2020 Baltimore Orioles season
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Record | 25–35 (.417) |
Divisional place | 4th |
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Owner(s) | Peter Angelos |
General manager(s) | Mike Elias |
Manager(s) | Brandon Hyde |
Local television | MASN (Gary Thorne, Jim Palmer, Mike Bordick, Jim Hunter) |
Local radio | WJZ-FM Baltimore Orioles Radio Network (Jim Hunter, Ben McDonald, Mike Bordick, Kevin Brown, Melanie Newman) |
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The 2020 Baltimore Orioles season was the 120th season in Baltimore Orioles franchise history, the 67th in Baltimore, and the 29th at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The season was the Orioles' second under manager Brandon Hyde. They finished the pandemic-shortened season 25–35, their best 60-game stretch since 2017. The Orioles had their highest winning percentage since 2017 when they went 75–87. Despite these improvements, they missed the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season as they were eliminated from playoff contention on September 22.
Regular season standings[]
American League East[]
AL East | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Tampa Bay Rays | 40 | 20 | 0.667 | — | 20–9 | 20–11 |
New York Yankees | 33 | 27 | 0.550 | 7 | 22–9 | 11–18 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 32 | 28 | 0.533 | 8 | 17–9 | 15–19 |
Baltimore Orioles | 25 | 35 | 0.417 | 15 | 13–20 | 12–15 |
Boston Red Sox | 24 | 36 | 0.400 | 16 | 11–20 | 13–16 |
American League Wild Card[]
Division Leaders | W | L | Pct. |
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Tampa Bay Rays | 40 | 20 | 0.667 |
Oakland Athletics | 36 | 24 | 0.600 |
Minnesota Twins | 36 | 24 | 0.600 |
Division 2nd Place | W | L | Pct. |
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Cleveland Indians | 35 | 25 | 0.583 |
New York Yankees | 33 | 27 | 0.550 |
Houston Astros | 29 | 31 | 0.483 |
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Wild Card teamsW | L | Pct. | GB |
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Chicago White Sox | 35 | 25 | 0.583 | +3 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 32 | 28 | 0.533 | — |
Seattle Mariners | 27 | 33 | 0.450 | 5 |
Los Angeles Angels | 26 | 34 | 0.433 | 6 |
Kansas City Royals | 26 | 34 | 0.433 | 6 |
Baltimore Orioles | 25 | 35 | 0.417 | 7 |
Boston Red Sox | 24 | 36 | 0.400 | 8 |
Detroit Tigers | 23 | 35 | 0.397 | 8 |
Texas Rangers | 22 | 38 | 0.367 | 10 |
Record vs. Opponents[]
Source: AL Standings Head-to-head |
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Team | BAL | BOS | NYY | TB | TOR | NL | |||||||||||||
Baltimore | — | 5–5 | 3–7 | 4–6 | 2–8 | 11–9 | |||||||||||||
Boston | 5–5 | — | 1–9 | 3–7 | 5–5 | 10–10 | |||||||||||||
New York | 7–3 | 9–1 | — | 2–8 | 5–5 | 10–10 | |||||||||||||
Tampa Bay | 6–4 | 7–3 | 8–2 | — | 6–4 | 13–7 | |||||||||||||
Toronto | 8–2 | 5–5 | 5–5 | 4–6 | — | 10–10 |
Game log[]
Past Games Legend | ||||
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Orioles Win (#bfb) |
Orioles Loss (#fbb) |
Game Postponed (#bbb) |
Eliminated from Playoff Contention (#933) | |
Bold denotes an Orioles pitcher |
Future Games Legend | |
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Home Game |
Away Game |
2020 Game Log: 25–35 (.417) (Home: 13–17; Away: 12–18) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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July: 3–3 (Home: 1–2; Away: 2–1)
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August: 12–16 (Home: 5–9; Away: 7–7)
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September: 10–16 (Home: 7–6; Away: 3–10)
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- ^ a b Games moved to Oriole Park at Camden Yards for safety concerns due to the COVID-19 pandemic "hot spot" in Florida.
- ^ Completion of game suspended on August 9. Game moved to Oriole Park at Camden Yards with Washington serving as the "home" team.
- ^ Game moved to Oriole Park at Camden Yards with Tampa Bay serving as the "home" team.
Roster[]
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Farm System[]
Due to safety concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, it was announced on June 30, 2020 that the 2020 Minor League Baseball season would not be played.[4]
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Norfolk Tides | International League | |
AA | Bowie Baysox | Eastern League | |
A-Advanced | Frederick Keys | Carolina League | |
A | Delmarva Shorebirds | South Atlantic League | |
Short-Season A | Aberdeen IronBirds | New York–Penn League | |
Rookie | GCL Orioles | Gulf Coast League | |
Rookie | DSL Orioles | Dominican Summer League |
COVID-19 Outbreak[]
On July 27, 2020, both away games against the Miami Marlins were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, because there was a COVID outbreak in the Miami Marlins organization, and later the Orioles′ home games were also postponed. As a result, the Orioles played the New York Yankees on July 29–30.
References[]
- ^ a b c d Footer, Alyson (July 27, 2020). "Marlins-O's, Yanks-Phils games postponed". mlb.com. MLB Advanced Media. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
- ^ a b "Marlins won't play thru Sun.; BAL to play NYY". mlb.com. MLB Advanced Media. July 28, 2020. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Marlins-O's series game times announced". orioles.com. August 3, 2020. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
- ^ Adler, David (June 30, 2020). "2020 Minor League Baseball season canceled". MLB.com. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
External links[]
- Baltimore Orioles seasons
- 2020 Major League Baseball season
- 2020 in sports in Maryland