# 2014 Oakland Athletics season

The 2014 Oakland Athletics season was the 46th for the franchise in Oakland, as well as the 114th in club history. The Athletics entered the season hoping to win a third consecutive American League West championship; to that end, the team made a number of key signings and trades during the 2013–14 MLB offseason. Notably, Athletics traded outfielder Michael Choice for left fielder Craig Gentry and pitcher Josh Lindblom; they also traded the promising but oft-injured Brett Anderson for reliever Drew Pomeranz. Additional trades brought in relievers Fernando Abad (acquired for John Wooten), Luke Gregerson (acquired for Seth Smith), and Jim Johnson (acquired for Jemile Weeks and David Freitas). In free agency, the Athletics signed former All-Star starting pitcher Scott Kazmir to a two-year deal. These moves, among others, sought to bolster the depth of team's starting pitching and bullpen.
Shortly before the season opener, the Athletics were dealt a huge blow when starting pitchers Jarrod Parker and A. J. Griffin were ruled out for the season. The team responded by promoting reliever Jesse Chavez (and, eventually, Drew Pomeranz) to the starting rotation. Despite this setback, the team raced out to an impressive start; by the All-Star Break, the Athletics had compiled a league-best record of 59–36. Unexpectedly strong performances by starting pitchers Scott Kazmir, Jesse Chavez, and Drew Pomeranz enabled much of this surge; the Athletics' red-hot hitters (particularly sluggers Josh Donaldson, Yoenis Céspedes, and Brandon Moss) also played a major role.
Despite their fantastic first-half performance, the Athletics remained locked in a tight battle for first place in the American League West. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, like the Athletics, had also raced out to an impressive start; at the All-Star Break, the Angels owned the league's second-best record (and, at 57-37, only trailed the Athletics by 1.5 games). In part because of this, the Athletics traded noted prospects Addison Russell and Billy McKinney, along with starting pitcher Dan Straily, to the Chicago Cubs for two starters (ace Jeff Samardzija and veteran Jason Hammel) on July 4.
The Athletics continued to play well throughout July. Still, they failed to gain significant ground on the Angels. On July 31, with a scant 2.5 game lead over Los Angeles, the Athletics stunned the league by trading Yoenis Céspedes for all-star starter Jon Lester and outfielder Jonny Gomes. In the week immediately following the trade, things went well for the team; by August 9, they had raised their lead over the Angels to four games. From that point forward, however, the A's tumbled into a downward spiral as they won just 16 of their final 46 games due to ineffective hitting and a spate of narrow losses. The Athletics only managed to clinch an AL Wild Card berth on the final day of the regular season. The team finished some ten games behind the Angels, who clinched the league's best record with a 98-64 finish.
The Athletics met the Kansas City Royals in the 2014 American League Wild Card Game. The Athletics held a 7–3 lead over the Royals through seven innings; a furious Royals rally, however, saw the Royals tie the game by scoring three runs in the eighth inning and one run in the ninth. In the 12th inning, the Athletics' took an 8-7 lead on an Alberto Callaspo line drive; the Royals, however, would again rally for a 9-8 walk-off victory (their first playoff win in 29 years). The Athletics did not reach the postseason again until the 2018 season.

## Regular season

Oakland's 2014 season was full of ups and downs. They held the best record in the MLB at (59-36) going into the All-Star break, and were ranked by the Bleacher Report as the number one team in Major League Baseball. By mid-August, however, the Athletics had quickly begun losing ground in the AL race with a record of 11–25 through a 36-game span from August 10, to September 19, and were in the midst of what some called an historic collapse. General manager Billy Beane and his well-known "Moneyball" strategy came under increased scrutiny when Oakland made several personnel transactions, the most significant of which was finalized on July 31, 2014, while they still maintained a 2-game division lead over the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. This deal sent All Star left fielder Yoenis Céspedes to the Boston Red Sox in return for starting pitcher Jon Lester and veteran outfielder Jonny Gomes. They would finish the season with a record of (88-74) and finished the second half of the year with a (29-38) record. Ended the season 10 games out of first place behind the Angels, and barely clinched the 2nd Wild Card spot just one game ahead of division rival, Seattle Mariners.

