2020 Philadelphia Phillies season

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2020  Philadelphia Phillies
Philadelphia Phillies Insignia.svg
League National League
Division East
Ballpark Citizens Bank Park
City Philadelphia
Record28–32 (.467)
Divisional place3rd
Owners John S. Middleton
General managers Matt Klentak
Managers Joe Girardi
Television NBC Sports Philadelphia
NBC Sports Philadelphia +
NBC Philadelphia
(Tom McCarthy, John Kruk, Ben Davis, Rubén Amaro Jr., Jimmy Rollins, Gregg Murphy)
Radio Phillies Radio Network
WIP SportsRadio 94.1 FM (English)
(Scott Franzke, Larry Andersen, Jim Jackson, Kevin Frandsen)
WTTM (Spanish)
(Danny Martinez, Bill Kulik, Rickie Ricardo)
Stats ESPN.com
Baseball Reference
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The 2020 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 138th season in the history of the franchise, its 17th season at Citizens Bank Park, and the first season under new manager Joe Girardi.

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 camp on July 1 in order to resume spring training and prepare for Opening Day on July 24. [3]

On September 19, the Phillies had a 27–25 record and needed to win just two of their final eight games to qualify for the playoffs. However, the Phillies collapsed by only going 1–7, thus encountering their third consecutive September collapse, missing the playoffs for the ninth consecutive season, and failing to improve on their 81–81 record from the previous season. [4]

Season standings

National League East

NL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 3525.583—19‍–‍1116‍–‍14
Miami Marlins 3129.517411‍–‍1520‍–‍14
Philadelphia Phillies 2832.467719‍–‍139‍–‍19
Washington Nationals 2634.433915‍–‍1811‍–‍16
New York Mets 2634.433912‍–‍1714‍–‍17

National League Wild Card

Division Leaders
Team W L Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers 4317.717
Atlanta Braves 3525.583
Chicago Cubs 3426.567
Division 2nd Place
Team W L Pct.
San Diego Padres 3723.617
St. Louis Cardinals 3028.517
Miami Marlins 3129.517
Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
Cincinnati Reds 3129.517+2
Milwaukee Brewers 2931.483—
San Francisco Giants 2931.483—
Philadelphia Phillies 2832.4671
Washington Nationals 2634.4333
New York Mets 2634.4333
Colorado Rockies 2634.4333
Arizona Diamondbacks 2535.4174
Pittsburgh Pirates 1941.31710

Record vs. opponents

2020 National League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2020

TeamATLMIANYMPHIWSHAL
Atlanta —6–47–35–56–411–9
Miami 4–6—4–67–36–410–10
New York 3–76–4—4–64–69–11
Philadelphia 5–53–76–4—7–37–13
Washington 4–64–66–43–7—9–11

