2014 Chicago Cubs season

2014  Chicago Cubs
League	National League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Wrigley Field
City	Chicago, Illinois
Record	73–89 (.451)
Divisional place	5th
Owners	Tom Ricketts
General managers	Jed Hoyer
Managers	Rick Renteria
Television	WGN-TV WGN America CSN Chicago CSN Chicago Plus WCIU-TV (Len Kasper, Jim Deshaies)
Radio	WGN (AM) Chicago Cubs Radio Network (Pat Hughes, Ron Coomer, Judd Sirott)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The 2014 Chicago Cubs season was the 143rd season of the franchise, the 139th in the National League and the 99th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs were managed by Rick Renteria in his only year as Cubs manager and played their home games at Wrigley Field as members of the National League Central. ^[1]

The Cubs began the season on the road against the Pittsburgh Pirates on March 31, 2014 and finished the regular season on September 28, 2014, on the road against the Milwaukee Brewers.

The Cubs finished the season with a 73–89 record to finish in last place in the Central Division.

This season marked the 100th season of play at Wrigley Field, though the Cubs did not start playing there until 1916. To mark the occasion, the Cubs wore different uniforms to represent each decade during ten homestands throughout the season.

Previous season

The Cubs finished the 2013 season 66–96 to finish in last place in the Central Division. Following the season, Dale Sveum was fired as manager on September 30, 2013. His total record with the Cubs in two years was 127–197. Rick Renteria was hired as the manager of the Chicago Cubs on November 7, 2013 and signed a three-year contract. ^[2]

Offseason

Spring training facilities

The Cubs opened a new spring training facility in Mesa, Arizona called Sloan Park. The park replaces HoHoKam Stadium which had been their spring training home since 1979. ^[3] With a capacity of 15,000, Cubs Park becomes the largest spring training stadium by capacity in Major League Baseball, surpassing Camelback Ranch in Glendale. ^[4]

Regular season

Opening day starters

Monday, March 31, 2014 at Pittsburgh Pirates

Name	Pos.
Emilio Bonifacio	CF
Starlin Castro	SS
Darwin Barney	2B
Anthony Rizzo	1B
Nate Schierholtz	RF
Welington Castillo	C
Mike Olt	3B
Junior Lake	LF
Jeff Samardzija	SP

Season standings

National League Central

v t e NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	90	72	0.556	—	51–30	39–42
Pittsburgh Pirates	88	74	0.543	2	51–30	37–44
Milwaukee Brewers	82	80	0.506	8	42–39	40–41
Cincinnati Reds	76	86	0.469	14	44–37	32–49
Chicago Cubs	73	89	0.451	17	41–40	32–49

National League Wild Card

v t e Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
Washington Nationals	96	66	0.593
Los Angeles Dodgers	94	68	0.580
St. Louis Cardinals	90	72	0.556

v t e Wild Card teams (Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Pittsburgh Pirates	88	74	0.543	—
San Francisco Giants	88	74	0.543	—
Milwaukee Brewers	82	80	0.506	6
New York Mets	79	83	0.488	9
Atlanta Braves	79	83	0.488	9
San Diego Padres	77	85	0.475	11
Miami Marlins	77	85	0.475	11
Cincinnati Reds	76	86	0.469	12
Philadelphia Phillies	73	89	0.451	15
Chicago Cubs	73	89	0.451	15
Colorado Rockies	66	96	0.407	22
Arizona Diamondbacks	64	98	0.395	24

