2014 Chicago Cubs season

2014 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Central Division (since 1994)
Location
Wrigley Field (since 1916)
Chicago, Illinois (since 1870)
Results
Record	73–89 (.451)
Divisional place	5th
Other information
Owner(s)	Tom Ricketts
General manager(s)	Jed Hoyer
Manager(s)	Rick Renteria
Local television	WGN-TV WGN America CSN Chicago CSN Chicago Plus WCIU-TV (Len Kasper, Jim Deshaies)
Local radio	WGN (AM) Chicago Cubs Radio Network (Pat Hughes, Ron Coomer, Judd Sirott)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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The 2014 Chicago Cubs season was the 142nd season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 139th in the National League and the 99th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs began the season on the road against the Pittsburgh Pirates on March 31, 2014 and finished the regular season on September 28, 2014, on the road against the Milwaukee Brewers. The Cubs hosted the Philadelphia Phillies for Opening Day at Wrigley Field on April 4, 2014. The Cubs' interleague opponents were the American League East, in addition to their cross-town rivals, the Chicago White Sox. The Cubs finished the season with a 73-89 record in Rick Renteria's first and only season as manager.^[1]

Offseason

Dale Sveum was fired as manager on September 30, 2013. His total record with the Cubs in two years was 127-197. Rick Renteria was hired as the manager of the Chicago Cubs on November 7, 2013 and signed a three year contract.^[2]

Season notes

Spring training

The Cubs opened a new spring training facility in Mesa, Arizona called Cubs Park. The park replaces HoHoKam Stadium which had been their spring training home since 1979.^[3] With a capacity of 15,000, Cubs Park becomes the largest spring training stadium by capacity in Major League Baseball, surpassing Camelback Ranch in Glendale.^[4]

Opening day starters


Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Emilio Bonifacio	CF
Starlin Castro	SS
Darwin Barney	2B
Anthony Rizzo	1B
Nate Schierholtz	RF
Welington Castillo	C
Mike Olt	3B
Junior Lake	LF
Jeff Samardzija	SP

Trades

The Cubs traded Jason Hammel and Jeff Samardzija in early July to the Oakland A's for minor leaguers Addison Russell, Billy McKinney and major league pitcher Dan Straily.^[5] Russell is considered a top-five prospect in baseball.
On July 28, Darwin Barney was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers^[6] for minor league pitcher Jonathan Martinez.^[7]
On July 30, the Cubs acquired Felix Doubront from the Boston Red Sox.
On July 31, pitcher James Russell and infielder Emilio Bonifacio were traded to the Atlanta Braves for 20-year-old catcher Victor Caratini.
On August 15, the Cubs traded outfielder Brett Jackson to the Arizona Diamondbacks for pitcher Blake Cooper.

Home record

The Cubs finished their first winning season at Wrigley Field since 2009 with a record of 41–40.^[8] 2,652,113 fans attended Cubs home games which is the best since the 2008 season.^[9]

Season standings

National League Central

NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	90	72	0.556	—	51–30	39–42
Pittsburgh Pirates	88	74	0.543	2	51–30	37–44
Milwaukee Brewers	82	80	0.506	8	42–39	40–41
Cincinnati Reds	76	86	0.469	14	44–37	32–49
Chicago Cubs	73	89	0.451	17	41–40	32–49

National League Wild Card

Standings

Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
⁽¹⁾ Washington Nationals	96	66	0.593
⁽²⁾ Los Angeles Dodgers	94	68	0.580
⁽³⁾ St. Louis Cardinals	90	72	0.556

Wild Card teams (Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)	W	L	Pct.	GB
⁽⁴⁾ Pittsburgh Pirates	88	74	0.543	—
⁽⁵⁾ San Francisco Giants	88	74	0.543	—
Milwaukee Brewers	82	80	0.506	6
New York Mets	79	83	0.488	9
Atlanta Braves	79	83	0.488	9
San Diego Padres	77	85	0.475	11
Miami Marlins	77	85	0.475	11
Cincinnati Reds	76	86	0.469	12
Philadelphia Phillies	73	89	0.451	15
Chicago Cubs	73	89	0.451	15
Colorado Rockies	66	96	0.407	22
Arizona Diamondbacks	64	98	0.395	24

