2020 Texas Rangers season

2020 Texas Rangers
2020 Texas Rangers
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1961) West Division (since 1972); ;
Location
	Globe Life Field (since 2020); Arlington (since 1972);
Results
Record	22–38 (.367)
Divisional place	5th
Other information
Owner(s)	Ray Davis & Bob R. Simpson
Manager(s)	Chris Woodward
Local television	Fox Sports Southwest; (Dave Raymond, C.J. Nitkowski, Tom Grieve)
Local radio	KRLD 105.3 FM (English); (Eric Nadel, Matt Hicks, Dave Raymond); KZMP 1540 AM (Spanish); (Eleno Orlenas, Jerry Romo)
Stats	ESPN.com; BB-reference
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The 2020 Texas Rangers season was the 60th of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 49th in Arlington as the Rangers, and the inaugural season at the newly constructed Globe Life Field.

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 24 Opening Day.^[3]

Spring training[]

Texas Ranger pitchers and catchers reported on February 11, 2020 to Spring training in Surprise, Arizona, United States.

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

American League West[]

v t 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 Wild Card[]

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

v t 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

v t 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 v t 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 Texas Rangers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

61 Robinson Chirinos
74 Sam Huff
2 Jeff Mathis
56 Jose Trevino

Infielders

1 Elvis Andrus
82 Sherten Apostel
32 Derek Dietrich
21 Todd Frazier
11 Ronald Guzmán
9 Isiah Kiner-Falefa
12 Rougned Odor
14 Rob Refsnyder
33 Yadiel Rivera
6 Andrew Romine
38 Danny Santana
71 Anderson Tejeda

Outfielders

5 Willie Calhoun
17 Shin-Soo Choo
13 Joey Gallo
53 Adolis García
16 Scott Heineman
15 Nick Solak
65 Leody Taveras
76 Eli White

Manager

8 Chris Woodward

Coaches

27 Tony Beasley (third base)
99 Callix Crabbe (assistant hitting)
66 Josh Frasier (bullpen catcher)
64 Doug Mathis (bullpen)
4 Héctor Ortiz (catching coordinator)
18 Luis Ortiz (hitting)
43 Corey Ragsdale (first base)
47 Julio Rangel (pitching)
22 Don Wakamatsu (bench)

Game log[]

2020 Game Log 22–38 (Home: 16–14; Away: 6–24)

July: 2–4 (Home: 2–3; Away: 0–1)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record	Streak
1	July 24	Rockies	1–0	Lynn (1–0)	Márquez (0–1)	Leclerc (1)	1–0	W1
2	July 25	Rockies	2–3	Bard (1–0)	Minor (0–1)	Davis (1)	1–1	L1
3	July 26	Rockies	2–5	Freeland (1–0)	Palumbo (0–1)	Davis (2)	1–2	L2
4	July 28	Diamondbacks	1–4	Kelly (1–0)	Gibson (0–1)	Bradley (1)	1–3	L3
5	July 29	Diamondbacks	7–4	Hernández (1–0)	Chafin (0–1)	Goody (1)	2–3	W1
6	July 31	@ Giants	2–9	Menez (1–0)	Minor (0–2)	—	2–4	L1

August: 10–17 (Home: 7–7; Away: 3–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record	Streak
7	August 1	@ Giants	3–7	Baragar (2–0)	Lyles (0–1)	—	2–5	L2
8	August 2	@ Giants	9–5	Hernández (2–0)	Triggs (0–1)	—	3–5	W1
9	August 4	@ Athletics	1–5	Hendriks (1–0)	Vólquez (0–1)	—	3–6	L1
10	August 5	@ Athletics	4–6	McFarland (1–0)	Gibaut (0–1)	Soria (2)	3–7	L2
11	August 6	@ Athletics	4–6	Fiers (1–0)	Minor (0–3)	Hendriks (4)	3–8	L3
12	August 7	Angels	4–3	Lyles (1–1)	Canning (0–2)	Montero (1)	4–8	W1
13	August 8	Angels	2–0	Vólquez (1–1)	Sandoval (0–1)	Montero (2)	5–8	W2
14	August 9	Angels	7–3	Lynn (2–0)	Heaney (1–1)	—	6–8	W3
15	August 10	Mariners	2–10	Dunn (1–1)	Gibson (0–2)	—	6–9	L1
16	August 11	Mariners	4–2	Vólquez (2–1)	Gonzales (2–2)	Montero (3)	7–9	W1
17	August 12	Mariners	7–4	Hernández (3–0)	Swanson (0–1)	Montero (4)	8–9	W2
18	August 14	@ Rockies	3–2	Lynn (3–0)	Bard (1–1)	—	9–9	W3
19	August 15	@ Rockies	6–4	Gibson (1–2)	Márquez (2–3)	Montero (5)	10–9	W4
20	August 16	@ Rockies	6–10	Gray (1–2)	Allard (0–1)	Estévez (1)	10–10	L1
21	August 17	Padres	4–14	Davies (3–2)	Lyles (1–2)	—	10–11	L2
22	August 18	Padres	4–6	Stammen (2–1)	Minor (0–4)	Quantrill (1)	10–12	L3
23	August 19	@ Padres	3–6 (10)	Hill (1–0)	Montero (0–1)	—	10–13	L4
24	August 20	@ Padres	7–8 (10)	Johnson (2–1)	García (0–1)	—	10–14	L5
25	August 21	@ Mariners	4–7	Margevicius (1–1)	Allard (0–2)	Williams (5)	10–15	L6
26	August 22	@ Mariners	1–10	Sheffield (2–2)	Lyles (1–3)	—	10–16	L7
27	August 23	@ Mariners	1–4	Dunn (2–1)	Minor (0–5)	Williams (6)	10–17	L8
28	August 24	Athletics	3–2	Lynn (4–0)	Luzardo (2–1)	Montero (6)	11–17	W1
29	August 25	Athletics	3–10	Manaea (2–2)	Gibson (1–3)	—	11–18	L1
30	August 26	Athletics	1–3	Fiers (4–1)	Allard (0–3)	Hendriks (10)	11–19	L2
—	August 27	Athletics	Postponed (Strikes due to shooting of Jacob Blake); Makeup: September 12
31	August 28	Dodgers	6–2	Hernández (4–0)	McGee (2–1)	—	12–19	W1
32	August 29	Dodgers	4–7	Treinen (3–1)	Lynn (4–1)	Jansen (9)	12–20	L1
33	August 30	Dodgers	2–7	Alexander (2–0)	Gibson (1–4)	—	12–21	L2