Game log

2020 Game Log [5] Overall Record: 28–32
July (1–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecord
1July 24 Marlins 2–5 Sandy Alcántara (1–0) Aaron Nola (0–1) Brandon Kintzler (1)0–1
2July 25 Marlins 7–1 Zack Wheeler (1–0) Alex Vesia (0–1)—1–1
3July 26 Marlins 6–11 Stephen Tarpley (1–0) Cole Irvin (0–1)—1–2
—July 27 Yankees Postponed (COVID-19); [6] Makeup: August 5 [7]
—July 28 Yankees Postponed (COVID-19); [8] Makeup: August 6 [7]
—July 29@ Yankees Postponed (COVID-19); [8] Makeup: August 3 [7]
—July 30@ Yankees Postponed (COVID-19); [8] Makeup: August 4 [7]
—July 31@ Blue Jays [lower-alpha 1] Postponed (COVID-19); Makeup: August 1 as a traditional doubleheader [11] [12]
August (14–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecord
—August 1 (1)@ Blue Jays [lower-alpha 1] Postponed (COVID-19); [13] Makeup: August 20 as a straight, 7-inning doubleheader [14]
—August 1 (2)@ Blue Jays [lower-alpha 1] Postponed (COVID-19); [13] Makeup: August 20 as a straight, 7-inning doubleheader [14]
—August 2@ Blue Jays [lower-alpha 1] Postponed (COVID-19); [13] Makeup: September 18 as a straight, 7-inning doubleheader [14]
4August 3@ Yankees [7] 3–6 Gerrit Cole (3–0) Jake Arrieta (0–1) Zack Britton (4)1–3
—August 4@ Marlins Postponed (COVID-19); [7] Makeup: September 11 as a straight, 7-inning doubleheader [14]
—August 4@ Yankees [7] Postponed (inclement weather); [15] Makeup: August 5 as a straight, 7-inning doubleheader [15]
—August 5@ Marlins Postponed (COVID-19); [7] Makeup: Makeup: September 13 as a straight, 7-inning doubleheader [14]
5August 5 (1)@ Yankees [lower-alpha 2] [7] 11–7 Zack Wheeler (2–0) J. A. Happ (0–1) Héctor Neris (1)2–3
6August 5 (2) Yankees [7] 1–3 Adam Ottavino (2–0) Tommy Hunter (0–1) Zack Britton (5)2–4
—August 6@ Marlins Postponed (COVID-19); [7] Makeup: September 14 as a single game [14]
7August 6 Yankees [7] 5–4 Deolis Guerra (1–0) Jordan Montgomery (1–1) Héctor Neris (2)3–4
—August 7 Braves Postponed (rain); Makeup: August 9 as a straight, 7-inning doubleheader [16]
8August 8 Braves 5–0 Jake Arrieta (1–1) Kyle Wright (0–2)—4–4
9August 9 (1) Braves 2–5 Tyler Matzek (2–0) Deolis Guerra (1–1) Mark Melancon (3)4–5
10August 9 (2) Braves 0–8 Max Fried (3–0) Spencer Howard (0–1)—4–6
11August 10 Braves 13–8 Aaron Nola (1–1) Sean Newcomb (0–2)—5–6
12August 11 Orioles 9–10 (10) Cole Sulser (1–1) Deolis Guerra (1–2) Travis Lakins, Sr. (1)5–7
13August 12 Orioles 4–5 Shawn Armstrong (2–0) Zach Eflin (0–1) Cole Sulser (4)5–8
14August 13 Orioles 4–11 Tom Eshelman (1–0) Jake Arrieta (1–2)—5–9
15August 14 Mets 6–5 Héctor Neris (1–0) Seth Lugo (1–2)—6–9
16August 15 Mets 6–2 Aaron Nola (2–1) Steven Matz (0–4)—7–9
17August 16 Mets 6–2 Zack Wheeler (3–0) Rick Porcello (1–3)—8–9
18August 18@ Red Sox 13–6 Blake Parker (1–0) Josh Taylor (0–1)—9–9
19August 19@ Red Sox 3–6 Austin Brice (1–0) Jake Arrieta (1–3) Brandon Workman (4)9–10
20August 20 (1)@ Blue Jays 2–3 Jordan Romano (2–1) Deolis Guerra (1–3)—9–11
21August 20 (2)@ Blue Jays 8–9 Anthony Kay (2–0) Héctor Neris (1–1) A. J. Cole (1)9–12
22August 21@ Braves 2–11 Max Fried (4–0) Aaron Nola (2–2)—9–13
23August 22@ Braves 5–6 Mark Melancon (2–0) Brandon Workman (0–1)—9–14
24August 23@ Braves 5–4 Zach Eflin (1–1) Josh Tomlin (1–1) Brandon Workman (5)10–14
25August 25@ Nationals 8–3 Jake Arrieta (2–3) Erick Fedde (1–2)—11–14
26August 26@ Nationals 3–2 Aaron Nola (3–2) Will Harris (0–1) Brandon Workman (6)12–14
—August 27@ Nationals Postponed (strikes due to shooting of Jacob Blake); [17] Makeup: September 22 as a straight, 7-inning doubleheader [17]
27August 28 Braves 7–4 (11) Blake Parker (2–0) Mark Melancon (2–1)—13–14
28August 29 Braves 4–1 Zach Eflin (2–1) Josh Tomlin (1–2) Brandon Workman (7)14–14
29August 30 Braves 10–12 A. J. Minter (1–0) Jake Arrieta (2–4) Mark Melancon (6)14–15
30August 31 Nationals 8–6 Spencer Howard (1–1) Erick Fedde (1–3)—15–15
September (13–17)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecord
31September 1 Nationals 6–0 Aaron Nola (4–2) Patrick Corbin (2–3)—16–15
32September 2 Nationals 3–0 Zack Wheeler (4–0) Max Scherzer (3–2) Brandon Workman (8)17–15
33September 3 Nationals 6–5 (10) Blake Parker (3–0) Sean Doolittle (0–2)—18–15
34September 4@ Mets 5–3 Jake Arrieta (3–4) Jared Hughes (1–2) Brandon Workman (9)19–15
35September 5@ Mets 1–5 Seth Lugo (2–2) Spencer Howard (1–2)—19–16
36September 6@ Mets 1–14 Jacob deGrom (3–1) Aaron Nola (4–3)—19–17
37September 7@ Mets 9–8 (10) Brandon Workman (1–1) Miguel Castro (1–1) Héctor Neris (3)20–17
38September 8 (1) Red Sox 6–5 Héctor Neris (2–1) Matt Barnes (1–3)—21–17
39September 8 (2) [14] Red Sox 2–5 Chris Mazza (1–1) David Phelps (2–4) Marcus Walden (1)21–18
40September 10@ Marlins 5–6 Yimi García (1–0) Brandon Workman (1–2)—21–19
41September 11 (1)@ Marlins 11–0 Aaron Nola (5–3) Trevor Rogers (1–1)—22–19
42September 11 (2)@ Marlins 3–5 James Hoyt (2–0) Ranger Suárez (0–1) Yimi García (1)22–20
43September 12@ Marlins 12–6 Heath Hembree (3–0) José Ureña (0–1)—23–20
44September 13 (1)@ Marlins 1–2 Sixto Sánchez (3–1) Ramón Rosso (0–1)—23–21
45September 13 (2)@ Marlins 1–8 Braxton Garrett (1–0) Zach Eflin (2–2)—23–22
46September 14@ Marlins 2–6 Pablo López (4–4) Vince Velasquez (0–1)—23–23
47September 15 Mets 4–1 Jake Arrieta (4–4) Rick Porcello (1–5) Héctor Neris (4)24–23
48September 16 Mets 4–5 Miguel Castro (2–1) Héctor Neris (2–2) Edwin Díaz (4)24–24
49September 17 Mets 6–10 Justin Wilson (2–1) Brandon Workman (1–3)—24–25
50September 18 (1)@ Blue Jays [lower-alpha 3] 7–0 Zach Eflin (3–2) Robbie Ray (2–5)—25–25
51September 18 (2) Blue Jays 8–7 Connor Brogdon (1–0) Rafael Dolis (2–2) Héctor Neris (5)26–25
52September 19 Blue Jays 3–1 Vince Velasquez (1–1) Hyun-jin Ryu (4–2) Tommy Hunter (1)27–25
53September 20 Blue Jays 3–6 Taijuan Walker (4–3) Adonis Medina (0–1) Anthony Bass (6)27–26
54September 21@ Nationals 1–5 Aníbal Sánchez (3–5) Zack Wheeler (4–1)—27–27
55September 22 (1)@ Nationals 1–5 Austin Voth (1–5) Aaron Nola (5–4)—27–28
56September 22 (2)@ Nationals 7–8 (8) Daniel Hudson (3–2) Brandon Workman (1–4)—27–29
57September 23@ Nationals 12–3 Zach Eflin (4–2) Erick Fedde (2–4)—28–29
58September 25@ Rays 4–6 Nick Anderson (2–1) Adam Morgan (0–1) John Curtiss (2)28–30
59September 26@ Rays 3–4 Peter Fairbanks (6–3) Zack Wheeler (4–2) Aaron Slegers (1)28–31
60September 27@ Rays 0–5 Josh Fleming (5–0) Aaron Nola (5–5)—28–32
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement
Bold = Phillies team member
  1. 1 2 3 4 at Citizens Bank Park due to ongoing preparations at the Blue Jays 2020 "home" field (Sahlen Field) [9] [10]
  2. ↑ at Citizens Bank Park with the Yankees as the home team [15]
  3. ↑ at Citizens Bank Park with the Blue Jays as the home team [14]

