2020 Colorado Rockies season

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2020  Colorado Rockies
Colorado Rockies logo.svg
League National League
Division West Division
Ballpark Coors Field
City Denver, Colorado
Record26–34 (.433)
Divisional place4th
Owners Charles & Dick Monfort
General managers Jeff Bridich
Managers Bud Black
Television AT&T Sportsnet Rocky Mountain
(Drew Goodman, Jeff Huson, Ryan Spilborghs)
Radio KOA (English)
Colorado Rockies Radio Network
(Jack Corrigan, Mike Rice)
KNRV (Spanish)
(Salvador Hernandez, Javier Olivas, Carlos Valdez)
  2019 Seasons 2021  

The 2020 Colorado Rockies season was the franchise's 28th in Major League Baseball. It was their 26th season at Coors Field. Bud Black returned as the Manager for his fourth season with the Rockies in 2020.

Contents

On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the 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]

The Rockies started the season 11–3, but would lose the remaining 31 of 45 games. The team's biggest achievement was being the only team to beat the Dodgers in a series in 2020, as they won two out of three at Dodger Stadium in early September. [4]

Regular season

Season standings

National League West

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 43170.71721–922–8
San Diego Padres 37230.617621–1116–12
San Francisco Giants 29310.4831419–1410–17
Colorado Rockies 26340.4331712–1814–16
Arizona Diamondbacks 25350.4171816–149–21

National League Wild Card

Division Leaders W L Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers 43170.717
Atlanta Braves 35250.583
Chicago Cubs 34260.567


Division 2nd Place W L Pct.
San Diego Padres 37230.617
St. Louis Cardinals 30280.517
Miami Marlins 31290.517


Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)
W L Pct. GB
Cincinnati Reds 31290.517+2
Milwaukee Brewers 29310.483
San Francisco Giants 29310.483
Philadelphia Phillies 28320.4671
Washington Nationals 26340.4333
New York Mets 26340.4333
Colorado Rockies 26340.4333
Arizona Diamondbacks 25350.4174
Pittsburgh Pirates 19410.31710

Record vs. opponents

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2020

TeamARICOLLADSDSFAL
Arizona 5–52–85–52–811–9
Colorado 5–53–73–76–49–11
Los Angeles 8–27–36–46–416–4
San Diego 5–57–34–68–213–7
San Francisco 8–24–64–62–811–9

