2020 Baltimore Orioles season

2020 Baltimore Orioles
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkOriole Park at Camden Yards
CityBaltimore, Maryland
Record25–35 (.417)
Divisional place4th
OwnersPeter Angelos
General managersMike Elias
ManagersBrandon Hyde
TelevisionMASN
(Gary Thorne, Jim Palmer, Mike Bordick, Jim Hunter)
RadioWJZ-FM
Baltimore Orioles Radio Network
(Jim Hunter, Ben McDonald, Mike Bordick, Kevin Brown, Melanie Newman)
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The 2020 Baltimore Orioles season was the 120th season in Baltimore Orioles franchise history, the 67th in Baltimore, and the 29th at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The season was the Orioles' second under manager Brandon Hyde. They finished the pandemic-shortened season 25–35, their best 60-game stretch since 2017. The Orioles had their highest winning percentage since 2017 when they went 75–87. Despite these improvements, they missed the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season as they were eliminated from playoff contention on September 22.

Regular season standings

American League East

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Tampa Bay Rays 40 20 .667 — 20‍–‍9 20‍–‍11
New York Yankees 33 27 .550 7 22‍–‍9 11‍–‍18
Toronto Blue Jays 32 28 .533 8 17‍–‍9 15‍–‍19
Baltimore Orioles 25 35 .417 15 13‍–‍20 12‍–‍15
Boston Red Sox 24 36 .400 16 11‍–‍20 13‍–‍16


American League Wild Card

Division Leaders
Team W L Pct.
Tampa Bay Rays 40 20 .667
Oakland Athletics 36 24 .600
Minnesota Twins 36 24 .600
Division 2nd Place
Team W L Pct.
Cleveland Indians 35 25 .583
New York Yankees 33 27 .550
Houston Astros 29 31 .483
Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
Chicago White Sox 35 25 .583 +3
Toronto Blue Jays 32 28 .533 —
Seattle Mariners 27 33 .450 5
Los Angeles Angels 26 34 .433 6
Kansas City Royals 26 34 .433 6
Baltimore Orioles 25 35 .417 7
Boston Red Sox 24 36 .400 8
Detroit Tigers 23 35 .397 8
Texas Rangers 22 38 .367 10


Record vs. opponents

2020 American League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2020

Team BAL BOS NYY TB TOR NL
Baltimore — 5–5 3–7 4–6 2–8 11–9
Boston 5–5 — 1–9 3–7 5–5 10–10
New York 7–3 9–1 — 2–8 5–5 10–10
Tampa Bay 6–4 7–3 8–2 — 6–4 13–7
Toronto 8–2 5–5 5–5 4–6 — 10–10

