2020 Arizona Diamondbacks season

2020  Arizona Diamondbacks
League	National League
Division	West
Ballpark	Chase Field
City	Phoenix, Arizona
Record	25–35 (.417)
Divisional place	5th
Owners	Ken Kendrick
General managers	Mike Hazen
Managers	Torey Lovullo
Television	Fox Sports Arizona (Steve Berthiaume, Bob Brenly, Greg Schulte)
Radio	KMVP-FM (98.7) (Greg Schulte, Tom Candiotti, Mike Ferrin) KHOV-FM (105.1, Spanish)
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
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The 2020 Arizona Diamondbacks season was the franchise's 22nd season in Major League Baseball and their 22nd season at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona as members of the National League West. They were managed by Torey Lovullo in his fourth season with the franchise.

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, MLB 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]

The Diamondbacks finished the season 25–35, giving them their first losing season since 2016.

Offseason

Transactions

October 31, 2019	Matt Herges hired as a pitching coach
August 31, 2020	Traded LHP Robbie Ray and Cash Considerations to Toronto for LHP Travis Bergen
August 31, 2020	Traded RHP Archie Bradley and Cash Considerations to Cincinnati for OF Josh VanMeter and Stuart Fairchild
August 31, 2020	Traded OF Starling Marte to Miami for LHP Caleb Smith, RHP Humberto Mejía and a Player to be named later
August 31, 2020	Traded LHP Andrew Chafin and Cash Considerations to Chicago for a Player to be named later

Season standings

National League West

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NL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Dodgers	43	17	.717	—	21‍–‍9	22‍–‍8
San Diego Padres	37	23	.617	6	21‍–‍11	16‍–‍12
San Francisco Giants	29	31	.483	14	19‍–‍14	10‍–‍17
Colorado Rockies	26	34	.433	17	12‍–‍18	14‍–‍16
Arizona Diamondbacks	25	35	.417	18	16‍–‍14	9‍–‍21

National League Wild Card

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Division leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers	43	17	.717
Atlanta Braves	35	25	.583
Chicago Cubs	34	26	.567

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Division 2nd place

Team	W	L	Pct.
San Diego Padres	37	23	.617
St. Louis Cardinals	30	28	.517
Miami Marlins	31	29	.517

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Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Cincinnati Reds	31	29	.517	+2
Milwaukee Brewers	29	31	.483	—
San Francisco Giants	29	31	.483	—
Philadelphia Phillies	28	32	.467	1
Washington Nationals	26	34	.433	3
New York Mets	26	34	.433	3
Colorado Rockies	26	34	.433	3
Arizona Diamondbacks	25	35	.417	4
Pittsburgh Pirates	19	41	.317	10

Record vs. opponents

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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

Detailed records

National League West Opponent Total Home Away RS RA Arizona Diamondbacks – – – – – Colorado Rockies 5–5 3–4 2–1 74 57 Los Angeles Dodgers 2–8 2–5 0–3 34 55 San Diego Padres 5–5 3–0 2–5 34 46 San Francisco Giants 2–8 1–2 1–6 27 47 Total 14–26 9–11 5–15 169 205

American League West Opponent Total Home Away RS RA Houston Astros 3–3 2–1 1–2 31 28 Los Angeles Angels 2–1 – 2–1 21 21 Oakland Athletics 2–2 2–0 0–2 16 13 Seattle Mariners 1–2 1–2 – 10 17 Texas Rangers 3–1 2–0 1–1 22 11 Total 11–9 7–3 4–6 100 90

Game log

On April 18–19, 2020, the Diamondbacks were supposed to take on the San Diego Padres in the Mexico Series at Alfredo Harp Helú Stadium in Mexico City. But due to the pandemic, on March 19, the MLB cancelled the series.

