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
OwnersJim Crane
General managersJeff Luhnow
ManagersBo 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 2 teams 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 American League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2014
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
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Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

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Coaches

Player stats

Note: All batting and pitching leaders in each category are in bold.

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; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB AVG SB
José Altuve1586608522547375936.34156
Chris Carter14550768115211378856.2275
Jason Castro12646543103212145634.2221
Carlos Corporan5517022406061914.2350
Matt Dominguez15756451121170165729.2150
Dexter Fowler1164346112021483566.27611
Marwin González103285337915162317.2772
Robbie Grossman103360428414263755.2339
Jesús Guzmán691651031402919.1883
Enrique Hernández2481102342188.2840
L.J. Hoes5512212215031110.1720
Marc Krauss6718616366062121.1940
Jake Marisnick511731847803195.2726
Gregorio Petit3797142780291.2780
Alex Presley8925422626161913.2445
Domingo Santana6171000001.0000
Jon Singleton953104252130134450.1682
George Springer78295456881205139.2315
Max Stassi7202720040.3500
Jonathan Villar87263315513272719.20917
Pitcher Totals162191110002.0530
Team Totals1625447629131724019163596495.242122

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; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO
Matt Albers000.9080010.01011038
Anthony Bass116.33210227.0322019677
Jake Buchanan134.58172035.141191841220
Kevin Chapman204.64210021.122111131119
José Cisnero009.645004.2855045
Paul Clemens015.84130024.228201651316
Jarred Cosart974.4120200116.1119615775175
Jorge de León004.918007.1944234
Samuel Deduno013.125108.2543059
Darin Downs215.45450034.228222121927
Kyle Farnsworth006.17160011.21488048
Scott Feldman8123.7429290180.118586751650107
Josh Fields464.45540454.250292721770
Michael Foltynewicz015.30160018.22311113714
Lucas Harrell039.4933012.1191413299
Dallas Keuchel1292.9329290200.018771651148146
David Martínez005.143007.0544126
Collin McHugh1192.7325250154.211753471341157
Brett Oberholtzer5134.3924240143.21707370122894
Rudy Owens017.941105.2955121
Brad Peacock494.7228240131.213680692070119
Chad Qualls153.335801951.15422195543
Tony Sipp433.38560450.228191951763
Nick Tropeano134.5744021.21912110913
Raúl Valdés0012.278013.2555234
José Veras403.03340132.225131141637
Jerome Williams146.04260047.259333271638
Josh Zeid006.97230020.23018166718
Team Totals70924.11162162311438.214377236571394841137

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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