2014 Tampa Bay Rays season

The Tampa Bay Rays 2014 season was the Rays' 17th season of Major League Baseball and the seventh as the "Rays" (all at Tropicana Field). The team finished at 77-85, their first losing season as the Rays.

2014 Tampa Bay Rays
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record77–85 (.475)
Divisional place4th
Other information
OwnersStuart Sternberg
General managersAndrew Friedman (de facto)
ManagersJoe Maddon
Local televisionSun Sports
(Dewayne Staats, Brian Anderson, Todd Kalas)
Local radioTampa Bay Rays Radio Network (English)
(Andy Freed, Dave Wills, Todd Kalas)
WGES (Spanish)
(Ricardo Taveras, Enrique Oliu)
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Season standings

American League East
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 9666 0.593 — 50–31 46–35
New York Yankees 8478 0.519 12 43–38 41–40
Toronto Blue Jays 8379 0.512 13 46–35 37–44
Tampa Bay Rays 7785 0.475 19 36–45 41–40
Boston Red Sox 7191 0.438 25 34–47 37–44


Record vs. opponents
Evan Longoria in April 2014.
2014 American League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2014
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

Regular season summary

The Rays 2014 season started out harsh entering May. Tampa Bay went 11–16 since opening day and was struggling to move up in the American League East early on. In addition to their rough first month of baseball, May did not do any favors. In May the Rays posted a 12–17 record. To make things worse, 2014 was being played without Matt Moore in their rotation and numerous other injuries (along with Moore's) may have begun to take a toll on the Rays' recent tendencies to make playoff runs.

In June the Rays went 13–16 and followed that with an amazing July where they won 17 games and lost only 6. During the All Star Break, David Price was recognized as the only Tampa Bay representative. Price, Zobrist, and a few other Rays were in the midst of trade rumors. Price was dealt to the Detroit Tigers at the trade deadline in a three-way deal with Seattle. The Rays acquired Nick Franklin from Seattle and Drew Smyly from Detroit. Some analysts felt the Rays deserved more for David Price. After all, they gave the Tigers the 2012 American League Cy Young Award Winner to their rotation. (Detroit now had the previous three Cy Young Award winners in the American League in their rotation)

