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Major League Baseball season

Major League Baseball team season
2014 Detroit Tigers
American League Central Champions
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionCentral
BallparkComerica Park
CityDetroit, Michigan
Record90–72 (.556)
Divisional place1st
OwnersMike Ilitch
General managersDave Dombrowski
ManagersBrad Ausmus
TelevisionFox Sports Detroit
(Mario Impemba, Rod Allen)
RadioDetroit Tigers Radio Network
(Dan Dickerson, Jim Price)
StatsESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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The 2014 Detroit Tigers season was the team's 114th season. This was the team's first year under a mostly new coaching staff led by rookie Manager Brad Ausmus. On September 28, the last day of the regular season, the Tigers clinched the American League Central title with a 3–0 win over the Minnesota Twins. The Tigers finished one game ahead of the Kansas City Royals, with a 90–72 record. It was their fourth consecutive American League Central title. They became the first AL Central team to win four consecutive titles since the Cleveland Indians won five straight from 1995 to 1999, and the first Tigers team to ever make four consecutive postseason appearances. Despite all of this, the Tigers' season ended on October 5 when they were swept by the Baltimore Orioles in the American League Division Series. This snapped Detroit's streak of three consecutive American League Championship Series appearances.

The Tigers would not return to postseason play until 2024.

Roster moves

Coaching staff

  • On October 21, Jim Leyland stepped down from his managerial position after eight years with Detroit. He later confirmed that he joined the Tigers front office as a special assistant to team president/GM/CEO Dave Dombrowski.
  • On November 3, the Tigers announced Brad Ausmus was named Leyland's successor, and signed to a three-year contract with a club option for 2017.
  • On November 3, the Tigers announced bench coach Gene Lamont will return in the same role for the 2014 season.
  • Hitting coach Lloyd McClendon did not return for 2014, as he was named the new manager of the Seattle Mariners on November 5. The Mariners later hired former Tigers bullpen coach Mike Rojas.
  • On November 6, the Tigers announced Jeff Jones would return as pitching coach. They also announced the hiring of Dave Clark as third-base coach and outfield instructor.
  • On November 17, the Tigers announced the hiring of Wally Joyner as hitting coach, Mick Billmeyer as bullpen coach, and Matt Martin was named to the newly created post of defensive coordinator.
  • On November 18, the Tigers announced the hiring of Omar Vizquel as the first-base, infield and baserunning coach.
  • On November 25, the Tigers announced the hiring of Darnell Coles as assistant hitting coach, rounding out their 2014 coaching staff.

Signings

  • On November 21, the Tigers avoided arbitration with relief pitcher Phil Coke with a one-year contract.
  • On December 2, the Tigers avoided arbitration with utility player Don Kelly with a one-year contract.
  • On December 4, the Tigers signed closer Joe Nathan to a two-year, $20 million contract, with a club option for 2016.
  • On December 11, the Tigers signed outfielder Rajai Davis to a two-year, $10 million contract.
  • On December 13, the Tigers signed pitcher Joba Chamberlain to a one-year contract worth $2.5 million plus incentives.
  • On January 8, the Tigers re-signed shortstop José Iglesias to a one-year, $1.65 million contract.
  • On January 17, the Tigers avoided arbitration when they reached one-year deals with pitchers Al Alburquerque, Rick Porcello and Max Scherzer, and outfielders Andy Dirks and Austin Jackson. Scherzer, the reigning AL Cy Young winner, received a $15.525 million salary for 2014.
  • On January 31, the Tigers avoided arbitration with catcher Alex Avila, agreeing on a one-year contract worth $4.15 million with a club option for 2015.
  • On February 24, the Tigers reached one-year deals with third baseman Nick Castellanos, outfielder Steven Moya, and pitchers Drew Smyly, Kyle Lobstein, José Ortega, Luke Putkonen and Evan Reed.
  • On March 1, the Tigers rounded out their 40-man roster by signing one-year deals with pitchers José Álvarez, Ian Krol, Melvin Mercedes, and Bruce Rondón; catcher Bryan Holaday, second basemen Steve Lombardozzi Jr. and Hernán Pérez, and third baseman Francisco Martínez.
  • On March 24, the Tigers signed outfielder J. D. Martinez to a minor league contract.
  • On March 28, the Tigers signed Miguel Cabrera to an eight-year, $248 million contract extension. Combined with the $44 million the Tigers owed on the remaining two years of Cabrera's current contract, the total ten-year commitment is worth $292 million, and will keep Cabrera under contract until at least 2023.
  • On March 29, the Tigers purchased the contract of outfielder Tyler Collins from AA Erie.
  • On May 2, the Tigers signed relief pitcher Joel Hanrahan to a one-year, $1 million contract, plus incentives.
  • On August 5, the Tigers signed relief pitcher Jim Johnson to a minor-league contract.