Game log

Past Games Legend
Orioles Win
(#bfb) 		Orioles Loss
(#fbb) 		Game Postponed
(#bbb) 		Eliminated from Playoff Contention
(#933)
Bold denotes an Orioles pitcher
Future Games Legend
Home Game
 Away Game
2020 Game Log: 25–35 (.417) (Home: 13–17; Away: 12–18)
July: 3–3 (Home: 1–2; Away: 2–1)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Box/
Streak
1 July 24 @ Red Sox 2–13 Eovaldi (1–0) Milone (0–1) — 0–1 L1
2 July 25 @ Red Sox 7–2 Cobb (1–0) Pérez (0–1) — 1–1 W1
3 July 26 @ Red Sox 7–4 LeBlanc (1–0) Weber (0–1) Sulser (1) 2–1 W2
— July 27 @ Marlins Postponed (COVID-19).[1] Makeup Date August 5 as part of doubleheader
— July 28 @ Marlins Postponed (COVID-19).[1] Makeup Date August 6.
— July 29 Marlins Postponed (COVID-19).[1] Makeup Date August 4.
— July 30 Marlins Postponed (COVID-19).[1] Makeup Date August 5 as part of doubleheader.
4 July 29 Yankees[2] 3–9 Cole (2–0) Wojciechowski (0–1) — 2–2 L1
5 July 30 Yankees[2] 6–8 Loáisiga (1–0) Sulser (0–1) Britton (2) 2–3 L2
6 July 31 Rays 6–3 Fry (1–0) Fairbanks (1–1) Sulser (2) 3–3 W1
August: 12–16 (Home: 5–9; Away: 7–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Box/
Streak
7 August 1 Rays 5–4 (11) Lakins (1–0) Drake (0–2) — 4–3 W2
8 August 2 Rays 5–1 Phillips (1–0) Beeks (0–1) Sulser (3) 5–3 W3
— August 3 Yankees Postponed (COVID-19). Makeup Date September 4 as part of doubleheader.
9 August 4 Marlins[3] 0–4 López (1–0) Means (0–1) — 5–4 L1
10 August 5 Marlins[3] 0–1 (7) Vincent (1–0) Cobb (1–1) Kintzler (2) 5–5 L2
11 August 5 @ Marlins[a][3] 1–2 (7) Moran (1–0) Wojciechowski (0–2) Tarpley (1) 5–6 L3
12 August 6 @ Marlins[a][3] 7–8 Morin (1–0) Phillips (1–1) Kintzler (3) 5–7 L4
13 August 7 @ Nationals 11–0 Milone (1–1) Sánchez (0–2) — 6–7 W1
14 August 8 @ Nationals 5–3 Armstrong (1–0) Hudson (1–1) Castro (1) 7–7 W2
— August 9 @ Nationals Suspended (field issues). Orioles lead 5–2, 1 out, top of 6th inning, runners on 1st & 2nd. Completed on August 14.
15 August 11 @ Phillies 10–9 (10) Sulser (1–1) Guerra (1–2) Lakins (1) 8–7 W3
16 August 12 @ Phillies 5–4 Armstrong (2–0) Eflin (0–1) Sulser (4) 9–7 W4
17 August 13 @ Phillies 11–4 Eshelman (1–0) Arrieta (1–2) — 10–7 W5
18 August 14 @ Nationals[b] 6–2 Lakins (2–0) Strasburg (0–1) — 11–7 W6
19 August 14 Nationals 3–15 Fedde (1–1) Milone (1–2) — 11–8 L1
20 August 15 Nationals 7–3 Wojciechowski (1–2) Corbin (2–1) Sulser (5) 12–8 W1
21 August 16 Nationals 5–6 Scherzer (2–1) Lakins (2–1) Hudson (4) 12–9 L1
22 August 17 Blue Jays 2–7 Ryu (2–1) Cobb (1–2) — 12–10 L2
23 August 18 Blue Jays 7–8 (10) Bass (1–0) Sulser (1–2) — 12–11 L3
24 August 19 Blue Jays 2–5 Roark (2–1) Milone (1–3) Dolis (1) 12–12 L4
25 August 20 Red Sox 1–7 Eovaldi (2–2) Wojciechowski (1–3) — 12–13 L5
26 August 21 Red Sox 5–8 Hernández (1–0) Means (0–2) Barnes (1) 12–14 L6
27 August 22 Red Sox 5–4 (10) Castro (1–0) Barnes (1–2) — 13–14 W1
28 August 23 Red Sox 5–4 Eshelman (2–0) Godley (0–3) Scott (1) 14–14 W2
29 August 25 @ Rays 2–4 Glasnow (1–1) Milone (1–4) García (1) 14–15 L1[permanent dead link‍]
30 August 26 @ Rays 3–4 Sherriff (1–0) Givens (0–1) Castillo (1) 14–16 L2[permanent dead link‍]
— August 27 @ Rays Postponed (strikes due to shooting of Jacob Blake). Makeup Date: September 17.
31 August 28 @ Blue Jays 4–5 (10) Dolis (1–1) Sulser (1–3) — 14–17 L3
32 August 29 @ Blue Jays 0–5 Walker (3–2) Cobb (1–3) — 14–18 L4
33 August 30 @ Blue Jays 5–6 Bass (2–1) Sulser (1–4) — 14–19 L5
34 August 31 @ Blue Jays 4–3 (11) Valdez (1–0) Bass (2–2) — 15–19 W1
September: 10–16 (Home: 7–6; Away: 3–10)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Box/
Streak
35 September 1 Mets 9–5 Eshelman (3–0) Kilome (0–1) — 16–19 W2
36 September 2 Mets 4–9 Peterson (4–1) Means (0–3) — 16–20 L1
37 September 4 Yankees 5–6 (9) Holder (2–0) Lakins (2–2) Green (1) 16–21 L2
38 September 4 Yankees 6–3 (7) López (1–0) García (0–1) Valdez (1) 17–21 W1
39 September 5 Yankees 6–1 Tate (1–0) Cole (4–3) — 18–21 W2
40 September 6 Yankees 5–1 Kremer (1–0) Tanaka (1–2) — 19–21 W3
41 September 8 @ Mets 11–2 Means (1–3) Wacha (1–3) — 20–21 W4
42 September 9 @ Mets 6–7 Familia (2–0) Harvey (0–1) Díaz (3) 20–22 L1
— September 10 @ Yankees Postponed (rain). Makeup Date September 11 as part of doubleheader
43 September 11 @ Yankees 0–6 (7) Cole (5–3) Cobb (1–4) — 20–23 L2
44 September 11 @ Yankees 1–10 (7) Tanaka (2–2) Akin (0–1) — 20–24 L3
45 September 12 @ Yankees 1–2 (10) Holder (3–0) Harvey (0–2) — 20–25 L4
46 September 13 @ Yankees 1–3 Britton (1–2) Tate (1–1) Chapman (2) 20–26 L5
47 September 14 Braves 14–1 López (2–0) Toussaint (0–2) — 21–26 W1
48 September 15 Braves 1–5 O'Day (4–0) Eshelman (3–1) — 21–27 L1
49 September 16 Braves 5–1 Akin (1–1) Hamels (0–1) — 22–27 W1
50 September 17 Rays 1–3 (7) Castillo (3–0) Valdez (1–1) — 22–28 L1
51 September 17 @ Rays[c] 6–10 (7) Fairbanks (5–3) Sulser (1–5) — 22–29 L2
52 September 18 Rays 1–2 Glasnow (4–1) Cobb (1–5) Sherriff (1) 22–30 L3
53 September 19 Rays 1–3 Morton (2–2) López (2–1) Thompson (1) 22–31 L4
54 September 20 Rays 2–1 Means (2–3) Yarbrough (1–4) Valdez (2) 23–31 W1
55 September 22 @ Red Sox 3–8 Pivetta (1–0) Akin (1–2) Barnes (9) 23–32 L1
56 September 23 @ Red Sox 1–9 Eovaldi (4–2) Kremer (1–1) — 23–33 L2
57 September 24 @ Red Sox 13–1 Cobb (2–5) Pérez (3–5) — 24–33 W1
58 September 25 @ Blue Jays 5–10 Pearson (1–0) López (2–2) — 24–34 L1
59 September 26 @ Blue Jays 2–5 Anderson (1–2) Means (2–4) Bass (7) 24–35 L2
60 September 27 @ Blue Jays 7–5 Lakins (3–2) Yamaguchi (2–4) Valdez (3) 25–35 W1
  1. ^ a b Games moved to Oriole Park at Camden Yards for safety concerns due to the COVID-19 pandemic "hot spot" in Florida.
  2. ^ Completion of game suspended on August 9. Game moved to Oriole Park at Camden Yards with Washington serving as the "home" team.
  3. ^ Game moved to Oriole Park at Camden Yards with Tampa Bay serving as the "home" team.

