstormers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_American_Association_of_Professional_Baseball" title="Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball">CanAm League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Rockland_Boulders" class="mw-redirect" title="Rockland Boulders">Rockland Boulders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frontier_League" title="Frontier League">Frontier League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Schaumburg_Boomers" title="Schaumburg Boomers">Schaumburg Boomers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Association_of_Professional_Baseball_Clubs" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Association of Professional Baseball Clubs">Pacific Association</a>: <a href="/wiki/San_Rafael_Pacifics" title="San Rafael Pacifics">San Rafael Pacifics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pecos_League" title="Pecos League">Pecos League</a>: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Santa_Fe_Fuego&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Santa Fe Fuego (page does not exist)">Santa Fe Fuego</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_League_Baseball" title="United League Baseball">United League Baseball</a>: <a href="/wiki/Rio_Grande_Valley_WhiteWings" title="Rio Grande Valley WhiteWings">Rio Grande Valley WhiteWings</a></li></ul></li> <li>Amateur <ul><li>College <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2014_College_World_Series" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 College World Series">College World Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/2014_Vanderbilt_Commodores_baseball_team" title="2014 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team">Vanderbilt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II" title="NCAA Division II">NCAA Division II</a>: <a href="/wiki/University_of_Southern_Indiana" title="University of Southern Indiana">Southern Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III" title="NCAA Division III">NCAA Division III</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin%E2%80%93Whitewater_Warhawks" title="Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks">Wisconsin-Whitewater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Intercollegiate_Athletics" title="National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics">NAIA</a>: <a href="/wiki/Cumberland_University" title="Cumberland University">Cumberland</a></li></ul></li> <li>Youth <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2014_Big_League_World_Series" title="2014 Big League World Series">Big League World Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/Clearwater,_Florida" title="Clearwater, Florida">Clearwater, Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Junior_League_World_Series" title="2014 Junior League World Series">Junior League World Series</a>: Chung Shan LL (<a href="/wiki/Taichung,_Taiwan" class="mw-redirect" title="Taichung, Taiwan">Taichung, Taiwan</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Intermediate_League_World_Series" title="2014 Intermediate League World Series">Intermediate League World Series</a>: Nogales National LL (<a href="/wiki/Nogales,_Arizona" title="Nogales, Arizona">Nogales, Arizona</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Little_League_World_Series" title="2014 Little League World Series">Little League World Series</a>: Seoul Little League (<a href="/wiki/Seoul,_South_Korea" class="mw-redirect" title="Seoul, South Korea">Seoul, South Korea</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Senior_League_World_Series" title="2014 Senior League World Series">Senior League World Series</a>: West University LL (<a href="/wiki/Houston,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston, Texas">Houston, Texas</a>)</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>International <ul><li>National teams <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Baseball_Championship" title="2014 European Baseball Championship">European Baseball Championship</a>: <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_national_baseball_team" title="Netherlands national baseball team">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Under-21_Baseball_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="European Under-21 Baseball Championship">European Under-21 Baseball Championship</a>: <a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic_national_baseball_team" title="Czech Republic national baseball team">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15U_Baseball_World_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="15U Baseball World Cup">15U Baseball World Cup</a>: <a href="/wiki/Cuba_national_baseball_team" title="Cuba national baseball team">Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Haarlem_Baseball_Week" title="2014 Haarlem Baseball Week">Haarlem Baseball Week</a>: <a href="/wiki/United_States_national_baseball_team" title="United States national baseball team">USA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Women%27s_Baseball_World_Cup" title="2014 Women's Baseball World Cup">Women's World Cup</a>: <a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_baseball_team" title="Japan women's national baseball team">Japan</a></li></ul></li> <li>International club team competitions <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2014_Caribbean_Series" title="2014 Caribbean Series">Caribbean Series</a> : <a href="/wiki/Naranjeros_de_Hermosillo" title="Naranjeros de Hermosillo">Naranjeros de Hermosillo</a> (Mexico)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Cup_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="European Cup (baseball)">European Champions Cup</a>: <a href="/wiki/San_Marino_Baseball_Club" title="San Marino Baseball Club">San Marino</a> (Italy)</li></ul></li> <li>Domestic leagues <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Australian_Baseball_League_season" title="2013–14 Australian Baseball League season">Australian Baseball League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Perth_Heat" title="Perth Heat">Perth Heat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/China_Baseball_League" title="China Baseball League">Chinese Baseball League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Beijing_Tigers" title="Beijing Tigers">Beijing Tigers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Cuban_National_Series" title="2013–14 Cuban National Series">Cuban National Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/Pinar_del_R%C3%ADo_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pinar del Río (baseball)">Pinar del Río</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Professional_Baseball_League" title="Dominican Professional Baseball League">Dominican League</a> : <a href="/wiki/Tigres_del_Licey" title="Tigres del Licey">Tigres del Licey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honkbal_Hoofdklasse" title="Honkbal Hoofdklasse">Dutch Baseball League</a> : <a href="/wiki/DOOR_Neptunus" class="mw-redirect" title="DOOR Neptunus">DOOR Neptunus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Division_%C3%89lite" class="mw-redirect" title="Division Élite">France – Division Élite</a>: <a href="/wiki/Templiers_de_S%C3%A9nart" class="mw-redirect" title="Templiers de Sénart">Templiers de Sénart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Baseball_League" title="Italian Baseball League">Italian Baseball League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Fortitudo_Baseball_Bologna" title="Fortitudo Baseball Bologna">UGF Fortitudo Bologna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Japan_Series" title="2014 Japan Series">Japan Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks" title="Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks">Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_League" title="Pacific League">Pacific League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks" title="Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks">Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_League" title="Central League">Central League</a>: <a href="/wiki/Hanshin_Tigers" title="Hanshin Tigers">Hanshin Tigers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Korean_Series" title="2014 Korean Series">Korea Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/Samsung_Lions" title="Samsung Lions">Samsung Lions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexican_Pacific_League" title="Mexican Pacific League">Mexican League</a> : <a href="/wiki/Naranjeros_de_Hermosillo" title="Naranjeros de Hermosillo">Naranjeros de Hermosillo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liga_de_B%C3%A9isbol_Profesional_Roberto_Clemente" title="Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente">Puerto Rican League</a> : <a href="/wiki/Indios_de_Mayag%C3%BCez" title="Indios de Mayagüez">Indios de Mayagüez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taiwan_Series" title="Taiwan Series">Taiwan Series</a>: <a href="/wiki/Lamigo_Monkeys" class="mw-redirect" title="Lamigo Monkeys">Lamigo Monkeys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venezuelan_Professional_Baseball_League" title="Venezuelan Professional Baseball League">Venezuelan League</a> : <a href="/wiki/Navegantes_del_Magallanes" title="Navegantes del Magallanes">Navegantes del Magallanes</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_baseball&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Awards and honors">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_League_Baseball_2">Major League Baseball</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_baseball&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Major League Baseball">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>Baseball Hall of Fame honors</li></ul> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_balloting,_2014" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 2014">Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 2014</a></div> <ul><li>BBWAA election <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Maddux" title="Greg Maddux">Greg Maddux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Glavine" title="Tom Glavine">Tom Glavine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Thomas_(designated_hitter)" title="Frank Thomas (designated hitter)">Frank Thomas</a></li></ul></li> <li>Expansion Era Committee <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Cox" title="Bobby Cox">Bobby Cox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_La_Russa" title="Tony La Russa">Tony La Russa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Torre" title="Joe Torre">Joe Torre</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award">MVP Award</a> <ul><li>American League: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Trout" title="Mike Trout">Mike Trout</a> (LAA)</li> <li>National League: <a href="/wiki/Clayton_Kershaw" title="Clayton Kershaw">Clayton Kershaw</a> (LAD)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cy_Young_Award" title="Cy Young Award">Cy Young Award</a> <ul><li>American League: <a href="/wiki/Corey_Kluber" title="Corey Kluber">Corey Kluber</a> (CLE)</li> <li>National League: <a href="/wiki/Clayton_Kershaw" title="Clayton Kershaw">Clayton Kershaw</a> (LAD)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MLB_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="MLB Rookie of the Year Award">Rookie of the Year</a> <ul><li>American League: <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Abreu_(first_baseman)" class="mw-redirect" title="José Abreu (first baseman)">José Abreu</a> (CWS)</li> <li>National League: <a href="/wiki/Jacob_deGrom" title="Jacob deGrom">Jacob deGrom</a> (NYM)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manager_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Manager of the Year Award">Manager of the Year Award</a> <ul><li>American League – <a href="/wiki/Buck_Showalter" title="Buck Showalter">Buck Showalter</a> (BAL)</li> <li>National League – <a href="/wiki/Matt_Williams_(third_baseman)" title="Matt Williams (third baseman)">Matt Williams</a> (WAS)</li></ul></li></ul> <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> awards <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Series_MVP" class="mw-redirect" title="World Series MVP">World Series MVP</a>: <a href="/wiki/Madison_Bumgarner" title="Madison Bumgarner">Madison Bumgarner</a> (SFG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/League_Championship_Series_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="League Championship Series Most Valuable Player Award">League Championship Series MVP</a>: <a href="/wiki/Lorenzo_Cain" title="Lorenzo Cain">Lorenzo Cain</a> (KCR); <a href="/wiki/Madison_Bumgarner" title="Madison Bumgarner">Madison Bumgarner</a> (SFG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Major League Baseball All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award">All-Star Game MVP</a>: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Trout" title="Mike Trout">Mike Trout</a> (LAA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Branch_Rickey_Award" title="Branch Rickey Award">Branch Rickey Award</a>: <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Rizzo" title="Anthony Rizzo">Anthony Rizzo</a> (CHC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Comeback_Player_of_the_Year_Award" title="Major League Baseball Comeback Player of the Year Award">Comeback Player of the Year</a>: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Young_(pitcher)" title="Chris Young (pitcher)">Chris Young</a> (SEA); <a href="/wiki/Casey_McGehee" title="Casey McGehee">Casey McGehee</a> (MIA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Reliever_of_the_Year_Award" title="Major League Baseball Reliever of the Year Award">Reliever of the Year Award</a>: <a href="/wiki/Greg_Holland" title="Greg Holland">Greg Holland</a> (KCR); <a href="/wiki/Craig_Kimbrel" title="Craig Kimbrel">Craig Kimbrel</a> (ATL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Mart%C3%ADnez_Award" title="Edgar Martínez Award">Edgar Martínez Award</a>: <a href="/wiki/V%C3%ADctor_Mart%C3%ADnez_(baseball)" title="Víctor Martínez (baseball)">Víctor Martínez</a> (DET)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Aaron_Award" title="Hank Aaron Award">Hank Aaron Award</a>: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Trout" title="Mike Trout">Mike Trout</a> (LAA); <a href="/wiki/Giancarlo_Stanton" title="Giancarlo Stanton">Giancarlo Stanton</a> (MIA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roberto_Clemente_Award" title="Roberto Clemente Award">Roberto Clemente Award</a>: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Konerko" title="Paul Konerko">Paul Konerko</a> (CWS); <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Rollins" title="Jimmy Rollins">Jimmy Rollins</a> (PHI)</li></ul> <a href="/wiki/Sporting_News" class="mw-redirect" title="Sporting News">Sporting News Awards</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sporting_News_MLB_Player_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Sporting News MLB Player of the Year Award">Player of the Year</a>: <a href="/wiki/Clayton_Kershaw" title="Clayton Kershaw">Clayton Kershaw</a> (LAD)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sporting_News_Pitcher_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award">Starting pitcher of the Year</a>: <a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9lix_Hern%C3%A1ndez" title="Félix Hernández">Félix Hernández</a> (SEA); <a href="/wiki/Clayton_Kershaw" title="Clayton Kershaw">Clayton Kershaw</a> (LAD)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sporting_News_Pitcher_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award">Relief pitcher of the Year</a>: <a href="/wiki/Dellin_Betances" title="Dellin Betances">Dellin Betances</a> (NYY); <a href="/wiki/Craig_Kimbrel" title="Craig Kimbrel">Craig Kimbrel</a> (ATL)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sporting_News_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Sporting News Rookie of the Year Award">Rookie of the Year</a>: <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Abreu_(first_baseman)" class="mw-redirect" title="José Abreu (first baseman)">José Abreu</a> (CWS); <a href="/wiki/Jacob_deGrom" title="Jacob deGrom">Jacob deGrom</a> (NYM)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sporting_News_Comeback_Player_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Sporting News Comeback Player of the Year Award">Comeback Player of the Year</a>: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Young_(pitcher)" title="Chris Young (pitcher)">Chris Young</a> (SEA); <a href="/wiki/Casey_McGehee" title="Casey McGehee">Casey McGehee</a> (MIA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sporting_News_Manager_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Sporting News Manager of the Year Award">Manager of the Year</a>: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Scioscia" title="Mike Scioscia">Mike Scioscia</a> (LAA); <a href="/wiki/Matt_Williams_(third_baseman)" title="Matt Williams (third baseman)">Matt Williams</a> (WAS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sporting_News_Executive_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Sporting News Executive of the Year Award">Executive of the Year</a>: <a href="/wiki/Dan_Duquette" title="Dan Duquette">Dan Duquette</a> (BAL)</li></ul> <a href="/wiki/Players_Choice_Awards" title="Players Choice Awards">Players Choice Awards</a> <ul><li>Player of the Year: <a href="/wiki/Clayton_Kershaw" title="Clayton Kershaw">Clayton Kershaw</a> (LAD)</li> <li>Marvin Miller Man of the Year: <a href="/wiki/Clayton_Kershaw" title="Clayton Kershaw">Clayton Kershaw</a> (LAD)</li> <li>Outstanding Players: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Trout" title="Mike Trout">Mike Trout</a> (LAA); <a href="/wiki/Giancarlo_Stanton" title="Giancarlo Stanton">Giancarlo Stanton</a> (MIA)</li> <li>Outstanding Pitchers: <a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9lix_Hern%C3%A1ndez" title="Félix Hernández">Félix Hernández</a> (SEA); <a href="/wiki/Clayton_Kershaw" title="Clayton Kershaw">Clayton Kershaw</a> (LAD)</li> <li>Outstanding Rookies: <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Abreu_(first_baseman)" class="mw-redirect" title="José Abreu (first baseman)">José Abreu</a> (CHW); <a href="/wiki/Jacob_deGrom" title="Jacob deGrom">Jacob deGrom</a> (NYM)</li> <li>Comeback Players of the Year: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Young_(pitcher)" title="Chris Young (pitcher)">Chris Young</a> (SEA); <a href="/wiki/Casey_McGehee" title="Casey McGehee">Casey McGehee</a> (MIA)</li></ul> Other Awards <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Luis_Aparicio_Award" title="Luis Aparicio Award">Luis Aparicio Award</a>: <a href="/wiki/Jose_Altuve" title="Jose Altuve">Jose Altuve</a> (HOU)</li></ul> <a href="/wiki/Silver_Slugger_Award" title="Silver Slugger Award">Silver Slugger Awards</a> <table cellpadding="1" style="width:auto; font-size:90%; border:1px solid gray;"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center; font-size:larger;"> <th colspan="2">American League</th> <th> </th> <th colspan="2">National League </th></tr> <tr style="background:lightblue;"> <th>Player</th> <th>Team</th> <th>Position</th> <th>Player</th> <th>Team </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Abreu_(first_baseman)" class="mw-redirect" title="José Abreu (first baseman)">José Abreu</a></td> <td>Chicago White Sox</td> <td>First baseman</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Adri%C3%A1n_Gonz%C3%A1lez" title="Adrián González">Adrián González</a></td> <td>Los Angeles Dodgers </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jose_Altuve" title="Jose Altuve">Jose Altuve</a></td> <td>Houston Astros</td> <td>Second baseman</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Neil_Walker_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Neil Walker (baseball)">Neil Walker</a></td> <td>Pittsburgh Pirates </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Adri%C3%A1n_Beltr%C3%A9" title="Adrián Beltré">Adrián Beltré</a></td> <td>Texas Rangers</td> <td>Third baseman</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Rendon" title="Anthony Rendon">Anthony Rendon</a></td> <td>Washington Nationals </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alexei_Ram%C3%ADrez" title="Alexei Ramírez">Alexei Ramírez</a></td> <td>Chicago White Sox</td> <td>Shortstop</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ian_Desmond" title="Ian Desmond">Ian Desmond</a></td> <td>Washington Nationals </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_Trout" title="Mike Trout">Mike Trout</a></td> <td>Los Angeles Angels  </td> <td>Outfielder</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andrew_McCutchen" title="Andrew McCutchen">Andrew McCutchen</a>  </td> <td>Pittsburgh Pirates </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Bautista" title="José Bautista">José Bautista</a></td> <td>Toronto Blue Jays</td> <td>Outfielder</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Giancarlo_Stanton" title="Giancarlo Stanton">Giancarlo Stanton</a></td> <td>Florida Marlins </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Brantley" title="Michael Brantley">Michael Brantley</a>  </td> <td>Cleveland Indians</td> <td>Outfielder</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Justin_Upton" title="Justin Upton">Justin Upton</a></td> <td>Atlanta Braves </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yan_Gomes" title="Yan Gomes">Yan Gomes</a></td> <td>Cleveland Indians</td> <td>Catcher</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buster_Posey" title="Buster Posey">Buster Posey</a></td> <td>San Francisco Giants </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/V%C3%ADctor_Mart%C3%ADnez_(baseball)" title="Víctor Martínez (baseball)">Víctor Martínez</a></td> <td>Detroit Tigers</td> <td>Designated hitter/Pitcher</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madison_Bumgarner" title="Madison Bumgarner">Madison Bumgarner</a></td> <td>San Francisco Giants   </td></tr></tbody></table> <a href="/wiki/Rawlings_Gold_Glove_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Rawlings Gold Glove Award">Gold Glove Awards</a> <table cellpadding="1" style="width:auto; font-size:90%; border:1px solid gray;"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center; font-size:larger;"> <th colspan="2">American League</th> <th> </th> <th colspan="2">National League </th></tr> <tr style="background:lightblue;"> <th>Player</th> <th>Team</th> <th>Position</th> <th>Player</th> <th>Team </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Eric_Hosmer" title="Eric Hosmer">Eric Hosmer</a></td> <td>Kansas City Royals  </td> <td>First baseman</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Adri%C3%A1n_Gonz%C3%A1lez" title="Adrián González">Adrián González</a></td> <td>Los Angeles Dodgers   </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dustin_Pedroia" title="Dustin Pedroia">Dustin Pedroia</a></td> <td>Boston Red Sox</td> <td>Second baseman  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/D._J._LeMahieu" class="mw-redirect" title="D. J. LeMahieu">D. J. LeMahieu</a></td> <td>Colorado Rockies </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kyle_Seager" title="Kyle Seager">Kyle Seager</a></td> <td>Seattle Mariners</td> <td>Third baseman</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nolan_Arenado" title="Nolan Arenado">Nolan Arenado</a></td> <td>Colorado Rockies </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/J._J._Hardy" title="J. J. Hardy">J. J. Hardy</a></td> <td>Baltimore Orioles</td> <td>Shortstop</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Andrelton_Simmons" title="Andrelton Simmons">Andrelton Simmons</a>  </td> <td>Atlanta Braves </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Alex_Gordon" title="Alex Gordon">Alex Gordon</a></td> <td>Kansas City Royals</td> <td>Left fielder</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Christian_Yelich" title="Christian Yelich">Christian Yelich</a></td> <td>Miami Marlins </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Adam_Jones_(baseball)" title="Adam Jones (baseball)">Adam Jones</a></td> <td>Baltimore Orioles</td> <td>Center fielder</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Juan_Lagares" title="Juan Lagares">Juan Lagares</a></td> <td>New York Mets </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nick_Markakis" title="Nick Markakis">Nick Markakis</a></td> <td>Baltimore Orioles</td> <td>Right fielder</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jason_Heyward" title="Jason Heyward">Jason Heyward</a></td> <td>Atlanta Braves </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Salvador_P%C3%A9rez" title="Salvador Pérez">Salvador Pérez</a>  </td> <td>Kansas City Royals</td> <td>Catcher</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yadier_Molina" title="Yadier Molina">Yadier Molina</a></td> <td>St. Louis Cardinals </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Keuchel" title="Dallas Keuchel">Dallas Keuchel</a></td> <td>Houston Astros</td> <td>Pitcher</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zack_Greinke" title="Zack Greinke">Zack Greinke</a></td> <td>Los Angeles Dodgers </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minor_League_Baseball">Minor League Baseball</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_baseball&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Minor League Baseball">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_League_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="International League Most Valuable Player Award">International League MVP</a>: <a href="/wiki/Steven_Souza" class="mw-redirect" title="Steven Souza">Steven Souza</a> (Syracuse Chiefs [WAS])</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Coast_League_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Pacific Coast League Most Valuable Player Award">Pacific Coast League MVP</a>: <a href="/wiki/Joc_Pederson" title="Joc Pederson">Joc Pederson</a> (Albuquerque Isotopes [LAD])</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_League_(1938%E2%80%932020)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern League (1938–2020)">Eastern League MVP</a>: <a href="/wiki/Steven_Moya" title="Steven Moya">Steven Moya</a> (Erie SeaWolves [DET])</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_League_(1964%E2%80%932020)" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern League (1964–2020)">Southern League MVP</a>: <a href="/wiki/Jake_Lamb" title="Jake Lamb">Jake Lamb</a> (Mobile BayBears [ARI])</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texas_League_Player_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="Texas League Player of the Year">Texas League Player of the Year</a>: <a href="/wiki/Alex_Yarbrough" title="Alex Yarbrough">Alex Yarbrough</a> (Arkansas Travelers [LAA])</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baseball_America_Minor_League_Player_of_the_Year_Award" title="Baseball America Minor League Player of the Year Award">Baseball America MiLB Player of the Year</a>: <a href="/wiki/Kris_Bryant" title="Kris Bryant">Kris Bryant</a> (CHC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dernell_Stenson_Sportsmanship_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Dernell Stenson Sportsmanship Award">Dernell Stenson Sportsmanship Award</a>: <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Kivlehan" title="Patrick Kivlehan">Patrick Kivlehan</a> (SEA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Black_MVP_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe Black MVP Award">Joe Black Award</a>: <a href="/wiki/Greg_Bird_(baseball)" title="Greg Bird (baseball)">Greg Bird</a> (NYY)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Doby_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Larry Doby Award">Larry Doby Award</a>: <a href="/wiki/Joey_Gallo_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joey Gallo (baseball)">Joey Gallo</a> (TEX)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA_Today_Minor_League_Player_of_the_Year_Award" title="USA Today Minor League Player of the Year Award">USA Today MiLB Player of the Year</a>: <a href="/wiki/Kris_Bryant" title="Kris Bryant">Kris Bryant</a> (CHC)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events">Events</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_baseball&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Events">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January">January</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_baseball&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: January">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>January 8 – Pitchers <a href="/wiki/Greg_Maddux" title="Greg Maddux">Greg Maddux</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Glavine" title="Tom Glavine">Tom Glavine</a>, and first baseman/designated hitter <a href="/wiki/Frank_Thomas_(designated_hitter)" title="Frank Thomas (designated hitter)">Frank Thomas</a> are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Maddux sees his name appear on 97.2 percent of the ballots, falling short of the all-time mark still held by <a href="/wiki/Tom_Seaver" title="Tom Seaver">Tom Seaver</a>, who was elected on 98.84 percent of the vote in 1992. Glavine receives 91.9 percent of the vote while Thomas is elected with 83.7 percent. All three men are elected in their first year of eligibility.<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February">February</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_baseball&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: February">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>February 5 – Former stars <a href="/wiki/Roger_Clemens" title="Roger Clemens">Roger Clemens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nomar_Garciaparra" title="Nomar Garciaparra">Nomar Garciaparra</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pedro_Mart%C3%ADnez" title="Pedro Martínez">Pedro Martínez</a> are selected to the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox_Hall_of_Fame" title="Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame">Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame</a> along with long-time radio broadcaster <a href="/wiki/Joe_Castiglione" title="Joe Castiglione">Joe Castiglione</a>.<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></li> <li>February 12 – <a href="/wiki/Derek_Jeter" title="Derek Jeter">Derek Jeter</a> of the New York Yankees announces that he will retire at the end of this season. The American League Rookie of the Year winner (1996), and Most Valuable Player both in the All-Star Game (2000) and in the World Series (2000), Jeter ranks first in franchise history for the most games played, at-bats and hits.<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></li> <li>February 21 – <a href="/wiki/Ben_Wetzler" title="Ben Wetzler">Ben Wetzler</a> of <a href="/wiki/Oregon_State_University" title="Oregon State University">Oregon State University</a> is suspended for 11 games, 20 percent of the college season, for violating the <a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">National Collegiate Athletic Association</a>'s rule against using a sports agent during financial negotiations with the Philadelphia Phillies, who selected him in the <a href="/wiki/2013_Major_League_Baseball_draft" title="2013 Major League Baseball draft">2013 MLB draft</a>.