Record vs. opponents

2014 National League record v t e Source: Head-to-Head Records
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	LAD	MIA	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	–	3–3	5–2	3–4	9–10	4–15	3–4	3–4	2–4	2–4	3–4	12–7	6–13	1–5	1–6	7–13
Atlanta	3–3	–	5–1	5–2	4–3	1–6	9–10	5–2	9–10	11–8	3–4	3–4	1–5	2–4	11–8	7–13
Chicago	2–5	1–5	–	8–11	5–2	3–4	4–2	11–8	5–2	3–3	5–14	3–4	2–4	9–10	3–4	9–11
Cincinnati	4–3	2–5	11–8	–	3–4	3–4	4–3	10–9	2–4	3–3	12–7	1–5	5–2	7–12	3–3	6–14
Colorado	10–9	3–4	2–5	4–3	–	6–13	3–4	1–6	3–4	3–3	2–4	10–9	10–9	1–5	1–5	7–13
Los Angeles	15–4	6–1	4–3	4–3	13–6	–	3–3	1–5	4–2	3–4	2–5	12–7	10–9	4–3	2–4	11–9
Miami	4–3	10–9	2–4	3–4	4–3	3–3	–	3–4	8–11	9–10	2–4	3–4	3–4	4–2	6–13	13–7
Milwaukee	4–3	2–5	8–11	9–10	6–1	5–1	4–3	–	4–3	3–4	12–7	3–3	2–4	7–12	2–4	11–9
New York	4–2	10–9	2–5	4–2	4–3	2–4	11–8	3–4	–	13–6	3–4	3–3	1–6	4–3	4–15	11–9
Philadelphia	4–2	8–11	3–3	3–3	3–3	4–3	10–9	4–3	6–13	–	1–6	4–3	2–5	4–3	10–9	7–13
Pittsburgh	4–3	4–3	14–5	7–12	4–2	5–2	4–2	7–12	4–3	6–1	–	3–3	4–2	8–11	3–4	11–9
San Diego	7–12	4–3	4–3	5–1	9–10	7–12	4–3	3–3	3–3	3–4	3–3	–	10–9	3–4	3–4	9–11
San Francisco	13–6	5–1	4–2	2–5	9–10	9–10	4–3	4–2	6–1	5–2	2–4	9–10	–	4–3	2–5	10–10
St. Louis	5–1	4–2	10–9	12–7	5–1	3–4	2–4	12–7	3–4	3–4	11–8	4–3	3–4	–	5–2	8–12
Washington	6–1	8–11	4–3	3–3	5–1	4–2	13–6	4–2	15–4	9–10	4–3	4–3	5–2	2–5	–	10–10

Detailed record vs. opponents

National League Opponent W L PER RS RA NL East Atlanta Braves 1 5 0.167 22 35 Miami Marlins 4 2 0.667 29 20 New York Mets 5 2 0.714 25 21 Philadelphia Phillies 3 3 0.500 19 20 Washington Nationals 3 4 0.429 22 32 Total 16 14 0.500 117 128 NL Central Chicago Cubs — Cincinnati Reds 8 11 0.421 69 78 Milwaukee Brewers 11 8 0.579 71 60 Pittsburgh Pirates 5 14 0.263 63 89 St. Louis Cardinals 9 10 0.474 87 93 Total 32 43 0.434 290 320 NL West Arizona Diamondbacks 2 5 0.286 30 32 Colorado Rockies 5 2 0.714 31 31 Los Angeles Dodgers 3 4 0.429 39 47 San Diego Padres 3 4 0.429 24 39 San Francisco Giants 2 4 0.333 16 27 Total 14 18 0.455 135 168 American League Baltimore Orioles 3 0 1.000 13 4 Boston Red Sox 3 0 1.000 20 10 Chicago White Sox 1 3 0.250 17 21 New York Yankees 1 3 0.250 8 10 Tampa Bay Rays 1 2 0.333 6 10 Toronto Blue Jays 0 3 0.000 3 28 Total 9 11 0.450 67 83

Month Games W L PER RS RA March/April 26 9 17 0.346 99 108 May 27 11 16 0.407 108 108 June 28 15 13 0.536 98 101 July 26 10 16 0.385 107 141 August 30 16 14 0.533 111 120 September 25 12 13 0.480 91 129 Home 81 41 40 0.506 308 329 Away 81 32 49 0.395 306 378 Total 162 73 89 0.451 614 707