Season log

Regular season
2014 Game Log (77–85)
March/April (11–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordRecap
1March 31Blue Jays9–2Price (1–0)Dickey (0–1)—31,0421–0
2April 1Blue Jays2–4Hutchison (1–0)Cobb (0–1)Santos (1)11,1131–1
3April 2Blue Jays0–3Buehrle (1–0)Moore (0–1)Cecil (1)10,8081–2
4April 3Blue Jays7–2Archer (1–0)Morrow (0–1)—9,5712–2
5April 4Rangers8–1Odorizzi (1–0)Saunders (0–1)—14,3043–2
6April 5Rangers5–4Gomes (1–0)Cotts (0–1)Balfour (1)30,3644–2
7April 6Rangers0–3Darvish (1–0)Peralta (0–1)Soria (1)22,5694–3
8April 7@ Royals2–4Vargas (1–0)Moore (0–2)Holland (3)12,0874–4
9April 8@ Royals1–0Peralta (1–1)Holland (0–1)Balfour (2)13,9055–4
10April 9@ Royals3–7Guthrie (2–0)Odorizzi (1–1)—13,6125–5
11April 11@ Reds2–1Price (2–0)Cueto (0–2)Balfour (3)30,5026–5
12April 12@ Reds1–0Cobb (1–1)Simón (1–1)Balfour (4)35,3567–5
13April 13@ Reds4–12Cingrani (1–1)Ramos (0–1)—34,3077–6
14April 14@ Orioles1–7Chen (2–1)Archer (1–1)—15,7997–7
—April 15@ OriolesPostponed (rain); Makeup: June 27
15April 16@ Orioles0–3González (1–1)Odorizzi (1–2)Hunter (4)22,6117–8
16April 17Yankees2–10Sabathia (2–2)Price (2–1)—28,0857–9
17April 18Yankees11–5McGee (1–0)Warren (0–1)—26,0798–9
18April 19Yankees16–1Archer (2–1)Nova (2–2)—30,1599–9
19April 20Yankees1–5 (12)Claiborne (1–0)Bell (0–1)—26,4629–10
20April 22Twins7–3Price (3–1)Gibson (3–1)—11,78510–10
21April 23Twins4–6 (12)Fien (3–0)Lueke (0–1)Perkins (4)11,99310–11
22April 24Twins7–9Nolasco (2–2)Bédard (0–1)Perkins (5)13,17710–12
23April 25@ White Sox6–9Lindstrom (2–1)Balfour (0–1)—17,21010–13
24April 26@ White Sox4–0Ramos (1–1)Danks (2–1)—22,41211–13
25April 27@ White Sox2–9Carroll (1–0)Price (3–2)—17,31311–14
26April 28@ White Sox3–7Rienzo (2–0)Odorizzi (1–3)—11,26811–15
27April 29@ Red Sox4–7Lackey (4–2)Gomes (1–1)Uehara (6)34,79411–16
—April 30@ Red SoxPostponed (rain); Makeup: May 1
May (12–17)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordRecap
28May 1 (1)@ Red Sox2–1Gomes (2–1)Peavy (1–1)Balfour (5)35,62112–16
29May 1 (2)@ Red Sox6–5McGee (2–0)Uehara (0–1)Balfour (6)33,46513–16
30May 2@ Yankees10–5 (14)Bell (1–1)Leroux (0–1)—33,58014–16
31May 3@ Yankees3–9Tanaka (4–0)Lueke (0–2)—43,32514–17
32May 4@ Yankees5–1Bédard (1–1)Sabathia (3–4)—41,12215–17
33May 6Orioles3–5O'Day (1–0)Peralta (1–2)Hunter (9)11,85515–18
34May 7Orioles3–4Webb (1–0)Gomes (2–2)Hunter (10)11,28215–19
35May 8Orioles1–3Jiménez (2–4)Price (3–3)O'Day (2–0)11,07615–20
36May 9Indians3–6Kluber (3–3)Peralta (1–3)Allen (1)17,54115–21
37May 10Indians7–1Bédard (2–1)McAllister (3–3)—29,21216–21
38May 11Indians5–6Tomlin (2–0)Archer (2–2)Shaw (2)23,67916–22
39May 12@ Mariners5–12Hernández (4–1)Ramos (1–2)—12,39216–23
40May 13@ Mariners2–1Price (4–3)Rodney (1–2)—13,44617–23
41May 14@ Mariners2–0Odorizzi (2–3)Maurer (1–2)Balfour (7)20,95118–23
42May 15@ Angels5–6Salas (3–0)Boxberger (0–1)—34,44118–24
43May 16@ Angels3–0Archer (3–2)Weaver (4–3)Balfour (8)38,79619–24
44May 17@ Angels0–6Wilson (5–3)Ramos (1–3)—42,22419–25
45May 18@ Angels2–6Shoemaker (2–1)Price (4–4)—36,65519–26
46May 20Athletics0–3Pomeranz (4–1)Odorizzi (2–4)Doolittle (3)11,36919–27
47May 21Athletics2–3Milone (2–3)Bédard (2–2)Doolittle (4)10,55519–28
48May 22Athletics5–2 (11)Lueke (1–2)Otero (4–1)—11,25720–28
49May 23Red Sox1–0Oviedo (1–0)Miller (1–3)—20,89821–28
50May 24Red Sox6–5 (15)Ramos (2–3)Miller (1–4)—23,56922–28
51May 25Red Sox8–5Peralta (2–3)Breslow (2–1)Balfour (9)26,19923–28
52May 26@ Blue Jays5–10Hutchison (4–3)Bédard (2–3)—15,61623–29
53May 27@ Blue Jays6–9Buehrle (9–1)Cobb (1–2)Janssen (8)15,99323–30
54May 28@ Blue Jays2–3Loup (2–1)Oviedo (1–1)—17,30923–31
55May 30@ Red Sox2–3 (10)Miller (2–4)Oviedo (1–2)—35,82023–32