Detailed records

Transactions

Game log

2020 game log: 2634 (Home: 1218 ; Away: 1416 )
July: 42 (Home: 01 ; Away: 41 )
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
1July 24@ Rangers 0–1 Lynn (1–0) Márquez (0–1) Leclerc (1)01L1
2July 25@ Rangers 3–2 Bard (1–0) Minor (0–1) Davis (1)1–1W1
3July 26@ Rangers 5–2 Freeland (1–0) Palumbo (0–1) Davis (2)2–1W2
4July 28@ Athletics 8–3 Senzatela (1–0) Mengden (0–1)3–1W3
5July 29@ Athletics 5–1 Márquez (1–1) Montas (0–1)4–1W4
6July 31 Padres 7–8 Stammen (1–1) Davis (0–1) Pomeranz (2)4–2L1
August: 1316 (Home: 810 ; Away: 56 )
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
7August 1 Padres 6–1 Freeland (2–0) Lucchesi (0–1)5–2W1
8August 2 Padres 9–6 Senzatela (2–0) Davies (1–1) Díaz (1)6–2W2
9August 3 Giants 7–6 Hoffman (1–0) Peralta (1–1) Díaz (2)7–2W3
10August 4 Giants 5–2 Márquez (2–1) Gausman (0–1) Almonte (1)8–2W4
11August 5 Giants 3–4 Webb (1–0) Gray (0–1) Gott (3)8–3L1
12August 6 Giants 6–4 Almonte (1–0) Garcia (0–1) Díaz (3)9–3W1
13August 7@ Mariners 8–4 Senzatela (3–0) Kikuchi (0–1)10–3W2
14August 8@ Mariners 5–0 Hoffman (2–0) Misiewicz (0–1)11–3W3
15August 9@ Mariners 3–5 Sheffield (1–2) Márquez (2–2) Williams (3)11–4L1
16August 10 Diamondbacks 8–12 Young (1–0) Gray (0–2) Bradley (4)11–5L2
17August 11 Diamondbacks 8–7 Estévez (1–0) Ginkel (0–1) Bard (1)12–5W1
18August 12 Diamondbacks 7–13 Chafin (1–1) Kinley (0–1)12–6L1
19August 14 Rangers 2–3 Lynn (3–0) Bard (1–1)12–7L2
20August 15 Rangers 4–6 Gibson (1–2) Márquez (2–3) Montero (5)12–8L3
21August 16 Rangers 10–6 Gray (1–2) Allard (0–1) Estévez (1)13–8W1
22August 17@ Astros 1–2 Bielak (3–0) Freeland (2–1) Taylor (1)13–9L1
23August 18@ Astros 1–2 (11) Scrubb (1–0) Díaz (0–1)13–10L2
24August 19 Astros 6–13 Valdez (2–2) Castellani (0–1)13–11L3
25August 20 Astros 8–10 Raley (1–0) Márquez (2–4) Pressly (3)13–12L4
26August 21@ Dodgers 1–5 Buehler (1–0) Gray (1–3)13–13L5
27August 22@ Dodgers 3–4 Jansen (1–0) Bard (1–2)13–14L6
28August 23@ Dodgers 3–11 González (1–0) Senzatela (3–1)13–15L7
29August 24@ Diamondbacks 3–2 Castellani (1–1) Widener (0–1) Bard (2)14–15W1
30August 25@ Diamondbacks 5–4 Díaz (1–1) Crichton (2–1) Bard (3)15–15W2
31August 26@ Diamondbacks 8–7 Gray (2–3) Ray (1–4) Hoffman (1)16–15W3
August 27@ Diamondbacks Postponed (Boycotts due to Jacob Blake shooting); Makeup: September 25
32August 28 Padres 4–10 Davies (5–2) Hoffman (2–1)16–16L1
33August 29 Padres 4–3 Bard (2–2) Stammen (3–2)17–16W1
34August 30 Padres 2–13 Paddack (3–3) Castellani (1–2)17–17L1
35August 31 Padres 0–6 Morejón (1–0) Márquez (2–5)17–18L2
September: 916 (Home: 47 ; Away: 59 )
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
36September 1 Giants 5–23 Gausman (2–2) Gray (2–4)17–19L3
37September 2 Giants 9–6 Givens (1–1) Coonrod (0–1) Bard (4)18–19W1
38September 4@ Dodgers 6–10 Ferguson (2–0) Estévez (1–1)18–20L1
39September 5@ Dodgers 5–2 Almonte (2–0) Treinen (3–2) Bard (5)19–20W1
40September 6@ Dodgers 7–6 Almonte (3–0) Ferguson (2–1) Bard (6)20–20W2
41September 7@ Padres 0–1 Pomeranz (1–0) Estévez (1–2)20–21L1
42September 8@ Padres 5–14 Clevinger (2–2) Gonzalez (0–1)20–22L2
43September 9@ Padres 3–5 Davies (7–2) Senzatela (3–2) Rosenthal (9)20–23L3
44September 11 Angels 8–4 Bard (3–2) Buttrey (1–3)21–23W1
45September 12 Angels 2–5 (11) Buttrey (2–3) Kinley (0–2) Andriese (1)21–24L1
46September 13 Angels 3–5 Heaney (4–3) Estévez (1–3) Andriese (2)21–25L2
47September 15 Athletics 3–1 Senzatela (4–2) Manaea (4–3)22–25W1
48September 16 Athletics 1–3 Fiers (6–2) Márquez (2–6) Hendriks (13)22–26L1
49September 17 Dodgers 3–9 Floro (2–0) Freeland (2–2)22–27L2
50September 18 Dodgers 6–15 White (1–0) Castellani (1–3)22–28L3
51September 19 Dodgers 1–6 Kershaw (6–2) Gonzalez (0–2)22–29L4
52September 20 Dodgers 6–3 Senzatela (5–2) Gonsolin (1–2) Givens (1)23–29W1
53September 21@ Giants 7–2 Márquez (3–6) Cueto (2–224–29W2
54September 22@ Giants 2–5 Rogers (3–3) Díaz (1–2) Coonrod (3)24–30L1
55September 23@ Giants 2–7 Webb (3–4) Castellani (1–4)24–31L2
56September 24@ Giants 5–4 (11) Bard (4–2) Cahill (1–2) Díaz (4)25–31W1
57September 25 (1)@ Diamondbacks 0–4 (7) Gallen (3–2) Senzatela (5–3) Crichton (5)25–32L1
58September 25 (2)@ Diamondbacks 5–11 (7) Clarke (3–0) Santos (0–1)25–33L2
59September 26@ Diamondbacks 10–3 Márquez (4–6) Weaver (1–9)26–33W1
60September 27@ Diamondbacks 3–11 Bumgarner (1–4) Freeland (2–3)26–34L1
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement
Bold = Rockies team member

