2014 Boston Red Sox season

The 2014 Boston Red Sox season was the 114th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished last in the five-team American League East with a record of 71–91, twenty-five games behind the Baltimore Orioles.
It was the second last-place finish for the team in three years, and they were the second defending World Series champions to finish last in their division, the first having been the 1998 Florida Marlins. They also became the first MLB team to finish last in one season, win the World Series the next, and finish last again the following season.

Offseason

November

On November 1, 2013, the Red Sox picked up their $13 million club option on their ace pitcher Jon Lester for 2014.
On November 11, 2013, Boston announced that Jacoby Ellsbury, Stephen Drew and Mike Napoli have all declined the qualifying offer from the club and hit the free agent market.
December
On December 3, 2013, the Red Sox signed catcher A. J. Pierzynski to a one-year, $8.25 million contract.
On December 3, 2013, just hours after Boston's signing of Pierzynski, catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia signed a 3-year, $21 million deal with the Miami Marlins.
On December 3, 2013, a third and final offseason move culminated the day with an announcement with major implications for the league and free agency market. Outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury signed a 7-year, $153 million deal with the New York Yankees.
On December 12, 2013, the Red Sox resigned Mike Napoli to a two-year contract.
On December 18, 2013, the Red Sox signed Japanese pitcher Shunsuke Watanabe to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training.
On December 18, 2013, the Red Sox traded pitcher Franklin Morales to the Colorado Rockies for infielder Jonathan Herrera.
January
On January 22, 2014, the Red Sox signed outfielder Grady Sizemore to a one-year deal, initially only worth $750,000 but with a possible $6 million in incentives. Sizemore had been out of baseball since 2011 due to injuries.
February
On February 16, 2014, one day after pitchers and catchers reported, Ryan Dempster announced he will not pitch in 2014.
On February 20, 2014, the Red Sox signed Chris Capuano to a one-year worth $2,250,000 contract with incentives to make the contract worth up to $5,000,000
March
On March 23, 2014, the Red Sox and David Ortiz agreed on a 1-year contract extension through the 2015 season worth $16 million with a club/vesting option for 2016 and a club option for 2017.
During the season

Opening Day

The 2014 Red Sox season opened on March 31, with a 2–1 road loss against the Baltimore Orioles.

Opening Day lineup

April

On April 7, the Red Sox signed infielder Ryan Roberts. He is designated for assignment 11 days later, but stays with the organization.
May
On May 21, the Red Sox sign Stephen Drew.
June
On June 18, the Red Sox release Grady Sizemore.
July
On July 1, the Red Sox release Chris Capuano.
On July 9, the Red Sox release A. J. Pierzynski.
On July 26, the Red Sox traded Jake Peavy to the San Francisco Giants for LHP Edwin Escobar and RHP Heath Hembree.
On July 30, the Red Sox traded Félix Doubront to the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named later.
On July 31, the Red Sox traded Jon Lester, Jonny Gomes and cash considerations to the Oakland Athletics for OF Yoenis Céspedes and a competitive balance draft pick. The Red Sox traded John Lackey to the St. Louis Cardinals for Allen Craig and Joe Kelly. The Red Sox traded Andrew Miller to the Baltimore Orioles for Eduardo Rodríguez. The Red Sox traded Stephen Drew to the New York Yankees for Kelly Johnson.
August
On August 1, the Red Sox release Mike Carp.
On August 22, 2014, the Red Sox sign Rusney Castillo to a 7-year, $72.5 million deal.
Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