Roster

All players who made an appearance for the Phillies during 2020 are included.

2020 Philadelphia Phillies
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

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

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBISBBBAVGSLG
Andrew McCutchen 572173255901034422.253.433
Didi Gregorius 6021534611021040315.284.488
Jean Segura 54192285152725223.266.422
Bryce Harper 581904151921333849.268.542
J. T. Realmuto 471733346601132416.266.491
Alec Bohm 441602454110423116.338.481
Rhys Hoskins 411513537901026129.245.503
Scott Kingery 361131218503609.159.283
Roman Quinn 4110814233127125.213.315
Jay Bruce 329611194261407.198.469
Phil Gosselin 3992142350312010.250.402
Adam Haseley 40797225001307.278.342
Andrew Knapp 337292041215015.278.444
Neil Walker 183959300301.231.308
Kyle Garlick 122203100300.136.182
Mickey Moniak 81433000004.214.214
Rafael Marchan 3834001301.500.875
Ronald Torreyes 4711100000.143.286
Team Totals60194530650090108228935229.257.439

Source:

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

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERBBSO
Aaron Nola 553.281212071.15431262396
Zach Wheeler 422.921111071.06726231653
Zach Eflin 423.971110059.06028261570
Jake Arrieta 445.0899044.15125251632
Vince Velasquez 115.5697034.03621211746
Tommy Hunter 014.01240124.2221111625
Spencer Howard 125.9266024.13017161023
Héctor Neris 224.57240521.22415111327
Blake Parker 302.81141016.01275925
Adam Morgan 015.54170013.01488616
Brandon Workman 146.92140513.0231110915
Connor Brogdon 103.9790011.1555517
David Hale 004.0962011.0165517
JoJo Romero 007.59120010.213109210
Ramón Rosso 016.527109.2977811
Heath Hembree 1012.5411009.1171313510
David Phelps 0112.9110007.2121111311
Deolis Guerra 138.599007.1109728
José Álvarez 001.428006.171136
Nick Pivetta 0015.883005.210101014
Reggie McClain 005.065005.196332
Adonis Medina 014.501104.032234
Ranger Suárez 0120.253004.0109941
Cole Irvin 0117.183003.2117714
Trevor Kelley 0010.804003.184415
Austin Davis 0021.004003.0107712
Mauricio Llovera 0036.001001.054411
Garrett Cleavinger 0013.501000.221101
Neil Walker 000.001000.200010
Team Totals28325.14606011497.0550311284185532