Game log

2014 Game Log: 73–89 (Home: 41–40; Away: 32–49)
March: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 March 31 @ Pirates L 0–1 (10) Morris (1–0) Villanueva (0–1) 39,833 0–1
April: 9–16 (Home: 5–8; Away: 4–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 2 April 2 @ Pirates L 3–4 (16) Pimentel (1–0) Villanueva (0–2) 29,762 0–2 3 April 3 @ Pirates W 3–2 Hammel (1–0) Rodríguez (0–1) Strop (1) 11,418 1–2 4 April 4 Phillies L 2–7 Hernández (1–0) Wood (0–1) 38,283 1–3 5 April 5 Phillies L 0–2 Lee (2–0) Samardzija (0–1) Papelbon (1) 30,651 1–4 6 April 6 Phillies W 8–3 Villanueva (1–2) Burnett (0–1) 26,712 2–4 7 April 8 Pirates L 6–7 Watson (2–0) Strop (0–1) Grilli (2) 26,177 2–5 8 April 9 Pirates W 7–5 Hammel (2–0) Rodríguez (0–2) 28,247 3–5 9 April 10 Pirates L 4–5 Cole (2–0) Russell (0–1) Grilli (3) 25,502 3–6 10 April 11 @ Cardinals W 6–3 Grimm (1–0) Rosenthal (0–1) Rondón (1) 43,903 4–6 11 April 12 @ Cardinals L 4–10 Wainwright (2–1) Villanueva (1–3) 45,302 4–7 12 April 13 @ Cardinals L 4–6 Wacha (2–0) Jackson (0–1) Rosenthal (4) 44,135 4–8 — April 15 @ Yankees Postponed (inclement weather)(Makeup date: April 16) 13 April 16 @ Yankees L 0–3 Tanaka (2–0) Hammel (2–1) Kelley (4) 36,569 4–9 14 April 16 @ Yankees L 0–2 Pineda (2–1) Wood (0–2) Warren (1) 40,073 4–10 15 April 18 Reds L 1–4 Simón (2–1) Samardzija (0–2) Broxton (2) 28,699 4–11 16 April 19 Reds W 8–4 Jackson (1–1) Cingrani (1–2) 32,966 5–11 17 April 20 Reds L 2–8 Bailey (1–1) Villanueva (1–4) 27,927 5–12 18 April 21 Diamondbacks W 5–1 Wood (1–2) Arroyo (1–2) 32,439 6–12 19 April 22 Diamondbacks W 9–2 Hammel (3–1) McCarthy (0–4) 35,381 7–12 20 April 23 Diamondbacks L 5–7 Cahill (1–4) Strop (0–2) Reed (4) 32,323 7–13 21 April 24 Diamondbacks L 2–5 Bolsinger (1–1) Jackson (1–2) Reed (5) 33,085 7–14 22 April 25 @ Brewers L 2–5 Garza (1–2) Villanueva (1–5) Rodríguez (10) 32,868 7–15 23 April 26 @ Brewers L 3–5 Estrada (2–1) Wood (1–3) Rodríguez (11) 40,008 7–16 24 April 27 @ Brewers W 4–0 Hammel (4–1) Peralta (3–1) 45,286 8–16 — April 28 @ Reds Postponed (inclement weather)(Makeup date: July 8) 25 April 29 @ Reds L 2–3 Simón (4–1) Samardzija (0–3) Broxton (5) 17,579 8–17 26 April 30 @ Reds W 9–4 Jackson (2–2) Christiani (0–1) 21,847 9–17
May: 11–16 (Home: 5–5; Away: 6–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 27 May 2 Cardinals W 6–5 Wood (2–3) Wainwright (5–2) Rondón (2) 28,160 10–17 28 May 3 Cardinals W 3–0 Schlitter (1–0) Wacha (2–3) Rondón (3) 37,874 11–17 29 May 4 Cardinals L 4–5 Siegrist (1–1) Rondón (0–1) Rosenthal (8) 30,023 11–18 30 May 5 White Sox L 1–3 (12) Webb (3–0) Grimm (1–1) Lindstrom (5) 33,146 11–19 31 May 6 White Sox L 1–5 Putnam (1–0) Ramirez (0–1) 34,305 11–20 32 May 7 @ White Sox L 3–8 Danks (3–2) Wood (2–4) 21,075 11–21 33 May 8 @ White Sox W 12–5 Schlitter (2–0) Carroll (1–2) 26,332 12–21 34 May 9 @ Braves L 2–3 (10) Wood (3–5) Wright (0–1) 27,145 12–22 35 May 10 @ Braves L 0–2 Santana (4–0) Schlitter (2–1) Kimbrel (10) 30,658 12–23 36 May 11 @ Braves L 2–5 Harang (4–3) Jackson (2–3) Carpenter (2) 26,151 12–24 37 May 12 @ Cardinals W 17–5 Wood (3–4) Lyons (0–3) 44,434 13–24 38 May 13 @ Cardinals L 3–4 (12) Maness (1–2) Grimm (1–2) 43,627 13–25 — May 14 @ Cardinals Postponed (inclement