Record vs. opponents

Record

2014 National League Records Source: Standings Head-to-Head
Team	ARI	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	LAD	MIA	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	–	3–3	5–2	3–4	9–10	4–15	3–4	3–4	2–4	2–4	3–4	12–7	6–13	1–5	1–6	7–13
Atlanta	3–3	–	5–1	5–2	4–3	1–6	9–10	5–2	9–10	11–8	3–4	3–4	1–5	2–4	11–8	7–13
Chicago	2–5	1–5	–	8–11	5–2	3–4	4–2	11–8	5–2	3–3	5–14	3–4	2–4	9–10	3–4	9–11
Cincinnati	4–3	2–5	11–8	–	3–4	3–4	4–3	10–9	2–4	3–3	12-7	1–5	5–2	7–12	3–3	6–14
Colorado	10–9	3–4	2–5	4–3	–	6–13	3–4	1–6	3–4	3–3	2–4	10–9	10–9	1–5	1–5	7–13
Los Angeles	15–4	6–1	4–3	4–3	13–6	–	3–3	1–5	4–2	3–4	2–5	12–7	10–9	4–3	2–4	11–9
Miami	4–3	10–9	2–4	3–4	4–3	3–3	–	3–4	8–11	9–10	2–4	3–4	3–4	4–2	6–13	13–7
Milwaukee	4–3	2–5	8–11	9–10	6–1	5–1	4–3	–	4–3	3–4	12–7	3–3	2–4	7–12	2–4	11–9
New York	4–2	10–9	2–5	4–2	4–3	2–4	11–8	3–4	–	13–6	3–4	3–3	1–6	4–3	4–15	11–9
Philadelphia	4–2	8–11	3–3	3–3	3–3	4–3	10–9	4–3	6–13	–	1–6	4–3	2–5	4–3	10–9	7–13
Pittsburgh	4–3	4–3	14–5	7–12	4–2	5–2	4–2	7-12	4–3	6–1	–	3–3	4–2	8–11	3–4	11–9
San Diego	7–12	4–3	4–3	5–1	9–10	7–12	4–3	3–3	3–3	3–4	3–3	–	10–9	3–4	3–4	9–11
San Francisco	13–6	5–1	4–2	2–5	9–10	9–10	4–3	4–2	6–1	5–2	2–4	9–10	–	4–3	2–5	10–10
St. Louis	5–1	4–2	10–9	12–7	5–1	3–4	2–4	12–7	3–4	3–4	11–8	4–3	3–4	–	5–2	8–12
Washington	6–1	8–11	4–3	3–3	5–1	4–2	13–6	4–2	15–4	9–10	4–3	4–3	5–2	2–5	–	10–10

Detailed record vs. opponents

Detailed Record

Opponent	W	L	PER	RS	RA
National League
NL East
Atlanta Braves	1	5	0.167	22	35
Miami Marlins	4	2	0.667	29	20
New York Mets	5	2	0.714	25	21
Philadelphia Phillies	3	3	0.500	19	20
Washington Nationals	3	4	0.429	22	32
Total	16	14	0.500	117	128
NL Central
Chicago Cubs	—
Cincinnati Reds	8	11	0.421	69	78
Milwaukee Brewers	11	8	0.579	71	60
Pittsburgh Pirates	5	14	0.263	63	89
St. Louis Cardinals	9	10	0.474	87	93
Total	32	43	0.434	290	320
NL West
Arizona Diamondbacks	2	5	0.286	30	32
Colorado Rockies	5	2	0.714	31	31
Los Angeles Dodgers	3	4	0.429	39	47
San Diego Padres	3	4	0.429	24	39
San Francisco Giants	2	4	0.333	16	27
Total	14	18	0.455	135	168
American League
Baltimore Orioles	3	0	1.000	13	4
Boston Red Sox	3	0	1.000	20	10
Chicago White Sox	1	3	0.250	17	21
New York Yankees	1	3	0.250	8	10
Tampa Bay Rays	1	2	0.333	6	10
Toronto Blue Jays	0	3	0.000	3	28
Total	9	11	0.450	67	83

Month	Games	W	L	PER	RS	RA
March/April	26	9	17	0.346	99	108
May	27	11	16	0.407	108	108
June	28	15	13	0.536	98	101
July	26	10	16	0.385	107	141
August	30	16	14	0.533	111	120
September	25	12	13	0.480	91	129

Home	81	41	30	0.506	308	329
Away	81	32	49	0.395	306	378
Total	162	73	89	0.451	614	707

