2014 Toronto Blue Jays season

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2014  Toronto Blue Jays
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Rogers Centre
City Toronto, Ontario
Record83–79 (.512)
Divisional place3rd
Owners Rogers; Paul Beeston (CEO)
General managers Alex Anthopoulos
Managers John Gibbons
Television Sportsnet
Sportsnet One
(Buck Martinez, Pat Tabler, Joe Siddall)
Radio Blue Jays Radio Network
Sportsnet 590 the FAN
(Jerry Howarth, Joe Siddall, Mike Wilner, Duane Ward)
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The 2014 Toronto Blue Jays season was the 38th season for the franchise, and the 25th full season of play (26th overall) at Rogers Centre. [1] Pitcher Roy Halladay signed a one-day contract with the Blue Jays before retiring from baseball, citing injuries. [2]

Contents

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

Standings

American League East

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 9666.59350314635
New York Yankees 8478.5191243384140
Toronto Blue Jays 8379.5121346353744
Tampa Bay Rays 7785.4751936454140
Boston Red Sox 7191.4382534473744

American League Wild Card

Division Leaders
Team W L Pct.
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 9864.605
Baltimore Orioles 9666.593
Detroit Tigers 9072.556
Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
Kansas City Royals 8973.549+1
Oakland Athletics 8874.543
Seattle Mariners 8775.5371
Cleveland Indians 8577.5253
New York Yankees 8478.5194
Toronto Blue Jays 8379.5125
Tampa Bay Rays 7785.47511
Chicago White Sox 7389.45115
Boston Red Sox 7191.43817
Houston Astros 7092.43218
Minnesota Twins 7092.43218
Texas Rangers 6795.41421

Records vs opponents

RecordGames Left
OpponentHomeRoadTotalHomeRoadTotal
AL East
Baltimore Orioles 4–54–68–11
Boston Red Sox 5–57–212–7
New York Yankees 5–43–78–11
Tampa Bay Rays 5–46–411–8
Totals19–1820–1939–37
AL Central
Chicago White Sox 1–31–22–5
Cleveland Indians 2–12–14–2
Detroit Tigers 2–13–05–1
Kansas City Royals 2–21–23–4
Minnesota Twins 1–21–22–4
Totals8–98–716–16
AL West
Houston Astros 2–11–33–4
Los Angeles Angels 1–31–22–5
Oakland Athletics 3–00–43–4
Seattle Mariners 3–10–33–4
Texas Rangers 2–12–14–2
Totals11–64–1315–19
National League
Chicago Cubs 3–03–0
Cincinnati Reds 1–21–2
Milwaukee Brewers 2–01–13–1
Philadelphia Phillies 2–02–04–0
Pittsburgh Pirates 1–21–2
St. Louis Cardinals 1–21–2
Totals8–25–513–7
Grand Totals46–3537–4483–79
MonthGamesWonLostPct.
March101.000
April261214.462
May30219.700
June271215.444
July261511.577
August26917.346
September261412.538
Totals1628379.509

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2014
TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETHOUKCLAAMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL
Baltimore 11–85–13–41–54–33–44–24–313–62–45–212–76–111–812–8
Boston 8–114–32–51–54–36–12–54–27–123–41–59–104–27–129–11
Chicago 1–53–49–109–103–36–131–59–102–54–33–45–22–45–211–9
Cleveland 4–35–210–98–115–210–92–511–84–32–42–44–26–12–410–10
Detroit 5–15–110–911–84–313–63–49–103–45–22–43–44–31–512–8
Houston 3–43–43–32–53–43–37–123–34–28–119–102–511–84–35–15
Kansas City 4–31–613–69–106–133–33–311–84–35–22–54–25–14–315–5
Los Angeles 2–45–25–15–24–312–73–37–02–410–97–125–214–55–212–8
Minnesota 3–42–410–98–1110–93–38–110–73–41–65–22–42–54–29–11
New York 6–1312–75–23–44–32–43–44–24–32–43–38–114–311–813–7
Oakland 4–24–33–44–22–511–82–59–106–14–29–104–29–104–313–7
Seattle 2–55–14–34–24–210–95–212–72–53–310–94–39–104–39–11
Tampa Bay 7–1210–92–52–44–35–22–42–54–211–82–43–45–28–1110–10
Texas 1–62–44–21–63–48–111–55–145–23–410–910–92–52–410–10
Toronto 8–1112–72–54–25–13–43–42–52–48–113–43–411–84–213–7

