2014 Cleveland Indians season

The 2014 Cleveland Indians season was the 114th season for the franchise. They finished in third place, five games back in the Central Division.

2014 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record85–77 (.525)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
Owner(s)Larry Dolan
General manager(s)Chris Antonetti
Manager(s)Terry Francona
Local televisionSportsTime Ohio · WKYC
(Matt Underwood Rick Manning)
Local radioWTAM · WMMS
Cleveland Indians Radio Network
(Tom Hamilton Jim Rosenhaus)
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Offseason

Departures

Arrivals
  • On November 1, 2013, Jason Giambi re-signed to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training.[2]
  • On November 25, 2013 the Indians signed former Texas Rangers outfielder David Murphy to a two-year contract with a club option for a third year.[3]

Regular season

The Indians opened their season on March 31, a 2-0 win over the Oakland Athletics. Their home opener, which was four days later, sold out in 15 minutes, one of the fastest sellouts in team history.

Opening Day Starting Lineup
  1. CF Nyjer Morgan
  2. 1B Nick Swisher
  3. 2B Jason Kipnis
  4. 3B Carlos Santana
  5. LF Michael Brantley
  6. DH Ryan Raburn
  7. SS Asdrúbal Cabrera
  8. RF David Murphy
  9. C Yan Gomes

April


Season standings

American League Central
AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 9072 0.556 — 45–36 45–36
Kansas City Royals 8973 0.549 1 42–39 47–34
Cleveland Indians 8577 0.525 5 48–33 37–44
Chicago White Sox 7389 0.451 17 40–41 33–48
Minnesota Twins 7092 0.432 20 35–46 35–46

American League Wild Card
Division Leaders W L Pct.
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 9864 0.605
Baltimore Orioles 9666 0.593
Detroit Tigers 9072 0.556


Wild Card teams
(Top two qualify for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
Kansas City Royals 8973 0.549 +1
Oakland Athletics 8874 0.543 —
Seattle Mariners 8775 0.537 1
Cleveland Indians 8577 0.525 3
New York Yankees 8478 0.519 4
Toronto Blue Jays 8379 0.512 5
Tampa Bay Rays 7785 0.475 11
Chicago White Sox 7389 0.451 15
Boston Red Sox 7191 0.438 17
Houston Astros 7092 0.432 18
Minnesota Twins 7092 0.432 18
Texas Rangers 6795 0.414 21

Record vs. Opponents
2014 AL Records

Source: AL Standings Head-to-Head
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET HOU KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore—11–85–13–41–54–33–44–24–313–62–45–212–76–111–812–8
Boston8–11—4–32–51–54–36–12–54–27–123–41–59–104–27–129–11
Chicago1–53–4—9–109–103–36–131–59–102–54–33–45–22–45–211–9
Cleveland4–35–210–9—8–115–210–92–511–84–32–42–44–26–12–410–10
Detroit 5–15–110–911–8—4–313–63–49–103–45–22–43–44–31–512–8
Houston 3–43–43–32–53–4—3–37–123–34–28–119–102–511–84–35–15
Kansas City4–31–613–69–106–133–3—3–311–84–35–22–54–25–14–315–5
Los Angeles2–45–25–15–24–312–73–3—7–02–410–97–125–214–55–212–8
Minnesota3–42–410–98–1110–93–38–110–7—3–41–65–22–42–54–29–11
New York6–1312–75–23–44–32–43–44–24–3—2–43–38–114–311–813–7
Oakland4–24–33–44–22–511–82–59–106–14–2—9–104–29–104–313–7
Seattle2–55–14–34–24–210–95–212–72–53–310–9—4–39–104–39–11
Tampa Bay7–1210–92–52–44–35–22–42–54–211–82–43–4—5–28–1110–10
Texas1–62–44–21–63–48–111–55–145–23–410–910–92–5—2–410–10
Toronto8–1112–72–54–25–13–43–42–52–48–113–43–411–84–2—13–7

Detailed Records

(updated through September 28)

Game log
Legend
Indians Win Indians Loss Game Postponed
2014 Game Log

Player stats

Batting
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
Jesus Aguilar 19 33 2 4 0 0 0 3 .121 0
Cody Allen 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
Scott Atchison 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
Mike Avilés 113 344 38 85 16 1 5 39 .247 14
John Axford 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
Trevor Bauer 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Michael Bourn 106 444 57 114 17 10 3 28 .257 10
Michael Brantley 156 611 94 200 45 2 20 97 .327 23
Asdrúbal Cabrera 97 378 54 93 22 2 9 40 .246 7
Carlos Carrasco 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Lonnie Chisenhall 142 478 62 134 29 1 13 59 .280 3
Kyle Crockett 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
Chris Dickerson 41 98 12 22 4 0 2 6 .224 3
Jason Giambi 26 60 3 8 2 0 2 5 .133 0
Chris Gimenez 8 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Yan Gomes 135 485 61 135 25 3 21 74 .278 0
Tyler Holt 36 71 4 19 2 0 0 2 .268 2
Elliot Johnson 7 19 1 2 2 0 0 0 .105 0
Jason Kipnis 129 500 61 120 25 1 6 41 .240 22
Corey Kluber 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 0
George Kottaras 10 21 4 6 0 0 3 4 .286 0
C.C. Lee 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
Mark Lowe 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
Justin Masterson 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Zach McAllister 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 0
Nyjer Morgan 15 41 8 14 1 0 1 6 .341 3
David Murphy 129 416 40 109 25 1 8 58 .262 2
Josh Outman 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
Roberto Perez 29 85 10 23 5 0 1 4 .271 0
Vinnie Pestano 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
Ryan Raburn 74 195 18 39 7 0 4 22 .200 0
Jose Ramirez 68 237 27 61 10 2 2 17 .262 10
Mark Rzepczynski 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
Danny Salazar 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Carlos Santana 152 541 68 125 25 0 27 85 .231 5
Justin Sellers 17 16 1 3 0 0 0 0 .188 0
Bryan Shaw 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
J. B. Shuck 15 23 2 2 0 0 0 0 .087 0
Nick Swisher 97 360 33 75 20 0 8 42 .208 0
Josh Tomlin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
Zach Walters 30 88 9 15 2 0 7 12 .170 0
Totals 162 5575 669 1411 284 23 142 644 .253 104