### American League West

vteAL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 98 | 64 | .605 | — | 52‍–‍29 | 46‍–‍35 |
| Oakland Athletics | 88 | 74 | .543 | 10 | 48‍–‍33 | 40‍–‍41 |
| Seattle Mariners | 87 | 75 | .537 | 11 | 41‍–‍40 | 46‍–‍35 |
| Houston Astros | 70 | 92 | .432 | 28 | 38‍–‍43 | 32‍–‍49 |
| Texas Rangers | 67 | 95 | .414 | 31 | 33‍–‍48 | 34‍–‍47 |

### American League Wild Card

vteDivision Leaders :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 98 | 64 | .605 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 96 | 66 | .593 |
| Detroit Tigers | 90 | 72 | .556 |
vteWild Card teams (Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| Kansas City Royals | 89 | 73 | .549 | +1 |
| Oakland Athletics | 88 | 74 | .543 | — |
| Seattle Mariners | 87 | 75 | .537 | 1 |
| Cleveland Indians | 85 | 77 | .525 | 3 |
| New York Yankees | 84 | 78 | .519 | 4 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 83 | 79 | .512 | 5 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 77 | 85 | .475 | 11 |
| Chicago White Sox | 73 | 89 | .451 | 15 |
| Boston Red Sox | 71 | 91 | .438 | 17 |
| Houston Astros | 70 | 92 | .432 | 18 |
| Minnesota Twins | 70 | 92 | .432 | 18 |
| Texas Rangers | 67 | 95 | .414 | 21 |

### Record against opponents

* Final season record
2014 American League recordvte Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2014 :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | HOU | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Baltimore | — | 11–8 | 5–1 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 13–6 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 12–7 | 6–1 | 11–8 | 12–8 |
| Boston | 8–11 | — | 4–3 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 7–12 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 9–10 | 4–2 | 7–12 | 9–11 |
| Chicago | 1–5 | 3–4 | — | 9–10 | 9–10 | 3–3 | 6–13 | 1–5 | 9–10 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 11–9 |
| Cleveland | 4–3 | 5–2 | 10–9 | — | 8–11 | 5–2 | 10–9 | 2–5 | 11–8 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 2–4 | 10–10 |
| Detroit | 5–1 | 5–1 | 10–9 | 11–8 | — | 4–3 | 13–6 | 3–4 | 9–10 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 12–8 |
| Houston | 3–4 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 3–4 | — | 3–3 | 7–12 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 8–11 | 9–10 | 2–5 | 11–8 | 4–3 | 5–15 |
| Kansas City | 4–3 | 1–6 | 13–6 | 9–10 | 6–13 | 3–3 | — | 3–3 | 11–8 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 15–5 |
| Los Angeles | 2–4 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 12–7 | 3–3 | — | 7–0 | 2–4 | 10–9 | 7–12 | 5–2 | 14–5 | 5–2 | 12–8 |
| Minnesota | 3–4 | 2–4 | 10–9 | 8–11 | 10–9 | 3–3 | 8–11 | 0–7 | — | 3–4 | 1–6 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 9–11 |
| New York | 6–13 | 12–7 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 4–3 | — | 2–4 | 3–3 | 8–11 | 4–3 | 11–8 | 13–7 |
| Oakland | 4–2 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 11–8 | 2–5 | 9–10 | 6–1 | 4–2 | — | 9–10 | 4–2 | 9–10 | 4–3 | 13–7 |
| Seattle | 2–5 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 10–9 | 5–2 | 12–7 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 10–9 | — | 4–3 | 9–10 | 4–3 | 9–11 |
| Tampa Bay | 7–12 | 10–9 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 11–8 | 2–4 | 3–4 | — | 5–2 | 8–11 | 10–10 |
| Texas | 1–6 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 1–6 | 3–4 | 8–11 | 1–5 | 5–14 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 10–9 | 10–9 | 2–5 | — | 2–4 | 10–10 |
| Toronto | 8–11 | 12–7 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 11–8 | 4–2 | — | 13–7 |

