The Los Angeles Angels went 98-64 in 2014, a .605 winning percentage — the best record in baseball. They scored 773 runs and allowed 630, a run differential of +143. The offence ranked the best in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.68 staff ERA was 17th of 30. Their 109 team wRC+ was 9% above league average — 6th of 30 in MLB. Mike Trout led the position players at 8.6 WAR, and Garrett Richards the rotation at a 2.61 ERA.
The 2014 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished first in the AL West, 10 games clear. They spent 44 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 12 games on September 25 and were as far as 6 games back on June 19. Their best month was July at 19-8, their worst March/April at 14-13. The longest runs were a 10-game winning streak from September 4 to September 13 and a 4-game losing streak from May 30 to June 3. They were 52-29 at home and 46-35 on the road, 27-22 in one-run games and 41-43 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 14-2 against the Mets on April 13; the heaviest defeat, 14-3 against the Rangers on May 4.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
14
13
.519
149
109
+40
May
16
12
.571
115
122
-7
June
15
10
.600
122
104
+18
July
19
8
.704
132
93
+39
August
19
10
.655
120
92
+28
Sept/Oct
15
11
.577
135
110
+25
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
52-29
.642
Road
46-35
.568
One-run games
27-22
.551
Extra innings
10-7
.588
Within the division
43-33
.566
Against .500+ clubs
41-43
.488
Decided by 5+ runs
30-15
.667
Last 10
3-7
.300
2014 postseason
In October the Los Angeles Angels lost the ALDS to the Royals 3-0.
ALDS vs Royals0-3 L
Game 1, October 2 L 2-3 vs Royals
Game 2, October 3 L 1-4 vs Royals
Game 3, October 5 L 3-8 at Royals
American League West standings, 2014
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
American League West, 2014. Games back of the best record in the division.
The players whose season belongs to this club, by position and then by dbWAR. A player traded mid-season is listed with the club he played most of his games for, so a deadline arrival may appear on his other club’s page instead.
Each rectangle is a player, sized by his share of the team's hits; darker means a larger share. Top 30 contributors. Select a different statistic above, or click a player for his page.
Day and night divide the home schedule, and so do weekend and weekday. The road line is a different question.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Low
High
All home
81
38,221
38,016
27,166
44,561
Night
65
38,729
38,521
30,150
44,561
Day
16
36,160
36,183
27,166
44,205
Weekend
39
38,878
38,796
27,166
44,205
Weekday
42
37,612
37,320
30,150
44,561
On the road
80
28,175
27,392
11,657
53,166
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
44,152
Apr
11
38,072
May
16
38,288
Jun
12
36,934
Jul
17
39,092
Aug
14
39,592
Sep
10
35,831
By season
Announced gate — tickets distributed, which is the figure every reference publishes and is not the same as people through the turnstile. A game the feed reports no gate for is left out rather than counted as empty. Seasons before attendance was carried into the lake are absent from the trend rather than shown as zero.
Game time
First pitch to final out across 162 completed games, 2014.
Regulation
3:07
145 games
All games
3:15
Extra innings
4:23
17 of them
Longest
6:32
2014-08-09, 19 inn
Shortest
2:26
2014-05-21
By situation
Regulation and extra innings divide the season, and so do home and road. Day and night overlap both.
Split
Games
Avg
Med
Fastest
Longest
All
162
3:15
3:08
2:26
6:32
Regulation
145
3:07
3:05
2:26
3:57
Extra innings
17
4:23
4:19
3:00
6:32
Home
81
3:17
3:05
2:26
6:32
Road
81
3:13
3:09
2:30
4:57
Day
36
3:13
3:08
2:39
4:53
Night
126
3:16
3:08
2:26
6:32
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Mar
1
3:17
Apr
11
3:25
May
16
3:16
Jun
12
3:12
Jul
17
3:18
Aug
14
3:18
Sep
10
3:10
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 187 minutes this season.
Elapsed time from first pitch to final out. The feed does not itemise delays, so a rain delay is inside these numbers with no way to subtract it. Games called early are excluded — five innings in ninety-three minutes is not a short game — but they still count in attendance, because the crowd turned up.
Record versus run differential
Los Angeles Angels are 98-64, a .605 win rate, while their +143 run differential implies .593. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