Pitching
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP R ER BB K
Austin Adams 0 0 9.00 6 0 0 7.0 7 7 1 4
Cody Allen 6 4 2.07 76 0 24 69.2 21 16 26 91
Scott Atchison 6 0 2.75 70 0 2 72.0 24 22 14 49
John Axford 2 3 3.92 49 0 10 43.2 21 19 30 51
Trevor Bauer 5 8 4.18 26 26 0 153.0 76 71 60 143
Carlos Carrasco 8 7 2.55 40 14 1 134.0 40 38 29 140
Kyle Crockett 4 1 1.80 44 0 0 30.0 6 6 8 28
Nick Hagadone 1 0 2.70 35 0 0 23.1 7 7 6 27
T.J. House 5 3 3.35 19 18 0 102.0 41 38 22 80
Corey Kluber 18 9 2.44 34 34 0 235.2 72 64 51 269
C.C. Lee 1 1 4.50 37 0 0 28.0 15 14 12 26
Mark Lowe 0 1 3.86 7 0 0 7.0 7 3 6 6
Justin Masterson 4 6 5.51 19 19 0 98.0 66 60 56 93
Zach McAllister 4 7 5.23 22 15 0 86.0 54 50 28 74
Josh Outman 4 0 3.28 31 0 0 24.2 10 9 16 24
Vinnie Pestano 0 1 5.00 13 0 0 9.0 7 5 1 13
Bryan Price 0 0 20.25 3 0 0 2.2 6 6 1 1
Marc Rzepczynski 0 3 2.74 73 0 0 46.0 19 14 19 46
Danny Salazar 6 8 4.25 20 20 0 110.0 57 52 35 120
Bryan Shaw 5 5 2.59 80 0 2 76.1 26 22 22 64
Josh Tomlin 6 9 4.76 25 16 0 104.0 66 55 14 94
Blake Wood 0 1 7.11 7 0 0 6.1 5 5 7 7
Totals 85 77 3.56 162 162 40 1468.1 653 581 464 1450

Roster
2014 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

  • 64 Armando Camacaro (bullpen catcher)
  • 82 Ricky Pacione (bullpen catcher)

Notes/Records
  • On March 31, umpire Mike Winters became the first umpire to initiate a review under Major League Baseball's new replay system, wanting to confirm that Athletics catcher John Jaso did not block the plate unnecessarily as Michael Brantley attempted to score.
  • On April 10, Danny Salazar became the first pitcher in the modern era (since 1900) to record 10 strikeouts before the end of the fourth inning of a game.
  • On April 24, Corey Kluber became the first Indians pitcher to throw a complete game with 11+ strikeouts, 0 walks, and 0 earned runs since Len Barker's perfect game on May 15, 1981.
  • On May 4, George Kottaras became the first player in franchise history to hit home runs in his first two at-bats as an Indian.
  • On May 14, David Murphy and Lonnie Chisenhall both had 5 hits, the first time two Indians players had done so in the same nine-inning game since 1928.
  • On May 21, the Indians defeated the Detroit Tigers 11-10 in 13 innings on a walk-off balk, the first one in the majors since July 4, 2011, and the first in extra innings since June 16, 2011.
  • Corey Kluber recorded 60 strikeouts in May, the first Indians pitcher with 60+ strikeouts in a month since Dennis Eckersley in September 1976.
  • On June 9, Lonnie Chisenhall became the first player to go 5-5 with 3 HR and 9 RBI since MLB began tracking RBI in 1920. The 9 RBI tied a franchise record, also accomplished by Chris James in 1991.
  • On September 26, the Indians set a major league record for strikeouts by pitchers with 1,431, breaking the mark set by the 2013 Detroit Tigers. They ended the season with 1,450.
  • On November 12, Corey Kluber became the 4th Indians pitcher to win the American League Cy Young Award.

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Columbus Clippers International League Chris Tremie
AA Akron RubberDucks Eastern League David Wallace
A Carolina Mudcats Carolina League Scooter Tucker
A Lake County Captains Midwest League Mark Budzinski
A-Short Season Mahoning Valley Scrappers New York–Penn League Ted Kubiak
Rookie AZL Indians Arizona League Tony Medrano

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: AZL Indians[4]

References
  1. Indians lose Smith to the Angels.
  2. Jason Giambi re-signed.
  3. Indians sign OF David Murphy.
  4. Leventhal, Josh, ed. (2014). Baseball America 2015 Almanac. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-54-1.
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