weather)(Makeup date: August 30) 39 May 15 @ Cardinals L 3–5 Wacha (3–3) Hammel (4–2) Rosenthal (11) 42,501 13–26 40 May 16 Brewers L 3–4 Lohse (5–1) Samardzija (0–4) Rodríguez (17) 35,771 13–27 41 May 17 Brewers W 3–0 Jackson (3–3) Garza (2–4) Rondón (4) 36,671 14–27 42 May 18 Brewers W 4–2 Wood (4–4) Estrada (3–2) Rondón (5) 37,631 15–27 43 May 20 Yankees W 6–1 Hammel (5–2) Tanaka (6–1) 38,753 16–27 44 May 21 Yankees L 2–4 (13) Claiborne (2–0) Veras (0–1) Robertson (9) 34,808 16–28 45 May 22 @ Padres W 5–1 Arrieta (1–0) Stults (2–5) Villanueva (1) 21,263 17–28 46 May 23 @ Padres L 1–11 Stauffer (2–0) Jackson (3–4) 26,489 17–29 47 May 24 @ Padres W 3–2 Wood (5–4) Buckner (0–1) Rondón (6) 42,107 18–29 48 May 25 @ Padres L 3–4 Kennedy (3–6) Hammel (5–3) Street (14) 32,167 18–30 49 May 26 @ Giants W 8–4 Samardzija (1–4) Petit (3–2) 42,257 19–30 50 May 27 @ Giants L 0–4 Hudson (5–2) Arrieta (1–1) 41,060 19–31 51 May 28 @ Giants L 0–5 Kontos (1–0) Jackson (3–5) 41,186 19–32 52 May 30 @ Brewers L 5–11 Estrada (5–2) Wood (5–5) 36,100 19–33 53 May 31 @ Brewers W 8-0 Hammel (6–3) Peralta (4–5) 42,332 20–33
June: 14–13 (Home: 9–7; Away: 5–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 54 June 1 @ Brewers L 0–9 Lohse (7–1) Samardzija (1–5) 36,277 20–34 55 June 3 Mets W 2–1 Rondón (1–1) Rice (1–2) 34,697 21–34 56 June 4 Mets W 5–4 Jackson (4–5) Eveland (0–1) Rondón (7) 28,185 22–34 57 June 5 Mets W 7–4 Grimm (2–2) Black (1–1) Ramirez (1) 28,833 23–34 58 June 6 Marlins W 5–3 (13) Villanueva (2–5) Slowey (1–1) 28,495 24–34 59 June 7 Marlins W 5–2 Samardzija (2–5) Wolf (1–2) Strop (2) 33,786 25–34 60 June 8 Marlins L 3–4 Dunn (5–3) Strop (0–3) Cishek (14) 33,134 25–35 61 June 9 @ Pirates L 2–6 Morton (3–7) Jackson (4–6) 24,075 25–36 62 June 10 @ Pirates W 7–3 Wood (6–5) Sadler (0–1) 31,567 26–36 63 June 11 @ Pirates L 2–4 Cumpton (2–2) Hammel (6–4) Grilli (10) 20,540 26–37 64 June 12 @ Pirates L 0–4 Vólquez (4–5) Samardzija (2–6) 25,431 26–38 65 June 13 @ Phillies W 2–1 Arrieta (2–1) Hernández (2–5) Ramirez (2) 26,154 27–38 66 June 14 @ Phillies L 4–7 Buchanan (2–3) Jackson (4–7) Papelbon (15) 31,524 27–39 67 June 15 @ Phillies W 3–0 Wood (7–5) Burnett (4–6) Ramirez (3) 41,238 28–39 68 June 16 @ Marlins W 5–4 Villanueva (3–5) Turner (2–5) Russell (1) 19,170 29–39 69 June 17 @ Marlins L 5–6 Dyson (1–0) Schlitter (2–2) Cishek (16) 20,860 29–40 70 June 18 @ Marlins W 6–1 Arrieta (3–1) Eovaldi (4–3) 27,032 30–40 71 June 20 Pirates W 6–3 Jackson (5–7) Morton (4–8) Rondón (8) 36,423 31–40 72 June 21 Pirates L 3–5 Worley (1–0) Wood (7–6) Melancon (11) 36,563 31–41 73 June 22 Pirates L 1–2 Cumpton (3–2) Hammel (6–5) Melancon (12) 33,573 31–42 74 June 23 Reds L 1–6 Broxton (3–0) Rondón (1–2) 27,747 31–43 75 June 24 Reds W 7–3 Arrieta (4–1) Bailey (7–4) — 28,226 32–43 76 June 25 Reds L 1–4 Latos (1–0) Jackson (5–8) Chapman (14) 28,207 32–44 77 June 26 Nationals W 5–3 Ramirez (1–1) Stammen (0–3) Rondón (9) 28,867 33–44 78 June 27 Nationals W 7–2 Hammel (7–5) Roark (7–5) 30,683 34–44 79 June 28 Nationals L 0–3 Gonzalez (5–4) Beeler (0–1) Soriano (19) 35,770 34–45 80 June 28 Nationals L 2–7 Treinen (1–3) Samardzija (2–7) Detwiler (1) 32,267 34–46 81 June 30 @ Red Sox W 2–0 Arrieta (5–1) Peavy (1–7) Rondon (10) 37,814 35–46