2020 Game Log 25–35 (Home: 16–14; Away: 9–21)
July: 3–5 (Home: 1–1; Away: 2–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Streak 1 July 24 @ Padres 2–7 Paddack (1–0) Bumgarner (0–1) — 0–1 L1 2 July 25 @ Padres 1–5 Lamet (1–0) Ray (0–1) — 0–2 L2 3 July 26 @ Padres 4–3 Bradley (1–0) Yates (0–1) — 1–2 W1 4 July 27 @ Padres 2–6 Quantrill (1–0) Weaver (0–1) — 1–3 L1 5 July 28 @ Rangers 4–1 Kelly (1–0) Gibson (0–1) Bradley (1) 2–3 W1 6 July 29 @ Rangers 4–7 Hernández (1–0) Chafin (0–1) Goody (1) 2–4 L1 7 July 30 Dodgers 3–6 Stripling (2–0) Ray (0–2) Báez (1) 2–5 L2 8 July 31 Dodgers 5–3 Rondón (1–0) Treinen (0–1) Bradley (2) 3–5 W1
August: 11–16 (Home: 8–8; Away: 3–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Streak 9 August 1 Dodgers 2–11 Urías (1–0) Weaver (0–2) — 3–6 L1 10 August 2 Dodgers 0–3 Kershaw (1–0) Kelly (1–1) Jansen (2) 3–7 L2 11 August 4 Astros 2–8 Javier (1–0) Bumgarner (0–2) — 3–8 L3 12 August 5 Astros 14–7 Ray (1–2) McCullers Jr. (1–1) — 4–8 W1 13 August 6 Astros 5–4 Guerra (1–0) Pressly (0–1) — 5–8 W2 14 August 7 @ Padres 0–3 Davies (2–1) Weaver (0–3) Yates (2) 5–9 L1 15 August 8 @ Padres 3–2 Kelly (2–1) Paddack (2–1) Bradley (3) 6–9 W1 16 August 9 @ Padres 5–9 Lamet (2–0) Bumgarner (0–3) — 6–10 L1 17 August 10 @ Rockies 12–8 Young (1–0) Gray (0–2) Bradley (4) 7–10 W1 18 August 11 @ Rockies 7–8 Estévez (1–0) Ginkel (0–1) Bard (1) 7–11 L1 19 August 12 @ Rockies 13–7 Chafin (1–1) Kinley (0–1) — 8–11 W1 20 August 14 Padres 5–1 Kelly (3–1) Lamet (2–1) — 9–11 W2 21 August 15 Padres 7–6 Crichton (1–0) Johnson (1–1) Bradley (5) 10–11 W3 22 August 16 Padres 5–4 Clarke (1–0) Pagán (0–1) Bradley (6) 11–11 W4 23 August 17 Athletics 4–3 Crichton (2–0) Soria (2–1) — 12–11 W5 24 August 18 Athletics 10–1 Weaver (1–3) Montas (2–2) — 13–11 W6 25 August 19 @ Athletics 1–4 Luzardo (2–0) Kelly (3–2) Hendriks (8) 13–12 L1 26 August 20 @ Athletics 1–5 Manaea (1–2) Young (1–1) — 13–13 L2 27 August 21 @ Giants 2–6 Webb (2–2) Ray (1–3) — 13–14 L3 28 August 22 @ Giants 1–5 Anderson (1–1) Grace (0–1) — 13–15 L4 29 August 23 @ Giants 1–6 Baragar (3–1) Weaver (1–4) — 13–16 L5 30 August 24 Rockies 2–3 Castellani (1–1) Widener (0–1) Bard (2) 13–17 L6 31 August 25 Rockies 4–5 Díaz (1–1) Crichton (2–1) Bard (3) 13–18 L7 32 August 26 Rockies 7–8 Gray (2–3) Ray (1–4) Hoffman (1) 13–19 L8 — August 27 Rockies Postponed (Boycotts due to Jacob Blake shooting); Makeup: September 25 33 August 28 Giants 7–4 Gallen (1–0) Anderson (1–2) — 14–19 W1 34 August 29 Giants 2–5 García (2–1) Weaver (1–5) Rogers (2) 14–20 L1 35 August 30 Giants 1–4 Watson (1–0) Crichton (2–2) Coonrod (1) 14–21 L2
September: 11–14 (Home: 7–5; Away: 4–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Streak 36 September 1 @ Dodgers 3–6 Urías (3–0) Young (1–2) Jansen (10) 14–22 L3 37 September 2 @ Dodgers 2–3 (10) Jansen (2–0) Guerra (1–1) — 14–23 L4 38 September 3 @ Dodgers 1–5 Kershaw (5–1) Weaver (1–6) — 14–24 L5 39 September 4 @ Giants 6–5 Bergen (1–0) Anderson (1–3) Ginkel (1) 15–24 W1 40 September 5 @ Giants 3–4 Barager (4–1) Bumgarner (0–1) Watson (1) 15–25 L1 41 September 6 @ Giants 2–4 Baragar (5–1) Young (1–3) Rogers (3) 15–26 L2 42 September 7 @ Giants 2–4 Gausman (3–2) Gallen (1–1) Coonrod (2) 15–27 L3 43 September 8 Dodgers 9–10 (10) Jansen (3–0) López (0–1) — 15–28 L4 44 September 9 Dodgers 4–6 (10) McGee (3–1) Ginkel (0–2) Treinen (1) 15–29 L5 45 September 10 Dodgers 5–2 Smith (1–0) Gonsolin (0–1) Bergen (1) 16–29 W1 46 September 11 Mariners 4–3 Young (2–3) Kikuchi (2–3) Crichton (1) 17–29 W2 47 September 12 Mariners 3–7 Sheffield (3–3) Gallen (1–2) — 17–30 L1 48 September 13 Mariners 3–7 Sadler (1–0) Weaver (1–7) — 17–31 L2 49 September 15 @ Angels 9–8 Mella (1–0) Andriese (2–3) Crichton (2) 18–31 W1 50 September 16 @ Angels 9–6 Clarke (2–0) Bundy (5–3) Crichton (3) 19–31 W2 51 September 17 @ Angels 3–7 Canning (1–3) Young (2–4) — 19–32 L1 52 September 18 @ Astros 6–3 Gallen (2–2) García (0–1) Crichton (4) 20–32 W1 53 September 19 @ Astros 2–3 Paredes (3–2) Weaver (1–8) Pressly (11) 20–33 L1 54 September 20 @ Astros 2–3 Taylor (2–1) Guerra (1–2) Pressly (12) 20–34 L2 55 September 22 Rangers 7–0 Smith (2–0) Lyles (1–6) — 21–34 W1 56 September 23 Rangers 7–3 Mella (2–0) Goody (0–2) — 22–34 W2 57 September 25 Rockies 4–0 (7) Gallen (3–2) Senzatela (5–3) Crichton (5) 23–34 W3 58 September 25 Rockies 11–5 (7) Clarke (3–0) Santos (0–1) — 24–34 W4 59 September 26 Rockies 3–10 Márquez (4–6) Weaver (1–9) — 24–35 L1 60 September 27 Rockies 11–3 Bumgarner (1–4) Freeland (2–3) — 25–35 W1
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement Bold = Diamondbacks team member

