2020 Cleveland Indians season

The 2020 Cleveland Indians season was the 120th season for the franchise. It was the eighth season under the leadership of manager Terry Francona and fifth under general manager Mike Chernoff. The Indians play their home games at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio. They made the playoffs after missing them in 2019 and improved upon their previous year's record of 93–69. They were swept out of the playoffs, losing both games of the ALWCS to the New York Yankees, extending their postseason losing streak to eight games.

2020 Cleveland Indians
American League Central 2nd Place
League	American League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Progressive Field
City	Cleveland, Ohio
Record	35–25 (58.3%)
Divisional place	2nd
Owners	Larry Dolan
President of baseball operations	Chris Antonetti
General managers	Mike Chernoff
Managers	Terry Francona
Television	SportsTime Ohio · WKYC (Matt Underwood, Rick Manning)
Radio	WTAM · WMMS Cleveland Indians Radio Network (Tom Hamilton, Jim Rosenhaus, Rick Manning)
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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, commissioner Rob Manfred unilaterally implemented a 60-game season. Players reported to training camps on July 1 in order to participate in "summer camp" and prepare for a July 24 Opening Day.^[3]

Season standings

American League Central

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AL Central

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Minnesota Twins	36	24	.600	—	24‍–‍7	12‍–‍17
Cleveland Indians	35	25	.583	1	18‍–‍12	17‍–‍13
Chicago White Sox	35	25	.583	1	18‍–‍12	17‍–‍13
Kansas City Royals	26	34	.433	10	15‍–‍15	11‍–‍19
Detroit Tigers	23	35	.397	12	12‍–‍15	11‍–‍20

American League Wild Card

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Division leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
Tampa Bay Rays	40	20	.667
Oakland Athletics	36	24	.600
Minnesota Twins	36	24	.600

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Division 2nd place

Team	W	L	Pct.
Cleveland Indians	35	25	.583
New York Yankees	33	27	.550
Houston Astros	29	31	.483

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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 against opponents

2020 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2020 v t e
Team	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIN	NL
Chicago	—	2–8	9–1	9–1	5–5	10–10
Cleveland	8–2	—	7–3	5–5	3–7	12–8
Detroit	1–9	3–7	—	4–6	4–6	11–7
Kansas City	1–9	5–5	6–4	—	5–5	9–11
Minnesota	5–5	7–3	6–4	5–5	—	13–7