<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March">March</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_baseball&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: March">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>March 22 – The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks for <a href="/wiki/Down_Under" title="Down Under">Down Under</a> sweep in Australia. After a 3–1 win behind ace <a href="/wiki/Clayton_Kershaw" title="Clayton Kershaw">Clayton Kershaw</a> in the Major League Baseball season opener, the Dodgers remain perfect at <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Cricket_Ground" title="Sydney Cricket Ground">Sydney Cricket Ground</a> with a second consecutive victory over their National League West rival. <a href="/wiki/Hyun-Jin_Ryu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyun-Jin Ryu">Hyun-Jin Ryu</a> combines with seven relievers for a 7–5 victory, beating Arizona starter <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Cahill" title="Trevor Cahill">Trevor Cahill</a>, who enters the game with a 6–0 record and a 2.01 ERA in 10 previous starts against the Dodgers, but has to leave in the fifth inning trailing 3–0.<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></li> <li>March 27 – The Detroit Tigers announce the club has agreed to terms with first baseman <a href="/wiki/Miguel_Cabrera" title="Miguel Cabrera">Miguel Cabrera</a> on an eight-year, $248 million contract extension through the 2023 season, with two vesting options for the 2024 and 2025 seasons. After the two years and $44 million that's left on Cabrera's current deal expires, he will be the highest-paid player in baseball in terms of average annual value. The $31 million AAV will beat the previous record of $30.7 million set by pitcher <a href="/wiki/Clayton_Kershaw" title="Clayton Kershaw">Clayton Kershaw</a>, which was reached when the Los Angeles Dodgers signs him to a seven-year, $215 million extension this offseason. At age 30, Cabrera captures his third consecutive <a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_batting_champions" title="List of Major League Baseball batting champions">American League batting crown</a> becoming the first Tigers player to lead the league in hitting in three straight seasons since <a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Ty Cobb</a> did so from 1917 through 1919. Previously, Cabrera led the American League with a .330 <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">batting average</a>, 44 <a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">home runs</a> and 139 <a href="/wiki/Runs_batted_in" class="mw-redirect" title="Runs batted in">runs batted in</a> during the 2012 season, to become the first player to capture the <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Triple_Crown" class="mw-redirect" title="Major League Baseball Triple Crown">Triple Crown</a> since Boston Red Sox outfielder <a href="/wiki/Carl_Yastrzemski" title="Carl Yastrzemski">Carl Yastrzemski</a> did so in 1967. It marks the 14th time since 1900 in which a big leaguer won the Triple Crown. In addition, Cabrera earns the <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award">American League Most Valuable Player Award</a> for the second consecutive year in 2013, joining <a href="/wiki/Hal_Newhouser" title="Hal Newhouser">Hal Newhouser</a> as the only two players in Detroit Tigers history to win the award in back-to-back seasons.<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a></li> <li>March 28 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Trout" title="Mike Trout">Mike Trout</a> reaches an agreement with the Anaheim Angels on a six-year, $144.5 million contract extension. Trout is a unanimous choice for <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" title="Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award">American League Rookie of the Year</a> in 2012, and he finishes second in <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award">American League Most Valuable Player</a> voting to <a href="/wiki/Miguel_Cabrera" title="Miguel Cabrera">Miguel Cabrera</a> in 2012 and 2013. Through 2013, the 22-year outfielder hits .314 with 62 <a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">home runs</a> and 196 <a href="/wiki/Runs_batted_in" class="mw-redirect" title="Runs batted in">runs batted in</a> in just 336 career games, including 40 games in 2011. He also amasses 86 <a href="/wiki/Stolen_base" title="Stolen base">stolen bases</a> while playing stellar defense and making two All-Star teams, starting for the AL in 2013. At this point, Trout is one of four players in Major League history to hit .320 with 50 home runs and 200 <a href="/wiki/Run_(baseball)" title="Run (baseball)">runs scored</a> in his first two full seasons, joining <a href="/wiki/Joe_DiMaggio" title="Joe DiMaggio">Joe DiMaggio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">Ted Williams</a> and <a href="/wiki/Albert_Pujols" title="Albert Pujols">Albert Pujols</a>.<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April">April</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_baseball&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: April">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>April 4 – At <a href="/wiki/Coors_Field" title="Coors Field">Coors Field</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Blackmon" title="Charlie Blackmon">Charlie Blackmon</a> becomes the second player in Colorado Rockies history to collect six hits in a single game. He is perfect in six at-bats, while collecting two singles, three doubles and one home run in the Rockies' 12–2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Up until now, <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9s_Galarraga" title="Andrés Galarraga">Andrés Galarraga</a> had been the only other Rockie to collect six hits in one game, doing so against the Houston Astros on July 3, <a href="/wiki/1995_in_baseball" title="1995 in baseball">1995</a>.<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a></li> <li>April 22 – At <a href="/wiki/Nationals_Park" title="Nationals Park">Nationals Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Albert_Pujols" title="Albert Pujols">Albert Pujols</a> of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim becomes the 26th player to hit 500 home runs in the Major Leagues. After hitting his 499th home run, a three-run shot off <a href="/wiki/Taylor_Jordan" title="Taylor Jordan">Taylor Jordan</a> in the first inning of the Angels' 7–2 victory over the Washington Nationals, Pujols hits his milestone home run with one runner on base, in the fifth inning, also off Jordan. Pujols becomes the first player to hit his 499th and 500th home runs in the same game, as well as the third youngest player, at 34, to hit his 500th home run; <a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Foxx" title="Jimmie Foxx">Jimmie Foxx</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alex_Rodriguez" title="Alex Rodriguez">Alex Rodriguez</a> had both reached this milestone at 32 years of age.<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a></li> <li>April 23 – <a href="/wiki/Wrigley_Field" title="Wrigley Field">Wrigley Field</a> celebrates its 100th birthday with former Chicago Cubs players on hand for the pre-game festivities. The Arizona Diamondbacks spoil the party, however, rallying from a 5–2 deficit with five runs in the ninth inning to defeat the Cubs, 7–5.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May">May</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_baseball&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: May">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>May 14: <ul><li>Major League Baseball announces that the original scoring decision made on May 9 at Globe Life Park has been reversed, and that <a href="/wiki/David_Ortiz" title="David Ortiz">David Ortiz</a> has been awarded a hit for the fly ball that fell between two Texas Rangers fielders. Ortiz comes to bat with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning. At that point, Rangers pitcher <a href="/wiki/Yu_Darvish" title="Yu Darvish">Yu Darvish</a> had retired 20 straight Boston Red Sox hitters. Ortiz hits a high pop into right field, then second baseman <a href="/wiki/Rougned_Odor" title="Rougned Odor">Rougned Odor</a>, who was playing in shallow right field in a defensive shift, gets under the ball as <a href="/wiki/Alex_R%C3%ADos" title="Alex Ríos">Alex Ríos</a> starts coming toward him. Ríos backs off and Odor cannot catch the ball as it drops just beyond his glove. The dropped ball is originally scored an error on right fielder Ríos by official scorer Steve Weller, while Darvish still takes a no-hitter into the ninth inning, but Ortiz breaks it up with a two-out single.<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a> Ortiz and the Red Sox appeal the controversial decision to Major League Baseball and it is overturned after a review.<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Ortiz" title="David Ortiz">David Ortiz</a> homers twice for the second consecutive night to lead the Boston Red Sox past the Minnesota Twins, 9–4, at Target Field. Ortiz's first homer is No. 383 in a Boston uniform, moving him past <a href="/wiki/Jim_Rice" title="Jim Rice">Jim Rice</a> for sole possession of third place on the all-time club list. Only <a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">Ted Williams</a> (521) and <a href="/wiki/Carl_Yastrzemski" title="Carl Yastrzemski">Carl Yastrzemski</a> (452) have hit more home runs in a Red Sox uniform than Ortiz. Additionally, his second shot represents his career 442nd homer and moves him into a tie with <a href="/wiki/Dave_Kingman" title="Dave Kingman">Dave Kingman</a> for 39th place on <a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_career_home_run_leaders" title="List of Major League Baseball career home run leaders">MLB all-time home run list</a>.<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a></li></ul></li> <li>May 25 – At Citizens Bank Park, Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher <a href="/wiki/Josh_Beckett" title="Josh Beckett">Josh Beckett</a> <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hits</a> the Philadelphia Phillies 6–0, the first no-hitter by a Dodger since <a href="/wiki/Hideo_Nomo" title="Hideo Nomo">Hideo Nomo</a> in <a href="/wiki/1996_in_baseball" title="1996 in baseball">1996</a>. Throwing 128 pitches and striking out six batters along the way, Beckett, who had turned 34 years old ten days earlier, becomes the oldest no-hit pitcher since 40-year-old <a href="/wiki/Randy_Johnson" title="Randy Johnson">Randy Johnson</a> hurled <a href="/wiki/Randy_Johnson%27s_perfect_game" title="Randy Johnson's perfect game">a perfect game</a> in <a href="/wiki/2004_in_baseball" title="2004 in baseball">2004</a>. The no-hitter is also the first pitched against the Phillies since St. Louis Cardinals' <a href="/wiki/Bob_Forsch" title="Bob Forsch">Bob Forsch</a> in <a href="/wiki/1978_in_baseball" title="1978 in baseball">1978</a>, as well as the first in a Phillies home game by a visiting pitcher since Montreal Expos' <a href="/wiki/Bill_Stoneman" title="Bill Stoneman">Bill Stoneman</a> in <a href="/wiki/1969_in_baseball" title="1969 in baseball">1969</a>.<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a></li> <li>May 29 – <a href="/wiki/Edwin_Encarnaci%C3%B3n" title="Edwin Encarnación">Edwin Encarnación</a> of the Toronto Blue Jays hits two home runs in an 8–6 loss to the Kansas City Royals at Rogers Centre. His home run total for the month of May sits at 16, which ties the mark set in <a href="/wiki/1955_in_baseball" title="1955 in baseball">1955</a> by <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Mantle" title="Mickey Mantle">Mickey Mantle</a> for the all-time American League record in May and is just one shy of <a href="/wiki/Barry_Bonds" title="Barry Bonds">Barry Bonds</a> for the Major League Baseball record. In addition, Encarnación matches a major league record with his fifth multihomer game in a single month. <a href="/wiki/Albert_Belle" title="Albert Belle">Albert Belle</a> did it in <a href="/wiki/1995_in_baseball" title="1995 in baseball">September 1995</a> and <a href="/wiki/Harmon_Killebrew" title="Harmon Killebrew">Harmon Killebrew</a> in <a href="/wiki/1959_in_baseball" title="1959 in baseball">May 1959</a>.<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a></li> <li>May 30 – In the eighth annual <a href="/wiki/Civil_Rights_Game" title="Civil Rights Game">Civil Rights Game</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Houston_Astros" title="Houston Astros">Houston Astros</a> defeat the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">Baltimore Orioles</a>, 2–1, at <a href="/wiki/Minute_Maid_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Minute Maid Park">Minute Maid Park</a> in Houston.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June">June</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_baseball&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: June">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>June 1 – <a href="/wiki/Jon_Lester" title="Jon Lester">Jon Lester</a> pitches seven shutout innings with 12 strikeouts and <a href="/wiki/Brock_Holt" title="Brock Holt">Brock Holt</a> hits four doubles with two RBI and one run, helping the Boston Red Sox complete a three-game sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays with a 4–0 win at Fenway Park, expanding their winning streak to seven games. <a href="/wiki/Garin_Cecchini" title="Garin Cecchini">Garin Cecchini</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alex_Hassan" title="Alex Hassan">Alex Hassan</a> both collect their first major league hits while making their big league debuts, becoming the first pair of Red Sox to make their debuts and get a hit on the same day since <a href="/wiki/Steve_Dillard_(baseball)" title="Steve Dillard (baseball)">Steve Dillard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Andy_Merchant" title="Andy Merchant">Andy Merchant</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1975_Boston_Red_Sox_season#Roster" title="1975 Boston Red Sox season">1975 season</a>. Boston's streak follows a 10-game skid, its longest in 20 years. The streak matches a major league record for consecutive wins after a double-digit losing stretch, according to research by the <a href="/wiki/Elias_Sports_Bureau" title="Elias Sports Bureau">Elias Sports Bureau</a>. The <a href="/wiki/1989_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1989 Detroit Tigers season">1989 Detroit Tigers</a> did it after losing 12 in a row, while the <a href="/wiki/1942_Pittsburgh_Pirates_season" title="1942 Pittsburgh Pirates season">1942 Pittsburgh Pirates</a> also did it after dropping 10 straight.<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a></li> <li>June 9 – <a href="/wiki/Lonnie_Chisenhall" title="Lonnie Chisenhall">Lonnie Chisenhall</a> of the Cleveland Indians continues one of baseball's most unlikely first-half surges, going five-for-five with three home runs and nine runs batted in a 17–7 rout of the Texas Rangers at Arlington ballpark. Only three other big leaguers, and none since <a href="/wiki/Fred_Lynn" title="Fred Lynn">Fred Lynn</a> in 1975, have ever collected at least that many hits, home runs and RBI in a single game. Besides, Chisenhall is the only one ever to reach the milestone with a perfect 5-for-5 at the plate.<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a></li> <li>June 13 – <a href="/wiki/Gregory_Polanco" title="Gregory Polanco">Gregory Polanco</a> goes 5 for 7 in the Pittsburgh Pirates' 8–6, 13-inning victory over the Miami Marlins at Marlins Park. Polanco also delivers his first Major League home run, a two-run shot in the 13th that proved to be the game-winner, becoming the only player in the modern era to have five hits and a home run in one of his first four MLB games, as well as the second-fastest rookie to collect a five-hit game.<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> On <a href="/wiki/1933_in_baseball" title="1933 in baseball">May 16, 1933</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cecil_Travis" title="Cecil Travis">Cecil Travis</a> of the Washington Senators accomplishes the feat in his big league debut, going 5 for 7 in an 11–10, 12-inning win over the Cleveland Indians at Griffith Stadium.<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a> It was the first time since <a href="/wiki/Fred_Clarke" title="Fred Clarke">Fred Clarke</a>'s debut in <a href="/wiki/1894_in_baseball" title="1894 in baseball">1894</a> that anyone had collected five hits in his first game. No other player has since managed this feat.<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a></li> <li>June 14 – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Rollins" title="Jimmy Rollins">Jimmy Rollins</a> becomes the all-time hit leader in Philadelphia Phillies history, surpassing Hall of Famer <a href="/wiki/Mike_Schmidt" title="Mike Schmidt">Mike Schmidt</a> with career hit No. 2,235 against <a href="/wiki/Edwin_Jackson_(baseball)" title="Edwin Jackson (baseball)">Edwin Jackson</a> in their 7–4 win over the Chicago Cubs at Citizens Bank Park. In a 15-year career with the Phillies, Rollins wins four Gold Gloves, makes three All-Star teams and claims the <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award#Baseball_Writers'_Association_of_America's_Most_Valuable_Player_(1931–present)" title="Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award">2007 National League MVP Award</a>. He is a member of the club's <a href="/wiki/2008_World_Series" title="2008 World Series">2008 World Series</a> championship team, and is also in the top 10 of nearly every offensive category for the 132-year-old franchise.<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a></li> <li>June 18 – <a href="/wiki/Clayton_Kershaw" title="Clayton Kershaw">Clayton Kershaw</a> strikes out a career-high 15 as he pitches his first career <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hitter</a> against the Colorado Rockies, 8–0, at <a href="/wiki/Dodger_Stadium" title="Dodger Stadium">Dodger Stadium</a>, allowing his only baserunner on a throwing error by shortstop <a href="/wiki/Hanley_Ram%C3%ADrez" title="Hanley Ramírez">Hanley Ramírez</a>. Kershaw gives the Los Angeles Dodgers the second no-hitter in the majors this season. On <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#May">May 25</a>, <a href="/wiki/Josh_Beckett" title="Josh Beckett">Josh Beckett</a> hurls one against the Philadelphia Phillies at <a href="/wiki/Citizens_Bank_Park" title="Citizens Bank Park">Citizens Bank Park</a>. Kershaw pitches the 22nd no-hitter in Dodgers franchise history and the third thrown against the Rockies in their history. The only other season the franchise had two no-hitters thrown was <a href="/wiki/1956_in_baseball" title="1956 in baseball">1956</a>, when <a href="/wiki/Carl_Erskine" title="Carl Erskine">Carl Erskine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sal_Maglie" title="Sal Maglie">Sal Maglie</a> turn the feat for the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Brooklyn_Dodgers" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a> on <a href="/wiki/1956_in_baseball#April–June" title="1956 in baseball">May 12</a> and <a href="/wiki/1956_in_baseball#July–September" title="1956 in baseball">September 25</a>, respectively.<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a></li> <li>June 21 – Former third baseman <a href="/wiki/Tim_Wallach" title="Tim Wallach">Tim Wallach</a> and announcer <a href="/wiki/Dave_Van_Horne" title="Dave Van Horne">Dave Van Horne</a> are inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" title="Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame">Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame</a>, along with former general manager <a href="/w/index.php?title=Murray_Cook_(baseball_executive)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Murray Cook (baseball executive) (page does not exist)">Murray Cook</a> and the late executive <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jim_Ridley_(baseball_executive)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jim Ridley (baseball executive) (page does not exist)">Jim Ridley</a>, both native Canadians.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a></li> <li>June 22 – San Diego Padres reliever <a href="/wiki/Alex_Torres_(baseball)" title="Alex Torres (baseball)">Alex Torres</a> becomes the first Major League Baseball pitcher to wear the <a href="/wiki/Baseball_cap#Athletic_use" title="Baseball cap">new protective cap</a> introduced early in the year. MLB approves the product in January, nearly a year and a half after pitcher <a href="/wiki/Brandon_McCarthy" title="Brandon McCarthy">Brandon McCarthy</a> was struck in the head by a line drive and suffered life-threatening brain injuries. Other pitchers with traumatic injuries include <a href="/wiki/Juan_Nicasio" title="Juan Nicasio">Juan Nicasio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alex_Cobb" title="Alex Cobb">Alex Cobb</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aroldis_Chapman" title="Aroldis Chapman">Aroldis Chapman</a>, which led MLB to ramp up efforts to better protect pitchers. Torres hurls the eighth inning and allows one earned run on one hit and two walks, while striking out two in the 4–2 defeat to the Los Angeles Dodgers at <a href="/wiki/Petco_Park" title="Petco Park">Petco Park</a>.<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a></li> <li>June 24 – Atlanta Braves outfielders <a href="/wiki/B._J._Upton" title="B. J. Upton">B. J. Upton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Justin_Upton" title="Justin Upton">Justin Upton</a> match a Major League record when they both homer in the Braves' 3–2 win over the Houston Astros at <a href="/wiki/Minute_Maid_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Minute Maid Park">Minute Maid Park</a>. The Upton brothers have now homered as teammates in the same game four times. The only other brothers duo to match this total are <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Guerrero" title="Vladimir Guerrero">Vladimir</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wilton_Guerrero" title="Wilton Guerrero">Wilton Guerrero</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jason_Giambi" title="Jason Giambi">Jason</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Giambi" title="Jeremy Giambi">Jeremy Giambi</a>.<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a></li> <li>June 25 – <a href="/wiki/Tim_Lincecum" title="Tim Lincecum">Tim Lincecum</a> pitches his second <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hitter</a> against the San Diego Padres in less than a year, allowing only one runner, while leading the San Francisco Giants to a 4–0 win at <a href="/wiki/AT%26T_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="AT&T Park">AT&T Park</a>. Lincecum becomes the second Giants pitcher to pitch two no-hitters, barely missing a <a href="/wiki/Perfect_game_(baseball)" title="Perfect game (baseball)">perfect game</a> after walking <a href="/wiki/Chase_Headley" title="Chase Headley">Chase Headley</a> in the second inning, after which he retires the final 23 batters he faced. Lincecum, who also no-hit the Padres on July 13, <a href="/wiki/2013_in_baseball" title="2013 in baseball">2013</a>, joins <a href="/wiki/Christy_Mathewson" title="Christy Mathewson">Christy Mathewson</a> as the only Giants pitchers to throw two no-hitters, and is also the second pitcher to no-hit the same team more than once. <a href="/wiki/Addie_Joss" title="Addie Joss">Addie Joss</a> of the Cleveland Naps subdued the Chicago White Sox in the <a href="/wiki/1908_in_baseball" title="1908 in baseball">1908</a> and <a href="/wiki/1910_in_baseball" title="1910 in baseball">1910</a> seasons, with the former being a <a href="/wiki/Perfect_game_(baseball)" title="Perfect game (baseball)">perfect game</a>. Lincecum also joins <a href="/wiki/Sandy_Koufax" title="Sandy Koufax">Sandy Koufax</a>, <a href="/wiki/Randy_Johnson" title="Randy Johnson">Randy Johnson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roy_Halladay" title="Roy Halladay">Roy Halladay</a> as the only pitchers in Major League history to collect two <a href="/wiki/Cy_Young_Award" title="Cy Young Award">Cy Young Awards</a> and two no-hitters.<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a></li> <li>June 29 – <a href="/wiki/Clayton_Kershaw" title="Clayton Kershaw">Clayton Kershaw</a> of the Los Angeles Dodgers completes one of the most impressive calendar months for a pitcher in Major League history, striking out 13 batters in seven scoreless innings in a 6–0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals at <a href="/wiki/Dodger_Stadium" title="Dodger Stadium">Dodger Stadium</a>. Kershaw goes 6–0 with an 0.82 ERA and 61 strikeouts in the month, including his first career <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hitter</a> on June 18, while completing the first six-win month for a Dodgers pitcher since <a href="/wiki/Hideo_Nomo" title="Hideo Nomo">Hideo Nomo</a> in <a href="/wiki/1995_in_baseball" title="1995 in baseball">1995</a>. Kershaw becomes the only pitcher to be unbeaten with that many wins, that many strikeouts and an ERA that low in a single calendar month, extending also his personal streak to 28 consecutive scoreless innings, exceeded in Los Angeles history only seven times, led by <a href="/wiki/Orel_Hershiser" title="Orel Hershiser">Orel Hershiser</a>'s MLB-record 59. Previously, only three other pitchers have gone 6–0 with a sub-1.00 ERA and 50 or more strikeouts in a month: the aforementioned Nomo (June 1995), <a href="/wiki/Randy_Johnson" title="Randy Johnson">Randy Johnson</a> (April 2000) and <a href="/wiki/Justin_Verlander" title="Justin Verlander">Justin Verlander</a> (June 2011).<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July">July</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_baseball&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: July">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>July 4: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Clayton_Kershaw" title="Clayton Kershaw">Clayton Kershaw</a> nearly pitches a <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hitter</a> against the Colorado Rockies again, allowing just two singles over eight innings as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Rockies, 9–0, at <a href="/wiki/Coors_Field" title="Coors Field">Coors Field</a>. Kershaw strikes out eight and walks one, allowing singles to <a href="/wiki/Nolan_Arenado" title="Nolan Arenado">Nolan Arenado</a> and <a href="/wiki/DJ_LeMahieu" title="DJ LeMahieu">DJ LeMahieu</a>, extending his scoreless streak to 36 innings before being replaced by a pinch hitter in the ninth. Kershaw silences the top-hitting team in the majors in nearly matching the no-hitter he threw against the Rockies on June 18 at <a href="/wiki/Dodger_Stadium" title="Dodger Stadium">Dodger Stadium</a>.<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a></li> <li>The Oakland Athletics agree to acquire starting pitchers <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Samardzija" title="Jeff Samardzija">Jeff Samardzija</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jason_Hammel_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jason Hammel (baseball)">Jason Hammel</a> from the Chicago Cubs in exchange for <a href="/wiki/2012_Major_League_Baseball_draft#First_round" title="2012 Major League Baseball draft">2012 first-round pick</a> shortstop <a href="/wiki/Addison_Russell_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Addison Russell (baseball)">Addison Russell</a>, <a href="/wiki/2013_Major_League_Baseball_draft#First_round" title="2013 Major League Baseball draft">2013 first-round pick</a> outfielder <a href="/wiki/Billy_McKinney_(baseball)" title="Billy McKinney (baseball)">Billy McKinney</a>, pitcher <a href="/wiki/Dan_Straily" title="Dan Straily">Dan Straily</a>, and a player to be named later. Samardzija and Hammel will join <a href="/wiki/Scott_Kazmir" title="Scott Kazmir">Scott Kazmir</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sonny_Gray" title="Sonny Gray">Sonny Gray</a> in the Oakland rotation, weakened by the loss of injured <a href="/wiki/Jarrod_Parker" title="Jarrod Parker">Jarrod Parker</a> and <a href="/wiki/A._J._Griffin_(baseball)" title="A. J. Griffin (baseball)">A. J. Griffin</a> before the start of the season. The swap represents an aggressive move from an Oakland team that has paced the rest of the American League all year long and sports the best record in the major leagues at 53–33. Meanwhile, the Cubs, solidly in last place in the National League Central at 38–46, are able to get top prospect Russell and potential slugger McKinney, as well as the reliable mid-rotation starter Straily.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a></li></ul></li> <li>July 10 – <a href="/wiki/Clayton_Kershaw" title="Clayton Kershaw">Clayton Kershaw</a> of the Los Angeles Dodgers wins his eighth straight start, a 2–1 win over the San Diego Padres at <a href="/wiki/Dodger_Stadium" title="Dodger Stadium">Dodger Stadium</a>, but his scoreless streak comes to end at 41 innings as he gives up a home run to <a href="/wiki/Chase_Headley" title="Chase Headley">Chase Headley</a> in the sixth frame. Kershaw comes within 18 innings of the major league record set by <a href="/wiki/Orel_Hershiser" title="Orel Hershiser">Orel Hershiser</a>, who ended the <a href="/wiki/1988_in_baseball" title="1988 in baseball">1988 season</a> with 59 straight scoreless innings. The two-time Cy Young Award winner Kershaw finishes with a complete-game three-hitter, while striking out 11 and walking only one. Since Hershiser, there have been two longer scoreless streaks than Kershaw, as <a href="/wiki/Brandon_Webb" title="Brandon Webb">Brandon Webb</a> went 42 straight in <a href="/wiki/2007_in_baseball" title="2007 in baseball">2007</a> and <a href="/wiki/R._A._Dickey" title="R. A. Dickey">R. A. Dickey</a> went 44 straight in <a href="/wiki/2012_in_baseball" title="2012 in baseball">2012</a>. Now Kershaw ranks third on the Dodgers' all-time list behind Hershiser and <a href="/wiki/Don_Drysdale" title="Don Drysdale">Don Drysdale</a>, whose 58-inning scoreless streak stood from <a href="/wiki/1968_in_baseball" title="1968 in baseball">1968</a> until Hershiser took it down in 1988.<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a></li> <li>July 11 – <a href="/wiki/Aroldis_Chapman" title="Aroldis Chapman">Aroldis Chapman</a> of the Cincinnati Reds strikes out <a href="/wiki/Jordy_Mercer" title="Jordy Mercer">Jordy Mercer</a> in the ninth inning of a 6–5 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates at <a href="/wiki/Great_American_Ball_Park" title="Great American Ball Park">Great American Ball Park</a> to set a Major League record dating back to 1900. Chapman becomes the pitcher with the most consecutive relief appearances with a strikeout, fanning at least a batter in his 40th consecutive game during a streak that began on August 21, 2013. He achieves the feat while striking out 83 in 42.0 innings of work.