2014 draft

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

RoundPickPlayerPositionCollege/SchoolNationalitySigned
19 Jeff Hoffman RHP East Carolina University (NC) Flag of the United States.svg July 2, 2014 [4]
111* Max Pentecost C Kennesaw State University (GA) Flag of the United States.svg July 2, 2014 [4]
249 Sean Reid-Foley RHP Sandalwood High School (FL) Flag of the United States.svg June 10, 2014 [5]
383Nick WellsLHP Battlefield High School (VA) Flag of the United States.svg June 18, 2014 [6]
4114Matt MorganCThorsby High School (AL) Flag of the United States.svg June 8, 2014 [7]
5144Lane ThomasRF Bearden High School (TN) Flag of the United States.svg June 10, 2014 [8]
6174Grayson HuffmanLHP Grayson County College (TX) Flag of the United States.svg June 18, 2014 [6]
7204Zack ZehnerLF California Polytechnic State University (CA) Flag of the United States.svg Unsigned
8234 Justin Shafer RHP University of Florida (FL) Flag of the United States.svg June 8, 2014 [7]
9264Ryan Metzler2B University of South Carolina Aiken (SC) Flag of the United States.svg June 12, 2014 [9]
10294 Jordan Romano RHP Oral Roberts University (OK) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg June 12, 2014 [9]

Regular season

Summary

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

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

On July 26, the Blue Jays ended a streak of 17 consecutive losses in games against the Yankees at Yankee Stadium. [10] On August 10, the Blue Jays played the longest game in franchise history in terms of both time and innings, defeating the Detroit Tigers 6–5 after 19 innings. After a poor August, Toronto opened September with its first series win in Tampa Bay since April 6–8, 2007. [11] They would go on to complete the sweep, their first at Tropicana Field. [12] Top prospect Daniel Norris made his MLB debut on September 5, striking out David Ortiz in his 13 of an inning.