Regular season

Game log

2014 Game Log (73–89)

March/April: 9–17 (Home: 5–8; Away: 4–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	March 31	@ Pirates	L 0–1 (10)	Morris (1–0)	Villanueva (0–1)		39,833	0–1
2	April 2	@ Pirates	L 3–4 (16)	Pimentel (1–0)	Villanueva (0–2)		29,762	0–2
3	April 3	@ Pirates	W 3–2	Hammel (1–0)	Rodríguez (0–1)	Strop (1)	11,418	1–2
4	April 4	Phillies	L 2–7	Hernández (1–0)	Wood (0–1)		38,283	1–3
5	April 5	Phillies	L 0–2	Lee (2–0)	Samardzija (0–1)	Papelbon (1)	30,651	1–4
6	April 6	Phillies	W 8–3	Villanueva (1–2)	Burnett (0–1)		26,712	2–4
7	April 8	Pirates	L 6–7	Watson (2–0)	Strop (0–1)	Grilli (2)	26,177	2–5
8	April 9	Pirates	W 7–5	Hammel (2–0)	Rodríguez (0–2)		28,247	3–5
9	April 10	Pirates	L 4–5	Cole (2–0)	Russell (0–1)	Grilli (3)	25,502	3–6
10	April 11	@ Cardinals	W 6–3	Grimm (1–0)	Rosenthal (0–1)	Rondón (1)	43,903	4–6
11	April 12	@ Cardinals	L 4–10	Wainwright (2–1)	Villanueva (1–3)		45,302	4–7
12	April 13	@ Cardinals	L 4–6	Wacha (2–0)	Jackson (0–1)	Rosenthal (4)	44,135	4–8
—	April 15	@ Yankees	Postponed (inclement weather) (Makeup date: April 16)
13	April 16	@ Yankees	L 0–3	Tanaka (2–0)	Hammel (2–1)	Kelley (4)	36,569	4–9
14	April 16	@ Yankees	L 0–2	Pineda (2–1)	Wood (0–2)	Warren (1)	40,073	4–10
15	April 18	Reds	L 1–4	Simon (2–1)	Samardzija (0–2)	Broxton (2)	28,699	4–11
16	April 19	Reds	W 8–4	Jackson (1–1)	Cingrani (1–2)		32,966	5–11
17	April 20	Reds	L 2–8	Bailey (1–1)	Villanueva (1–4)		27,927	5–12
18	April 21	Diamondbacks	W 5–1	Wood (1–2)	Arroyo (1–2)		32,439	6–12
19	April 22	Diamondbacks	W 9–2	Hammel (3–1)	McCarthy (0–4)		35,381	7–12
20	April 23	Diamondbacks	L 5–7	Cahill (1–4)	Strop (0–2)	Reed (4)	32,323	7–13
21	April 24	Diamondbacks	L 2–5	Bolsinger (1–1)	Jackson (1–2)	Reed (5)	33,085	7–14
22	April 25	@ Brewers	L 2–5	Garza (1–2)	Villanueva (1–5)	Rodríguez (10)	32,868	7–15
23	April 26	@ Brewers	L 3–5	Estrada (2–1)	Wood (1–3)	Rodríguez (11)	40,008	7–16
24	April 27	@ Brewers	W 4–0	Hammel (4–1)	Peralta (3–1)		45,286	8–16
—	April 28	@ Reds	Postponed (inclement weather) (Makeup date: July 8)
25	April 29	@ Reds	L 2–3	Simon (4–1)	Samardzija (0–3)	Broxton (5)	17,579	8–17
26	April 30	@ Reds	W 9–4	Jackson (2–2)	Christiani (0–1)		21,847	9–17

May: 11–16 (Home: 5–5; Away: 6–11)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
27	May 2	Cardinals	W 6–5	Wood (2–3)	Wainwright (5–2)	Rondón (2)	28,160	10–17
28	May 3	Cardinals	W 3–0	Schlitter (1–0)	Wacha (2–3)	Rondón (3)	37,874	11–17
29	May 4	Cardinals	L 4–5	Siegrist (1–1)	Rondón (0–1)	Rosenthal (8)	30,023	11–18
30	May 5	White Sox	L 1–3 (12)	Webb (3–0)	Grimm (1–1)	Lindstrom (5)	33,146	11–19
31	May 6	White Sox	L 1–5	Putnam (1–0)	Ramirez (0–1)		34,305	11–20
32	May 7	@ White Sox	L 3–8	Danks (3–2)	Wood (2–4)		21,075	11–21
33	May 8	@ White Sox	W 12–5	Schlitter (2–0)	Carroll (1–2)		26,332	12–21
34	May 9	@ Braves	L 2–3 (10)	Wood (3–5)	Wright (0–1)		27,145	12–22
35	May 10	@ Braves	L 0–2	Santana (4–0)	Schlitter (2–1)	Kimbrel (10)	30,658	12–23
36	May 11	@ Braves	L 2–5	Harang (4–3)	Jackson (2–3)	Carpenter (2)	26,151	12–24
37	May 12	@ Cardinals	W 17–5	Wood (3–4)	Lyons (0–3)		44,434	13–24
38	May 13	@ Cardinals	L 3–4 (12)	Maness (1–2)	Grimm (1–2)		43,627	13–25
—	May 14	@ Cardinals	Postponed (inclement weather) (Makeup date: August 30)
39	May 15	@ Cardinals	L 3–5	Wacha (3–3)	Hammel (4–2)	Rosenthal (11)	42,501	13–26
40	May 16	Brewers	L 3–4	Lohse (5–1)	Samardzija (0–4)	Rodríguez (17)	35,771	13–27
41	May 17	Brewers	W 3–0	Jackson (3–3)	Garza (2–4)	Rondón (4)	36,671	14–27
42	May 18	Brewers	W 4–2	Wood (4–4)	Estrada (3–2)	Rondón (5)	37,631	15–27
43	May 20	Yankees	W 6–1	Hammel (5–2)	Tanaka (6–1)		38,753	16–27
44	May 21	Yankees	L 2–4 (13)	Claiborne (2–0)	Veras (0–1)	Robertson (9)	34,808	16–28
45	May 22	@ Padres	W 5–1	Arrieta (1–0)	Stults (2–5)	Villanueva (1)	21,263	17–28
46	May 23	@ Padres	L 1–11	Stauffer (2–0)	Jackson (3–4)		26,489	17–29
47	May 24	@ Padres	W 3–2	Wood (5–4)	Buckner (0–1)	Rondón (6)	42,107	18–29
48	May 25	@ Padres	L 3–4	Kennedy (3–6)	Hammel (5–3)	Street (14)	32,167	18–30
49	May 26	@ Giants	W 8–4	Samardzija (1–4)	Petit (3–2)		42,257	19–30
50	May 27	@ Giants	L 0–4	Hudson (5–2)	Arrieta (1–1)		41,060	19–31
51	May 28	@ Giants	L 0–5	Kontos (1–0)	Jackson (3–5)		41,186	19–32
52	May 30	@ Brewers	L 5–11	Estrada (5–2)	Wood (5–5)		36,100	19–33
53	May 31	@ Brewers	W 8-0	Hammel (6–3)	Peralta (4–5)		42,332	20–33

