2014 Houston Astros season

The 2014 Houston Astros season was the 53rd season for the franchise in Houston, their 50th as the Astros and their 15th season at Minute Maid Park. The Astros failed to make the playoffs, but made a nineteen win improvement from the previous season, finishing 70-92. The Astros also avoided last place in the AL West, finishing three games ahead of the Rangers. It was the first time since 2010 that the Astros did not finish in last place for their division, and featured the best overall season record since that season as well.

2014 Houston Astros
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record70–92 (.432)
Divisional place4th
Other information
Owner(s)Jim Crane
General manager(s)Jeff Luhnow
Manager(s)Bo Porter (fired on September 1)
Tom Lawless
Local televisionCSN Houston
(Bill Brown, Alan Ashby, Geoff Blum)
Local radioSportstalk 790
(Robert Ford, Steve Sparks)
KLAT (Spanish)
(Francisco Romero, Alex Treviño)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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Regular season

American League West
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 9864 0.605 — 52–29 46–35
Oakland Athletics 8874 0.543 10 48–33 40–41
Seattle Mariners 8775 0.537 11 41–40 46–35
Houston Astros 7092 0.432 28 38–43 32–49
Texas Rangers 6795 0.414 31 33–48 34–47

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

Game log
2014 Game Log: 70–92 (Home: 38–43 ; Away: 32–49)
April: 9–19 (Home: 5–11 ; Away: 4–8 )
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1Yankees6–2Feldman (1–0)Sabathia (0–1)42,1171–0
2April 2Yankees3–1Cosart (1–0)Kuroda (0–1)Fields (1)23,1452–0
3April 3Yankees2–4Nova (1–0)Oberholtzer (0–1)Robertson (1)26,3482–1
4April 4Angels1–11Richards (1–0)Harrell (0–1)15,6112–2
5April 5Angels1–5Skaggs (1–0)Keuchel (0–1)28,5152–3
6April 6Angels7–4Feldman (2–0)Weaver (0–2)Qualls (1)14,7863–3
7April 7Angels1–9Wilson (1–0)Cosart (1–1)17,9363–4
8April 8@ Blue Jays2–5Buehrle (2–0)Oberholtzer (0–2)Santos (3)13,1233–5
9April 9@ Blue Jays3–7Morrow (1–1)Harrell (0–2)13,5693–6
10April 10@ Blue Jays6–4Keuchel (1–1)Dickey (1–2)Bass (1)15,7884–6
11April 11@ Rangers0–1 (10)Frasor (1–0)Peacock (0–1)36,1504–7
12April 12@ Rangers6–5 (10)Chapman (1–0)Soria (1–1)Bass (2)42,5775–7
13April 13@ Rangers0–1Pérez (2–0)Oberholtzer (0–3)Ogando (1)38,6985–8
14April 15Royals2–4Ventura (1–0)Harrell (0–3)Holland (4)29,7785–9
15April 16Royals4–6 (11)Duffy (1–0)Williams (0–1)Holland (5)23,0435–10
16April 17Royals1–5Shields (1–2)Feldman (2–1)26,3335–11
17April 18@ Athletics3–11Gray (3–0)Cosart (1–2)18,2345–12
18April 19@ Athletics3–4Otero (3–0)Qualls (0–1)33,1665–13
19April 20@ Athletics1–4Chavez (1–0)Peacock (0–2)Gregerson (3)16,3825–14
20April 21@ Mariners7–2Keuchel (2–1)Hernández (3–1)14,6306–14
21April 22@ Mariners5–2McHugh (1–0)Ramírez (1–3)Fields (2)10,4667–14
22April 23@ Mariners3–5Rodney (1–1)Fields (0–1)13,7397–15
23April 24Athletics1–10Kazmir (3–0)Oberholtzer (0–4)19,9877–16
24April 25Athletics5–12Gregerson (1–1)Fields (0–2)17,7087–17
25April 26Athletics7–6Williams (1–1)Doolittle (0–2)Valdés (1)17,8508–17
26April 27Athletics5–1McHugh (2–0)Milone (0–2)18,9359–17
27April 29Nationals3–4Clippard (2–2)Fields (0–3)Soriano (5)23,3949–18
28April 30Nationals0–7Zimmermann (2–1)Oberholtzer (0–5)25,1729–19
May: 15–14 (Home: 7–5 ; Away: 8–9 )
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