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

Legend
Blue Jays WinBlue Jays LossGame Postponed
2014 Game Log
March: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
1March 31@ Rays 2–9 Price (1–0) Dickey (0–1)31,0420–11
April: 12–14 (Home: 5–7; Road: 7–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
2April 1@ Rays 4–2 Hutchison (1–0) Cobb (0–1) Santos (1)11,1131–1½
3April 2@ Rays 3–0 Buehrle (1–0) Moore (0–1) Cecil (1)10,8082–1
4April 3@ Rays 2–7 Archer (1–0) Morrow (0–1)9,5712–2½
5April 4 Yankees 3–7 Tanaka (1–0) McGowan (0–1)48,1972–31
6April 5 Yankees 4–0 Dickey (1–1) Pineda (0–1) Santos (2)45,4463–31
7April 6 Yankees 4–6 Sabathia (1–1) Hutchison (1–1) Robertson (2)34,0673–41
8April 8 Astros 5–2 Buehrle (2–0) Oberholtzer (0–2) Santos (3)13,1234–4½
9April 9 Astros 7–3 Morrow (1–1) Harrell (0–2)13,5695–4
10April 10 Astros 4–6 Keuchel (1–1) Dickey (1–2) Bass (1)15,7785–5
11April 11@ Orioles 2–0 McGowan (1–1) Tillman (1–1) Santos (4)22,3276–5
12April 12@ Orioles 1–2 (12) Britton (2–0) Redmond (0–1)30,4466–61
13April 13@ Orioles 11–3 Buehrle (3–0) Jiménez (0–3)39,2817–6
14April 15@ Twins 9–3 Loup (1–0) Hughes (0–1)21,8188–6
April 16@ Twins Postponed (snow). Makeup date: April 17.
15April 17@ Twins 0–7 Gibson (3–0) Dickey (1–3)20,5078–7
16April 17@ Twins 5–9 Fien (3–0) Santos (0–1)20,6988–82
17April 18@ Indians 3–2 Delabar (1–0) Rzepczynski (0–1) Santos (5)16,3359–81
18April 19@ Indians 5–0 Buehrle (4–0) Kluber (1–2)15,18810–8
19April 20@ Indians 4–6 Outman (3–0) Loup (1–1) Axford (6)11,71610–91
20April 22 Orioles 9–3 Delabar (2–0) Meek (0–1)14,86611–91
21April 23 Orioles 8–10 Tillman (3–1) Redmond (0–2) Hunter (6)15,20211–101
22April 24 Orioles 4–11 Norris (1–2) Cecil (0–1)16,28311–112
23April 25 Red Sox 1–8 Peavy (1–0) Buehrle (4–1)29,41111–122
24April 26 Red Sox 6–7 Buchholz (1–2) Morrow (1–2) Uehara (5)40,32211–133
25April 27 Red Sox 7–1 Dickey (2–3) Lester (2–4)45,26012–133
26April 29@ Royals 7–10 Crow (1–1) Cecil (0–2)10,70512–143
27April 30@ Royals 2–4 Herrera (1–1) Hutchison (1–2) Holland (7)11,71512–15
May: 21–9 (Home: 12–6; Road: 9–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
28May 1@ Royals 7–3 Buehrle (5–1) Guthrie (2–2) Loup (1)11,20713–15
29May 2@ Pirates 5–6 Melancon (1–1) Santos (0–2)24,54713–163
30May 3@ Pirates 6–8 Morris (3–0) Redmond (0–3) Melancon (1)31,43913–17
31May 4@ Pirates 7–2 McGowan (2–1) Vólquez (1–3)29,49614–17
32May 5@ Phillies 3–0 Happ (1–0) Kendrick (0–3) Cecil (2)25,27515–17
33May 6@ Phillies 6–5 (10) Stroman (1–0) Bastardo (3–2) Loup (2)26,05716–17
34May 7 Phillies 10–0 Buehrle (6–1) Lee (3–3)16,44617–17
35May 8 Phillies 12–6 Dickey (3–3) Burnett (2–2)18,15818–17
36May 9 Angels 3–4 Smith (2–0) Cecil (0–3) Frieri (4)21,38318–18
37May 10 Angels 3–5 Skaggs (3–1) Happ (1–1) Smith (4)31,41218–19
38May 11 Angels 3–9 Weaver (4–2) Hutchison (1–3)20,87118–20
39May 12 Angels 7–3 Buehrle (7–1) Wilson (4–3)13,60319–20
40May 13 Indians 5–4 Dickey (4–3) Masterson (2–2) Janssen (1)13,67320–20