56May 31@ Red Sox1–7De La Rosa (1–0)Odorizzi (2–5)—37,07623–33
June (13–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordRecap
57June 1@ Red Sox0–4Lester (6–6)Bédard (2–4)—37,68823–34
58June 2@ Marlins1–3Wolf (1–1)Cobb (1–3)Cishek (12)18,15523–35
59June 3@ Marlins0–1Álvarez (3–3)Archer (3–3)—21,30323–36
60June 4Marlins4–5Koehler (5–5)Price (4–5)Cishek (13)10,89723–37
61June 5Marlins6–11Turner (2–3)Odorizzi (2–6)—10,44223–38
62June 6Mariners4–0Bédard (3–4)Young (5–3)—14,57724–38
63June 7Mariners4–7Elías (5–4)Cobb (1–4)Rodney (17)23,99624–39
64June 8Mariners0–5Medina (3–1)Bafour (0–2)—18,15824–40
65June 9Mariners0–3Beimel (1–1)Price (4–6)Rodney (18)10,40024–41
66June 10Cardinals0–1Wainwright (9–3)Odorizzi (2–7)Rosenthal (17)17,22624–42
67June 11Cardinals6–3Oviedo (2–2)Wacha (4–5)Bafour (10)15,93025–42
68June 13@ Astros6–1Cobb (2–4)McHugh (4–4)—26,82926–42
69June 14@ Astros3–7Cosart (6–5)Archer (3–4)—26,26426–43
70June 15@ Astros4–3Price (5–6)Williams (1–3)McGee (1)25,52627–43
71June 16Orioles5–4McGee (3–0)O'Day (2–1)Oviedo (1)10,57628–43
72June 17Orioles5–7González (4–4)Bédard (3–5)Britton (8)10,80328–44
73June 18Orioles0–2Gausman (3–1)Cobb (2–5)Britton (9)12,44828–45
74June 19Astros5–0Archer (4–4)McHugh (4–5)—10,88029–45
75June 20Astros1–3Cosart (7–5)Price (5–7)Qualls (9)13,86129–46
76June 21Astros8–0Odorizzi (3–7)Buchanan (0–1)—17,55130–46
77June 22Astros5–2Oviedo (3–2)Keuchel (8–5)Peralta (1)18,84131–46
78June 23Pirates1–8Vólquez (5–6)Cobb (2–6)—13,17531–47
79June 24Pirates5–6Locke (1–1)Archer (4–5)Melancon (13)14,68431–48
80June 25Pirates5–1Price (6–7)Morton (4–9)—23,76132–48
81June 27 (1)@ Orioles5–2Colomé (1–0)Gausman (3–2)McGee (2)15,61433–48
82June 27 (2)@ Orioles1–4Tillman (7–4)Oviedo (3–3)Britton (10)34,89533–49
83June 28@ Orioles5–4Bédard (4–5)Chen (7–3)McGee (3)36,38734–49
84June 29@ Orioles12–7Cobb (3–6)Meek (0–3)—32,66535–49
85June 30@ Yankees4–3 (12)Boxberger (1–1)Ramírez (0–2)—36,05236–49
July (17–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordRecap
86July 1@ Yankees2–1Price (7–7)Kuroda (5–6)Bafour (11)35,86637–49
87July 2@ Yankees6–3Odorizzi (4–7)Nuño (2–5)Boxberger (1)42,34338–49
88July 3@ Tigers1–8Scherzer (10–3)Bédard (4–6)—33,90838–50
89July 4@ Tigers6–3Cobb (4–6)Smyly (4–8)McGee (4)40,65739–50
90July 5@ Tigers7–2Archer (5–5)Sánchez (5–3)—38,08740–50
91July 6@ Tigers7–3Price (8–7)Porcello (11–5)McGee (5)31,91741–50
92July 7Royals0–6Shields (9–4)Odorizzi (4–8)—13,40641–51
93July 8Royals4–3Boxberger (2–1)Vargas (8–4)McGee (6)12,81842–51
94July 9Royals4–5Crow (4–1)Yates (0–1)Holland (24)12,15042–52
95July 11Blue Jays5–8Loup (3–2)Balfour (0–3)Janssen (14)17,53342–53
96July 12Blue Jays10–3Odorizzi (5–8)Hutchison (6–8)—22,69343–53
97July 13Blue Jays3–0Price (9–7)Dickey (7–9)McGee (7)17,18744–53
All-Star Break
98July 18@ Twins6–2Cobb (4–6)Gibson (8–8)—31,05845–53
99July 19@ Twins5–1Price (10–7)Hughes (10–6)McGee (8)36,11746–53
100July 20@ Twins5–3Archer (6–5)Correia (5–12)Yates (1)26,82147–53
101July 22@ Cardinals7–2Odorizzi (6–8)Wainwright (12–5)—43,62348–53
102July 23@ Cardinals3–0Cobb (6–6)Lynn (11–7)McGee (9)43,56449–53
103July 25Red Sox6–4Price (11–7)Tazawa (1–2)McGee (10)23,13650–53
104July 26Red Sox3–0Balfour (1–3)Lackey (11–7)McGee (11)26,65951–53
105July 27Red Sox2–3Webster (1–0)Archer (6–6)Uehara (21)25,22151–54
106July 28Brewers2–1Odorizzi (6–8)Lohse (11–5)McGee (12)12,66052–54
107July 29Brewers5–1Cobb (6–6)Smith (1–2)—16,24953–54
108July 30Brewers0–5Gallardo (6–5)Price (11–8)Rodríguez (31)24,80953–55
August (13–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordRecap
109August 1Angels3–5Shoemaker (9–3)Hellickson (0–1)Street (29)20,96953–56
110August 2Angels10–3Archer (7–6)Wilson (8–7)—23,65654–56
