2014 Toronto Blue Jays season explained

Toronto Blue Jays
Season:	2014
League:	American League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	Rogers Centre
City:	Toronto, Ontario
Record:	83–79 (.512)
Divisional Place:	3rd
Owners:	Rogers Paul Beeston (CEO)
General Managers:	Alex Anthopoulos
Managers:	John Gibbons
Television:	Sportsnet Sportsnet One (Buck Martinez, Pat Tabler, Joe Siddall)
Radio:	Blue Jays Radio Network Sportsnet 590 the FAN (Jerry Howarth, Joe Siddall, Mike Wilner, Duane Ward)

The 2014 Toronto Blue Jays season was the 38th season for the franchise, and the 25th full season of play (26th overall) at Rogers Centre.^[1] Pitcher Roy Halladay signed a one-day contract with the Blue Jays before retiring from baseball, citing injuries.^[2]

The Blue Jays announced their 2014 schedule on September 10, 2013.^[3]

Standings

American League Wild Card

Records vs opponents

	Record	Games Left
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AL East
	4–5	4–6	8–11	–	–	–
	5–5	7–2	12–7	–	–	–
	5–4	3–7	8–11	–	–	–
	5–4	6–4	11–8	–	–	–
Totals	19–18	20–19	39–37	–	–	–
AL Central
	1–3	1–2	2–5	–	–	–
	2–1	2–1	4–2	–	–	–
	2–1	3–0	5–1	–	–	–
	2–2	1–2	3–4	–	–	–
	1–2	1–2	2–4	–	–	–
Totals	8–9	8–7	16–16	–	–	–
AL West
	2–1	1–3	3–4	–	–	–
	1–3	1–2	2–5	–	–	–
	3–0	0–4	3–4	–	–	–
	3–1	0–3	3–4	–	–	–
	2–1	2–1	4–2	–	–	–
Totals	11–6	4–13	15–19	–	–	–
National League
	3–0	–	3–0	–	–	–
	–	1–2	1–2	–	–	–
	2–0	1–1	3–1	–	–	–
	2–0	2–0	4–0	–	–	–
	–	1–2	1–2	–	–	–
	1–2	–	1–2	–	–	–
Totals	8–2	5–5	13–7	–	–	–
Grand Totals	46–35	37–44	83–79	–	–	–

Month	Games	Won	Lost

March	1	0	1
April	26	12	14
May	30	21	9
June	27	12	15
July	26	15	11
August	26	9	17
September	26	14	12
Totals	162	83	79

2014 draft

The 2014 Major League Baseball draft was held on June 5–7.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College/School	Signed

1	9	Jeff Hoffman	RHP	East Carolina University (NC)	July 2, 2014^[4]
1	11*	Max Pentecost	C	Kennesaw State University (GA)	July 2, 2014
2	49	Sean Reid-Foley	RHP	Sandalwood High School (FL)	June 10, 2014^[5]
3	83	Nick Wells	LHP	Battlefield High School (VA)	June 18, 2014^[6]
4	114	Matt Morgan	C	Thorsby High School (AL)	June 8, 2014^[7]
5	144	Lane Thomas	RF	Bearden High School (TN)	June 10, 2014^[8]
6	174	Grayson Huffman	LHP	Grayson County College (TX)	June 18, 2014
7	204	Zack Zehner	LF	California Polytechnic State University (CA)	Unsigned
8	234	Justin Shafer	RHP	University of Florida (FL)	June 8, 2014
9	264	Ryan Metzler	2B	University of South Carolina Aiken (SC)	June 12, 2014^[9]
10	294	Jordan Romano	RHP	Oral Roberts University (OK)	June 12, 2014

– Toronto received the 11th overall pick in the 2014 draft as compensation for not signing Phillip Bickford in 2013.

Regular season

Summary

The Blue Jays started the year, like most years in the past 10, in mediocre fashion, ending the month of April with a record of 12 wins and 15 losses, 3 games behind the Eastern division leaders. The month of May was a different story; they won 21 games and lost 9, taking over sole possession of the division lead on May 22. The month was memorable for a 9-game winning streak which included series sweeps over the Boston Red Sox (away), the Oakland A's (at home) and the Tampa Bay Rays (at home). Edwin Encarnación hit 16 home runs during the month, tying an American League record for homers in May, set by Mickey Mantle in 1956. Between May 15 and June 6, the Blue Jays won 18 out of 21 to climb into their largest division lead, at any point of the season, since 1993. However, from June 7 to June 30 the Jays won only 7 more games versus 15 losses. As of June 30, they were just 6 games above .500, but still held onto a 1 game lead in their division.

The Blue Jays had three All Stars in 2014: José Bautista, Mark Buehrle, and Edwin Encarnación.