Source:

Season summary

July

The Phillies dropped their home opener, 2–5, against Marlins but was highlighted by shortstop Didi Gregorius' home run. The team rebounded with a 7–1 victory the next day powered by Gregorius' second home run and designated hitter Phil Gosselin's 2-home run performance to give pitcher Zack Wheeler the victory in his Phillies' debut. The Marlins won the rubber match, 11–6, as the Phillies left the bases loaded 3 times in the latter half of the game.

COVID-19 outbreak

The Marlins' opening day catcher Jorge Alfaro was placed on the injured list after testing positive for COVID-19 earlier in the day. First baseman Garrett Cooper and outfielder Harold Ramírez also tested positive for COVID-19 shortly thereafter. Two days later prior to the final game of the opening series, Marlins' pitcher José Ureña tested positive for COVID-19 and was scratched from his start. [18] Following the game the Marlins delayed their flight back to Miami due to concerns of an outbreak. [19] [20]

On July 27, the Marlins' home opener against the Baltimore Orioles was postponed amid reports that eight new players had tested positive for COVID-19. [21] Reports stated that 11 Marlins players and two coaches had tested positive. MLB also postponed the Phillies' next game against the Yankees as the Yankees would be using the same clubhouse as the Marlins. [6] The Marlins remained in Philadelphia pending further testing. [21]

On July 28, sources reported that at least four more members of the Marlins had tested positive for COVID-19. In five days, the Marlins had a total of 17 people test positive for the virus. [22] On the same day, the MLB announced that the Marlins and Phillies seasons would be put on hold and their opponents' schedules adjusted. [11] [23]

The Phillies' home-and-home series with the New York Yankees was postponed due to the COVID-19 outbreak. [6] The July 31 game with the Toronto Blue Jays was also postponed and rescheduled as an August 1 traditional doubleheader. [11] [12] However, on July 30 after an unnamed coach and Phillies' clubhouse worker tested positive (which were later determined to be false positives [24] ), the Blue Jays series was postponed. [13] [25]

August

As Major League Baseball juggled the schedules, the Phillies opened August with a home-and-home series with the Yankees, making up games postponed from the previous week. [7] Hours before the first pitch on August 3, the next day's game was postponed due to the impending inclement weather with the approach of Hurricane Isaias, setting up a doubleheader at Citizens Bank Park where each team would take turns at being the home team. [15] Earning a split of the 4-game Yankees' series, the Phillies went on to split the 4-game Atlanta Braves' series. After being swept in a 3-games series by the Baltimore Orioles, the Phillies completed their homestand by sweeping the New York Mets.

In their first real roadtrip of the season (they had played a single game in New York earlier in the month but traveled back to Philadelphia after the game), the Phillies split a 2-game series with the Boston Red Sox. After leading early in both games of a doubleheader against in the Blue Jays, the Phillies were swept in the brief 1-day stay in Buffalo, New York, the Jays' home stadium (Sahlen Field) in 2020 due to the pandemic. In Atlanta, the Phillies led early in the opening 2 games of the series only to have the bullpen lose the games in the final innings. In the Atlanta finale, broadcast on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball , the Phillies held on for a 5–4 victory with the game-tying run thrown out at home plate to end the game.

Playoffs again not reached

On September 27, 2020, the Phillies lost the season finale to the Tampa Bay Rays, 5–0, and they were therefore not eligible for the playoffs. If the Phillies had won that game and the San Francisco Giants and the Milwaukee Brewers had lost, they would have clinched the eighth playoff spot. The Giants and Brewers both lost their games.

Farm system

Due to safety concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, it was announced on June 30, 2020, that the 2020 Minor League Baseball season would not be played. [26]

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Lehigh Valley IronPigs International League Gary Jones
AA Reading Fightin Phils Eastern League Greg Legg
A-Advanced Clearwater Threshers Florida State League Shawn Williams
A Lakewood BlueClaws South Atlantic League Marty Malloy
A-Short Season Williamsport Crosscutters New York–Penn League Pat Borders
Rookie GCL Phillies Gulf Coast League Roly de Armas
Rookie DSL Phillies Dominican Summer League Waner Santana


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