2014 Henry Aaron Award standings and results

The San Francisco Giants did the Henry Aaron Award in style in 2014, setting all-time records in wins, title defenses and games holding the title. They already were going to be the Team of the Year by the end of August, and their postseason run made them the team of all time. So far.

By BILL PETERSON
Big Leagues in Los Angeles

The San Francisco Giants already were going to be the Henry Aaron Award Team of the Year in 2014 before the end of August.

By the end of October, they were breaking new ground with the prize.

The Giants, 41-18, set the all-time record in Aaron wins, also setting all-time Aaron records in title defenses (10) and defense opportunities (13). They also held the Aaron for 48 games (and counting!), another Aaron record. And the Giants didn't even need help from a new rule, effective in 2013, saying that the champion couldn't lose the Aaron in a break-even series (the other traveling competitions use tiebreakers). The Giants won every title defense cleanly.

The Giants enjoyed runs of two, three and four title defenses off their four title captures.

The big run came at the end. The Giants took the Aaron with three-of-four against the San Diego Padres in San Francisco during the last series of the regular season, then held it for four defenses through their seven-game victory against the Kansas City Royals in the World Series.

Despite interleague play taking place throughout the season, the Aaron stayed in one league for long stretches of time.

It began with the Toronto Blue Jays carrying it from the end of 2013 and stayed in the American League until April 27, when the Giants took it from the Cleveland Indians with a three-game sweep in San Francisco. The Aaron stayed in the NL until July 2, when the Indians took it from the Dodgers in a two-of-three win at Dodger Stadium ending on July 2.

The NL took it back when the Giants won two of three from the Detroit Tigers in Detroit, ending on Sept. 7, and it stayed in the NL for the rest of the season.

2014 Henry Aaron Award results

Total run tiebreakers, though they do not count, are given at the end of the results for reference.


Toronto 2, Tampa Bay 2 — March 30-April 3 at Toronto (Tampa Bay, 18-11).
New York (AL) 2, Toronto 1 — April 4-6 at New York.
Baltimore 2, New York (AL) 1 — April 7-9 at New York.
Toronto 2, Baltimore 1 — April 11-13 at Baltimore.
Minnesota 2, Toronto 1 — April 15-17 at Minneapolis.
Kansas City 2, Minnesota 1 — April 18-20 at Kansas City.
Cleveland 3, Kansas City 1 — April 21-24 at Cleveland.
San Francisco 3, Cleveland 0 — April 25-27 at San Francisco.
San Francisco 2, San Diego 1 — April 26-28 at San Francisco.
San Francisco 3, Atlanta 0 — May 2-4 at Atlanta.
Pittsburgh 2, San Francisco 1 — May 5-7 at Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh 2, St. Louis 1 — May 9-11 at Pittsburgh.
Milwaukee 2, Pittsburgh 1 — May 13-15 at Milwaukee.
Chicago (NL) 2, Milwaukee 1 — May 16-18 at Chicago.
Chicago (NL) 1, New York (AL) 1 — May 20-21 at Chicago (Chicago, 8-5).
Chicago (NL) 2, San Diego 2 — May 22-25 at San Diego (San Diego, 18-12).
San Francisco 2, Chicago (NL) 1 — May 26-28 at San Francisco.
San Francisco 3, St. Louis 1 — May 29-June 1 at St. Louis.
San Francisco 2, Cincinnati 1 — June 3-5 at Cincinnati.
San Francisco 3, New York (NL) 0 — June 6-8 at San Francisco.
Washington 3, San Francisco 0 — June 9-11 at San Francisco.
St. Louis 3, Washington 0 — June 13-15 at St. Louis.
St. Louis 2, New York (NL) 0 — June 17-18 at St. Louis.
St. Louis 2, Philadelphia 2 — June 19-22 at St. Louis (Philadelphia, 13-11).
St. Louis 2, Colorado 1 — June 23-25 at Denver.
Los Angeles 3, St. Louis 1 — June 26-29 at Los Angeles.
Cleveland 2, DODGERS 1 — June 30-July 2 at Los Angeles.
Cleveland 2, Kansas City 1 — July 4-6 at Cleveland.
Cleveland 2, New York (AL) 2 — July 7-10 at Cleveland (Cleveland, 21-16).
Cleveland 2, Chicago (AL) 1 — July 11-13 at Cleveland.
Cleveland 2, Detroit 1 — July 18-20 at Detroit.
Minnesota 2, Cleveland 1 — July 21-23 at Minneapolis.
Chicago (AL) 3, Minnesota 1 — July 24-27 at Minneapolis.
Chicago (AL) 2, Detroit 1 — July 27-29 at Detroit.
Minnesota 2, Chicago (AL) 1 — August 1-3 at Chicago.
Minnesota 1, San Diego 1 — August 5-6 at Minneapolis (Minnesota, 7-6).
Oakland 3, Minnesota 1 — August 7-10 at Oakland.
Kansas City 3, Oakland 1 — August 11-14 at Kansas City.
Kansas City 3, Minnesota 1 — August 15-18 at Minneapolis.
Kansas City 1, Colorado 1 — August 19-20 at Denver.
Kansas City 2, Texas 1 — August 22-24 at Arlington.
New York 1, Kansas City 0 — August 25 at Kansas City.
Detroit 2, New York 1 — August 26-28 at Detroit.
Detroit 2, Chicago (AL) 2 — August 29-31 at Chicago (Detroit, 21-17).
Detroit 3, Cleveland 1 — September 1-4 at Cleveland.
San Francisco 2, Detroit 1 — September 5-7 at Detroit.
San Francisco 3, Arizona 0 — September 9-11 at San Francisco.
Los Angeles 2, San Francisco 1 — September 12-14 at Los Angeles.
Colorado 2, Los Angeles 1 — September 15-17 at Denver.
Colorado 3, Arizona 1 — September 18-21 at Denver.
San Diego 2, Colorado 1 — September 22-24 at San Diego.
San Francisco 3, San Diego 1 — September 25-28 at San Francisco.
San Francisco 1, Pittsburgh 0 — October 1 at Pittsburgh.
San Francisco 3, Washington 1 — October 3-7 at Washington and San Francisco.
San Francisco 4, St. Louis 1 — October 11-16 at St. Louis and San Francisco.
San Francisco 4, Kansas City 3 — October 21-29 at Kansas City and San Francisco.