<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> Chapman surpasses <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Sutter" title="Bruce Sutter">Bruce Sutter</a>, who did so in 39 straight games from June 1 to October 2, 1977. On his ascent to the top of the list, he also surpasses <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Montgomery_(baseball)" title="Jeff Montgomery (baseball)">Jeff Montgomery</a> (32 straight games from June 18 to September 5, 1989) and <a href="/wiki/%C3%89ric_Gagn%C3%A9" title="Éric Gagné">Éric Gagné</a> (35 games from July 18, 2003, to April 10, 2004).<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a></li> <li>July 12: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_McCutchen" title="Andrew McCutchen">Andrew McCutchen</a> leads off the ninth inning with a game-tying home run and belts a go-ahead homer with two outs in the 11th to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a 6–5 victory over the Cincinnati Reds at <a href="/wiki/Great_American_Ball_Park" title="Great American Ball Park">Great American Ball Park</a>. The Pirates blow a four-run lead for the second straight night, but manage to come back behind McCutchen, who has hit 20 career homers against Cincinnati, the most by any player in the majors since 2009. His second blast also is his fourth career go-ahead home run in extra innings, and his first this season.<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Wainwright" title="Adam Wainwright">Adam Wainwright</a> pitches seven strong innings, giving up two runs and five hits, to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 10–2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers, as the Cardinals move into a first-place tie with the Brewers on the National League Central. St. Louis, which trailed Milwaukee by <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style>6+1⁄2 games on July 1, has won eight of its last 11. The Brewers continue to falter, losing their seventh game in a row and 11th of its last 12. They had held sole possession of first place since April 9.<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a></li></ul></li> <li>July 13: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Madison_Bumgarner" title="Madison Bumgarner">Madison Bumgarner</a> and <a href="/wiki/Buster_Posey" title="Buster Posey">Buster Posey</a> become the first <a href="/wiki/Battery_(baseball)" title="Battery (baseball)">pitcher-catcher battery</a> in Major League history to each hit a <a href="/wiki/Grand_slam_(baseball)" title="Grand slam (baseball)">grand slam</a> in the same game, boosting the San Francisco Giants to an 8–4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks at <a href="/wiki/AT%26T_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="AT&T Park">AT&T Park</a>. Bumgarner also becomes the first pitcher in 48 years to hit two grand slams in a single season. Previously, he hit a slam on April 11 against the Colorado Rockies. The last pitcher to launch two slams in a season was <a href="/wiki/Tony_Cloninger" title="Tony Cloninger">Tony Cloninger</a>, who <a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_hitters_with_two_grand_slams_in_one_game" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Major League Baseball hitters with two grand slams in one game">hit two grand slams in a single game</a> for the Atlanta Braves on July 3, 1966, against the Giants at <a href="/wiki/Candlestick_Park" title="Candlestick Park">Candlestick Park</a>.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a></li> <li>Texas Rangers No. 2 prospect <a href="/wiki/Joey_Gallo_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joey Gallo (baseball)">Joey Gallo</a> connects on a go-ahead two-run home run to lead the U.S. Team to a 3–2 win over the World Team in the <a href="/wiki/All-Star_Futures_Game" title="All-Star Futures Game">All-Star Futures Game</a> played at <a href="/wiki/Target_Field" title="Target Field">Target Field</a>. It extends a five-game winning streak for the U.S., which improves to a 10–6 record in the annual All-Star Weekend showcase. The homer, measured at 419 feet, lands on the concourse in right-center field with one out in the sixth inning. Gallo's homer comes after Cubs No. 1 prospect <a href="/wiki/Javier_B%C3%A1ez" title="Javier Báez">Javier Báez</a> from Puerto Rico put the World Team on the scoreboard with a two-run shot in the top of the inning. Individual pitching performances dominate the game, as the teams' 20 pitchers combine for 18 strikeouts while walking just two batters and surrendering 15 hits. <a href="/wiki/Henry_Owens_(left-handed_pitcher)" title="Henry Owens (left-handed pitcher)">Henry Owens</a> (Red Sox) starts the game for the U.S. and Puerto Rican <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Berr%C3%ADos" title="José Berríos">José Berríos</a> (Twins) did it for the World. At game's end, <a href="/wiki/Jake_Thompson" title="Jake Thompson">Jake Thompson</a> (Tigers) is the winning pitcher and Dominican Republic's <a href="/wiki/Michael_Feliz" title="Michael Feliz">Michael Feliz</a> (Astros) is the loser, while <a href="/wiki/Noah_Syndergaard" title="Noah Syndergaard">Noah Syndergaard</a> (Mets) is credited with the save. Gallo, who is named the game's Most Valuable Player, leads the Minor Leagues with 40 home runs in 2013 and is tied with <a href="/wiki/Kris_Bryant" title="Kris Bryant">Kris Bryant</a> (Cubs) for the minors lead with 31 homers this season.<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a><a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a></li></ul></li> <li>July 14: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Velazquez" title="Andrew Velazquez">Andrew Velazquez</a> sets a <a href="/wiki/Minor_League_Baseball" title="Minor League Baseball">Minor League Baseball</a> record with his 72nd consecutive game safely reaching base. He breaks the record of 71 set by <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Millar" title="Kevin Millar">Kevin Millar</a> in 1997 and tied by <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Youkilis" title="Kevin Youkilis">Kevin Youkilis</a> in 2003. Velazquez's streak runs from April 22 through July 16, when it ends at 74 consecutive games.<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a><a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a></li> <li>Grant Kay <a href="/wiki/Hitting_for_the_cycle" title="Hitting for the cycle">hits for the cycle</a> in his first professional game, going 5 for 6 with five runs scored and three RBI, leading the Short Season <a href="/wiki/Hudson_Valley_Renegades" title="Hudson Valley Renegades">Hudson Valley Renegades</a> to a 16–4 victory over the <a href="/wiki/Batavia_Muckdogs" title="Batavia Muckdogs">Batavia Muckdogs</a>. Kay, a Tampa Bay Rays 27th round pick in <a href="/wiki/2014_MLB_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 MLB Draft">this year's draft</a>, hits a three-run home run in his first professional at-bat, following with a double in his third at-bat and singles in his fourth and fifth, before drilling a triple in the eight inning to complete a five-hit, five-run game (and the cycle) in his first professional contest.<a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a></li></ul></li> <li>July 15 – The American League defeats the National League, 5–3, during the <a href="/wiki/2014_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="2014 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">85th MLB All-Star Game</a> played at <a href="/wiki/Target_Field" title="Target Field">Target Field</a>. <a href="/wiki/Mike_Trout" title="Mike Trout">Mike Trout</a> hits a first-inning RBI triple before scoring a run, and later drives in the winning run with a double in the fifth, to claim Most Valuable Player honors in what turns out to be <a href="/wiki/Derek_Jeter" title="Derek Jeter">Derek Jeter</a>'s final All-Star Game.<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a></li> <li>July 18 – At <a href="/wiki/Yankee_Stadium" title="Yankee Stadium">Yankee Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Derek_Jeter" title="Derek Jeter">Derek Jeter</a> becomes the all-time leader in games played at shortstop. With the score tied 2–2, he singles off <a href="/wiki/Mike_Leake" title="Mike Leake">Mike Leake</a> to lead off the inning, then scores ahead of <a href="/wiki/Jacoby_Ellsbury" title="Jacoby Ellsbury">Jacoby Ellsbury</a>'s home run for the eventual winning run in the Yankees' 4–3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. The game is Jeter's 2,610th at shortstop, breaking <a href="/wiki/Omar_Vizquel" title="Omar Vizquel">Omar Vizquel</a>'s all-time record.<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a></li> <li>July 20: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Odrisamer_Despaigne" title="Odrisamer Despaigne">Odrisamer Despaigne</a> comes within four outs of the first <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hitter</a> in San Diego Padres' 46-year major league history, and the Padres beat the New York Mets, 2–1, at <a href="/wiki/Petco_Park" title="Petco Park">Petco Park</a>.<a href="#cite_note-YahooSports-43">[43]</a> Despaigne, a 27-year-old Cuban defector who signed with the Padres in early May, was making his fifth career major league start. He is on his way to making history until <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Murphy_(baseball)" title="Daniel Murphy (baseball)">Daniel Murphy</a> lines a double with two outs in the top of the eighth inning. The Padres lose a one-run lead when Murphy comes around to score on a single by <a href="/wiki/David_Wright" title="David Wright">David Wright</a>, who is the final batter Despaigne faces. Despaigne allows a run and two hits, while striking out five and walking three. <a href="/wiki/Yasmani_Grandal" title="Yasmani Grandal">Yasmani Grandal</a> opens the scoring for the Padres with a home run in the fourth. They come back to win the game when <a href="/wiki/Seth_Smith" title="Seth Smith">Seth Smith</a> hits a two-out infield single in the bottom of the ninth and <a href="/wiki/Cameron_Maybin" title="Cameron Maybin">Cameron Maybin</a> scores the winning run. It is the longest no-hit bid by a single Padres pitcher since September 7, 2008, when <a href="/wiki/Chris_Young_(pitcher)" title="Chris Young (pitcher)">Chris Young</a> hurled <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027" />7+2⁄3 perfect innings before allowing a home run to the Milwaukee Brewers' <a href="/wiki/Gabe_Kapler" title="Gabe Kapler">Gabe Kapler</a>.<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> Now the Padres have played 7,264 games, plus 34 more in the postseason, since coming into existence in 1969.<a href="#cite_note-YahooSports-43">[43]</a> Before 2012, the Mets had been the only other active franchise without a no-hitter until <a href="/wiki/Johan_Santana" title="Johan Santana">Johan Santana</a> pitched one against the St. Louis Cardinals on June 1. The Mets, founded in 1962, needed 8,020 games to score a no-hitter.<a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_McCutchen" title="Andrew McCutchen">Andrew McCutchen</a> hits a tiebreaking single in the seventh inning, <a href="/wiki/Neil_Walker_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Neil Walker (baseball)">Neil Walker</a> follows with a home run, and the Pittsburgh Pirates overcome a three-run deficit and cap a three-game sweep of the Colorado Rockies with a 5–3 victory at <a href="/wiki/PNC_Park" title="PNC Park">PNC Park</a>. Walker goes 3 for 4 and scores two runs, while <a href="/wiki/Jordy_Mercer" title="Jordy Mercer">Jordy Mercer</a> drives in a pair of runs for the Pirates. It is the second series sweep of the season for Pittsburgh, and its first ever of the Rockies at home after taking three at <a href="/wiki/Coors_Field" title="Coors Field">Coors Field</a> in <a href="/wiki/1999_in_baseball" title="1999 in baseball">1999</a>.<a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a></li></ul></li> <li>July 21 – The Boston Red Sox rout the Toronto Blue Jays, 14–1, while collecting season highs in hits (18), home runs (4) and runs at <a href="/wiki/Rogers_Centre" title="Rogers Centre">Rogers Centre</a>. <a href="/wiki/David_Ortiz" title="David Ortiz">David Ortiz</a> hits his 21st and 22nd home runs of the season, giving him 453 for his career to pass Hall of Famer and Boston great <a href="/wiki/Carl_Yastrzemski" title="Carl Yastrzemski">Carl Yastrzemski</a> into 36th place on the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_career_home_run_leaders" title="List of Major League Baseball career home run leaders">all-time home run list</a>.<a href="#cite_note-ESPN-47">[47]</a> It is worth noting that Ortiz is still third on the Red Sox list with 395 homers, behind <a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">Ted Williams</a> (521) and Yastrzemski. He previously hit 58 home runs with the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> before joining Boston.<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> It was also the 44th multi-homer game for Ortiz, which ranks him second for the most multi-homer games by an American League left-handed hitter behind <a href="/wiki/Babe_Ruth" title="Babe Ruth">Babe Ruth</a> (71), while surpassing <a href="/wiki/Lou_Gehrig" title="Lou Gehrig">Lou Gehrig</a> (43), <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Jackson" title="Reggie Jackson">Reggie Jackson</a> (42) and <a href="/wiki/Ken_Griffey_Jr." title="Ken Griffey Jr.">Ken Griffey Jr.</a> (40), according to <a href="/wiki/Elias_Sports_Bureau" title="Elias Sports Bureau">Elias Sports Bureau</a>.<a href="#cite_note-ESPN-47">[47]</a></li> <li>July 22 – At <a href="/wiki/Yankee_Stadium" title="Yankee Stadium">Yankee Stadium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Derek_Jeter" title="Derek Jeter">Derek Jeter</a> becomes the all-time leader in doubles in a New York Yankee uniform. The record double comes in the ninth inning off <a href="/wiki/Neal_Cotts" title="Neal Cotts">Neal Cotts</a> of the Texas Rangers and gives Jeter 535 for his career, breaking a tie he had shared with <a href="/wiki/Lou_Gehrig" title="Lou Gehrig">Lou Gehrig</a> for first place. The Yankees defeat the Rangers 2–1 in 14 innings as <a href="/wiki/Chase_Headley" title="Chase Headley">Chase Headley</a>, making his debut with the team after being traded from the San Diego Padres earlier in the day, singles to score <a href="/wiki/Brian_Roberts_(baseball)" title="Brian Roberts (baseball)">Brian Roberts</a> with the winning run.<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a></li> <li>July 23: <ul><li>41-year-old pitcher <a href="/wiki/Bartolo_Col%C3%B3n" title="Bartolo Colón">Bartolo Colón</a> retires 22 consecutive batters as the New York Mets beat the Seattle Mariners, 3–2. at <a href="/wiki/Safeco_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Safeco Field">Safeco Field</a>. Colȯn flirts with history and comes within seven outs of perfection, until second baseman <a href="/wiki/Robinson_Can%C3%B3" title="Robinson Canó">Robinson Canó</a> lines a fastball into shallow left for a single to break up Colón's attempt to pitch the first <a href="/wiki/Perfect_game_(baseball)" title="Perfect game (baseball)">perfect game</a> in New York Mets history. Colón is credited with the victory, after allowing two runs on three hits and one walk while striking out five in <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027" />7+2⁄3 innings of work.<a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Ortiz" title="David Ortiz">David Ortiz</a> hits a three-run home run for the Red Sox, his fourth in three games, but Boston loses its second straight to the Toronto Blue Jays, 6–4. The three runs batted in gave Ortiz 1,501 for his career, making him the 53rd player in Major League history with 1,500 or more RBI. Just ahead of Ortiz on the all-time list is Hall of Famer <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Mantle" title="Mickey Mantle">Mickey Mantle</a>, with 1,509. The homer is Ortiz' 455th, tying him with <a href="/wiki/Adam_Dunn" title="Adam Dunn">Adam Dunn</a> for 35th on the career list. Ortiz now has 37 career home runs in Toronto, passing <a href="/wiki/Alex_Rodriguez" title="Alex Rodriguez">Alex Rodriguez</a> for the most all-time by a visiting player at <a href="/wiki/Rogers_Centre" title="Rogers Centre">Rogers Centre</a> (née SkyDome).<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a></li></ul></li> <li>July 25 – At <a href="/wiki/AT%26T_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="AT&T Park">AT&T Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yasiel_Puig" title="Yasiel Puig">Yasiel Puig</a> hits three triples in the Los Angeles Dodgers' 8–1 victory over the San Francisco Giants. The triples are among five by the Dodgers, the other two coming from <a href="/wiki/Dee_Gordon" class="mw-redirect" title="Dee Gordon">Dee Gordon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Matt_Kemp" title="Matt Kemp">Matt Kemp</a> during the Dodgers' five-run fifth inning. The five triples tie a franchise record for most in a game, set in <a href="/wiki/1921_in_baseball" title="1921 in baseball">1921</a>. In addition to becoming the first player with three triples in one game since Minnesota's <a href="/wiki/Denard_Span" title="Denard Span">Denard Span</a> in <a href="/wiki/2010_in_baseball" title="2010 in baseball">2010</a>, Puig also ties the franchise record for triples in a game, set by Brooklyn's <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Sheckard" title="Jimmy Sheckard">Jimmy Sheckard</a> in <a href="/wiki/1901_in_baseball" title="1901 in baseball">1901</a>.<a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a></li> <li>July 26 – The <a href="/wiki/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum">Baseball Hall of Fame</a> changes a rule on eligibility by reducing the number of years a player can be on the ballot from 15 to 10. It is the first Hall of Fame ruling change since <a href="/wiki/1991_in_baseball" title="1991 in baseball">1991</a>, when players on baseball's permanent ineligible list were barred from appearing on the ballot, a move that prevented all-time hits leader <a href="/wiki/Pete_Rose" title="Pete Rose">Pete Rose</a> from being considered. Due to a grandfather clause, three players with more than 10 years on the ballot will remain on the ballot in 2015: <a href="/wiki/Don_Mattingly" title="Don Mattingly">Don Mattingly</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alan_Trammell" title="Alan Trammell">Alan Trammell</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lee_Smith_(baseball)" title="Lee Smith (baseball)">Lee Smith</a>, who will be on the ballot for their 15th, 14th and 13th years respectively.<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a></li> <li>July 28 – At <a href="/wiki/Globe_Life_Park_in_Arlington" class="mw-redirect" title="Globe Life Park in Arlington">Globe Life Park in Arlington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Derek_Jeter" title="Derek Jeter">Derek Jeter</a> collects three hits in the New York Yankees' 4–2 loss to the Texas Rangers. With 3,420 career hits, he passes <a href="/wiki/Carl_Yastrzemski" title="Carl Yastrzemski">Carl Yastrzemski</a> for seventh place on the all-time hits list.<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a></li> <li>July 29: <ul><li>The Los Angeles Dodgers announce that legendary Hall of Fame broadcaster <a href="/wiki/Vin_Scully" title="Vin Scully">Vin Scully</a> will return for his 66th season in 2015. Scully, 86, began broadcasting <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Brooklyn_Dodgers" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a> games soon after turning 22 in 1950 and has not left the team since. He became the team's primary play-by-play man when <a href="/wiki/Red_Barber" title="Red Barber">Red Barber</a> joined the New York Yankees in 1953, and accompanied the Dodgers to Los Angeles before the 1958 season. Scully was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1982.<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a></li> <li>At <a href="/wiki/Wrigley_Field" title="Wrigley Field">Wrigley Field</a>, the Chicago Cubs defeat the Colorado Rockies 4–3 in a 16-inning marathon that lasts 6 hours and 27 minutes. With both teams out of pitchers after 15 innings, the Cubs turn to backup catcher <a href="/wiki/John_Baker_(baseball)" title="John Baker (baseball)">John Baker</a> and the Rockies to starter <a href="/wiki/Tyler_Matzek" title="Tyler Matzek">Tyler Matzek</a> to pitch the 16th. Baker pitches a scoreless top half of the inning, then after leading off the bottom half with a walk against Matzek, scores the winning run on <a href="/wiki/Starlin_Castro" title="Starlin Castro">Starlin Castro</a>'s sacrifice fly. Baker becomes only the fourth non-pitcher to be credited with a win since <a href="/wiki/1968_in_baseball" title="1968 in baseball">1968</a>. In terms of game time, the game is the longest in the history of both teams, as well as in Wrigley Field history.<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a></li></ul></li> <li>July 31: <ul><li>The Oakland Athletics acquire starting pitcher <a href="/wiki/Jon_Lester" title="Jon Lester">Jon Lester</a> and outfielder <a href="/wiki/Jonny_Gomes" title="Jonny Gomes">Jonny Gomes</a> from the Boston Red Sox in exchange for outfielder <a href="/wiki/Yoenis_C%C3%A9spedes" title="Yoenis Céspedes">Yoenis Céspedes</a>. Oakland is also sending a <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_draft#Compensatory_picks" title="Major League Baseball draft">competitive balance draft pick</a> to the Red Sox in the trade, while Boston is sending cash to Oakland. The Athletics landed the second pick on pick in Compensatory Round B in last week's lottery. Lester, who is scheduled to become a free agent after this season, will join a solid Athletics rotation that already includes <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Samardzija" title="Jeff Samardzija">Jeff Samardzija</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scott_Kazmir" title="Scott Kazmir">Scott Kazmir</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sonny_Gray" title="Sonny Gray">Sonny Gray</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jason_Hammel_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jason Hammel (baseball)">Jason Hammel</a>. Cespedes will bring the Red Sox a much-needed productive bat, though he is only under team control through the 2015 season due to a clause in his contract that allows him to forgo arbitration and hit the free agent market after his initial four-year term. The transaction marks the second time in less than a month that the first-place Athletics have made a blockbuster trade to bolster their starting pitching.<a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a></li> <li>In their second blockbuster trade of the day, the Boston Red Sox deal starting pitcher <a href="/wiki/John_Lackey" title="John Lackey">John Lackey</a> to the St. Louis Cardinals along with minor league pitcher <a href="/wiki/Corey_Littrell" class="mw-redirect" title="Corey Littrell">Corey Littrell</a> and cash considerations. In exchange for Lackey, Boston receives outfielder/first baseman <a href="/wiki/Allen_Craig" title="Allen Craig">Allen Craig</a> and pitcher <a href="/wiki/Joe_Kelly_(pitcher)" title="Joe Kelly (pitcher)">Joe Kelly</a>.<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a> The Cardinals further bolster their rotation, having acquired <a href="/wiki/Justin_Masterson" title="Justin Masterson">Justin Masterson</a> from the Cleveland Indians for minor league outfielder <a href="/wiki/James_Ramsey_(baseball)" title="James Ramsey (baseball)">James Ramsey</a> a day before the non-waiver trade deadline.<a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a></li> <li>The Boston Red Sox remained active before trade deadline. The Red Sox trade shortstop <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Drew" title="Stephen Drew">Stephen Drew</a> to the New York Yankees in exchange for infielder <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Johnson_(baseball)" title="Kelly Johnson (baseball)">Kelly Johnson</a>. The two teams had not traded with each other since 1997, when <a href="/wiki/Mike_Stanley" title="Mike Stanley">Mike Stanley</a> went to New York while Boston received <a href="/wiki/Jim_Mecir" title="Jim Mecir">Jim Mecir</a> and a minor leaguer.<a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> Then, in a change of left-handed pitchers, the Red Sox send <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Miller_(baseball)" title="Andrew Miller (baseball)">Andrew Miller</a> to the Baltimore Orioles for <a href="/wiki/Eduardo_Rodr%C3%ADguez_(left-handed_pitcher)" title="Eduardo Rodríguez (left-handed pitcher)">Eduardo Rodríguez</a>.<a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a></li> <li>The Detroit Tigers acquire pitcher <a href="/wiki/David_Price_(baseball)" title="David Price (baseball)">David Price</a> in a blockbuster three-team trade with the Tampa Bay Rays and Seattle Mariners. Detroit sends outfielder <a href="/wiki/Austin_Jackson_(baseball)" title="Austin Jackson (baseball)">Austin Jackson</a> to Seattle, while Tampa Bay receives pitcher <a href="/wiki/Drew_Smyly" title="Drew Smyly">Drew Smyly</a> from Detroit and infielder <a href="/wiki/Nick_Franklin_(baseball)" title="Nick Franklin (baseball)">Nick Franklin</a> from the Mariners, as well as minor league infielder <a href="/wiki/Willy_Adames" title="Willy Adames">Willy Adames</a> from the Tigers.<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August">August</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_baseball&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: August">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>August 5 – <a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9lix_Hern%C3%A1ndez" title="Félix Hernández">Félix Hernández</a> allows one run on four hits and one walk while striking out eight batters in eight innings, leading the Seattle Mariners to a 4–2 victory against the Atlanta Braves at <a href="/wiki/Safeco_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Safeco Field">Safeco Field</a>. It is his 15th straight start this season, dating back to May 18, in which he works at least seven innings and allows two <a href="/wiki/Earned_run" title="Earned run">earned runs</a> or fewer, the longest such streak in Major League history.<a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a> Hernández has posted an 8–2 record with a 1.42 earned run average in 114.0 innings and five no decisions in those outings.<a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> <a href="/wiki/Gaylord_Perry" title="Gaylord Perry">Gaylord Perry</a> started 15 straight games of seven or more innings with two or fewer earned runs for the Cleveland Indians in 1974 and Hernández has now equaled that mark.<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a></li> <li>August 6 – The San Diego Padres announce the hiring of <a href="/wiki/A._J._Preller" title="A. J. Preller">A. J. Preller</a> as their new general manager. The Padres organization was seeking a top talent evaluator and someone who could make an impact in the international market, while Preller, a longtime assistant GM of the Texas Rangers, is also a well respected person in the field of international scouting. His hiring concludes a six-week process that commenced on June 22 after San Diego dismissed <a href="/wiki/Josh_Byrnes" title="Josh Byrnes">Josh Byrnes</a> following his two-and-a-half year tenure.<a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a></li> <li>August 8: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Freddie_Freeman" title="Freddie Freeman">Freddie Freeman</a> and brothers <a href="/wiki/Justin_Upton" title="Justin Upton">Justin</a> and <a href="/wiki/B._J._Upton" title="B. J. Upton">B. J. Upton</a> hit two-out, two-run home runs each, while <a href="/wiki/Tommy_La_Stella" title="Tommy La Stella">Tommy La Stella</a> hits his first career homer, as the Atlanta Braves power their way out of an eight-game losing streak with a 7–6 victory over the Washington Nationals at <a href="/wiki/Turner_Field" title="Turner Field">Turner Field</a>. <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Strasburg" title="Stephen Strasburg">Stephen Strasburg</a>, who has not allowed more than two home runs in any of his previous 99 major league starts, surrenders the two-run homers within the first two innings and the solo shot in the fifth. It was the fifth time the Upton brothers homered in the same game as teammates, setting a new MLB record for siblings, The Uptons previously shared the record of four games with <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Guerrero" title="Vladimir Guerrero">Vladimir</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wilton_Guerrero" title="Wilton Guerrero">Wilton Guerrero</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jason_Giambi" title="Jason Giambi">Jason</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Giambi" title="Jeremy Giambi">Jeremy Giambi</a>.<a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bartolo_Col%C3%B3n" title="Bartolo Colón">Bartolo Colón</a> notches his 200th Major League career victory as the New York Mets defeat the Philadelphia Phillies, 5–4, at <a href="/wiki/Citizens_Bank_Park" title="Citizens Bank Park">Citizens Bank Park</a>. Colón twirls eight innings of one-run ball, allowing six hits and <a href="/wiki/Strikeout" title="Strikeout">striking out</a> six without issuing a <a href="/wiki/Base_on_balls" title="Base on balls">walk</a>. The only run comes on a solo home run by <a href="/wiki/Marlon_Byrd" title="Marlon Byrd">Marlon Byrd</a> in the seventh inning. The 41-year-old right-hander becomes one of 115 major leaguers to cross the 200-win plateau. Only two other active pitchers – <a href="/wiki/Tim_Hudson" title="Tim Hudson">Tim Hudson</a> (213) and <a href="/wiki/CC_Sabathia" title="CC Sabathia">CC Sabathia</a> (208) – are in the club. Now the game has changed, the days of 300-game winners are plausibly over, making 200 the new 300. A <a href="/wiki/Cy_Young_Award" title="Cy Young Award">Cy Young Award</a> winner, Colón also trails only <a href="/wiki/Juan_Marichal" title="Juan Marichal">Juan Marichal</a> (243) and <a href="/wiki/Pedro_Mart%C3%ADnez" title="Pedro Martínez">Pedro Martínez</a> (219) for the most wins by a Dominican-born pitcher.