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Major League Baseball team season
2020 Cleveland Indians
American League Central 2nd Place
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionCentral
BallparkProgressive Field
CityCleveland, Ohio
Record35–25 (.583)
Divisional place2nd
OwnersLarry Dolan
President of baseball operationsChris Antonetti
General managersMike Chernoff
ManagersTerry Francona
TelevisionSportsTime Ohio · WKYC
(Matt Underwood, Rick Manning)
RadioWTAM · WMMS
Cleveland Indians Radio Network
(Tom Hamilton, Jim Rosenhaus, Rick Manning)
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The 2020 Cleveland Indians season was the 120th season for the franchise. It was the eighth season under the leadership of manager Terry Francona and fifth under general manager Mike Chernoff. The Indians play their home games at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio. They made the playoffs after missing them in 2019 and improved upon their previous year's record of 93–69. They were swept out of the playoffs, losing both games of the ALWCS to the New York Yankees, extending their postseason losing streak to eight games.

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. 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. On June 23, commissioner Rob Manfred unilaterally implemented a 60-game season. Players reported to training camps on July 1 in order to participate in "summer camp" and prepare for a July 24 Opening Day.

Season standings

American League Central

AL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 36 24 .600 — 24‍–‍7 12‍–‍17
Cleveland Indians 35 25 .583 1 18‍–‍12 17‍–‍13
Chicago White Sox 35 25 .583 1 18‍–‍12 17‍–‍13
Kansas City Royals 26 34 .433 10 15‍–‍15 11‍–‍19
Detroit Tigers 23 35 .397 12 12‍–‍15 11‍–‍20


American League Wild Card

Division Leaders
Team W L Pct.
Tampa Bay Rays 40 20 .667
Oakland Athletics 36 24 .600
Minnesota Twins 36 24 .600
Division 2nd Place
Team W L Pct.
Cleveland Indians 35 25 .583
New York Yankees 33 27 .550
Houston Astros 29 31 .483
Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
Chicago White Sox 35 25 .583 +3
Toronto Blue Jays 32 28 .533 —
Seattle Mariners 27 33 .450 5
Los Angeles Angels 26 34 .433 6
Kansas City Royals 26 34 .433 6
Baltimore Orioles 25 35 .417 7
Boston Red Sox 24 36 .400 8
Detroit Tigers 23 35 .397 8
Texas Rangers 22 38 .367 10


Record against opponents

2020 American League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2020

Team CWS CLE DET KC MIN NL
Chicago — 2–8 9–1 9–1 5–5 10–10
Cleveland 8–2 — 7–3 5–5 3–7 12–8
Detroit 1–9 3–7 — 4–6 4–6 11–7
Kansas City 1–9 5–5 6–4 — 5–5 9–11
Minnesota 5–5 7–3 6–4 5–5 — 13–7