111August 3Angels5–7Weaver (12–6)Odorizzi (7–9)Street (30)25,87754–57
112August 4@ Athletics2–3 (10)Cook (1–1)Balfour (1–4)—18,47954–58
113August 5@ Athletics0–3Hammel (9–9)Smyly (6–10)Doolittle (17)16,33554–59
114August 6@ Athletics7–3Hellickson (1–1)Gray (12–5)—25,51355–59
115August 8@ Cubs5–4 (10)Boxberger (3–1)Rondon (3–4)—34,93756–59
116August 9@ Cubs4–0Odorizzi (8–9)Jackson (6–12)—36,73957–59
117August 10@ Cubs2–3 (12)Villanueva (5–6)Ramos (2–4)—33,03957–60
118August 11@ Rangers7–0Smyly (7–10)Lewis (8–9)—28,50158–60
119August 12@ Rangers2–3 (14)Baker (1–8)Ramos (2–5)—35,64258–61
120August 13@ Rangers10–1Archer (8–6)Mikolas (1–5)—29,87059–61
121August 14@ Rangers6–3Odorizzi (9–9)Ross (2–5)McGee (13)28,90460–61
122August 15Yankees5–0Cobb (8–6)McCarthy (7–12)—26,53561–61
123August 16Yankees2–3Betances (5–0)McGee (3–1)Robertson (32)31,04261–62
124August 17Yankees2–4Kuroda (8–8)Hellickson (1–2)Robertson (33)28,81261–63
125August 19Tigers6–8 (11)Johnson (5–2)Balfour (1–5)Nathan (26)14,33161–64
126August 20Tigers0–6Porcello (14–8)Odorizzi (9–10)—13,57561–65
127August 21Tigers1–0Cobb (9–6)Price (12–9)McGee (14)19,18962–65
128August 22@ Blue Jays8–0Smyly (8–10)Stroman (7–5)—28,50663–65
129August 23@ Blue Jays4–5 (10)McGowan (5–3)Peralta (2–4)—37,45163–66
130August 24@ Blue Jays2–1 (10)McGee (4–1)Santos (0–3)Boxberger (2)38,86964–66
131August 25@ Orioles1–9Tillman (11–5)Odorizzi (9–11)—15,51664–67
132August 26@ Orioles2–4Brach (5–0)Balfour (1–6)Britton (28)16,40664–68
133August 27@ Orioles3–1Smyly (9–10)Gausman (7–6)McGee (15)20,76265–68
134August 28@ Orioles4–5Miller (4–5)Yates (0–2)Britton (29)16,91565–69
135August 29Red Sox3–8Ranaudo (3–0)Archer (8–7)—16,10765–70
136August 30Red Sox7–0Odorizzi (10–11)Webster (3–3)—17,46366–70
137August 31Red Sox0–3Buchholz (6–8)Cobb (9–7)—16,82266–71
September (11–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordRecap
138September 1Red Sox4–3 (10)Balfour (2–6)Badenhop (0–3)—10,54367–71
139September 2Blue Jays2–8Dickey (11–12)Hellickson (1–3)—10,12567–72
140September 3Blue Jays4–7Stroman (9–5)Archer (8–8)Sanchez (2)10,26467–73
141September 4Blue Jays0–1 (10)Cecil (2–3)Geltz (0–1)Janssen (21)10,39267–74
142September 5Orioles3–0Boxberger (4–1)Webb (3–3)McGee (16)14,63268–74
143September 6Orioles3–2Boxberger (5–1)Brach (5–1)—17,96969–74
144September 7Orioles5–7 (11)Brach (6–1)Ramos (2–6)Miller (1)19,91469–75
145September 9@ Yankees4–3Archer (9–8)Kuroda (10–9)McGee (17)31,18870–75
146September 10@ Yankees5–8Claiborne (3–0)Odorizzi (10–12)—31,59170–76
147September 11@ Yankees4–5Kelley (3–5)McGee (4–2)—32,62770–77
148September 12@ Blue Jays1–0Karns (1–0)Happ (9–10)Balfour (12)19,90971–77
149September 13@ Blue Jays3–6Dickey (13–12)Boxberger (5–2)Janssen (23)31,36871–78
150September 14@ Blue Jays6–5 (10)McGee (5–2)Morrow (1–3)Beliveau (1)28,63372–78
151September 15Yankees1–0Peralta (3–4)Kelley (3–6)—16,05873–78
152September 16Yankees6–1Odorizzi (11–12)Pineda (3–5)—21,38774–78
153September 17Yankees2–3McCarthy (10–14)Cobb (9–8)Robertson (37)26,33274–79
154September 19White Sox3–4Quintana (9–10)Hellickson (1–4)Putnam (6)17,54074–80
155September 20White Sox3–1Archer (10–8)Noesí (8–11)McGee (18)21,83075–80
156September 21White Sox5–10Danks (10–11)Karns (1–1)—21,27075–81
157September 23@ Red Sox6–2Cobb (10–8)Buchholz (8–10)—35,56676–81
158September 24@ Red Sox3–11Ranaudo (4–3)Odorizzi (11–13)—35,74176–82
159September 25@ Red Sox1–11Webster (5–3)Hellickson (1–5)—36,59076–83
160September 26@ Indians0–1Kluber (18–9)Archer (10–9)Allen (24)23,13176–84
161September 27@ Indians2–0Colomé (2–0)Carrasco (8–7)McGee (19)33,02577–84
162September 28@ Indians2–7House (5–3)Cobb (10–9)—21,40077–85