On July 26, the Blue Jays ended a streak of 17 consecutive losses in games against the Yankees at Yankee Stadium.^[10] On August 10, the Blue Jays played the longest game in franchise history in terms of both time and innings, defeating the Detroit Tigers 6–5 after 19 innings. After a poor August, Toronto opened September with its first series win in Tampa Bay since April 6–8, 2007.^[11] They would go on to complete the sweep, their first at Tropicana Field.^[12] Top prospect Daniel Norris made his MLB debut on September 5, striking out David Ortiz in his of an inning.

On September 23, the Blue Jays were officially eliminated from playoff contention.^[13] The Kansas City Royals clinched a playoff spot on September 26, making the Blue Jays the owners of the longest active MLB playoff drought, until clinching a playoff berth the following year.^[14]

|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 1 || March 31 || @ Rays || 2–9 || Price (1–0) || Dickey (0–1) || || 31,042 || 0–1 || 1|-|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 2 || April 1 || @ Rays || 4–2 || Hutchison (1–0) || Cobb (0–1) || Santos (1) || 11,113 || 1–1 || ½|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 3 || April 2 || @ Rays || 3–0 || Buehrle (1–0) || Moore (0–1) || Cecil (1) || 10,808 || 2–1 || +½|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 4 || April 3 || @ Rays || 2–7 || Archer (1–0) || Morrow (0–1) || || 9,571 || 2–2 || ½|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 5 || April 4 || Yankees || 3–7 || Tanaka (1–0) || McGowan (0–1) || || 48,197 || 2–3 || 1|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 6 || April 5 || Yankees || 4–0 || Dickey (1–1) || Pineda (0–1) || Santos (2) || 45,446 || 3–3 || 1|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 7 || April 6 || Yankees || 4–6 || Sabathia (1–1) || Hutchison (1–1) || Robertson (2) || 34,067 || 3–4 || 1|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 8 || April 8 || Astros || 5–2 || Buehrle (2–0) || Oberholtzer (0–2) || Santos (3) || 13,123 || 4–4 || ½|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 9 || April 9 || Astros || 7–3 || Morrow (1–1) || Harrell (0–2) || || 13,569 || 5–4 || +½|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 10 || April 10 || Astros || 4–6 || Keuchel (1–1) || Dickey (1–2) || Bass (1) || 15,778 || 5–5 || –|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 11 || April 11 || @ Orioles || 2–0 || McGowan (1–1) || Tillman (1–1) || Santos (4) || 22,327 || 6–5 || –|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 12 || April 12 || @ Orioles || 1–2 (12) || Britton (2–0) || Redmond (0–1) || || 30,446 || 6–6 || 1|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 13 || April 13 || @ Orioles || 11–3 || Buehrle (3–0) || Jiménez (0–3) || || 39,281 || 7–6 || –|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 14 || April 15 || @ Twins || 9–3 || Loup (1–0) || Hughes (0–1) || || 21,818 || 8–6 || +½|- style="text-align:center; background:#ccc;"| – || April 16 || @ Twins ||colspan="7" | Postponed (snow). Makeup date: April 17.|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 15 || April 17 || @ Twins || 0–7 || Gibson (3–0) || Dickey (1–3) || || 20,507 || 8–7 || 1½|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 16 || April 17 || @ Twins || 5–9 || Fien (3–0) || Santos (0–1) || || 20,698 || 8–8 || 2|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 17 || April 18 || @ Indians || 3–2 || Delabar (1–0) || Rzepczynski (0–1) || Santos (5) || 16,335 || 9–8 || 1|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 18 || April 19 || @ Indians || 5–0 || Buehrle (4–0) || Kluber (1–2) || || 15,188 || 10–8 || –|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 19 || April 20 || @ Indians || 4–6 || Outman (3–0) || Loup (1–1) || Axford (6) || 11,716 || 10–9 || 1|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 20 || April 22 || Orioles || 9–3 || Delabar (2–0) || Meek (0–1) || || 14,866 || 11–9 || 1|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 21 || April 23 || Orioles || 8–10 || Tillman (3–1) || Redmond (0–2) || Hunter (6) || 15,202 || 11–10 || 1|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 22 || April 24 || Orioles || 4–11 || Norris (1–2) || Cecil (0–1) || || 16,283 || 11–11 || 2|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 23 || April 25 || Red Sox || 1–8 || Peavy (1–0) || Buehrle (4–1) || || 29,411 || 11–12 || 2|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 24 || April 26 || Red Sox || 6–7 || Buchholz (1–2) || Morrow (1–2) || Uehara (5) || 40,322 || 11–13 || 3|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 25 || April 27 || Red Sox || 7–1 || Dickey (2–3) || Lester (2–4) || || 45,260 || 12–13 || 3|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 26 || April 29 || @ Royals || 7–10 || Crow (1–1) || Cecil (0–2) || || 10,705 || 12–14 || 3|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 27 || April 30 || @ Royals || 2–4 || Herrera (1–1) || Hutchison (1–2) || Holland (7) || 11,715 || 12–15 || 3½|-|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 28 || May 1 || @ Royals || 7–3 || Buehrle (5–1) || Guthrie (2–2) || Loup (1) || 11,207 || 13–15 || 2½|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 