Game log

Regular season

2020 Game Log: 35–25 (Home: 18–12; Away: 17–13)
July: 5–3 (Home: 4–2; Away: 1–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record StreakUse background:#fbb for loss, #bfb for win, #bbb for cancelled/postponed --> 1 July 24 Royals 2–0 Bieber (1–0) Duffy (0–1) Hand (1) 1–0 W1 2 July 25 Royals 2–3 (10) Barlow (1–0) Karinchak (0–1) Holland (1) 1–1 L1 3 July 26 Royals 9–2 Carrasco (1–0) Bolaños (0–1) — 2–1 W1 – July 27 White Sox Postponed (rain). Makeup date: July 28.[4] 4 July 28 White Sox 4–3 Civale (1–0) Cease (0–1) Hand (2) 3–1 W2 5 July 28 White Sox 5–3 Plutko (1–0) Rodón (0–1) Hill (1) 4–1 W3 6 July 29 White Sox 0–4 Bummer (1–0) Hand (0–1) — 4–2 L1 7 July 30 @ Twins 2–0 Bieber (2–0) Berríos (0–1) Karinchak (1) 5–2 W1 8 July 31 @ Twins 1–4 Dobnak (1–1) Clevinger (0–1) Rogers (2) 5–3 L1
August: 16–11 (Home: 5–5; Away: 11–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record StreakUse background:#fbb for loss, #bfb for win, #bbb for cancelled/postponed --> 9 August 1 @ Twins 0–3 Maeda (2–0) Carrasco (1–1) Rogers (3) 5–4 L2 10 August 2 @ Twins 1–3 Smeltzer (1–0) Civale (1–1) Romo (2) 5–5 L3 11 August 3 @ Reds 2–3 Gray (3–0) Plesac (0–1) Iglesias (1) 5–6 L4 12 August 4 @ Reds 4–2 Bieber (3–0) Jones (0–1) Hand (3) 6–6 W1 13 August 5 Reds 2–0 Clevinger (1–1) Antone (0–1) Hand (4) 7–6 W2 14 August 6 Reds 13–0 Carrasco (2–1) Castillo (0–2) — 8–6 W3 15 August 7 @ White Sox 0–2 Cease (2–1) Civale (1–2) Colomé (4) 8–7 L1 16 August 8 @ White Sox 7–1 Plesac (1–1) Anderson (0–1) — 9–7 W1 17 August 9 @ White Sox 5–4 (10) Maton (1–0) Cordero (0–1) Pérez (1) 10–7 W2 18 August 11 Cubs 1–7 Lester (2–0) Plutko (0–1) — 10–8 L1 19 August 12 Cubs 2–7 Hendricks (3–1) Carrasco (2–2) — 10–9 L2 20 August 14 @ Tigers 10–5 Civale (2–2) Nova (1–1) — 11–9 W1 21 August 15 @ Tigers 3–1 Bieber (4–0) Turnbull (2–1) Hand (5) 12–9 W2 22 August 16 @ Tigers 8–5 Pérez (1–0) Schreiber (0–1) — 13–9 W3 23 August 18 @ Pirates 6–3 (10) Wittgren (1–0) Howard (1–1) Hand (6) 14–9 W4 24 August 19 @ Pirates 6–1 Civale (3–2) Neverauskas (0–3) — 15–9 W5 25 August 20 @ Pirates 2–0 Bieber (5–0) Williams (1–4) Hand (7) 16–9 W6 26 August 21 Tigers 5–10 García (1–0) Plutko (1–2) — 16–10 L1 27 August 22 Tigers 6–1 McKenzie (1–0) Boyd (0–4) — 17–10 W1 28 August 23 Tigers 4–7 Norris (2–1) Carrasco (2–3) — 17–11 L1 29 August 24 Twins 2–3 Maeda (4–0) Civale (3–3) Rogers (7) 17–12 L2 30 August 25 Twins 4–2 Bieber (6–0) Alcalá (1–1) Hand (8) 18–12 W1 31 August 26 Twins 6–3 Maton (2–0) Romo (0–1) Hand (9) 19–12 W2 32 August 28 @ Cardinals 14–2 Hill (1–0) Ponce de Leon (0–3) Plutko (1) 20–12 W3 33 August 29 @ Cardinals 2–1 (12) Wittgren (2–0) Reyes (1–1) Hand (10) 21–12 W4 34 August 30 @ Cardinals 2–7 Wainwright (3–0) Civale (3–4) — 21–13 L1 35 August 31 @ Royals 1–2 Barlow (2–1) Karinchak (0–2) Holland (2) 21–14 L2
September: 14–11 (Home: 9–5; Away: 5–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record StreakUse background:#fbb for loss, #bfb for win, #bbb for cancelled/postponed --> 36 September 1 @ Royals 10–1 Plesac (2–1) Harvey (0–2) — 22–14 W1 37 September 2 @ Royals 5–0 McKenzie (2–0) Junis (0–1) — 23–14 W2 38 September 4 Brewers 1–7 Burnes (2–0) Maton (2–1) — 23–15 L1 39 September 5 Brewers 4–3 Hand (1–1) Hader (0–1) — 24–15 W1 40 September 6 Brewers 4–1 Bieber (7–0) Anderson (2–3) Hand (11) 25–15 W2 41 September 7 Royals 5–2 Plesac (3–1) Keller (3–2) Hand (12) 26–15 W3 42 September 8 Royals 5–8 Holland (3–0) Cimber (0–1) Barlow (2) 26–16 L1 43 September 9 Royals 0–3 Duffy (3–3) Carrasco (2–4) Holland (3) 26–17 L2 44 September 10 Royals 1–11 Singer (2–4) Civale (3–5) — 26–18 L3 45 September 11 @ Twins 1–3 Maeda (5–1) Bieber (7–1) Rogers (9) 26–19 L4 46 September 12 @ Twins 4–8 Hill (2–1) Plesac (3–2) — 26–20 L5 47 September 13 @ Twins 5–7 Thielbar (2–0) McKenzie (2–1) Romo (4) 26–21 L6 48 September 15 @ Cubs 5–6 Jeffress (4–1) Pérez (1–1) — 26–22 L7 49 September 16 @ Cubs 2–3 (10) Adam (2–1) Maton (2–2) — 26–23 L8 50 September 17 @ Tigers 10–3 Bieber (8–1) Mize (0–2) — 27–23 W1 51 September 18 @ Tigers 1–0 Plesac (4–2) Alexander (2–2) Hand (13) 28–23 W2 52 September 19 @ Tigers 2–5 Cisnero (3–3) Maton (2–3) Garcia (3) 28–24 L1 53 September 20 @ Tigers 7–4 Carrasco (3–4) Boyd (2–7) — 29–24 W1 54 September 21 White Sox 7–4 Civale (4–5) Fry (0–1) Hand (14) 30–24 W2 55 September 22 White Sox 5–3 (10) Maton (3–3) Foster (5–1) — 31–24 W3 56 September 23 White Sox 3–2 Hand (2–1) González (1–2) — 32–24 W4 57 September 24 White Sox 5–4 Hill (2–0) Rodón (0–2) Hand (15) 33–24 W5 58 September 25 Pirates 4–3 Plutko (2–2) Stratton (2–1) — 34–24 W6 59 September 26 Pirates 0–8 Musgrove (1–5) Civale (4–6) — 34–25 L1 60 September 27 Pirates 8–6 Karinchak (1–2) Turley (0–3) Hand (16) 35–25 W1
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Indians team member