July: 10–16 (Home: 6–7; Away: 4–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 82 July 1 @ Red Sox W 2–1 Strop (1–3) Uehara (3–2) Rondón (11) 36,748 36–46 83 July 2 @ Red Sox W 16–9 Villanueva (4–5) Workman (1–2) 37,055 37–46 84 July 4 @ Nationals W 7–2 Hammel (8–5) Roark (7–6) 41,274 38–46 85 July 5 @ Nationals L 0–13 González (6–4) Villanueva (4–6) 38,473 38–47 86 July 6 @ Nationals L 1–2 Clippard (6–2) Strop (1–4) Soriano (21) 32,941 38–48 87 July 7 @ Reds L 3–9 Leake (7–7) Jackson (5–9) 26,558 38–49 88 July 8 @ Reds L 2–4 Cueto (9–6) Wood (7–7) Chapman (18) 17,371 38–50 89 July 8 @ Reds L 5–6 Ondrusek (3–2) Rondón (1–3) 29,991 38–51 90 July 9 @ Reds L 1–4 Simón (12–3) Beeler (0–2) Chapman (19) 32,810 38–52 91 July 10 @ Reds W 6–4 Parker (1–0) Hoover (1–6) 31,983 39–52 92 July 11 Braves W 5–4 Rondón (2–3) Walden (0–1) 39,544 40–52 93 July 12 Braves L 6–11 Minor (3–5) Jackson (5–10) Carpenter (3) 36,806 40–53 94 July 13 Braves L 7–10 Teherán (9–6) Wood (7–8) Kimbrel (29) 36,363 40–54 85th All-Star Game in Minneapolis, Minnesota 95 July 18 @ Diamondbacks L 4–5 De La Rosa (1–0) Schlitter (2–3) Reed (22) 32,619 40–55 96 July 19 @ Diamondbacks L 3–9 Miley (6–6) Wood (7–9) 32,528 40–56 97 July 20 @ Diamondbacks L 2–3 Collmenter (8–5) Arrieta (5–2) Reed (23) 37,131 40–57 98 July 22 Padres W 6–0 Hendricks (1–0) Stults (3–12) 32,730 41–57 99 July 23 Padres L 3–8 Kennedy (8–9) Wada (0–1) 30,718 41–58 100 July 24 Padres L 3–13 Ross (9–10) Jackson (5–11) 31,321 41–59 101 July 25 Cardinals W 7–6 Grimm (3–2) Siegrist (1–2) Rondón (12) 41,534 42–59 102 July 26 Cardinals L 3–6 Choate (2–2) Russell (0–2) Rosenthal (31) 41,927 42–60 103 July 27 Cardinals L 0–1 Wainwright (13–5) Hendricks (1–1) Rosenthal (32) 35,256 42–61 104 July 28 Rockies W 4–1 Wada (1–1) Flande (0–3) Rondón (13) 29,702 43–61 105 July 29 Rockies W 4–3 (16) Baker (1–0) Matzek (2–5) 28,590 44–61 106 July 30 Rockies L 4–6 (10) Scahill (1–0) Wright (0–2) Ottavino (1) 29,491 44–62 107 July 31 Rockies W 3–1 Arrieta (6–2) Hernández (0–1) Rondón (14) 35,729 45–62
August: 16–14 (Home: 7–6; Away: 9–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 108 August 1 @ Dodgers W 8–2 Hendricks (2–1) Haren (8–9) 47,900 46–62 109 August 2 @ Dodgers L 2–5 (12) Wright (4–2) Parker (1–1) 53,354 46–63 110 August 3 @ Dodgers W 7–3 Jackson (6–11) Beckett (6–6) 44,713 47–63 111 August 5 @ Rockies W 6–5 (12) Rondón (3–3) Logan (2–2) Villanueva (2) 35,043 48–63 112 August 6 @ Rockies L 4–13 Lyles (6–1) Arrieta (6–3) 35,804 48–64 113 August 7 @ Rockies W 6–2 Hendricks (3–1) Flande (0–4) 32,585 49–64 114 August 8 Rays L 3–4 Boxberger (3–1) Rondón (3–4) 34,937 49–65 115 August 9 Rays L 0–4 Odorizzi (8–9) Jackson (6–12) 36,739 49–66 116 August 10 Rays W 3–2 (12) Villanueva (5–6) Ramos (2–4) 33,039 50–66 117 August 11 Brewers L 1–3 Gallardo (7–6) Arrieta (6–4) Rodríguez (36) 28,927 50–67 118 August 12 Brewers W 3–0 Hendricks (4–1) Peralta (14–7) Rondón (15) 28,819 51–67 119 August 13 Brewers W 4–2 Wada (2–1) Lohse (11–7) Rondón (16) 31,191 52–67 120 August 14 Brewers L 2–6 Fiers (2–1) Jackson (6–13) 38,157 52–68 121 August 15 @ Mets L 2–3 Wheeler (8–8) Wood (7–10) Mejía (18) 25,016 52–69 122 August 16 @ Mets L 3–7 Niese (7–8) Straily (1–3) 30,744 52–70 123 August 