2020 Los Angeles Angels season

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2020 Los Angeles Angels
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.svg
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Angel Stadium (since 1966)
  • Anaheim, California (since 1966)
Results
Record26–34 (.433)
Divisional place4th
Other information
Owner(s)Arte Moreno
Manager(s)Joe Maddon
Local televisionFox Sports West
(Victor Rojas, Mark Gubicza)
Local radioKLAA (AM 830)
KSPN (AM 710)
Angels Radio Network
(Terry Smith, Mark Langston, José Mota)
Spanish: KWKW (AM 1330)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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The 2020 Los Angeles Angels' season was the 60th season of the Los Angeles Angels franchise in the American League and the 55th in Anaheim. The Angels were managed by Joe Maddon, in his first season as manager of the Angels. The Angels played their home games at Angel Stadium as members of Major League Baseball's American League West Division. Los Angeles opened the season on July 24 at the Oakland Athletics and finished the season at the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The Angels finished the season 26–34 to finish in fourth place in the division.

The season was shortened to a 60-game schedule due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

Previous season[]

The Angels finished the 2019 season 72–90 to finish in last place in the West Division. On September 30, 2019, the Angels fired manager Brad Ausmus after only one season with the Angels.[2]

Coaching changes[]

After the club had fired Ausmus, speculation increased that the Angels would hire Joe Maddon, who had previously a bench coach with the Angels and spent 20 years in the Angels' system.[2] On October 16, the Angels named Maddon the team's new manager.[3]

COVID-19 effects on season[]

On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks in addition to the remainder of spring training being cancelled.[4] Four days later, it was announced that the start of the season would be pushed back indefinitely due to the recommendation made by the CDC to restrict events of more than 50 people for eight weeks.[5] On June 23, commissioner Rob Manfred unilaterally implemented a 60-game season. Players reported to training camps on July 1 in order to resume spring training and prepare for a July 24 Opening Day.[6]

Regular season[]

Game log[]