## Schedule and results
### Game log

Legend :
| Athletics Win | Athletics Loss | Game Postponed / Tie | Home Game |
2014 Game Log Total: 88-74 (Home: 48-33; Away: 40-41) :
March:   0-1 (Home: 0-1; Away: 0-0)
#DateOpponent / TimeScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1March 31Indians0-2Cody Allen (1-0)Jim Johnson (0-1)John Axford (1)36,0670-1 :
April:   18-9 (Home: 6-5; Away: 12-4)
#DateOpponent / TimeScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
2April 1IndiansPPD, RAIN; rescheduled for April 2
2April 2Indians6-1Scott Kazmir (1-0)Corey Kluber (0-1)–15,1341-1
3April 2Indians4-6Cody Allen (2-0)Jim Johnson (0-2)John Axford (1)12,1981-2
4April 3Mariners3-2 (12)Drew Pomeranz (1-0)Héctor Noesí (0-1)–11,2362-2
5April 4MarinersPPD, FIELD CONDITIONS; rescheduled for May 7
5April 5Mariners1-3Félix Hernández (2-0)Dan Straily (0-1)Fernando Rodney (1)30,2902-3
6April 6Mariners6-3Sonny Gray (1-0)Erasmo Ramirez (1-1)Jim Johnson (1)32,8523-3
7April 7@ Twins8-3Scott Kazmir (2-0)Kevin Correia (0-1)–35,8374-3
8April 9@ Twins7-4 (11)Dan Otero (1-0)Jared Burton (0-1)–22,9735-3
9April 10@ Twins6-1Dan Straily (1-1)Mike Pelfrey (0-2)–20,6506-3
10April 11@ Mariners4-6Félix Hernández (3-0)Tommy Milone (0-1)Fernando Rodney (3)38,9686-4
11April 12@ Mariners3-1Sonny Gray (2-0)Erasmo Ramirez (1-2)Luke Gregerson (1)22,0617-4
12April 13@ Mariners3-0Dan Otero (2-0)Charlie Furbush (0-1)Sean Doolittle (1)22,6288-4
13April 14@ Angels3-2Jim Johnson (1-2)Ernesto Frieri (0-1)Luke Gregerson (2)37,1209-4
14April 15@ Angels10-9 (11)Jim Johnson (2-2)Yoslan Herrera (0-1)–34,88710-4
15April 16@ Angels4-5 (12)Joe Smith (1-0)Drew Pomeranz (1-1)–37,32410-5
16April 18Astros11-3Sonny Gray (3-0)Jarred Cosart (1-2)–18,23411-5
17April 19Astros4-3Dan Otero (3-0)Chad Qualls (0-1)–33,16612-5
18April 20Astros4-1Jesse Chavez (1-0)Brad Peacock (0-2)Luke Gregerson (3)16,38213-5
19April 21Rangers3-4Neal Cotts (1-1)Sean Doolittle (0-1)Joakim Soria (4)13,29713-6
20April 22Rangers4-5Alexi Ogando (1-1)Luke Gregerson (0-1)Joakim Soria (5)15,74413-7
21April 23Rangers0-3Martin Perez (4-0)Sonny Gray (3-1)–18,34013-8
22April 24@ Astros10-1Scott Kazmir (3-0)Brett Oberholtzer (0-4)–19,98714-8
23April 25@ Astros12-5Luke Gregerson (1-1)Josh Fields (0-2)–17,70815-8
24April 26@Astros6-7Jerome Williams (1-1)Sean Doolittle (0-2)Raúl Valdés (1)17,85015-9
25April 27@ Astros1-5Collin McHugh (2-0)Tommy Milone (0-2)–18,93515-10
26April 28@Rangers4-0Sonny Gray (4-1)Yu Darvish (1-1)–28,54816-10
27April 29@Rangers9-3Scott Kazmir (4-0)Martin Perez (4-1)–30,22117-10
28April 30@ Rangers12-1Jesse Chavez (2-0)Robbie Ross (1-2)–32,97918-10 :
May:   16-12 (Home: 10-6; Away: 6-6)
#DateOpponent / TimeScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
29May 2@ Red Sox1-7Clay Buchholz (2-2)Dan Straily (1-2)–34,85018-11
30May 3@ Red Sox3-6Jon Lester (3-4)Tommy Milone (0-3)Koji Uehara (7)37,04218-12
31May 4@ Red Sox3-2 (10)Jim Johnson (3-2)Chris Capuano (1-1)–35,64919-12
32May 5Mariners2-4Chris Young (2-0)Scott Kazmir (4-1)Fernando Rodney (8)11,01919-13
33May 6Mariners3-8Roenis Elias (3-2)Jesse Chavez (2-1)–12,10619-14
34May 7Mariners4-6Yoervis Medina (2-1)Ryan Cook (0-1)Fernando Rodney (9)17,33719-15
35May 7Mariners2-0Drew Pomeranz (2-1)Erasmo Ramirez (1-4)Jim Johnson (2)17,33720-15
36May 9Nationals8-0Tommy Milone (1-3)Doug Fister (0-1)–20,15921-15
37May 10Nationals4-3 (10)Sean Doolittle (1-2)Drew Storen (2-1)–36,06722-15
38May 11Nationals9-1Scott Kazmir (5-1)Gio González (3-3)–28,20523-15
39May 12White Sox5-4Jesse Chavez (3-1)John Danks (3-3)Sean Doolittle (2)10,12024-15
40May 13White Sox11-0Drew Pomeranz (3-1)Scott Carroll (1-3)–13,82625-15
41May 14White Sox2-4Ronald Belisario (2-3)Fernando Abad (0-1)Matt Lindstrom (6)18,03525-16
42May 16@ Indians11-1Sonny Gray (5-1)Zach McAllister (3-4)–21,38926-16
43May 17@ Indians6-2Dan Otero (4-0)Josh Tomlin (2-1)–18,35827-16
44May 18@ Indians13-3Jesse Chavez (4-1)Justin Masterson (2-3)–14,87228-16
45May 20@ Rays3-0Drew Pomeranz (4-1)Jake Odorizzi (2-4)Sean Doolittle (3)11,36929-16
46May 21@ Rays3-2Tommy Milone (2-3)Érik Bédard (2-2)Sean Doolittle (4)10,55530-16
47May 22@ Rays2-5 (11)Josh Lueke (1-2)Dan Otero (4-1)–11,25730-17
48May 23@ Blue Jays2-3Liam Hendriks (1-0)Scott Kazmir (5-2)Casey Janssen (6)21,00730-18
49May 24@ Blue Jays2-5R. A. Dickey (5-4)Jesse Chavez (4-2)Brett Cecil (3)29,37230-19
50May 25@Blue Jays1-3J. A. Happ (4-1)Drew Pomeranz (4-2)Casey Janssen (7)45,27730-20
51May 26Tigers10-0Tommy Milone (3-3)Drew Smyly (2-3)–35,06731-20
52May 27Tigers5-6Al Alburquerque (2-1)Fernando Abad (0-2)Joe Nathan (12)21,54931-21
53May 28Tigers3-1Scott Kazmir (6-2)Joe Nathan (2-1)—15,59032-21
