2020 Cleveland Indians season

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2020  Cleveland Indians
American League Central 2nd Place
Cleveland Indians primary logo.svg
League American League
Division Central
Ballpark Progressive Field
City Cleveland, Ohio
Record35–25 (.583)
Divisional place2nd
Owners Larry Dolan
President of baseball operations Chris Antonetti
General managers Mike Chernoff
Managers Terry Francona
Television SportsTime Ohio  · WKYC
(Matt Underwood, Rick Manning)
Radio WTAM  · 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.

Contents

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 participate in "summer camp" and prepare for a July 24 Opening Day. [3]

Season standings

American League Central

AL Central 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 36240.600—24–712–17
Cleveland Indians 35250.583118–1217–13
Chicago White Sox 35250.583118–1217–13
Kansas City Royals 26340.4331015–1511–19
Detroit Tigers 23350.3971212–1511–20

American League Wild Card

Division Leaders		 W L Pct.
Tampa Bay Rays 40200.667
Oakland Athletics 36240.600
Minnesota Twins 36240.600


Division 2nd Place		 W L Pct.
Cleveland Indians 35250.583
New York Yankees 33270.550
Houston Astros 29310.483


Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
Chicago White Sox 35250.583+3
Toronto Blue Jays 32280.533—
Seattle Mariners 27330.4505
Los Angeles Angels 26340.4336
Kansas City Royals 26340.4336
Baltimore Orioles 25350.4177
Boston Red Sox 24360.4008
Detroit Tigers 23350.3978
Texas Rangers 22380.36710

Record against opponents

2020 American League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2020

TeamCWSCLEDETKCMINNL
Chicago —2–89–19–15–510–10
Cleveland 8–2—7–35–53–712–8
Detroit 1–93–7—4–64–611–7
Kansas City 1–95–56–4—5–59–11
Minnesota 5–57–36–45–5—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)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreakUse background:#fbb for loss, #bfb for win, #bbb for cancelled/postponed -->
1July 24 Royals 2–0 Bieber (1–0) Duffy (0–1) Hand (1)1–0W1
2July 25 Royals 2–3 (10) Barlow (1–0) Karinchak (0–1) Holland (1)1–1L1
3July 26 Royals 9–2 Carrasco (1–0) Bolaños (0–1)—2–1W1
–July 27 White Sox Postponed (rain). Makeup date: July 28. [4]
4July 28 White Sox 4–3 Civale (1–0) Cease (0–1) Hand (2)3–1W2
5July 28 White Sox 5–3 Plutko (1–0) Rodón (0–1) Hill (1)4–1W3
6July 29 White Sox 0–4 Bummer (1–0) Hand (0–1)—4–2L1
7July 30@ Twins 2–0 Bieber (2–0) Berríos (0–1) Karinchak (1)5–2W1
8July 31@ Twins 1–4 Dobnak (1–1) Clevinger (0–1) Rogers (2)5–3L1
August: 16–11 (Home: 5–5; Away: 11–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreakUse background:#fbb for loss, #bfb for win, #bbb for cancelled/postponed -->
9August 1@ Twins 0–3 Maeda (2–0) Carrasco (1–1) Rogers (3)5–4L2
10August 2@ Twins 1–3 Smeltzer (1–0) Civale (1–1) Romo (2)5–5L3
11August 3@ Reds 2–3 Gray (3–0) Plesac (0–1) Iglesias (1)5–6L4
12August 4@ Reds 4–2 Bieber (3–0) Jones (0–1) Hand (3)6–6W1
13August 5 Reds 2–0 Clevinger (1–1) Antone (0–1) Hand (4)7–6W2
14August 6 Reds 13–0 Carrasco (2–1) Castillo (0–2)—8–6W3
15August 7@ White Sox 0–2 Cease (2–1) Civale (1–2) Colomé (4)8–7L1
16August 8@ White Sox 7–1 Plesac (1–1) Anderson (0–1)—9–7W1
17August 9@ White Sox 5–4 (10) Maton (1–0) Cordero (0–1) Pérez (1)10–7W2
18August 11 Cubs 1–7 Lester (2–0) Plutko (0–1)—10–8L1
19August 12 Cubs 2–7 Hendricks (3–1) Carrasco (2–2)—10–9L2
20August 14@ Tigers 10–5 Civale (2–2) Nova (1–1)—11–9W1
21August 15@ Tigers 3–1 Bieber (4–0) Turnbull (2–1) Hand (5)12–9W2
22August 16@ Tigers 8–5 Pérez (1–0) Schreiber (0–1)—13–9W3
23August 18@ Pirates 6–3 (10) Wittgren (1–0) Howard (1–1) Hand (6)14–9W4
24August 19@ Pirates 6–1 Civale (3–2) Neverauskas (0–3)—15–9W5
25August 20@ Pirates 2–0 Bieber (5–0) Williams (1–4) Hand (7)16–9W6
26August 21 Tigers 5–10 García (1–0) Plutko (1–2)—16–10L1
27August 22 Tigers 6–1 McKenzie (1–0) Boyd (0–4)—17–10W1
28August 23 Tigers 4–7 Norris (2–1) Carrasco (2–3)—17–11L1
29August 24 Twins 2–3 Maeda (4–0) Civale (3–3) Rogers (7)17–12L2
30August 25 Twins 4–2 Bieber (6–0) Alcalá (1–1) Hand (8)18–12W1
31August 26 Twins 6–3 Maton (2–0) Romo (0–1) Hand (9)19–12W2
32August 28@ Cardinals 14–2 Hill (1–0) Ponce de Leon (0–3) Plutko (1)20–12W3
33August 29@ Cardinals 2–1 (12) Wittgren (2–0) Reyes (1–1) Hand (10)21–12W4
34August 30@ Cardinals 2–7 Wainwright (3–0) Civale (3–4)—21–13L1
35August 31@ Royals 1–2 Barlow (2–1) Karinchak (0–2) Holland (2)21–14L2
September: 14–11 (Home: 9–5; Away: 5–6)
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36September 1@ Royals 10–1 Plesac (2–1) Harvey (0–2)—22–14W1
37September 2@ Royals 5–0 McKenzie (2–0) Junis (0–1)—23–14W2
38September 4 Brewers 1–7 Burnes (2–0) Maton (2–1)—23–15L1
39September 5 Brewers 4–3 Hand (1–1) Hader (0–1)—24–15W1
40September 6 Brewers 4–1 Bieber (7–0) Anderson (2–3) Hand (11)25–15W2
41September 7 Royals 5–2 Plesac (3–1) Keller (3–2) Hand (12)26–15W3
42September 8 Royals 5–8 Holland (3–0) Cimber (0–1) Barlow (2)26–16L1
43September 9 Royals 0–3 Duffy (3–3) Carrasco (2–4) Holland (3)26–17L2
44September 10 Royals 1–11 Singer (2–4) Civale (3–5)—26–18L3
45September 11@ Twins 1–3 Maeda (5–1) Bieber (7–1) Rogers (9)26–19L4
46September 12@ Twins 4–8 Hill (2–1) Plesac (3–2)—26–20L5
47September 13@ Twins 5–7 Thielbar (2–0) McKenzie (2–1) Romo (4)26–21L6
48September 15@ Cubs 5–6 Jeffress (4–1) Pérez (1–1)—26–22L7
49September 16@ Cubs 2–3 (10) Adam (2–1) Maton (2–2)—26–23L8
50September 17@ Tigers 10–3 Bieber (8–1) Mize (0–2)—27–23W1
51September 18@ Tigers 1–0 Plesac (4–2) Alexander (2–2) Hand (13)28–23W2
52September 19@ Tigers 2–5 Cisnero (3–3) Maton (2–3) Garcia (3)28–24L1
53September 20@ Tigers 7–4 Carrasco (3–4) Boyd (2–7)—29–24W1
54September 21 White Sox 7–4 Civale (4–5) Fry (0–1) Hand (14)30–24W2
55September 22 White Sox 5–3 (10) Maton (3–3) Foster (5–1)—31–24W3
56September 23 White Sox 3–2 Hand (2–1) González (1–2)—32–24W4
57September 24 White Sox 5–4 Hill (2–0) Rodón (0–2) Hand (15)33–24W5
58September 25 Pirates 4–3 Plutko (2–2) Stratton (2–1)—34–24W6
59September 26 Pirates 0–8 Musgrove (1–5) Civale (4–6)—34–25L1
60September 27 Pirates 8–6 Karinchak (1–2) Turley (0–3) Hand (16)35–25W1
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)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecord
1September 29 Yankees 3–12 Cole (1–0) Bieber (0–1)—0–1
2September 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