29May 2Mariners5–4 (11)Bass (1–0)Furbush (0–3)15,77110–19
30May 3Mariners8–9Iwakuma (1–0)Keuchel (2–2)Rodney (7)15,79810–20
31May 4Mariners7–8Maurer (1–0)McHugh (2–1)Farquhar (1)24,99610–21
32May 5@ Tigers0–2Scherzer (4–1)Cosart (1–3)Nathan (6)26,45710–22
33May 6@ Tigers4–11Ray (1–0)Oberholtzer (0–6)27,93910–23
34May 7@ Tigers2–3Porcello (5–1)Peacock (0–3)Nathan (7)26,20710–24
35May 8@ Tigers6–2Keuchel (3–2)Smyly (2–2)35,64311–24
36May 9@ Orioles3–4Chen (4–2)Williams (1–2)Hunter (11)28,87511–25
37May 10@ Orioles4–5 (10)Webb (2–0)Clemens (0–1)26,26411–26
38May 11@ Orioles5–2Cosart (2–3)Tillman (3–2)Qualls (2)45,94412–26
39May 12Rangers0–4Lewis (3–2)Peacock (0–4)14,61712–27
40May 13Rangers8–0Keuchel (4–2)Harrison (1–1)14,02813–27
41May 14Rangers5–4Qualls (1–1)Martinez (0–1)17,78314–27
42May 16White Sox2–7Quintana (2–3)McHugh (2–2)17,52914–28
43May 17White Sox6–5Cosart (3–3)Noesí (0–4)Qualls (3)20,61215–28
44May 18White Sox8–2Peacock (1–4)Danks (3–4)21,53216–28
45May 19@ Angels5–2Keuchel (5–2)Richards (4–1)33,15017–28
46May 20@ Angels3–9Skaggs (4–1)Feldman (2–2)30,15017–29
47May 21@ Angels1–2Weaver (5–3)McHugh (2–3)40,11217–30
48May 22@ Mariners1–3Leone (1–0)Cosart (3–4)Rodney (12)13,83617–31
49May 23@ Mariners1–5Hernández (6–1)Owens (0–1)21,19217–32
50May 24@ Mariners9–4Oberholtzer (1–6)Maurer (1–3)21,58518–32
51May 25@ Mariners4–1Keuchel (6–2)Iwakuma (3–1)26,83919–32
52May 26@ Royals9–2Feldman (3–2)Ventura (2–5)32,07020–32
53May 27@ Royals3–0McHugh (3–3)Guthrie (2–4)17,82621–32
54May 28@ Royals9–3Cosart (4–4)Duffy (2–5)16,22022–32
55May 29Orioles3–1Fields (1–3)Guilmet (0–1)Qualls (4)22,88423–32
56May 30Orioles2–1Oberholtzer (2–6)González (3–4)Qualls (5)38,48224–32
57May 31Orioles1–4Tillman (5–2)Keuchel (6–3)Britton (4)29,61924–33
June: 12–15 (Home: 8–8 ; Away: 4–7 )
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
58June 1Orioles4–9Chen (6–2)Feldman (3–3)17,02224–34
59June 3Angels7–2McHugh (4–3)Wilson (6–5)23,21925–34
60June 4Angels0–4Richards (5–2)Cosart (4–5)23,90225–35
61June 5Angels8–5Skaggs (4–4)Peacock (2–4)Qualls (6)24,67226–35
62June 6@ Twins5–4Keuchel (7–3)Hughes (6–2)Qualls (7)29,44827–35
63June 7@ Twins0–8Gibson (5–5)Feldman (3–4)27,73227–36
64June 8@ Twins14–5Downs (1–0)Deduno (2–4)31,57628–36
65June 9@ Diamondbacks4–3Cosart (5–5)Collmenter (4–3)Qualls (8)18,80529–36
66June 10@ Diamondbacks1–4Arroyo (6–4)Fields (1–4)Reed (16)17,66729–37
67June 11Diamondbacks5–1Keuchel (8–3)McCarthy (1–9)24,31930–37
68June 12Diamondbacks5–4 (10)Sipp (1–0)Putz (1–1)33,47531–37
69June 13Rays1–6Cobb (2–4)McHugh (4–4)26,82931–38
70June 14Rays7–3Cosart (6–5)Archer (3–4)26,26432–38
71June 15Rays3–4Price (5–6)Williams (1–3)McGee (1)25,52632–39
72June 17@ Nationals5–6Roark (6–4)Keuchel (8–4)Soriano (14)29,96032–40
73June 18@ Nationals5–6Barrett (3–0)Downs (1–1)Soriano (15)25,45332–41
74June 19@ Rays0–5Archer (4–4)McHugh (4–5)10,88032–42
75June 20@ Rays3–1Cosart (7–5)Price (5–7)Qualls (9)13,86133–42
76June 21@ Rays0–8Odorizzi (3–7)Buchanan (0–1)17,55133–43
77June 22@ Rays2–5Oviedo (3–2)Keuchel (8–5)Peralta (1)18,84133–44
78June 24Braves2–3Harang (6–6)Feldman (3–5)Kimbrel (22)18,91233–45
79June 25Braves0–4Wood (6–6)McHugh (4–6)20,55933–46
80June 26Braves6–1Cosart (8–5)Minor (2–5)24,47434–46
81June 27Tigers4–3 (11)Buchanan (1–1)Hardy (0–1)22,38635–46
82June 28Tigers3–4Coke (1–1)Williams (1–4)Nathan (17)25,78835–47
