2014 Colorado Rockies season

The 2014 Colorado Rockies season was the franchise's 22nd in Major League Baseball. Beset by injuries to key players, the team finished with a 66–96 regular season record, fourth place in the National League West. Walt Weiss returned for his second season as the Rockies' manager for the 2014 season.

2014 Colorado Rockies
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record66–96 (.407)
Divisional place4th
Other information
Owner(s)Charles & Dick Monfort
General manager(s)Dan O'Dowd
Manager(s)Walt Weiss
Local televisionRoot Sports Rocky Mountain
(Drew Goodman, George Frazier, Jeff Huson)
Local radioKOA (English)
(Jack Corrigan, Jerry Schemmel)
KNRV (Spanish)
(Tony Guevara)
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Offseason

Roster moves
  • November 21, 2013: LaTroy Hawkins was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[1]
  • December 3, 2013: Dexter Fowler was traded by the Colorado Rockies with a player to be named later to the Houston Astros for Brandon Barnes and Jordan Lyles.[2]
  • December 10, 2013: Brett Anderson was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Colorado Rockies for Drew Pomeranz and Chris Jensen (minors).[3]
  • December 12, 2013: Tommy Kahnle was drafted by the Colorado Rockies from the New York Yankees in the 2013 Rule 5 draft.[4]
  • December 13, 2013: Justin Morneau was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[5]
  • December 16, 2013: Boone Logan was signed as a Free Agent by the Colorado Rockies.[6]
  • December 18, 2013: Jonathan Herrera was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Boston Red Sox for Franklin Morales and Chris Martin.[7]
  • December 18, 2013: Josh Outman was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Cleveland Indians for Drew Stubbs.[8]

Spring training

The Rockies played their spring training games in the Cactus League. They finished with a 15–14 win–loss record, which does not include 4 tie games.[9]

Regular season

National League West
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 9468 0.580 — 45–36 49–32
San Francisco Giants 8874 0.543 6 45–36 43–38
San Diego Padres 7785 0.475 17 48–33 29–52
Colorado Rockies 6696 0.407 28 45–36 21–60
Arizona Diamondbacks 6498 0.395 30 33–48 31–50

National League Wild Card
Division Leaders W L Pct.
Washington Nationals 9666 0.593
Los Angeles Dodgers 9468 0.580
St. Louis Cardinals 9072 0.556


Wild Card teams
(Top two qualify for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
Pittsburgh Pirates 8874 0.543 —
San Francisco Giants 8874 0.543 —
Milwaukee Brewers 8280 0.506 6
New York Mets 7983 0.488 9
Atlanta Braves 7983 0.488 9
San Diego Padres 7785 0.475 11
Miami Marlins 7785 0.475 11
Cincinnati Reds 7686 0.469 12
Philadelphia Phillies 7389 0.451 15
Chicago Cubs 7389 0.451 15
Colorado Rockies 6696 0.407 22
Arizona Diamondbacks 6498 0.395 24

Record vs. opponents
2014 National League Records

Source: Standings Head-to-Head
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL LAD MIA MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona–3–35–23–49–104–153–43–42–42–43–412–76–131–51–67–13
Atlanta3–3–5–15–24–31–69–105–29–1011–83–43–41–52–411–87–13
Chicago2–51–5–8–115–23–44–211–85–23–35–143–42–49–103–49–11
Cincinnati4–32–511–8–3–43–44–310–92–43–312-71–55–27–123–36–14
Colorado10–93–42–54–3–6–133–41–63–43–32–410–910–91–51–57–13
Los Angeles15–46–14–34–313–6–3–31–54–23–42–512–710–94–32–411–9
Miami4–310–92–43–44–33–3–3–48–119–102–43–43–44–26–1313–7
Milwaukee4–32–58–119–106–15–14–3–4–33–412–73–32–47–122–411–9
New York4–210–92–54–24–32–411–83–4–13–63–43–31–64–34–1511–9
Philadelphia4–28–113–33–33–34–310–94–36–13–1–64–32–54–310–97–13
Pittsburgh4–34–314–57–124–25–24–27-124–36–1–3–34–28–113–411–9
San Diego7–124–34–35–19–107–124–33–33–33–43–3–10–93–43–49–11
San Francisco13–65–14–22–59–109–104–34–26–15–22–49–10–4–32–510–10
St. Louis5–14–210–912–75–13–42–412–73–43–411–84–33–4–5–28–12
Washington6–18–114–33–35–14–213–64–215–49–104–34–35–22–5–10–10