29 || May 2 || @ Pirates || 5–6 || Melancon (1–1) || Santos (0–2) || || 24,547 || 13–16 || 3|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 30 || May 3 || @ Pirates || 6–8 || Morris (3–0) || Redmond (0–3) || Melancon (1) || 31,439 || 13–17 || 3½|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 31 || May 4 || @ Pirates || 7–2 || McGowan (2–1) || Vólquez (1–3) || || 29,496 || 14–17 || 2½|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 32 || May 5 || @ Phillies || 3–0 || Happ (1–0) || Kendrick (0–3) || Cecil (2) || 25,275 || 15–17 || 1½|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 33 || May 6 || @ Phillies || 6–5 (10) || Stroman (1–0) || Bastardo (3–2) || Loup (2) || 26,057 || 16–17 || 1½|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 34 || May 7 || Phillies || 10–0 || Buehrle (6–1) || Lee (3–3) || || 16,446 || 17–17 || 1½|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 35 || May 8 || Phillies || 12–6 || Dickey (3–3) || Burnett (2–2) || || 18,158 || 18–17 || 1½|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 36 || May 9 || Angels || 3–4 || Smith (2–0) || Cecil (0–3) || Frieri (4) || 21,383 || 18–18 || 2½|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 37 || May 10 || Angels || 3–5 || Skaggs (3–1) || Happ (1–1) || Smith (4) || 31,412 || 18–19 || 3½|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 38 || May 11 || Angels || 3–9 || Weaver (4–2) || Hutchison (1–3) || || 20,871 || 18–20 || 3½|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 39 || May 12 || Angels || 7–3 || Buehrle (7–1) || Wilson (4–3) || || 13,603 || 19–20 || 2½|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 40 || May 13 || Indians || 5–4 || Dickey (4–3) || Masterson (2–2) || Janssen (1) || 13,673 || 20–20 || 1½|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 41 || May 14 || Indians || 4–15 || Kluber (4–3) || McGowan (2–2) || || 14,068 || 20–21 || 1½|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 42 || May 15 || Indians || 4–2 || Happ (2–1) || Salazar (1–4) || Janssen (2) || 17,364 || 21–21 || 1½|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 43 || May 16 || @ Rangers || 2–0 || Hutchison (2–3) || Darvish (3–2) || || 39,129 || 22–21 || 1½|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 44 || May 17 || @ Rangers || 4–2 || Delabar (3–0) || Cotts (1–3) || Janssen (3) || 39,723 || 23–21 || ½|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 45 || May 18 || @ Rangers || 2–6 || Poreda (2–0) || Dickey (4–4) || || 43,671 || 23–22 || 1|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 46 || May 20 || @ Red Sox || 7–4 || Happ (3–1) || Doubront (2–4) || Janssen (4) || 37,904 || 24–22 || ½|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 47 || May 21 || @ Red Sox || 6–4 || Hutchison (3–3) || Buchholz (2–4) || Janssen (5) || 36,116 || 25–22 || –|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 48 || May 22 || @ Red Sox || 7–2 || Buehrle (8–1) || Lester (4–6) || || 36,018 || 26–22 || +1|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 49 || May 23 || Athletics || 3–2 || Hendriks (1–0) || Kazmir (5–2) || Janssen (6) || 21,007 || 27–22 || +1½|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 50 || May 24 || Athletics || 5–2 || Dickey (5–4) || Chavez (4–2) || Cecil (3) || 29,372 || 28–22 || +2|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 51 || May 25 || Athletics || 3–1 || Happ (4–1) || Pomeranz (4–2) || Janssen (7) || 45,277 || 29–22 || +2|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 52 || May 26 || Rays || 10–5 || Hutchison (4–3) || Bédard (2–3) || || 15,616 || 30–22 || +2|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 53 || May 27 || Rays || 9–6 || Buehrle (9–1) || Cobb (1–2) || Janssen (8) || 15,993 || 31–22 || +3|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 54 || May 28 || Rays || 3–2 || Loup (2–1) || Oviedo (1–1) || || 17,309 || 32–22 || +3|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 55 || May 29 || Royals || 6–8 (10) || Davis (4–1) || Redmond (0–4) || Holland (15) || 17,978 || 32–23 || +2½|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 56 || May 30 || Royals || 1–6 || Vargas (5–2) || Happ (4–2) || || 21,543 || 32–24 || +2½|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 57 || May 31 || Royals || 12–2 || Stroman (2–0) || Brooks (0–1) || Redmond (1) || 31,652 || 33–24 || +2½|-|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 58 || June 1 || Royals || 4–0 || Buehrle (10–1) || Guthrie (2–5) || || 38,008 || 34–24 || +3½|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 59 || June 3 || @ Tigers || 5–3 || McGowan (3–2) || Nathan (2–2) || Janssen (9) || 33,488 || 35–24 || +4½|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 60 || June 4 || @ Tigers || 8–2 || Dickey (6–4) || Porcello (8–3) || || 32,033 || 36–24 || +4½|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 61 || June 5 || @ Tigers || 7–3 || Happ (5–2) || Verlander (6–5) || Janssen (10) || 39,440 || 37–24 || +5½|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 62 || June 6 || Cardinals || 3–1 || Stroman (3–0) || Lynn (6–4) || Janssen (11) || 33,528 || 38–24 || +6|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 63 || June 7 || Cardinals || 0–5 || Miller (7–5) || Buehrle (10–2) || || 42,981 || 38–25 || +5½|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 64 || June 8 || Cardinals || 0–5 || García (2–0) || Hutchison (4–4) || || 45,726 || 38–26 || +5½|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 65 || June 9 || Twins || 5–4 || Janssen (1–0) || Guerrier (0–1) || || 19,428 || 39–26 || +5½|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 66 || June 10 || Twins || 0–4 || Correia (3–7) || Happ (5–3) || || 20,681 || 39–27 || +5½|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 67 || June 11 || Twins || 2–7 || Hughes (7–2) || Stroman (3–1) || || 45,080 || 39–28 || +4½|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 68 || June 12 || @ Orioles || 2–4 || Gausman (2–1) || Buehrle (10–3) || Britton (6) || 17,403 || 39–29 || +3½|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 69 || June 13 || @ Orioles || 4–0 || Hutchison (5–4) || Jiménez (2–8) || McGowan (1) || 44,031 || 40–29 || +3½|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 70 || June 14 || @ Orioles || 2–3 || Norris (6–5) || Dickey (6–5) || Britton (7) || 33,901 || 40–30 || +3½|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 71 || June 15 || @ Orioles || 5–2 || Happ (6–3) || Tillman (5–4) || Janssen (12) || 46,469 || 41–30 || +4½|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 72 || June 17 || @ Yankees || 1–3 || Tanaka (11–1) || Stroman (3–2) || Robertson (17) || 41,834 || 41–31 || +3½|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 73 || June 18 || @ Yankees || 3–7 || Whitley (3–0) || Buehrle (10–4) || || 41,342 || 41–32 || +2½|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 74 || June 19 || @ Yankees || 4–6 || Phelps (3–4) || Hutchison (5–5) || Warren (2) || 40,169 || 41–33 || +1½|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 75 || June 20 || @ Reds || 14–9 || McGowan (4–2) || Chapman (0–2) || || 33,103 || 42–33 || +1½|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 76 || June 21 || @ Reds || 1–11 || Leake (5–6) || Happ (6–4) || || 42,530 || 42–34 || +1½|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 77 || June 22 || @ Reds || 3–4 || Cueto (7–5) || Dickey (6–6) || Chapman (13) || 36,089 || 42–35 || +1½|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 78 || June 23 || Yankees || 8–3 || Stroman (4–2) || Whitley (3–1) || || 31,554 || 43–35 || +1½|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 79 || June 24 || Yankees || 7–6 || Janssen (2–0) || Warren (1–4) || || 34,206 || 44–35 || +2½|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 80 || June 25 || Yankees || 3–5 || Kuroda (5–5) || Hutchison (5–6) || Robertson (18) || 34,710 || 44–36 || +1½|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 81 || June 26 || White Sox || 7–0 || Happ (7–4) || Carroll (2–4) || || 23,248 || 45–36 || +2|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 82 || June 27 || White Sox || 4–5 || Danks (7–6) || Dickey (6–7) || Petricka (2) || 24,173 || 45–37 || +1½|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 83 || June 28 || White Sox || 3–4 || Sale (7–1) || McGowan (4–3) || Putnam (1) || 39,623 || 45–38 || +1½|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 84 || June 29 || White Sox || 0–4 || Quintana (5–7) || Buehrle (10–5) || || 33,177 || 45–39 || +1½|-|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 85 || July 1 || Brewers || 4–1 || Hutchison (6–6) || Estrada (7–5) || Janssen (13) || 45,088 || 46–39 || +1|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 86 || July 2 || Brewers || 7–4 || Janssen (3–0) || Smith (1–1) || || 24,286 || 47–39 || +1|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 87 || July 3 || @ Athletics || 1–4 || Gray (8–3) || Dickey (6–8) || Doolittle (12) || 32,913 || 47–40 || – |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 88 || July 4 || @ Athletics || 0–1 (12) || Otero (7–1) || Jenkins (0–1) || || 22,322 || 47–41 || ½|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 89 || July 5 || @ Athletics || 1–5 || Kazmir (10–3) || Buehrle (10–6) || || 20,236 || 47–42 || 1|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 90 || July 6 || @ Athletics || 2–4 || Samardzija (3–7) || Hutchison (6–7) || Doolittle (13) || 22,897 || 47–43 || 2|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 91 || July 7 || @ Angels || 2–5 || Shoemaker (7–2) || Happ (7–5) || Smith (11) || 38,189 || 47–44 || 3 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 92 || July 8 || @ Angels || 4–0 || Dickey (7–8) || Skaggs (4–5) || || 38,111 || 48–44 || 2½|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 93 || July 9 || @ Angels || 7–8 || Grilli (1–3) || Loup (2–2) || Smith (12) || 35,726 || 48–45 || 2½|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 94 || July 11 || @ Rays || 8–5 || Loup (3–2) || Balfour (0–3) || Janssen (14) || 17,533 || 49–45 || 3 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 95 || July 12 || @ Rays || 3–10 || Odorizzi (5–8) || Hutchison (6–8) || || 22,693 || 49–46 || 3 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 96 || July 13 || @ Rays || 0–3 || Price (9–7) || Dickey (7–9) || McGee (7) || 17,187 || 49–47 || 4 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 97 || July 18 || Rangers || 1–5 || Darvish (9–5) || Dickey (7–10) || || 38,012 || 49–48 || 4 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 98 || July 19 || Rangers || 4–1 || Stroman (5–2) || Lewis (6–7) || Loup (3) || 45,802 || 50–48 || 4|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 99 || July 20 || Rangers || 9–6 || Redmond (1–4) || Feliz (0–1) || Loup (4) || 36,011 || 51–48 || 3|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 100 || July 21 || Red Sox || 1–14 || Lackey (11–6) || Hutchison (6–9) || || 27,905 || 51–49 || 4 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 101 || July 22 || Red Sox || 7–3 || Happ (8–5) || Peavy (1–9) || Cecil (4) || 29,269 || 52–49 || 4|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 102 || July 23 || Red Sox || 6–4 || Dickey (8–10) || Buchholz (5–6) || Janssen (15) || 35,696 || 53–49 || 3|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 103 || July 24 || Red Sox || 8–0 || Stroman (6–2) || De La Rosa (3–3) || || 46,683 || 54–49 || 3|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 104 || July 25 || @ Yankees || 4–6 || Kuroda (7–6) || Buehrle (10–7) || Robertson (26) || 44,237 || 54–50 || 4|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 105 || July 26 || @ Yankees || 6–4 || Hutchison (7–9) || Kelley (1–3) || || 46,166 || 55–50 || 3 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 106 || July 27 || @ Yankees || 5–4 || Sanchez (1–0) || Robertson (1–3) || Janssen (16) || 45,063 || 56–50 || 3|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 107 || July 28 || @ Red Sox || 14–1 || Dickey (9–10) || Buchholz (5–7) || || 37,974 || 57–50 || 2½|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 108 || July 29 || @ Red Sox || 4–2 || Stroman (7–2) || De La Rosa (3–4) || Janssen (17) || 38,275 || 58–50 || 2½|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 109 || July 30 || @ Red Sox || 6–1 || Buehrle (11–7) || Workman (1–4) || || 38,203 || 59–50 || 2½ |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 110 || July 31 || @ Astros || 6–5 || Sanchez (2–0) || Qualls (1–3) || Janssen (18) || 17,423 || 60–50 || 1½ |-|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 111 || August 1 || @ Astros || 1–3 || Veras (1–1) || Loup (3–3) || Qualls (12) || 19,576 || 60–51 || 2½|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 112 || August 2 || @ Astros || 2–8 || Oberholtzer (4–7) || Dickey (9–11) || || 19,946 || 60–52 || 2½|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 113 || August 3 || @ Astros || 1–6 || Feldman (5–8) || Stroman (7–3) || || 19,932 || 60–53 || 3½|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 114 || August 5 || Orioles || 3–9 || Norris (9–7) || Buehrle (11–8) || || 36,183 || 60–54 || 5|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 115 || August 6 || Orioles || 5–1 || Hutchison (8–9) || Chen (12–4) || || 33,054 || 61–54 || 4|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 116 || August 7 || Orioles || 1–2 || González (6–6) || Happ (8–6) || Britton (24) || 34,676 || 61–55 || 5 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 117 || August 8 || Tigers || 4–5 || Alburquerque (3–1) || Janssen (3–1) || Nathan (24) || 36,237 || 61–56 || 6 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 118 || August 9 || Tigers || 3–2 (10) || Loup (4–3) || Chamberlain (1–5) || || 45,927 || 62–56 || 6|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 119 || August 10 || Tigers || 6–5 (19) || Jenkins (1–1) || Porcello (13–7) || || 46,126 || 63–56 || 5 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 120 || August 11 || @ Mariners || 1–11 || Hernández (13–3) || Hutchison (8–10) || || 41,168 || 63–57 || 6 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 121 || August 12 || @ Mariners || 3–6 || Young (11–6) || Happ (8–7) || Rodney (34) || 26,076 || 63–58 || 6½|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 122 || August 13 || @ Mariners || 0–2 || Iwakuma (11–6) || Dickey (9–12) || Rodney (35) || 32,368 || 63–59 || 7½|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 123 || August 15 || @ White Sox || 5–11 || Noesí (7–8) || Stroman (7–4) || || 22,739 || 63–60 || 7½ |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 124 || August 16 || @ White Sox || 6–3 || Cecil (1–3) || Lindstrom (2–2) || Janssen (19) || 29,420 || 64–60 || 6½ |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 125 || August 17 || @ White Sox || 5–7 || Caroll (5–7) || Hutchison (8–11) || Petricka (9) || 25,761 || 64–61 || 7½ |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 126 || August 19 || @ Brewers || 1–6 || Fiers (3–1) || Happ (8–8) || || 42,221 || 64–62 || 9|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 127 || August 20 || @ Brewers || 9–5 || Dickey (10–12) || Nelson (2–4) || || 39,300 || 65–62 || 9|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 128 || August 22 || Rays || 0–8 || Smyly (8–10) || Stroman (7–5) || || 28,506 || 65–63 || 9|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 129 || August 23 || Rays || 5–4 (10) || McGowan (5–3) || Peralta (2–4) || || 37,451 || 66–63 || 8|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 130 || August 24 || Rays || 1–2 (10)|| McGee (4–1) || Santos (0–3) || Boxberger (2) || 