41May 14 Indians 4–15 Kluber (4–3) McGowan (2–2)14,06820–21
42May 15 Indians 4–2 Happ (2–1) Salazar (1–4) Janssen (2)17,36421–21
43May 16@ Rangers 2–0 Hutchison (2–3) Darvish (3–2)39,12922–21
44May 17@ Rangers 4–2 Delabar (3–0) Cotts (1–3) Janssen (3)39,72323–21½
45May 18@ Rangers 2–6 Poreda (2–0) Dickey (4–4)43,67123–221
46May 20@ Red Sox 7–4 Happ (3–1) Doubront (2–4) Janssen (4)37,90424–22½
47May 21@ Red Sox 6–4 Hutchison (3–3) Buchholz (2–4) Janssen (5)36,11625–22
48May 22@ Red Sox 7–2 Buehrle (8–1) Lester (4–6)36,01826–22+1
49May 23 Athletics 3–2 Hendriks (1–0) Kazmir (5–2) Janssen (6)21,00727–22+1½
50May 24 Athletics 5–2 Dickey (5–4) Chavez (4–2) Cecil (3)29,37228–22+2
51May 25 Athletics 3–1 Happ (4–1) Pomeranz (4–2) Janssen (7)45,27729–22+2
52May 26 Rays 10–5 Hutchison (4–3) Bédard (2–3)15,61630–22+2
53May 27 Rays 9–6 Buehrle (9–1) Cobb (1–2) Janssen (8)15,99331–22+3
54May 28 Rays 3–2 Loup (2–1) Oviedo (1–1)17,30932–22+3
55May 29 Royals 6–8 (10) Davis (4–1) Redmond (0–4) Holland (15)17,97832–23+2½
56May 30 Royals 1–6 Vargas (5–2) Happ (4–2)21,54332–24+2½
57May 31 Royals 12–2 Stroman (2–0) Brooks (0–1) Redmond (1)31,65233–24+2½
June: 12–15 (Home: 6–8; Road: 6–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
58June 1 Royals 4–0 Buehrle (10–1) Guthrie (2–5)38,00834–24+3½
59June 3@ Tigers 5–3 McGowan (3–2) Nathan (2–2) Janssen (9)33,48835–24+4½
60June 4@ Tigers 8–2 Dickey (6–4) Porcello (8–3)32,03336–24+4½
61June 5@ Tigers 7–3 Happ (5–2) Verlander (6–5) Janssen (10)39,44037–24+5½
62June 6 Cardinals 3–1 Stroman (3–0) Lynn (6–4) Janssen (11)33,52838–24+6
63June 7 Cardinals 0–5 Miller (7–5) Buehrle (10–2)42,98138–25+5½
64June 8 Cardinals 0–5 García (2–0) Hutchison (4–4)45,72638–26+5½
65June 9 Twins 5–4 Janssen (1–0) Guerrier (0–1)19,42839–26+5½
66June 10 Twins 0–4 Correia (3–7) Happ (5–3)20,68139–27+5½
67June 11 Twins 2–7 Hughes (7–2) Stroman (3–1)45,08039–28+4½
68June 12@ Orioles 2–4 Gausman (2–1) Buehrle (10–3) Britton (6)17,40339–29+3½
69June 13@ Orioles 4–0 Hutchison (5–4) Jiménez (2–8) McGowan (1)44,03140–29+3½
70June 14@ Orioles 2–3 Norris (6–5) Dickey (6–5) Britton (7)33,90140–30+3½
71June 15@ Orioles 5–2 Happ (6–3) Tillman (5–4) Janssen (12)46,46941–30+4½
72June 17@ Yankees 1–3 Tanaka (11–1) Stroman (3–2) Robertson (17)41,83441–31+3½
73June 18@ Yankees 3–7 Whitley (3–0) Buehrle (10–4)41,34241–32+2½
74June 19@ Yankees 4–6 Phelps (3–4) Hutchison (5–5) Warren (2)40,16941–33+1½
75June 20@ Reds 14–9 McGowan (4–2) Chapman (0–2)33,10342–33+1½
76June 21@ Reds 1–11 Leake (5–6) Happ (6–4)42,53042–34+1½
77June 22@ Reds 3–4 Cueto (7–5) Dickey (6–6) Chapman (13)36,08942–35+1½
78June 23 Yankees 8–3 Stroman (4–2) Whitley (3–1)31,55443–35+1½
79June 24 Yankees 7–6 Janssen (2–0) Warren (1–4)34,20644–35+2½
80June 25 Yankees 3–5 Kuroda (5–5) Hutchison (5–6) Robertson (18)34,71044–36+1½
81June 26 White Sox 7–0 Happ (7–4) Carroll (2–4)23,24845–36+2
82June 27 White Sox 4–5 Danks (7–6) Dickey (6–7) Petricka (2)24,17345–37+1½
83June 28 White Sox 3–4 Sale (7–1) McGowan (4–3) Putnam (1)39,62345–38+1½