June: 14–13 (Home: 9–7; Away: 5–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
54	June 1	@ Brewers	L 0–9	Lohse (7–1)	Samardzija (1–5)		36,277	20–34
55	June 3	Mets	W 2–1	Rondón (1–1)	Rice (1–2)		34,697	21–34
56	June 4	Mets	W 5–4	Jackson (4–5)	Eveland (0–1)	Rondón (7)	28,185	22–34
57	June 5	Mets	W 7–4	Grimm (2–2)	Black (1–1)	Ramirez (1)	28,833	23–34
58	June 6	Marlins	W 5–3 (13)	Villanueva (2–5)	Slowey (1–1)		28,495	24–34
59	June 7	Marlins	W 5–2	Samardzija (2–5)	Wolf (1–2)	Strop (2)	33,786	25–34
60	June 8	Marlins	L 3–4	Dunn (5–3)	Strop (0–3)	Cishek (14)	33,134	25–35
61	June 9	@ Pirates	L 2–6	Morton (3–7)	Jackson (4–6)		24,075	25–36
62	June 10	@ Pirates	W 7–3	Wood (6–5)	Sadler (0–1)		31,567	26–36
63	June 11	@ Pirates	L 2–4	Cumpton (2–2)	Hammel (6–4)	Grilli (10)	20,540	26–37
64	June 12	@ Pirates	L 0–4	Volquez (4–5)	Samardzija (2–6)		25,431	26–38
65	June 13	@ Phillies	W 2–1	Arrieta (2–1)	Hernández (2–5)	Ramirez (2)	26,154	27–38
66	June 14	@ Phillies	L 4–7	Buchanan (2–3)	Jackson (4–7)	Papelbon (15)	31,524	27–39
67	June 15	@ Phillies	W 3–0	Wood (7–5)	Burnett (4–6)	Ramirez (3)	41,238	28–39
68	June 16	@ Marlins	W 5–4	Villanueva (3–5)	Turner (2–5)	Russell (1)	19,170	29–39
69	June 17	@ Marlins	L 5–6	Dyson (1–0)	Schlitter (2–2)	Cishek (16)	20,860	29–40
70	June 18	@ Marlins	W 6–1	Arrieta (3–1)	Eovaldi (4–3)		27,032	30–40
71	June 20	Pirates	W 6–3	Jackson (5–7)	Morton (4–8)	Rondón (8)	36,423	31–40
72	June 21	Pirates	L 3–5	Worley (1–0)	Wood (7–6)	Melancon (11)	36,563	31–41
73	June 22	Pirates	L 1–2	Cumpton (3–2)	Hammel (6–5)	Melancon (12)	33,573	31–42
74	June 23	Reds	L 1–6	Broxton (3–0)	Rondón (1–2)		27,747	31–43
75	June 24	Reds	W 7–3	Arrieta (4–1)	Bailey (7–4)	—	28,226	32–43
76	June 25	Reds	L 1–4	Latos (1–0)	Jackson (5–8)	Chapman (14)	28,207	32–44
77	June 26	Nationals	W 5–3	Ramirez (1–1)	Stammen (0–3)	Rondón (9)	28,867	33–44
78	June 27	Nationals	W 7–2	Hammel (7–5)	Roark (7–5)		30,683	34–44
79	June 28	Nationals	L 0–3	Gonzalez (5–4)	Beeler (0–1)	Soriano (19)	35,770	34–45
80	June 28	Nationals	L 2–7	Treinen (1–3)	Samardzija (2–7)	Detwiler (1)	32,267	34–46
81	June 30	@ Red Sox	W 2–0	Arrieta (5–1)	Peavy (1–7)	Rondon (10)	37,814	35–46