38,869 || 66–64 || 8|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 131 || August 25 || Red Sox || 3–4 (10) || Uehara (6–4) || Sanchez (2–1) || Breslow (1) || 26,041 || 66-65 || 9|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 132 || August 26 || Red Sox || 7–11 (11) || Tazawa (3–3) || Janssen (3–2) || || 27,321 || 66–66 || 10 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 133 || August 27 || Red Sox || 5–2 || Stroman (8–5) || Layne (1–1) || Cecil (5) || 30,285 || 67–66 || 9|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 134 || August 29 || Yankees || 3–6 || Capuano (2–3) || Buehrle (11–9) || Robertson (35) || 43,318 || 67–67 || 10½|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 135 || August 30 || Yankees || 2–0 || Hutchison (9–11) || Pineda (3–3) || Sanchez (1) || 45,863 || 68–67 || 10½|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 136 || August 31 || Yankees || 4–3 || Happ (9–8) || McCarthy (8–14) || Janssen (20) || 45,678 || 69–67 || 10½|-|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 137 || September 2 || @ Rays || 8–2 || Dickey (11–12) || Hellickson (1–3) || || 10,125 || 70–67 || 10|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 138 || September 3 || @ Rays || 7–4 || Stroman (9–5) || Archer (8–8) || Sanchez (2) || 10,264 || 71–67 || 10 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 139 || September 4 || @ Rays || 1–0 (10) || Cecil (2–3) || Geltz (0–1) || Janssen (21) || 10,392 || 72–67 || 10|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 140 || September 5 || @ Red Sox || 8–9 (10) || Layne (2–1) || Janssen (3–3) || || 35,667 || 72–68 || 10 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 141 || September 6 || @ Red Sox || 3–4 || Buchholz (7–8) || Happ (9–9) || Mujica (4) || 36,677 || 72–69 || 10 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 142 || September 7 || @ Red Sox || 3–1 || Dickey (12–12) || De La Rosa (4–6) || Janssen (22) || 36,261 || 73–69 || 10|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 143 || September 8 || Cubs || 8–0 || Stroman (10–5) || Turner (5–9) || || 16,879 || 74–69 || 10|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 144 || September 9 || Cubs || 9–2 || Buehrle (12–9) || Ramirez (2–2) || || 17,903 || 75–69 || 10|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 145 || September 10 || Cubs || 11–1 || Hutchison (10–11) || Hendricks (6–2) || || 19,411 || 76–69 || 10|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 146 || September 12 || Rays || 0–1 || Karns (1–0) || Happ (9–10) || Balfour (12) || 19,909 || 76–70 || 11½|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 147 || September 13 || Rays || 6–3 || Dickey (13–12) || Boxberger (5–2) || Janssen (23) || 31,368 || 77–70 || 10½|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 148 || September 14 || Rays || 5–6 (10) || McGee (5–2) || Morrow (1–3) || Beliveau (1) || 28,633 || 77–71 || 11½|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 149 || September 15 || @ Orioles || 2–5 || Chen (16–4) || Stroman (10–6) || Britton (35) || 25,061 || 77–72 || 12½|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 150 || September 16 || @ Orioles || 2–8 || Jiménez (5–9) || Hutchison (10–12) || || 35,297 || 77–73 || 13½|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 151 || September 17 || @ Orioles || 1–6 || Norris (14–8) || Happ (9–11) || || 37,537 || 77–74 || 14½|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 152 || September 18 || @ Yankees || 2–3 || Robertson (3–5) || Sanchez (2–2) || || 34,279 || 77–75 || 15 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 153 || September 19 || @ Yankees || 3–5 || Kuroda (11–9) || Buehrle (12–10) || Warren (3) || 40,059 || 77–76 || 15|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 154 || September 20 || @ Yankees || 6–3 || Stroman (11–6) || Capuano (2–4) || Janssen (24) || 47,292 || 78–76 || 15|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 155 || September 21 || @ Yankees || 2–5 || Tanaka (13–4) || Hutchison (10–13) || Robertson (38) || 48,144 || 78–77 || 15|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 156 || September 22 || Mariners || 14–4 || Happ (10–11) || Paxton (6–4) || || 15,548 || 79–77 || 14|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 157 || September 23 || Mariners || 10–2 || Dickey (14–12) || Hernández (14–6) || || 16,272 || 80–77 || 14|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 158 || September 24 || Mariners || 1–0 || Buehrle (13–10) || Walker (2–3) || Sanchez (3) || 16,836 || 81–77 || 14 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 159 || September 25 || Mariners || 5–7 || Medina (5–3) || Loup (4–4) || Rodney (47) || 17,173 || 81–78 || 14 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 160 || September 26 || Orioles || 4–2 || Hutchison (11–13) || Tillman (13–6) || Stroman (1) || 27,037 || 82–78 || 13 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;"| 161 || September 27 || Orioles || 4–2 || Happ (11–11) || Chen (16–6) || Janssen (24) || 37,996 || 83–78 || 12 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;"| 162 || September 28 || Orioles || 0–1 || González (10–9) || Dickey (14–13) || Britton (37) || 45,901 || 83–79 || 13 |-

