2020 Seattle Mariners season

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2020  Seattle Mariners
League American League
Division West
Ballpark T-Mobile Park
City Seattle, Washington
Record27–33 (.450)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersBaseball Club of Seattle, LP, represented by CEO John Stanton
Managers Scott Servais
Television Root Sports Northwest
(Dave Sims, Aaron Goldsmith, Mike Blowers)
Radio ESPN-710
Seattle Mariners Radio Network
(Rick Rizzs, Aaron Goldsmith, Dave Sims)
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The 2020 Seattle Mariners season was the 44th season in franchise history. The Mariners played their 21st full season (22nd overall) at T-Mobile Park, their home ballpark. The Mariners entered this season with the longest active playoff drought in the four major North American professional sports leagues, attempting to make their first postseason since 2001. They also entered this season as the only team not to win a league pennant.

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 resume spring training and prepare for a July 24 Opening Day. [3] The 2020 Major League Baseball season saw the adoption of many temporary rules, including universal DH, 7-inning scheduled doubleheaders, and extra innings starting with a runner on second. All affiliated minor league seasons were canceled, leaving top prospects and depth players at the team's alternate training site in Tacoma on an expanded roster. [4]

Standings

American League West

AL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 3624.600—22‍–‍1014‍–‍14
Houston Astros 2931.483720‍–‍99‍–‍22
Seattle Mariners 2733.450914‍–‍1013‍–‍23
Los Angeles Angels 2634.4331016‍–‍1510‍–‍19
Texas Rangers 2238.3671416‍–‍146‍–‍24

American League Wild Card

Division leaders
Team W L Pct.
Tampa Bay Rays 4020.667
Oakland Athletics 3624.600
Minnesota Twins 3624.600
Division 2nd place
Team W L Pct.
Cleveland Indians 3525.583
New York Yankees 3327.550
Houston Astros 2931.483
Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
Chicago White Sox 3525.583+3
Toronto Blue Jays 3228.533—
Seattle Mariners 2733.4505
Los Angeles Angels 2634.4336
Kansas City Royals 2634.4336
Baltimore Orioles 2535.4177
Boston Red Sox 2436.4008
Detroit Tigers 2335.3978
Texas Rangers 2238.36710

Record against opponents

2020 American League record
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2020
TeamHOULAAOAKSEATEXNL
Houston —4–63–77–35–510–10
Los Angeles 6–4—4–65–54–67–13
Oakland 7–36–4—6–47–310–10
Seattle 3–75–54–6—8–27–13
Texas 5–56–43–72–8—6–14