Releases

  • On October 30, the Tigers announced they will not re-sign backup catcher Brayan Peña.
  • On November 1, the Tigers announced they had declined the option on relief pitcher José Veras' contract, making him a free agent.
  • On November 1, the Tigers announced relief pitcher Darin Downs left the Tigers and was claimed off waivers by the Houston Astros, and utility player Matt Tuiasosopo left and was claimed off waivers by the Arizona Diamondbacks.
  • On November 24, free agent shortstop Jhonny Peralta left the Tigers and signed a four-year deal with the St. Louis Cardinals.
  • On December 4, the Tigers announced they will not re-sign free agent relief pitcher Joaquín Benoit and released him to free agency.
  • On December 16, free agent second baseman Omar Infante left the Tigers and signed a four-year deal with the Kansas City Royals.
  • On January 30, free agent utility infielder Ramón Santiago left the Tigers after eight years and signed a minor league contract with the Cincinnati Reds.
  • On April 20, the Tigers released shortstop Álex González.

Trades

Season highlights

Individual accomplishments

Pitching

  • On May 5, Max Scherzer became the first pitcher in franchise history to start a season with seven or more strikeouts in his first seven starts, and the first American League pitcher to do so since Mike Mussina in 2003.
  • On June 12, Max Scherzer ended a drought of 178 career starts without a complete game when he pitched a complete game shutout in a three-hit 4–0 win over the Chicago White Sox. This was the longest stretch any major league starter had gone without a complete game since 1900.
  • On July 1, Rick Porcello became the first Tiger to pitch back-to-back shutouts since Jack Morris in 1986. Following a 6–0 shutout win over the Texas Rangers on June 26, he shut out the Oakland Athletics 3–0 in his next start. In the latter game, Porcello became the first Major League pitcher to throw a shutout without a walk or a strikeout since Jeff Ballard on August 21, 1989, and the first Tiger pitcher to do so since Dizzy Trout in 1944.
  • On July 26, Drew Smyly became the first Detroit Tigers left-hander to strike out at least 11 batters in a game since David Wells on June 4, 1993.
  • On August 14, Max Scherzer recorded a season-high 14 strikeouts in a 5–2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Coincidentally, Max's career high of 15 strikeouts in a game also came at the expense of the Pirates, on May 20, 2012.
  • On August 20, Rick Porcello recorded his third complete game shutout of the season in a three-hit 6–0 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. Porcello ties Henderson Álvarez for the major league lead in shutouts. Porcello's three complete game shutouts are the most by a Tiger pitcher in a single season since Jeff Weaver threw three in 2002.
  • On August 21, David Price allowed one hit and one unearned run, in a complete game 1–0 loss against his former team, the Tampa Bay Rays. Price is the first pitcher in the major leagues to lose a complete game, one-hitter or better, with no earned runs since Andy Hawkins lost a no-hitter for the New York Yankees on July 1, 1990. It was the first time since 1914 that a pitcher has lost a complete game, one-hit, no walk start without allowing an earned run.
  • On August 24, Max Scherzer became the American League's first 15-game winner this season after the Tigers defeated the Minnesota Twins 13–4.
  • On September 28, in the AL Central division-clinching game, David Price struck out eight Minnesota Twins batters to overtake the Cleveland Indians' Corey Kluber for the most strikeouts in the major leagues. Price finished with 271 strikeouts to Kluber's 269.

Hitting

  • On May 13, Víctor Martínez became the second Detroit Tigers player to hit a home run completely out of Oriole Park at Camden Yards and onto Eutaw Street, following Mickey Tettleton in 1992.
  • On June 7, Nick Castellanos had his third consecutive three-hit game, making him the fifth rookie in Tigers history to do so, and the first since Ricky Peters in 1980.
  • On June 14, Eugenio Suárez fell a single shy of the cycle, hitting a solo home run, double, and triple, to help the Tigers defeat the Minnesota Twins, 12–9.
  • On June 30, Rajai Davis hit a walk-off grand slam to defeat the Oakland Athletics 5–4, the day the Tigers celebrated the 30th anniversary of the 1984 World Series winning team. It was the first walk-off grand slam by a Tiger since Carlos Peña on June 27, 2004, the day the Tigers celebrated the 20th anniversary of their 1984 title-winning team. The last Tigers walk-off grand slam before that was 10 years earlier, on June 21, 1994, by Lou Whitaker.
  • Austin Jackson finished the month of July with 15 multi-hit games, the second most in franchise history in the month of July, behind only Ron LeFlore with 16 in 1977.
  • On October 2, during Game 1 of the ALDS against the Baltimore Orioles, Ian Kinsler saw 37 pitches in four plate appearances, tying him with Bobby Abreu for fourth most in a postseason game since the statistic began being kept in 1988. Kinsler broke the record for most pitches seen in a playoff game in four or fewer plate appearances, previously held by Manny Ramirez, seeing 31 in Game 3 of the 2007 ALDS. Kinsler averaged 9.25 pitches per plate appearance, breaking the old mark of 7.75 that was also set by Ramirez in Game 3 of the 2007 ALDS.
  • On October 3, during Game 2 of the ALDS against the Baltimore Orioles, J. D. Martinez became the first player in Tigers history to homer in each of his first two career postseason games, the 16th player in Major League history, and the first overall since Arizona's Paul Goldschmidt in 2011.
  • Designated hitter Víctor Martínez won the American League's Silver Slugger Award at DH, with a .335 batting average (second in the AL to Houston's Jose Altuve), 32 home runs, .974 OPS (which led all of baseball), and his .409 on-base percentage (which led the AL). Martínez was also named a finalist for the American League Most Valuable Player award, finishing second to Mike Trout.