July: 10–16 (Home: 6–7; Away: 4–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
82	July 1	@ Red Sox	W 2–1	Strop (1–3)	Uehara (3–2)	Rondón (11)	36,748	36–46
83	July 2	@ Red Sox	W 16–9	Villanueva (4–5)	Workman (1–2)		37,055	37–46
84	July 4	@ Nationals	W 7–2	Hammel (8–5)	Roark (7–6)		41,274	38–46
85	July 5	@ Nationals	L 0–13	González (6–4)	Villanueva (4–6)		38,473	38–47
86	July 6	@ Nationals	L 1–2	Clippard (6–2)	Strop (1–4)	Soriano (21)	32,941	38–48
87	July 7	@ Reds	L 3–9	Leake (7–7)	Jackson (5–9)		26,558	38–49
88	July 8	@ Reds	L 2–4	Cueto (9–6)	Wood (7–7)	Chapman (18)	17,371	38–50
89	July 8	@ Reds	L 5–6	Ondrusek (3–2)	Rondón (1–3)		29,991	38–51
90	July 9	@ Reds	L 1–4	Simon (12–3)	Beeler (0–2)	Chapman (19)	32,810	38–52
91	July 10	@ Reds	W 6–4	Parker (1–0)	Hoover (1–6)		31,983	39–52
92	July 11	Braves	W 5–4	Rondón (2–3)	Walden (0–1)		39,544	40–52
93	July 12	Braves	L 6–11	Minor (3–5)	Jackson (5–10)	Carpenter (3)	36,806	40–53
94	July 13	Braves	L 7–10	Teheran (9–6)	Wood (7–8)	Kimbrel (29)	36,363	40–54
All-Star Break
95	July 18	@ Diamondbacks	L 4–5	De La Rosa (1–0)	Schlitter (2–3)	Reed (22)	32,619	40–55
96	July 19	@ Diamondbacks	L 3–9	Miley (6–6)	Wood (7–9)		32,528	40–56
97	July 20	@ Diamondbacks	L 2–3	Collmenter (8–5)	Arrieta (5–2)	Reed (23)	37,131	40–57
98	July 22	Padres	W 6–0	Hendricks (1–0)	Stults (3–12)		32,730	41–57
99	July 23	Padres	L 3–8	Kennedy (8–9)	Wada (0–1)		30,718	41–58
100	July 24	Padres	L 3–13	Ross (9–10)	Jackson (5–11)		31,321	41–59
101	July 25	Cardinals	W 7–6	Grimm (3–2)	Siegrist (1–2)	Rondón (12)	41,534	42–59
102	July 26	Cardinals	L 3–6	Choate (2–2)	Russell (0–2)	Rosenthal (31)	41,927	42–60
103	July 27	Cardinals	L 0–1	Wainwright (13–5)	Hendricks (1–1)	Rosenthal (32)	35,256	42–61
104	July 28	Rockies	W 4–1	Wada (1–1)	Flande (0–3)	Rondón (13)	29,702	43–61
105	July 29	Rockies	W 4–3 (16)	Baker (1–0)	Matzek (2–5)		28,590	44–61
106	July 30	Rockies	L 4–6 (10)	Scahill (1–0)	Wright (0–2)	Ottavino (1)	29,491	44–62
107	July 31	Rockies	W 3–1	Arrieta (6–2)	Hernández (0–1)	Rondón (14)	35,729	45–62