2020 season game log: 26–34 (Home: 14–16; Away: 12–18)
July: 2–6 (Home: 1–3; Away: 1–3)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Streak
1 July 24 @ Athletics 3–7 (10) Smith (1–0) Robles (0–1) — 0–1 L1
2 July 25 @ Athletics 4–1 Bundy (1–0) Manaea (0–1) Robles (1) 1–1 W1
3 July 26 @ Athletics 4–6 Petit (1–0) Ohtani (0–1) Hendriks (1) 1–2 L1
4 July 27 @ Athletics 0–3 Smith (2–0) Canning (0–1) Soria (1) 1–3 L2
5 July 28 Mariners 10–2 Buchter (1–0) Sheffield (0–1) — 2–3 W1
6 July 29 Mariners 7–10 Shaw (1–0) Barnes (0–1) Altavilla (1) 2–4 L1
7 July 30 Mariners 5–8 Gonzales (1–1) Bundy (1–1) — 2–5 L2
8 July 31 Astros 6–9 Bielak (2–0) Andriese (0–1) Scrubb (1) 2–6 L3
August: 10–18 (Home: 4–8; Away: 6–10)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Streak
9 August 1 Astros 5–4 (10) Buchter (2–0) Rodríguez (0–1) — 3–6 W1
10 August 2 Astros 5–6 (11) Taylor (1–0) Barnes (0–2) — 3–7 L1
11 August 4 @ Mariners 5–3 Heaney (1–0) Dunn (0–1) Buttrey (1) 4–7 W1
12 August 5 @ Mariners 6–7 Gonzales (2–1) Teherán (0–1) Edwards Jr. (1) 4–8 L1
13 August 6 @ Mariners 6–1 Bundy (2–1) Walker (1–2) — 5–8 W1
14 August 7 @ Rangers 3–4 Lyles (1–1) Canning (0–2) Montero (1) 5–9 L1
15 August 8 @ Rangers 0–2 Vólquez (1–1) Sandoval (0–1) Montero (2) 5–10 L2
16 August 9 @ Rangers 3–7 Lynn (2–0) Heaney (1–1) — 5–11 L3
17 August 10 Athletics 10–9 Peña (1–0) Petit (1–1) Buttrey (2) 6–11 W1
18 August 11 Athletics 6–0 Bundy (3–1) Fiers (1–1) — 7–11 W2
19 August 12 Athletics 4–8 Bassitt (2–0) Canning (0–3) — 7–12 L1
20 August 14 Dodgers 4–7 Kershaw (2–1) Sandoval (0–2) Jansen (5) 7–13 L2
21 August 15 Dodgers 5–6 (10) McGee (2–0) Middleton (0–1) Jansen (6) 7–14 L3
22 August 16 Dodgers 3–8 Alexander (1–0) Teherán (0–2) — 7–15 L4
23 August 17 Giants 7–6 Buttrey (1–0) Gott (1–2) — 8–15 W1
24 August 18 Giants 2–8 García (1–1) Bundy (3–2) — 8–16 L1
25 August 19 @ Giants 2–7 Cueto (2–0) Sandoval (0–3) — 8–17 L2
26 August 20 @ Giants 5–10 Gausman (1–1) Suárez (0–1) — 8–18 L3
27 August 21 @ Athletics 3–5 Fiers (3–1) Heaney (1–2) Hendriks (9) 8–19 L4
28 August 22 @ Athletics 4–3 Andriese (1–1) Bassitt (2–1) Buttrey (3) 9–19 W1
29 August 23 @ Athletics 4–5 (10) Hendriks (2–0) Buttrey (1–1) — 9–20 L1
30 August 24 @ Astros 4–11 Valdez (3–2) Sandoval (0–4) — 9–21 L2
31 August 25 (1) @ Astros 3–6 (7) Javier (3–1) Suárez (0–2) Pressly (4) 9–22 L3
32 August 25 (2) @ Astros 12–5 (7) Peña (2–0) Bielak (3–2) — 10–22 W1
— August 26 @ Astros Postponed (Hurricane Laura); Makeup: September 5
33 August 28 Mariners 3–2 Heaney (2–2) Margevicius (1–2) Buttrey (4) 11–22 W2
34 August 29 Mariners 16–3 Bundy (4–2) Sheffield (2–3) — 12–22 W3
35 August 30 Mariners 1–2 (10) Williams (1–1) Quijada (0–1) Ramírez (1) 12–23 L1
36 August 31 Mariners 1–2 Gonzales (4–2) Andriese (1–2) — 12–24 L2
September: 14–10 (Home: 8–4; Away: 6–6)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Streak
37 September 2 Padres 4–11 Hill (2–0) Buttrey (1–2) — 12–25 L3
38 September 3 Padres 2–0 Heaney (3–2) Clevinger (1–2) Peña (1) 13–25 W1
39 September 4 Astros 6–5 (11) Andriese (2–2) Raley (0–1) — 14–25 W2
40 September 5 (1) Astros 10–9 (7) Peña (3–0) Paredes (1–2) — 15–25 W3
41 September 5 (2) @ Astros 7–6 Ramirez (1–0) Castellanos (0–1) Buttrey (5) 16–25 W4
42 September 6 Astros 9–5 Mayers (1–0) Valdez (3–3) — 17–25 W5
43 September 8 @ Rangers 1–7 Lynn (5–2) Heaney (3–3) — 17–26 L1
44 September 9 @ Rangers 3–7 King (1–0) Teherán (0–3) — 17–27 L2
45 September 10 @ Rangers 6–2 Bundy (5–2) Gibson (1–5) — 18–27 W1
46 September 11 @ Rockies 4–8 Bard (3–2) Buttrey (1–3) — 18–28 L1
47 September 12 @ Rockies 5–2 (11) Buttrey (2–3) Kinley (0–2) Andriese (1) 19–28 W1
48 September 13 @ Rockies 5–3 Heaney (4–3) Estévez (1–3) Andriese (2) 20–28 W2
49 September 15 Diamondbacks 8–9 Mella (1–0) Andriese (2–3) Crichton (2) 20–29 L1
50 September 16 Diamondbacks 6–9 Clarke (2–0) Bundy (5–3) Crichton (3) 20–30 L2
51 September 17 Diamondbacks 7–3 Canning (1–3) Young (2–4) — 21–30 W1
52 September 18 Rangers 6–2 Barría (1–0) Benjamin (1–1) — 22–30 W2
53 September 19 Rangers 4–3 Mayers (2–0) Martin (0–1) — 23–30 W3
54 September 20 Rangers 2–7 Cody (1–1) Teherán (0–4) — 23–31 L1
55 September 21 Rangers 8–5 Bundy (6–3) Gibson (2–6) Mayers (1) 24–31 W1
56 September 22 @ Padres 4–2 Canning (2–3) Davies (7–4) Mayers (2) 25–31 W2
57 September 23 @ Padres 5–2 Sandoval (1-4) Morejón (2-2) Peña (2) 26–31 W3
58 September 25 @ Dodgers 5–9 Graterol (1–2) Andriese (2–4) — 26–32 L1
59 September 26 @ Dodgers 6–7 Gonsolin (2–2) Robles (0–2) Kolarek (1) 26–33 L2
60 September 27 @ Dodgers 0–5 May (3–1) Sandoval (1–5) — 26–34 L3
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Angels team member

