The San Francisco Giants went 88-74 in 2014, a .543 winning percentage — 10th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 665 runs and allowed 614, a run differential of +51. The offence ranked 12th of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 3.54 staff ERA was 11th of 30. Their 101 team wRC+ was 1% above league average — 12th of 30 in MLB. Buster Posey led the position players at 5.4 WAR, and Madison Bumgarner the rotation at a 2.98 ERA.
The 2014 season
Month by month, the streaks, and the record in the games that are argued about.
They finished 2nd in the NL West, 6 games back. They spent 96 of 182 days in first place, led by as many as 10 games on June 7 and were as far as 6 games back on September 26. Their best month was May at 20-9, their worst June at 10-16. The longest runs were a 6-game winning streak from April 29 to May 5 and a 6-game losing streak from June 13 to June 20. They were 45-36 at home and 43-38 on the road, 18-22 in one-run games and 27-31 against clubs that finished .500 or better. The most lopsided win was 13-2 against the Brewers on August 29; the heaviest defeat, 17-0 against the Dodgers on September 13.
Record by month. March games count toward April, October’s toward September.
Month
W
L
Pct
RS
RA
Diff
March/April
17
11
.607
120
102
+18
May
20
9
.690
125
90
+35
June
10
16
.385
93
116
-23
July
12
14
.462
85
92
-7
August
16
12
.571
136
96
+40
Sept/Oct
13
12
.520
106
118
-12
Splits. Extra innings are blank for a season whose games predate the innings count.
Games
W-L
Pct
Home
45-36
.556
Road
43-38
.531
One-run games
18-22
.450
Extra innings
9-4
.692
Within the division
40-36
.526
Against .500+ clubs
27-31
.466
Decided by 5+ runs
23-23
.500
Last 10
4-6
.400
2014 postseason
In October the San Francisco Giants beat the Pirates 1-0 in the Wild Card Series, beat the Nationals 3-1 in the NLDS, beat the Cardinals 4-1 in the NLCS, then beat the Royals 4-3 in the World Series. They won the 2014 World Series.
Wild Card Series vs Pirates1-0 W
Game 1, October 1 W 8-0 at Pirates
NLDS vs Nationals3-1 W
Game 1, October 3 W 3-2 at Nationals
Game 2, October 4 W 2-1 at Nationals
Game 3, October 6 L 1-4 vs Nationals
Game 4, October 7 W 3-2 vs Nationals
NLCS vs Cardinals4-1 W
Game 1, October 11 W 3-0 at Cardinals
Game 2, October 12 L 4-5 at Cardinals
Game 3, October 14 W 5-4 vs Cardinals
Game 4, October 15 W 6-4 vs Cardinals
Game 5, October 16 W 6-3 vs Cardinals
World Series vs Royals4-3 W
Game 1, October 21 W 7-1 at Royals
Game 2, October 22 L 2-7 at Royals
Game 3, October 24 L 2-3 vs Royals
Game 4, October 25 W 11-4 vs Royals
Game 5, October 26 W 5-0 vs Royals
Game 6, October 28 L 0-10 at Royals
Game 7, October 29 W 3-2 at Royals
National League West standings, 2014
Final standings. The division page has the rest of its season.
National 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
41,589
41,533
41,017
42,890
Night
50
41,550
41,510
41,024
42,773
Day
31
41,651
41,551
41,017
42,890
Weekend
39
41,589
41,541
41,024
42,590
Weekday
42
41,588
41,503
41,017
42,890
On the road
81
32,936
31,126
13,675
53,500
Through the season
Average home crowd by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
15
41,914
May
13
41,624
Jun
17
41,424
Jul
14
41,566
Aug
12
41,508
Sep
10
41,464
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
3:00
149 games
All games
3:06
Extra innings
4:09
13 of them
Longest
4:54
2014-04-15, 12 inn
Shortest
2:17
2014-04-30
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
3:06
2:59
2:06
5:46
Regulation
149
3:00
2:57
2:06
3:53
Extra innings
13
4:09
3:59
2:41
5:46
Home
81
3:01
2:56
2:17
4:54
Road
81
3:10
3:02
2:06
5:46
Day
64
3:06
3:04
2:29
4:26
Night
98
3:05
2:57
2:06
5:46
Through the season
Average completed game by month.
Month
Games
Average
Apr
15
3:03
May
13
2:57
Jun
17
3:05
Jul
14
2:57
Aug
12
3:03
Sep
10
3:02
By season
Regulation games only, in minutes. 180 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
San Francisco Giants are 88-74, a .543 win rate, while their +51 run differential implies .536. That is essentially in line — the record reflects the run scoring.