Roster

2020 Colorado Rockies
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

List does not include pitchers. Stats in bold are the team leaders.

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; OBP = On-base percentage; SLG = Slugging; OPS = On Base + Slugging

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOAVGOBPSLGOPS
Trevor Story 59235416813411282463.289.355.519.874
Charlie Blackmon 5922131671216421944.303.356.448.804
Raimel Tapia 511842659821171438.321.369.402.772
Nolan Arenado 481822346908261520.253.303.434.738
Ryan McMahon 521722337619261866.215.295.419.714
Garrett Hampson 531672539435111360.234.287.383.671
Daniel Murphy 40123102930316721.236.275.333.608
Matt Kemp 431171828306211541.239.326.419.745
Sam Hilliard 36105132222610942.210.272.438.710
Tony Wolters 4210010234008630.230.280.270.550
Josh Fuentes 3098143070217229.306.320.439.759
David Dahl 24939172209428.183.222.247.470
Kevin Pillar 2491142851213518.308.351.451.801
Elías Díaz 26684162029515.235.288.353.641
Chris Owings 17419111025311.268.318.439.757
Drew Butera 2839462004211.154.190.205.396
Brendan Rodgers 72112100206.095.095.143.238
Team Totals602057275528841663264161543.257.311.405.716

Pitching

List does not include position players. Stats in bold are the team leaders.

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

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERBBK
Germán Márquez 463.751313081.27841342573
Antonio Senzatela 533.441212073.17129281841
Kyle Freeland 234.331313070.27734342346
Ryan Castellani 145.82109043.13730282625
Jon Gray 246.6988039.04531291122
Yency Almonte 302.93240127.225139623
Daniel Bard 423.65230624.22210101027
Carlos Estévez 137.50260124.0332120927
Tyler Kinley 025.32240023.21315141226
Jeff Hoffman 219.28160121.1322322920
Jairo Díaz 127.65240420.03121171417
Chi Chi Gonzalez 026.8664019.22216151016
Mychal Givens 106.7510019.198746
Ashton Goudeau 007.564008.1157722
Antonio Santos 0116.503106.014111144
Phillip Diehl 0010.506006.077714
James Pazos 0016.886005.110101051
José Mujica 0012.462004.1107621
Wade Davis 0120.775024.19101033
Jesús Tinoco 002.453003.231143
Joe Harvey 000.004003.130002
A. J. Ramos 003.383002.241131
Tommy Doyle 0023.143002.166642
Team Totals26345.59606016526.1579353327205393

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Albuquerque Isotopes Pacific Coast League Glenallen Hill
AA Hartford Yard Goats Eastern League Warren Schaeffer
A-Advanced Lancaster JetHawks California League Scott Little
A Asheville Tourists South Atlantic League Robinson Cancel
A-Short Season Boise Hawks Northwest League Steve Soliz
Rookie Grand Junction Rockies Pioneer League Jake Opitz

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