<a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a></li></ul></li> <li>August 9: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Derek_Jeter" title="Derek Jeter">Derek Jeter</a> hits a single off Cleveland Indians starter <a href="/wiki/Corey_Kluber" title="Corey Kluber">Corey Kluber</a>, and in the process surpasses <a href="/wiki/Honus_Wagner" title="Honus Wagner">Honus Wagner</a> for sole possession of 6th place on the Major League Baseball <a href="/wiki/3,000_hit_club#Members" class="mw-redirect" title="3,000 hit club">all-time hits list</a>. It was the 3,431st Jeter hit during his 19 seasons with the New York Yankees. Even though the Yankees lose at home, 3–0, it is an historic achievement for the shortstop who has been the icon of the franchise. Jeter, who announced this would be his final season on <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#February">February 12</a>, entered the year with 3,316 hits. He had passed <a href="/wiki/Paul_Molitor" title="Paul Molitor">Paul Molitor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Carl_Yastrzemski" title="Carl Yastrzemski">Carl Yastrzemski</a> on the all-time list this season before moving past Wagner on this game. The only players in Major League history with more hits than Jeter are <a href="/wiki/Pete_Rose" title="Pete Rose">Pete Rose</a> (4,256), <a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Ty Cobb</a> (4,191), <a href="/wiki/Hank_Aaron" title="Hank Aaron">Hank Aaron</a> (3,771), <a href="/wiki/Stan_Musial" title="Stan Musial">Stan Musial</a> (3,630) and <a href="/wiki/Tris_Speaker" title="Tris Speaker">Tris Speaker</a> (3,514).<a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Pujols" title="Albert Pujols">Albert Pujols</a> leads off the bottom of the 19th inning with a <a href="/wiki/Walk-off_home_run" title="Walk-off home run">walk-off home run</a>, and the Anaheim Angels outlast the Boston Red Sox 5–4 in the longest game played in the Major Leagues this season. Pujols' 514th career homer and 22nd of the season comes on a 3–2 pitch from <a href="/wiki/Brandon_Workman" title="Brandon Workman">Brandon Workman</a>, ending a six-hour, 31-minute marathon in which both teams use nine pitchers, and 558 pitches are thrown.<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a></li></ul></li> <li>August 10: <ul><li>Less than 24 hours after the Anaheim Angels and Boston Red Sox played the longest game of the season, the Toronto Blue Jays and Detroit Tigers duplicate their feat by going 19 innings. <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Bautista" title="José Bautista">José Bautista</a> hits a bases-loaded single off <a href="/wiki/Rick_Porcello" title="Rick Porcello">Rick Porcello</a> in the bottom of the 19th to drive in the winning run, as the Blue Jays overcome an early 5–0 deficit to beat Detroit 6–5. Each team uses nine pitchers, and 629 pitches are thrown. At six hours and thirty-seven minutes, it is the longest game this season, six minutes more than the Red Sox-Angels affair.<a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a></li> <li>Four Texas Rangers pitching prospects combine on the first extra-inning <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hitter</a> in <a href="/wiki/Northwest_League" title="Northwest League">Northwest League</a> history, as the <a href="/wiki/Spokane_Indians" title="Spokane Indians">Spokane Indians</a> defeat the <a href="/wiki/Everett_AquaSox" title="Everett AquaSox">Everett AquaSox</a> (Seattle Mariners), 3–0, in 11 innings at <a href="/wiki/Everett_Memorial_Stadium" title="Everett Memorial Stadium">Everett Memorial Stadium</a>. Pitchers Derek Thompson, Shane McCain, Adam Parks and Luis Pollorena combine on the no hitter, while registering 14 strikeouts, two walks and a hit by pitch. The game is scoreless through ten innings, until Spokane cleanup hitter Luke Tender blasts a three-run home run in the top of the 11th to give the Indians all the runs they needed in the 3–0 win.<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a></li></ul></li> <li>August 14 – By a unanimous 30–0 vote, Major League Baseball owners select <a href="/wiki/Rob_Manfred" title="Rob Manfred">Rob Manfred</a>, MLB's chief operating officer and right-hand man to <a href="/wiki/Bud_Selig" title="Bud Selig">Bud Selig</a>, as the game's new commissioner. Manfred will replace Selig, who will step down in January after serving as commissioner for 22 years, the first six as acting commissioner. Boston Red Sox chairman <a href="/wiki/Tom_Werner" title="Tom Werner">Tom Werner</a> and MLB executive vice president of business Tim Brosnan were also candidates; the latter withdrew his name before the owners cast their votes, leaving the final decision between Manfred and Werner. Manfred, having already received the required 23 votes, was ultimately named commissioner by a unanimous vote.<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a></li> <li>August 16: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Ortiz" title="David Ortiz">David Ortiz</a> hits a two-run double in the eight inning that secures the Boston Red Sox' 10–7 victory over the Houston Astros at <a href="/wiki/Fenway_Park" title="Fenway Park">Fenway Park</a>. Ortiz, who ties a career high with six RBI, also launches a pair of two-run home runs, the first of which was his 400th long ball in a Boston uniform, to join Hall of Famers <a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">Ted Williams</a> and <a href="/wiki/Carl_Yastrzemski" title="Carl Yastrzemski">Carl Yastrzemski</a> as the only players to hit 400 home runs while playing for the Red Sox. Williams hit 521 homers, and Yastrzemski had 452. Both spent their entire careers with the Red Sox. Ortiz also becomes the 25th player in Major League history to record 400 homers for one team. He has 459 home runs in his career, which started with the Minnesota Twins, and is tied with <a href="/wiki/Adam_Dunn" title="Adam Dunn">Adam Dunn</a> for 35th place on the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_career_home_run_leaders" title="List of Major League Baseball career home run leaders">MLB all-time home run list</a>.<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Price_(baseball)" title="David Price (baseball)">David Price</a> pitches eight innings of one-run ball and struck out seven batters, as the Detroit Tigers defeat <a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9lix_Hern%C3%A1ndez" title="Félix Hernández">Félix Hernández</a> and the Seattle Mariners at <a href="/wiki/Comerica_Park" title="Comerica Park">Comerica Park</a> by a score of 4–2. After five innings, Hernández is forced to leave the game due to visible left hip discomfort. He is hit on his hip by a comebacker hit by <a href="/wiki/Ian_Kinsler" title="Ian Kinsler">Ian Kinsler</a> on the third out of the fourth inning, and is unable to protect himself from a ball hit by <a href="/wiki/Miguel_Cabrera" title="Miguel Cabrera">Miguel Cabrera</a> in the fifth. Hernández allows two runs and seven hits, strikes out three and walks none. After his five-inning effort, he ends his Major League record streak of 16 consecutive starts with seven innings or more and two runs or less allowed.<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a></li></ul></li> <li>August 17: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Cuddyer" title="Michael Cuddyer">Michael Cuddyer</a> completes the <a href="/wiki/Hitting_for_the_cycle" title="Hitting for the cycle">first cycle</a> in the Majors this season, while leading the Colorado Rockies to a 10–5 victory over the Cincinnati Reds at <a href="/wiki/Coors_Field" title="Coors Field">Coors Field</a>.<a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a> Cuddyer, who is on his first day back after missing 60 games with a fractured left shoulder, becomes the third player in Major League history to accomplish cycles in both the National and American Leagues.<a href="#cite_note-ALMANAC-77">[77]</a> <a href="/wiki/Bob_Watson" title="Bob Watson">Bob Watson</a> did it with the Houston Astros (<a href="/wiki/1977_in_baseball" title="1977 in baseball">1977</a>) and the Boston Red Sox (<a href="/wiki/1979_in_baseball" title="1979 in baseball">1979</a>), and <a href="/wiki/John_Olerud" title="John Olerud">John Olerud</a> with the New York Mets (<a href="/wiki/1997_in_baseball" title="1997 in baseball">1997</a>) and the Seattle Mariners (<a href="/wiki/2001_in_baseball" title="2001 in baseball">2001</a>).<a href="#cite_note-ALMANAC-77">[77]</a> Cuddyer completed his first career cycle while playing for the Minnesota Twins (<a href="/wiki/2009_in_baseball" title="2009 in baseball">2009</a>). The most cycles hit by a single player in Major League Baseball is three, accomplished by <a href="/wiki/Babe_Herman" title="Babe Herman">Babe Herman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Meusel" title="Bob Meusel">Bob Meusel</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Reilly_(baseball)" title="John Reilly (baseball)">John Reilly</a>, but no one has accomplished that feat since <a href="/wiki/1933_in_baseball" title="1933 in baseball">1933</a>.<a href="#cite_note-ALMANAC-77">[77]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jose_Altuve" title="Jose Altuve">Jose Altuve</a> went 4 for 5 and blasts his first Major League career <a href="/wiki/Grand_slam_(baseball)" title="Grand slam (baseball)">grand slam</a> over the <a href="/wiki/Green_Monster" title="Green Monster">Green Monster</a>, helping send the Houston Astros to an 8–1 win over the Boston Red Sox and a split of the four-game series at <a href="/wiki/Fenway_Park" title="Fenway Park">Fenway Park</a>. Altuve becomes the first Astros hitter to collect four hits including a grand slam since <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Bagwell" title="Jeff Bagwell">Jeff Bagwell</a> did it in April 2004. Altuve currently leads the Major Leagues in <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">batting average</a> (.339), <a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">hits</a> (173) and <a href="/wiki/Stolen_base" title="Stolen base">stolen bases</a> (46).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joey_Gallo_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joey Gallo (baseball)">Joey Gallo</a> hits a two-run home run for Double-A <a href="/wiki/Frisco_RoughRiders" title="Frisco RoughRiders">Frisco RoughRiders</a> in a 6–1 win over the <a href="/wiki/Tulsa_Drillers" title="Tulsa Drillers">Tulsa Drillers</a>. The Texas Rangers top prospect becomes the first Minor Leaguer in more than three decades to record back-to-back 40-homer seasons. <a href="/wiki/Ron_Kittle" title="Ron Kittle">Ron Kittle</a> last accomplished the feat in 1981–1982 for Double-A <a href="/wiki/Glens_Falls_White_Sox" class="mw-redirect" title="Glens Falls White Sox">Glens Falls White Sox</a> (40 HR) and Triple-A <a href="/wiki/Edmonton_Trappers" title="Edmonton Trappers">Edmonton Trappers</a> (50 HR) in the Chicago White Sox organization. Gallo, who still leads the <a href="/wiki/Carolina_League" title="Carolina League">Carolina League</a> with 21 home runs, trails <a href="/wiki/Corpus_Christi_Hooks" title="Corpus Christi Hooks">Corpus Christi Hooks</a>' <a href="/w/index.php?title=Telvin_Nash&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Telvin Nash (page does not exist)">Telvin Nash</a> by one for the <a href="/wiki/Texas_League" title="Texas League">Texas League</a> top spot.<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a></li></ul></li> <li>August 19 – Major League Baseball slightly alters history with a scoring change to the game played between the New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians on August 8. Represented by <a href="/wiki/Joe_Torre" title="Joe Torre">Joe Torre</a>, MLB reverses the official scorer's call that gave <a href="/wiki/Derek_Jeter" title="Derek Jeter">Derek Jeter</a> what was at the time his 3,430th career hit, which tied <a href="/wiki/Honus_Wagner" title="Honus Wagner">Honus Wagner</a> for sixth place on the <a href="/wiki/3,000_hit_club#Members" class="mw-redirect" title="3,000 hit club">MLB all-time hits list</a>. Originally, <a href="/wiki/Official_scorer" title="Official scorer">official scorer</a> David Freeman ruled the first-inning play at <a href="/wiki/Yankee_Stadium" title="Yankee Stadium">Yankee Stadium</a> a <a href="/wiki/Single_(baseball)" title="Single (baseball)">single</a>. That play has now been ruled an <a href="/wiki/Error_(baseball)" title="Error (baseball)">error</a> on Indians first baseman <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Santana_(baseball)" title="Carlos Santana (baseball)">Carlos Santana</a>, who could not cleanly handle a throw from shortstop <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Ram%C3%ADrez_(infielder)" title="José Ramírez (infielder)">José Ramírez</a>. Initially, Jeter was credited with passing Wagner with an infield single against Cleveland pitcher <a href="/wiki/Corey_Kluber" title="Corey Kluber">Corey Kluber</a> on August 9; now that is the hit that ties Wagner. His 3,431th hit, a <a href="/wiki/Double_(baseball)" title="Double (baseball)">double</a> off <a href="/wiki/Bud_Norris" title="Bud Norris">Bud Norris</a> of the Baltimore Orioles on August 11 at <a href="/wiki/Oriole_Park_at_Camden_Yards" title="Oriole Park at Camden Yards">Camden Yards</a>, is the official hit that gives Jeter sole possession of sixth place on the all-time list.<a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a><a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a></li> <li>August 20 – <a href="/wiki/David_Ortiz" title="David Ortiz">David Ortiz</a> goes 4 for 4 and belts his 30th home run of the season in an 8–3 loss to the Anaheim Angels at <a href="/wiki/Fenway_Park" title="Fenway Park">Fenway Park</a>. At the age of 38, the slugger produces his eighth season of 30 or more homers for the Boston Red Sox, tying him with legendary <a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">Ted Williams</a> for the most in franchise history. The home run was also the 461st of Ortiz's career, which started with the Minnesota Twins, and his next home run will tie him with <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Canseco" class="mw-redirect" title="José Canseco">José Canseco</a> for 34th place on the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_career_home_run_leaders" title="List of Major League Baseball career home run leaders">MLB all-time home run list</a>. <a href="/wiki/Hank_Aaron" title="Hank Aaron">Hank Aaron</a> has the most 30-home run seasons in a career with 15. There are just 26 players who have had nine or more 30-homer seasons.<a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a></li> <li>August 21 – At <a href="/wiki/Tropicana_Field" title="Tropicana Field">Tropicana Field</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Price_(baseball)" title="David Price (baseball)">David Price</a> of the Detroit Tigers pitches a complete-game one-hitter against his former team, the Tampa Bay Rays, but loses 1–0. The Rays' lone run and hit both come in the first inning: <a href="/wiki/Ben_Zobrist" title="Ben Zobrist">Ben Zobrist</a> reaches base on <a href="/wiki/Eugenio_Su%C3%A1rez" title="Eugenio Suárez">Eugenio Suárez</a>'s throwing error, then scores on <a href="/wiki/Brandon_Guyer" title="Brandon Guyer">Brandon Guyer</a>'s triple one batter later, after which Price allows no other Ray to reach base. The Rays had traded Price, the 2012 American League <a href="/wiki/Cy_Young_Award" title="Cy Young Award">Cy Young Award</a> winner, to the Tigers on July 31.<a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a></li> <li>August 23 – <a href="/wiki/Joc_Pederson" title="Joc Pederson">Joc Pederson</a> of the Triple-A <a href="/wiki/Albuquerque_Isotopes" title="Albuquerque Isotopes">Albuquerque Isotopes</a> records his 30th <a href="/wiki/Stolen_base" title="Stolen base">stolen base</a> of the season in a 12–10 loss at <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Springs" class="mw-redirect" title="Colorado Springs">Colorado Springs</a>. With his sixth inning steal of second base, the Los Angeles Dodgers' No. 3 prospect becomes the first player to record a <a href="/wiki/30%E2%80%9330_club" title="30–30 club">30-home-run/30-steal season</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Coast_League" title="Pacific Coast League">Pacific Coast League</a> since <a href="/wiki/Frank_Demaree" title="Frank Demaree">Frank Demaree</a> in 1934. <a href="/wiki/Lefty_O%27Doul" title="Lefty O'Doul">Lefty O'Doul</a> (1927) and Hall of Famer <a href="/wiki/Tony_Lazzeri" title="Tony Lazzeri">Tony Lazzeri</a> (1925) are the only other members of the 30–30 club in PCL history. Besides, Pederson is only the second 30–30 player in Dodgers' Minor League history, joining <a href="/wiki/Chin-Feng_Chen" title="Chin-Feng Chen">Chin-Feng Chen</a> (1999).<a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a></li> <li>August 24 – <a href="/wiki/Brett_Wallace" title="Brett Wallace">Brett Wallace</a> clubs a <a href="/wiki/Walk-off_home_run" title="Walk-off home run">walk-off</a> <a href="/wiki/Grand_slam_(baseball)" title="Grand slam (baseball)">grand slam</a> in the 12th inning to cap a three-home run, six-RBI game, as Triple-A <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bisons" title="Buffalo Bisons">Buffalo Bisons</a> rallies for a 10–6 victory over visiting <a href="/wiki/Pawtucket_Red_Sox" title="Pawtucket Red Sox">Pawtucket Red Sox</a>. The <a href="/wiki/2008_MLB_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 MLB Draft">2008 first-round pick</a> Wallace, who has appeared in 311 Major League games but none since 2013, joins <a href="/wiki/Fernando_Mart%C3%ADnez_(baseball)" title="Fernando Martínez (baseball)">Fernando Martínez</a> (2012) and <a href="/wiki/Marco_Scutaro" title="Marco Scutaro">Marco Scutaro</a> (1999) as the only Bisons to hit walk-off grand slams at <a href="/wiki/Sahlen_Field" title="Sahlen Field">Coca-Cola Field</a>. It is also the sixth three-homer game in franchise history and the first since May 19, 2012, when <a href="/wiki/Vinny_Rottino" title="Vinny Rottino">Vinny Rottino</a> achieved the feat against the <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_Indians" title="Indianapolis Indians">Indianapolis Indians</a>.<a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a></li> <li>August 25 – The <a href="/wiki/Durham_Bulls" title="Durham Bulls">Durham Bulls</a> clinches their seventh <a href="/wiki/International_League#Current_teams" title="International League">International League South Division</a> pennant title in eight years with a 4–2 victory over the host <a href="/wiki/Gwinnett_Braves" class="mw-redirect" title="Gwinnett Braves">Gwinnett Braves</a>. The Tampa Bay Rays' Triple-A affiliate have scored a division title in all but one of their eight seasons with <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Montoyo" title="Charlie Montoyo">Charlie Montoyo</a> at the helm, claiming the <a href="/wiki/Governors%27_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Governors' Cup">Governors' Cup</a> title in the 2009 and 2013 seasons. Earlier this season, Montoyo became Durham's all-time manager-wins leader, surpassing <a href="/wiki/Bill_Evers" title="Bill Evers">Bill Evers</a> with his 614th victory. Overall, the Bulls have won eleven division pennants and four Governors' Cup titles in a span of 17 years, <a href="/wiki/Durham_Bulls#Season_by_season_records" title="Durham Bulls">dating back to 1998</a>.<a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a></li> <li>August 27 – At <a href="/wiki/Comerica_Park" title="Comerica Park">Comerica Park</a>, Detroit Tigers pitcher <a href="/wiki/David_Price_(baseball)" title="David Price (baseball)">David Price</a> allows nine consecutive hits in the third inning of an 8–4 defeat to the New York Yankees. The Yankees, who were one hit short of tying an American League record and two shy of Major League Baseball's all-time mark, score eight runs in that decisive inning. Price also becomes the first pitcher to allow nine straight hits in a single game since Houston Astros' <a href="/wiki/Bob_Forsch" title="Bob Forsch">Bob Forsch</a> did it against the Cincinnati Reds in 1989.<a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a></li> <li>August 28 – At <a href="/wiki/AT%26T_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="AT&T Park">AT&T Park</a>, San Francisco Giants pitcher <a href="/wiki/Yusmeiro_Petit" title="Yusmeiro Petit">Yusmeiro Petit</a> etches himself into Major League Baseball history by retiring his 46th consecutive batter in the third inning of a 2–1 victory over the Colorado Rockies.<a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a> Petit, who was one strike shy of a <a href="/wiki/Perfect_game_(baseball)" title="Perfect game (baseball)">perfect game</a> last September, retires the first eight Rockies hitters, establishing the mark by <a href="/wiki/Strike_out" class="mw-redirect" title="Strike out">striking out</a> <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Culberson" title="Charlie Culberson">Charlie Culberson</a>. The 29-year-old journeyman from Venezuela began amassing his record total at the end of a July 22 <a href="/wiki/Starting_pitcher" title="Starting pitcher">start</a> at the Philadelphia Phillies. Then came six consecutive appearances out of the <a href="/wiki/Bullpen" title="Bullpen">bullpen</a>, mostly in his role as San Francisco's <a href="/wiki/Long_reliever" title="Long reliever">long reliever</a>. The previous Major League record of 45 consecutive batters retired in a row was set by Chicago White Sox pitcher <a href="/wiki/Mark_Buehrle" title="Mark Buehrle">Mark Buehrle</a> in the 2009 season.<a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a> Only two other pitchers have retired over 40 consecutive batters in the Major Leagues. In 1972, Giants starter <a href="/wiki/Jim_Barr" title="Jim Barr">Jim Barr</a> set both the Giants franchise and National league records by retiring 41 straight batters, which was matched in 2005 by White Sox reliever <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Jenks" title="Bobby Jenks">Bobby Jenks</a> in the American League. Petit makes today's start in place of struggling <a href="/wiki/Tim_Lincecum" title="Tim Lincecum">Tim Lincecum</a>, who was available out of the bullpen. Petit allows one run on four hits, strikes out nine and <a href="/wiki/Base_on_balls" title="Base on balls">walks none</a> in six innings, carving out his own slice of baseball lore after being close to pitching the 24th perfect game in Major League history last year. Arizona Diamondbacks <a href="/wiki/Pinch-hitter" class="mw-redirect" title="Pinch-hitter">pinch-hitter</a> <a href="/wiki/Eric_Chavez" title="Eric Chavez">Eric Chavez</a> turned spoiler when he looped a two-out <a href="/wiki/Single_(baseball)" title="Single (baseball)">single</a> in the ninth inning off a full <a href="/wiki/Count_(baseball)" title="Count (baseball)">3–2 count</a>.<a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a></li> <li>August 29 – <a href="/wiki/Mookie_Betts" title="Mookie Betts">Mookie Betts</a> becomes the youngest Boston Red Sox player to hit a <a href="/wiki/Grand_slam_(baseball)" title="Grand slam (baseball)">grand slam</a> in 49 years, when he belted a two-out, 94-mph-fastball bases-loaded home run against <a href="/wiki/Chris_Archer" title="Chris Archer">Chris Archer</a>.<a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a> The second-inning grand slam gives the Sox an early 8–0 lead over the Tampa Bay Rays at <a href="/wiki/Tropicana_Field" title="Tropicana Field">Tropicana Field</a>. Eventually, they would win 8–4. At age 21, the rookie Betts is the youngest Sox player to smash a grand slam since 20-year-old <a href="/wiki/Tony_Conigliaro" title="Tony Conigliaro">Tony Conigliaro</a> hit one off Washington Senators' <a href="/wiki/Buster_Narum" title="Buster Narum">Buster Narum</a> on August 24, 1965. With his blast, Betts also helps rookie pitcher <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Ranaudo" title="Anthony Ranaudo">Anthony Ranaudo</a> earn the victory. Coincidentally, Conigliaro hit his slam in support of rookie winning pitcher <a href="/wiki/Jim_Lonborg" title="Jim Lonborg">Jim Lonborg</a> in the 9–4 victory at <a href="/wiki/Fenway_Park" title="Fenway Park">Fenway Park</a>.<a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a></li> <li>August 30 – With <a href="/wiki/Billy_Gardner" title="Billy Gardner">Billy Gardner</a> at the helm, the <a href="/wiki/Syracuse_Chiefs" class="mw-redirect" title="Syracuse Chiefs">Syracuse Chiefs</a> claims its first <a href="/wiki/International_League#Current_teams" title="International League">International League North Division</a> pennant title in 25 years with a 6–2 victory over the <a href="/wiki/Pawtucket_Red_Sox" title="Pawtucket Red Sox">Pawtucket Red Sox</a> at <a href="/wiki/McCoy_Stadium" title="McCoy Stadium">McCoy Stadium</a>. Washington Nationals' No. 5 prospect <a href="/wiki/Steven_Souza" class="mw-redirect" title="Steven Souza">Steven Souza</a>, named International League MVP early in the week, drives in three runs, including two on a fifth-inning double that gives the Chiefs a 5–2 lead. Additionally, pitcher <a href="/wiki/Mitch_Lively" title="Mitch Lively">Mitch Lively</a> records a career-high 11 strikeouts over six innings, retiring 11 straight batters at one point and facing two over the minimum over his final five innings.<a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a></li> <li>August 31: <ul><li>The Los Angeles Angels seize control of the American League West Division race in one remarkable weekend, finishing off a four-game sweep of the Oakland Athletics with an 8–1 victory at <a href="/wiki/Angel_Stadium_of_Anaheim" class="mw-redirect" title="Angel Stadium of Anaheim">Angel Stadium of Anaheim</a>. The sweep pushes the Angels' lead over the Athletics to five games, as they shut out Oakland for 29 consecutive innings at one point. Oakland, which led the AL West for nearly four straight months this season, now faces its biggest division deficit since May 25, 2013. The Athletics have lost 14 of their last 20 games, while Los Angeles has won 15 of 19.<a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a></li> <li>Cuban defector <a href="/wiki/Rusney_Castillo" title="Rusney Castillo">Rusney Castillo</a> makes his much-anticipated debut for the Boston Red Sox organization at <a href="/wiki/JetBlue_Park" title="JetBlue Park">JetBlue Park</a> in Fort Myers, Florida. The 27-year-old, who recently signed a seven-year, $72.5 million contract with Boston, serves as the designated hitter for the <a href="/wiki/GCL_Red_Sox" class="mw-redirect" title="GCL Red Sox">GCL Red Sox</a> in a playoff game and hits a leadoff single in the first inning, during his first at bat in a game of any kind since July 2013.<a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a> Castillo rips a 2–0 fastball into left field off Luis Cedeño, a Venezuelan pitcher who enters with a 1.13 ERA and 35 strikeouts in 40 innings for the <a href="/wiki/GCL_Yankees" class="mw-redirect" title="GCL Yankees">GCL Yankees</a>. After that Castillo attempts to steal second base but is thrown out. In the third inning, with runners on first and second and one out, he takes a strike, fouls off a high fastball, then strikes out looking against Cedeño. With the Red Sox slated to play a decisive playoff against the Yankees in Tampa, Castillo will likely stay with the group before advancing to Single-A <a href="/wiki/Salem_Red_Sox" title="Salem Red Sox">Salem Red Sox</a>.<a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a></li> <li>Milwaukee Brewers prospect Nathan Orf redefines 'prospect' as he plays all nine positions for the Class-A <a href="/wiki/Brevard_County_Manatees" title="Brevard County Manatees">Brevard County Manatees</a>. An outfielder by trade, Orf begins the game at catcher and ends it after recording an out in his first-ever professional appearance as a pitcher. In between, he plays at first base, second base, third base, shortstop, left field, center field and right field, and also has a brief stint as the first base coach. Orf goes 0-for-2 with a walk and makes four defensive plays at three different positions. He leaves to a standing ovation from the crowd gathered at <a href="/wiki/Space_Coast_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Space Coast Stadium">Space Coast Stadium</a> in Viera, Florida. Playing in their season finale, the Manatees lost 7–3 to the <a href="/wiki/Dunedin_Blue_Jays" title="Dunedin Blue Jays">Dunedin Blue Jays</a>.<a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September">September</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_baseball&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: September">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>September 1 : <ul><li>The Houston Astros announce that they've relieved <a href="/wiki/Bo_Porter" title="Bo Porter">Bo Porter</a> of his managerial duties. <a href="/wiki/Tom_Lawless" title="Tom Lawless">Tom Lawless</a> will take over as interim manager through the remainder of the 2014 season. Additionally, the Astros also announce that bench coach <a href="/wiki/Dave_Trembley" title="Dave Trembley">Dave Trembley</a> was dismissed as well. <a href="/wiki/Adam_Everett" title="Adam Everett">Adam Everett</a> will join Houston's coaching staff, replacing Trembley as bench coach. The remaining coaches will continue in their current roles. Porter was hired to take over a rebuilding club that had one of the lowest payrolls in the Majors last year and finishes with 51 victories and a club-record 111 losses. Nevertheless, the Astros posted a 59–79 record in Porter's second full season as manager, having already surpassed their win total from each of their previous three seasons.<a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a></li> <li>At <a href="/wiki/Turner_Field" title="Turner Field">Turner Field</a>, four Philadelphia Phillies pitchers combine to <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hit</a> the Atlanta Braves, 7–0. Starter <a href="/wiki/Cole_Hamels" title="Cole Hamels">Cole Hamels</a> pitches the first six innings, striking out seven and walking five while hitting a batter, but is pulled after tossing 108 pitches. Relievers <a href="/wiki/Jake_Diekman" title="Jake Diekman">Jake Diekman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ken_Giles" title="Ken Giles">Ken Giles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Papelbon" title="Jonathan Papelbon">Jonathan Papelbon</a> then each pitch a perfect inning to finish off the fourth no-hitter of the season. The no-hitter is the first by the Phillies since <a href="/wiki/Roy_Halladay" title="Roy Halladay">Roy Halladay</a> threw one in the <a href="/wiki/2010_National_League_Division_Series" title="2010 National League Division Series">2010 National League Division Series</a>. It is also their first no-hitter in a regular season game since <a href="/wiki/Roy_Halladay%27s_perfect_game" title="Roy Halladay's perfect game">Halladay's perfect game</a> on May 29 of that season. 2010 was also the last season the Braves had been no-hit, by Colorado Rockies' <a href="/wiki/Ubaldo_Jim%C3%A9nez" title="Ubaldo Jiménez">Ubaldo Jiménez</a> on April 17.<a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Pawtucket_Red_Sox" title="Pawtucket Red Sox">Pawtucket Red Sox</a> fall to the <a href="/wiki/Rochester_Red_Wings" title="Rochester Red Wings">Rochester Red Wings</a>, 3–1, in the regular-season finale for each team. Pawtucket (79–65) finishes the <a href="/wiki/International_League" title="International League">International League</a> regular season with one fewer victory than it had in 2013 (80–63). Playing only 13 hours after the final out of their wild card-clinching victory on last night, the PawSox will take on North Division-champion <a href="/wiki/Syracuse_Chiefs" class="mw-redirect" title="Syracuse Chiefs">Syracuse Chiefs</a> in a best-of-five playoff series beginning with game one on September 3 at <a href="/wiki/McCoy_Stadium" title="McCoy Stadium">McCoy Stadium</a>.