83June 29Tigers6–4Feldman (4–5)Smyly (4–7)Sipp (1)22,47836–47
84June 30Mariners4–10Walker (1–0)McHugh (4–7)Wilhelmsen (1)17,34036–48
July: 8–17 (Home: 3–9 ; Away: 5–8 )
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
85July 1Mariners2–13Iwakuma (6–4)Cosart (8–6)17,50436–49
86July 2Mariners2–5Young (8–4)Peacock (2–5)Rodney (24)17,20936–50
87July 3@ Angels2–5Shoemaker (6–2)Oberholtzer (2–7)Smith (10)37,62536–51
88July 4@ Angels6–7Smith (3–0)Sipp (1–1)43,55736–52
89July 5@ Angels5–11Roth (1–0)Bass (1–1)40,47936–53
90July 6@ Angels1–6Richards (10–2)McHugh (4–8)33,55236–54
91July 7@ Rangers12–7Cosart (9–6)Mikolas (0–1)31,01037–54
92July 8@ Rangers8–3Peacock (3–5)Irwin (0–1)32,60838–54
93July 9@ Rangers8–4Keuchel (9–5)Darvish (8–5)31,16139–54
94July 11Red Sox3–8Lackey (10–6)Feldman (4–6)27,26439–55
95July 12Red Sox3–2Fields (2–4)Peavy (1–8)Qualls (10)26,32240–55
96July 13Red Sox0–11Buchholz (4–5)Peacock (3–6)20,68140–56
All–Star Break (July 14–17)
97July 18@ White Sox2–3Webb (5–2)Feldman (4–7)Putnam (2)28,77740–57
98July 19@ White Sox3–4Noesí (4–7)Keuchel (9–6)Putnam (2)28,21040–58
99July 20@ White Sox11–7Sipp (2–1)Webb (5–3)26,25641–58
100July 22@ Athletics3–2 (12)Downs (2–1)Abad (2–4)Qualls (11)22,90842–58
101July 23@ Athletics7–9Chavez (8–6)Peacock (3–7)Doolittle (15)28,31042–59
102July 24@ Athletics1–13Samardzija (4–8)Feldman (4–8)22,75942–60
103July 25Marlins0–2Hand (2–2)Keuchel (9–7)Cishek (25)23,13242–61
104July 26Marlins3–7Koehler (7–7)Cosart (9–7)28,96842–62
105July 27Marlins2–4Turner (4–6)McHugh (4–9)Cishek (26)17,85842–63
106July 28Athletics7–3Oberholtzer (3–7)Chavez (8–7)18,25943–63
107July 29Athletics4–7Scribner (1–0)Qualls (1–2)Doolittle (16)16,94043–64
108July 30Athletics8–1Keuchel (10–7)Hammel (8–9)17,63744–64
109July 31Blue Jays5–6Sanchez (2–0)Qualls (1–3)Janssen (18)17,42344–65
August: 15–14 (Home: 10–6 ; Away: 5–8 )
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
110August 1Blue Jays3–1Veras (1–0)Loup (3–3)Qualls (12)19,57645–65
111August 2Blue Jays8–2Oberholtzer (4–7)Dickey (9–11)19,94646–65
112August 3Blue Jays6–1Feldman (5–8)Stroman (7–3)19,93247–65
113August 5@ Phillies1–2 (15)Neris (1–0)Buchanan (1–2)28,33647–66
114August 6@ Phillies3–10Buchanan (6–5)Peacock (3–8)26,69147–67
115August 7@ Phillies5–6Hollands (2–1)Sipp (2–2)Papelbon (27)26,60947–68
116August 8Rangers4–3Veras (2-0)Cotts (2-6)Qualls (13)24,25648–68
117August 9Rangers8–3Feldman (6-8)Darvish (10-7)24,01949–68
118August 10Rangers2–6Martinez (2-8)Keuchel (10-8)19,23949–69
119August 11Twins2–4Duensing (3-2)Fields (2-5)Perkins (29)15,56949–70
120August 12Twins10–4McHugh (5-9)Pino (1-5)17,49050–70
121August 13Twins1–3Gibson (11-9)Oberholtzer (4-8)Perkins (30)16,48050–71
122August 14@ Red Sox4–9Webster (3-1)Feldman (6-9)38,06550–72
123August 15@ Red Sox5–3 (10)Sipp (3-2)Breslow (2-4)37,01651–72
124August 16@ Red Sox7–10Wilson (1-0)Fields (2-6)37,65251–73
125August 17@ Red Sox8–1McHugh (6-9)Kelly (2-3)36,71752–73
126August 19@ Yankees7–4Fields (3-6)Robertson (1-4)Qualls (14)40,01553–73
127August 20@ Yankees5–2Feldman (7-9)Huff (2-1)Veras (1)42,10254–73
128August 21@ Yankees0–3McCarthy (8-12)Keuchel (10-9)41,76754–74
129August 22@ Indians5–1Sipp (4-2)Allen (4-3)18,74355–74
130August 23@ Indians2–3Allen (5-3)Buchanan (1-3)20,78555–75
131August 24@ Indians1–3Bauer (5-7)Oberholtzer (4-9)Allen (17)17,12355–76
132August 25Athletics2–8Samardziji (4-3)Feldman (7-10)14,09455–77