Roster

2014 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

Player stats

Batting

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

bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="20%"	Player	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	G	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	AB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	R	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	H	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	2B	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	3B	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	HR	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	RBI	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	SB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	BB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	AVG	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	SLG
José Reyes	143	610	94	175	33	4	9	51	30	38	.287	.398
Melky Cabrera	139	568	81	171	35	3	16	73	6	43	.301	.458
José Bautista	155	553	101	158	27	0	35	103	6	104	.286	.524
Dioner Navarro	139	481	40	132	22	0	12	69	3	32	.274	.395
Edwin Encarnación	128	477	75	128	27	2	34	98	2	62	.268	.547
Colby Rasmus	104	346	45	78	21	1	18	40	4	29	.225	.448
Adam Lind	96	290	38	93	24	2	6	40	0	28	.321	.479
Juan Francisco	106	287	40	63	16	2	16	43	0	27	.220	.456
Brett Lawrie	70	259	27	64	9	0	12	38	0	16	.247	.421
Munenori Kawasaki	82	240	31	62	7	1	0	17	1	22	.258	.296
Anthony Gose	94	239	31	54	8	1	2	13	15	25	.226	.293
Ryan Goins	67	181	14	34	6	3	1	15	0	5	.188	.271
Steven Tolleson	108	170	21	43	7	2	3	16	3	12	.253	.371
Danny Valencia	50	154	12	37	11	1	2	19	1	7	.240	.364
Josh Thole	57	133	11	33	4	0	0	7	0	14	.248	.278
Kevin Pillar	53	116	19	31	9	0	2	7	1	4	.267	.397
Erik Kratz	34	81	8	16	3	0	3	10	0	3	.198	.346
Nolan Reimold	22	52	3	11	4	0	2	9	1	6	.212	.404
Dalton Pompey	17	39	5	9	1	2	1	4	1	4	.231	.436
Dan Johnson	15	38	8	8	2	0	1	7	0	7	.211	.342
Jonathan Diaz	23	38	3	6	1	0	0	4	1	3	.158	.184
Maicer Izturis	11	35	3	10	1	0	0	1	1	2	.286	.314
Moisés Sierra	13	34	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	.059	.059
Darin Mastroianni	14	32	4	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	.156	.250
Chris Getz	10	25	1	4	1	0	0	0	2	1	.160	.200
John Mayberry Jr.	15	24	4	5	3	0	1	2	0	5	.208	.458
Brad Glenn	6	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.067	.067
George Kottaras	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000
Cole Gillespie	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Pitcher totals	162	25	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.080	.080
Team Totals	162	5549	723	1435	282	24	177	690	78	502	.259	.414