Roster

2020 Arizona Diamondbacks
Roster
Pitchers 59 Jeremy Beasley 47 Travis Bergen 61 Silvino Bracho 25 Archie Bradley 40 Madison Bumgarner 47 Andrew Chafin 45 Taylor Clarke 58 Stefan Crichton 23 Zac Gallen 37 Kevin Ginkel 33 Matt Grace 41 Junior Guerra 29 Merrill Kelly 54 Artie Lewicki 50 Yoan López 36 Joe Mantiply 64 Keury Mella 35 Joel Payamps 38 Robbie Ray 28 Héctor Rondón 31 Caleb Smith 46 Riley Smith 24 Luke Weaver 57 Taylor Widener 49 Alex Young		Catchers 18 Carson Kelly 21 Stephen Vogt Infielders 13 Nick Ahmed 32 Kevin Cron  5 Eduardo Escobar 22 Jake Lamb  4 Ketel Marte 27 Wyatt Mathisen 10 Josh Rojas 26 Pavin Smith 15 Ildemaro Vargas 19 Josh VanMeter 53 Christian Walker 14 Andy Young		Outfielders 56 Kole Calhoun  9 Jon Jay 16 Tim Locastro  2 Starling Marte  6 David Peralta 12 Daulton Varsho	Manager 17 Torey Lovullo Coaches 83 Dan Butler (bullpen catcher) 11 Darnell Coles (hitting) 43 Mike Fetters (bullpen)  7 Robby Hammock (quality control/catching) 70 Matt Herges (pitching) 77 Eric Hinske (assistant hitting) 39 Dave McKay (first base)  3 Tony Perezchica (third base) 84 Humberto Quintero (bullpen catcher) 60 Luis Urueta (bench)