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBIAVGSB
Greg Allen 1525341014.1601
Christian Arroyo 10000000—0
Yu Chang 1011120001.1820
Delino DeShields Jr. 3710710273207.2523
Mike Freeman 2438593003.2370
Austin Hedges 612010000.0830
Cesar Hernandez 582333566200320.2830
Daniel Johnson 512010000.0830
Sandy Leon 2566491024.1360
Francisco Lindor 602363061130827.2586
Jordan Luplow 29788155128.1920
Oscar Mercado 36866111016.1283
Tyler Naquin 40133152981420.2180
Josh Naylor 22619143002.2300
Roberto Perez 32976162015.1650
Jose Ramirez 5821945641611746.29210
Franmil Reyes 592112758100934.2750
Carlos Santana 60206344170830.1990
Domingo Santana 247061130212.1570
Beau Taylor 721110002.0480
Bradley Zimmer 2037360013.1622
Team Totals60195924844696559234.22825

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

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERBBK
Logan Allen 003.0830010.2124477
Shane Bieber 811.631212077.146151421122
Carlos Carrasco 342.911212068.05522222782
Adam Cimber 013.97140011.1135525
Aaron Civale 464.741212074.08239391669
Mike Clevinger 113.1844022.220881121
Brad Hand 212.052301622.01385429
Cam Hill 204.91180118.1111110516
James Karinchak 122.67270127.014981653
Dominic Leone 008.3812009.21499516
Phil Maton 334.57230021.2231411632
Triston McKenzie 213.2486033.1211212942
Kyle Nelson 0054.001000.234410
Oliver Perez 112.00210118.01354614
Zach Plesac 422.2888055.1381414657
Adam Plutko 224.88104127.2301515715
Cal Quantrill 001.8482014.21463213
Nick Wittgren 203.42250023.21899628
Team Totals35253.29606020536.0440209196157621

Roster

2020 Cleveland Indians
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PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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)

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