17 @ Mets W 2–1 Strop (2–4) Mejía (5–6) Rondon (17) 27,938 53–70 124 August 18 @ Mets W 4–1 Hendricks (5–1) Carlyle (1–1) Rondon (18) 23,271 54–70 125 August 19 Giants W 2–1 Wada (3–1) Vogelsong (7–9) Rondon (19) 31,064 55–70 126 August 20 Giants L 3–8 Peavy (3–12) Jackson (6–14) 30,633 55–71 127 August 21 Giants L 3–5 Bumgarner (14–9) Wood (7–11) Casilla (11) 30,541 55–72 128 August 22 Orioles W 4–1 Arrieta (7–4) Gausman (7–5) Rondon (20) 33,761 56–72 129 August 23 Orioles W 7–2 Grimm (4–2) Norris (11–8) 37,156 57–72 130 August 24 Orioles W 2–1 Wada (4–1) Gonzalez (6–7) Rondon (21) 32,774 58–72 131 August 26 @ Reds W 3–0 Wood (8-11) Cueto (15-8) Rondon (22) 19,481 59–72 132 August 27 @ Reds L 5–7 Latos (5-3) Turner (4-8) Chapman (28) 20,497 59-73 133 August 28 @ Reds L 2–7 Axelrod (1-0) Arrieta (7-5) 21,316 59–74 134 August 29 @ Cardinals W 7–2 Ramirez (2-1) Neshek (6-1) 43,181 60–74 135 August 30 @ Cardinals W 5–1 Doubront (1-0) Masterson (2-3) 44,755 61–74 136 August 30 @ Cardinals L 13–2 Gonzales (1-2) Wada (4-2) 44,762 61–75 137 August 31 @ Cardinals L 9–6 Neshek (7-1) Villanueva (5-7) Rosenthal (40) 45,148 61–76
September: 12–13 (Home: 9–7; Away: 3–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 138 September 1 Brewers W 4–2 Turner (5-8) Nelson (2-6) Rondon (23) 32,054 62–76 139 September 2 Brewers W 7–1 Arrieta (8-5) Gallardo (8-8) 28,434 63–76 140 September 3 Brewers W 6–2 Hendricks (6–1) Garza (7–8) 31,251 64–76 141 September 5 Pirates L 3–5 (11) Melancon (3–4) Wright (0–3) Holdzkom (1) 35,541 64–77 142 September 6 Pirates L 0–5 Liriano (4–10) Doubront (3–5) 36,867 64–78 143 September 7 Pirates L 4–10 Cole (8–5) Wood (8–12) 33,894 64–79 144 September 8 @ Blue Jays L 0–8 Stroman (10–5) Turner (5–9) 16,879 64–80 145 September 9 @ Blue Jays L 2–9 Buehrle (12–9) Ramirez (2–2) 17,903 64–81 146 September 10 @ Blue Jays L 1–11 Hutchison (10–11) Hendricks (6–2) 19,411 64–82 147 September 12 @ Pirates L 3–7 Cole (9–5) Wada (4–3) 35,638 64–83 148 September 13 @ Pirates W 6–4 Doubront (4–5) Locke (7–5) Rondón (24) 38,024 65–83 149 September 14 @ Pirates L 3–7 Vólquez (12-7) Turner (5-10) 37,655 65-84 150 September 15 Reds W 1–0 Rondón (4–4) Villarreal (0–1) 33,144 66–84 151 September 16 Reds W 7–0 Arrieta (9–5) Cueto (18–5) 33,812 67–84 152 September 17 Reds W 3–1 Hendricks (7–2) Corcino (0–1) Rondón (25) 33,500 68–84 153 September 18 Dodgers L 4–8 Rodriguez (1–0) Ramirez (2–3) 33,649 68–85 154 September 19 Dodgers L 5–14 Kershaw (20–3) Jackson (6–15) 33,322 68–86 155 September 20 Dodgers W 8–7 Grimm (5–2) Wilson (2–4) Rondón (26) 34,334 69–86 156 September 21 Dodgers L 5–8 Perez (1–3) Turner (5–11) Jansen (43) 31,933 69–87 157 September 22 Cardinals L 0–8 Wainwright (20–9) Wood (8–13) 28,893 69–88 158 September 23 Cardinals W 4–3 Rosscup (1–0) Neshek (7–2) 29,754 70–88 159 September 24 Cardinals W 3–1 Arrieta (10–5) Lackey (14–10) Rondón (27) 33,292 71–88 160 September 26 @ Brewers W 6–4 Ramirez (3–3) Nelson (2–9) Rondón (28) 39,880 72–88 161 September 27 @ Brewers L 2–1 Peralta (17–11) Wada (4–4) Rodríguez (44) 41,440 72–89 162 September 28 @ Brewers W 5–2 Turner (6–11) Fiers (6–5) Rondón (29) 33,837 73–89
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement Bold = Cubs team member