Defense

Team accomplishments

  • On August 2, the Tigers scored at least one run in every inning of the game in an 11–5 win over the Colorado Rockies. They became the first team to accomplish this feat since the New York Yankees did so against the Toronto Blue Jays on April 29, 2006, and the first Tigers team to do so since 1912.
  • On August 10, the Tigers were defeated by the Toronto Blue Jays 6–5 in a 19 inning game that took six hours and 37 minutes. It was the first 19 inning game for the Tigers since April 27, 1984. The game was the second longest Tigers game in duration since a 22-inning, seven-hour game on June 24, 1962. It tied for the fourth longest game innings-wise in franchise history.
  • On August 24, the Tigers tied the franchise record for the most hits in a four-game series with 60 hits against the Minnesota Twins. The last time the Tigers had 60 hits in a four-game series was against the Chicago White Sox in 1956.
  • The Tigers spent 162 calendar days atop of the American League Central, the most days in first place by any team in the majors during the 2014 season.
  • On October 2, during Game 1 of the ALDS against the Baltimore Orioles, Víctor Martínez and J. D. Martinez hit back-to-back home runs in the second inning. During Game 2 of the ALDS, J. D. Martinez and Nick Castellanos hit back-to-back home runs in the fourth inning. The Tigers became the fourth team in postseason history to hit back-to-back home runs in consecutive postseason games, following the Tampa Bay Rays during the 2008 ALCS, the Florida Marlins during the 2003 NLCS, and the New York Yankees during the 1995 ALDS. Detroit is the first team in history to open the postseason with back-to-back home runs in consecutive games.

All-Stars

The Tigers sent three players to the 2014 All-Star Game. First baseman Miguel Cabrera was voted in as the starter at first base in the fan voting, while designated hitter Víctor Martínez and pitcher Max Scherzer were selected as reserves in the player voting. Martínez did not participate in the All-Star game due to right side soreness, so his teammate, second baseman Ian Kinsler, took his place on the American League roster. The Tigers had a chance to send a fourth player to the All-Star Game this season, as pitcher Rick Porcello was one of the five finalists for the AL in the All-Star Final Vote, but he was beaten out by Chris Sale of the Chicago White Sox.

Scherzer became the winning pitcher of the game, the first Tiger to do so since Jim Bunning in 1957, while Cabrera became the first Tiger to hit a home run in the All Star Game since Lou Whitaker did so in 1986.

Standings

American League Central

AL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 90 72 .556 — 45‍–‍36 45‍–‍36
Kansas City Royals 89 73 .549 1 42‍–‍39 47‍–‍34
Cleveland Indians 85 77 .525 5 48‍–‍33 37‍–‍44
Chicago White Sox 73 89 .451 17 40‍–‍41 33‍–‍48
Minnesota Twins 70 92 .432 20 35‍–‍46 35‍–‍46


Game log

Regular season

Legend
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2014 Game Log (90–72)
March (1–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 March 31 Royals W 4–3 Nathan (1–0) Davis (0–1) — 45,068 1–0
April (13–9)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
2 April 2 Royals W 2–1 (10) Alburquerque (1–0) Collins (0–1) — 26,906 2–0
— April 3 Royals Postponed (rain). Rescheduled to June 19.
3 April 4 Orioles W 10–4 Smyly (1–0) González (0–1) — 23,625 3–0
4 April 5 Orioles W 7–6 Porcello (1–0) Norris (0–1) Nathan (1) 32,041 4–0
5 April 6 Orioles L 1–3 Tillman (1–0) Verlander (0–1) Hunter (1) 34,261 4–1
6 April 8 @ Dodgers L 2–3 (10) Howell (1–0) Chamberlain (0–1) — 53,231 4–2
7 April 9 @ Dodgers W 7–6 (10) Nathan (2–0) Jansen (0–1) Alburquerque (1) 42,687 5–2
8 April 11 @ Padres L 6–0 Cashner (1–1) Porcello (1–1) — 30,353 5–3
9 April 12 @ Padres W 6–2 Verlander (1–1) Kennedy (1–2) — 42,182 6–3
10 April 13 @ Padres L 5–1 Ross (1–2) Scherzer (0–1) — 32,267 6–4
— April 15 Indians Postponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled to July 19.
11 April 16 Indians L 3–2 McAllister (2–0) Sánchez (0–1) Axford (5) 23,811 6–5
12 April 17 Indians W 7–5 Verlander (2–1) Salazar (0–2) Nathan (2) 25,990 7–5
13 April 18 Angels L 6–11 Weaver (1–2) Smyly (1–1) — 28,435 7–6
14 April 19 Angels W 5–2 Scherzer (1–1) Wilson (2–2) — 36,659 8–6
15 April 20 Angels W 2–1 Porcello (2–1) Santiago (0–3) Nathan (3) 28,921 9–6
16 April 21 White Sox L 1–3 Danks (2–0) Sánchez (0–2) Lindstrom (2) 24,997 9–7
17 April 22 White Sox W 8–6 Verlander (3–1) Leesman (0–1) Chamberlain (1) 24,976 10–7
18 April 23 White Sox L 4–6 Rienzo (1–0) Reed (0–1) Lindstrom (3) 23,451 10–8
19 April 24 White Sox W 7–4 Scherzer (2–1) Quintana (1–2) Nathan (4) 28,514 11–8
20 April 25 @ Twins W 10–6 Porcello (3–1) Correia (0–3) — 27,558 12–8
21 April 26 @ Twins L 3–5 Hughes (2–1) Ortega (0–1) Perkins (6) 28,122 12–9
— April 27 @ Twins Postponed (rain). Rescheduled to August 23.
22 April 29 @ White Sox W 4–3 Chamberlain (1–1) Belisario (1–3) Nathan (5) 17,023 13–9
23 April 30 @ White Sox W 5–1 Scherzer (3–1) Noesí (0–2) — 15,157 14–9
May (17–12)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
24 May 2 @ Royals W 8–2 Porcello (4–1) Shields (3–3) — 28,021 15–9
25 May 3 @ Royals W 9–2 Smyly (2–1) Duffy (1–2) — 29,200 16–9
26 May 4 @ Royals W 9–4 Verlander (4–1) Vargas (2–1) — 22,504 17–9
27 May 5 Astros W 2–0 Scherzer (4–1) Cosart (1–3) Nathan (6) 26,475 18–9
28 May 6 Astros W 11–4 Ray (1–0) Oberholtzer (0–6) — 27,939 19–9
29 May 7 Astros W 3–2 Porcello (5–1) Peacock (0–3) Nathan (7) 26,207 20–9
30 May 8 Astros L 2–6 Keuchel (3–2) Smyly (2–2) — 35,643 20–10
31 May 9 Twins L 1–2 Hughes (4–1) Verlander (4–2) Perkins (9) 35,814 20–11
32 May 10 Twins W 9–3 Scherzer (5–1) Gibson (3–3) — 42,312 21–11
33 May 11 Twins L 3–4 Burton (1–1) Chamberlain (1–2) Perkins (10) 40,468 21–12
34 May 12 @ Orioles W 4–1 Porcello (6–1) Norris (2–3) Nathan (8) 24,517 22–12
35 May 13 @ Orioles W 4–1 Miller (1–0) Hunter (1–1) Nathan (9) 29,950 23–12
36 May 14 @ Orioles W 7–5 Verlander (5–2) Gausman (0–1) Nathan (10) 36,727 24–12
37 May 16 @ Red Sox W 1–0 Scherzer (6–1) Lester (4–5) Nathan (11) 37,225 25–12
38 May 17 @ Red Sox W 6–1 Porcello (7–1) Lackey (5–3) — 37,608 26–12
39 May 18 @ Red Sox W 6–2 Sánchez (1–2) Peavy (1–2) — 35,006 27–12
40 May 19 @ Indians L 4–5 (10) Atchison (1–0) Alburquerque (1–1) — 12,709 27–13
41 May 20 @ Indians L 2–6 Bauer (1–1) Verlander (5–3) — 13,924 27–14
42 May 21 @ Indians L 10–11 (13) Tomlin (3–1) Coke (0–1) — 19,228 27–15
43 May 22 Rangers L 2–9 Darvish (4–2) Ray (1–1) — 40,768 27–16
44 May 23 Rangers W 7–2 Sánchez (2–2) Baker (0–1) — 39,835 28–16
45 May 24 Rangers L 2–12 Martinez (1–1) Porcello (7–2) — 43,447 28–17
46 May 25 Rangers L 4–12 Lewis (4–3) Verlander (5–4) — 42,583 28–18
47 May 26 @ Athletics L 0–10 Milone (3–3) Smyly (2–3) — 35,067 28–19
48 May 27 @ Athletics W 6–5 Alburquerque (2–1) Abad (0–2) Nathan (12) 21,549 29–19
49 May 28 @ Athletics L 1–3 Kazmir (6–2) Nathan (2–1) — 15,590 29–20
50 May 29 @ Athletics W 5–4 Porcello (8–2) Chavez (4–3) Nathan (13) 21,860 30–20
51 May 30 @ Mariners W 6–3 Verlander (6–4) Iwakuma (3–2) Chamberlain (2) 29,000 31–20
52 May 31 @ Mariners L 2–3 Young (5–2) Smyly (2–4) Rodney (14) 37,142 31–21
June (14–13)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
53 June 1 @ Mariners L 0–4 Elías (4–4) Scherzer (6–2) — 31,407 31–22
54 June 3 Blue Jays L 3–5 McGowan (3–2) Nathan (2–2) Janssen (9) 33,488 31–23
55 June 4 Blue Jays L 2–8 Dickey (6–4) Porcello (8–3) — 32,033 31–24
56 June 5 Blue Jays L 3–7 Happ (5–2) Verlander (6–5) Janssen (10) 39,440 31–25
57 June 6 Red Sox W 6–2 Smyly (3–4) De La Rosa (1–1) — 39,762 32–25
58 June 7 Red Sox W 8–6 Scherzer (7–2) Lester (6–7) — 43,359 33–25
59 June 8 Red Sox L 3–5 Lackey (7–4) Chamberlain (1–3) Uehara (12) 33,835 33–26
60 June 9 @ White Sox L 5–6 Noesí (2–4) Porcello (8–4) Belisario (6) 18,803 33–27
— June 10 @ White Sox Postponed (rain). Rescheduled to August 30.
61 June 11 @ White Sox L 2–8 Danks (5–5) Verlander (6–6) — 18,424 33–28
62 June 12 @ White Sox W 4–0 Scherzer (8–2) Sale (5–1) — 20,626 34–28
63 June 13 Twins L 0–2 Gibson (6–5) Smyly (3–5) Perkins (17) 39,811 34–29
64 June 14 Twins W 12–9 Sánchez (3–2) Deduno (2–5) Krol (1) 41,498 35–29
65 June 15 Twins W 4–3 Nathan (3–2) Fien (3–3) — 41,462 36–29
66 June 16 Royals L 8–11 Vargas (7–2) Verlander (6–7) — 31,774 36–30
67 June 17 Royals L 4–11 Ventura (5–5) Scherzer (8–3) — 34,328 36–31
68 June 18 Royals L 1–2 Guthrie (4–6) Smyly (3–6) Holland (21) 37,209 36–32
69 June 19 Royals W 2–1 Sánchez (4–2) Duffy (4–6) Nathan (14) 35,715 37–32
70 June 20 @ Indians W 6–4 Porcello (9–4) Kluber (6–5) Nathan (15) 33,545 38–32
71 June 21 @ Indians W 5–4 (10) Nathan (4–2) Allen (3–2) Coke (1) 40,712 39–32
72 June 22 @ Indians W 10–4 Scherzer (9–3) Tomlin (4–5) — 26,023 40–32
73 June 24 @ Rangers W 8–2 Smyly (4–6) Lewis (5–5) — 35,526 41–32
74 June 25 @ Rangers W 8–6 Sánchez (5–2) Saunders (0–4) Nathan (16) 34,254 42–32
75 June 26 @ Rangers W 6–0 Porcello (10–4) Martinez (1–5) — 34,989 43–32
76 June 27 @ Astros L 3–4 (11) Buchanan (1–1) Hardy (0–1) — 22,386 43–33
77 June 28 @ Astros W 4–3 Coke (1–1) Williams (1–4) Nathan (17) 25,788 44–33
78 June 29 @ Astros L 4–6 Feldman (4–4) Smyly (4–7) Sipp (1) 22,478 44–34
79 June 30 Athletics W 5–4 Hardy (1–1) Doolittle (1–3) — 42,477 45–34
July (13–13)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
80 July 1 Athletics W 3–0 Porcello (11–4) Mills (1–1) — 32,455 46–34
81 July 2 Athletics W 9–3 Verlander (7–7) Chavez (6–5) — 35,445 47–34
82 July 3 Rays W 8–1 Scherzer (10–3) Bédard (4–6) — 33,908 48–34
83 July 4 Rays L 3–6 Cobb (4–6) Smyly (4–8) McGee (4) 40,657 48–35
84 July 5 Rays L 2–7 Archer (5–5) Sánchez (5–3) — 38,087 48–36
85 July 6 Rays L 3–7 Price (8–7) Porcello (11–5) McGee (5) 31,917 48–37
86 July 8 Dodgers W 14–5 Verlander (8–7) Ryu (9–5) — 36,912 49–37
87 July 9 Dodgers W 4–1 Scherzer (11–3) Greinke (11–5) Nathan (18) 36,462 50–37
88 July 10 @ Royals W 16–4 Smyly (5–8) Guthrie (5–8) — 21,775 51–37
89 July 11 @ Royals W 2–1 Sánchez (6–3) Duffy (5–9) Nathan (19) 31,581 52–37
90 July 12 @ Royals W 5–1 Porcello (12–5) Shields (9–5) — 33,849 53–37
91 July 13 @ Royals L 2–5 Ventura (7–7) Verlander (8–8) Holland (25) 23,424 53–38
92 July 18 Indians L 3–9 Bauer (4–4) Sánchez (6–4) — 42,255 53–39
93 July 19 Indians L 2–6 Kluber (10–6) VerHagen (0–1) — 38,109 53–40
94 July 19 Indians L 2–5 Carrasco (3–3) Nathan (4–3) Allen (13) 42,044 53–41
95 July 20 Indians W 5–1 Smyly (6–8) Tomlin (5–7) — 41,736 54–41
96 July 21 @ Diamondbacks W 4–3 Verlander (9–8) Delgado (1–2) Nathan (20) 25,907 55–41
97 July 22 @ Diamondbacks L 4–5 De La Rosa (2–0) Coke (1–2) Reed (24) 29,515 55–42
98 July 23 @ Diamondbacks W 11–5 Sánchez (7–4) Cahill (1–7) — 24,174 56–42
99 July 24 @ Angels W 6–4 Scherzer (12–3) Richards (11–3) Nathan (21) 40,146 57–42
100 July 25 @ Angels L 1–2 Morin (3–3) Smyly (6–9) Street (2) 42,915 57–43
101 July 26 @ Angels L 0–4 Shoemaker (8–3) Verlander (9–9) — 43,569 57–44
102 July 27 @ Angels L 1–2 Smith (4–0) Chamberlain (1–4) Street (3) 36,252 57–45
103 July 29 White Sox L 4–11 Quintana (6–7) Sánchez (7–5) — 40,032 57–46
104 July 30 White Sox W 7–2 Scherzer (13–3) Noesí (5–8) — 37,193 58–46
105 July 31 White Sox L 4–7 Belisario (4–7) Soria (1–4) Petricka (6) 41,306 58–47
August (16–15)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
106 August 1 Rockies W 4–2 Verlander (10–9) Morales (5–6) Nathan (22) 39,052 59–47
107 August 2 Rockies W 11–5 Porcello (13–5) Matzek (2–6) 42,811 60–47
108 August 3 Rockies W 4–0 Sánchez (8–5) de la Rosa (11–7) — 41,487 61–47
109 August 4 @ Yankees L 1–2 McCarthy (4–0) Scherzer (13–4) Robertson (30) 41,603 61–48
110 August 5 @ Yankees W 4–3 (12) Soria (2–4) Daley (0–1) Nathan (23) 40,078 62–48
111 August 6 @ Yankees L 1–5 Warren (2–5) Verlander (10–10) — 40,067 62–49
112 August 7 @ Yankees L 0–1 Greene (3–1) Porcello (13–6) Robertson (31) 47,013 62–50
113 August 8 @ Blue Jays W 5–4 Alburquerque (3–1) Janssen (3–1) Nathan (24) 36,237 63–50
114 August 9 @ Blue Jays L 2–3 (10) Loup (4–3) Chamberlain (1–5) — 45,927 63–51
115 August 10 @ Blue Jays L 5–6 (19) Jenkins (1–1) Porcello (13–7) — 46,126 63–52
116 August 11 @ Pirates L 6–11 Locke (4–3) Verlander (10–11) — 35,314 63–53
117 August 12 @ Pirates L 2–4 Volquez (10–7) Ray (1–2) Melancon (22) 34,919 63–54
118 August 13 Pirates W 8–4 Hardy (2–1) Worley (5–2) — 41,043 64–54
119 August 14 Pirates W 5–2 Scherzer (14–4) Liriano (3–9) — 41,986 65–54
120 August 15 Mariners L 2–7 Paxton (3–0) Porcello (13–8) — 42,385 65–55
121 August 16 Mariners W 4–2 Price (12–8) Hernández (13–4) Nathan (25) 43,833 66–55
122 August 17 Mariners L 1–8 Young (12–6) Ray (1–3) — 41,181 66–56
123 August 19 @ Rays W 8–6 (11) Johnson (5–2) Balfour (1–5) Nathan (26) 14,331 67–56
124 August 20 @ Rays W 6–0 Porcello (14–8) Odorizzi (9–10) — 13,575 68–56
125 August 21 @ Rays L 0–1 Cobb (9–6) Price (12–9) McGee (14) 19,189 68–57
126 August 22 @ Twins L 6–20 Pressly (2–0) Ray (1–4) — 29,394 68–58
127 August 23 @ Twins L 4–12 Pino (2–5) Farmer (0–1) — 25,110 68–59
128 August 23 @ Twins W 8–6 Verlander (11–11) May (0–3) Nathan (27) 25,578 69–59
129 August 24 @ Twins W 13–4 Scherzer (15–4) Gibson (11–10) — 23,983 70–59
130 August 26 Yankees W 5–2 Porcello (15–8) McCarthy (5–3) Nathan (28) 40,488 71–59
131 August 27 Yankees L 4–8 Greene (4–1) Price (12–10) — 40,876 71–60
132 August 28 Yankees W 3–2 Coke (2–2) Kelley (2–5) — 42,647 72–60
133 August 29 @ White Sox W 7–1 Verlander (12–11) Carroll (5–9) — 17,071 73–60
134 August 30 @ White Sox L 3–6 Sale (11–3) Scherzer (15–5) Petricka (10) 20,556 73–61
135 August 30 @ White Sox W 8–4 Ryan (1–0) Bassitt (0–1) — 23,723 74–61
136 August 31 @ White Sox L 2–6 Quintana (7–10) Porcello (15–9) — 26,336 74–62
September (16–10)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
137 September 1 @ Indians W 12–1 Price (13–10) Kluber (13–9) — 23,296 75–62
138 September 2 @ Indians W 4–2 Coke (3–2) Allen (5–4) Nathan (29) 9,990 76–62
139 September 3 @ Indians L 0–7 Salazar (6–6) Verlander (12–12) — 11,739 76–63
140 September 4 @ Indians W 11–4 (11) Coke (4–2) Tomlin (6–9) — 11,935 77–63
141 September 5 Giants L 2–8 Peavy (4–4) Porcello (15–10) — 31,940 77–64
142 September 6 Giants L 4–5 Bumgarner (17–9) Price (13–11) Casilla (15) 35,722 77–65
143 September 7 Giants W 6–1 Lobstein (1–0) Hudson (9–10) — 27,523 78–65
144 September 8 Royals W 9–5 Verlander (13–12) Guthrie (10–11) — 30,758 79–65
145 September 9 Royals W 4–2 Scherzer (16–5) Vargas (11–8) Nathan (30) 32,603 80–65
146 September 10 Royals L 0–3 Shields (14–7) Porcello (15–11) Davis (3) 29,751 80–66
147 September 12 Indians W 7–2 Price (14–11) Carrasco (7–5) — 38,341 81–66
148 September 13 Indians W 5–4 Chamberlain (2–5) Shaw (5–4) Nathan (31) 41,190 82–66
149 September 14 Indians W 6–4 Coke (5–2) Shaw (5–5) Nathan (32) 39,395 83–66
150 September 15 @ Twins W 8–6 Ryan (2–0) Fien (5–6) Soria (18) 19,700 84–66
151 September 16 @ Twins L 3–4 Perkins (4–3) Nathan (4–4) — 22,066 84–67
152 September 17 @ Twins L 4–8 Gibson (12–11) Price (14–12) — 22,285 84–68
153 September 19 @ Royals W 10–1 Verlander (14–12) Vargas (11–10) — 37,945 85–68
154 September 20 @ Royals W 3–2 Scherzer (17–5) Shields (14–8) Nathan (33) 37,074 86–68
155 September 21 @ Royals L 2–5 Guthrie (12–11) Porcello (15–12) Holland (43) 37,212 86–69
156 September 22 White Sox L 0–2 Bassitt (1–1) Lobstein (1–1) Petricka (14) 30,758 86–70
157 September 23 White Sox W 4–3 Nathan (5–4) Petricka (1–6) — 33,213 87–70
158 September 24 White Sox W 6–1 Verlander (15–12) Guerra (2–4) — 36,810 88–70
159 September 25 Twins W 4–2 Scherzer (18–5) May (3–6) Nathan (34) 33,077 89–70
160 September 26 Twins L 4–11 Achter (1–0) Porcello (15–13) — 35,178 89–71
161 September 27 Twins L 3–12 Nolasco (6–12) Lobstein (1–2) — 38,805 89–72
162 September 28 Twins W 3–0 Price (15–12) Gibson (13–12) Nathan (35) 40,501 90–72

Postseason

American League Division Series

Main article: 2014 American League Division Series
American League Division Series vs Baltimore Orioles (Orioles win series 3–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 October 2 @ Orioles L 3–12 Tillman (1–0) Scherzer (0–1) — 47,842 0–1
2 October 3 @ Orioles L 6–7 Brach (1–0) Soria (0–1) Britton (1) 48,058 0–2
3 October 5 Orioles L 1–2 Norris (1–0) Price (0–1) Britton (2) 43,013 0–3

Detailed records

American League
Opponent Home Away Total Pct. Runs scored Runs allowed
AL East
Toronto Blue Jays 0–3 1–2 1–5 .167 20 33
New York Yankees 2–1 1–3 3–4 .429 18 23
Baltimore Orioles 2–1 3–0 5–1 .833 33 20
Boston Red Sox 2–1 3–0 5–1 .833 30 16
Tampa Bay Rays 1–3 2–1 3–4 .429 30 28
7–9 10–6 17–15 .531 131 120
AL Central
Detroit Tigers – – – – – –
Chicago White Sox 5–5 5–4 10–9 .526 85 80
Minnesota Twins 5–5 4–5 9–11 .450 102 119
Kansas City Royals 5–4 8–2 13–6 .684 100 66
Cleveland Indians 5–4 6–4 11–8 .579 103 80
20–18 21–13 41–31 .569 388 340
AL West
Oakland Athletics 3–0 2–2 5–2 .714 29 29
Los Angeles Angels 2–1 1–3 3–4 .429 21 26
Texas Rangers 1–3 3–0 4–3 .571 41 43
Seattle Mariners 1–2 1–2 2–4 .333 15 27
Houston Astros 3–1 1–2 4–3 .571 29 25
10–7 8–9 18–16 .529 135 150


National League
Opponent Home Away Total Pct. Runs scored Runs allowed
Los Angeles Dodgers 2–0 1–1 3–1 .750 27 15
San Diego Padres 0–0 1–2 1–2 .333 7 13
Arizona Diamondbacks 0–0 2–1 2–1 .667 19 12
Colorado Rockies 3–0 0–0 3–0 1.000 19 7
Pittsburgh Pirates 2–0 0–2 2–2 .500 21 21
San Francisco Giants 1–2 0–0 1–2 .333 12 14
8–2 4–6 12–8 .600 105 83

Roster

2014 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

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; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
Alex Avila 124 390 44 85 22 0 11 47 .218 0
Miguel Cabrera 159 611 101 191 52 1 25 109 .313 1
Ezequiel Carrera 45 69 12 18 4 1 0 2 .261 7
Nick Castellanos 148 533 50 138 31 4 11 66 .259 2
Tyler Collins 18 24 3 6 0 0 1 4 .250 0
Rajai Davis 134 461 64 130 27 2 8 51 .282 36
Álex González 9 30 4 5 0 1 0 2 .167 0
Bryan Holaday 62 156 14 36 5 1 0 15 .231 1
Torii Hunter 142 549 71 157 33 2 17 83 .286 4
Austin Jackson+ 100 374 52 102 25 5 4 33 .273 9
Don Kelly 95 163 24 40 5 1 0 7 .245 6
Ian Kinsler 161 684 100 188 40 4 17 92 .275 15
J. D. Martinez 123 441 57 139 30 3 23 76 .315 6
Víctor Martínez 151 561 87 188 33 0 32 103 .335 3
James McCann 9 12 2 3 1 0 0 0 .250 1
Steven Moya 11 8 2 3 0 0 0 0 .375 0
Hernán Pérez 8 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 .200 0
Andrew Romine 94 251 30 57 6 0 2 12 .227 12
Eugenio Suárez 85 244 33 59 9 1 4 23 .242 3
Danny Worth 20 42 5 7 1 0 0 5 .167 0
Pitcher totals 162 22 1 4 1 0 0 1 .182 0
Team Totals 162 5630 757 1557 325 26 155 731 .277 106

+Totals with Tigers only.

Pitching

Starters

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP R ER BB K
Kyle Lobstein 1 2 4.35 7 6 0 39+1⁄3 20 19 14 27
Rick Porcello 15 13 3.43 32 31 0 204+2⁄3 89 78 41 129
David Price+ 4 4 3.59 11 11 0 77+2⁄3 32 31 15 82
Aníbal Sánchez 8 5 3.43 22 21 0 126 55 48 30 102
Max Scherzer 18 5 3.15 33 33 0 220+1⁄3 80 77 63 252
Drew Smyly+ 6 9 3.93 21 18 0 105+1⁄3 48 46 31 89
Drew VerHagen 0 1 5.40 1 1 0 5 3 3 3 4
Justin Verlander 15 12 4.54 32 32 0 206 114 104 65 159

+Totals with Tigers only.

Bullpen

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP R ER BB K
Al Alburquerque 3 1 2.51 72 0 1 57+1⁄3 16 16 21 63
Joba Chamberlain 2 5 3.57 69 0 2 63 26 25 24 59
Phil Coke 5 2 3.88 62 0 1 58 28 25 20 41
Buck Farmer 0 1 11.57 4 2 0 9+1⁄3 12 12 5 11
Blaine Hardy 2 1 2.54 38 0 0 39 12 11 20 31
Jim Johnson 1 0 6.92 16 0 0 13 13 10 12 14
Corey Knebel+ 0 0 6.23 8 0 0 8+2⁄3 7 6 3 11
Ian Krol 0 0 4.96 45 0 1 32+2⁄3 23 18 13 28
Pat McCoy 0 0 3.86 14 0 0 14 6 6 13 11
Melvin Mercedes 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
Justin Miller 1 0 5.11 8 0 0 12+1⁄3 9 7 2 5
Joe Nathan 5 4 4.81 62 0 35 58 32 31 29 54
José Ortega 0 1 27.00 1 0 0 1+1⁄3 4 4 4 1
Luke Putkonen 0 0 27.00 2 0 0 2+2⁄3 8 8 2 1
Robbie Ray 1 4 8.16 9 6 0 28+2⁄3 26 26 11 19
Evan Reed 0 1 4.18 32 0 0 32+1⁄3 19 15 12 26
Andrew Romine 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 1 3 3 0 1
Kyle Ryan 2 0 2.61 6 1 0 10+1⁄3 3 3 2 4
Chad Smith 0 0 5.40 10 0 0 11+2⁄3 7 7 3 9
Joakim Soria 1 1 4.91 13 0 1 11 7 6 2 6
Kevin Whelan 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 1+1⁄3 2 2 2 1
Danny Worth 0 0 4.50 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 2
Team Pitching Totals 90 72 4.01 162 162 41 1454 705 648 462 1244

+Totals with Tigers only.

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Toledo Mud Hens International League Larry Parrish
AA Erie SeaWolves Eastern League Lance Parrish
A Lakeland Flying Tigers Florida State League Dave Huppert and Bill Dancy
A West Michigan Whitecaps Midwest League Andrew Graham
A-Short Season Connecticut Tigers New York–Penn League Mike Rabelo
Rookie GCL Tigers Gulf Coast League Basilio Cabrera

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