2020 Arizona Diamondbacks season

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2020  Arizona Diamondbacks
Arizona Diamondbacks cap logo.svg
League National League
Division West
Ballpark Chase Field
City Phoenix, Arizona
Record25–35 (.417)
Divisional place5th
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
BB-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 are managed by Torey Lovullo in his fourth season with the franchise.

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

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

TeamAZCOLLADSDSFAL
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

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

Roster

2020 Arizona Diamondbacks
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
Christian Walker 572183559181734119.271.459
David Peralta 542031961101534113.300.433
Eduardo Escobar 54203224373420115.212.335
Nick Ahmed 571992953101529418.266.402
Kole Calhoun 541903543901640128.226.526
Ketel Marte 45181195214121717.287.409
Starling Marte 33122233881214510.311.443
Carson Kelly 3912211275051906.221.385
Daulton Varsho 3710116195239312.188.366
Stephen Vogt 2672612501708.167.278
Tim Locastro 33691520412748.290.464
Josh Rojas 1761911000217.180.180
Jon Jay 185058101403.160.240
Jake Lamb 184325100106.116.140
Pavin Smith 1237710011415.270.405
Josh VanMeter 123667201504.194.333
Wyatt Mathisen 92756002505.222.444
Andrew Young 122635201405.192.385
Ildemaro Vargas 82023000001.150.150
Kevin Cron 81700000001.000.000
Team Totals601997269482101125825523181.241.391

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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
Zac Gallen 322.751212072.05524222582
Luke Weaver 196.581212052.06339381855
Alex Young 245.44157046.15130281439
Taylor Clarke 304.36125043.13523212140
Madison Bumgarner 146.4899041.24731301330
Merrill Kelly 322.5955031.12699529
Robbie Ray 147.8477031.03127273143
Stefan Crichton 222.42260526.02277923
Junior Guerra 123.04250023.2171081521
Héctor Rondón 107.65230020.02518171123
Taylor Widener 014.50120020.01410101222
Yoan López 015.95200019.2211513916
Riley Smith 201.4760018.11533518
Kevin Ginkel 026.75190116.02113121318
Caleb Smith 002.4543011.0533612
Archie Bradley 104.22100610.21355312
Keury Mella 201.80110010.01032310
Travis Bergen 104.057016.243388
Andrew Chafin 118.1011006.2966410
Artie Lewicki 005.402003.172215
Joel Payamps 003.002003.022132
Joe Mantiply 0015.434002.134442
Matt Grace 0154.003001.056622
Silvino Bracho 0018.001001.022201
Carson Kelly 000.001001.010000
Jeremy Beasley 000.001000.120001
Team Totals25354.84606013518.1506295279235524

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Minor league affiliations

LevelTeamLeagueLocation
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

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