August: 16–14 (Home: 7–6; Away: 9–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
108	August 1	@ Dodgers	W 8–2	Hendricks (2–1)	Haren (8–9)		47,900	46–62
109	August 2	@ Dodgers	L 2–5 (12)	Wright (4–2)	Parker (1–1)		53,354	46–63
110	August 3	@ Dodgers	W 7–3	Jackson (6–11)	Beckett (6–6)		44,713	47–63
111	August 5	@ Rockies	W 6–5 (12)	Rondón (3–3)	Logan (2–2)	Villanueva (2)	35,043	48–63
112	August 6	@ Rockies	L 4–13	Lyles (6–1)	Arrieta (6–3)		35,804	48–64
113	August 7	@ Rockies	W 6–2	Hendricks (3–1)	Flande (0–4)		32,585	49–64
114	August 8	Rays	L 3–4	Boxberger (3–1)	Rondón (3–4)		34,937	49–65
115	August 9	Rays	L 0–4	Odorizzi (8–9)	Jackson (6–12)		36,739	49–66
116	August 10	Rays	W 3–2 (12)	Villanueva (5–6)	Ramos (2–4)		33,039	50–66
117	August 11	Brewers	L 1–3	Gallardo (7–6)	Arrieta (6–4)	Rodríguez (36)	28,927	50–67
118	August 12	Brewers	W 3–0	Hendricks (4–1)	Peralta (14–7)	Rondón (15)	28,819	51–67
119	August 13	Brewers	W 4–2	Wada (2–1)	Lohse (11–7)	Rondón (16)	31,191	52–67
120	August 14	Brewers	L 2–6	Fiers (2–1)	Jackson (6–13)		38,157	52–68
121	August 15	@ Mets	L 2–3	Wheeler (8–8)	Wood (7–10)	Mejia (18)	25,016	52–69
122	August 16	@ Mets	L 3–7	Niese (7–8)	Straily (1–3)		30,744	52–70
123	August 17	@ Mets	W 2–1	Strop (2–4)	Mejia (5–6)	Rondon (17)	27,938	53–70
124	August 18	@ Mets	W 4–1	Hendricks (5–1)	Carlyle (1–1)	Rondon (18)	23,271	54–70
125	August 19	Giants	W 2–1	Wada (3–1)	Vogelsong (7–9)	Rondon (19)	31,064	55–70
126	August 20	Giants	L 3–8	Peavy (3–12)	Jackson (6–14)		30,633	55–71
127	August 21	Giants	L 3–5	Bumgarner (14–9)	Wood (7–11)	Casilla (11)	30,541	55–72
128	August 22	Orioles	W 4–1	Arrieta (7–4)	Gausman (7–5)	Rondon (20)	33,761	56–72
129	August 23	Orioles	W 7–2	Grimm (4–2)	Norris (11–8)		37,156	57–72
130	August 24	Orioles	W 2–1	Wada (4–1)	Gonzalez (6–7)	Rondon (21)	32,774	58–72
131	August 26	@ Reds	W 3–0	Wood (8-11)	Cueto (15-8)	Rondon (22)	19,481	59–72
132	August 27	@ Reds	L 5–7	Latos (5-3)	Turner (4-8)	Chapman (28)	20,497	59-73
133	August 28	@ Reds	L 2–7	Axelrod (1-0)	Arrieta (7-5)		21,316	59–74
134	August 29	@ Cardinals	W 7–2	Ramirez (2-1)	Neshek (6-1)		43,181	60–74
135	August 30	@ Cardinals	W 5–1	Doubront (1-0)	Masterson (2-3)		44,755	61–74
136	August 30	@ Cardinals	L 13–2	Gonzales (1-2)	Wada (4-2)		44,762	61–75
137	August 31	@ Cardinals	L 9–6	Neshek (7-1)	Villanueva (5-7)	Rosenthal (40)	45,148	61–76

September: 12–13 (Home: 9–7; Away: 3–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
138	September 1	Brewers	W 4–2	Turner (5-8)	Nelson (2-6)	Rondon (23)	32,054	62–76
139	September 2	Brewers	W 7–1	Arrieta (8-5)	Gallardo (8-8)		28,434	63–76
140	September 3	Brewers	W 6–2	Hendricks (6–1)	Garza (7–8)		31,251	64–76
141	September 5	Pirates	L 3–5 (11)	Melancon (3–4)	Wright (0–3)	Holdzkom (1)	35,541	64–77
142	September 6	Pirates	L 0–5	Liriano (4–10)	Doubront (3–5)		36,867	64–78
143	September 7	Pirates	L 4–10	Cole (8–5)	Wood (8–12)		33,894	64–79
144	September 8	@ Blue Jays	L 0–8	Stroman (10–5)	Turner (5–9)		16,879	64–80
145	September 9	@ Blue Jays	L 2–9	Buehrle (12–9)	Ramirez (2–2)		17,903	64–81
146	September 10	@ Blue Jays	L 1–11	Hutchison (10–11)	Hendricks (6–2)		19,411	64–82
147	September 12	@ Pirates	L 3–7	Cole (9–5)	Wada (4–3)		35,638	64–83
148	September 13	@ Pirates	W 6–4	Doubront (4–5)	Locke (7–5)	Rondón (24)	38,024	65–83
149	September 14	@ Pirates	L 3–7	Volquez (12-7)	Turner (5-10)		37,655	65-84
150	September 15	Reds	W 1–0	Rondón (4–4)	Villarreal (0–1)		33,144	66–84
151	September 16	Reds	W 7–0	Arrieta (9–5)	Cueto (18–5)		33,812	67–84
152	September 17	Reds	W 3–1	Hendricks (7–2)	Corcino (0–1)	Rondón (25)	33,500	68–84
153	September 18	Dodgers	L 4–8	Rodriguez (1–0)	Ramirez (2–3)		33,649	68–85
154	September 19	Dodgers	L 5–14	Kershaw (20–3)	Jackson (6–15)		33,322	68–86
155	September 20	Dodgers	W 8–7	Grimm (5–2)	Wilson (2–4)	Rondón (26)	34,334	69–86
156	September 21	Dodgers	L 5–8	Perez (1–3)	Turner (5–11)	Jansen (43)	31,933	69–87
157	September 22	Cardinals	L 0–8	Wainwright (20–9)	Wood (8–13)		28,893	69–88
158	September 23	Cardinals	W 4–3	Rosscup (1–0)	Neshek (7–2)		29,754	70–88
159	September 24	Cardinals	W 3–1	Arrieta (10–5)	Lackey (14–10)	Rondón (27)	33,292	71–88
160	September 26	@ Brewers	W 6–4	Ramirez (3–3)	Nelson (2–9)	Rondón (28)	39,880	72–88
161	September 27	@ Brewers	L 2–1	Peralta (17–11)	Wada (4–4)	Rodriguez (44)	41,440	72–89
162	September 28	@ Brewers	W 5–2	Turner (6–11)	Fiers (6–5)	Rondón (29)	33,837	73–89

Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Cubs team member

Roster

2014 Chicago Cubs

Roster

Pitchers

49 Jake Arrieta

30 Dallas Beeler

22 Félix Doubront

11 Kyuji Fujikawa

52 Justin Grimm

39 Jason Hammel

28 Kyle Hendricks

36 Edwin Jackson

43 Eric Jokisch

50 Blake Parker

54 Neil Ramirez

56 Héctor Rondón

59 Zach Rosscup

18 Chris Rusin

40 James Russell

29 Jeff Samardzija

63 Brian Schlitter

19 Dan Straily

46 Pedro Strop

38 Jacob Turner

41 José Veras

33 Carlos Villanueva

47 Arodys Vizcaíno

67 Tsuyoshi Wada

37 Travis Wood

53 Wesley Wright

Catchers

12 John Baker

5 Welington Castillo

51 Rafael Lopez

30 Eli Whiteside

Infielders

9 Javier Báez

15 Darwin Barney

13 Starlin Castro

30 Mike Olt

44 Anthony Rizzo

24 Luis Valbuena

4 Chris Valaika

22,45 Logan Watkins

Outfielders

7 Arismendy Alcántara

64 Emilio Bonifacio

8 Chris Coghlan

51,61 Ryan Kalish

21 Junior Lake

20 Justin Ruggiano

19 Nate Schierholtz

68 Jorge Soler

6 Ryan Sweeney

41 Matt Szczur

Manager

16 Rick Renteria

Coaching Staff

58 Mike Borzello (catching)

25 Chris Bosio (pitching)

96 Mike Brumley (assistant hitting)

74 Jose Castro (quality assurance)

77 Eric Hinske (first base)

17 Brandon Hyde (bench)

1 Gary Jones (third base)

3 Bill Mueller (hitting)

95 Chad Noble (bullpen catcher)

35 Lester Strode (bullpen)

Statistics

Player

Batting

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Alcántara, ArismendyArismendy Alcántara	59	238	28	51	8	1	9	22	.214	8
Baez, JavierJavier Baez	38	155	19	27	6	0	9	18	.174	3
Baker, JohnJohn Baker	63	169	9	33	7	0	0	13	.195	0
Barney, DarwinDarwin Barney	72	129	18	47	10	2	2	16	.217	1
Bonifacio, EmilioEmilio Bonifacio	69	276	35	77	14	3	2	18	.279	14
Castillo, WelingtonWelington Castillo	101	352	25	86	19	0	11	42	.244	0
Castro, StarlinStarlin Castro	134	528	58	154	33	1	14	65	.292	4
Coghlan, ChrisChris Coghlan	111	337	40	91	23	5	6	31	.270	6
Kalish, RyanRyan Kalish	45	102	12	24	2	4	0	4	.235	3
Lake, JuniorJunior Lake	103	300	30	63	10	3	9	25	.210	7
Olt, MikeMike Olt	80	212	21	33	7	0	12	32	.156	0
Rizzo, AnthonyAnthony Rizzo	129	486	81	135	23	1	30	71	.278	4
Ruggiano, JustinJustin Ruggiano	81	224	29	63	13	1	6	28	.281	2
Schierholtz, NateNate Schierholtz	99	313	29	60	10	3	6	33	.192	4
Soler, JorgeJorge Soler	12	45	7	16	5	0	4	13	.356	0
Sweeney, RyanRyan Sweeney	77	207	22	52	9	0	3	20	.251	0
Szczur, MattMatt Szczur	23	42	2	11	1	0	1	3	.262	0
Valaika, ChrisChris Valaika	33	93	8	22	2	0	3	10	.237	1
Valbuena, LuisLuis Valbuena	136	436	60	108	30	4	16	48	.248	1
Watkins, LoganLogan Watkins	19	44	7	13	1	0	1	5	.295	1
Whiteside, EliEli Whiteside	8	25	0	3	1	0	0	2	.120	1

