2020 San Francisco Giants season

2020 San Francisco Giants
2020 San Francisco Giants
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1883) West Division (since 1969); ;
Location
	Oracle Park (since 2000); San Francisco, California (since 1958);
Results
Record	29–31 (.483)
Divisional place	3rd
Other information
Owner(s)	Larry Baer (managing general partner)
President of Baseball Operations	Farhan Zaidi
Manager(s)	Gabe Kapler
Local television	NBC Sports Bay Area; (Duane Kuiper, Mike Krukow, Dave Flemming, Jon Miller, Shawn Estes, Javier López, Amy Gutierrez)
Local radio	KNBR (104.5 FM and 680 AM); San Francisco Giants Radio Network; (Jon Miller, Dave Flemming, Duane Kuiper, Mike Krukow); KXZM (93.7 FM, Spanish); (Erwin Higueros, Tito Fuentes, Marvin Benard)
Stats	ESPN.com; BB-reference
	< Previous season Next season >

The 2020 Major League Baseball season was the San Francisco Giants' 138th year in MLB, their 63rd year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 21st at Oracle Park. It is the first under the leadership of the team's new manager, Gabe Kapler, who replaced the recently retired Bruce Bochy, and new team general manager Scott Harris.

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.^[1] 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.^[2] 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 23 Opening Day.^[3]

Season standings[]

National League West[]

v t NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Dodgers	43	17	0.717	—	21–9	22–8
San Diego Padres	37	23	0.617	6	21–11	16–12
San Francisco Giants	29	31	0.483	14	19–14	10–17
Colorado Rockies	26	34	0.433	17	12–18	14–16
Arizona Diamondbacks	25	35	0.417	18	16–14	9–21

National League Division Standings[]

v t Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers	43	17	0.717
Atlanta Braves	35	25	0.583
Chicago Cubs	34	26	0.567

v t Division 2nd Place	W	L	Pct.
San Diego Padres	37	23	0.617
St. Louis Cardinals	30	28	0.517
Miami Marlins	31	29	0.517

v t Wild Card teams (Top two qualify for postseason)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Cincinnati Reds	31	29	0.517	+2
Milwaukee Brewers	29	31	0.483	—
San Francisco Giants	29	31	0.483	—
Philadelphia Phillies	28	32	0.467	1
Washington Nationals	26	34	0.433	3
New York Mets	26	34	0.433	3
Colorado Rockies	26	34	0.433	3
Arizona Diamondbacks	25	35	0.417	4
Pittsburgh Pirates	19	41	0.317	10

The Brewers had the tiebreaker edge with their record against division opponents (19–21) better than the Giants' (18–22).

Record vs. opponents[]

2020 National League Records v t Source: NL Standings Head-to-head
Team	ARI	COL	LAD	SD	SF	AL
Arizona	—	5–5	2–8	5–5	2–8	11–9
Colorado	5–5	—	3–7	3–7	6–4	9–11
Los Angeles	8–2	7–3	—	6–4	6–4	16–4
San Diego	5–5	7–3	4–6	—	8–2	13–7
San Francisco	8–2	4–6	4–6	2–8	—	11–9

Game log[]

2020 Game Log: 29–31 (Home: 17–13; Away: 12–18)

July: 4–4 (Home: 2–2; Away: 2–2)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record
1	July 23	@ Dodgers	1–8	Kolarek (1–0)	Rogers (0–1)	—	0–1
2	July 24	@ Dodgers	1–9	Stripling (1–0)	Anderson (0–1)	—	0–2
3	July 25	@ Dodgers	5–4	Baragar (1–0)	Wood (0–1)	Gott (1)	1–2
4	July 26	@ Dodgers	3–1	Peralta (1–0)	Graterol (0–1)	Gott (2)	2–2
5	July 28	Padres	3–5	Davies (1–0)	Samardzija (0–1)	Pomeranz (1)	2–3
6	July 29	Padres	7–6	Rogers (1–1)	Strahm (0–1)	—	3–3
7	July 30	Padres	7–12 (10)	Johnson (1–0)	Rogers (1–2)	—	3–4
8	July 31	Rangers	9–2	Menez (1–0)	Minor (0–2)	—	4–4