Note: The Cubs finished their first winning season at Wrigley Field since 2009 with a record of 41–40. ^[5] 2,652,113 fans attended Cubs home games which was the best since the 2008 season. ^[6]

Transactions

• The Cubs traded Jason Hammel and Jeff Samardzija on July 5 to the Oakland A's for minor leaguers Addison Russell, Billy McKinney and major league pitcher Dan Straily. ^[7] Russell was considered a top-five prospect in baseball.
• On July 28, Darwin Barney was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers ^[8] for minor league pitcher Jonathan Martinez. ^[9]
• On July 30, the Cubs acquired Félix Doubront from the Boston Red Sox.
• On July 31, pitcher James Russell and infielder Emilio Bonifacio were traded to the Atlanta Braves for 20-year-old catcher Victor Caratini.
• On August 15, the Cubs traded outfielder Brett Jackson to the Arizona Diamondbacks for pitcher Blake Cooper.

Roster

2014 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers 49 Jake Arrieta 32 Dallas Beeler 22 Félix Doubront 11 Kyuji Fujikawa 52 Justin Grimm 39 Jason Hammel 28 Kyle Hendricks 36 Edwin Jackson 43 Eric Jokisch 50 Blake Parker 54 Neil Ramirez 56 Héctor Rondón 59 Zach Rosscup 18 Chris Rusin 40 James Russell 29 Jeff Samardzija 63 Brian Schlitter 19 Dan Straily 46 Pedro Strop 38 Jacob Turner 41 José Veras 33 Carlos Villanueva 47 Arodys Vizcaíno 67 Tsuyoshi Wada 37 Travis Wood 53 Wesley Wright		Catchers 12 John Baker  5 Welington Castillo 51 Rafael Lopez 30 Eli Whiteside Infielders  9 Javier Báez 15 Darwin Barney 13 Starlin Castro 30 Mike Olt 44 Anthony Rizzo 24 Luis Valbuena  4 Chris Valaika 22,45 Logan Watkins		Outfielders  7 Arismendy Alcántara 64 Emilio Bonifacio  8 Chris Coghlan 51,61 Ryan Kalish 21 Junior Lake 20 Justin Ruggiano 19 Nate Schierholtz 68 Jorge Soler  6 Ryan Sweeney 41 Matt Szczur		Manager 16 Rick Renteria Coaching Staff 58 Mike Borzello (catching) 25 Chris Bosio (pitching) 96 Mike Brumley (assistant hitting) 74 Jose Castro (quality assurance) 77 Eric Hinske (first base) 17 Brandon Hyde (bench)  1 Gary Jones (third base)  3 Bill Mueller (hitting) 95 Chad Noble (bullpen catcher) 35 Lester Strode (bullpen)

Statistics

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; Avg. = Batting average; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Arismendy Alcántara	59	238	28	51	8	1	9	22	.214	8
Javier Baez	38	155	19	27	6	0	9	18	.174	3
John Baker	63	169	9	33	7	0	0	13	.195	0
Darwin Barney	72	129	18	47	10	2	2	16	.217	1
Emilio Bonifacio	69	276	35	77	14	3	2	18	.279	14
Welington Castillo	101	352	25	86	19	0	11	42	.244	0
Starlin Castro	134	528	58	154	33	1	14	65	.292	4
Chris Coghlan	111	337	40	91	23	5	6	31	.270	6
Ryan Kalish	45	102	12	24	2	4	0	4	.235	3
Junior Lake	103	300	30	63	10	3	9	25	.210	7
Raffy Lopez	7	11	0	2	0	0	0	1	.182	0
Mike Olt	80	212	21	33	7	0	12	32	.156	0
Anthony Rizzo	129	486	81	135	23	1	30	71	.278	4
Justin Ruggiano	81	224	29	63	13	1	6	28	.281	2
Nate Schierholtz	99	313	29	60	10	3	6	33	.192	4
Jorge Soler	12	45	7	16	5	0	4	13	.356	0
Ryan Sweeney	77	207	22	52	9	0	3	20	.251	0
Matt Szczur	23	42	2	11	1	0	1	3	.262	0
Chris Valaika	33	93	8	22	2	0	3	10	.237	1
Luis Valbuena	136	436	60	108	30	4	16	48	.248	1
Logan Watkins	19	44	7	13	1	0	1	5	.295	1
Eli Whiteside	8	25	0	3	1	0	0	2	.120	1
Pitcher Totals	162	289	20	46	9	1	3	20	.159	0
Team Totals	162	5508	614	1315	270	31	157	590	.239	65