<a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a></li></ul></li> <li>September 3 – Chicago Cubs prospect <a href="/wiki/Kris_Bryant" title="Kris Bryant">Kris Bryant</a> earns <a href="/wiki/Joe_Bauman_Home_Run_Award" title="Joe Bauman Home Run Award">Joe Bauman Award</a> honors after leading the <a href="/wiki/Minor_league_baseball" class="mw-redirect" title="Minor league baseball">Minor Leagues</a> in home runs during the 2014 season. Bryant hits a minor-league best 43 home runs in 138 games between Double-A <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Smokies" class="mw-redirect" title="Tennessee Smokies">Tennessee Smokies</a> and Triple-A <a href="/wiki/Iowa_Cubs" title="Iowa Cubs">Iowa Cubs</a> to dethrone 2013 leader <a href="/wiki/Joey_Gallo_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joey Gallo (baseball)">Joey Gallo</a>, who finishes the season with 42 home runs.<a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a> But Bryant was not just about the long ball, as he also posted a .325 average to go with 110 RBI and a 1.098 OPS. For his home run accomplishments, Bryant also will receive a check for $8,600, which represents $200 for each of the home runs he hit during the season. The 22-year-old Bryant, who was taken by the Cubs with the second overall pick in the <a href="/wiki/2013_MLB_draft" class="mw-redirect" title="2013 MLB draft">2013 MLB draft</a>, is ranked as the third-best prospect in all of baseball, following only <a href="/wiki/Byron_Buxton" title="Byron Buxton">Byron Buxton</a> of the Minnesota Twins and <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Correa_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Carlos Correa (baseball)">Carlos Correa</a> of the Houston Astros, according to the MLB. com Top 100 Prospects list.<a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a></li> <li>September 5: <ul><li>The Arizona Diamondbacks remove <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Towers" title="Kevin Towers">Kevin Towers</a> from his <a href="/wiki/General_manager_(baseball)" title="General manager (baseball)">General Manager</a> position, ending his nearly four-year stint in the organization. The club says that Towers has been offered another position within the organization, and is considering the opportunity. Towers becomes the second National League West Division GM to be dismissed during the 2014 campaign, as San Diego Padres GM Josh Byrnes was let go in July.<a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Washington" title="Ron Washington">Ron Washington</a> resigns as manager of the Texas Rangers to take care of a personal problem, he and the club say. Washington led the Rangers to five straight winning seasons from 2009 through 2013. Prior to that, the organization had never had a streak longer than three years. Washington is replaced by bench coach <a href="/wiki/Tim_Bogar" title="Tim Bogar">Tim Bogar</a>, who will be the team's interim manager for the remainder of the season.<a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a></li> <li>Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster <a href="/wiki/Vin_Scully" title="Vin Scully">Vin Scully</a> is honored with the prestigious <a href="/wiki/Commissioner%27s_Historic_Achievement_Award" title="Commissioner's Historic Achievement Award">Commissioner's Historic Achievement Award</a>, presented by MLB Commissioner <a href="/wiki/Bud_Selig" title="Bud Selig">Bud Selig</a> at Dodger Stadium, with Selig recognizing Scully's "lifetime of extraordinary service". Scully, a Hall of Famer in his 65th season with the Dodgers since the Brooklyn days, becomes the 14th recipient of the award and only the second non-player, joining <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Robinson" title="Jackie Robinson">Jackie Robinson</a>'s widow, <a href="/wiki/Rachel_Robinson" title="Rachel Robinson">Rachel</a>, who in 2007 received the award for establishing the <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Robinson_Foundation" title="Jackie Robinson Foundation">Jackie Robinson Foundation</a>. The award was created in 1998 to recognize accomplishments and contributions of historical significance. The previous recipient was <a href="/wiki/Mariano_Rivera" title="Mariano Rivera">Mariano Rivera</a> last year, being described by Selig as "a great ambassador of the game".<a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a></li></ul></li> <li>September 7 – <a href="/wiki/Nelson_Cruz" title="Nelson Cruz">Nelson Cruz</a> hits two home runs, one triple and drives in seven runs in the Baltimore Orioles' 7–5 win over the Tampa Bay Rays at <a href="/wiki/Tropicana_Field" title="Tropicana Field">Tropicana Field</a>. Cruz hits a two-run homer in the top of the 11th inning to break a 5–5 tie, as he becomes the 19th big leaguer to have at least seven RBI and drive in all of his team's runs in a single game.<a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a></li> <li>September 9 – A total of 42,411,194 people fill the seats at Minor League Baseball games this season, marking the 10th consecutive year that the organization has drawn in excess of 41 million fans across its 176 teams and 15 leagues. The 2014 attendance figures rank third, only behind 2008's all-time record-setting attendance of 43.3 million and 42.8 million in 2007. All of Minor League Baseball's top 10 regular season attendance years have been during the last decade, signaling in part the growth and stability of the organization.<a href="#cite_note-106">[106]</a></li> <li>September 10: <ul><li>Los Angeles Angels outfielder <a href="/wiki/Mike_Trout" title="Mike Trout">Mike Trout</a> scores his 100th run of the season in an 8–1 victory over the Texas Rangers at <a href="/wiki/Globe_Life_Park_in_Arlington" class="mw-redirect" title="Globe Life Park in Arlington">Globe Life Park in Arlington</a>. Trout becomes the sixth player in Major League history to notch triple-digit runs three times before his 23-year-old season, joining <a href="/wiki/Mel_Ott" title="Mel Ott">Mel Ott</a> (1931), <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Lewis" title="Buddy Lewis">Buddy Lewis</a> (1938), <a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">Ted Williams</a> (1942), <a href="/wiki/Vada_Pinson" title="Vada Pinson">Vada Pinson</a> (1961) and <a href="/wiki/Alex_Rodriguez" title="Alex Rodriguez">Alex Rodriguez</a> (1998). Additionally, Trout now has 32 home runs and 102 RBI in the season, both of which are career highs for the talented young ballplayer.<a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jose_Altuve" title="Jose Altuve">Jose Altuve</a> hits an RBI double in the fifth inning and a single in the seventh to reach his 200th hit of the season, as the Houston Astros defeat the Seattle Mariners at <a href="/wiki/Safeco_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Safeco Field">Safeco Field</a>, 5–2, damaging the Mariners' postseason chances. The diminutive Venezuelan second baseman is just the second Astros player to reach the milestone, joining <a href="/wiki/Craig_Biggio" title="Craig Biggio">Craig Biggio</a>, who set the franchise record of 210 in 1998.<a href="#cite_note-108">[108]</a> Altuve also becomes the fourth Venezuelan player with at least 200 hits in a regular season, as he joins <a href="/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Tovar" title="César Tovar">César Tovar</a> (1971), <a href="/wiki/Magglio_Ord%C3%B3%C3%B1ez" title="Magglio Ordóñez">Magglio Ordóñez</a> (2007) and <a href="/wiki/Miguel_Cabrera" title="Miguel Cabrera">Miguel Cabrera</a> (2012).<a href="#cite_note-109">[109]</a> Altuve currently leads the American League in batting average (.336), hits and stolen bases (52). If he finishes as the leader in all three categories, he would be the first to do that since <a href="/wiki/Ichiro_Suzuki" title="Ichiro Suzuki">Ichiro Suzuki</a> in 2001.<a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a></li></ul></li> <li>September 11 – The <a href="/wiki/Diablos_Rojos_del_M%C3%A9xico" title="Diablos Rojos del México">Diablos Rojos del México</a> beat the <a href="/wiki/Pericos_de_Puebla" title="Pericos de Puebla">Pericos de Puebla</a> 9–8, in 10 innings, completing a four-game sweep and taking their 16th <a href="/wiki/Mexican_League" title="Mexican League">Mexican League</a> championship to set a league record. <a href="/wiki/Manny_Acosta" title="Manny Acosta">Manny Acosta</a> is the winning pitcher, while Juan Carlos Gamboa hits a walk-off homer in the bottom of the tenth to seal the victory.<a href="#cite_note-111">[111]</a></li> <li>September 12: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Davis_(baseball)" title="Chris Davis (baseball)">Chris Davis</a> of the Baltimore Orioles is suspended for 25 games without pay for testing positive for the amphetamine <a href="/wiki/Adderall" title="Adderall">Adderall</a>. Davis, the 2013 American League home run champion, is batting .196 with 26 homers and 72 RBI at the time of the announcement. With 17 games left in the Orioles' regular season schedule, the suspension ends Davis' season and will continue into the postseason.<a href="#cite_note-112">[112]</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jayce_Boyd&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jayce Boyd (page does not exist)">Jayce Boyd</a> delivers a walk-off single after teammate pitcher <a href="/wiki/Steven_Matz" title="Steven Matz">Steven Matz</a> flirts with a no-hitter, as the <a href="/wiki/Binghamton_Mets" class="mw-redirect" title="Binghamton Mets">Binghamton Mets</a> finished their run to the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_League_(1938%E2%80%932020)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern League (1938–2020)">Eastern League</a> championship with a 2–1 victory over the <a href="/wiki/Richmond_Flying_Squirrels" title="Richmond Flying Squirrels">Richmond Flying Squirrels</a> at <a href="/wiki/NYSEG_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="NYSEG Stadium">NYSEG Stadium</a>. Binghamton sweeps the best-of-five series and captures the franchise's third title overall, its first since the 1994 season. <a href="/wiki/Xorge_Carrillo" title="Xorge Carrillo">Xorge Carrillo</a>, who catches all the playoff games for the Mets, belts a home run in Game 2 of the series and drives in four runs overall, to earn Most Valuable Player honors.<a href="#cite_note-113">[113]</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Viosergy_Rosa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Viosergy Rosa (page does not exist)">Viosergy Rosa</a> slugs his fourth home run of the playoffs and drives in four runs while <a href="/wiki/Justin_Nicolino" title="Justin Nicolino">Justin Nicolino</a> pitches six scoreless innings, as the <a href="/wiki/Jacksonville_Suns" class="mw-redirect" title="Jacksonville Suns">Jacksonville Suns</a> beat the <a href="/wiki/Chattanooga_Lookouts" title="Chattanooga Lookouts">Chattanooga Lookouts</a>, 6–1, to clinch the <a href="/wiki/Southern_League_(1964%E2%80%932020)" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern League (1964–2020)">Southern League</a> title. The victory completes a three-game sweep, the first in the Southern League Finals since 2002, and gives the Suns its third title in six years and sixth overall. Besides his four homers, Rosa hits .379 (11 for 29) with four doubles, 14 RBI and five runs scored in seven postseason games, to claim Southern League playoff Most Valuable Player honors.<a href="#cite_note-114">[114]</a></li></ul></li> <li>September 13: <ul><li>The Los Angeles Dodgers romp past the San Francisco Giants, 17–0, to build on their lead in the National League West. It is the Dodgers' largest margin of victory and most one-sided shutout against the Giants since the teams moved to California <a href="/wiki/1958_in_baseball#April–June" title="1958 in baseball">before the 1958 season</a>, as well as the most runs scored by an opponent at <a href="/wiki/AT%26T_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="AT&T Park">AT&T Park</a>.<a href="#cite_note-115">[115]</a> According to <a href="/wiki/Elias_Sports_Bureau" title="Elias Sports Bureau">Elias Sports Bureau</a>, the most one-sided shutout in Dodgers history was 19–0 over San Diego in 1969. Additionally, Los Angeles embarrassed the Minnesota Twins 15–0 in 2011, and the Brooklyn Dodgers routed the Philadelphia Phillies, 15–0, in 1952.<a href="#cite_note-116">[116]</a> Meanwhile, Giants manager <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Bochy" title="Bruce Bochy">Bruce Bochy</a> makes history when he becomes the first father to hand his son the ball in a Major League game when he brings relief pitcher <a href="/wiki/Brett_Bochy" title="Brett Bochy">Brett Bochy</a> in for the top of the sixth inning. The young Bochy records his first career strikeout with a fastball away to <a href="/wiki/Yasiel_Puig" title="Yasiel Puig">Yasiel Puig</a>, though he also gives up his first career walk and first career home run to <a href="/wiki/Scott_Van_Slyke" title="Scott Van Slyke">Scott Van Slyke</a>, which gives the Dodgers a 17–0 lead. There have been seven father-son manager-player combinations in the majors, but the Bochys are the first combination to manage and pitch for the same club.<a href="#cite_note-117">[117]</a></li> <li>The visiting <a href="/wiki/Pawtucket_Red_Sox" title="Pawtucket Red Sox">Pawtucket Red Sox</a> defeat the <a href="/wiki/Durham_Bulls" title="Durham Bulls">Durham Bulls</a>, 4–1, to win the <a href="/wiki/International_League" title="International League">International League</a> championship title, taking home their second <a href="/wiki/Governors%27_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Governors' Cup">Governors' Cup</a> in three years. Pawtucket starter <a href="/w/index.php?title=Keith_Couch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Keith Couch (page does not exist)">Keith Couch</a> is solid in his Triple-A debut, pitching <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027" />6+2⁄3 innings of one-hit, shutout baseball, walking two and striking out four to pick up the win. Miguel Celestino closes out the final <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027" />2+1⁄3 innings, allowing a single and one run on a solo homer in the top half of the ninth, being credited with the save. <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Lavarnway" title="Ryan Lavarnway">Ryan Lavarnway</a>, who replaces injured catcher <a href="/wiki/Blake_Swihart" title="Blake Swihart">Blake Swihart</a>, claims Most Valuable Player honors after hitting 10 for 22 in the best-of-five series, including one home run, a double, three runs and three RBI.<a href="#cite_note-118">[118]</a></li></ul></li> <li>September 14: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Brooks_(baseball)" title="Aaron Brooks (baseball)">Aaron Brooks</a> pitches a complete-game two-hitter and batterymate <a href="/wiki/Brett_Hayes" title="Brett Hayes">Brett Hayes</a> plated two first-inning runs with a double, as the <a href="/wiki/Omaha_Storm_Chasers" title="Omaha Storm Chasers">Omaha Storm Chasers</a> beat the visiting <a href="/wiki/Reno_Aces" title="Reno Aces">Reno Aces</a>, 4–0, to win their second consecutive <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Coast_League" title="Pacific Coast League">Pacific Coast League</a> title. Omaha will meet <a href="/wiki/International_League" title="International League">International League</a> champion <a href="/wiki/Pawtucket_Red_Sox" title="Pawtucket Red Sox">Pawtucket Red Sox</a> on Tuesday 16 in the <a href="/wiki/Triple-A_Baseball_National_Championship_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="Triple-A Baseball National Championship Game">Triple-A Baseball National Championship Game</a> Triple-A National Championship Game at <a href="/wiki/BB%26T_Ballpark_(Charlotte)" class="mw-redirect" title="BB&T Ballpark (Charlotte)">BB&T Ballpark</a>, home of the IL's <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Knights" title="Charlotte Knights">Charlotte Knights</a>.<a href="#cite_note-119">[119]</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Midland_RockHounds" title="Midland RockHounds">Midland RockHounds</a> cruise to a 5–0 victory over the visiting <a href="/wiki/Tulsa_Drillers" title="Tulsa Drillers">Tulsa Drillers</a> in the decisive fifth game of the Championship Series to secure its <a href="/wiki/Texas_League" title="Texas League">Texas League</a> first title since 2009 and third in 10 years. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Nate_Long&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nate Long (page does not exist)">Nate Long</a> scatters six hits while striking out five and walking one over <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027" />5+2⁄3 innings and is credited with the win, while <a href="/wiki/Dusty_Coleman" title="Dusty Coleman">Dusty Coleman</a> secures the victory with a two-run homer in the second inning.<a href="#cite_note-120">[120]</a></li></ul></li> <li>September 15 – <a href="/wiki/Jacob_deGrom" title="Jacob deGrom">Jacob deGrom</a> ties a Major League record by striking out the first eight batters he faced. Houston Astros pitcher <a href="/wiki/Jim_Deshaies" title="Jim Deshaies">Jim Deshaies</a> had held that mark by himself since 1986, when he struck out the first eight batters in a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers.<a href="#cite_note-121">[121]</a> This time, the 26-year-old New York Mets prospect completes his feat with a career-best 13 strikeouts in seven innings, allowing three earned runs on six hits and one walk, but did not have a decision in the Mets' 6–5 loss to the Miami Marlins at <a href="/wiki/Citi_Field" title="Citi Field">Citi Field</a>.<a href="#cite_note-122">[122]</a> Dating back to August 23, deGrom had gone 28 innings without allowing an earned run. A viable candidate for the Rookie of the Year Award, he also hurled seven scoreless innings and recorded 11 strikeouts in giving the Mets their 4,000th franchise victory on July 8.<a href="#cite_note-123">[123]</a></li> <li>September 16 – The <a href="/wiki/Omaha_Storm_Chasers" title="Omaha Storm Chasers">Omaha Storm Chasers</a> defeat the <a href="/wiki/Pawtucket_Red_Sox" title="Pawtucket Red Sox">Pawtucket Red Sox</a> 4–2 at <a href="/wiki/BB%26T_Ballpark_(Charlotte)" class="mw-redirect" title="BB&T Ballpark (Charlotte)">BB&T Ballpark</a>, home of the <a href="/wiki/International_League" title="International League">International League</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Knights" title="Charlotte Knights">Charlotte Knights</a>, as Omaha wins its second straight <a href="/wiki/Triple-A_Baseball_National_Championship_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="Triple-A Baseball National Championship Game">Triple-A National Championship Game</a>, and the third overall. The Storm Chasers lead 2–1 through four and a half innings on two RBI by <a href="/wiki/Cheslor_Cuthbert" title="Cheslor Cuthbert">Cheslor Cuthbert</a>, but the game is halted for one hour and 45 minutes due to thunderstorms. Right out of the delay, the PawSox tie the game at 2–2 in the sixth, but <a href="/wiki/Brett_Hayes" title="Brett Hayes">Brett Hayes</a> hits a two-run home run off Miguel Celestino in the top of the seventh to put the Chasers ahead for good. <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Zimmer" title="Kyle Zimmer">Kyle Zimmer</a> is the winning pitcher while <a href="/wiki/Tim_Collins_(baseball)" title="Tim Collins (baseball)">Tim Collins</a> is credited with the save. Cuthbert adds a homer and scored one run, while <a href="/wiki/Pedro_Ciriaco" title="Pedro Ciriaco">Pedro Ciriaco</a> goes 3 for 5 with a double and one run scored. Hayes, who also doubled and scored in the fourth, is named the game's Most Valuable Player. The only runs for Pawtucket come from solo homers by <a href="/wiki/Rusney_Castillo" title="Rusney Castillo">Rusney Castillo</a> leading off the first inning and <a href="/wiki/Travis_Shaw" title="Travis Shaw">Travis Shaw</a> to tie the score in the sixth. Additionally, Omaha becomes the third team to win the Triple-A Championship in back-to-back years and the second <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Coast_League" title="Pacific Coast League">Pacific Coast League</a> team to do it, joining the <a href="/wiki/Sacramento_River_Cats" title="Sacramento River Cats">Sacramento River Cats</a> (2007–2008) and the <a href="/wiki/Columbus_Clippers" title="Columbus Clippers">Columbus Clippers</a> (2010–2011). The Pacific Coast League now has a stretch of seven straight Championship Games against the International League, and have won six of the nine games overall.<a href="#cite_note-124">[124]</a></li> <li>September 16: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jose_Altuve" title="Jose Altuve">Jose Altuve</a> sets a Houston Astros single-season record, as his 211th hit broke the mark set by <a href="/wiki/Craig_Biggio" title="Craig Biggio">Craig Biggio</a> in 1998.<a href="#cite_note-ALTUVE-125">[125]</a> Altuve collects his record-tying 210th hit of the season in the bottom of the fifth inning, a double off Cleveland Indians pitcher <a href="/wiki/Corey_Kluber" title="Corey Kluber">Corey Kluber</a>. Two innings later, he rips a two-out double off Kluber to complete the feat.<a href="#cite_note-ALTUVE-125">[125]</a> Besides this record, Altuve becomes the first Astros player to record multiple hits in six consecutive games since <a href="/wiki/Hunter_Pence" title="Hunter Pence">Hunter Pence</a> did it in 2011, going 2 for 5, while raising his batting average to .343 and moving closer to become the first player to win a batting title in the 52-year franchise history.<a href="#cite_note-ALTUVE-125">[125]</a> The 5-foot-6 Venezuelan second baseman leads all Major League players in hits and batting average, while topping the American League in stolen bases. He has 64 multi-hit games, which is a franchise record, and is only one of seven players in Major League history to have at least 200 hits, 43 doubles and 50 steals in a season since 1900, joining <a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Ty Cobb</a> (1911; 1917),<a href="#cite_note-126">[126]</a> <a href="/wiki/Tris_Speaker" title="Tris Speaker">Tris Speaker</a> (1912),<a href="#cite_note-127">[127]</a> <a href="/wiki/Benny_Kauff" title="Benny Kauff">Benny Kauff</a> (1914),<a href="#cite_note-128">[128]</a> <a href="/wiki/George_Sisler" title="George Sisler">George Sisler</a> (1922),<a href="#cite_note-129">[129]</a> <a href="/wiki/Craig_Biggio" title="Craig Biggio">Craig Biggio</a> (1998),<a href="#cite_note-130">[130]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hanley_Ram%C3%ADrez" title="Hanley Ramírez">Hanley Ramírez</a> (2007).<a href="#cite_note-131">[131]</a></li> <li>After defeating the Atlanta Braves, 3–0, the Washington Nationals become the first team to win a National League division, as well as the second team overall to clinch a spot in the 2014 MLB Postseason.<a href="#cite_note-132">[132]</a> On the same day, the Baltimore Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays, 8–2, to claim their first American League division title since 1997.<a href="#cite_note-133">[133]</a></li></ul></li> <li>September 17 – The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim defeat the Seattle Mariners, 6–1, to trim their magic number to win the American League Western division to one. Many fans stay after the game to watch the Oakland Athletics lose to the Texas Rangers – thus guaranteeing the Angels' first division championship since 2009 – on the Angel Stadium video board. The fans who stayed erupt when the Athletics-Rangers game is over, and the players pop champagne in the clubhouse and go back on the field to do a victory lap.<a href="#cite_note-134">[134]</a></li> <li>September 21 – <a href="/wiki/Brett_Gardner" title="Brett Gardner">Brett Gardner</a> connects for the 15,000th home run in New York Yankees franchise history, lining a solo shot to right field off <a href="/wiki/Drew_Hutchison_(baseball)" title="Drew Hutchison (baseball)">Drew Hutchison</a> in New York's 5–2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays at <a href="/wiki/Yankee_Stadium" title="Yankee Stadium">Yankee Stadium</a>. According to research performed by the <a href="/wiki/Elias_Sports_Bureau" title="Elias Sports Bureau">Elias Sports Bureau</a>, the Yankees become the first team to reach the milestone. The total starts in 1903, the first year the franchise started play as the <a href="/wiki/1903_New_York_Highlanders_season#New_name" title="1903 New York Highlanders season">Highlanders</a> in New York.<a href="#cite_note-135">[135]</a></li> <li>September 23 – The Atlanta Braves relieve their general manager <a href="/wiki/Frank_Wren" title="Frank Wren">Frank Wren</a> of his duties, naming longtime baseball executive <a href="/wiki/John_Hart_(baseball)" title="John Hart (baseball)">John Hart</a> as their interim general manager. Additionally, the Braves form a three-person team committee to conduct the search for the club's new general manager. It will include the team's president <a href="/wiki/John_Schuerholz" title="John Schuerholz">John Schuerholz</a>, Hart, and Hall of Fame and former Braves manager <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Cox" title="Bobby Cox">Bobby Cox</a>. The outgoing Wren is in his 15th season with the Braves and his seventh as the club's general manager.<a href="#cite_note-136">[136]</a></li> <li>September 24: <ul><li>The New York Yankees are officially eliminated from the playoff race with a 9–5 loss to the visiting Baltimore Orioles, leaving the Yankees out of the postseason in consecutive years for the first time since 1992–1993.<a href="#cite_note-137">[137]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Hughes_(baseball)" title="Phil Hughes (baseball)">Phil Hughes</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Twins" title="Minnesota Twins">Minnesota Twins</a> starts his final game of the year and finishes with a major league record. With 186 punchouts and just 16 <a href="/wiki/Base_on_balls" title="Base on balls">bases on balls</a>, his strikeout-to-walk ratio (11.63) is the best in the history of major league baseball. The previous best was set by <a href="/wiki/Bret_Saberhagen" title="Bret Saberhagen">Bret Saberhagen</a> at an even 11.0 in 1994 (143 and 13), and third place now belongs to <a href="/wiki/Cliff_Lee" title="Cliff Lee">Cliff Lee</a>, 10.28 in 2010.<a href="#cite_note-138">[138]</a></li></ul></li> <li>September 25 – <a href="/wiki/Derek_Jeter" title="Derek Jeter">Derek Jeter</a> plays his final home game at <a href="/wiki/Yankee_Stadium" title="Yankee Stadium">Yankee Stadium</a>, the current incarnation of the stadium being nicknamed "The House that Jeter Built". Jeter makes his final appearance remarkable, delivering a game-winning, RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning, as the New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles, 6–5, just minutes after they blowing a three-run lead. For the record, Jeter went 2 for 5 with a double, three runs batted in and a run scored, to add another signature moment to a long list of achievements over his 20-year career for the Yankees.<a href="#cite_note-139">[139]</a></li> <li>September 26 – The Arizona Diamondbacks announce that manager <a href="/wiki/Kirk_Gibson" title="Kirk Gibson">Kirk Gibson</a> and bench coach <a href="/wiki/Alan_Trammell" title="Alan Trammell">Alan Trammell</a> are dismissed from their respective roles. The announcement is made 15 minutes before a news conference to introduce new Diamondbacks general manager <a href="/wiki/Dave_Stewart_(baseball)" title="Dave Stewart (baseball)">Dave Stewart</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=De_Jon_Watson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="De Jon Watson (page does not exist)">De Jon Watson</a>, who will serve as senior vice president of baseball operations. Both Stewart and Watson will report directly to chief baseball officer <a href="/wiki/Tony_La_Russa" title="Tony La Russa">Tony La Russa</a>. In a curious decision, the Diamondbacks also announce that Trammell will manage the final three games of the season. Gibson and Trammell were teammates on the <a href="/wiki/1984_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="1984 Detroit Tigers season">1984 Detroit Tigers</a> club that won the franchise's most recent World Series.<a href="#cite_note-140">[140]</a></li> <li>September 26 – The Kansas City Royals defeat the Chicago White Sox 3–1 to clinch their first postseason appearance since winning the World Series in 1985. The 29-year drought was the longest active streak in the Majors.</li> <li>September 28: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jose_Altuve" title="Jose Altuve">Jose Altuve</a> of the Houston Astros enters MLB records books by claiming the first batting crown in the club's 52-year history. Altuve is added to the Astros' lineup after the team reversed course on its original decision to bench him, even against his wishes, in an attempt to protect his lead in the American League batting race. Altuve responds with a double and a single in four at-bats in an 8–3 season-ending loss to the New York Mets at <a href="/wiki/Citi_Field" title="Citi Field">Citi Field</a>, to lead all Major League hitters with a .341 average. Additionally, he tops the league with 225 hits, 168 singles and 56 stolen bases, while ending second in doubles (47) and tying for sixth in WAR (6.6). Previously, the smallest Venezuelan second baseman had no problem earning his second All-Star nod while establishing some impressive milestones before the break, when he became the fastest player in the Colt .45s–Astros franchise to collect 500 hits in a career on June 18 in his 426th game. Early this month, he broke <a href="/wiki/Craig_Biggio" title="Craig Biggio">Craig Biggio</a>'s franchise record of 210 hits in a season, while his 225 total hits give him the most by a second baseman since <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Gehringer" title="Charlie Gehringer">Charlie Gehringer</a> of the Detroit Tigers collected 227 hits back in 1936. Besides this, only Detroit's <a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Ty Cobb</a> reached more hits, doubles and stolen bases in a single season than Altuve, 248/83/47 in 1911.