Roster

2020 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

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

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB AVG SLG
Hanser Alberto 54 219 35 62 15 0 3 22 3 5 .283 .393
Renato Núñez 52 195 29 50 10 0 12 31 0 17 .256 .492
Rio Ruiz 54 185 25 41 11 0 9 32 1 17 .222 .427
Pedro Severino 48 160 17 40 5 1 5 21 1 16 .250 .388
Anthony Santander 37 153 24 40 13 1 11 32 0 10 .261 .575
José Iglesias 39 142 16 53 17 0 3 24 0 3 .373 .556
Pat Valaika 52 141 24 39 4 0 8 16 0 8 .277 .475
Cedric Mullins 48 140 16 38 4 3 3 12 7 8 .271 .407
Ryan Mountcastle 35 126 12 42 5 0 5 23 0 11 .333 .492
Austin Hays 33 122 20 34 2 0 4 9 2 8 .279 .393
Chance Sisco 36 98 11 21 4 0 4 10 0 17 .214 .378
DJ Stewart 31 88 13 17 2 0 7 15 0 20 .193 .455
Dwight Smith Jr. 21 63 9 14 3 0 2 6 1 7 .222 .365
Andrew Velazquez 40 63 11 10 1 1 0 3 4 10 .159 .206
Chris Davis 16 52 3 6 3 0 0 1 0 3 .115 .173
Bryan Holaday 20 31 5 5 1 0 0 4 0 2 .161 .194
Ramón Urías 10 25 3 9 2 0 1 3 0 2 .360 .560
Mason Williams 10 18 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .111 .222
Dilson Herrera 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Team Totals 60 2026 274 523 102 7 77 264 19 164 .258 .429