Source ^[10]

Pitching

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

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	R	ER	BB	K
Jake Arrieta	10	5	2.53	25	25	0	156.2	46	44	41	167
John Baker	1	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	1	0
Dallas Beeler	0	2	3.27	2	20	0	11.0	5	4	7	6
Felix Doubront	2	1	1.50	3	3	0	18.0	3	3	4	6
Kyuji Fujikawa	0	0	4.85	15	0	0	13.0	8	7	6	17
Justin Grimm	4	2	3.92	68	0	0	64.1	31	28	26	67
Jason Hammel	8	5	2.98	17	17	0	108.2	36	36	23	104
Kyle Hendricks	6	2	2.38	11	11	0	68.0	20	18	14	39
Edwin Jackson	6	15	6.33	28	27	0	140.2	105	99	63	123
Eric Jokisch	0	0	1.88	4	1	0	14.1	6	3	4	10
Blake Parker	1	1	6.35	14	0	0	17.0	12	12	4	19
Neil Ramirez	2	2	1.38	45	0	3	39.0	6	6	15	50
Héctor Rondón	3	4	2.72	57	0	24	56.1	21	17	13	60
Zac Rosscup	0	0	11.70	14	0	0	10.0	13	13	11	13
Chris Rusin	0	0	7.11	4	0	0	12.2	10	10	5	8
James Russell	0	2	3.51	44	0	1	33.1	14	13	16	26
Jeff Samardzija	2	7	2.83	17	17	0	108.0	44	34	31	103
Brian Schlitter	2	3	4.08	57	0	0	53.0	27	24	16	28
Dan Straily	0	1	10.45	4	1	0	10.1	14	12	6	9
Pedro Strop	2	4	2.29	59	0	2	55.0	18	14	24	63
Jacob Turner	1	2	5.31	5	3	0	20.1	13	12	4	11
José Veras	0	1	8.10	12	0	2	13.1	12	12	11	13
Carlos Villanueva	5	7	4.74	40	5	2	74.0	41	39	19	68
Arodys Vizcaino	0	0	5.40	5	0	0	5.0	3	3	3	4
Tsuyoshi Wada	4	3	3.34	11	11	0	59.1	25	22	17	48
Travis Wood	8	12	5.03	29	29	0	162.2	103	91	71	134
Wesley Wright	0	3	3.13	56	0	0	46.0	18	16	18	37
Team Totals	73	89	3.91	162	162	37	1463.1	707	636	504	1311

Source ^[10]

Team

Scoring by inning

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	≥10	Total
Chicago Cubs	64	64	71	76	66	84	63	63	49	14	614
Opponents	96	73	58	79	92	88	94	64	45	18	707

Source: Baseball-Reference

Awards and honors

Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Starlin Castro
• Jeff Samardzija
• Anthony Rizzo

Branch Rickey Award ^[11]

• Anthony Rizzo

Major League Baseball draft

During the draft, the Cubs drafted Kyle Schwarber with the fourth overall pick of the 2014 Draft who would play an important role in the 2016 World Series. ^[12]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Iowa Cubs	Pacific Coast League	Marty Pevey
AA	Tennessee Smokies	Southern League	Buddy Bailey
A	Daytona Cubs	Florida State League	Dave Keller
A	Kane County Cougars	Midwest League	Mark Johnson
A-Short Season	Boise Hawks	Northwest League	Gary Van Tol
Rookie	AZL Cubs	Arizona League	Jimmy Gonzalez

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Kane County ^[13]

On September 16, 2014 the Cubs announced that they will be moving their top Class A affiliate from Daytona in the Florida State League to Myrtle Beach in the Carolina League for the 2015 season. ^[14] Two days later, on the 18th, the Cubs signed a 4-year player development contract with the South Bend Silver Hawks of the Midwest League, ending their brief relationship with the Kane County Cougars. ^[15] On the 25th, the Silver Hawks officially changed their name to the South Bend Cubs. ^[16]

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External links

• Chicago Cubs schedule for the 2014 season
• 2014 Chicago Cubs season at ESPN
• 2014 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference