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30 teams in AL, NL · 2430 regular-season games · 2014-03-22 to 2014-09-28 · attendance 73,739,622

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World Series champion

San Francisco Giants

MVP

Mike Trout AL
Clayton Kershaw NL

Cy Young

Corey Kluber AL
Clayton Kershaw NL

Rookie of the Year

Jose Abreu AL
Jacob deGrom NL

All-Star Game

2014-07-15 at Target Field

Hall of Fame class of 2014

Bobby Cox, Frank Thomas, Greg Maddux, Joe Torre, Tom Glavine, Tony LaRussa

Postseason

Round	Result	Games
Wild Card	Kansas City Royals 1–0 Oakland Athletics	1
Wild Card	San Francisco Giants 1–0 Pittsburgh Pirates	1
Division Series	Baltimore Orioles 3–0 Detroit Tigers	3
Division Series	Kansas City Royals 3–0 Anaheim Angels	3
Division Series	San Francisco Giants 3–1 Washington Nationals	4
Division Series	St. Louis Cardinals 3–1 Los Angeles Dodgers	4
League Championship	Kansas City Royals 4–0 Baltimore Orioles	4
League Championship	San Francisco Giants 4–1 St. Louis Cardinals	5
World Series	San Francisco Giants 4–3 Kansas City Royals	7

Standings

AL Central

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Detroit Tigers	90	72	.556	—	705	2,917,209	Brad Ausmus	Division
2	Kansas City Royals	89	73	.549	1	624	1,956,482	Ned Yost	Pennant Wild Card
3	Cleveland Indians	85	77	.525	5	653	1,437,393	Terry Francona
4	Chicago White Sox	73	89	.451	17	758	1,650,821	Robin Ventura
5	Minnesota Twins	70	92	.432	20	777	2,250,606	Ron Gardenhire, Terry Steinbach

AL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Baltimore Orioles	96	66	.593	—	593	2,464,473	Buck Showalter	Division
2	New York Yankees	84	78	.519	12	664	3,401,624	Joe Girardi
3	Toronto Blue Jays	83	79	.512	13	686	2,375,525	John Gibbons
4	Tampa Bay Rays	77	85	.475	19	625	1,446,464	Joe Maddon
5	Boston Red Sox	71	91	.438	25	715	2,956,089	John Farrell

AL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	98	64	.605	—	630	3,095,935	Mike Scioscia, Dino Ebel	Division
2	Oakland Athletics	88	74	.543	10	572	2,003,628	Bob Melvin	Wild Card
3	Seattle Mariners	87	75	.537	11	554	2,064,334	Lloyd McClendon
4	Houston Astros	70	92	.432	28	723	1,751,829	Bo Porter, Tom Lawless
5	Texas Rangers	67	95	.414	31	773	2,718,733	Ron Washington, Tim Bogar

NL Central

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	St. Louis Cardinals	90	72	.556	—	603	3,540,649	Mike Matheny	Division
2	Pittsburgh Pirates	88	74	.543	2	631	2,442,564	Clint Hurdle	Wild Card
3	Milwaukee Brewers	82	80	.506	8	657	2,797,384	Ron Roenicke
4	Cincinnati Reds	76	86	.469	14	612	2,476,664	Bryan Price
5	Chicago Cubs	73	89	.451	17	707	2,652,113	Rich Renteria

NL East

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Washington Nationals	96	66	.593	—	555	2,579,389	Matt Williams	Division
2	Atlanta Braves	79	83	.488	17	597	2,354,305	Fredi Gonzalez
3	New York Mets	79	83	.488	17	618	2,148,808	Terry Collins
4	Miami Marlins	77	85	.475	19	674	1,732,283	Mike Redmond
5	Philadelphia Phillies	73	89	.451	23	687	2,423,852	Ryne Sandberg

NL West

#	Team	W	L	Pct	GB	RA	Attendance	Manager
1	Los Angeles Dodgers	94	68	.580	—	617	3,782,337	Don Mattingly	Division
2	San Francisco Giants	88	74	.543	6	614	3,368,697	Bruce Bochy	World Series Wild Card
3	San Diego Padres	77	85	.475	17	577	2,195,373	Buddy Black
4	Colorado Rockies	66	96	.407	28	818	2,680,329	Walt Weiss
5	Arizona Diamondbacks	64	98	.395	30	742	2,073,730	Kirk Gibson, Alan Trammell

Leaders

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AVG

ERA

NL

RBI

AVG

ERA

No-hitters

Josh Beckett, Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Philadelphia Phillies, 2014-05-25
Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Colorado Rockies, 2014-06-18
Tim Lincecum, San Francisco Giants vs. San Diego Padres, 2014-06-25
Jordan Zimmermann, Washington Nationals vs. Miami Marlins, 2014-09-28

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