Source:https://baseball-reference.com/teams/TOR/2014-batting.shtml

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; SO = Strikeouts

bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="20%"	Player	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	W	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	L	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	ERA	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	G	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	GS	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	SV	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	IP	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	H	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	R	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	ER	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	BB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	SO
R.A. Dickey	14	13	3.71	34	34	0	215.2	191	101	89	74	173
Mark Buehrle	13	10	3.39	32	32	0	202.0	228	83	76	46	119
Drew Hutchison	11	13	4.48	32	32	0	184.2	173	92	92	60	184
J.A. Happ	11	11	4.22	30	26	0	158.0	160	79	74	51	133
Marcus Stroman	11	6	3.65	26	20	1	130.2	125	56	53	28	111
Dustin McGowan	5	3	4.17	53	8	1	82.0	80	41	38	33	61
Todd Redmond	1	4	3.24	42	0	1	75.0	73	33	27	27	60
Aaron Loup	4	4	3.15	71	0	4	68.2	50	25	24	30	56
Brett Cecil	2	3	2.70	66	0	5	53.1	46	16	16	27	76
Casey Janssen	3	3	3.94	50	0	25	45.2	47	22	20	7	28
Brandon Morrow	1	3	5.67	13	6	0	33.1	37	21	21	18	30
Aaron Sanchez	2	2	1.09	24	0	3	33.0	14	5	4	9	27
Chad Jenkins	1	1	2.56	21	0	0	31.2	34	10	9	6	18
Steve Delabar	3	0	4.91	30	0	0	25.2	19	14	14	19	21
Sergio Santos	0	3	8.57	26	0	5	21.0	28	22	20	18	29
Esmil Rogers	0	0	6.97	16	0	0	20.2	28	17	16	7	21
Liam Hendriks	1	0	6.08	3	3	0	13.1	12	9	9	4	8
Rob Rasmussen	0	0	3.18	10	0	0	11.1	8	4	4	7	13
Neil Wagner	0	0	8.10	10	0	0	10.0	12	9	9	4	6
Daniel Norris	0	0	5.40	5	1	0	6.2	5	4	4	5	4
Kendall Graveman	0	0	3.86	5	0	0	4.2	4	2	2	0	4
Brad Mills	0	0	27.00	2	0	0	4.1	10	13	13	4	5
Jeremy Jeffress	0	0	10.80	3	0	0	3.1	8	4	4	3	4
Bobby Korecky	0	0	8.10	2	0	0	3.1	4	3	3	1	2
Kyle Drabek	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	2	5
Sean Nolin	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	0
Steve Tolleson	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1
Team Totals	83	79	4.00	162	162	45	1443.0	1400	686	642	490	1199

Source:https://baseball-reference.com/teams/TOR/2014-pitching.shtml

Farm system

External links

Notes and References

News: Hope for the 2014 Blue Jays. Blue Jays Plus. January 26, 2014.
News: Roy Halladay retires as a Blue Jay after injuries cut short Hall of Fame career. Cliff Corcoran. The Strike Zone - Major League Baseball. December 9, 2013. January 26, 2014.
News: Blue Jays announce 2014 schedule. Toronto Blue Jays. September 10, 2013. January 26, 2014.
Web site: Blue Jays sign first rounders Hoffman, Pentecost. Ross. Jaime. MLB.com. July 2, 2014. July 2, 2014.
Web site: Blue Jays sign second-rounder Reid-Foley. Nicholson-Smith. Ben. Sportsnet. June 10, 2014. June 10, 2014.
Web site: Blue Jays sign 2014 draft picks Wells, Huffman. Sportsnet. June 18, 2014. June 18, 2014.
Web site: Blue Jays sign first pair of 2014 draftees. Ross. Jaime. MLB.com. June 8, 2014. June 8, 2014.
Web site: Blue Jays sign fifth round selection Thomas. Nicholson-Smith. Ben. Sportsnet. June 10, 2014. June 10, 2014.
Web site: Blue Jays transactions. MLB.com. June 15, 2014. March 5, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305022502/http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/team/transactions.jsp?c_id=tor#month=6&year=2014&team_id=141. dead.
Web site: Chisholm. Gregor. Blue Jays halt 17-game Yankee Stadium losing streak. 4 August 2014.
Web site: Stroman, Jays grab rare series win in Tampa. Sportsnet. September 3, 2014. September 4, 2014.
Web site: Rasmus' HR helps Jays sweep Rays in Tampa. Sportsnet. September 4, 2014. September 4, 2014.
Web site: Blue Jays' playoff hopes end despite rout of Mariners. Ross. Jamie. MLB.com. September 23, 2014. September 23, 2014.
Web site: Kansas City Royals end longest playoff drought. Seligman. Andrew. thestar.com. September 26, 2014. September 27, 2014.
Book: Leventhal. Josh. Baseball America 2015 Almanac. Durham, North Carolina. Baseball America. 2014. 978-1-932391-54-1.