2020 Los Angeles Angels
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkAngel Stadium
CityAnaheim, California
Record26–34 (.433)
Divisional place4th
OwnersArte Moreno
ManagersJoe Maddon
TelevisionFox Sports West
(Victor Rojas, Mark Gubicza)
RadioKLAA (AM 830)
KSPN (AM 710)
Angels Radio Network
(Terry Smith, Mark Langston, José Mota)
Spanish: KWKW (AM 1330)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
Seasons

The 2020 Los Angeles Angels season was the 60th season of the Angels franchise in the American League and the 55th in Anaheim. The Angels were managed by Joe Maddon, in his first season as manager of the Angels. The Angels played their home games at Angel Stadium as members of Major League Baseball's American League West Division. Los Angeles opened the season on July 24 at the Oakland Athletics and finished the season at the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The Angels finished the season 26–34 to finish in fourth place in the division.

The season was shortened to a 60-game schedule due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

Previous season

The Angels finished the 2019 season 72–90 to finish in last place in the West Division. On September 30, 2019, the Angels fired manager Brad Ausmus after only one season with the Angels.[2]

Coaching changes

After the club had fired Ausmus, speculation increased that the Angels would hire Joe Maddon, who had previously a bench coach with the Angels and spent 20 years in the Angels' system.[2] On October 16, the Angels named Maddon the team's new manager.[3]

COVID-19 effects on season

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.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6]

Regular season

Game log

2020 season game log: 26–34 (Home: 14–16; Away: 12–18)
July: 2–6 (Home: 1–3; Away: 1–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
1July 24@ Athletics3–7 (10)Smith (1–0)Robles (0–1)—0–1L1
2July 25@ Athletics4–1Bundy (1–0)Manaea (0–1)Robles (1)1–1W1
3July 26@ Athletics4–6Petit (1–0)Ohtani (0–1)Hendriks (1)1–2L1
4July 27@ Athletics0–3Smith (2–0)Canning (0–1)Soria (1)1–3L2
5July 28Mariners10–2Buchter (1–0)Sheffield (0–1)—2–3W1
6July 29Mariners7–10Shaw (1–0)Barnes (0–1)Altavilla (1)2–4L1
7July 30Mariners5–8Gonzales (1–1)Bundy (1–1)—2–5L2
8July 31Astros6–9Bielak (2–0)Andriese (0–1)Scrubb (1)2–6L3
August: 10–18 (Home: 4–8; Away: 6–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
9August 1Astros5–4 (10)Buchter (2–0)Rodríguez (0–1)—3–6W1
10August 2Astros5–6 (11)Taylor (1–0)Barnes (0–2)—3–7L1
11August 4@ Mariners5–3Heaney (1–0)Dunn (0–1)Buttrey (1)4–7W1
12August 5@ Mariners6–7Gonzales (2–1)Teherán (0–1)Edwards Jr. (1)4–8L1
13August 6@ Mariners6–1Bundy (2–1)Walker (1–2)—5–8W1
14August 7@ Rangers3–4Lyles (1–1)Canning (0–2)Montero (1)5–9L1
15August 8@ Rangers0–2Vólquez (1–1)Sandoval (0–1)Montero (2)5–10L2
16August 9@ Rangers3–7Lynn (2–0)Heaney (1–1)—5–11L3
17August 10Athletics10–9Peña (1–0)Petit (1–1)Buttrey (2)6–11W1
18August 11Athletics6–0Bundy (3–1)Fiers (1–1)—7–11W2
19August 12Athletics4–8Bassitt (2–0)Canning (0–3)—7–12L1
20August 14Dodgers4–7Kershaw (2–1)Sandoval (0–2)Jansen (5)7–13L2
21August 15Dodgers5–6 (10)McGee (2–0)Middleton (0–1)Jansen (6)7–14L3
22August 16Dodgers3–8Alexander (1–0)Teherán (0–2)—7–15L4
23August 17Giants7–6Buttrey (1–0)Gott (1–2)—8–15W1
24August 18Giants2–8García (1–1)Bundy (3–2)—8–16L1
25August 19@ Giants2–7Cueto (2–0)Sandoval (0–3)—8–17L2
26August 20@ Giants5–10Gausman (1–1)Suárez (0–1)—8–18L3
27August 21@ Athletics3–5Fiers (3–1)Heaney (1–2)Hendriks (9)8–19L4
28August 22@ Athletics4–3Andriese (1–1)Bassitt (2–1)Buttrey (3)9–19W1
29August 23@ Athletics4–5 (10)Hendriks (2–0)Buttrey (1–1)—9–20L1
30August 24@ Astros4–11Valdez (3–2)Sandoval (0–4)—9–21L2
31August 25 (1)@ Astros3–6 (7)Javier (3–1)Suárez (0–2)Pressly (4)9–22L3
32August 25 (2)@ Astros12–5 (7)Peña (2–0)Bielak (3–2)—10–22W1
—August 26@ AstrosPostponed (Hurricane Laura); Makeup: September 5
33August 28Mariners3–2Heaney (2–2)Margevicius (1–2)Buttrey (4)11–22W2
34August 29Mariners16–3Bundy (4–2)Sheffield (2–3)—12–22W3
35August 30Mariners1–2 (10)Williams (1–1)Quijada (0–1)Ramírez (1)12–23L1
36August 31Mariners1–2Gonzales (4–2)Andriese (1–2)—12–24L2
September: 14–10 (Home: 8–4; Away: 6–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
37September 2Padres4–11Hill (2–0)Buttrey (1–2)—12–25L3
38September 3Padres2–0Heaney (3–2)Clevinger (1–2)Peña (1)13–25W1
39September 4Astros6–5 (11)Andriese (2–2)Raley (0–1)—14–25W2
40September 5 (1)Astros10–9 (7)Peña (3–0)Paredes (1–2)—15–25W3
41September 5 (2)@ Astros7–6Ramirez (1–0)Castellanos (0–1)Buttrey (5)16–25W4
42September 6Astros9–5Mayers (1–0)Valdez (3–3)—17–25W5
43September 8@ Rangers1–7Lynn (5–2)Heaney (3–3)—17–26L1
44September 9@ Rangers3–7King (1–0)Teherán (0–3)—17–27L2
45September 10@ Rangers6–2Bundy (5–2)Gibson (1–5)—18–27W1
46September 11@ Rockies4–8Bard (3–2)Buttrey (1–3)—18–28L1
47September 12@ Rockies5–2 (11)Buttrey (2–3)Kinley (0–2)Andriese (1)19–28W1
48September 13@ Rockies5–3Heaney (4–3)Estévez (1–3)Andriese (2)20–28W2
49September 15Diamondbacks8–9Mella (1–0)Andriese (2–3)Crichton (2)20–29L1
50September 16Diamondbacks6–9Clarke (2–0)Bundy (5–3)Crichton (3)20–30L2
51September 17Diamondbacks7–3Canning (1–3)Young (2–4)—21–30W1
52September 18Rangers6–2Barría (1–0)Benjamin (1–1)—22–30W2
53September 19Rangers4–3Mayers (2–0)Martin (0–1)—23–30W3
54September 20Rangers2–7Cody (1–1)Teherán (0–4)—23–31L1
55September 21Rangers8–5Bundy (6–3)Gibson (2–6)Mayers (1)24–31W1
56September 22@ Padres4–2Canning (2–3)Davies (7–4)Mayers (2)25–31W2
57September 23@ Padres5–2Sandoval (1-4)Morejón (2-2)Peña (2)26–31W3
58September 25@ Dodgers5–9Graterol (1–2)Andriese (2–4)—26–32L1
59September 26@ Dodgers6–7Gonsolin (2–2)Robles (0–2)Kolarek (1)26–33L2
60September 27@ Dodgers0–5May (3–1)Sandoval (1–5)—26–34L3
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Angels team member