Transactions
  • June 12, 2014: Jordan Pacheco was selected off waivers by the Arizona Diamondbacks from the Colorado Rockies.[10]
  • July 2, 2014: Jair Jurrjens was traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Colorado Rockies for Harold Riggins (minors).[11]
  • August 2, 2014: Ryan Wheeler was selected off waivers by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim from the Colorado Rockies.[12]

Major League Debuts
  • Batters
    • Kyle Parker (Jun 16)
    • Ben Paulsen (Jul 21)
    • Cristhian Adames (Jul 29)
    • Jackson Williams (Aug 27)
    • Rafael Ynoa (Sep 1)
  • Pitchers
    • Tommy Kahnle (Apr 3)
    • Chris Martin (Apr 26)
    • Eddie Butler (Jun 6)
    • Christian Bergman (Jun 9)
    • Tyler Matzek (Jun 11)
    • Yohan Flande (Jun 25)
    • Brooks Brown (Jul 6)

Roster
2014 Colorado Rockies
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

 Manager

Coaches

Game log
Legend
 Rockies win
 Rockies loss
 Postponement
BoldRockies team member
2014 Game Log

Player stats
= Indicates team leader (Tulowitzki had a .340 average, but didn't meet the minimum at-bat requirements for a batting title)

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Wilin Rosario 106 382 102 .267 13 54
1B Justin Morneau 135 502 160 .319 17 82
2B DJ LeMahieu 149 494 132 .267 5 42
SS Troy Tulowitzki 91 315 107 .340 21 52
3B Nolan Arenado 111 432 124 .287 18 61
LF Corey Dickerson 131 436 136 .312 24 76
CF Drew Stubbs 132 388 112 .289 15 43
RF Charlie Blackmon 154 593 171 .288 19 72

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Josh Rutledge10530983.269433
Brandon Barnes13229275.257827
Carlos González7026062.2381138
Charlie Culberson9521041.195324
Michael Cuddyer4919063.3321031
Michael McKenry5716853.315822
Jordan Pacheco227217.23608

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jorge De La Rosa32184.114114.10139
Franklin Morales38142.1695.37100
Jordan Lyles22126.2744.3390
Tyler Matzek20117.26114.0591
Jhoulys Chacín1163.1175.4042

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Juan Nicasio3393.2665.3863
Yohan Flande1659.0065.1934
Christian Bergman1054.2355.9331
Nick Masset5145.0205.8036
Brett Anderson843.1132.9129

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Adam Ottavino751413.6070
Rex Brothers744605.5955
Matt Belisle664704.8743
LaTroy Hawkins5743233.3132
Tommy Kahnle542104.1963


Notes
  • On June 18, 2014, Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers threw a no-hitter against the Rockies at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers beat the Rockies by a score of 8-0.
  • On July 29, 2014, the Chicago Cubs defeated the Rockies, 4-3, in 16-inning game at Wrigley Field that lasted 6 hours and 27 minutes. Time-wise, it was the longest game in the history for both franchises. Colorado's previous record was set in 2008 in a 6 hour-16 minute game against the San Diego Padres. The Cubs' previous record was set in 1982 in a 6-hour-10-minute game against the Dodgers.[13]
  • On August 17, 2014, in the second game of a doubleheader, Michael Cuddyer hit for the cycle. In doing so, he became only the third player in Major League history—after Bob Watson and John Olerud—to hit for the cycle in both the American and National Leagues. His previous cycle came in 2009 while playing for the Minnesota Twins.

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Colorado Springs Sky Sox Pacific Coast League Glenallen Hill
AA Tulsa Drillers Texas League Kevin Riggs
A Modesto Nuts California League Don Sneddon
A Asheville Tourists South Atlantic League Fred Ocasio
A-Short Season Tri-City Dust Devils Northwest League Drew Saylor
Rookie Grand Junction Rockies Pioneer League Anthony Sanders

[14]

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Asheville[15]

References
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  8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stubbdr01.shtml
  9. "2014 Spring Training Standings". MLB.com. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  10. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pachejo01.shtml
  11. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jurrjja01.shtml
  12. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wheelry01.shtml
  13. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/col/lengthy-affair-brings-records-rare-feats-for-rox-cubs?ymd=20140730&content_id=87029478&vkey=news_col
  14. https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/affiliate.cgi?id=COL
  15. Leventhal, Josh, ed. (2014). Baseball America 2015 Almanac. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-54-1.
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