2014 Major League Baseball season
| 2014 MLB season | |
|---|---|
| League | Major League Baseball |
| Sport | Baseball |
| Duration | March 22, 2014 – October 29, 2014 |
| Number of games | 162 |
| Number of teams | 30 |
| Regular season | |
| Season MVP |
AL: Mike Trout (LAA) NL: Clayton Kershaw (LAD) |
| League Postseason | |
| AL champions | Kansas City Royals |
| AL runners-up | Baltimore Orioles |
| NL champions | San Francisco Giants |
| NL runners-up | St. Louis Cardinals |
| World Series | |
| Champions | San Francisco Giants |
| Runners-up | Kansas City Royals |
| Finals MVP | Madison Bumgarner (SF) |
The 2014 Major League Baseball season began on March 22 at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, Australia, between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Arizona Diamondbacks. The North American part of the season started on March 30 and ended on September 28.
The Major League Baseball All-Star Game's 85th edition was held on July 15 at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota, home of the Minnesota Twins. The American League (AL) beat the National League (NL) 5–3. With the win, the AL champion earned home-field advantage during the World Series.
This year the Houston Astros hosted the Civil Rights Game on May 30 at Minute Maid Park. They played host to the Baltimore Orioles.
This was also the final season of Bud Selig as the Commissioner of Baseball. Selig served as the Executive Council Chairman from 1992 to 1998, acting as the commissioner, and then was appointed as the official commissioner in 1998. On August 14, 2014, the franchise owners selected Rob Manfred to become the new Commissioner, starting in 2015.
No significant changes were made to the 2014 schedule. As was the case in 2013, each team played 19 games against each division opponent for a total of 76 games, and six or seven games against each team from the other two divisions in its league for a total of 66 games. All teams played 20 interleague games, with the majority of match-ups following the divisional rotation in place since 2004. For 2014, the matchups were AL East vs. NL Central, AL Central vs. NL West, and AL West vs. NL East. Teams played four games against a designated "rival" in two back-to-back two-game series, one home and one away. Unlike in 2013, when all of these series were played during the same week, these rivalry series were spread from early May through mid-August. The table below shows the interleague rivals for the 2014 season.
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