84June 29 White Sox 0–4 Quintana (5–7) Buehrle (10–5)33,17745–39+1½
July: 15–11 (Home: 7–2; Road: 8–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
85July 1 Brewers 4–1 Hutchison (6–6) Estrada (7–5) Janssen (13)45,08846–39+1
86July 2 Brewers 7–4 Janssen (3–0) Smith (1–1)24,28647–39+1
87July 3@ Athletics 1–4 Gray (8–3) Dickey (6–8) Doolittle (12)32,91347–40
88July 4@ Athletics 0–1 (12) Otero (7–1) Jenkins (0–1)22,32247–41½
89July 5@ Athletics 1–5 Kazmir (10–3) Buehrle (10–6)20,23647–421
90July 6@ Athletics 2–4 Samardzija (3–7) Hutchison (6–7) Doolittle (13)22,89747–432
91July 7@ Angels 2–5 Shoemaker (7–2) Happ (7–5) Smith (11)38,18947–443
92July 8@ Angels 4–0 Dickey (7–8) Skaggs (4–5)38,11148–44
93July 9@ Angels 7–8 Grilli (1–3) Loup (2–2) Smith (12)35,72648–45
94July 11@ Rays 8–5 Loup (3–2) Balfour (0–3) Janssen (14)17,53349–453
95July 12@ Rays 3–10 Odorizzi (5–8) Hutchison (6–8)22,69349–463
96July 13@ Rays 0–3 Price (9–7) Dickey (7–9) McGee (7)17,18749–474
97July 18 Rangers 1–5 Darvish (9–5) Dickey (7–10)38,01249–484
98July 19 Rangers 4–1 Stroman (5–2) Lewis (6–7) Loup (3)45,80250–484
99July 20 Rangers 9–6 Redmond (1–4) Feliz (0–1) Loup (4)36,01151–483
100July 21 Red Sox 1–14 Lackey (11–6) Hutchison (6–9)27,90551–494
101July 22 Red Sox 7–3 Happ (8–5) Peavy (1–9) Cecil (4)29,26952–494
102July 23 Red Sox 6–4 Dickey (8–10) Buchholz (5–6) Janssen (15)35,69653–493
103July 24 Red Sox 8–0 Stroman (6–2) De La Rosa (3–3)46,68354–493
104July 25@ Yankees 4–6 Kuroda (7–6) Buehrle (10–7) Robertson (26)44,23754–504
105July 26@ Yankees 6–4 Hutchison (7–9) Kelley (1–3)46,16655–503
106July 27@ Yankees 5–4 Sanchez (1–0) Robertson (1–3) Janssen (16)45,06356–503
107July 28@ Red Sox 14–1 Dickey (9–10) Buchholz (5–7)37,97457–50
108July 29@ Red Sox 4–2 Stroman (7–2) De La Rosa (3–4) Janssen (17)38,27558–50
109July 30@ Red Sox 6–1 Buehrle (11–7) Workman (1–4)38,20359–50
110July 31@ Astros 6–5 Sanchez (2–0) Qualls (1–3) Janssen (18)17,42360–50
August: 9–17 (Home: 7–8; Road: 2–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
111August 1@ Astros 1–3 Veras (1–1) Loup (3–3) Qualls (12)19,57660–51
112August 2@ Astros 2–8 Oberholtzer (4–7) Dickey (9–11)19,94660–52
113August 3@ Astros 1–6 Feldman (5–8) Stroman (7–3)19,93260–53
114August 5 Orioles 3–9 Norris (9–7) Buehrle (11–8)36,18360–545
115August 6 Orioles 5–1 Hutchison (8–9) Chen (12–4)33,05461–544
116August 7 Orioles 1–2 González (6–6) Happ (8–6) Britton (24)34,67661–555
117August 8 Tigers 4–5 Alburquerque (3–1) Janssen (3–1) Nathan (24)36,23761–566
118August 9 Tigers 3–2 (10) Loup (4–3) Chamberlain (1–5)45,92762–566
119August 10 Tigers 6–5 (19) Jenkins (1–1) Porcello (13–7)46,12663–565
120August 11@ Mariners 1–11 Hernández (13–3) Hutchison (8–10)41,16863–576
121August 12@ Mariners 3–6 Young (11–6) Happ (8–7) Rodney (34)26,07663–58
122August 13@ Mariners 0–2 Iwakuma (11–6) Dickey (9–12) Rodney (35)32,36863–59
123August 15@ White Sox 5–11 Noesí (7–8) Stroman (7–4)22,73963–60
124August 16@ White Sox 6–3 Cecil (1–3) Lindstrom (2–2) Janssen (19)29,42064–60