Game log

Regular season

2020 Game Log: 35–25 (Home: 18–12; Away: 17–13)
July: 5–3 (Home: 4–2; Away: 1–1)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record StreakUse background:#fbb for loss, #bfb for win, #bbb for cancelled/postponed -->
1 July 24 Royals 2–0 Bieber (1–0) Duffy (0–1) Hand (1) 1–0 W1
2 July 25 Royals 2–3 (10) Barlow (1–0) Karinchak (0–1) Holland (1) 1–1 L1
3 July 26 Royals 9–2 Carrasco (1–0) Bolaños (0–1) — 2–1 W1
– July 27 White Sox Postponed (rain). Makeup date: July 28.
4 July 28 White Sox 4–3 Civale (1–0) Cease (0–1) Hand (2) 3–1 W2
5 July 28 White Sox 5–3 Plutko (1–0) Rodón (0–1) Hill (1) 4–1 W3
6 July 29 White Sox 0–4 Bummer (1–0) Hand (0–1) — 4–2 L1
7 July 30 @ Twins 2–0 Bieber (2–0) Berríos (0–1) Karinchak (1) 5–2 W1
8 July 31 @ Twins 1–4 Dobnak (1–1) Clevinger (0–1) Rogers (2) 5–3 L1
August: 16–11 (Home: 5–5; Away: 11–6)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record StreakUse background:#fbb for loss, #bfb for win, #bbb for cancelled/postponed -->
9 August 1 @ Twins 0–3 Maeda (2–0) Carrasco (1–1) Rogers (3) 5–4 L2
10 August 2 @ Twins 1–3 Smeltzer (1–0) Civale (1–1) Romo (2) 5–5 L3
11 August 3 @ Reds 2–3 Gray (3–0) Plesac (0–1) Iglesias (1) 5–6 L4
12 August 4 @ Reds 4–2 Bieber (3–0) Jones (0–1) Hand (3) 6–6 W1
13 August 5 Reds 2–0 Clevinger (1–1) Antone (0–1) Hand (4) 7–6 W2
14 August 6 Reds 13–0 Carrasco (2–1) Castillo (0–2) — 8–6 W3
15 August 7 @ White Sox 0–2 Cease (2–1) Civale (1–2) Colomé (4) 8–7 L1
16 August 8 @ White Sox 7–1 Plesac (1–1) Anderson (0–1) — 9–7 W1
17 August 9 @ White Sox 5–4 (10) Maton (1–0) Cordero (0–1) Pérez (1) 10–7 W2
18 August 11 Cubs 1–7 Lester (2–0) Plutko (0–1) — 10–8 L1
19 August 12 Cubs 2–7 Hendricks (3–1) Carrasco (2–2) — 10–9 L2
20 August 14 @ Tigers 10–5 Civale (2–2) Nova (1–1) — 11–9 W1
21 August 15 @ Tigers 3–1 Bieber (4–0) Turnbull (2–1) Hand (5) 12–9 W2
22 August 16 @ Tigers 8–5 Pérez (1–0) Schreiber (0–1) — 13–9 W3
23 August 18 @ Pirates 6–3 (10) Wittgren (1–0) Howard (1–1) Hand (6) 14–9 W4
24 August 19 @ Pirates 6–1 Civale (3–2) Neverauskas (0–3) — 15–9 W5
25 August 20 @ Pirates 2–0 Bieber (5–0) Williams (1–4) Hand (7) 16–9 W6
26 August 21 Tigers 5–10 García (1–0) Plutko (1–2) — 16–10 L1
27 August 22 Tigers 6–1 McKenzie (1–0) Boyd (0–4) — 17–10 W1
28 August 23 Tigers 4–7 Norris (2–1) Carrasco (2–3) — 17–11 L1
29 August 24 Twins 2–3 Maeda (4–0) Civale (3–3) Rogers (7) 17–12 L2
30 August 25 Twins 4–2 Bieber (6–0) Alcalá (1–1) Hand (8) 18–12 W1
31 August 26 Twins 6–3 Maton (2–0) Romo (0–1) Hand (9) 19–12 W2
32 August 28 @ Cardinals 14–2 Hill (1–0) Ponce de Leon (0–3) Plutko (1) 20–12 W3
33 August 29 @ Cardinals 2–1 (12) Wittgren (2–0) Reyes (1–1) Hand (10) 21–12 W4
34 August 30 @ Cardinals 2–7 Wainwright (3–0) Civale (3–4) — 21–13 L1
35 August 31 @ Royals 1–2 Barlow (2–1) Karinchak (0–2) Holland (2) 21–14 L2
September: 14–11 (Home: 9–5; Away: 5–6)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record StreakUse background:#fbb for loss, #bfb for win, #bbb for cancelled/postponed -->
36 September 1 @ Royals 10–1 Plesac (2–1) Harvey (0–2) — 22–14 W1
37 September 2 @ Royals 5–0 McKenzie (2–0) Junis (0–1) — 23–14 W2
38 September 4 Brewers 1–7 Burnes (2–0) Maton (2–1) — 23–15 L1
39 September 5 Brewers 4–3 Hand (1–1) Hader (0–1) — 24–15 W1
40 September 6 Brewers 4–1 Bieber (7–0) Anderson (2–3) Hand (11) 25–15 W2
41 September 7 Royals 5–2 Plesac (3–1) Keller (3–2) Hand (12) 26–15 W3
42 September 8 Royals 5–8 Holland (3–0) Cimber (0–1) Barlow (2) 26–16 L1
43 September 9 Royals 0–3 Duffy (3–3) Carrasco (2–4) Holland (3) 26–17 L2
44 September 10 Royals 1–11 Singer (2–4) Civale (3–5) — 26–18 L3
45 September 11 @ Twins 1–3 Maeda (5–1) Bieber (7–1) Rogers (9) 26–19 L4
46 September 12 @ Twins 4–8 Hill (2–1) Plesac (3–2) — 26–20 L5
47 September 13 @ Twins 5–7 Thielbar (2–0) McKenzie (2–1) Romo (4) 26–21 L6
48 September 15 @ Cubs 5–6 Jeffress (4–1) Pérez (1–1) — 26–22 L7
49 September 16 @ Cubs 2–3 (10) Adam (2–1) Maton (2–2) — 26–23 L8
50 September 17 @ Tigers 10–3 Bieber (8–1) Mize (0–2) — 27–23 W1
51 September 18 @ Tigers 1–0 Plesac (4–2) Alexander (2–2) Hand (13) 28–23 W2
52 September 19 @ Tigers 2–5 Cisnero (3–3) Maton (2–3) Garcia (3) 28–24 L1
53 September 20 @ Tigers 7–4 Carrasco (3–4) Boyd (2–7) — 29–24 W1
54 September 21 White Sox 7–4 Civale (4–5) Fry (0–1) Hand (14) 30–24 W2
55 September 22 White Sox 5–3 (10) Maton (3–3) Foster (5–1) — 31–24 W3
56 September 23 White Sox 3–2 Hand (2–1) González (1–2) — 32–24 W4
57 September 24 White Sox 5–4 Hill (2–0) Rodón (0–2) Hand (15) 33–24 W5
58 September 25 Pirates 4–3 Plutko (2–2) Stratton (2–1) — 34–24 W6
59 September 26 Pirates 0–8 Musgrove (1–5) Civale (4–6) — 34–25 L1
60 September 27 Pirates 8–6 Karinchak (1–2) Turley (0–3) Hand (16) 35–25 W1
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Indians team member