Season standings[]

American League West[]

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AL West 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 36 24 0.600 — 22–10 14–14
Houston Astros 29 31 0.483 7 20–9 9–22
Seattle Mariners 27 33 0.450 9 14–10 13–23
Los Angeles Angels 26 34 0.433 10 16–15 10–19
Texas Rangers 22 38 0.367 14 16–14 6–24


American League Leaders[]

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Division Leaders 		W L Pct.
Tampa Bay Rays 40 20 0.667
Oakland Athletics 36 24 0.600
Minnesota Twins 36 24 0.600


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Division 2nd Place 		W L Pct.
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 teams
(Top two qualify for postseason) 		W L Pct. GB
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 against opponents[]

2020 American League Records
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Source: AL Standings Head-to-head

Team HOU LAA OAK SEA TEX NL
Houston — 4–6 3–7 7–3 5–5 10–10
Los Angeles 6–4 — 4–6 5–5 4–6 7–13
Oakland 7–3 6–4 — 6–4 7–3 10–10
Seattle 3–7 5–5 4–6 — 8–2 7–13
Texas 5–5 6–4 3–7 2–8 — 6–14

Roster[]

2020 Los Angeles Angels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Salt Lake Bees Pacific Coast League
AA Rocket City Trash Pandas Southern League
A-Advanced Inland Empire 66ers California League
A Burlington Bees Midwest League
Rookie Orem Owlz Pioneer League
Rookie AZL Angels Arizona League
Rookie DSL Angels Dominican Summer League

All coaches and rosters can be found on each team's website.

See also[]

  • Los Angeles Angels
  • Angel Stadium

References[]

  1. ^ Feinsand, Mark (June 24, 2020). "Play Ball: MLB announces 2020 regular season". MLB.com. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Angels Fire Manager Brad Ausmus (Published 2019)". The New York Times. The Associated Press. September 30, 2019. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  3. ^ "Joe Maddon returns to Anaheim as the new manager of the Angels". Los Angeles Times. October 16, 2019. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  4. ^ Mark Feinsand (March 12, 2020). "Opening Day delayed at least 2 weeks; Spring Training games cancelled". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  5. ^ "Opening of regular season to be pushed back". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. March 16, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  6. ^ Feinsand, Mark (June 24, 2020). "Play Ball: MLB announces 2020 regular season". MLB.com. Retrieved June 24, 2020.

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