Postseason

2020 Postseason: 0−2 (Home 0−2; Away 0−0)
American League Wild Card Series: 0−2 (Home 0–2; Away 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record 1 September 29 Yankees 3–12 Cole (1–0) Bieber (0–1) — 0–1 2 September 30 Yankees 9–10 Chapman (1–0) Hand (0–1) — 0–2

Postseason rosters

Playoff rosters

American League Wild Card Series Pitchers: 26 Triston McKenzie 27 Cam Hill 33 Brad Hand 34 Zach Plesac 38 Cal Quantrill 39 Óliver Pérez 43 Aaron Civale 57 Shane Bieber 59 Carlos Carrasco 62 Nick Wittgren 88 Phil Maton 90 Adam Cimber 99 James Karinchak Catchers: 9 Sandy León 17 Austin Hedges 55 Roberto Pérez Infielders: 6 Mike Freeman 7 César Hernández 11 José Ramírez 12 Francisco Lindor 41 Carlos Santana Outfielders: 0 Delino DeShields Jr. 4 Bradley Zimmer 8 Jordan Luplow 30 Tyler Naquin 31 Josh Naylor 35 Oscar Mercado Designated hitters: 32 Franmil Reyes

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Greg Allen	15	25	3	4	1	0	1	4	.160	1
Christian Arroyo	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0
Yu Chang	10	11	1	2	0	0	0	1	.182	0
Delino DeShields Jr.	37	107	10	27	3	2	0	7	.252	3
Mike Freeman	24	38	5	9	3	0	0	3	.237	0
Austin Hedges	6	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	.083	0
Cesar Hernandez	58	233	35	66	20	0	3	20	.283	0
Daniel Johnson	5	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	.083	0
Sandy Leon	25	66	4	9	1	0	2	4	.136	0
Francisco Lindor	60	236	30	61	13	0	8	27	.258	6
Jordan Luplow	29	78	8	15	5	1	2	8	.192	0
Oscar Mercado	36	86	6	11	1	0	1	6	.128	3
Tyler Naquin	40	133	15	29	8	1	4	20	.218	0
Josh Naylor	22	61	9	14	3	0	0	2	.230	0
Roberto Perez	32	97	6	16	2	0	1	5	.165	0
Jose Ramirez	58	219	45	64	16	1	17	46	.292	10
Franmil Reyes	59	211	27	58	10	0	9	34	.275	0
Carlos Santana	60	206	34	41	7	0	8	30	.199	0
Domingo Santana	24	70	6	11	3	0	2	12	.157	0
Beau Taylor	7	21	1	1	0	0	0	2	.048	0
Bradley Zimmer	20	37	3	6	0	0	1	3	.162	2
Team Totals	60	1959	248	446	96	5	59	234	.228	25