<a href="#cite_note-141">[141]</a><a href="#cite_note-142">[142]</a></li> <li>At <a href="/wiki/Nationals_Park" title="Nationals Park">Nationals Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jordan_Zimmermann" title="Jordan Zimmermann">Jordan Zimmermann</a> of the Washington Nationals <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hits</a> the Miami Marlins, 1–0, in his club's final game of the regular season. Zimmermann dominates the Marlins, striking out 10 batters and allowing only one walk. But the clear highlight of the game came on the very last play, when rookie left fielder <a href="/wiki/Steven_Souza" class="mw-redirect" title="Steven Souza">Steven Souza</a> makes a stunning, full-extension diving catch in the left-center field gap to rob <a href="/wiki/Christian_Yelich" title="Christian Yelich">Christian Yelich</a> of an extra-base hit for the final out and preserve Zimmermann's no-hitter. Souza had entered the game in the ninth inning as a defensive replacement. It is the fifth no-hitter in franchise history and the first since the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Expos" title="Montreal Expos">Montreal Expos</a> moved to Washington before the 2005 season. The Zimmermann no-hitter is the fourth to be pitched on the final day of a regular season, as well as the first to be pitched in Washington, D.C. since <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%9360)" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Washington Senators (1901–60)">Washington Senators</a> pitcher <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Burke" title="Bobby Burke">Bobby Burke</a> no-hit the Boston Red Sox in 1931. <a href="/wiki/Henderson_%C3%81lvarez" title="Henderson Álvarez">Henderson Álvarez</a>, the losing pitcher against Zimmerman, pitched one last year against the Detroit Tigers, a no-hitter that was not official until the Marlins scored the game's only run in the bottom of the ninth inning.<a href="#cite_note-143">[143]</a></li></ul></li> <li>September 29 – The Minnesota Twins relieve their longtime manager <a href="/wiki/Ron_Gardenhire" title="Ron Gardenhire">Ron Gardenhire</a> of his duties, the team announces. A shortstop for the New York Mets from 1981 through 1985, Gardenhire has been with the Twins organization since 1988, first as a minor league manager and then for 11 years as the team's third base coach, before replacing manager <a href="/wiki/Tom_Kelly_(baseball)" title="Tom Kelly (baseball)">Tom Kelly</a> prior to the 2002 season. Gardenhire enjoyed immediate success, leading the Twins to three straight American League Central Division pennants, while managing three more ALDS winners spanning 2006–2010, though in all six of his postseason appearances they only advanced to the American League Championship Series once. Following the 2010 season, Gardenhire received American League Manager of the Year honors after finishing as a runner-up in several prior years. The last four seasons have been a different story for both Gardenhire and the Twins, as the team struggled to a 265–383 record and finished in last place in three of those four years. He has one more year remaining on a two-year he deal signed before the current season. Overall, Gardenhire posts a 1068–1039 record over his 13-year career at Minnesota.<a href="#cite_note-144">[144]</a></li> <li>September 30 – The Kansas City Royals win the <a href="/wiki/2014_American_League_Wild_Card_Game" title="2014 American League Wild Card Game">American League Wild Card Game</a> over the Oakland Athletics, 9–8, at <a href="/wiki/Kauffman_Stadium" title="Kauffman Stadium">Kauffman Stadium</a>. The games lasts 12 innings, with nearly five hours of playing time, as Kansas City rallies from deficits of 7–3 and 8–7. The walk-off thrilling victory sent the Royals, playing in their first postseason game since 1985 when they won the World Series, to the American League Division Series against the Anaheim Angels.<a href="#cite_note-145">[145]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October">October</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_baseball&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: October">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>October 1 – <a href="/wiki/Brandon_Crawford" title="Brandon Crawford">Brandon Crawford</a> hits a fourth-inning <a href="/wiki/Grand_slam_(baseball)" title="Grand slam (baseball)">grand slam</a> to break a scoreless tie in the <a href="/wiki/2014_National_League_Wild_Card_Game" title="2014 National League Wild Card Game">National League Wild Card Game</a> at <a href="/wiki/PNC_Park" title="PNC Park">PNC Park</a>, as the San Francisco Giants defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 8–0, and will face the Washington Nationals in the NL Division series. Further, Crawford becomes the first shortstop in Major League history to hit a grand slam in the postseason. San Francisco starter <a href="/wiki/Madison_Bumgarner" title="Madison Bumgarner">Madison Bumgarner</a> pitches a complete-game, four-hit shutout, while his counterpart <a href="/wiki/Edinson_V%C3%B3lquez" title="Edinson Vólquez">Edinson Vólquez</a> is tagged with the loss.<a href="#cite_note-146">[146]</a></li> <li>October 5: <ul><li>The Baltimore Orioles return to the ALCS for the first time since <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles" title="Baltimore Orioles">their 1997 season</a>, as they advance to the <a href="/wiki/2014_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2014 American League Championship Series">American League Championship Series</a> after sweeping the Detroit Tigers in the best-of-five series. <a href="/wiki/Nelson_Cruz" title="Nelson Cruz">Nelson Cruz</a> hits a tiebreaking two-run homer off <a href="/wiki/David_Price_(baseball)" title="David Price (baseball)">David Price</a> in the sixth inning of today's 2–1 win at <a href="/wiki/Comerica_Park" title="Comerica Park">Comerica Park</a>, while <a href="/wiki/Bud_Norris" title="Bud Norris">Bud Norris</a> pitches <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027" />6+1⁄3 scoreless innings of two-hit ball in his postseason debut. In the ALCS, the Orioles will wait for the winner of the series between the Los Angeles Angels and Kansas City Royals.<a href="#cite_note-147">[147]</a></li> <li>At <a href="/wiki/Kauffman_Stadium" title="Kauffman Stadium">Kauffman Stadium</a>, the Kansas City Royals finish off a three-game sweep of the Los Angeles Angels with an emphatic 8–3 victory in the <a href="/wiki/2014_American_League_Division_Series" title="2014 American League Division Series">American League Division Series</a>. <a href="/wiki/Alex_Gordon" title="Alex Gordon">Alex Gordon</a> laces a three-run double in the first inning, <a href="/wiki/Eric_Hosmer" title="Eric Hosmer">Eric Hosmer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mike_Moustakas" title="Mike Moustakas">Mike Moustakas</a> hit a home run apiece, and starter <a href="/wiki/James_Shields_(baseball)" title="James Shields (baseball)">James Shields</a> combines with three relievers to pitch an eight-hitter. The power-hitting Angels, who topped the Major Leagues with a 98–64 record in the regular season, become the second club in the divisional era that began in 1969 to have the best record in the majors and get swept out of the playoffs. Previously, the Royals dealt the same humiliating fate to the New York Yankees in the <a href="/wiki/1980_American_League_Championship_Series" title="1980 American League Championship Series">1980 ALCS</a>. Now, the surprising Kansas City team will open the <a href="/wiki/2014_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2014 American League Championship Series">American League Championship Series</a> against the Baltimore Orioles.<a href="#cite_note-148">[148]</a></li></ul></li> <li>October 7 : <ul><li>At <a href="/wiki/Busch_Stadium" title="Busch Stadium">Busch Stadium</a>, the St. Louis Cardinals tag <a href="/wiki/Clayton_Kershaw" title="Clayton Kershaw">Clayton Kershaw</a> in the seventh inning for the second straight time, backed by a three-run homer by first baseman <a href="/wiki/Matt_Adams" title="Matt Adams">Matt Adams</a> and a solid pitching performance by starter <a href="/wiki/Shelby_Miller" title="Shelby Miller">Shelby Miller</a> and five relievers. Following their 3–1 win in the best-of-five series, the Cardinals secure their fourth consecutive trip to the <a href="/wiki/2014_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2014 National League Championship Series">National League Championship Series</a>. As a result, St. Louis will await the winner of the series between the San Francisco Giants and the Washington Nationals.<a href="#cite_note-149">[149]</a></li> <li>The San Francisco Giants edge the highly favored Washington Nationals at <a href="/wiki/AT%26T_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="AT&T Park">AT&T Park</a>, 3–2, to return to the <a href="/wiki/2014_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2014 National League Championship Series">National League Championship Series</a>. The wild-card Giants wins their third game in the best-of-five series behind unconventional offense, scoring their three runs on a bases-loaded <a href="/wiki/Base_on_balls" title="Base on balls">walk</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Ground_out_(baseball)" title="Ground out (baseball)">ground out</a>, and a bases-loaded <a href="/wiki/Wild_pitch" title="Wild pitch">wild pitch</a>. San Francisco will travel to St. Louis to face the Cardinals. It is a rematch of the <a href="/wiki/2012_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2012 National League Championship Series">2012 NLCS</a>, when the Giants rallied from a 3–1 deficit to beat the Cardinals on the way to their second World Series championship in three years.<a href="#cite_note-150">[150]</a></li></ul></li> <li>October 10 – At <a href="/wiki/Camden_Yards" class="mw-redirect" title="Camden Yards">Camden Yards</a>, the Kansas City Royals win in <a href="/wiki/Extra_innings" title="Extra innings">extra innings</a> for the fourth time in five postseason games, defeating the Baltimore Orioles, 8–6, in 10 innings, in Game 1 of the <a href="/wiki/2014_American_League_Championship_Series" title="2014 American League Championship Series">American League Championship Series</a>. <a href="/wiki/Alex_Gordon" title="Alex Gordon">Alex Gordon</a> hits a leadoff home run in the 10th inning to snap a 5–5 tie, and <a href="/wiki/Mike_Moustakas" title="Mike Moustakas">Mike Moustakas</a> follows with a two-run homer to seal the victory. Gordon, who makes a great catch in left field, went 3 for 4 and is hit in the neck with a pitch; he also breaks things open in the third inning <a href="/wiki/Bases_loaded" class="mw-redirect" title="Bases loaded">clearing the bases</a> on a broken-bat <a href="/wiki/Double_(baseball)" title="Double (baseball)">double</a>, giving him his second three-RBI double in the playoffs.<a href="#cite_note-151">[151]</a></li> <li>October 11 : <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alcides_Escobar" title="Alcides Escobar">Alcides Escobar</a> <a href="/wiki/Run_batted_in" title="Run batted in">drives in</a> the go-ahead run with a double in the ninth inning, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Moustakas" title="Mike Moustakas">Mike Moustakas</a> hits his fourth home run in five games, and Kansas City remains perfect in the playoffs, beating the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards, 6–4, for a 2–0 lead in the AL Championship Series. In addition, <a href="/wiki/Lorenzo_Cain" title="Lorenzo Cain">Lorenzo Cain</a> has four hits, scores twice and drives in a run for the wild-card Royals, who are 6–0 in the playoffs this year, including 4–0 as a visiting team. Cain becomes just the third player in Royals history to collect four hits in a postseason game, joining <a href="/wiki/George_Brett" title="George Brett">George Brett</a>, who did it twice in the <a href="/wiki/George_Brett#1985" title="George Brett">1985 postseason</a>. For the second time in two games, reliever <a href="/wiki/Wade_Davis_(baseball)" title="Wade Davis (baseball)">Wade Davis</a> earns the win and <a href="/wiki/Greg_Holland_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Greg Holland (baseball)">Greg Holland</a> is credited for the <a href="/wiki/Save_(baseball)" title="Save (baseball)">save</a>. Additionally, the Royals also extend their postseason winning streak to nine games, dating from the <a href="/wiki/1985_World_Series" title="1985 World Series">1985 World Series</a>, their last appearance in the playoffs. Regarding the Orioles: since the League Championship Series went to a seven-game format in 1985, 11 teams have lost the first two games at home before going on the road. None of the 11 came back to win the LCS.<a href="#cite_note-152">[152]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madison_Bumgarner" title="Madison Bumgarner">Madison Bumgarner</a> outduels <a href="/wiki/Adam_Wainwright" title="Adam Wainwright">Adam Wainwright</a> while pitching <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027" />7+2⁄3 innings of shutout ball, and the San Francisco Giants combine just enough opportune hitting with a couple of defensive gaffes by the St. Louis Cardinals, to defeat St. Louis 3–0 in the <a href="/wiki/2014_National_League_Championship_Series" title="2014 National League Championship Series">National League Championship Series</a> opener at <a href="/wiki/Busch_Stadium" title="Busch Stadium">Busch Stadium</a>. Bumgarner sets a Major League postseason record with <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027" />26+2⁄3 consecutive scoreless innings as a visiting pitcher, surpassing the mark of 23 straight postseason scoreless innings on the road set by <a href="/wiki/Art_Nehf" title="Art Nehf">Art Nehf</a> of the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_New_York_Giants_(NL)" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the New York Giants (NL)">New York Giants</a> between 1921 and 1924. In leading the Giants' win, Bumgarner also collects his fourth postseason start of seven or more innings pitched with no runs allowed, tying him with <a href="/wiki/Christy_Mathewson" title="Christy Mathewson">Christy Mathewson</a> for the most such starts in Giants franchise history, and ranking second among left-handed pitchers in the wild-card era, one start behind <a href="/wiki/Tom_Glavine" title="Tom Glavine">Tom Glavine</a>.<a href="#cite_note-153">[153]</a></li></ul></li> <li>October 12 – At Busch Stadium, the St. Louis Cardinals find an unexpected way to defeat the San Francisco Giants, 5–4, in Game 2 of the NLCS, to tie the series at a win apiece. St. Louis, who hit the fewest home runs in the National League this season, hits four long balls in the game. Early on, <a href="/wiki/Matt_Carpenter_(baseball)" title="Matt Carpenter (baseball)">Matt Carpenter</a> connects his fourth homer of the postseason to put St. Louis ahead 1–0 in the third inning. After wasting a 2–0 lead, the Cardinals fall behind in the game 3–2, but rally with a game-tying home run by <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Taveras" title="Oscar Taveras">Oscar Taveras</a> in the seventh inning, a go-ahead homer in the eighth by <a href="/wiki/Matt_Adams" title="Matt Adams">Matt Adams</a>, and then a <a href="/wiki/Walkoff_home_run" class="mw-redirect" title="Walkoff home run">walkoff blast</a> by <a href="/wiki/Kolten_Wong" title="Kolten Wong">Kolten Wong</a> leading off the bottom of the ninth, after the Giants have tied the game in the top of the inning.<a href="#cite_note-2014SLC-154">[154]</a> It is the second go-ahead homer in the playoffs for Wong, who blasted a two-run shot in the 3–1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 3 of the NL Division Series.<a href="#cite_note-155">[155]</a> Nevertheless, the win comes at a cost for St. Louis, with catcher <a href="/wiki/Yadier_Molina" title="Yadier Molina">Yadier Molina</a> suffering a strained oblique muscle during the game, before the series moves to San Francisco.<a href="#cite_note-2014SLC-154">[154]</a></li> <li>October 14: <ul><li>At AT&T Park, the San Francisco Giants seal a 5–4, 10-inning over the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 3 of the NLCS, giving San Francisco a 2-games-to-1 lead in the best-of-seven series. In the bottom of the 10th inning, <a href="/wiki/Gregor_Blanco" title="Gregor Blanco">Gregor Blanco</a> executes a perfect bunt that Cardinals reliever <a href="/wiki/Randy_Choate" title="Randy Choate">Randy Choate</a> pounces on, but he throws wide of first base and down the right field line, allowing <a href="/wiki/Brandon_Crawford" title="Brandon Crawford">Brandon Crawford</a> to score the winning run from second base. San Francisco left fielder <a href="/wiki/Travis_Ishikawa" title="Travis Ishikawa">Travis Ishikawa</a> delivers the first big hit of the day, a three-run first-inning double off <a href="/wiki/John_Lackey" title="John Lackey">John Lackey</a> that turns a 1–0 game into a 4–0 one, though Giants starter <a href="/wiki/Tim_Hudson" title="Tim Hudson">Tim Hudson</a> cannot preserve it after surrendering a game-tying home run to <a href="/wiki/Randal_Grichuk" title="Randal Grichuk">Randal Grichuk</a> with an out in the seventh inning. Ishikawa also makes a fine running catch in the top of the seventh, in a position he took up for the first time in late September and had never before played in the Major Leagues, where he has played mostly at first base. With the Giants leading 2–1, the series will now play its next two games at San Francisco.<a href="#cite_note-156">[156]</a></li> <li>At Kauffman Stadium, the Kansas City Royals move within one win of a World Series berth with a 2–1 triumph over the Baltimore Orioles in Game 3 of the ALCS. With his sixth-inning <a href="/wiki/Run_batted_in" title="Run batted in">run batted in</a> <a href="/wiki/Sacrifice_fly" title="Sacrifice fly">sacrifice fly</a>, <a href="/wiki/Billy_Butler_(baseball)" title="Billy Butler (baseball)">Billy Butler</a> becomes the sixth different Royals player this postseason with a go-ahead RBI in the sixth inning or later. <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Guthrie" title="Jeremy Guthrie">Jeremy Guthrie</a> pitches five strong innings of three-hit, one-run ball, and <a href="/wiki/Jason_Frasor" title="Jason Frasor">Jason Frasor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kelvin_Herrera" title="Kelvin Herrera">Kelvin Herrera</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wade_Davis_(baseball)" title="Wade Davis (baseball)">Wade Davis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Greg_Holland_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Greg Holland (baseball)">Greg Holland</a> retire the final 12 Orioles to secure the victory. Frasor is credited with the win, while Holland picks up his third save of the series and fifth overall. The game also features four spectacular defensive plays by Kansas City 3B <a href="/wiki/Mike_Moustakas" title="Mike Moustakas">Mike Moustakas</a> (two), CF <a href="/wiki/Lorenzo_Cain" title="Lorenzo Cain">Lorenzo Cain</a> and 1B <a href="/wiki/Eric_Hosmer" title="Eric Hosmer">Eric Hosmer</a>. The Royals, who scratched their way to the postseason as an 89-win wild-card team, become the first American League team to win seven straight games to start a single postseason. Only two National League teams, the <a href="/wiki/2007_Colorado_Rockies_season" title="2007 Colorado Rockies season">2007 Colorado Rockies</a> and the <a href="/wiki/1976_Cincinnati_Reds_season" title="1976 Cincinnati Reds season">1976 Cincinnati Reds</a>, have accomplished the feat. No team has ever won eight in a row to start a postseason run.<a href="#cite_note-157">[157]</a></li></ul></li> <li>October 15: <ul><li>The Kansas City Royals finish off the Baltimore Orioles in four straight games, sweeping the American League Championship Series with a 2–1 victory at Kauffman Stadium, as they will return to the World Series for the first time in 29 years. Winning pitcher <a href="/wiki/Jason_Vargas" title="Jason Vargas">Jason Vargas</a> allows one run and two hits over <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027" />5+1⁄3 innings with the tight-fisted bullpen finishing up with scoreless work. <a href="/wiki/Kelvin_Herrera" title="Kelvin Herrera">Kelvin Herrera</a> gets five outs, <a href="/wiki/Wade_Davis_(baseball)" title="Wade Davis (baseball)">Wade Davis</a> adds a scoreless eighth, and <a href="/wiki/Greg_Holland_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Greg Holland (baseball)">Greg Holland</a> notches his sixth save of the postseason and fourth of the series, something only <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Eckersley" title="Dennis Eckersley">Dennis Eckersley</a> (<a href="/wiki/1988_ALCS" class="mw-redirect" title="1988 ALCS">1988 Athletics</a>) and <a href="/wiki/John_Wetteland" title="John Wetteland">John Wetteland</a> (<a href="/wiki/1996_ALCS" class="mw-redirect" title="1996 ALCS">1996 Yankees</a>) have done in a best-of-seven series. <a href="/wiki/Lorenzo_Cain" title="Lorenzo Cain">Lorenzo Cain</a>, who hits .533 (8-for-15) and makes several outstanding catches at outfield, earns <a href="/wiki/League_Championship_Series_Most_Valuable_Player_Award#American_League_winners" title="League Championship Series Most Valuable Player Award">ALCS Most Valuable Player</a> honors. The Royals also become the first team in Major League history to win eight games in a row to start a postseason. The only other teams to win eight straight games at any point in the postseason were the <a href="/wiki/2004_Boston_Red_Sox_season" title="2004 Boston Red Sox season">2004 Red Sox</a>, who rallied from being down 0–3 to beat the Yankees in the ALCS and swept the Cardinals in the World Series, as well as the <a href="/wiki/2005_Chicago_White_Sox_season" title="2005 Chicago White Sox season">2005 White Sox</a>, who lost the first ALCS game to the Angels before winning four straight and then swept the Astros in the World Series. The Kansas City club will host the National League champions, either St. Louis or San Francisco, on October 21 at Kauffman Stadium.<a href="#cite_note-158">[158]</a><a href="#cite_note-159">[159]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buster_Posey" title="Buster Posey">Buster Posey</a> goes 2 for 3 with three RBI and scores a run, helping the San Francisco Giants to a 6–4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals at AT&T Park in Game 4 of the NLCS. San Francisco erases an early three-run deficit, and takes advantage of back-to-back bad throws by first baseman <a href="/wiki/Matt_Adams" title="Matt Adams">Matt Adams</a> in the sixth inning which started a Giants three-run rally. San Francisco starting pitcher <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Vogelsong" title="Ryan Vogelsong">Ryan Vogelsong</a> lasts just three innings, as he gives up four earned runs on seven hits. Nevertheless, Giants manager <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Bochy" title="Bruce Bochy">Bruce Bochy</a> makes good use of his bullpen by using six relievers. <a href="/wiki/Yusmeiro_Petit" title="Yusmeiro Petit">Yusmeiro Petit</a>, the winning pitcher, hurls three innings of one-hit, no-run baseball, strikes out four and is credited with the win. Meanwhile, the rest of the bullpen allows only three hits and one walk while striking out three in three scoreless innings. Petit has now faced 32 hitters in this postseason, striking out 11 of them and allowing just two hits and zero runs in nine innings of work. Petit's effort recalls his excellence in <a href="/wiki/2014_National_League_Division_Series#Game_2,_October_4" title="2014 National League Division Series">Game 2 of the NLDS</a>, when he blanked the Washington Nationals for six innings as the Giants won an 18-inning standoff. The 6–4 victory against St. Louis gave San Francisco a 3–1 lead in the best-of-seven series.<a href="#cite_note-160">[160]</a></li></ul></li> <li>October 16 – At AT&T Park, <a href="/wiki/Travis_Ishikawa" title="Travis Ishikawa">Travis Ishikawa</a> drills a three-run home run to break a tie in the bottom of the ninth inning and lift the San Francisco Giants to a 6–3 triumph over the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 5 of the NLCS. The Giants reach the World Series for the third time in five years, a matchup against AL champion Kansas City Royals. In the game, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Morse" title="Michael Morse">Michael Morse</a> authors one of the most dramatic moments in the postseason when he leads off the eighth inning with a pinch-hit homer to erase a 3–2 deficit. It is a deeply satisfying triumph for Morse, whose left oblique injury limited him to one game in September and pinch-hitting duty in the postseason. Further, Ishikawa becomes the first player in National League history to hit a <a href="/wiki/Walk-off_home_run" title="Walk-off home run">walk-off home run</a> in the postseason and the fourth overall player to do so. Three players have homered to end an American League Championship Series: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Chambliss" title="Chris Chambliss">Chris Chambliss</a> (<a href="/wiki/1976_New_York_Yankees_season" title="1976 New York Yankees season">1976 Yankees</a>), <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Boone" title="Aaron Boone">Aaron Boone</a> (<a href="/wiki/2003_New_York_Yankees_season" title="2003 New York Yankees season">2003 Yankees</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Magglio_Ord%C3%B3%C3%B1ez" title="Magglio Ordóñez">Magglio Ordóñez</a> (<a href="/wiki/2006_Detroit_Tigers_season" title="2006 Detroit Tigers season">2006 Tigers</a>). <a href="/wiki/Madison_Bumgarner" title="Madison Bumgarner">Madison Bumgarner</a>, who pitches eight strong innings to keep his team in the game, is named <a href="/wiki/League_Championship_Series_Most_Valuable_Player_Award#National_League_winners" title="League Championship Series Most Valuable Player Award">NLCS Most Valuable Player</a>. Bumgarner holds the Cardinals to three runs in eight innings and retires 13 straight batters to end his night in Game 5 after throwing <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027" />7+2⁄3 scoreless innings in Game 1. Bumgarner finishes the NLCS with a 1–0 record and a 1.72 ERA in his two starts. Between the wild-card game, the NLDS and NLCS, he has posted a 1.42 ERA in four starts and <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027" />31+2⁄3 innings this postseason, which includes a complete-game 8–0 shutout over the Pittsburgh Pirates in the wild-card game to get the Giants into the NLDS. The Royals will host the Giants for the first two games of the <a href="/wiki/2014_World_Series" title="2014 World Series">2014 World Series</a>, which is slated to begin on October 19.<a href="#cite_note-161">[161]</a><a href="#cite_note-162">[162]</a></li> <li>World Series</li></ul> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2014_World_Series" title="2014 World Series">2014 World Series</a></div> <dl><dd><ul><li>October 21 – The San Francisco Giants win Game 1 of the World Series over the Kansas City Royals, 7–1, at Kauffman Stadium. A two-run home run by <a href="/wiki/Hunter_Pence" title="Hunter Pence">Hunter Pence</a> off <a href="/wiki/James_Shields_(baseball)" title="James Shields (baseball)">James Shields</a> fuels a three-run first inning, while <a href="/wiki/Madison_Bumgarner" title="Madison Bumgarner">Madison Bumgarner</a> gives up only one run on three hits in seven innings. The Giants win their seventh Series game in a row dating to 2010 and end a perfect postseason for the Royals, who had been 8–0. San Francisco also ends the Royals' 11-game postseason winning streak dating to their <a href="/wiki/1985_World_Series" title="1985 World Series">1985 World Series</a> title.</li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dd><ul><li>October 22 – The Kansas City Royals even the World Series against the San Francisco Giants at 1–1 with a 7–2 victory over the San Francisco Giants in Game 2. The Royals break a 2–2 tie in the sixth inning by scoring five runs as the Giants use five pitchers in a vain attempt to stop the attack. <a href="/wiki/Billy_Butler_(baseball)" title="Billy Butler (baseball)">Billy Butler</a> puts the Royals ahead with a run-scoring single, but the big blows are a two-run double by <a href="/wiki/Salvador_P%C3%A9rez" title="Salvador Pérez">Salvador Pérez</a> followed by a two-run homer by <a href="/wiki/Omar_Infante" title="Omar Infante">Omar Infante</a>, both against rookie pitcher <a href="/wiki/Hunter_Strickland" title="Hunter Strickland">Hunter Strickland</a>.</li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dd><ul><li>October 24 – The Kansas City Royals defeat the San Francisco Giants in Game 3 of the World Series at AT&T Park, 3–2, thanks to a notable bullpen performance, as <a href="/wiki/Kelvin_Herrera" title="Kelvin Herrera">Kelvin Herrera</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brandon_Finnegan" title="Brandon Finnegan">Brandon Finnegan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wade_Davis_(baseball)" title="Wade Davis (baseball)">Wade Davis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Greg_Holland_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Greg Holland (baseball)">Greg Holland</a> combine for four innings of hitless relief, the longest in a Series game in 22 years. Royals starter <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Guthrie" title="Jeremy Guthrie">Jeremy Guthrie</a> earns the win over <a href="/wiki/Tim_Hudson" title="Tim Hudson">Tim Hudson</a>, while Holland is credited with the save.</li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dd><ul><li>October 25 – The San Francisco Giants even the World Series against the Kansas City Royals at 2–2 with an 11–4 win. The Giants score nine runs between the fifth and seventh innings to run away with the game. <a href="/wiki/Yusmeiro_Petit" title="Yusmeiro Petit">Yusmeiro Petit</a> is the winning pitcher after another performance in long relief with three scoreless innings, his third such win of the postseason.</li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dd><ul><li>October 26 – The San Francisco Giants take a three-games-to-two lead over the Kansas City Royals in the World Series, with another outstanding pitching performance by <a href="/wiki/Madison_Bumgarner" title="Madison Bumgarner">Madison Bumgarner</a>, who tosses a four-hit, 5–0, complete-game shutout. Bumgarner strikes out eight batters and does not issue a walk, while pitching the first complete-game shutout in any World Series since <a href="/wiki/Josh_Beckett" title="Josh Beckett">Josh Beckett</a> of the Florida Marlins at Yankee Stadium in <a href="/wiki/2003_World_Series" title="2003 World Series">2003</a> and the first by a Giants pitcher since <a href="/wiki/Jack_Sanford" title="Jack Sanford">Jack Sanford</a>, who hurled one against the Yankees in <a href="/wiki/1962_World_Series" title="1962 World Series">1962</a>.</li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dd><ul><li>October 28 – The Kansas City Royals force a seventh game in the World Series by routing the San Francisco Giants at Kauffman Stadium, 10–0, behind the pitching of rookie <a href="/wiki/Yordano_Ventura" title="Yordano Ventura">Yordano Ventura</a> in Game 6. The Royals score seven runs in the second inning to chase starter <a href="/wiki/Jake_Peavy" title="Jake Peavy">Jake Peavy</a>, as every starting <a href="/wiki/Position_player" title="Position player">position player</a> collects at least a hit and either a run scored or a run batted in.</li></ul></dd></dl> <dl><dd><ul><li>October 29 – The San Francisco Giants win Game 7 of the World Series over the Kansas City Royals, 3–2, to clinch their third Championship in five years. Appearing for the third time in the Series, <a href="/wiki/Madison_Bumgarner" title="Madison Bumgarner">Madison Bumgarner</a> pitches the last five innings without giving up a run to earn the save, completing an otherworldly pitching performance that earns him the World Series Most Valuable Player Award.