A Look Back at the Sea Dogs Historic 2014 Season

The Portland Sea Dogs 2014 season has been one for the record books. The Sea Dogs produced an 88-54 record, the best mark in the franchise's 21 year history and reached the post-season for the first time since 2008. Along the way there were many magical moments and records including six walk-off wins. Here is a peak at some of the records and highlights that took place in 2014.

Records                                                           

• Best record in franchise history (88-54), surpassing the previous mark of 86-56 in 1995.
• Henry Owens set the franchise record with 14 wins in a season.
• Brian Johnson surpassed Henry Owens & Jon Lester as the Sea Dogs career ERA leader (1.75).
• Henry Owens tossed a record 27.2 consecutive scoreless innings (May 19- June 14)
• Henry Owens tied a franchise record by winning eight consecutive starts (May 24- July 19)

 

Streaks                                                            

• Mookie Betts hit safely in a team high 17 straight games from April 9-April 30. It was the second longest hit streak since the Sea Dogs became a Red Sox affiliate in 2003.
• Mookie Betts reached base in 36 consecutive games from April 3- May 16. It was the fifth longest streak in franchise history. Dating back to 2013 with High-A Salem, Betts reached base in 66 straight games.
• The Sea Dogs won 10 straight games August 15- August 25. It was the 7^th time in franchise history the team has produced at least ten straight wins.

 

 

Awards                                                            

Eastern League Pitcher of the Year:

Henry Owens

 

Eastern League Manager of the Year:

Billy McMillon

 

Eastern League Player of the Month:

Mookie Betts (April)

Sean Coyle (June)

 

Eastern League Player of the Week:

Mookie Betts (April 3- April 13)

Deven Marrero (June 16- June 22)

Sean Coyle (June 23- June 29)

Keury De La Cruz (August 11- August 17)

 

Eastern League Pitcher of the Week:

Henry Owens (April 3- April 13)

Mike McCarthy (April 28- May 5)

Brian Johnson (June 8- June 15)

Justin Haley (August 25- September 1)

 

Sea Dogs Team Awards:

MVP: Blake Swihart

Pitcher of the Year: Henry Owens

10^th Player: Derrik Gibson

Citizen of the Year: Mike McCarthy

 

All-Stars                                                           

Eastern League All-Star Game Selections:

Sean Coyle

Derrik Gibson

Henry Owens*

Noe Ramirez*

Robby Scott

Blake Swihart

 

*Selected but did not participate

 

MLB All-Star Futures Game Selections:

Henry Owens

Sean Coyle

 

Eastern League Year-End All-Stars:

Henry Owens- LHP

 

Baseball America Minor League Baseball All-Star Team:

Blake Swihart- Catcher

Mookie Betts- Second Base

Henry Owens- LHP

 

Brian Johnson- LHP Second Team Selection

 

Feats                                                                

• Henry Owens tossed a rain shortened complete game no-hitter on Opening Day (April 3^rd @ Reading)
  • First no-hitter in Sea Dogs history as a Red Sox affiliate, third overall
  • First complete game no-hitter in franchise history
• Turned the first triple play in franchise history on April 21^st at Binghamton
• Brian Johnson had the lowest ERA (1.75) in the Eastern League since 1985

 

League Leaders                                             

Brian Johnson                    ERA (1.75)                          1^st

                                             WHIP (0.93)                       1^st

                                             Avg. Against (.189)           1^st

                                             Winning % (.833)              1^st          

Henry Owens                     ERA (2.60)                          3^rd

                                             Wins (14)                            1^st

                                             Strikeouts (126)                 1^st

                                             Complete Games (3)        Tied 1^st

                                             Shutouts (2)                       Tied 1^st

                                             WHIP (1.12)                       4^th

                                             Avg. Against (.201)           2^nd

Eduardo Rodriguez           ERA (3.60)                          10^th

Noe Ramirez                      Saves (18)                           3^rd

Mike Augliera                    Innings Pitched (148.0)    4^th

Sean Coyle                         Avg. (.295)                          8^th

                                             Slugging % (.512)              4^th         

 

Attendance:                                                   

• Drew 359,427 fans, an average of 5,530 fans per game (up from an average of 5,096 in 2013)
• Sold Out 14 games in 2014 (up from six sell outs in 2013)
• Ranked third in the Eastern League in Average Attendance, 7^th in Double-A, and 38^th in all of MiLB.

 

Promotions:                                                   

Promoted to Triple-A Pawtucket:

Carlos Rivero*

Jose Valdez

Matt Spring

Mookie Betts*

Derrik Gibson

Henry Owens

Miguel Celestino

Deven Marrero

Blake Swihart

Noe Ramirez

Keith Couch

Brian Johnson

Eduardo Rodriguez

Rusney Castillo

 

*Called-Up to the Boston Red Sox

 

Other Notes:                                                  

• Mookie Betts led-off the 2014 season for the Sea Dogs with a home run.
• The Sea Dogs led the league in pitching producing a 3.41 ERA.
• Portland produced a league high 12 shutouts in 2014.
• On May 29^th, the Sea Dogs turned a rare 7-6-2-5-4 double play to end the game that was featured as the #6 Top Plays of the Day on Sports Center on ESPN.
• Sean Coyle became the first player to hit a home run through the Sullivan Tire sign above the Maine Monster. Coyle and a lucky fan split a $10,000.00 pay out.

 

Red Sox Farm System:                                 

• Five of the Red Sox seven minor league teams made the playoffs in 2014 (DSL Red Sox, GCL Red Sox, High-A Salem, Double-A Portland, & Triple-A Pawtucket). Boston's most affiliates in the postseason as far back as research is currently available (since at least 1970).
• GCL Red Sox and Triple-A Pawtucket both captured their league championships.
• It was the second championship in three years for the PawSox.