Source:[1]

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

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB SO
Alex Cobb 2 5 4.30 10 10 0 52.1 52 27 25 18 38
John Means 2 4 4.53 10 10 0 43.2 36 22 22 7 42
Jorge López 2 2 6.34 9 6 0 38.1 43 30 27 12 28
Asher Wojciechowski 1 3 6.81 10 7 0 37.0 45 29 28 15 31
Thomas Eshelman 3 1 3.89 12 4 0 34.2 34 17 15 9 16
Tommy Milone 1 4 3.99 6 6 0 29.1 33 18 13 4 31
Keegan Akin 1 2 4.56 8 6 0 25.2 27 17 13 10 35
Travis Lakins 3 2 2.81 22 0 1 25.2 25 11 8 13 25
Cole Sulser 1 5 5.56 19 0 5 22.2 17 18 14 17 19
Wade LeBlanc 1 0 8.06 6 6 0 22.1 27 20 20 8 13
Paul Fry 1 0 2.45 22 0 0 22.0 22 7 6 9 29
Tanner Scott 0 0 1.31 25 0 1 20.2 12 5 3 10 23
Dean Kremer 1 1 4.82 4 4 0 18.2 15 10 10 12 22
Dillon Tate 1 1 3.24 12 0 0 16.2 9 7 6 5 14
Miguel Castro 1 0 4.02 16 0 1 15.2 17 7 7 5 24
Shawn Armstrong 2 0 1.80 14 0 0 15.0 9 6 3 3 14
Evan Phillips 1 1 5.02 14 0 0 14.1 14 8 8 10 20
César Valdez 1 1 1.26 9 0 3 14.1 7 3 2 3 12
Mychal Givens 0 1 1.38 12 0 0 13.0 7 2 2 6 19
Hunter Harvey 0 2 4.15 10 0 0 8.2 8 6 4 2 6
Bruce Zimmermann 0 0 7.71 2 1 0 7.0 6 6 6 2 7
David Hess 0 0 6.43 3 0 0 7.0 10 5 5 2 1
Branden Kline 0 0 1.80 3 0 0 5.0 2 1 1 3 7
Carson Fulmer 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 3.2 0 0 0 2 4
Richard Bleier 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 4
Cody Carroll 0 0 54.00 3 0 0 2.0 9 12 12 5 3
Bryan Holaday 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.1 2 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 25 35 4.51 60 60 11 518.2 489 294 260 192 487

Source:[2]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

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.[4]

Level Team League Manager
AAA Norfolk Tides International League
AA Bowie Baysox Eastern League
A-Advanced Frederick Keys Carolina League
A Delmarva Shorebirds South Atlantic League
Short-Season A Aberdeen IronBirds New York–Penn League
Rookie GCL Orioles Gulf Coast League
Rookie DSL Orioles Dominican Summer League

COVID-19 outbreak

On July 27, 2020, both away games against the Miami Marlins were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, because there was a COVID outbreak in the Miami Marlins organization, and later the Orioles′ home games were also postponed. As a result, the Orioles played the New York Yankees on July 29–30.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Footer, Alyson (July 27, 2020). "Marlins-O's, Yanks-Phils games postponed". mlb.com. MLB Advanced Media. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Marlins won't play thru Sun.; BAL to play NYY". mlb.com. MLB Advanced Media. July 28, 2020. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d "Marlins-O's series game times announced". orioles.com. August 3, 2020. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  4. ^ Adler, David (June 30, 2020). "2020 Minor League Baseball season canceled". MLB.com. Retrieved June 30, 2020.