54May 29Tigers4-5Rick Porcello (8-2)Jesse Chavez (4-3)Joe Nathan (13)21,86032-22
55May 30Angels9-5Drew Pomeranz (5-2)Garrett Richards (4-2)—23,38433-22
56May 31Angels11-3Fernando Rodriguez (1-0)Tyler Skaggs (4-3)—35,06734-22 :
June:   17-9 (Home: 8-3; Away: 9-6)
#DateOpponent / TimeScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
57June 1Angels6-3Sonny Gray (6-1)Jered Weaver (6-4)Sean Doolittle (5)32,23135-22
58June 3@ Yankees5-2 (10)Dan Otero (5-1)Adam Warren (1-3)Sean Doolittle (6)41,67736-22
59June 4@ Yankees7-4Jesse Chavez (5-3)José Ramírez (0-1)Sean Doolittle (7)37,73437-22
60June 5@ Yankees1-2Masahiro Tanaka (9-1)Drew Pomeranz (5-3)David Robertson (13)44,34637-23
61June 6@ Orioles4-3 (11)Fernando Abad (1-2)Evan Meek (0-2)Sean Doolittle (8)28,07638-23
62June 7@ Orioles3-6Kevin Gausman (1-1)Sonny Gray (6-2)–44,20238-24
63June 8@ Orioles11-1Scott Kazmir (7-2)Ubaldo Jiménez (2-7)–38,24439-24
64June 9@ Angels1-4Garrett Richards (6-2)Jesse Chavez (5-4)Ernesto Frieri (11)36,83839-25
65June 10@ Angels1-2 (15)Cory Rasmus (2-0)Jeff Francis (0-2)–31,94239-26
66June 11@ Angels7-1Tommy Milone (4-3)Jered Weaver (7-5)–36,79340-26
67June 13Yankees0-7David Phelps (2-4)Sonny Gray (6-3)–36,06740-27
68June 14Yankees5-1Scott Kazmir (8-2)Hiroki Kuroda (4-5)–36,06741-27
69June 15Yankees10-5Jesse Chavez (6-4)Vidal Nuño (1-3)–36,06742-27
70June 16Rangers8-14Colby Lewis (5-4)Drew Pomeranz (5-4)–12,41242-28
71June 17Rangers10-6Tommy Milone (5-3)Yu Darvish (7-3)–21,28843-28
72June 18Rangers4-2Sonny Gray (7-3)Nick Tepesch (2-3)Sean Doolittle (9)23,17544-28
73June 19Red Sox4-2Scott Kazmir (9-2)Jake Peavy (1-5)Dan Otero (1)24,37145-28
74June 20Red Sox4-3Fernando Abad (2-2)Andrew Miller (2-5)Sean Doolittle (10)28,60246-28
75June 21Red Sox2-1 (10)Dan Otero (6-1)Edward Mujica (2-3)–32,87347-28
76June 22Red Sox6-7 (10)Koji Uehara (3-1)Fernando Abad (2-3)–36,06747-29
77June 24@Mets1-10Bartolo Colón (8-5)Scott Kazmir (9-3)–25,75147-30
78June 25@Mets8-5Brad Mills (1-0)Zack Wheeler (3-8)Sean Doolittle (11)23,36748-30
79June 27@ Marlins9-5Luke Gregerson (2-1)Steve Cishek (4-3)–18,66649-30
80June 28@ Marlins7-6 (14)Jim Johnson (4-2)Jacob Turner (2-6)Jeff Francis (1)19,35850-30
81June 29@ Marlins4-3Tommy Milone (6-3)Andrew Heaney (0-3)Ryan Cook (1)21,91751-30
82June 30@ Tigers4-5Blaine Hardy (1-1)Sean Doolittle (1-3)–42,47751-31 :
July:   15-10 (Home: 10-2; Away: 5-8)
#DateOpponent / TimeScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
83July 1@ Tigers0-3Rick Porcello (11-4)Brad Mills (1-1)–32,45551-32
84July 2@ Tigers3-9Justin Verlander (7-7)Jesse Chavez (6-5)–35,44551-33
85July 3Blue Jays4-1Sonny Gray (8-3)R. A. Dickey (6-8)Sean Doolittle (12)32,91352-33
86July 4Blue Jays1-0 (12)Dan Otero (7-1)Chad Jenkins (0-1)–22,32253-33
87July 5Blue Jays5-1Scott Kazmir (10-3)Mark Buehrle (10-6)–20,23654-33
88July 6Blue Jays4-2Jeff Samardzija (1-0)Drew Hutchison (6-7)Sean Doolittle (13)22,89755-33
89July 7Giants5-0Jesse Chavez (7-5)Ryan Vogelsong (5-6)–36,06756-33
90July 8Giants6-1Sonny Gray (9-3)Madison Bumgarner (9-7)–36,06757-33
91July 9@ Giants2-5Matt Cain (2-7)Jason Hammel (0-1)–41,42757-34
92July 10@ Giants6-1Scott Kazmir (11-3)Tim Hudson (7-6)–41,06958-34
93July 11@ Mariners2-3Félix Hernández (11-2)Jeff Samardzija (1-1)Fernando Rodney (29)32,97158-35
94July 12@ Mariners2-6Hisashi Iwakuma (8-4)Jesse Chavez (7-6)–39,20458-36
95July 13@ Mariners4-1Sonny Gray (10-3)Chris Young (8-6)Sean Doolittle (14)25,94459-36
--July 1585th All-Star GameNational League 3   American League 5   (Minneapolis, Minnesota;  Target Field)
96July 18Orioles5-4Eric O'Flaherty (1-0)Zach Britton (3-2)–27,23260-36
97July 19Orioles4-8Wei-Yin Chen (10-3)Jason Hammel (0-2)Zach Britton (16)36,06760-37
98July 20Orioles10-2Sonny Gray (11-3)Kevin Gausman (4-3)–30,12461-37
99July 22Astros2-3 (12)Darin Downs (2-1)Fernando Abad (2-4)Chad Qualls (11)22,90861-38
100July 23Astros9-7Jesse Chavez (8-6)Brad Peacock (3-7)Sean Doolittle (15)28,31062-38
101July 24Astros13-1Jeff Samardzija (2-1)Scott Feldman (4-8)–22,75963-38
102July 25@Rangers1-4Jerome Williams (2-4)Jason Hammel (0-3)Neftalí Feliz (1)35,58263-39
103July 26@Rangers5-1Sonny Gray (12-3)Nick Tepesch (3-7)–34,65164-39
104July 27@ Rangers9-3Scott Kazmir (12-3)Miles Mikolas (1-3)–38,91565-39
105July 28@ Astros3-7Brett Oberholtzer (3-7)Jesse Chavez (8-7)–18,25965-40
106July 29@ Astros7-4Evan Scribner (1-0)Chad Qualls (1-2)Sean Doolittle (16)16,94066-40
107July 30@ Astros1-8Dallas Keuchel (10-7)Jason Hammel (0-4)–17,63766-41 :
August:   12-17 (Home: 9-6; Away: 3-11)
#DateOpponent / TimeScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