Postseason

2020 Postseason: 0−2 (Home 0−2; Away 0−0)
American League Wild Card Series: 0−2 (Home 0–2; Away 0–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record
1 September 29 Yankees 3–12 Cole (1–0) Bieber (0–1) — 0–1
2 September 30 Yankees 9–10 Chapman (1–0) Hand (0–1) — 0–2

Postseason rosters

Playoff rosters
American League Wild Card Series

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
Greg Allen 15 25 3 4 1 0 1 4 .160 1
Christian Arroyo 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0
Yu Chang 10 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 .182 0
Delino DeShields Jr. 37 107 10 27 3 2 0 7 .252 3
Mike Freeman 24 38 5 9 3 0 0 3 .237 0
Austin Hedges 6 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 .083 0
Cesar Hernandez 58 233 35 66 20 0 3 20 .283 0
Daniel Johnson 5 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 .083 0
Sandy Leon 25 66 4 9 1 0 2 4 .136 0
Francisco Lindor 60 236 30 61 13 0 8 27 .258 6
Jordan Luplow 29 78 8 15 5 1 2 8 .192 0
Oscar Mercado 36 86 6 11 1 0 1 6 .128 3
Tyler Naquin 40 133 15 29 8 1 4 20 .218 0
Josh Naylor 22 61 9 14 3 0 0 2 .230 0
Roberto Perez 32 97 6 16 2 0 1 5 .165 0
Jose Ramirez 58 219 45 64 16 1 17 46 .292 10
Franmil Reyes 59 211 27 58 10 0 9 34 .275 0
Carlos Santana 60 206 34 41 7 0 8 30 .199 0
Domingo Santana 24 70 6 11 3 0 2 12 .157 0
Beau Taylor 7 21 1 1 0 0 0 2 .048 0
Bradley Zimmer 20 37 3 6 0 0 1 3 .162 2
Team Totals 60 1959 248 446 96 5 59 234 .228 25

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB K
Logan Allen 0 0 3.08 3 0 0 10.2 12 4 4 7 7
Shane Bieber 8 1 1.63 12 12 0 77.1 46 15 14 21 122
Carlos Carrasco 3 4 2.91 12 12 0 68.0 55 22 22 27 82
Adam Cimber 0 1 3.97 14 0 0 11.1 13 5 5 2 5
Aaron Civale 4 6 4.74 12 12 0 74.0 82 39 39 16 69
Mike Clevinger 1 1 3.18 4 4 0 22.2 20 8 8 11 21
Brad Hand 2 1 2.05 23 0 16 22.0 13 8 5 4 29
Cam Hill 2 0 4.91 18 0 1 18.1 11 11 10 5 16
James Karinchak 1 2 2.67 27 0 1 27.0 14 9 8 16 53
Dominic Leone 0 0 8.38 12 0 0 9.2 14 9 9 5 16
Phil Maton 3 3 4.57 23 0 0 21.2 23 14 11 6 32
Triston McKenzie 2 1 3.24 8 6 0 33.1 21 12 12 9 42
Kyle Nelson 0 0 54.00 1 0 0 0.2 3 4 4 1 0
Oliver Perez 1 1 2.00 21 0 1 18.0 13 5 4 6 14
Zach Plesac 4 2 2.28 8 8 0 55.1 38 14 14 6 57
Adam Plutko 2 2 4.88 10 4 1 27.2 30 15 15 7 15
Cal Quantrill 0 0 1.84 8 2 0 14.2 14 6 3 2 13
Nick Wittgren 2 0 3.42 25 0 0 23.2 18 9 9 6 28
Team Totals 35 25 3.29 60 60 20 536.0 440 209 196 157 621

Roster

2020 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Columbus Clippers International League Andy Tracy
AA Akron RubberDucks Eastern League Rouglas Odor
A-Advanced Lynchburg Hillcats Carolina League Jim Pankovits
A Lake County Captains Midwest League Greg DiCenzo
A-Short Season Mahoning Valley Scrappers New York–Penn League Dennis Malave
Rookie AZL Indians Arizona League Larry Day (AZL Indians 1 "Red")/Jerry Owens (AZL Indians 2 "Blue")
Rookie DSL Indians Dominican Summer League Jesús Tavárez (DSL Indians)/Alcides Melendez (DSL Indians/Brewers)

References

  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.
  4. "White Sox-Tribe postponed; DH on Tuesday". mlb.com. MLB Advanced Media. July 27, 2020. Retrieved July 27, 2020.

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