125August 17@ White Sox 5–7 Caroll (5–7) Hutchison (8–11) Petricka (9)25,76164–61
126August 19@ Brewers 1–6 Fiers (3–1) Happ (8–8)42,22164–629
127August 20@ Brewers 9–5 Dickey (10–12) Nelson (2–4)39,30065–629
128August 22 Rays 0–8 Smyly (8–10) Stroman (7–5)28,50665–639
129August 23 Rays 5–4 (10) McGowan (5–3) Peralta (2–4)37,45166–638
130August 24 Rays 1–2 (10) McGee (4–1) Santos (0–3) Boxberger (2)38,86966–648
131August 25 Red Sox 3–4 (10) Uehara (6–4) Sanchez (2–1) Breslow (1)26,04166-659
132August 26 Red Sox 7–11 (11) Tazawa (3–3) Janssen (3–2)27,32166–6610
133August 27 Red Sox 5–2 Stroman (8–5) Layne (1–1) Cecil (5)30,28567–669
134August 29 Yankees 3–6 Capuano (2–3) Buehrle (11–9) Robertson (35)43,31867–6710½
135August 30 Yankees 2–0 Hutchison (9–11) Pineda (3–3) Sanchez (1)45,86368–6710½
136August 31 Yankees 4–3 Happ (9–8) McCarthy (8–14) Janssen (20)45,67869–6710½
September: 14–12 (Home: 9–4; Road: 5–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
137September 2@ Rays 8–2 Dickey (11–12) Hellickson (1–3)10,12570–6710
138September 3@ Rays 7–4 Stroman (9–5) Archer (8–8) Sanchez (2)10,26471–6710
139September 4@ Rays 1–0 (10) Cecil (2–3) Geltz (0–1) Janssen (21)10,39272–6710
140September 5@ Red Sox 8–9 (10) Layne (2–1) Janssen (3–3)35,66772–6810
141September 6@ Red Sox 3–4 Buchholz (7–8) Happ (9–9) Mujica (4)36,67772–6910
142September 7@ Red Sox 3–1 Dickey (12–12) De La Rosa (4–6) Janssen (22)36,26173–6910
143September 8 Cubs 8–0 Stroman (10–5) Turner (5–9)16,87974–6910
144September 9 Cubs 9–2 Buehrle (12–9) Ramirez (2–2)17,90375–6910
145September 10 Cubs 11–1 Hutchison (10–11) Hendricks (6–2)19,41176–6910
146September 12 Rays 0–1 Karns (1–0) Happ (9–10) Balfour (12)19,90976–7011½
147September 13 Rays 6–3 Dickey (13–12) Boxberger (5–2) Janssen (23)31,36877–7010½
148September 14 Rays 5–6 (10) McGee (5–2) Morrow (1–3) Beliveau (1)28,63377–7111½
149September 15@ Orioles 2–5 Chen (16–4) Stroman (10–6) Britton (35)25,06177–7212½
150September 16@ Orioles 2–8 Jiménez (5–9) Hutchison (10–12)35,29777–7313½
151September 17@ Orioles 1–6 Norris (14–8) Happ (9–11)37,53777–7414½
152September 18@ Yankees 2–3 Robertson (3–5) Sanchez (2–2)34,27977–7515
153September 19@ Yankees 3–5 Kuroda (11–9) Buehrle (12–10) Warren (3)40,05977–7615
154September 20@ Yankees 6–3 Stroman (11–6) Capuano (2–4) Janssen (24)47,29278–7615
155September 21@ Yankees 2–5 Tanaka (13–4) Hutchison (10–13) Robertson (38)48,14478–7715
156September 22 Mariners 14–4 Happ (10–11) Paxton (6–4)15,54879–7714
157September 23 Mariners 10–2 Dickey (14–12) Hernández (14–6)16,27280–7714
158September 24 Mariners 1–0 Buehrle (13–10) Walker (2–3) Sanchez (3)16,83681–7714
159September 25 Mariners 5–7 Medina (5–3) Loup (4–4) Rodney (47)17,17381–7814
160September 26 Orioles 4–2 Hutchison (11–13) Tillman (13–6) Stroman (1)27,03782–7813
161September 27 Orioles 4–2 Happ (11–11) Chen (16–6) Janssen (24)37,99683–7812
162September 28 Orioles 0–1 González (10–9) Dickey (14–13) Britton (37)45,90183–7913

