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The 2014 season of the National League was the one hundred thirty-ninth season of the league.

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Standings

An asterisk (*) indicates the team was one of its league's wild cards, Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
Central Division
1	St. Louis Cardinals	162	90	72	0	.556	-.-	619 (3.82)	603 (3.72)	0.253	0.320	0.369	3.50	0.985
2	Pittsburgh Pirates*	162	88	74	0	.543	2.0	682 (4.21)	631 (3.90)	0.259	0.330	0.404	3.49	0.983
3	Milwaukee Brewers	162	82	80	0	.506	8.0	650 (4.01)	657 (4.06)	0.250	0.311	0.397	3.67	0.984
4	Cincinnati Reds	162	76	86	0	.469	14.0	595 (3.67)	612 (3.78)	0.238	0.296	0.365	3.59	0.988
5	Chicago Cubs	162	73	89	0	.451	17.0	614 (3.79)	707 (4.36)	0.239	0.300	0.385	3.92	0.983
Eastern Division
1	Washington Nationals	162	96	66	0	.593	-.-	686 (4.23)	555 (3.43)	0.253	0.321	0.393	3.03	0.984
2	Atlanta Braves	162	79	83	0	.488	17.0	573 (3.54)	597 (3.69)	0.241	0.305	0.360	3.38	0.986
2	New York Mets	162	79	83	0	.488	17.0	629 (3.88)	618 (3.81)	0.237	0.306	0.366	3.49	0.983
4	Miami Marlins	162	77	85	0	.475	19.0	645 (3.98)	674 (4.16)	0.250	0.311	0.397	3.79	0.984
5	Philadelphia Phillies	162	73	89	0	.451	23.0	619 (3.82)	687 (4.24)	0.242	0.302	0.362	3.81	0.987
Western Division
1	Los Angeles Dodgers	162	94	68	0	.580	-.-	718 (4.43)	617 (3.81)	0.265	0.333	0.406	3.40	0.983
2	San Francisco Giants*	162	88	74	0	.543	6.0	665 (4.10)	614 (3.79)	0.255	0.311	0.388	3.50	0.984
3	San Diego Padres	162	77	85	0	.475	17.0	535 (3.30)	577 (3.56)	0.226	0.292	0.342	3.27	0.983
4	Colorado Rockies	162	66	96	0	.407	28.0	755 (4.66)	818 (5.05)	0.276	0.327	0.445	4.86	0.983
5	Arizona Diamondbacks	162	64	98	0	.395	30.0	615 (3.80)	742 (4.58)	0.248	0.302	0.376	4.26	0.983

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Freddie Freeman Hunter Pence	Atlanta Braves San Francisco Giants	162
At Bats	Hunter Pence	San Francisco Giants	650
Runs Scored	Anthony Rendon	Washington Nationals	111
Hits	Denard Span Ben Revere	Washington Nationals Philadelphia Phillies	184
Doubles	Jonathan Lucroy	Milwaukee Brewers	53
Triples	Dee Gordon	Los Angeles Dodgers	12
Home Runs	Giancarlo Stanton	Miami Marlins	37
Total Bases	Giancarlo Stanton	Miami Marlins	299
Runs Batted In	Adrian Gonzalez	Los Angeles Dodgers	116
Stolen Bases	Dee Gordon	Los Angeles Dodgers	64
Caught Stealing	Billy Hamilton	Cincinnati Reds	23
Walks	Matt Carpenter	St. Louis Cardinals	95
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Giancarlo Stanton	Miami Marlins	24
Hit by Pitch	Jon Jay	St. Louis Cardinals	20
Strikeouts	Ryan Howard	Philadelphia Phillies	190
Sacrifice Hits	Shelby Miller	St. Louis Cardinals	13
Sacrifice Flies	Adrian Gonzalez	Los Angeles Dodgers	11
Grounded into Double Plays	Casey McGehee	Miami Marlins	31
Batting Average	Justin Morneau	Colorado Rockies	0.319
On-Base Percentage	Andrew McCutchen	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.410
Slugging Percentage	Giancarlo Stanton	Miami Marlins	0.555
On-Base plus Slugging	Andrew McCutchen	Pittsburgh Pirates	0.952
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Andrew McCutchen	Pittsburgh Pirates	168