Player stats

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
Christian Walker	57	218	35	59	18	1	7	34	1	19	.271	.459
David Peralta	54	203	19	61	10	1	5	34	1	13	.300	.433
Eduardo Escobar	54	203	22	43	7	3	4	20	1	15	.212	.335
Nick Ahmed	57	199	29	53	10	1	5	29	4	18	.266	.402
Kole Calhoun	54	190	35	43	9	0	16	40	1	28	.226	.526
Ketel Marte	45	181	19	52	14	1	2	17	1	7	.287	.409
Starling Marte	33	122	23	38	8	1	2	14	5	10	.311	.443
Carson Kelly	39	122	11	27	5	0	5	19	0	6	.221	.385
Daulton Varsho	37	101	16	19	5	2	3	9	3	12	.188	.366
Stephen Vogt	26	72	6	12	5	0	1	7	0	8	.167	.278
Tim Locastro	33	69	15	20	4	1	2	7	4	8	.290	.464
Josh Rojas	17	61	9	11	0	0	0	2	1	7	.180	.180
Jon Jay	18	50	5	8	1	0	1	4	0	3	.160	.240
Jake Lamb	18	43	2	5	1	0	0	1	0	6	.116	.140
Pavin Smith	12	37	7	10	0	1	1	4	1	5	.270	.405
Josh VanMeter	12	36	6	7	2	0	1	5	0	4	.194	.333
Wyatt Mathisen	9	27	5	6	0	0	2	5	0	5	.222	.444
Andrew Young	12	26	3	5	2	0	1	4	0	5	.192	.385
Ildemaro Vargas	8	20	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.150	.150
Kevin Cron	8	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000
Team Totals	60	1997	269	482	101	12	58	255	23	181	.241	.391

Source: ^[4]

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
Zac Gallen	3	2	2.75	12	12	0	72.0	55	24	22	25	82
Luke Weaver	1	9	6.58	12	12	0	52.0	63	39	38	18	55
Alex Young	2	4	5.44	15	7	0	46.1	51	30	28	14	39
Taylor Clarke	3	0	4.36	12	5	0	43.1	35	23	21	21	40
Madison Bumgarner	1	4	6.48	9	9	0	41.2	47	31	30	13	30
Merrill Kelly	3	2	2.59	5	5	0	31.1	26	9	9	5	29
Robbie Ray	1	4	7.84	7	7	0	31.0	31	27	27	31	43
Stefan Crichton	2	2	2.42	26	0	5	26.0	22	7	7	9	23
Junior Guerra	1	2	3.04	25	0	0	23.2	17	10	8	15	21
Héctor Rondón	1	0	7.65	23	0	0	20.0	25	18	17	11	23
Taylor Widener	0	1	4.50	12	0	0	20.0	14	10	10	12	22
Yoan López	0	1	5.95	20	0	0	19.2	21	15	13	9	16
Riley Smith	2	0	1.47	6	0	0	18.1	15	3	3	5	18
Kevin Ginkel	0	2	6.75	19	0	1	16.0	21	13	12	13	18
Caleb Smith	0	0	2.45	4	3	0	11.0	5	3	3	6	12
Archie Bradley	1	0	4.22	10	0	6	10.2	13	5	5	3	12
Keury Mella	2	0	1.80	11	0	0	10.0	10	3	2	3	10
Travis Bergen	1	0	4.05	7	0	1	6.2	4	3	3	8	8
Andrew Chafin	1	1	8.10	11	0	0	6.2	9	6	6	4	10
Artie Lewicki	0	0	5.40	2	0	0	3.1	7	2	2	1	5
Joel Payamps	0	0	3.00	2	0	0	3.0	2	2	1	3	2
Joe Mantiply	0	0	15.43	4	0	0	2.1	3	4	4	4	2
Matt Grace	0	1	54.00	3	0	0	1.0	5	6	6	2	2
Silvino Bracho	0	0	18.00	1	0	0	1.0	2	2	2	0	1
Carson Kelly	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0
Jeremy Beasley	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0.1	2	0	0	0	1
Team Totals	25	35	4.84	60	60	13	518.1	506	295	279	235	524

Source: ^[5]

Minor league affiliations

Main article: List of Arizona Diamondbacks minor league affiliates

Level	Team	League	Location
AAA	Reno Aces	Pacific Coast League	Reno, Nevada
AA	Jackson Generals	Southern League	Jackson, Tennessee
Advanced A	Visalia Rawhide	California League	Visalia, California
A	Kane County Cougars	Midwest League	Geneva, Illinois
Short Season A	Hillsboro Hops	Northwest League	Hillsboro, Oregon
Rookie	Missoula PaddleHeads	Pioneer League	Missoula, Montana
	AZL D-backs	Arizona League	Scottsdale, Arizona
	DSL D-backs	Dominican Summer League	Boca Chica, Dominican Republic

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. "MLB, Rob Manfred begin implementing return for 2020 season". Arizona Sports. June 24, 2020. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
4. "2020 Arizona Diamondbacks Batting Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
5. "2020 Arizona Diamondbacks Pitching Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 27, 2024.

External links

• 2020 Arizona Diamondbacks season at Baseball Reference
• 2020 Arizona Diamondbacks season Official Site
• 2020 Arizona Diamondbacks season at ESPN