Batting statistics from Baseball-Reference

Pitching

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	R	ER	BB	K
Arrieta, JakeJake Arrieta	10	5	2.53	25	25	0	156.2	46	44	41	167
Beeler, DallasDallas Beeler	0	2	3.27	2	20	0	11.0	5	4	7	6
Doubront, FelixFelix Doubront	2	1	1.50	3	3	0	18.0	3	3	4	6
Grimm, JustinJustin Grimm	4	2	3.92	68	0	0	64.1	31	28	26	67
Hammel, JasonJason Hammel	8	5	2.98	17	17	0	108.2	36	36	23	104
Hendricks, KyleKyle Hendricks	6	2	2.38	11	11	0	68.0	20	18	14	39
Jackson, EdwinEdwin Jackson	6	15	6.33	28	27	0	140.2	105	99	63	123
Parker, BlakeBlake Parker	1	1	6.35	14	0	0	17.0	12	12	4	19
Ramirez, NeilNeil Ramirez	2	2	1.38	45	0	3	39.0	6	6	15	50
Rondón, HéctorHéctor Rondón	3	4	2.72	57	0	24	56.1	21	17	13	60
Rosscup, ZacZac Rosscup	0	0	11.70	14	0	0	10.0	13	13	11	13
Rusin, ChrisChris Rusin	0	0	7.11	4	0	0	12.2	10	10	5	8
Russell, JamesJames Russell	0	2	3.51	44	0	1	33.1	14	13	16	26
Samardzija, JeffJeff Samardzija	2	7	2.83	17	17	0	108.0	44	34	31	103
Schlitter, BrianBrian Schlitter	2	3	4.08	57	0	0	53.0	27	24	16	28
Straily, DanDan Straily	0	1	10.45	4	1	0	10.1	14	12	6	9
Strop, PedroPedro Strop	2	4	2.29	59	0	2	55.0	18	14	24	63
Turner, JacobJacob Turner	1	2	5.31	5	3	0	20.1	13	12	4	11
Veras, JoséJosé Veras	0	1	8.10	12	0	2	13.1	12	12	11	13
Villanueva, CarlosCarlos Villanueva	5	7	4.74	40	5	2	74.0	41	39	19	68
Wada, TsuyoshiTsuyoshi Wada	4	3	3.34	11	11	0	59.1	25	22	17	48
Wood, TravisTravis Wood	8	12	5.03	29	29	0	162.2	103	91	71	134
Wright, WesleyWesley Wright	0	3	3.13	56	0	0	46.0	18	16	18	37

Pitching statistics from Baseball-Reference

Team

Scoring by inning

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	≥10	Total
Chicago Cubs	55	57	65	73	59	77	57	58	45	13	559
Opponents	85	71	48	74	78	77	87	61	43	18	642

Source: Baseball-Reference

Awards

2014 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Starlin Castro, IF, Reserve
Jeff Samardzija, P, Reserve
Anthony Rizzo, 1B, Reserve

Player	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Rizzo, AnthonyAnthony Rizzo	National League Player of the Week (July 14–20)	July 21, 2014	^[10]

On September 18 Anthony Rizzo received the Branch Rickey Award.^[11]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Iowa Cubs	Pacific Coast League	Marty Pevey
AA	Tennessee Smokies	Southern League	Buddy Bailey
A	Daytona Cubs	Florida State League	Dave Keller
A	Kane County Cougars	Midwest League	Mark Johnson
Short-Season A	Boise Hawks	Northwest League	Gary Van Tol
Rookie	AZL Cubs	Arizona League	Jimmy Gonzalez

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Kane County^[12]

On September 16, 2014 the Cubs announced that they will be moving their top Class A affiliate from Daytona in the Florida State League to Myrtle Beach in the Carolina League for the 2015 season.^[13] Two days later, on the 18th, the Cubs signed a 4 year player development contract with the South Bend Silver Hawks of the Midwest League, ending their brief relationship with the Kane County Cougars.^[14] On the 25th, the Silver Hawks officially changed their name to the South Bend Cubs.^[15]

References

↑ Rogers, Jesse. "Cubs fire manager Rick Renteria after one season". ESPN Chicago. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
↑ "Cubs hire Rick Renteria". ESPN Chicago.
↑ http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/local/mesa/article_b5a4a2fa-f5f8-11e0-863f-001cc4c002e0.html
↑ "Cubs Park dedicated in Mesa, ready for Spring Training's first pitch". Cubs.com. Chicago Cubs. February 12, 2014. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
↑ Cubs trade Jeff Samardzija to A's
↑ Axisa, Mike (July 28, 2014). "Dodgers acquire infielder Darwin Barney from Cubs". CBSsports.com. Retrieved July 28, 2014.
↑ "Dodgers complete trade with Cubs". ESPN.com. Associated Press. July 30, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
↑ Sandolow, Brian. "Cubs end 2014 with winning record at home". Chicago Sun Times. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
↑ "2014 MLB Attendance". espn.go.com. MLB. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
↑ "Anthony Rizzo of the Chicago Cubs named National League Player of the Week". MLB.com. July 21, 2014. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
↑ "Cubs 1B Anthony Rizzowins Branch Rickey Award". usatoday.com. usatoday. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
↑ Leventhal, Josh, ed. (2014). Baseball America 2015 Almanac. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-54-1.
↑ "Cubs moving Class A affiliate to Myrtle Beach". USA Today. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
↑ Leventhal, Josh. "Tracking the Affiliation Shuffle". baseballamerica.com. Baseball America. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
↑ "South Bend Silver Hawks renamed South Bend Cubs". WSBT/Channel 22. Retrieved 25 September 2014.

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Formerly the Chicago White Stockings, Chicago Colts and the Chicago Orphans
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