108August 1Royals0-1Jeremy Guthrie (7-9)Sonny Gray (12-4)Greg Holland (30)35,06766-42
109August 2Royals8-3Jon Lester (1-0)Jason Vargas (8-5)–30,09767-42
110August 3Royals2-4James Shields (10-6)Scott Kazmir (12-4)Greg Holland (31)22,61267-43
111August 4Rays3-2 (10)Ryan Cook (1-1)Grant Balfour (1-4)–18,47968-43
112August 5Rays3-0Jason Hammel (1-4)Drew Smyly (6-10)Sean Doolittle (17)16,33569-43
113August 6Rays3-7Jeremy Hellickson (1-1)Sonny Gray (12-5)–21,51369-44
114August 7Twins3-0Jon Lester (2-0)Yohan Pino (1-4)–22,10870-44
115August 8Twins6-5Scott Kazmir (13-4)Kyle Gibson (10-9)Sean Doolittle (18)20,19671-44
116August 9Twins9-4Jeff Samardzija (3-1)Trevor May (0-1)–32,07472-44
117August 10Twins1-6Phil Hughes (12-8)Luke Gregerson (2-2)–25,59872-45
118August 11@ Royals2-3Kelvin Herrera (3-2)Sonny Gray (12-6)Greg Holland (35)21,47972-46
119August 12@ Royals11-3Jon Lester (3-0)Jeremy Guthrie (8-10)–27,16173-46
120August 13@ Royals0-3Jason Vargas (9-5)Scott Kazmir (13-5)–21,09973-47
121August 14@ Royals3-7Aaron Crow (6-1)Jeff Samardzija (3-2)Greg Holland (36)20,56973-48
122August 15@ Braves2-7Alex Wood (9-9)Jason Hammel (1-5)–30,60673-49
123August 16@ Braves3-4Julio Teherán (11-9)Sonny Gray (12-7)Craig Kimbrel (36)40,76073-50
124August 17@ Braves3-4Mike Minor (5-8)Jon Lester (3-1)Craig Kimbrel (37)25,46173-51
125August 19Mets6-2Scott Kazmir (14-5)Dillon Gee (4-6)–23,49874-51
126August 20Mets5-8Zack Wheeler (9-8)Jeff Samardzija (3-3)Jeurys Familia (4)20,31274-52
127August 22Angels5-3Sonny Gray (13-7)Jason Grilli (1-4)Sean Doolittle (19)33,81075-52
128August 23Angels2-1Luke Gregerson (3-2)Joe Smith (5-2)Sean Doolittle (20)36,06776-52
129August 24Angels4-9Jered Weaver (14-7)Scott Kazmir (14-6)–36,06776-53
130August 25@ Astros8-2Jeff Samardzija (4-3)Scott Feldman (7-10)–14,09477-53
131August 26@ Astros2-4Josh Fields (4-6)Luke Gregerson (3-3)Chad Qualls (15)17,34577-54
132August 27@ Astros5-4Dan Otero (8-1)Chad Qualls (1-4)Eric O'Flaherty (1)14,79178-54
133August 28@ Angels3-4 (10)Fernando Salas (5-0)Ryan Cook (1-2)–41,05678-55
134August 29@ Angels0-4Jered Weaver (15-7)Jon Lester (3-2)–41,17778-56
135August 30@ Angels0-2Yoslan Herrera (1-1)Jeff Samardzija (4-3)Huston Street (11)44,01878-57
136August 31@ Angels1-8Matt Shoemaker (14-4)Scott Kazmir (14-7)–44,20578-58 :
September:   10-16 (Home: 5-10; Away: 5-6)
#DateOpponent / TimeScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
137September 1Mariners6-1Jason Hammel (2-5)Chris Young (12-7)–36,06779-58
138September 2Mariners5-6James Paxton (5-1)Sonny Gray (13-8)Fernando Rodney (40)23,85979-59
139September 3Mariners1-2Félix Hernández (14-5)Jon Lester (3-3)Fernando Rodney (41)17,07379-60
140September 5Astros3-4Brett Oberholtzer (5-10)Jeff Samardzija (4-4)Tony Sipp (3)21,13079-61
141September 6Astros4-3Luke Gregerson (4-3)Chad Qualls (1-5)–28,66880-61
142September 7Astros3-4José Veras (4-0)Ryan Cook (1-3)Josh Fields (3)25,53380-62
143September 8@ White Sox4-5 (11)Javy Guerra (2-3)Jesse Chavez (8-8)–15,51780-63
144September 9@ White Sox11-2Jon Lester (4-3)John Danks (9-11)–12,15081-63
145September 10@ White Sox1-2Zach Putnam (5-3)Luke Gregerson (4-4)Jake Petricka (12)15,04681-64
146September 11@ White Sox0-1Chris Sale (12-3)Scott Kazmir (14-8)Jake Petricka (13)12,31481-65
147September 12@ Mariners2-4James Paxton (6-2)Jason Hammel (2-6)Fernando Rodney (45)29,09081-66
148September 13@ Mariners3-2Luke Gregerson (5-4)Fernando Rodney (1-6)Sean Doolittle (21)43,91382-66
149September 14@ Mariners4-0Jon Lester (5-3)Chris Young (12-8)–28,92583-66
150September 16Rangers3-6Nick Tepesch (5-10)Scott Kazmir (14-9)Neftalí Feliz (10)19,83583-67
151September 17Rangers1-6Robbie Ross (3-6)Sean Doolittle (1-4)–17,53083-68
152September 18Rangers2-7Nick Martinez (4-11)Sonny Gray (13-9)–17,57483-69
153September 19Phillies3-1Jon Lester (16-10)David Buchanan (6-8)Sean Doolittle (22)35,06784-69
154September 20Phillies0-3Jerome Williams (6-7)Dan Otero (8-2)Ken Giles (1)31,84884-70
155September 21Phillies8-6Sean Doolittle (2-4)Miguel Alfredo González (0-1)–25,12685-70
156September 22Angels8-4Jeff Samardzija (5-5)C. J. Wilson (13-10)–25,45586-70
157September 23Angels0-2Wade LeBlanc (1–1)Sonny Gray (13–10)Huston Street (40)27,58886-71
158September 24Angels4-5Hector Santiago (6–9)Jon Lester (16–11)Huston Street (41)27,98986-72
159September 25@ Rangers1-2Neftalí Feliz (2–1)Luke Gregerson (5–5)33,69686-73
160September 26@ Rangers6-2Scott Kazmir (15–9)Nick Tepesch (5–11)31,58687-73
161September 27@ Rangers4-5Spencer Patton (1–0)Jeff Samardzija (7–13)Neftalí Feliz35,32687-74
162September 28@ Rangers4-0Sonny Gray (14–10)Nick Martinez (5–12)36,38188-74 :