Roster

2014 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBISBBBAVGSLG
José Reyes 143610941753349513038.287.398
Melky Cabrera 139568811713531673643.301.458
José Bautista 155553101158270351036104.286.524
Dioner Navarro 139481401322201269332.274.395
Edwin Encarnación 128477751282723498262.268.547
Colby Rasmus 10434645782111840429.225.448
Adam Lind 962903893242640028.321.479
Juan Francisco 10628740631621643027.220.456
Brett Lawrie 702592764901238016.247.421
Munenori Kawasaki 82240316271017122.258.296
Anthony Gose 942393154812131525.226.293
Ryan Goins 6718114346311505.188.271
Steven Tolleson 108170214372316312.253.371
Danny Valencia 50154123711121917.240.364
Josh Thole 5713311334007014.248.278
Kevin Pillar 531161931902714.267.397
Erik Kratz 34818163031003.198.346
Nolan Reimold 2252311402916.212.404
Dalton Pompey 173959121414.231.436
Dan Johnson 153888201707.211.342
Jonathan Diaz 233836100413.158.184
Maicer Izturis 1135310100112.286.314
Moisés Sierra 133422000201.059.059
Darin Mastroianni 143245001200.156.250
Chris Getz 102514100021.160.200
John Mayberry Jr. 152445301205.208.458
Brad Glenn 61501000001.067.067
George Kottaras 4400000001.000.000
Cole Gillespie 1300000000.000.000
Pitcher totals1622522000000.080.080
Team Totals162554972314352822417769078502.259.414

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Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERBBSO
R.A. Dickey 14133.7134340215.21911018974173
Mark Buehrle 13103.3932320202.0228837646119
Drew Hutchison 11134.4832320184.2173929260184
J.A. Happ 11114.2230260158.0160797451133
Marcus Stroman 1163.6526201130.2125565328111
Dustin McGowan 534.17538182.08041383361
Todd Redmond 143.24420175.07333272760
Aaron Loup 443.15710468.25025243056
Brett Cecil 232.70660553.14616162776
Casey Janssen 333.945002545.2472220728
Brandon Morrow 135.67136033.13721211830
Aaron Sanchez 221.09240333.01454927
Chad Jenkins 112.56210031.234109618
Steve Delabar 304.91300025.21914141921
Sergio Santos 038.57260521.02822201829
Esmil Rogers 006.97160020.2281716721
Liam Hendriks 106.0833013.1129948
Rob Rasmussen 003.18100011.1844713
Neil Wagner 008.10100010.0129946
Daniel Norris 005.405106.254454
Kendall Graveman 003.865004.242204
Brad Mills 0027.002004.110131345
Jeremy Jeffress 0010.803003.184434
Bobby Korecky 008.102003.143312
Kyle Drabek 000.002003.020025
Sean Nolin 009.001001.011100
Steve Tolleson 000.002001.010001
Team Totals83794.00162162451443.014006866424901199

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Farm system

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

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