</li></ul></dd></dl> <ul><li>October 31 – The Chicago Cubs announce the hiring of <a href="/wiki/Joe_Maddon" title="Joe Maddon">Joe Maddon</a> as the team's 54th manager. Maddon replaces <a href="/wiki/Rick_Renteria" title="Rick Renteria">Rick Renteria</a>, who had managed the Cubs to a 73–89 record in his only season for the team. Maddon has posted a .517 career winning percentage (781–729), which includes not only his nine seasons with the Tampa Bay Rays but also brief interim stints with the Angels in 1996 and 1999. With Maddon at the helm, the Rays won two American League Division titles, made the playoffs four times and claimed the American League pennant in 2008 en route to the <a href="/wiki/2008_World_Series" title="2008 World Series">2008 World Series</a>, which they lost to the Philadelphia Phillies.<a href="#cite_note-163">[163]</a> On October 24, Maddon exercised an option out clause in his contract with the Tampa Bay club, which he had managed from 2006 through 2014.<a href="#cite_note-164">[164]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November">November</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_baseball&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: November">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>November 3 – The Minnesota Twins hire <a href="/wiki/Paul_Molitor" title="Paul Molitor">Paul Molitor</a> as their new manager, agreeing to a three-year contract for the Hall of Famer. A <a href="/wiki/Saint_Paul,_Minnesota" title="Saint Paul, Minnesota">Saint Paul, Minnesota</a>, native and a <a href="/wiki/University_of_Minnesota" title="University of Minnesota">University of Minnesota</a> alum, Molitor played for the Twins from 1996 to 1998, his last three Major League seasons. Molitor was part of the Twins' coaching staff in 2014, and he was immediately considered the front runner to replace dismissed manager <a href="/wiki/Ron_Gardenhire" title="Ron Gardenhire">Ron Gardenhire</a>. Previously, Molitor served as a roving Minor League instructor in the Twins' organization for close to a decade and was on former Twins' manager <a href="/wiki/Tom_Kelly_(baseball)" title="Tom Kelly (baseball)">Tom Kelly</a>'s coaching staff during three seasons. In 2001, he was an initial candidate to replace the retired Kelly before Minnesota hired Gardenhire.<a href="#cite_note-165">[165]</a></li> <li>November 4 – <a href="/wiki/Terry_Francona" title="Terry Francona">Terry Francona</a> and the Cleveland Indians agree to a two-year extension through 2018 with club options for both the 2019 and 2020 seasons. Francona's previous four-year contract with the Indians ran through the 2016 season, but the Indians will now have as many as four additional years of control should they choose. Francona joined the Indians in 2013 after eight seasons and two World Series championships with the Boston Red Sox. He led Cleveland to a 92-–70 record and a Wild Card playoff berth in his debut campaign, winning the American League Manager of the Year award as well. In 2014, injury-plagued Cleveland was in the wild card hunt until late in the season, finishing third in the AL Central with a solid 85–77 mark. It is the first time since 2001–02 that the Indians have had consecutive winning seasons. In a 14-year managerial career, Francona has posted a 1,206-1,062 record. He is also fourth in victories among active managers, trailing <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Bochy" title="Bruce Bochy">Bruce Bochy</a> (1,618), <a href="/wiki/Mike_Scioscia" title="Mike Scioscia">Mike Scioscia</a> (1,331) and <a href="/wiki/Buck_Showalter" title="Buck Showalter">Buck Showalter</a> (1,259).<a href="#cite_note-166">[166]</a></li> <li>November 6 – The Los Angeles Dodgers announce the hires of General Manager <a href="/wiki/Farhan_Zaidi" title="Farhan Zaidi">Farhan Zaidi</a> and Senior Vice President/Baseball Operations <a href="/wiki/Josh_Byrnes" title="Josh Byrnes">Josh Byrnes</a>. Zaidi joined the Oakland Athletics as a baseball operations analyst (2005) before holding the title of director of baseball operations (2009–13) with added duties of assistant general manager (2014). Byrnes has been a general manager for parts of eight seasons with the Arizona Diamondbacks (2005–10) and San Diego Padres (2011–14), and also served as assistant general manager for the Colorado Rockies (1999–2002) and the Boston Red Sox (2003–2005). Zaidi and Byrnes will report to <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Friedman" title="Andrew Friedman">Andrew Friedman</a>, the new Dodgers' president of baseball operations, who previously worked for the Tampa Bay Rays (2005–2014), taking the team to six consecutive winning seasons and four playoff appearances (2008–2013). It is a markedly different structure from the previous Dodgers regime, in which general manager <a href="/wiki/Ned_Colletti" title="Ned Colletti">Ned Colletti</a> led the department.<a href="#cite_note-167">[167]</a><a href="#cite_note-168">[168]</a></li> <li>November 10 – <a href="/wiki/Buck_Showalter" title="Buck Showalter">Buck Showalter</a> of the Baltimore Orioles and <a href="/wiki/Matt_Williams_(third_baseman)" title="Matt Williams (third baseman)">Matt Williams</a> of the Washington Nationals earn the American League Manager of the Year Award in the American League and National League, respectively.<a href="#cite_note-169">[169]</a></li> <li>November 11 – <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Abreu_(first_baseman)" class="mw-redirect" title="José Abreu (first baseman)">José Abreu</a> of the Chicago White Sox and <a href="/wiki/Jacob_deGrom" title="Jacob deGrom">Jacob deGrom</a> of the New York Mets earn the Rookie of the Year Award in the American League and National League, respectively.<a href="#cite_note-170">[170]</a></li> <li>November 12 – <a href="/wiki/Corey_Kluber" title="Corey Kluber">Corey Kluber</a> of the Cleveland Indians and <a href="/wiki/Clayton_Kershaw" title="Clayton Kershaw">Clayton Kershaw</a> of the Los Angeles Dodgers earn the Cy Young Award in the American League and National League, respectively.<a href="#cite_note-171">[171]</a></li> <li>November 13 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Trout" title="Mike Trout">Mike Trout</a> of the Anaheim Angels earns the American League Most Valuable Player Award, while <a href="/wiki/Clayton_Kershaw" title="Clayton Kershaw">Clayton Kershaw</a> of the Los Angeles Dodgers deservedly wins the National League honor, marking only the <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award#Baseball_Writers'_Association_of_America's_Most_Valuable_Player_(1931–present)" title="Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award">11th time in Major League history</a> that two players from the same market captured the hardware for the same season.<a href="#cite_note-172">[172]</a> <ul><li>At age 23, Trout becomes the youngest player to be selected unanimously as well as the fifth-youngest winner of the award. Trout earns all 30 first-place votes after leading the American League with 115 runs, 111 RBI and 338 total bases, while hitting a slash line (<a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">BA</a>/<a href="/wiki/On-base_percentage" title="On-base percentage">OBP</a>/<a href="/wiki/Slugging_percentage" title="Slugging percentage">SLG</a>/<a href="/wiki/On-base_plus_slugging" title="On-base plus slugging">OPS</a>) of .287/.377/.561/.939 with a career-high 36 home runs. Trout, who finished second in MVP voting to <a href="/wiki/Miguel_Cabrera" title="Miguel Cabrera">Miguel Cabrera</a> in both of his first two seasons, joins <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Mantle" title="Mickey Mantle">Mickey Mantle</a> as the only players who finished as MVP runner-up in consecutive seasons before winning in the following season. Mantle finished runner-up in 1960 and 1961 to <a href="/wiki/Roger_Maris" title="Roger Maris">Roger Maris</a> and then won the award in 1962. Trout is also the first AL MVP to win by unanimous vote since <a href="/wiki/Ken_Griffey_Jr." title="Ken Griffey Jr.">Ken Griffey Jr.</a> in 1997.</li> <li>Kershaw is named the Most Valuable Player in the National League, receiving 18 first-place votes, to become the first NL pitcher and the 11th overall to win both MVP and the Cy Young Awards in the same season. Kershaw tops the league in earned run average for the fourth consecutive season, but his 2014 campaign is arguably the best of his career. Though limited to just 27 starts by an early-season back injury that caused him to miss more than a month, Kershaw ties a career high with 21 wins while losing a mere three games and leads the majors with a 1.77 earned run average, six complete games and an 0.857 WHIP, helping lead the Dodgers to another NL West title. Besides, Kershaw strikes out 239 batters and gives only 31 walks in <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027" />198+1⁄3 innings of work, in a brilliant campaign highlighted by his first career no-hitter, an otherwise perfect outing (with 15 strikeouts against the Colorado Rockies on June 18) if not for a throwing error by <a href="/wiki/Hanley_Ram%C3%ADrez" title="Hanley Ramírez">Hanley Ramírez</a> in the seventh inning.</li></ul></li> <li>November 15 – The <a href="/wiki/Salt_River_Rafters" title="Salt River Rafters">Salt River Rafters</a> outlast the <a href="/wiki/Peoria_Javelinas" title="Peoria Javelinas">Peoria Javelinas</a>, 14–7, to win their fourth <a href="/wiki/Arizona_Fall_League" title="Arizona Fall League">Arizona Fall League</a> title and first since 2011. Rafters outfielder <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Rosario" title="Eddie Rosario">Eddie Rosario</a> (Twins), who lost the batting title in his last at-bat of the regular season, goes 4 for 5 with a double, one home run, two runs and two RBI. The Javelinas' <a href="/wiki/Justin_O%27Conner" title="Justin O'Conner">Justin O'Conner</a> (Rays), who already had made a name for himself as the best defensive and strongest-armed catcher in the league, belts two homers. Other selected players include <a href="/wiki/Scottsdale_Scorpions" title="Scottsdale Scorpions">Scottsdale Scorpions</a> first baseman <a href="/wiki/Greg_Bird_(baseball)" title="Greg Bird (baseball)">Greg Bird</a> (Yankees), who is named <a href="/wiki/Joe_Black_MVP_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe Black MVP Award">Joe Black Most Valuable Player</a>, after sharing the league home run title with <a href="/wiki/Surprise_Saguaros" title="Surprise Saguaros">Surprise Saguaros</a> outfielder <a href="/wiki/Hunter_Renfroe" title="Hunter Renfroe">Hunter Renfroe</a> (Padres). They each hit six home runs and added a homer apiece in the AFL All-Star Game. Saguaros outfielder <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Winker" title="Jesse Winker">Jesse Winker</a> (Reds) wins the batting crown with a .338 average and finishes second both in on-base percentage (.440) and slugging average (.559). The most productive overall performance comes from Saguaros first baseman <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Kivlehan" title="Patrick Kivlehan">Patrick Kivlehan</a> (Mariners), who tops the league with 22 RBI and hit .280/.387/.473 with four homers to earn <a href="/wiki/Dernell_Stenson_Sportsmanship_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Dernell Stenson Sportsmanship Award">Dernell Stenson Award</a> honors.<a href="#cite_note-173">[173]</a></li> <li>November 19 – The Miami Marlins officially announce the signing of <a href="/wiki/Giancarlo_Stanton" title="Giancarlo Stanton">Giancarlo Stanton</a> to a record-setting 13-year, $325 million contract that includes a full no-trade clause and an opt-out provision after the sixth season. Stanton agrees to a heavily backloaded contract structure in order to leave the front office with flexibility to add significant pieces in order to contend in the immediate future. Stanton will receive $6.5 million in 2015, $9 million in 2016 and $14.5 million in 2017, a $30 million total over the first three years of the deal, far less than he could have earned through arbitration in 2015 and 2016 and then via free agency. From there, he will take home annual values of $25 million in 2018 and $26 million in 2019 and in 2020. Over the first six years of the deal, the 25-year-old slugger will make $107 million and, if he chooses, he could opt out of the contract after 2020, following his age 30 season. If Stanton remains with the Marlins, he would receive a $218 million total over the final seven years of the deal, collecting $29 million in each of the next two years, $32 million annually the following three years, $29 million in 2026, and $25 million in 2027. The deal also includes a $25 million club option for 2028, which comes with a $10 million buyout to make up the remainder of the guaranteed value in the deal. Additionally, Stanton will have a complete no-trade clause through the duration of the contract, a first for the Marlins under the ownership of <a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Loria" title="Jeffrey Loria">Jeffrey Loria</a>.<a href="#cite_note-174">[174]</a></li> <li>November 20 – MLB Commissioner <a href="/wiki/Bud_Selig" title="Bud Selig">Bud Selig</a> announce that baseball team owners unanimously approved a five-year term for <a href="/wiki/Rob_Manfred" title="Rob Manfred">Rob Manfred</a>, who will succeed the longtime commissioner early next year. Manfred has worked for MLB since 1998, and was chosen to replace Selig in past August over Boston Red Sox chairman <a href="/wiki/Tom_Werner" title="Tom Werner">Tom Werner</a>. Selig will chair his final owners meeting in January 2015 in Arizona, while Manfred will assume office on the 25th of that month.<a href="#cite_note-175">[175]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December">December</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_baseball&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: December">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>December 8 – The Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum's Golden Era Committee fails to elect any of the 10 candidates from a group whose primary contributions were from 1947 through 1972. <a href="/wiki/Tony_Oliva" title="Tony Oliva">Tony Oliva</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dick_Allen" title="Dick Allen">Dick Allen</a> come the closest, each receiving 11 of 16 votes, one shy of the 75 percent needed for election. <a href="/wiki/Jim_Kaat" title="Jim Kaat">Jim Kaat</a> garners 10 votes, followed by <a href="/wiki/Maury_Wills" title="Maury Wills">Maury Wills</a> with nine and <a href="/wiki/Minnie_Mi%C3%B1oso" title="Minnie Miñoso">Minnie Miñoso</a> with eight. The remainder of the candidates, <a href="/wiki/Gil_Hodges" title="Gil Hodges">Gil Hodges</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ken_Boyer" title="Ken Boyer">Ken Boyer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Billy_Pierce" title="Billy Pierce">Billy Pierce</a> and <a href="/wiki/Luis_Tiant" title="Luis Tiant">Luis Tiant</a>, as well as the executive <a href="/wiki/Bob_Howsam" title="Bob Howsam">Bob Howsam</a>, each receive three or fewer votes in the ballot box.<a href="#cite_note-176">[176]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Movies">Movies</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_baseball&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Movies">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Battered_Bastards_of_Baseball" title="The Battered Bastards of Baseball">The Battered Bastards of Baseball</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deaths">Deaths</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_baseball&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Deaths">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January_2">January</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_baseball&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: January">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>January 3 – <a href="/wiki/Larry_Arndt" title="Larry Arndt">Larry Arndt</a>, 50, backup infielder in two games for the 1989 Oakland Athletics.</li> <li>January 4 – <a href="/wiki/Gabe_Gabler" title="Gabe Gabler">Gabe Gabler</a>, 83, pinch hitter in three games for the Chicago Cubs during the 1958 season.</li> <li>January 5 – <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Coleman" title="Jerry Coleman">Jerry Coleman</a>, 89, infielder for the New Yankees from 1949 to 1957 and later a Ford C. Frick Award winner for broadcasting, who also had a highly decorated military career for his services in both World War II and the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>.</li> <li>January 9 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Conlin" title="Bill Conlin">Bill Conlin</a>, 79, sportswriter who worked for the Philadelphia Daily News for 46 years and was a winner of the J. G. Taylor Spink Award.</li> <li>January 9 – <a href="/wiki/Luis_Garc%C3%ADa_(third_baseman)" title="Luis García (third baseman)">Luis García</a>, 84, legendary Venezuelan professional baseball player and manager, as well as a member of four Hall of Fame organizations.</li> <li>January 11 – <a href="/wiki/Jophery_Brown" title="Jophery Brown">Jophery Brown</a>, 68, pitcher for the 1968 Chicago Cubs, who later developed a successful acting career in television and films.</li> <li>January 14 – <a href="/wiki/Esther_Ann_Reeser" title="Esther Ann Reeser">Esther Ann Reeser</a>, 86, outfielder who played for the <a href="/wiki/Springfield_Sallies" title="Springfield Sallies">1948 Springfield Sallies</a> of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.</li> <li>January 20 – <a href="/wiki/Vern_Benson" title="Vern Benson">Vern Benson</a>, 89, third baseman for the Philadelphia Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals in part of five seasons spanning 1943–1953; coach for 18 seasons spanning 1961 to 1980 for six MLB teams who managed the 1977 Atlanta Braves for one game.</li> <li>January 21 – <a href="/wiki/Tim_Hosley" title="Tim Hosley">Tim Hosley</a>, 66, backup catcher for the Detroit Tigers, Oakland Athletics and Chicago Cubs in a span of nine seasons from 1970 to 1981.</li> <li>January 23 – <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Osgood" title="Charlie Osgood">Charlie Osgood</a>, 87, a 17-year-old right-handed pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1944 season.</li> <li>January 25 – <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Barmes" title="Bruce Barmes">Bruce Barmes</a>, 84, right fielder for the 1953 Washington Senators, and also a career .318 hitter in 1,439 Minor league games.</li> <li>January 26 – <a href="/wiki/Doris_Witiuk" title="Doris Witiuk">Doris Witiuk</a>, 84, Canadian outfielder who played from 1950 to 1951 for the <a href="/wiki/Racine_Belles" title="Racine Belles">Racine Belles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Battle_Creek_Belles" title="Battle Creek Belles">Battle Creek Belles</a> of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.</li> <li>January 28 – <a href="/wiki/Kazuhiko_Sakazaki" title="Kazuhiko Sakazaki">Kazuhiko Sakazaki</a>, 76, Japanese outfielder who played from 1956 through 1967 for the Yomiuri Giants and Toei Flyers of the NPB Pacific League.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February_2">February</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_baseball&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: February">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>February 6 – <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Kiner" title="Ralph Kiner">Ralph Kiner</a>, 91, Hall of Fame slugger and later a longtime popular broadcaster, who led the National League in home runs in seven consecutive seasons from 1946 to 1952, while compiling 369 homers and 1015 RBI during his 10-year career, most prominently for the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a>.</li> <li>February 6 – <a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dru_Mori" title="Tōru Mori">Tōru Mori</a>, 78, Japanese outfielder for the Chunichi Dragons, Taiyo Whales and Tokyo Orions of the NPB Pacific League from 1958 through 1968, who later managed the Tokyo Dragons of the Global League in 1969.</li> <li>February 11 – <a href="/wiki/Max_McLeary" title="Max McLeary">Max McLeary</a>, 66, long time umpire in minor and independent league baseball, who is regarded as the only known one-eyed umpire in professional baseball history.</li> <li>February 13 – <a href="/wiki/Drew_Denson" title="Drew Denson">Drew Denson</a>, 48, first baseman for the Atlanta Braves and Chicago White Sox in part of two seasons spanning 1989–1993.</li> <li>February 14 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Fregosi" title="Jim Fregosi">Jim Fregosi</a>, 71, six-time All-Star shortstop for the Los Angeles/California Angels and Gold Glove Award winner, who also managed the Philadelphia Phillies to the 1993 National League pennant.</li> <li>February 18 – <a href="/wiki/Al_Greene_(baseball)" title="Al Greene (baseball)">Al Greene</a>, 59, backup outfielder and designated hitter for the 1979 Detroit Tigers.</li> <li>February 21 – <a href="/wiki/Eddie_O%27Brien_(baseball)" title="Eddie O'Brien (baseball)">Eddie O'Brien</a>, 83, who played alongside his twin brother <a href="/wiki/Johnny_O%27Brien" title="Johnny O'Brien">Johnny</a> for the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1950s, to become the first twins in Major League Baseball history to play on the same club in the same game.</li> <li>February 21 – <a href="/wiki/H%C3%A9ctor_Maestri" title="Héctor Maestri">Héctor Maestri</a>, 78, Cuban pitcher who was one of few ballplayers to ever play for both Washington Senators franchises.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March_2">March</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_baseball&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: March">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>March 1 – <a href="/wiki/Les_Layton" title="Les Layton">Les Layton</a>, 92, reserve outfielder and pinch-runner for the 1948 New York Giants, who <a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_players_with_a_home_run_in_their_first_major_league_at_bat" title="List of Major League Baseball players with a home run in their first major league at bat">hit a home run in his first MLB at bat</a>, and also spent 11 eleven seasons in the minors as a player/manager.</li> <li>March 4 – <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Kress" title="Chuck Kress">Chuck Kress</a>, 92, first baseman for the Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers and Brooklyn Dodgers in a career interrupted by World War II, who also was named Most Valuable Player on the Rochester Red Wings club that won the 1952 Governor Cup, and later managed the Erie Sailors to the 1957 New York–Penn League championship and the Des Moines Demons to the 1959 Three-I League pennant.</li> <li>March 6 – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Jobe" title="Frank Jobe">Frank Jobe</a>, 88, sport medicine doctor who pioneered the eponymous <a href="/wiki/Tommy_John_surgery" class="mw-redirect" title="Tommy John surgery">Tommy John surgery</a>.</li> <li>March 8 – <a href="/wiki/Bud_Bulling" title="Bud Bulling">Bud Bulling</a>, 61, backup catcher for the Minnesota Twins and Seattle Mariners in a span of four seasons from 1977 to 1983.</li> <li>March 12 – <a href="/wiki/Art_Kenney" title="Art Kenney">Art Kenney</a>, 97, pitcher for the 1938 Boston Bees, who also served in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">US Army Air Force</a> during World War II.</li> <li>March 12 – <a href="/wiki/Jenny_Romatowski" title="Jenny Romatowski">Jenny Romatowski</a>, 86, <a href="/wiki/All-American_Girls_Professional_Baseball_League" title="All-American Girls Professional Baseball League">All-American Girls Professional Baseball League</a> All-Star catcher/outfielder, as well as a member of several Hall of Fame organizations.</li> <li>March 25 – <a href="/wiki/Sonny_Ruberto" title="Sonny Ruberto">Sonny Ruberto</a>, 68, backup catcher for the San Diego Padres and Cincinnati Reds over parts of two seasons from 1969 to 1972, as well as a Major League coach and Minor league manager in the St. Louis Cardinals organization.</li> <li>March 26 – <a href="/wiki/George_Lerchen" title="George Lerchen">George Lerchen</a>, 91, backup outfielder who played from 1952 through for the Detroit Tigers and Cincinnati Redlegs.</li> <li>March 27 – <a href="/wiki/Al_Cihocki" title="Al Cihocki">Al Cihocki</a>, 89, middle infielder for the Cleveland Indians in the 1945 season.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April_2">April</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_baseball&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: April">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>April 7 – <a href="/wiki/Jack_Satter" title="Jack Satter">Jack Satter</a>, 92, meat-packing executive and purveyor of ballpark hot dogs (such as Yankee Franks and Fenway Franks) who was a limited partner in <a href="/wiki/George_Steinbrenner" title="George Steinbrenner">George Steinbrenner</a>'s New York Yankees ownership syndicate from 1978 to 2005.</li> <li>April 11 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Henry_(baseball,_born_1927)" title="Bill Henry (baseball, born 1927)">Bill Henry</a>, 86, All-Star pitcher who played for the Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, San Francisco Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates and Houston Astros in a span of 16 seasons between 1952 and 1969.</li> <li>April 11 – <a href="/wiki/Zander_Hollander" title="Zander Hollander">Zander Hollander</a>, 91, prolific sportswriter, journalist, editor and archivist.</li> <li>April 12 – <a href="/wiki/Hal_Smith_(catcher)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hal Smith (catcher)">Hal Smith</a>, 82, All-Star catcher (1957, 1959) for the St. Louis Cardinals (1956–1961) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1965); his playing career truncated by a heart condition, he coached for the Cardinals, Pirates, Cincinnati Reds and Milwaukee Brewers between 1961 and 1977 and then became a longtime scout.</li> <li>April 20 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Blair_(Negro_leagues_pitcher)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill Blair (Negro leagues pitcher)">Bill Blair</a>, 92, pitcher who pitched in the Negro leagues from 1946 to 1951.</li> <li>April 23 – <a href="/wiki/Connie_Marrero" title="Connie Marrero">Conrado Marrero</a>, 102, All-Star Cuban pitcher for the Washington Senators from 1950 through 1954, who at the time of his death was the oldest living Major League Baseball player.</li> <li>April 26 – <a href="/wiki/Leroy_Powell" class="mw-redirect" title="Leroy Powell">Bob Powell</a>, 80, utility for the Chicago White Sox from 1955 to 1957, and one of few <a href="/wiki/List_of_baseball_players_who_went_directly_to_Major_League_Baseball" title="List of baseball players who went directly to Major League Baseball">players who went directly to Major League Baseball</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May_2">May</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_baseball&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: May">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>May 1 – <a href="/wiki/Mel_Clark" title="Mel Clark">Mel Clark</a>, 87, outfielder for the Philadelphia Phillies in part of five seasons spanning 1951–1955, also a World War II Navy Veteran who served in the Pacific Theater.</li> <li>May 2 – <a href="/wiki/George_Digby_(baseball_scout)" title="George Digby (baseball scout)">George Digby</a>, 96, longtime Boston Red Sox scout who was responsible for the signing of <a href="/wiki/Wade_Boggs" title="Wade Boggs">Wade Boggs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Greenwell" title="Mike Greenwell">Mike Greenwell</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jody_Reed" title="Jody Reed">Jody Reed</a>, among many others.</li> <li>May 6 – <a href="/wiki/Billy_Harrell" title="Billy Harrell">Billy Harrell</a>, 85, backup infielder for the Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox during four seasons between 1955 and 1961, and also the first <a href="/wiki/Siena_Saints" title="Siena Saints">Siena Saints</a> basketball player to have his jersey number (#10) retired by the school.</li> <li>May 7 – <a href="/wiki/Dick_Welteroth" title="Dick Welteroth">Dick Welteroth</a>, 86, pitcher who played from 1948 through 1950 for the Washington Senators.</li> <li>May 8 – <a href="/wiki/Leo_Marentette" title="Leo Marentette">Leo Marentette</a>, 73, relief pitcher who played briefly with the Detroit Tigers in 1965 and the Montréal Expos in 1969.</li> <li>May 8 – <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Mead" title="Charlie Mead">Charlie Mead</a>, 93, Canadian outfielder who played for the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_New_York_Giants" title="History of the New York Giants">New York Giants</a> in three seasons spanning 1943–1945, one of many players responsible for keeping baseball alive during World War II.</li> <li>May 11 – <a href="/wiki/Thelma_Eisen" title="Thelma Eisen">Thelma Eisen</a>, 92, All-Star center fielder and manager who was one of the top players in the early years of the <a href="/wiki/All-American_Girls_Professional_Baseball_League" title="All-American Girls Professional Baseball League">All-American Girls Professional Baseball League</a>.</li> <li>May 11 – <a href="/wiki/Guy_Morton_Jr." title="Guy Morton Jr.">Guy Morton Jr.</a>, 83, pinch hitter for the Boston Red Sox during the 1954 season, who also had a long career as a catcher in the minor leagues.</li> <li>May 21 – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Gray_(baseball)" title="Johnny Gray (baseball)">Johnny Gray</a>, 87, pitcher for four different teams in a span of four seasons from 1954 to 1958, and one of few players to be part of the Athletics in their final season in Philadelphia and their first season in Kansas City.</li> <li>May 23 – <a href="/wiki/Andy_Olsen" title="Andy Olsen">Andy Olsen</a>, 83, National League umpire from 1968 to 1980 who worked 3 League Championship Series, the <a href="/wiki/1976_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game" title="1976 Major League Baseball All-Star Game">1976 All-Star Game</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/1974_World_Series" title="1974 World Series">1974 World Series</a>.</li> <li>May 26 – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Gordon_(baseball)" title="Mike Gordon (baseball)">Mike Gordon</a>, 60, backup catcher for the Chicago Cubs in the 1977 and 1978 seasons.</li> <li>May 27 – <a href="/wiki/Roberto_Vargas" title="Roberto Vargas">Roberto Vargas</a>, 85, Puerto Rican pitcher who played briefly for the Milwaukee Braves in 1955, and a long time pitcher in the Negro leagues, Mexican baseball and Minor league circuits.</li> <li>May 31 – <a href="/wiki/Jack_Dittmer" title="Jack Dittmer">Jack Dittmer</a>, 86, a nine-time letter winner in baseball, football and basketball and member of the first team All-Big Ten, who later played from 1952 through 1956 with the Boston Braves and the Milwaukee Braves and for the Detroit Tigers in 1957.