The 2014 Major League Baseball season began on March 22 in Sydney, Australia, between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Arizona Diamondbacks.^[1] 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.^[2]
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.^[3] On August 14, 2014, the franchise owners selected Rob Manfred to become the new Commissioner of Baseball starting next year. Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Major_League_Baseball_season.

Final Stats:

Rank	Team	Manager	Top Hitter	Top Pitcher
Champion 88 74	San Francisco Giants	Bruce Bochy	Buster Posey	Madison Bumgarner
Runner-Up 89 73	Kansas City Royals	Ned Yost	Alex Gordon	James Shields
LCS 90 72	St. Louis Cardinals	Mike Matheny	Matt Holliday	Adam Wainwright
LCS 96 66	Baltimore Orioles	Buck Showalter	Nelson Cruz	Wei-Yin Chen
DS 96 66	Washington Nationals	Matt Williams	Adam LaRoche	Doug Fister
DS 94 68	Los Angeles Dodgers	Don Mattingly	Adrian Gonzalez	Clayton Kershaw
DS 98 64	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	Mike Scioscia	Mike Trout	Jered Weaver
DS 90 72	Detroit Tigers	Brad Ausmus	Miguel Cabrera	Max Scherzer
Wild Card Game 88 74	Oakland Athletics	Bob Melvin	Josh Donaldson	Scott Kazmir
Wild Card Game 88 74	Pittsburgh Pirates	Clint Hurdle	Andrew McCutchen	Edinson Volquez
87 75	Seattle Mariners	Lloyd McClendon	Kyle Seager	Felix Hernandez
85 77	Cleveland Indians	Terry Francona	Michael Brantley	Corey Kluber
84 78	New York Yankees	Joe Girardi	Brian McCann	Masahiro Tanaka
83 79	Toronto Blue Jays	John Gibbons	Jose Bautista	R.A. Dickey
82 80	Milwaukee Brewers	Ron Roenicke	Ryan Braun	Wily Peralta
79 83	New York Mets	Terry Collins	Lucas Duda	Bartolo Colon
79 83	Atlanta Braves	Fredi Gonzalez	Justin Upton	Ervin Santana
77 85	Miami Marlins	Mike Redmond	Giancarlo Stanton	Henderson Alvarez
77 85	Tampa Bay Rays	Joe Maddon	Evan Longoria	David Price
77 85	San Diego Padres	Bud Black	Jedd Gyorko	Ian Kennedy
76 86	Cincinnati Reds	Bryan Price	Todd Frazier	Johnny Cueto
73 89	Chicago White Sox	Robin Ventura	Jose Abreu	Chris Sale
73 89	Philadelphia Phillies	Ryne Sandberg	Ryan Howard	Kyle Kendrick
73 89	Chicago Cubs	Rick Renteria	Anthony Rizzo	Jake Arrieta
71 91	Boston Red Sox	John Farrell	David Ortiz	John Lackey
70 92	Minnesota Twins	Ron Gardenhire	Trevor Plouffe	Phil Hughes
70 92	Houston Astros	Bo Porter	Chris Carter	Dallas Keuchel
67 95	Texas Rangers	Ron Washington	Adrian Beltre	Yu Darvish
66 96	Colorado Rockies	Walt Weiss	Justin Morneau	Jorge De La Rosa
64 98	Arizona Diamondbacks	Kirk Gibson	Miguel Montero	Josh Collmenter