Player stats

Batting

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

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	AVG	SLG
Dustin Pedroia	135	551	72	153	33	0	7	53	6	51	.278	.396
Xander Bogaerts	144	538	60	129	28	1	12	46	2	39	.240	.362
David Ortiz	142	518	59	136	27	0	35	104	0	75	.263	.517
Brock Holt	106	449	68	126	23	5	4	29	12	33	.281	.381
Mike Napoli	119	415	49	103	20	0	17	55	3	78	.248	.419
Jackie Bradley Jr.	127	384	45	76	19	2	1	30	8	31	.198	.266
Daniel Nava	113	363	41	98	21	0	4	37	4	33	.270	.361
A. J. Pierzynski	72	256	19	65	10	1	4	31	0	9	.254	.348
Will Middlebrooks	63	215	14	41	10	0	2	19	1	15	.191	.265
Jonny Gomes	78	209	22	49	7	0	6	32	0	26	.234	.354
Yoenis Céspedes	51	201	27	54	10	3	5	33	4	7	.269	.423
Mookie Betts	52	189	34	55	12	1	5	18	7	21	.291	.444
Grady Sizemore	52	185	14	40	10	2	2	15	5	19	.216	.324
Christian Vázquez	55	175	15	42	9	0	1	20	0	19	.240	.309
David Ross	50	152	16	28	7	0	7	15	0	16	.184	.368
Stephen Drew	39	131	11	23	6	1	4	11	1	14	.176	.328
Shane Victorino	30	123	14	33	6	1	2	12	2	6	.268	.382
Allen Craig	29	94	7	12	3	0	1	2	1	9	.128	.191
Jonathan Herrera	42	90	10	21	1	2	0	9	1	7	.233	.289
Mike Carp	42	86	9	17	5	1	0	9	0	11	.198	.279
Rusney Castillo	10	36	6	12	1	0	2	6	3	3	.333	.528
Garin Cecchini	11	31	6	8	3	0	1	4	0	3	.258	.452
Jemile Weeks	14	26	6	8	3	0	0	3	2	4	.308	.423
Bryce Brentz	9	26	5	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	.308	.385
Kelly Johnson	10	25	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	.160	.200
Ryan Roberts	8	19	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	.105	.105
Dan Butler	7	19	1	4	3	0	0	2	0	1	.211	.368
Ryan Lavarnway	9	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Alex Hassan	3	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.125	.125
Carlos Rivero	4	7	1	4	2	0	1	3	0	1	.571	1.286
Corey Brown	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Pitcher Totals	162	19	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.158	.158
Team Totals	162	5551	634	1355	282	20	123	601	63	535	.244	.369

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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; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Clay Buchholz	8	11	5.34	28	28	0	170.1	182	108	101	54	132
Jon Lester	10	7	2.52	21	21	0	143.0	128	52	40	32	149
John Lackey	11	7	3.60	21	21	0	137.1	137	60	55	32	116
Jake Peavy	1	9	4.72	20	20	0	124.0	131	67	65	46	100
Rubby De La Rosa	4	8	4.43	19	18	0	101.2	116	51	50	35	74
Brandon Workman	1	10	5.17	19	15	0	87.0	88	57	50	36	70
Burke Badenhop	0	3	2.29	70	0	1	70.2	70	20	18	19	40
Koji Uehara	6	5	2.52	64	0	26	64.1	51	18	18	8	80
Junichi Tazawa	4	3	2.86	71	0	0	63.0	58	23	20	17	64
Joe Kelly	4	2	4.11	10	10	0	61.1	47	29	28	32	41
Edward Mujica	2	4	3.90	64	0	8	60.0	69	28	26	14	43
Félix Doubront	2	4	6.07	17	10	0	59.1	69	45	40	26	43
Allen Webster	5	3	5.03	11	11	0	59.0	58	35	33	28	36
Craig Breslow	2	4	5.96	60	0	1	54.1	73	40	36	28	37
Andrew Miller	3	5	2.34	50	0	0	42.1	25	13	11	13	69
Anthony Ranaudo	4	3	4.81	7	7	0	39.1	39	21	21	16	15
Chris Capuano	1	1	4.55	28	0	0	31.2	34	17	16	15	29
Alex Wilson	1	0	1.91	18	0	0	28.1	20	8	6	5	19
Steven Wright	0	1	2.57	6	1	0	21.0	21	8	6	4	22
Tommy Layne	2	1	0.95	30	0	0	19.0	14	4	2	8	14
Heath Hembree	0	0	4.50	6	0	0	10.0	11	5	5	5	6
Matt Barnes	0	0	4.00	5	0	0	9.0	11	4	4	2	8
Drake Britton	0	0	0.00	7	0	0	6.2	5	0	0	2	4
Edwin Escobar	0	0	4.50	2	0	0	2.0	1	1	1	0	2
Mike Carp	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	1	1	5	0
Team Totals	71	91	4.01	162	162	36	1465.2	1458	715	653	482	1213

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2014 Boston Red Sox season

Offseason

November

December

January

February

March

During the season

Opening Day

Opening Day lineup

April

May

June

July

August

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Pitching