2020_Los_Angeles_Angels_season
2020 Los Angeles Angels season
Major League Baseball team season
The 2020 Los Angeles Angels season was the 60th season of the 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.
| 2020 Los Angeles Angels | ||||
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| League | American League | |||
| Division | West | |||
| Ballpark | Angel Stadium | |||
| City | Anaheim, California | |||
| Record | 26–34 (.433) | |||
| Divisional place | 4th | |||
| Owners | Arte Moreno | |||
| Managers | Joe Maddon | |||
| Television | Fox Sports West (Victor Rojas, Mark Gubicza) | |||
| Radio | KLAA (AM 830) KSPN (AM 710) Angels Radio Network (Terry Smith, Mark Langston, José Mota) Spanish: KWKW (AM 1330) | |||
| Stats | ESPN.com BB-reference | |||
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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]
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]
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]
Game log
| 2020 season game log: 26–34 (Home: 14–16; Away: 12–18) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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July: 2–6 (Home: 1–3; Away: 1–3)
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August: 10–18 (Home: 4–8; Away: 6–10)
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September: 14–10 (Home: 8–4; Away: 6–6)
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| Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement Bold = Angels team member | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Season standings
American League West
| AL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| 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
| 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 |
| Wild Card teams (Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) |
W | 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 against opponents
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Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||
Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | AVG | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Fletcher | 49 | 207 | 31 | 66 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 20 | .319 | .425 |
| Mike Trout | 53 | 199 | 41 | 56 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 46 | 1 | 35 | .281 | .603 |
| Anthony Rendon | 52 | 189 | 29 | 54 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 31 | 0 | 38 | .286 | .497 |
| Shohei Ohtani | 44 | 153 | 23 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 24 | 7 | 22 | .190 | .366 |
| Albert Pujols | 39 | 152 | 15 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 9 | .224 | .395 |
| Justin Upton | 42 | 147 | 20 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 11 | .204 | .422 |
| Jo Adell | 38 | 124 | 9 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | .161 | .266 |
| Andrelton Simmons | 30 | 118 | 19 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 8 | .297 | .356 |
| Tommy La Stella | 28 | 99 | 15 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 15 | .273 | .475 |
| Jared Walsh | 32 | 99 | 19 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 26 | 0 | 5 | .293 | .646 |
| Brian Goodwin | 30 | 95 | 12 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 12 | .242 | .463 |
| Taylor Ward | 34 | 94 | 16 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | .277 | .383 |
| Max Stassi | 31 | 90 | 12 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 11 | .278 | .533 |
| Luis Rengifo | 33 | 90 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14 | .156 | .200 |
| Jason Castro | 18 | 52 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 10 | .192 | .385 |
| Anthony Bemboom | 21 | 48 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 7 | .208 | .417 |
| Matt Thaiss | 8 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .143 | .286 |
| Franklin Barreto | 6 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .118 | .118 |
| Michael Hermosillo | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .250 |
| Jahmai Jones | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .429 | .429 |
| Elliot Soto | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .500 |
| José Briceño | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 |
| Team Totals | 60 | 2020 | 294 | 501 | 97 | 8 | 85 | 285 | 21 | 239 | .248 | .430 |
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; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Heaney | 4 | 3 | 4.46 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 66.2 | 63 | 35 | 33 | 19 | 70 |
| Dylan Bundy | 6 | 3 | 3.29 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 65.2 | 51 | 27 | 24 | 17 | 72 |
| Griffin Canning | 2 | 3 | 3.99 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 56.1 | 54 | 29 | 25 | 23 | 56 |
| Patrick Sandoval | 1 | 5 | 5.65 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 36.2 | 37 | 26 | 23 | 12 | 33 |
| Jaime Barría | 1 | 0 | 3.62 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 32.1 | 27 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 27 |
| Matt Andriese | 2 | 4 | 4.50 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 32.0 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 33 |
| Julio Teherán | 0 | 4 | 10.05 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 31.1 | 39 | 35 | 35 | 16 | 20 |
| Mike Mayers | 2 | 0 | 2.10 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 30.0 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 43 |
| Félix Peña | 3 | 0 | 4.05 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 26.2 | 27 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 29 |
| Ty Buttrey | 2 | 3 | 5.81 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 26.1 | 28 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 18 |
| Noé Ramirez | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 14 |
| Jacob Barnes | 0 | 2 | 5.50 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 24 |
| Hansel Robles | 0 | 2 | 10.26 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 16.2 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 20 |
| Cam Bedrosian | 0 | 0 | 2.45 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 14.2 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| Hoby Milner | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 13.1 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 13 |
| Keynan Middleton | 0 | 1 | 5.25 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 11 |
| Ryan Buchter | 2 | 0 | 4.50 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| Luke Bard | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| José Quijada | 0 | 1 | 7.36 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Kyle Keller | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| José Suárez | 0 | 2 | 38.57 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2.1 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 |
| Shohei Ohtani | 0 | 1 | 37.80 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 3 |
| José Rodríguez | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dillon Peters | 0 | 0 | 16.20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Anthony Bemboom | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 34 | 5.09 | 60 | 60 | 12 | 525.1 | 492 | 321 | 297 | 199 | 523 |
All coaches and rosters can be found on each team's website.
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- "Angels Fire Manager Brad Ausmus (Published 2019)". The New York Times. The Associated Press. September 30, 2019. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
- "Joe Maddon returns to Anaheim as the new manager of the Angels". Los Angeles Times. October 16, 2019. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
- 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.
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- Los Angeles Angels Official Site
- 2020 Los Angeles Angels season at Baseball Reference