Game log

Regular season

2020 game log: 27–33 (Home: 16–14; Away: 11–19)
July: 4–4 (Home: 1–0; Away: 3–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
1July 24@ Astros 2–8 Verlander (1–0) Gonzales (0–1)—0–1L1
2July 25@ Astros 2–7 McCullers Jr. (1–0) Walker (0–1)—0–2L2
3July 26@ Astros 7–6 Altavilla (1–0) Devenski (0–1) Williams (1)1–2W1
4July 27@ Astros 5–8 Bielak (1–0) Graveman (0–1) Osuna (1)1–3L1
5July 28@ Angels 2–10 Buchter (1–0) Sheffield (0–1)—1–4L2
6July 29@ Angels 10–7 Shaw (1–0) Barnes (0–1) Altavilla (1)2–4W1
7July 30@ Angels 8–5 Gonzales (1–1) Bundy (1–1)—3–4W2
8July 31 Athletics 5–3 Walker (1–1) Manaea (0–2) Williams (2)4–4W3
August: 11–18 (Home: 6–8; Away: 5–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
9August 1 Athletics 2–3 (10) Soria (1–0) Altavilla (1–1) Hendriks (2)4–5L1
10August 2 Athletics 2–3 Bassitt (1–0) Graveman (0–2) Hendriks (3)4–6L2
11August 3 Athletics 1–11 Montas (1–1) Sheffield (0–2)—4–7L3
12August 4 Angels 3–5 Heaney (1–0) Dunn (0–1) Buttrey (1)4–8L4
13August 5 Angels 7–6 Gonzales (2–1) Teherán (0–1) Edwards Jr. (1)5–8W1
14August 6 Angels 1–6 Bundy (2–1) Walker (1–2)—5–9L1
15August 7 Rockies 4–8 Senzatela (3–0) Kikuchi (0–1)—5–10L2
16August 8 Rockies 0–5 Hoffman (2–0) Misiewicz (0–1)—5–11L3
17August 9 Rockies 5–3 Sheffield (1–2) Márquez (2–2) Williams (3)6–11W1
18August 10@ Rangers 10–2 Dunn (1–1) Gibson (0–2)—7–11W2
19August 11@ Rangers 2–4 Vólquez (2–1) Gonzales (2–2) Montero (3)7–12L1
20August 12@ Rangers 4–7 Hernández (3–0) Swanson (0–1) Montero (4)7–13L2
21August 14@ Astros 1–11 Valdez (1–2) Cortes Jr. (0–1)—7–14L3
22August 15@ Astros 1–2 Javier (2–1) Margevicius (0–1) Pressly (2)7–15L4
23August 16@ Astros 2–3 Pressly (1–1) Swanson (0–2)—7–16L5
24August 17@ Dodgers 9–11 Ferguson (1–0) Magill (0–1) Jansen (7)7–17L6
25August 18@ Dodgers 1–2 Treinen (2–1) Altavilla (1–2)—7–18L7
26August 19 Dodgers 6–4 Walker (2–2) Santana (1–1) Williams (4)8–18W1
27August 20 Dodgers 1–6 Kershaw (3–1) Kikuchi (0–2)—8–19L1
28August 21 Rangers 7–4 Margevicius (1–1) Allard (0–2) Williams (5)9–19W1
29August 22 Rangers 10–1 Sheffield (2–2) Lyles (1–3)—10–19W2
30August 23 Rangers 4–1 Dunn (2–1) Minor (0–5) Williams (6)11–19W3
31August 25@ Padres 8–3 Gonzales (3–2) Paddack (2–3)—12–19W4
—August 26@ Padres Postponed (strikes due to shooting of Jacob Blake); Makeup: August 27
32August 27@ Padres (1)7–10 (7) Johnson (3–1) Williams (0–1)—12–20L1
33August 27@ Padres (2)8–3 (7) Kikuchi (1–2) Richards (1–2)—13–20W1
34August 28@ Angels 2–3 Heaney (2–2) Margevicius (1–2) Buttrey (4)13–21L1
35August 29@ Angels 3–16 Bundy (4–2) Sheffield (2–3)—13–22L2
36August 30@ Angels 2–1 (10) Williams (1–1) Quijada (0–1) Ramírez (1)14–22W1
37August 31@ Angels 2–1 Gonzales (4–2) Andriese (1–2)—15–22W2
September: 12–11 (Home: 9–6; Away: 3–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
—September 1 Athletics Postponed (COVID-19); Makeup: September 14
—September 2 Athletics Postponed (COVID-19); Makeup: September 14
—September 3 Athletics Postponed (COVID-19); Makeup: September 26
38September 4 Rangers 6–3 Kikuchi (2–2) Cody (0–1)—16–22W3
39September 5 Rangers 5–3 Gerber (1–0) Hernández (5–1) Ramírez (2)17–22W4
40September 6 Rangers 4–3 Dunn (3–1) Lyles (1–4) Hirano (1)18–22W5
41September 7 Rangers 8–4 Gonzales (5–2) Allard (0–5) Ramírez (3)19–22W6
42September 8@ Giants 5–6 Rogers (2–3) Misiewicz (0–2) Watson (2)19–23L1
43September 9@ Giants 1–10 Anderson (2–3) Margevicius (1–3)—19–24L2
44September 11@ Diamondbacks 3–4 Young (2–3) Kikuchi (2–3) Crichton (1)19–25L3
45September 12@ Diamondbacks 7–3 Sheffield (3–3) Gallen (1–2)—20–25W1
46September 13@ Diamondbacks 7–3 Sadler (1–0) Weaver (1–7)—21–25W2
47September 14 (1) Athletics 6–5 (7) Gonzales (6–2) Soria (2–2) Hirano (2)22–25W3
48September 14 (2) Athletics 0–9 (7) Minor (1–5) Yacabonis (0–1)—22–26L1
—September 15 Giants Postponed (Bad Air Quality); Makeup: September 17
49September 16 Giants [5] 3–9 Cahill (1–1) Newsome (0–1)—22–27L2
50September 17 Giants [5] 4–6 Garcia (1–1) Graveman (0–3) Selman (1)22–28L3
51September 18 Padres [6] 1–6 Paddack (4–4) Kikuchi (2–4)—22–29L4
52September 19 Padres 4–1 Sheffield (4–3) Altavilla (1–3) Hirano (3)23–29W1
53September 20 Padres 4–7 (11) Rosenthal (1–0) Sadler (1–1)—23–30L1
54September 21 Astros 6–1 Gonzales (7–2) McCullers Jr. (3–3)—24–30W1
55September 22 Astros 1–6 Valdez (5–3) Sadler (1–2)—24–31L1
56September 23 Astros 3–2 Margevicius (2–3) Greinke (3–3) Hirano (4)25–31W1
57September 25@ Athletics 1–3 (10) Diekman (2–0) Gerber (1–1)—25–32L1
58September 26 (1)@ Athletics 5–1 (8) Graveman (1–3) Hendriks (3–1)—26–32W1
59September 26 (2) Athletics 12–3 (7) Dunn (4–1) Blackburn (0–1)—27–32W2
60September 27@ Athletics 2–6 Petit (2–1) Hirano (0–1)—27–33L1
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement
Bold = Mariners team member