## 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 = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | AVG | SLG |
| Josh Donaldson | 158 | 608 | 93 | 155 | 31 | 2 | 29 | 98 | 8 | 76 | .255 | .456 |
| Jed Lowrie | 136 | 502 | 59 | 125 | 29 | 3 | 6 | 50 | 0 | 51 | .249 | .355 |
| Brandon Moss | 147 | 500 | 70 | 117 | 23 | 2 | 25 | 81 | 1 | 67 | .234 | .438 |
| Coco Crisp | 126 | 463 | 68 | 114 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 47 | 19 | 66 | .246 | .363 |
| Alberto Callaspo | 127 | 404 | 37 | 90 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 39 | 0 | 40 | .223 | .290 |
| Yoenis Céspedes | 101 | 399 | 62 | 102 | 26 | 3 | 17 | 67 | 3 | 28 | .256 | .464 |
| Derek Norris | 127 | 385 | 46 | 104 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 55 | 2 | 54 | .270 | .403 |
| Josh Reddick | 109 | 363 | 53 | 96 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 54 | 1 | 28 | .264 | .446 |
| John Jaso | 99 | 307 | 42 | 81 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 40 | 2 | 28 | .264 | .430 |
| Eric Sogard | 117 | 291 | 38 | 65 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 31 | .223 | .268 |
| Stephen Vogt | 84 | 269 | 26 | 75 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 35 | 1 | 16 | .279 | .431 |
| Craig Gentry | 94 | 232 | 38 | 59 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 20 | 17 | .254 | .289 |
| Nick Punto | 73 | 198 | 21 | 41 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 25 | .207 | .293 |
| Sam Fuld | 60 | 187 | 25 | 39 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 17 | .209 | .332 |
| Nate Freiman | 36 | 87 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 5 | .218 | .448 |
| Adam Dunn | 25 | 66 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 6 | .212 | .318 |
| Jonny Gomes | 34 | 64 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | .234 | .250 |
| Daric Barton | 30 | 57 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | .158 | .175 |
| Andy Parrino | 21 | 46 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .152 | .283 |
| Kyle Blanks | 21 | 45 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 8 | .333 | .489 |
| Geovany Soto | 14 | 42 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | .262 | .357 |
| Billy Burns | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .167 | .167 |
| Bryan Anderson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 |
| Pitcher Totals | 162 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5545 | 729 | 1354 | 253 | 33 | 146 | 686 | 83 | 586 | .244 | .381 |
Source:

### 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; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| Sonny Gray | 14 | 10 | 3.08 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 219.0 | 187 | 84 | 75 | 74 | 183 |
| Scott Kazmir | 15 | 9 | 3.55 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 190.1 | 171 | 81 | 75 | 50 | 164 |
| Jesse Chavez | 8 | 8 | 3.45 | 32 | 21 | 0 | 146.0 | 142 | 64 | 56 | 49 | 136 |
| Jeff Samardzija | 5 | 6 | 3.14 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 111.2 | 92 | 42 | 39 | 12 | 99 |
| Tommy Milone | 6 | 3 | 3.55 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 96.1 | 91 | 42 | 38 | 26 | 61 |
| Dan Otero | 8 | 2 | 2.28 | 72 | 0 | 1 | 86.2 | 80 | 24 | 22 | 15 | 45 |
| Jon Lester | 6 | 4 | 2.35 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 76.2 | 66 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 71 |
| Luke Gregerson | 5 | 5 | 2.12 | 72 | 0 | 3 | 72.1 | 58 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 59 |
| Drew Pomeranz | 5 | 4 | 2.35 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 69.0 | 51 | 22 | 18 | 26 | 64 |
| Jason Hammel | 2 | 6 | 4.26 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 67.2 | 66 | 34 | 32 | 21 | 54 |
| Sean Doolittle | 2 | 4 | 2.73 | 61 | 0 | 22 | 62.2 | 38 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 89 |
| Fernando Abad | 2 | 4 | 1.57 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 57.1 | 34 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 51 |
| Ryan Cook | 1 | 3 | 3.42 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 50.0 | 32 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 50 |
| Jim Johnson | 4 | 2 | 7.14 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 40.1 | 60 | 33 | 32 | 23 | 28 |
| Dan Straily | 1 | 2 | 4.93 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 38.1 | 33 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 34 |
| Eric O'Flaherty | 1 | 0 | 2.25 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 20.0 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| Brad Mills | 1 | 1 | 4.41 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 16.1 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 14 |
| Jeff Francis | 0 | 1 | 6.08 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 13.1 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 10 |
| Evan Scribner | 1 | 0 | 4.63 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 11.2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| Fernando Rodriguez | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Josh Lindblom | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Joe Savery | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 88 | 74 | 3.22 | 162 | 162 | 31 | 1463.1 | 1269 | 572 | 524 | 406 | 1244 |
Source:

## Post-season
### Wild Card Game

The 2014 American League Wild Card game took place on September 30, 2014, at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. The Oakland Athletics took on the Kansas City Royals. Oakland went out to an early lead after a first inning 2-run home run from Brandon Moss, scoring Coco Crisp. Kansas City responded in the bottom half of the inning, and trimmed Oakland's Lead to 1 after a Billy Butler single, scoring Nori Aoki. The Royals later took the lead in the 3rd inning, following two RBI singles from Lorenzo Cain, and Eric Hosmer. In the top of the 6th inning, Brandon Moss hit his second homerun of the game, which scored Sam Fuld and Josh Donaldson. Followed by RBI singles from Derek Norris and Coco Crisp, making the score 7-3 Oakland after 6 innings. The Royals then scored 3 more runs in the bottom of the 8th inning, making the score 7-6. Kansas City would later tie the game in the bottom of the 9th using their well documented "small ball" techniques, and scored from an Aoki sacrifice fly, sending the game to extra innings. Both teams remained scoreless until the top of the 12th, where Alberto Callaspo scored Josh Reddick on a single to left field, which put the Athletics up 8-7. In the bottom of the 12th Kansas city rallied back, and tied the game on an infield single, and later won the game in walk-off fashion on a Salvador Pérez single down the 3rd base line. The 2014 AL Wild Card playoff game became the longest game in the history of the MLB wild card. The Royals would later continue their hot streak, and found themselves in the 2014 World Series, where they later lost to the San Francisco Giants.

### Postseason game log

2014 Postseason Game Log Total: 0-1 (Home: 0-0; Away: 0-1) :
AL Wild Card Game vs. Kansas City Royals
#DateOpponent / TimeScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceSeries
1September 30@ Royals8–9 (12)Frasor (1–0)Otero (0–1)–40,5020–1 :

## All-stars

The following players represented the Athletics at the 2014 Major League Baseball All-Star Game:
* 3B Josh Donaldson
* C Derek Norris
* 1B Brandon Moss
* OF Yoenis Céspedes
* LHP Sean Doolittle
* LHP Scott Kazmir

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Sacramento River Cats | Pacific Coast League | Steve Scarsone |
| AA | Midland RockHounds | Texas League | Aaron Nieckula |
| A | Stockton Ports | California League | Ryan Christenson |
| A | Beloit Snappers | Midwest League | Rick Magnante |
| A-Short Season | Vermont Lake Monsters | New York–Penn League | David Newhan |
| Rookie | AZL Athletics | Arizona League | Ruben Escalera |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Midland