133August 26Athletics4–2Fields (4-6)Gregerson (3-3)Qualls (15)17,34556–77
134August 27Athletics4–5Otero (8-1)Qualls (1-4)O'Flaherty (1)14,79156–78
135August 28Rangers4–2McHugh (7-9)Mendez (0-1)Sipp (2)16,39957–78
136August 29Rangers6–13Baker (3-3)Oberholtzer (4-10)18,93157–79
137August 30Rangers2–0Feldman (8-10)Klein (0-2)24,77158–79
138August 31Rangers3–2Veras (3-0)Cotts (2-8)Qualls (16)19,02459–79
September: 11–13 (Home: 5–4 ; Away: 6–9 )
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
139September 2Angels8–3Peacock (4-8)Wilson (10-9)16,13160–79
140September 3Angels4–1McHugh (8-9)Weaver (15-8)Qualls (17)16,94961–79
141September 5@ Athletics4–3Oberholtzer (5-10)Samardzija (4-5)Sipp (3)21,13062–79
142September 6@ Athletics3–4Gregerson (4-3)Qualls (1-5)28,66862–80
143September 7@ Athletics4–3Veras (4-0)Cook (1-3)Fields (3)25,53363–80
144September 8@ Mariners1–4Farquhar (3-1)Foltynewicz (0-1)Rodney (44)15,61763–81
145September 9@ Mariners2–1McHugh (9-9)Medina (4-3)Fields (4)11,34564–81
146September 10@ Mariners5–2Tropeano (1-0)Iwakuma (14-7)Sipp (4)16,93165–81
147September 12@ Angels3–11Wilson (12-9)Oberholtzer (5-11)33,33965–82
148September 13@ Angels2–5Weaver (17-8)Feldman (8-11)Street (38)38,04165–83
149September 14@ Angels6–1Keuchel (11-9)Santiago (5-8)35,36466–83
150September 15Indians3–1McHugh (10-9)McAllister (3-7)Qualls (18)17,40367–83
151September 16Indians2–4Kluber (16-9)Tropeano (1-1)Allen (22)18,38167–84
152September 17Indians0–2Carrasco (8-5)Oberholtzer (5-12)18,47467–85
153September 18Indians1–2 (13)Crockett (4-0)Deduno (2-6)Allen (23)16,41767–86
154September 19Mariners5–10Walker (2-2)Peacock (4-9)27,56867–87
155September 20Mariners10–1Keuchel (12-9)Young (12-9)36,52568–87
156September 21Mariners8–3McHugh (11-9)Iwakuma (14-9)31,46669–87
157September 22@ Rangers3–4Holland (2-0)Tropeano (1-2)Feliz (12)28,71769–88
158September 23@ Rangers1–2Martinez (5-11)Oberholtzer (5-13)Cotts (2)29,79469–89
159September 24@ Rangers1–5Bonilla (3-0)Feldman (8-12)28,00369–90
160September 26@ Mets3–1Chapman (2-0)Torres (8-6)Qualls (19)27,72970–90
161September 27@ Mets1–2Sipp (4-3)Mejía (6-6)34,86670–91
162September 28@ Mets3–8Colón (15–13)Tropeano (1–3)34,89770–92
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Astros team member

Roster
2014 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

 Manager

Coaches

  • 85 Javier Bracamonte (bullpen catcher)

Player stats

Batting

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

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG SB

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV=Saves; SVO = Saves Opportunity; IP = Innings pitched; H =Hits; R= Runs; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR= Home Run allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Oklahoma City RedHawks Pacific Coast League Tom Lawless and Tony DeFrancesco
AA Corpus Christi Hooks Texas League Keith Bodie
A Lancaster JetHawks California League Rodney Linares
A Quad Cities River Bandits Midwest League Omar López
A-Short Season Tri-City ValleyCats New York–Penn League Ed Romero
Rookie Greeneville Astros Appalachian League Josh Bonifay
Rookie GCL Astros Gulf Coast League Marty Malloy

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Lancaster[1]

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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