Roster

2020 Seattle Mariners
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other Batters

Manager

Coaches

Statistics

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; K = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; OBP = On base percentage; SLG = Slugging percentage;

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBISBBBKAVGOBPSLGTB
Austin Nola 29981530515190917.306.373.53152
Evan White 5418215327082611884.176.252.34663
Shed Long 341171020503941137.171.242.29134
J. P. Crawford 5320433527222462339.255.336.33869
Kyle Seager 60203354912094053233.241.355.43388
José Marmolejos 351071222406180732.206.261.41144
Kyle Lewis 58206375430112853471.262.364.43790
Phil Ervin 18395830040814.205.340.28211
Tim Lopes 4614316341202155634.238.278.36452
Dylan Moore 38137263590817121443.255.358.49668
Ty France 23861026512130622.302.362.45339
Dee Strange-Gordon 3375121510033513.200.268.21316
Luis Torrens 185951540160613.254.323.37322
Daniel Vogelbach 185335102401113.094.250.22612
Sam Haggerty 135071340164416.260.315.40020
Mallex Smith 14452620032213.133.170.1788
Joseph Odom 18392500020420.128.209.1285
Braden Bishop 12302520041210.167.242.2337
Jake Fraley 7263411002211.154.241.2697
Joe Hudson 917030000025.176.263.1763
Donovan Walton 513021003015.154.214.2313
Team Totals6019292544358856024450207545.226.309.370713

Source [7]

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
Marco Gonzales 723.101111069.2592724764
Justus Sheffield 433.581010055.15223222048
Yusei Kikuchi 245.1799047.04127272047
Justin Dunn 414.341010045.23123223138
Nick Margevicius 234.57107041.13821211436
Taijuan Walker 224.0055027.0211312825
Taylor Williams 115.93140613.21299719
Yohan Ramírez 002.61160320.29662026
Anthony Misiewicz 024.05210020.02099625
Joey Gerber 114.02170015.2138756
Yoshihisa Hirano 015.84130412.11898811
Kendall Graveman 135.79112018.2151312815
Ljay Newsome 015.1754015.2209919
Brady Lail 004.8070015.01288711
Dan Altavilla 127.71130111.2121110714
Matt Magill 016.10110010.1977611
Casey Sadler 124.5070010.0775412
Walker Lockett 004.325008.1124413
Taylor Guilbeau 001.178007.281163
Erik Swanson 0212.919007.211121129
Nestor Cortes Jr. 0115.265107.212141368
Brandon Brennan 003.685007.173357
Zac Grotz 0014.735007.1111212114
Bryan Shaw 1018.006006.013121264
Carl Edwards Jr. 001.935014.221116
Aaron Fletcher 0012.466004.176677
Seth Frankoff 0016.882002.265520
Jimmy Yacabonis 013.862102.121131
Tim Lopes 0018.001001.022210
Team Totals27335.03606015516.2482303289230469

Source [8]

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Tacoma Rainiers Pacific Coast League
AA Arkansas Travelers Texas League
A-Advanced Modesto Nuts California League
A West Virginia Power South Atlantic League
A-Short Season Everett AquaSox Northwest League
Rookie AZL Mariners Arizona League
Rookie DSL Mariners 1 Dominican Summer League
Rookie DSL Mariners 2 Dominican Summer League

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. ↑ Feinsand, Mark (June 24, 2020). "Play Ball: MLB announces 2020 regular season". MLB.com. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  4. ↑ "These are the rule changes for 2020 season". MLB.com. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  5. 1 2 "Mariners-Giants series moved from Seattle to San Francisco due to poor air quality from wildfires". cbssports.com. September 15, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Seattle Mariners' three-game-series with Padres relocated to San Diego due to air quality". seattlepi.com. September 17, 2020. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
  7. ↑ "2020 Seattle Mariners Batting Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
  8. ↑ "2020 Seattle Mariners Pitching Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
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