September: 10–17 (Home: 7–4; Away: 3–13)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record	Streak
34	September 1	@ Astros	6–5 (10)	Hernández (5–0)	Taylor (1–1)	Montero (7)	13–21	W1
35	September 2	@ Astros	1–2	Javier (4–1)	Allard (0–4)	Pressly (7)	13–22	L1
36	September 3	@ Astros	4–8	Greinke (3–0)	Lynn (4–2)	—	13–23	L2
37	September 4	@ Mariners	3–6	Kikuchi (2–2)	Cody (0–1)	—	13–24	L3
38	September 5	@ Mariners	3–5	Gerber (1–0)	Hernández (5–1)	Ramírez (2)	13–25	L4
39	September 6	@ Mariners	3–4	Dunn (3–1)	Lyles (1–4)	Hirano (1)	13–26	L5
40	September 7	@ Mariners	4–8	Gonzales (5–2)	Allard (0–5)	Ramírez (3)	13–27	L6
41	September 8	Angels	7–1	Lynn (5–2)	Heaney (3–3)	—	14–27	W1
42	September 9	Angels	7–3	King (1–0)	Teherán (0–3)	—	15–27	W2
43	September 10	Angels	2–6	Bundy (5–2)	Gibson (1–5)	—	15–28	L1
44	September 11	Athletics	6–10	Fiers (5–2)	García (0–2)	—	15–29	L2
45	September 12 (1)	Athletics	5–2 (7)	Benjamin (1–0)	Jefferies (0–1)	Montero (8)	16–29	W1
46	September 12 (2)	Athletics	1–10 (7)	Bassitt (4–2)	Allard (0–6)	—	16–30	L1
47	September 13	Athletics	6–3	Lynn (6–2)	Montas (3–4)	—	17–30	W1
48	September 15	@ Astros	1–4	Urquidy (1–1)	Goody (0–1)	Pressly (10)	17–31	L1
49	September 16	@ Astros	1–0	Gibson (2–5)	Pressly (1–3)	—	18–31	W1
50	September 17	@ Astros	1–2	Valdez (4–3)	Lyles (1–5)	Raley (1)	18–32	L1
51	September 18	@ Angels	2–6	Barría (1–0)	Benjamin (1–1)	—	18–33	L2
52	September 19	@ Angels	3–4	Mayers (2–0)	Martin (0–1)	—	18–34	L3
53	September 20	@ Angels	7–2	Cody (1–1)	Teherán (0–4)	—	19–34	W1
54	September 21	@ Angels	5–8	Bundy (6–3)	Gibson (2–6)	Mayers (1)	19–35	L1
55	September 22	@ Diamondbacks	0–7	Smith (2–0)	Lyles (1–6)	—	19–36	L2
56	September 23	@ Diamondbacks	3–7	Mella (2–0)	Goody (0–2)	—	19–37	L3
57	September 24	Astros	4–12	Javier (5–2)	Lynn (6–3)	—	19–38	L4
58	September 25	Astros	5–4 (10)	Martin (1–1)	Paredes (3–3)	—	20–38	W1
59	September 26	Astros	6–1	Herget (1–0)	Bielak (3–3)	—	21–38	W2
60	September 27	Astros	8–4	Benjamin (2–1)	De Jong (0–1)	—	22–38	W3

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

Farm system[]

Level	Team	League
AAA	Nashville Sounds	Pacific Coast League
AA	Frisco RoughRiders	Texas League
A-Advanced	Down East Wood Ducks	Carolina League
A	Hickory Crawdads	South Atlantic League
A-Short Season	Spokane Indians	Northwest League
Rookie	AZL Rangers	Arizona League
Rookie	DSL Rangers	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.

External links[]

2020 Texas Rangers season at Baseball-Reference.com
2020 Texas Rangers fullseason schedule and
Statistics at MLB.com

[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.

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2020 Texas Rangers

Major League affiliations
American League (since 1961) West Division (since 1972)
Location
Globe Life Field (since 2020) Arlington (since 1972)
Results
Record	22–38 (.367)
Divisional place	5th
Other information
Owner(s)	Ray Davis & Bob R. Simpson
Manager(s)	Chris Woodward
Local television	Fox Sports Southwest (Dave Raymond, C.J. Nitkowski, Tom Grieve)
Local radio	KRLD 105.3 FM (English) (Eric Nadel, Matt Hicks, Dave Raymond) KZMP 1540 AM (Spanish) (Eleno Orlenas, Jerry Romo)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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