August: 13–15 (Home: 7–6; Away: 6–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record
9	August 1	Rangers	7–3	Baragar (2–0)	Lyles (0–1)	—	5–4
10	August 2	Rangers	5–9	Hernández (2–0)	Triggs (0–1)	—	5–5
11	August 3	@ Rockies	6–7	Hoffman (1–0)	Peralta (1–1)	Díaz (2)	5–6
12	August 4	@ Rockies	2–5	Márquez (2–1)	Gausman (0–1)	Almonte (1)	5–7
13	August 5	@ Rockies	4–3	Webb (1–0)	Gray (0–1)	Gott (3)	6–7
14	August 6	@ Rockies	4–6	Almonte (1–0)	Garcia (0–1)	Díaz (3)	6–8
15	August 7	@ Dodgers	2–7	Floro (1–0)	Samardzija (0–2)	—	6–9
16	August 8	@ Dodgers	5–4	Cueto (1–0)	Kershaw (1–1)	Gott (4)	7–9
17	August 9	@ Dodgers	2–6	McGee (1–0)	Rogers (1–3)	—	7–10
18	August 10	@ Astros	4–6	McCullers Jr. (2–1)	Webb (1–1)	Pressly (1)	7–11
19	August 11	@ Astros	7–6 (10)	Gott (1–0)	Sneed (0–3)	Rogers (1)	8–11
20	August 12	@ Astros	1–5	Greinke (1–0)	Baragar (2–1)	—	8–12
21	August 14	Athletics	7–8 (10)	Soria (2–0)	García (0–1)	Hendriks (6)	8–13
22	August 15	Athletics	6–7	McFarland (2–0)	Gott (1–1)	Hendriks (7)	8–14
23	August 16	Athletics	3–15	Fiers (2–1)	Webb (1–2)	—	8–15
24	August 17	@ Angels	6–7	Buttrey (1–0)	Gott (1–2)	—	8–16
25	August 18	@ Angels	8–2	García (1–1)	Bundy (3–2)	—	9–16
26	August 19	Angels	7–2	Cueto (2–0)	Sandoval (0–3)	—	10–16
27	August 20	Angels	10–5	Gausman (1–1)	Suárez (0–1)	—	11–16
28	August 21	Diamondbacks	6–2	Webb (2–2)	Ray (1–3)	—	12–16
29	August 22	Diamondbacks	5–1	Anderson (1–1)	Grace (0–1)	—	13–16
30	August 23	Diamondbacks	6–1	Baragar (3–1)	Weaver (1–4)	—	14–16
31	August 25	Dodgers	10–8 (11)	Selman (1–0)	Santana (1–2)	—	15–16
—	August 26	Dodgers	Postponed (Boycotts due to Jacob Blake shooting); Makeup: August 27
32	August 27	Dodgers (1)	0–7 (7)	Kershaw (4–1)	Webb (2–3)	—	15–17
33	August 27	Dodgers (2)	0–2 (7)	González (2–0)	Gausman (1–2)	Jansen (8)	15–18
34	August 28	@ Diamondbacks	4–7	Gallen (1–0)	Anderson (1–2)	—	15–19
35	August 29	@ Diamondbacks	5–2	Garcia (2–1)	Weaver (1–5)	Rogers (2)	16–19
36	August 30	@ Diamondbacks	4–1	Watson (1–0)	Crichton (2–2)	Coonrod (1)	17–19

September: 12–12 (Home: 8–5; Away: 4–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record
37	September 1	@ Rockies	23–5	Gausman (2–2)	Gray (2–4)	—	18–19
38	September 2	@ Rockies	6–9	Givens (1–1)	Coonrod (0–1)	Bard (4)	18–20
39	September 4	Diamondbacks	5–6	Bergen (1–0)	Anderson (1–3)	Ginkel (1)	18–21
40	September 5	Diamondbacks	4–3	Baragar (4–1)	Bumgarner (0–4)	Watson (1)	19–21
41	September 6	Diamondbacks	4–2	Baragar (5–1)	Young (1–3)	Rogers (3)	20–21
42	September 7	Diamondbacks	4–2	Gausman (3–2)	Gallen (1–1)	Coonrod (2)	21–21
43	September 8	Mariners	6–5	Rogers (2–3)	Misiewicz (0–2)	Watson (2)	22–21
44	September 9	Mariners	10–1	Anderson (2–3)	Margevicius (1–3)	—	23–21
45	September 10	@ Padres	1–6	Morejón (2–0)	Cahill (0–1)	—	23–22
—	September 11	@ Padres	Postponed (COVID-19); Makeup: September 13
—	September 12	@ Padres	Postponed (COVID-19); Makeup: September 25
46	September 13	@ Padres (1)	0–6 (7)	Clevinger (3–2)	Cueto (2–1)	—	23–23
47	September 13	@ Padres (2)	1–3 (7)	Hill (3–0)	Selman (1–1)	Rosenthal (10)	23–24
—	September 15	@ Mariners	Postponed (Bad Air Quality); Makeup: September 17
48	September 16	@ Mariners^[4]	9–3	Cahill (1–1)	Newsome (0–1)	—	24–24
49	September 17	@ Mariners^[4]	6–4	Garcia (1–1)	Graveman (0–3)	Selman (1)	25–24
50	September 18	@ Athletics	0–6	Bassitt (5–2)	Webb (2–4)	—	25–25
51	September 19	@ Athletics	0–6	Luzardo (3–2)	Gausman (3–3)	—	25–26
52	September 20	@ Athletics	14–2	Anderson (3–3)	Minor (1–6)	—	26–26
53	September 21	Rockies	2–7	Márquez (3–6)	Cueto (2–2)	—	26–27
54	September 22	Rockies	5–2	Rogers (3–3)	Díaz (1–2)	Coonrod (3)	27–27
55	September 23	Rockies	7–2	Webb (3–4)	Castellani (1–4)	—	28–27
56	September 24	Rockies	4–5 (11)	Bard (4–2)	Cahill (1–2)	Díaz (4)	28–28
57	September 25	Padres (1)	5–4 (7)	Anderson (4–3)	Paddack (4–5)	—	29–28
58	September 25	@ Padres (2)	5–6 (7)	Patiño (1–0)	Coonrod (0–2)	—	29–29
59	September 26	Padres	2–6	Stammen (4–2)	Cueto (2–3)	—	29–30
60	September 27	Padres	4–5	Altavilla (2–3)	Smyly (0–1)	Rosenthal (11)	29–31

Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Giants team member

Roster[]

2020 San Francisco Giants

Roster

Pitchers

64 Shaun Anderson
31 Tyler Anderson
73 Caleb Baragar
53 Trevor Cahill
65 Sam Coonrod
47 Johnny Cueto
76 Jarlin García
39 Rico Garcia
34 Kevin Gausman
58 Trevor Gott
52 Dany Jiménez
51 Conner Menez
60 Wandy Peralta
57 Dereck Rodríguez
71 Tyler Rogers
29 Jeff Samardzija
67 Sam Selman
18 Drew Smyly
59 Andrew Suárez
66 Andrew Triggs
56 Tony Watson
62 Logan Webb

Catchers

21 Joey Bart
61 Rob Brantly
43 Tyler Heineman
14 Chadwick Tromp

Infielders

9 Brandon Belt
35 Brandon Crawford
41 Wilmer Flores
10 Evan Longoria
2 Daniel Robertson
48 Pablo Sandoval
7 Donovan Solano

Outfielders

61 Luis Alexander Basabe
49 Jaylin Davis
12 Alex Dickerson
1 Mauricio Dubón
6 Steven Duggar
70 Joe McCarthy
8 Hunter Pence
37 Joey Rickard
33 Darin Ruf
13 Austin Slater
5 Mike Yastrzemski

Other batters

46 Justin Smoak

Manager

19 Gabe Kapler

Coaches

32 Craig Albernaz (bullpen)
84 Andrew Bailey (pitching)
45 Brian Bannister (pitching director)
50 Kai Correa (bench)
12 Donnie Ecker (hitting)
91 Mark Hallberg (special assistant)
21 Ethan Katz (assistant pitching)
88 Dustin Lind (director of hitting)
92 Alyssa Nakken (special assistant)
79 Nick Ortiz (quality control)
00 Antoan Richardson (first base)
17 Justin Viele (hitting)
23 Ron Wotus (third base)
99 Taira Uematsu (bullpen catcher)

Farm system[]

Level	Team	League
AAA	Sacramento River Cats	Pacific Coast League
AA	Richmond Flying Squirrels	Eastern League
A-Advanced	San Jose Giants	California League
A	Augusta GreenJackets	South Atlantic League
A-Short Season	Salem-Keizer Volcanoes	Northwest League
Rookie	AZL Giants	Arizona League
Rookie	DSL Giants	Dominican Summer League

References[]

^ 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.
^ "Opening of regular season to be pushed back". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. March 16, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
^ Feinsand, Mark (June 24, 2020). "Play Ball: MLB announces 2020 regular season". MLB.com. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Mariners-Giants series moved from Seattle to San Francisco due to poor air quality from wildfires". cbssports.com. September 15, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2020.

External links[]

[1] 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.

[2] "Opening of regular season to be pushed back". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. March 16, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.

[3] Feinsand, Mark (June 24, 2020). "Play Ball: MLB announces 2020 regular season". MLB.com. Retrieved June 24, 2020.

[september15changes-4] "Mariners-Giants series moved from Seattle to San Francisco due to poor air quality from wildfires". cbssports.com. September 15, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2020.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

2020 San Francisco Giants

Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883) West Division (since 1969)
Location
Oracle Park (since 2000) San Francisco, California (since 1958)
Results
Record	29–31 (.483)
Divisional place	3rd
Other information
Owner(s)	Larry Baer (managing general partner)
President of Baseball Operations	Farhan Zaidi
Manager(s)	Gabe Kapler
Local television	NBC Sports Bay Area (Duane Kuiper, Mike Krukow, Dave Flemming, Jon Miller, Shawn Estes, Javier López, Amy Gutierrez)
Local radio	KNBR (104.5 FM and 680 AM) San Francisco Giants Radio Network (Jon Miller, Dave Flemming, Duane Kuiper, Mike Krukow) KXZM (93.7 FM, Spanish) (Erwin Higueros, Tito Fuentes, Marvin Benard)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
< Previous season Next season >