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Clayton Kershaw	Los Angeles Dodgers	21
Losses	A.J. Burnett	Philadelphia Phillies	18
Win-Loss Percentage	Clayton Kershaw	Los Angeles Dodgers	0.875
Appearances	Will Smith Tony Watson	Milwaukee Brewers Pittsburgh Pirates	78
Games Started	Stephen Strasburg Johnny Cueto A.J. Burnett	Washington Nationals Cincinnati Reds Philadelphia Phillies	34
Complete Games	Clayton Kershaw	Los Angeles Dodgers	6
Shutouts	Henderson Alvarez Adam Wainwright	Miami Marlins St. Louis Cardinals	3
Games Finished	Francisco Rodriguez	Milwaukee Brewers	66
Saves	Craig Kimbrel	Atlanta Braves	47
Innings Pitched	Johnny Cueto	Cincinnati Reds	243.2
Batters Faced	Johnny Cueto	Cincinnati Reds	961
Hits Allowed	Nathan Eovaldi	Miami Marlins	223
Home Runs Allowed	Marco Estrada	Milwaukee Brewers	29
Base-on-Balls Allowed	A.J. Burnett	Philadelphia Phillies	96
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Carlos Martinez Jenrry Mejia David Hale	St. Louis Cardinals New York Mets Atlanta Braves	10
Hit Batsmen	Charlie Morton	Pittsburgh Pirates	19
Strikeouts	Stephen Strasburg Johnny Cueto	Washington Nationals Cincinnati Reds	242
Wild Pitches	Edinson Volquez Tim Lincecum	Pittsburgh Pirates San Francisco Giants	15
Balks	Franklin Morales	Colorado Rockies	4
Runs Allowed	A.J. Burnett	Philadelphia Phillies	122
Earned Runs Allowed	A.J. Burnett	Philadelphia Phillies	109
Earned Run Average	Clayton Kershaw	Los Angeles Dodgers	1.77
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Clayton Kershaw	Los Angeles Dodgers	0.857

All-Star Game

The National League lost the 2014 All-Star Game, played at Target Field in Minneapolis, MN on Tuesday, July 15, 2014 by a score of 5 to 3 to the American League. The league's manager was Mike Matheny.

Postseason

The 2014 National League playoffs featured the champions of the league's three divisions along with two wild card teams. The teams competed in a Wild Card Game and two best-of-five Division Series, followed by a best-of-seven League Championship Series. The winner of the League Championship Series represented the league in the World Series.

Wild Card Game

Division Series

League Championship Series

WC

San Francisco Giants

3

WC2

San Francisco Giants

1

East.

Washington Nationals

1

WC1

Pittsburgh Pirates

0

WC

San Francisco Giants

4

Cent.

St. Louis Cardinals

1

West.

Los Angeles Dodgers

1

Cent.

St. Louis Cardinals

3

In the World Series, the National League champion San Francisco Giants defeated the American League's Kansas City Royals, 4 games to 3.

Award winners

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers. In the award's voting, he had 355 out of a possible 420 points and 18 first-place votes.

The winner of the league's Cy Young Award, given its best pitcher, was Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers, by unanimous vote. In the award's voting, he had 210 out of a possible 210 points and all 30 first-place votes.

The winner of the league's Rookie of the Year Award, given its best rookie player, was Jacob deGrom, a pitcher with the New York Mets. In the award's voting, he had 142 out of a possible 150 points and 26 of 30 first-place votes.

The inaugural Trevor Hoffman Award, given to the best relief pitcher in the league, was given to Craig Kimbrel of the Atlanta Braves.

Gold Gloves

The following players won the Gold Glove Award, given to the league's best fielders as voted upon by its managers and coaches, at their respective position.

Position	Player	Team
P	Zack Greinke	Los Angeles Dodgers
C	Yadier Molina	St. Louis Cardinals
1B	Adrian Gonzalez	Los Angeles Dodgers
2B	D.J. LeMahieu	Colorado Rockies
3B	Nolan Arenado	Colorado Rockies
SS	Andrelton Simmons	Atlanta Braves
LF	Christian Yelich	Miami Marlins
CF	Juan Lagares	New York Mets
RF	Jason Heyward	Atlanta Braves

Silver Sluggers

The following players won the Silver Slugger Award, given to the league's best hitters as voted upon by its managers and coaches, at their respective position.

Position	Player	Team
C	Buster Posey	San Francisco Giants
1B	Adrian Gonzalez	Los Angeles Dodgers
2B	Neil Walker	Pittsburgh Pirates
3B	Anthony Rendon	Washington Nationals
SS	Ian Desmond	Washington Nationals
OF	Giancarlo Stanton	Miami Marlins
	Andrew McCutchen	Pittsburgh Pirates
	Justin Upton	Atlanta Braves
P	Madison Bumgarner	San Francisco Giants

Monthly Awards

• Player of the Month Award
  • April: Troy Tulowitzki, Colorado Rockies
  • May: Yasiel Puig, Los Angeles Dodgers
  • June: Andrew McCutchen, Pittsburgh Pirates
  • July: Jayson Werth, Washington Nationals
  • August: Josh Harrison, Pittsburgh Pirates
  • September: Matt Kemp, Los Angeles Dodgers

• Pitcher of the Month Award
  • April: Jose Fernandez, Miami Marlins
  • May: Madison Bumgarner, San Francisco Giants
  • June: Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers
  • July: Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers
  • August: Madison Bumgarner, San Francisco Giants
  • September: Adam Wainwright, St. Louis Cardinals

• Rookie of the Month Award
  • April: Chris Owings, Arizona Diamondbacks
  • May: Kolten Wong, St. Louis Cardinals
  • June: Billy Hamilton, Cincinnati Reds
  • July: Jacob deGrom, New York Mets
  • August: Kyle Hendricks, Chicago Cubs
  • September: Jacob deGrom, New York Mets

Umpires

See 2014 Major League Baseball