2014 Chicago Cubs season

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 Division.[1]

2014 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record73–89 (.451)
Divisional place5th
Other information
Owner(s)Tom Ricketts
General manager(s)Jed Hoyer
Manager(s)Rick Renteria
Local televisionWGN-TV
WGN America
CSN Chicago
CSN Chicago Plus
WCIU-TV
(Len Kasper, Jim Deshaies)
Local radioWGN (AM)
Chicago Cubs Radio Network
(Pat Hughes, Ron Coomer, Judd Sirott)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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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 BonifacioCF
Starlin CastroSS
Darwin Barney2B
Anthony Rizzo1B
Nate SchierholtzRF
Welington CastilloC
Mike Olt3B
Junior LakeLF
Jeff SamardzijaSP

National League Central
NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 9072 0.556 — 51–30 39–42
Pittsburgh Pirates 8874 0.543 2 51–30 37–44
Milwaukee Brewers 8280 0.506 8 42–39 40–41
Cincinnati Reds 7686 0.469 14 44–37 32–49
Chicago Cubs 7389 0.451 17 41–40 32–49

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

Detailed record vs. opponents


Game log
2014 Game Log: 73–89 (Home: 41–40; Away: 32–49)
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

Roster
2014 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

 Manager

Coaching Staff

  • 95 Chad Noble (bullpen catcher)

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
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

Source[10]

Pitching
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
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
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
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
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

Source[10]

Scoring by inning
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ≥10 Total
Chicago Cubs 55 57 65 73 59 77 57 58 45 13 559
Opponents 85 71 48 74 78 77 87 61 43 18 642

Source: Baseball-Reference

Awards and honors

Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Branch Rickey Award[11]

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]

References
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  8. Axisa, Mike (July 28, 2014). "Dodgers acquire infielder Darwin Barney from Cubs". CBSsports.com. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
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