Roster
2014 Tampa Bay Rays
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Note: All batting and pitching leaders in each category are in bold.

Batting

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

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
Vince Belnome410111001.1000
Curt Casali307210123003.1670
David DeJesus832382459152619.2480
Yunel Escobar13747633123180739.2581
Cole Figueroa23436102106.2330
Logan Forsythe1103013267121626.2232
Nick Franklin1134472014.2061
Brandon Guyer972593769151326.2666
Ryan Hanigan84225184990534.2181
Desmond Jennings123479641173021036.24415
Matt Joyce14041851106232952.2542
Kevin Kiermaier10833135871681035.2635
James Loney15560059174270969.2904
Evan Longoria162624831582612291.2535
José Molina8022544020010.1783
Wil Myers873253772140635.2226
Sean Rodriguez9623730501331241.2112
Jerry Sands1221140014.1900
Alí Solís86000001.0000
Ben Zobrist146570831553431052.27210
Pitcher Totals16222011002.0450
Team Totals1625516612136126324117586.24763

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; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB K
Chris Archer1093.3332320194.2177857272173
Grant Balfour264.916501262.14934344157
Érik Bédard464.761715075.28446402964
Jeff Beliveau002.63300124.01977728
Heath Bell117.27130017.1241614812
Brad Boxberger522.37630264.234171720104
Alex Cobb1092.8727270166.1142565347149
Alex Colomé202.6653023.219771013
Steve Geltz013.2411008.1633514
Brandon Gomes223.71290034.02814141124
Jeremy Hellickson154.521313063.27135322154
Nate Karns114.5022012.0766413
Josh Lueke125.64250030.1382019519
Jake McGee521.897301971.14815151690
Matt Moore022.7022010.0103356
Jake Odorizzi11134.1331310168.0156797759174
Juan Carlos Oviedo333.69320131.22714131626
Joel Peralta344.41690163.16031311574
David Price1183.1123230170.2156685923189
Cesar Ramos263.70437082.27339343966
C.J. Riefenhauser008.447005.165532
Drew Smyly311.7077047.225991144
Kirby Yates023.75370136.03316151542
Team Totals77853.56162162371463.212926255794821437

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Durham Bulls International League Charlie Montoyo
AA Montgomery Biscuits Southern League Brady Williams
A Charlotte Stone Crabs Florida State League Jared Sandberg
A Bowling Green Hot Rods Midwest League Mike Johns
A-Short Season Hudson Valley Renegades New York–Penn League Tom Parenton
Rookie Princeton Rays Appalachian League Danny Sheaffer
Rookie GCL Rays Gulf Coast League Jim Morrison

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References
  1. Leventhal, Josh, ed. (2014). Baseball America 2015 Almanac. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-54-1.
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