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June_2">June</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_baseball&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: June">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>June 4 – <a href="/wiki/Don_Zimmer" title="Don Zimmer">Don Zimmer</a>, 83, Major League Baseball legend who spent 66 years as a manager, player, coach and executive.</li> <li>June 8 – <a href="/wiki/Jean_Geissinger" title="Jean Geissinger">Jean Geissinger</a>, 79, All-Star centerfielder and one of the most prolific sluggers in <a href="/wiki/All-American_Girls_Professional_Baseball_League" title="All-American Girls Professional Baseball League">All-American Girls Professional Baseball League</a> history.</li> <li>June 8 – <a href="/wiki/Billy_McCool" title="Billy McCool">Billy McCool</a>, 69, All-Star relief pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals, and also a member of the San Diego Padres in their inaugural season of 1969.</li> <li>June 9 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Welch_(baseball)" title="Bob Welch (baseball)">Bob Welch</a>, 57, two-time All-Star pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Oakland Athletics during 17 seasons from 1978 to 1994, who won the AL Cy Young Award in 1990, while posting a career record of 211–146 with a 3.47 ERA and 1,969 strikeouts in 3,092 innings.</li> <li>June 12 – <a href="/wiki/Willie_Sheelor" title="Willie Sheelor">Willie Sheelor</a>, 86, Negro league baseball player in the 1940s and 1950s.</li> <li>June 13 – <a href="/wiki/Mark_Ballinger" title="Mark Ballinger">Mark Ballinger</a>, 65, relief pitcher for the 1971 Cleveland Indians, who also spent 12 seasons in the minors between 1967 and 1979.</li> <li>June 13 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Pittman" title="Joe Pittman">Joe Pittman</a>, 61, backup infielder for the Houston Astros, San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants in part of three seasons spanning 1981–1984, who also coached in the minors and served as an scout for the Astros organization.</li> <li>June 16 – <a href="/wiki/Tony_Gwynn" title="Tony Gwynn">Tony Gwynn</a>, 54, 15-time All-Star outfielder who posted a .338 batting average, banged out 3,141 hits, and won eight National League batting titles during a Hall of Fame career spanning 20 seasons from 1982 to 2001 for the San Diego Padres.</li> <li>June 19 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Renna" title="Bill Renna">Bill Renna</a>, 89, three-sport outstanding athlete at <a href="/wiki/Santa_Clara_University" title="Santa Clara University">Santa Clara University</a> before joining the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox and the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Athletics" title="Philadelphia Athletics">Philadelphia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Athletics" title="Kansas City Athletics">Kansas City</a> Athletics clubs during six seasons between 1953 and 1959, who led American League right fielders with five double plays in 1954, while tying for third overall among all outfielders behind Cleveland Indians' <a href="/wiki/Larry_Doby" title="Larry Doby">Larry Doby</a> and Baltimore Orioles' <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Diering" title="Chuck Diering">Chuck Diering</a> (six apiece).</li> <li>June 28 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Brosnan" title="Jim Brosnan">Jim Brosnan</a>, 84, pitcher who posted a 55–44 record with a 3.54 ERA and 67 saves for five teams in a span of nine seasons between 1954 and 1963, and member of the 1961 NL champion Cincinnati Reds; a talented writer, he authored two acclaimed, groundbreaking memoirs during his pitching career, The Long Season (1959) and Pennant Race (1961).</li> <li>June 30 – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Cashen" title="Frank Cashen">Frank Cashen</a>, 88, general manager widely considered to be the architect of the World Champion 1986 New York Mets and also an executive for the Baltimore Orioles when they won the World Series titles in 1966 and 1970.</li> <li>June 30 – <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Castillo" title="Bobby Castillo">Bobby Castillo</a>, 59, pitcher for three clubs in nine seasons from 1977 to 1985 and a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers' 1981 World Series championship team, who is regarded as the man who taught <a href="/wiki/Fernando_Valenzuela" title="Fernando Valenzuela">Fernando Valenzuela</a> the <a href="/wiki/Screwball" title="Screwball">screwball pitch</a>, helping put into motion one of the most memorable periods in Los Angeles Dodgers' history.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July_2">July</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_baseball&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: July">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>July 4 – <a href="/wiki/Earl_Robinson_(baseball)" title="Earl Robinson (baseball)">Earl Robinson</a>, 77, backup outfielder and third baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Baltimore Orioles in part of four seasons from 1958 to 1964, as well as a member of the Cal Athletic Hall of Fame who starred in both basketball and baseball for the <a href="/wiki/California_Golden_Bears" title="California Golden Bears">California Golden Bears</a> in the 1950s.</li> <li>July 8 – <a href="/wiki/John_Hoover_(baseball)" title="John Hoover (baseball)">John Hoover</a>, 51, pitcher for the 1990 Texas Rangers and previously a member of the U.S. Olympic team, arguably the best pitcher in <a href="/wiki/Fresno_State_Bulldogs_baseball" title="Fresno State Bulldogs baseball">Fresno State Bulldogs</a> history in a career that spanned from 1981 through 1984, while setting three career records and three Bulldogs single-season records, highlighted by his NCAA record of 42 career complete games and 19 complete games in a season, including 44 wins and 494 innings pitched in a career, and single-season marks of 18 wins and 205 strikeouts.<a href="#cite_note-177">[177]</a></li> <li>July 8 – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Veryzer" title="Tom Veryzer">Tom Veryzer</a>, 61, shortstop for four teams over his 12 seasons in the majors from 1973 to 1984; the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Detroit_Tigers_first-round_draft_picks" title="List of Detroit Tigers first-round draft picks">Detroit Tigers first-round draft pick in 1971</a>, as well as the team's starting shortstop who replaced <a href="/wiki/Ed_Brinkman" title="Ed Brinkman">Ed Brinkman</a> and preceded <a href="/wiki/Alan_Trammell" title="Alan Trammell">Alan Trammell</a>, whose two-out double in the ninth inning <a href="/wiki/Ken_Holtzman#Oakland_Athletics_(1972–75)" title="Ken Holtzman">spoiled a no-hit bid</a> by <a href="/wiki/Ken_Holtzman" title="Ken Holtzman">Ken Holtzman</a> of the Oakland Athletics in 1975.</li> <li>July 9 – <a href="/wiki/Don_Lenhardt" title="Don Lenhardt">Don Lenhardt</a>, 91, left fielder and first baseman for the St. Louis Browns, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers and Baltimore Orioles from 1950 to 1954, who later spent over four decades as a Red Sox scout and also was the team's first base coach from 1970 to 1973 under manager <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Kasko" title="Eddie Kasko">Eddie Kasko</a>.</li> <li>July 10 – <a href="/wiki/Gloria_Schweigerdt" title="Gloria Schweigerdt">Gloria Schweigerdt</a>, 80, pitcher for the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Colleens" title="Chicago Colleens">Chicago Colleens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grand_Rapids_Chicks" title="Grand Rapids Chicks">Grand Rapids Chicks</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Battle_Creek_Belles" title="Battle Creek Belles">Battle Creek Belles</a> of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League from 1950 to 1952, who in 1950 became the first woman to pitch an exhibition game at the <a href="/wiki/Yankee_Stadium_(1923)" title="Yankee Stadium (1923)">old Yankee Stadium</a>.</li> <li>July 12 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Koski" title="Bill Koski">Bill Koski</a>, 82, a 19-year-old pitcher for the 1951 Pittsburgh Pirates, and one of the many promising young players whose career was interrupted by army service in Korean War.</li> <li>July 19 – <a href="/wiki/John_Winkin" title="John Winkin">John Winkin</a>, 94, <a href="/wiki/National_College_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" title="National College Baseball Hall of Fame">National College Baseball Hall of Fame</a> coach who guided the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Maine" title="University of Maine">University of Maine</a> <a href="/wiki/Maine_Black_Bears" title="Maine Black Bears">Black Bears</a> baseball team to six <a href="/wiki/College_World_Series" title="College World Series">College World Series</a> berths in an 11-year span from 1976 to 1986.</li> <li>July 22 – <a href="/wiki/Elma_Steck" title="Elma Steck">Elma Steck</a>, 91, outfielder who played from 1948 through 1949 for the <a href="/wiki/Peoria_Redwings" title="Peoria Redwings">Peoria Redwings</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rockford_Peaches" title="Rockford Peaches">Rockford Peaches</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Colleens" title="Chicago Colleens">Chicago Colleens</a> of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, also a World War II veteran and PhD in physical education and sports sciences.</li> <li>July 25 – <a href="/wiki/Art_Schult" title="Art Schult">Art Schult</a>, 86, outfielder and first baseman who played parts of five seasons with four different teams, and a member of the 1953 New York Yankees World Series Champions.</li> <li>July 27 – <a href="/wiki/George_Freese" title="George Freese">George Freese</a>, 87, third baseman for the Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs in a span of three seasons between 1953 and 1961, who later became a member of the Cubs coaching staff from 1964 to 1965 and a Minor League manager for Class A <a href="/wiki/Bakersfield_Dodgers" class="mw-redirect" title="Bakersfield Dodgers">Bakersfield Dodgers</a> in 1973 and 1974.</li> <li>July 30 – <a href="/wiki/Dave_Bakenhaster" title="Dave Bakenhaster">Dave Bakenhaster</a>, 69, relief pitcher for the 1964 St. Louis Cardinals, who two years later was the starter for the <a href="/wiki/St._Petersburg_Cardinals" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Petersburg Cardinals">St. Petersburg Cardinals</a> of the Florida State League in a game against the <a href="/wiki/Miami_Marlins_(FSL)" class="mw-redirect" title="Miami Marlins (FSL)">Miami Marlins</a> that turned out to be the longest uninterrupted game ever played in organized baseball history; a 29-inning, 4–3 victory for the Marlins, with the contest having lasted until the early hours the next day.<a href="#cite_note-178">[178]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August_2">August</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_baseball&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: August">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>August 2 – <a href="/wiki/Pete_van_Wieren" class="mw-redirect" title="Pete van Wieren">Pete van Wieren</a>, 69, who spent 33 years in the broadcast booth for the Atlanta Braves, many of them when the club was beamed out across the country on <a href="/wiki/TBS_(U.S._TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="TBS (U.S. TV channel)">TBS</a>.</li> <li>August 8 – <a href="/wiki/Red_Wilson" title="Red Wilson">Red Wilson</a>, 85, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Wisconsin">University of Wisconsin</a> legend football and baseball star, who later became a valuable second string catcher with the Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers and Cleveland in 10 seasons from 1951 to 1960, while serving as a backup for <a href="/wiki/Sherm_Lollar" title="Sherm Lollar">Sherman Lollar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frank_House_(baseball)" title="Frank House (baseball)">Frank House</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lou_Berberet" title="Lou Berberet">Lou Berberet</a> and <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Romano" title="Johnny Romano">John Romano</a>, and as the primary catcher for Tigers pitcher <a href="/wiki/Frank_Lary" title="Frank Lary">Frank Lary</a>.</li> <li>August 9 – <a href="/wiki/Yasuyuki_Nakai" title="Yasuyuki Nakai">Yasuyuki Nakai</a>, 60, Japanese outfielder who played from 1979 through 1984 for the NPL <a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants">Yomiuri Giants</a>.</li> <li>August 10 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Command" title="Jim Command">Jim Command</a>, 85, third baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies in parts of two seasons from 1954 to 1955, who after going hitless as a <a href="/wiki/Pinch_hitter" title="Pinch hitter">pinch hitter</a> in his first three games, belted a <a href="/wiki/Grand_slam_(baseball)" title="Grand slam (baseball)">grand slam</a> off <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Brooklyn_Dodgers" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a> pitcher <a href="/wiki/Carl_Erskine" title="Carl Erskine">Carl Erskine</a> at <a href="/wiki/Ebbets_Field" title="Ebbets Field">Ebbets Field</a>.</li> <li>August 10 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Wiesler" title="Bob Wiesler">Bob Wiesler</a>, 83, pitcher who played for the New York Yankees and Washington Senators in parts of five seasons spanning 1951–1958.</li> <li>August 12 – <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Mackenzie" title="Gordon Mackenzie">Gordon Mackenzie</a>, 77, longtime manager in the Minor Leagues, as well as a coach and scout for several Major League organizations, who managed the <a href="/wiki/Kinston_Indians" title="Kinston Indians">Kinston Indians</a> to the 1995 <a href="/wiki/Carolina_League" title="Carolina League">Carolina League</a> title and had a short stint in the majors as a catcher with the <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Athletics" title="Kansas City Athletics">Kansas City Athletics</a> in 1961.</li> <li>August 15 – <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lumpe" title="Jerry Lumpe">Jerry Lumpe</a>, 81, second baseman who played from 1956 through 1967 for the New York Yankees, Kansas City Athletics and Detroit Tigers, and a member of the 1964 American League All-Star Team.</li> <li>August 17 – <a href="/wiki/Dick_Teed" title="Dick Teed">Dick Teed</a>, 88, pinch-hitter for the 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers, who also spent 20 seasons in the Minor Leagues as a catcher, coach and manager.</li> <li>August 19 – <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Mayo" title="Jackie Mayo">Jackie Mayo</a>, 89, played for the Philadelphia Phillies between 1948 and 1953.</li> <li>August 22 – <a href="/wiki/Noella_Leduc" title="Noella Leduc">Noella Leduc</a>, 80, pitcher and backup outfielder for four different teams in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League from 1951 through 1954, who hurled and won a 14-inning complete game in her rookie season, and also was the winning pitcher in the AAGPBL's last ever All-Star game.</li> <li>August 22 – <a href="/wiki/Amy_Shuman" title="Amy Shuman">Amy Shuman</a>, 89, infielder who played for the <a href="/wiki/South_Bend_Blue_Sox" title="South Bend Blue Sox">1946 South Bend Blue Sox</a> of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September_2">September</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_baseball&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: September">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>September 1 – <a href="/wiki/Roger_McKee" title="Roger McKee">Roger McKee</a>, 87, who at the age of 17 years and a rookie pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates on October 3, 1943, at <a href="/wiki/Forbes_Field" title="Forbes Field">Forbes Field</a>, to become the youngest 20th century pitcher to throw a nine-inning complete-game victory on the final day of the regular season, a Major League record that's still unbroken today.<a href="#cite_note-179">[179]</a></li> <li>September 8 – <a href="/wiki/George_Zuverink" title="George Zuverink">George Zuverink</a>, 90, relief pitcher for the Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers and Baltimore Orioles in eight seasons spanning 1951–1959, who posted a 32–36 record with a 3.54 ERA and 40 saves in 265 pitching appearances, while leading the American League for the most saves in 1956, and in games finished in 1956 and 1957.</li> <li>September 10 – <a href="/wiki/Grant_Dunlap" title="Grant Dunlap">Grant Dunlap</a>, 90, outfielder for the 1953 St. Louis Cardinals, and one of several players that saw their careers shortened or interrupted to serve in the military during and after World War II.</li> <li>September 10 – <a href="/wiki/George_Spencer_(baseball)" title="George Spencer (baseball)">George Spencer</a>, 88, relief pitcher who spent seven seasons with the New York Giants and Detroit Tigers between 1950 and 1960.</li> <li>September 13 – <a href="/wiki/Helen_Filarski" title="Helen Filarski">Helen Filarski</a>, 90, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League infielder who played with four different teams from 1945 through 1950, whose career included a season best fielding average award at third base, four postseason appearances, and a championship title with the <a href="/wiki/Rockford_Peaches" title="Rockford Peaches">Rockford Peaches</a> in 1945.</li> <li>September 13 – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Torre" title="Frank Torre">Frank Torre</a>, 82, slugging first baseman that played during his seven-year Major League tenure on the Boston and Milwaukee Braves teams and the Philadelphia Phillies, who is known for playing a big role in the Braves bringing the <a href="/wiki/1957_World_Series" title="1957 World Series">1957 World Series</a> championship to Milwaukee, and mentoring his younger brother <a href="/wiki/Joe_Torre" title="Joe Torre">Joe Torre</a>.</li> <li>September 27 – <a href="/wiki/Earl_Smith_(1950s_outfielder)" title="Earl Smith (1950s outfielder)">Earl Smith</a>, 86, a two-sport star at Fresno State College, who shined most as a slugging outfielder for the <a href="/wiki/Fresno_Bulldogs" title="Fresno Bulldogs">Bulldogs</a> and also had a brief stint with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1955, while hitting a .299 average over eight Minor League seasons, including a stellar 1954 campaign with the <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Senators" title="Phoenix Senators">Phoenix Stars</a>, when he hit .387 with 32 home runs and a league-leading 195 RBI to help the team win the <a href="/wiki/Arizona%E2%80%93Texas_League" title="Arizona–Texas League">Arizona–Texas League</a> pennant.<a href="#cite_note-180">[180]</a></li> <li>September 29 – <a href="/wiki/George_Shuba" title="George Shuba">George Shuba</a>, 89, outfielder and a member of the <a href="/wiki/1955_World_Series" title="1955 World Series">1955 World Series</a> champion <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Brooklyn_Dodgers" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Brooklyn Dodgers">Brooklyn Dodgers</a>, who hit the first pinch-hit home run in World Series history, but is better known for offering a congratulatory handshake to <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Royals" title="Montreal Royals">Montreal Royals</a> teammate <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Robinson" title="Jackie Robinson">Jackie Robinson</a> after hitting his first career home run against the <a href="/wiki/Jersey_City_Giants" title="Jersey City Giants">Jersey City Giants</a> on Opening Day in 1946, which was captured in a famous photograph dubbed A Handshake for the Century for featuring the first interracial handshake in a professional baseball game.<a href="#cite_note-181">[181]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October_2">October</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_baseball&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: October">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>October 1 – <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mart%C3%ADnez_(infielder)" class="mw-redirect" title="José Martínez (infielder)">José Martínez</a>, 72, Cuban-American former player, manager, coach and scout for nearly five decades, who had just completed his 20th season as a front office assistant in the Atlanta Braves organization.</li> <li>October 6 – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Campbell_(sportscaster)" title="Bill Campbell (sportscaster)">Bill Campbell</a>, 91, play-by-play broadcaster for the Philadelphia Phillies from 1963 to 1970.</li> <li>October 18 – <a href="/wiki/Lou_Lucier" title="Lou Lucier">Lou Lucier</a>, 96, pitcher who played from 1943 through 1945 for the Boston Red Sox and the Philadelphia Phillies, as well as the oldest surviving former Red Sox player.</li> <li>October 19 – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Barnes_(right-handed_pitcher)" title="Frank Barnes (right-handed pitcher)">Frank Barnes</a>, 88, pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals in three seasons spanning 1957–1960, who also pitched in the Negro leagues, Minor Leagues, Mexican League and Venezuelan Winter League during 21 seasons between 1947 and 1967.</li> <li>October 19 – <a href="/wiki/Ed_Keegan" title="Ed Keegan">Ed Keegan</a>, 75, pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Phillies and Kansas City Athletics in parts of three seasons spanning 1959–1962.</li> <li>October 20 – <a href="/wiki/Jim_Dunegan" title="Jim Dunegan">Jim Dunegan</a>, 67, pitcher who pitched for the Chicago Cubs during the 1970 season.</li> <li>October 23 – <a href="/wiki/John_Bramlett" title="John Bramlett">John Bramlett</a>, 73, All-Star line backer who played from 1965 through 1971 in the American Football League and the National Football League, also a third baseman and outfielder in the St. Louis Cardinals Minor League system from 1963 to 1964.</li> <li>October 24 – <a href="/wiki/Pat_McGlothin" title="Pat McGlothin">Pat McGlothin</a>, 94, pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers during the 1949 and 1950 seasons.</li> <li>October 26 – <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Robinson_(starting_pitcher)" title="Jeff Robinson (starting pitcher)">Jeff Robinson</a>, 52, pitcher who played from 1987 through 1992 for the Baltimore Orioles, Pittsburgh Pirates, Texas Rangers and Detroit Tigers.</li> <li>October 26 – <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Taveras" title="Oscar Taveras">Oscar Taveras</a>, 22, outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals and one of the top prospects of the past several seasons, who died from injuries sustained in a car accident in his native Dominican Republic.</li> <li>October 31 – <a href="/wiki/Brad_Halsey" title="Brad Halsey">Brad Halsey</a>, 33, pitcher who played from 2004 to 2006 for the New York Yankees, Arizona Diamondbacks and Oakland Athletics, who was the starter in the game that <a href="/wiki/Derek_Jeter" title="Derek Jeter">Derek Jeter</a> made his <a href="/wiki/Derek_Jeter#2003–08" title="Derek Jeter">signature catch</a> against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium in 2004.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November_2">November</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_baseball&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: November">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>November 1 – <a href="/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Roy" title="Jean-Pierre Roy">Jean-Pierre Roy</a>, 94, French-Canadian pitcher for the <a href="/wiki/1946_Brooklyn_Dodgers_season" title="1946 Brooklyn Dodgers season">1946 Brooklyn Dodgers</a>, whose 16-year career included playing 12 Minor League seasons in U.S., Canada and Mexico, along with eight winter ball tournaments in Cuba, Panama and the Dominican Republic; longtime member of the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Expos" title="Montreal Expos">Montreal Expos</a>' French-language broadcast team (1969 to 1984).</li> <li>November 2 – <a href="/wiki/Mary_Froning" title="Mary Froning">Mary Froning</a>, 80, outfielder who played from 1951 through 1954 for the <a href="/wiki/Battle_Creek_Belles" title="Battle Creek Belles">Battle Creek Belles</a> and the <a href="/wiki/South_Bend_Blue_Sox" title="South Bend Blue Sox">South Bend Blue Sox</a> of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, winning championship titles with South Bend in 1951 and 1952.</li> <li>November 7 – <a href="/wiki/Allen_Ripley" title="Allen Ripley">Allen Ripley</a>, 62, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, San Francisco Giants and Chicago Cubs in five seasons from 1978 to 1992, whose best season came in 1977 with the Red Sox Triple A affiliate in Pawtucket, when he won 15 games and posted a 1.40 ERA, including eight consecutive wins and the highest winning percentage (.789), setting team single season records which still stand today.<a href="#cite_note-182">[182]</a></li> <li>November 7 – <a href="/wiki/Jack_Paepke" title="Jack Paepke">Jack Paepke</a>, 92, coach for the Los Angeles/California Angels from 1961, their maiden season, through 1966, then a scout; former minor league pitcher/catcher and manager; father of <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Paepke" title="Dennis Paepke">Dennis Paepke</a>.</li> <li>November 9 – <a href="/wiki/Kelvin_Moore_(baseball)" title="Kelvin Moore (baseball)">Kelvin Moore</a>, 57, first baseman who played parts of three seasons for the Oakland Athletics from 1981 to 1983, and also a member of the A's 1981 American League West champion team.</li> <li>November 11 – <a href="/wiki/Mary_Lou_Studnicka" title="Mary Lou Studnicka">Mary Lou Studnicka</a>, 83, pitcher who played for the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Rapids_Chicks" title="Grand Rapids Chicks">Grand Rapids Chicks</a> of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League from 1951 to 1953, helping her team reach three playoffs and the 1953 league title.</li> <li>November 13 – <a href="/wiki/Alvin_Dark" title="Alvin Dark">Alvin Dark</a>, 92, 1948 National League Rookie of the Year for the Boston Braves and three-time NL All-Star shortstop for the New York Giants, who hit .417 for the 1954 Giants' World Series champions; later managed the San Francisco Giants to the 1962 NL pennant and the Oakland Athletics to the 1974 World Series title; also managed the 1966–1967 Kansas City Athletics, 1968–1971 Cleveland Indians (serving concurrently as general manager from 1969), and 1977 San Diego Padres.</li> <li>November 16 – <a href="/wiki/Whammy_Douglas" title="Whammy Douglas">Whammy Douglas</a>, 79, pitcher for the 1957 Pittsburgh Pirates, who was able to forge a professional baseball career despite being blind in one eye.</li> <li>November 17 – <a href="/wiki/Ray_Sadecki" title="Ray Sadecki">Ray Sadecki</a>, 73, pitcher for five Major League clubs in an 18-year career, who posted a 20–11 record in 1964 for the St. Louis Cardinals en route to the National League pennant, and later defeated <a href="/wiki/Whitey_Ford" title="Whitey Ford">Whitey Ford</a> and the New York Yankees in the <a href="/wiki/1964_World_Series" title="1964 World Series">1964 World Series</a> opener, as the Cardinals went on to a seventh-game triumph.</li> <li>November 22 – <a href="/wiki/Don_Grate" title="Don Grate">Don Grate</a>, 91, pitcher who played from 1944 to 1945 for the Philadelphia Phillies.</li> <li>November 22 – <a href="/wiki/Art_Quirk" title="Art Quirk">Art Quirk</a>, 76, pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles and Washington Senators in the 1962 and 1963 seasons.</li> <li>November 29 – <a href="/wiki/Dick_Bresciani" title="Dick Bresciani">Dick Bresciani</a>, 76, longtime Boston Red Sox head of public relations and club historian.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December_2">December</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_baseball&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: December">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>December 5 – <a href="/wiki/Rod_Graber" title="Rod Graber">Rod Graber</a>, 84, outfielder who played briefly for the Cleveland Indians during the 1958 season.</li> <li>December 8 – <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Hicks" title="Buddy Hicks">Buddy Hicks</a>, 87, infielder who played briefly for the 1956 Detroit Tigers.</li> <li>December 8 – <a href="/wiki/Russ_Kemmerer" title="Russ Kemmerer">Russ Kemmerer</a>, 83, whose career spanned a total of 10 years from 1954 to 1963, while pitching for the Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox, and Houston Colt .45s.</li> <li>December 10 – <a href="/wiki/Alice_Hoover" title="Alice Hoover">Alice Hoover</a>, 86, infielder who played for the <a href="/wiki/Fort_Wayne_Daisies" title="Fort Wayne Daisies">1948 Fort Wayne Daisies</a> of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.</li> <li>December 12 – <a href="/wiki/Herb_Plews" title="Herb Plews">Herb Plews</a>, 86, utility infielder for the Washington Senators and Boston Red Sox in a span of four seasons from 1956 to 1959, who was used almost exclusively as a pinch-hitter or late-inning defensive replacement.</li> <li>December 14 – <a href="/wiki/Sy_Berger" title="Sy Berger">Sy Berger</a>, 91, promoter of the <a href="/wiki/Topps" title="Topps">Topps</a> Chewing Gum Company for over 50 years, who is credited as being the father of the modern-day baseball trading card.</li> <li>December 14 – <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Bolden" class="mw-redirect" title="Ryan Bolden">Ryan Bolden</a>, 23, a 2010 MLB Draft first-round pick outfielder, who played four seasons in the Los Angeles Angels' minor league system before being shot and killed in an incident that began with children fighting over candy.</li> <li>December 26 – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Macko" title="Joe Macko">Joe Macko</a>, 86, 306-homerun hitter and manager in the Minor Leagues, who later developed a long career as a clubhouse manager for the Texas Rangers.</li> <li>December 27 – <a href="/wiki/Hank_Presswood" title="Hank Presswood">Hank Presswood</a>, 93, Negro leagues infielder who played for the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Buckeyes" title="Cleveland Buckeyes">Cleveland Buckeyes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City_Monarchs" title="Kansas City Monarchs">Kansas City Monarchs</a> over five seasons spanning 1948–1953.</li> <li>December 29 – <a href="/wiki/Bob_Usher" title="Bob Usher">Bob Usher</a>, 89, backup outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs and Washington Senators in a span of six seasons between 1946 and 1957.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_in_baseball&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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