2014 Cleveland Indians season

The 2014 Cleveland Indians season was the 114th season for the franchise. They finished in third place, five games back in the American League Central.

Offseason

Departures

On November 23, 2013, relief pitcher Joe Smith signed a three-year deal with the Los Angeles Angels.
Scott Kazmir agreed to a two-year, $24 million contract with the Oakland Athletics on December 3, 2013.

Arrivals

On November 1, 2013, Jason Giambi re-signed to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training.
On November 25, 2013, the Indians signed former Texas Rangers outfielder David Murphy to a two-year contract with a club option for a third year.

Regular season

The Indians opened their season on March 31, a 2–0 win over the Oakland Athletics. Their home opener, which was four days later, sold out in 15 minutes, one of the fastest sellouts in team history.

Opening Day starting lineup

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
	19	33	2	4	0	0	0	3	.121	0
	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
	113	344	38	85	16	1	5	39	.247	14
	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
	106	444	57	114	17	10	3	28	.257	10
	156	611	94	200	45	2	20	97	.327	23
	97	378	54	93	22	2	9	40	.246	7
	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
	142	478	62	134	29	1	13	59	.280	3
	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
	41	98	12	22	4	0	2	6	.224	3
	26	60	3	8	2	0	2	5	.133	0
	8	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
	135	485	61	135	25	3	21	74	.278	0
	36	71	4	19	2	0	0	2	.268	2
	7	19	1	2	2	0	0	0	.105	0
	129	500	61	120	25	1	6	41	.240	22
	4	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200	0
	10	21	4	6	0	0	3	4	.286	0
	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	0
	15	41	8	14	1	0	1	6	.341	3
	129	416	40	109	25	1	8	58	.262	2
	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
	29	85	10	23	5	0	1	4	.271	0
	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
	74	195	18	39	7	0	4	22	.200	0
	68	237	27	61	10	2	2	17	.262	10
	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
	152	541	68	125	25	0	27	85	.231	5
	17	16	1	3	0	0	0	0	.188	0
	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
	15	23	2	2	0	0	0	0	.087	0
	97	360	33	75	20	0	8	42	.208	0
	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
	30	88	9	15	2	0	7	12	.170	0
Team Totals	162	5575	669	1411	284	23	142	644	.253	104

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; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
	0	0	9.00	6	0	0	7.0	9	7	7	1	4
	6	4	2.07	76	0	24	69.2	48	21	16	26	91
	6	0	2.75	70	0	2	72.0	60	24	22	14	49
	2	3	3.92	49	0	10	43.2	34	21	19	30	51
	5	8	4.18	26	26	0	153.0	151	76	71	60	143
	8	7	2.55	40	14	1	134.0	103	40	38	29	140
	4	1	1.80	44	0	0	30.0	26	6	6	8	28
	1	0	2.70	35	0	0	23.1	18	7	7	6	27
	5	3	3.35	19	18	0	102.0	113	41	38	22	80
	18	9	2.44	34	34	0	235.2	207	72	64	51	269
	1	1	4.50	37	0	0	28.0	30	15	14	12	26
	0	1	3.86	7	0	0	7.0	10	7	3	6	6
	4	6	5.51	19	19	0	98.0	106	66	60	56	93
	4	7	5.23	22	15	0	86.0	96	54	50	28	74
	4	0	3.28	31	0	0	24.2	22	10	9	16	24
	0	1	5.00	13	0	0	9.0	13	7	5	1	13
	0	0	20.25	3	0	0	2.2	8	6	6	1	1
	0	3	2.74	73	0	0	46.0	42	19	14	19	46
	6	8	4.25	20	20	0	110.0	117	57	52	35	120
	5	5	2.59	80	0	2	76.1	61	26	22	22	64
	6	9	4.76	25	16	0	104.0	120	66	55	14	94
	0	1	7.11	7	0	0	6.1	4	5	5	7	7
Team Totals	85	77	3.56	162	162	40	1468.1	1398	653	581	464	1450

Farm system

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