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

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Logan Allen	0	0	3.08	3	0	0	10.2	12	4	4	7	7
Shane Bieber	8	1	1.63	12	12	0	77.1	46	15	14	21	122
Carlos Carrasco	3	4	2.91	12	12	0	68.0	55	22	22	27	82
Adam Cimber	0	1	3.97	14	0	0	11.1	13	5	5	2	5
Aaron Civale	4	6	4.74	12	12	0	74.0	82	39	39	16	69
Mike Clevinger	1	1	3.18	4	4	0	22.2	20	8	8	11	21
Brad Hand	2	1	2.05	23	0	16	22.0	13	8	5	4	29
Cam Hill	2	0	4.91	18	0	1	18.1	11	11	10	5	16
James Karinchak	1	2	2.67	27	0	1	27.0	14	9	8	16	53
Dominic Leone	0	0	8.38	12	0	0	9.2	14	9	9	5	16
Phil Maton	3	3	4.57	23	0	0	21.2	23	14	11	6	32
Triston McKenzie	2	1	3.24	8	6	0	33.1	21	12	12	9	42
Kyle Nelson	0	0	54.00	1	0	0	0.2	3	4	4	1	0
Oliver Perez	1	1	2.00	21	0	1	18.0	13	5	4	6	14
Zach Plesac	4	2	2.28	8	8	0	55.1	38	14	14	6	57
Adam Plutko	2	2	4.88	10	4	1	27.2	30	15	15	7	15
Cal Quantrill	0	0	1.84	8	2	0	14.2	14	6	3	2	13
Nick Wittgren	2	0	3.42	25	0	0	23.2	18	9	9	6	28
Team Totals	35	25	3.29	60	60	20	536.0	440	209	196	157	621

Roster

2020 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers 54 Logan Allen 57 Shane Bieber 59 Carlos Carrasco 90 Adam Cimber 43 Aaron Civale 52 Mike Clevinger 33 Brad Hand 27 Cam Hill 99 James Karinchak 53 Dominic Leone 88 Phil Maton 26 Triston McKenzie 63 Kyle Nelson 39 Óliver Pérez 34 Zach Plesac 45 Adam Plutko 38 Cal Quantrill 62 Nick Wittgren		Catchers 17 Austin Hedges  9 Sandy León 55 Roberto Pérez 46 Beau Taylor Infielders 26 Christian Arroyo  2 Yu Chang  6 Mike Freeman  7 César Hernández 12 Francisco Lindor 11 José Ramírez 41 Carlos Santana		Outfielders  1 Greg Allen  0 Delino DeShields Jr. 23 Daniel Johnson  8 Jordan Luplow 35 Oscar Mercado 30 Tyler Naquin 31 Josh Naylor 32 Franmil Reyes 24 Domingo Santana  4 Bradley Zimmer		Manager 77 Terry Francona Coaches 15 Sandy Alomar Jr. (catching coach/acting manager) 87 Mike Barnett (replays/assistant bench coach) 64 Armando Camacaro (bullpen catcher) -- Alex Eckelman (assistant hitting) 97 Kyle Hudson (1B coach) 70 Tony Mansolino (3B coach) 00 Brad Mills (bench/OF) 58 Ruben Niebla (assistant pitching) 82 Ricky Pacione (bullpen catcher) 60 Victor Rodriguez (acting hitting) 16 Mike Sarbaugh (acting bench/OF) 85 Brian Sweeney (bullpen) 96 Justin Toole (hitting analyst) 29 Ty Van Burkleo (hitting) 51 Carl Willis (pitching)

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Clippers	International League	Andy Tracy
AA	Akron RubberDucks	Eastern League	Rouglas Odor
A-Advanced	Lynchburg Hillcats	Carolina League	Jim Pankovits
A	Lake County Captains	Midwest League	Greg DiCenzo
A-Short Season	Mahoning Valley Scrappers	New York–Penn League	Dennis Malave
Rookie	AZL Indians	Arizona League	Larry Day (AZL Indians 1 "Red")/Jerry Owens (AZL Indians 2 "Blue")
Rookie	DSL Indians	Dominican Summer League	Jesús Tavárez (DSL Indians)/Alcides Melendez (DSL Indians/Brewers)