Season standings

American League West

AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 3624 0.600 — 22–10 14–14
Houston Astros 2931 0.483 7 20–9 9–22
Seattle Mariners 2733 0.450 9 14–10 13–23
Los Angeles Angels 2634 0.433 10 16–15 10–19
Texas Rangers 2238 0.367 14 16–14 6–24

American League Leaders

Division Leaders W L Pct.
Tampa Bay Rays 4020 0.667
Oakland Athletics 3624 0.600
Minnesota Twins 3624 0.600


Division 2nd Place W L Pct.
Cleveland Indians 3525 0.583
New York Yankees 3327 0.550
Houston Astros 2931 0.483


Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
Chicago White Sox 3525 0.583 +3
Toronto Blue Jays 3228 0.533 —
Seattle Mariners 2733 0.450 5
Los Angeles Angels 2634 0.433 6
Kansas City Royals 2634 0.433 6
Baltimore Orioles 2535 0.417 7
Boston Red Sox 2436 0.400 8
Detroit Tigers 2335 0.397 8
Texas Rangers 2238 0.367 10

Record against opponents

2020 American League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2020

Team HOU LAA OAK SEA TEX NL
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

Roster

2020 Los Angeles Angels
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 SB BB AVG SLG
David Fletcher492073166130318220.319.425
Mike Trout531994156921746135.281.603
Anthony Rendon521892954111931038.286.497
Shohei Ohtani44153232960724722.190.366
Albert Pujols3915215348062509.224.395
Justin Upton42147203050922011.204.422
Jo Adell38124920403707.161.266
Andrelton Simmons3011819357001028.297.356
Tommy La Stella2899152780414115.273.475
Jared Walsh329919294292605.293.646
Brian Goodwin3095122371417112.242.463
Taylor Ward34941626620528.277.383
Max Stassi3190122520720011.278.533
Luis Rengifo339012141013314.156.200
Jason Castro18525104026010.192.385
Anthony Bemboom2148910103507.208.417
Matt Thaiss82133001104.143.286
Franklin Barreto61702000210.118.118
Michael Hermosillo7802000211.250.250
Jahmai Jones3723000100.429.429
Elliot Soto3622100001.333.500
José Briceño2501000001.200.200
Team Totals6020202945019788528521239.248.430

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

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB SO
Andrew Heaney434.461212066.26335331970
Dylan Bundy633.291111065.25127241772
Griffin Canning233.991111056.15429252356
Patrick Sandoval155.6596036.23726231233
Jaime Barría103.6275032.1271313927
Matt Andriese244.50161232.02117161133
Julio Teherán0410.05109031.13935351620
Mike Mayers202.10290230.018107943
Félix Peña304.05250226.2271212829
Ty Buttrey235.81270526.1281817918
Noé Ramirez103.00210021.01577914
Jacob Barnes025.50180018.0191311424
Hansel Robles0210.26180116.21920191020
Cam Bedrosian002.45110014.21044611
Hoby Milner008.10190013.1131212613
Keynan Middleton015.25130012.01287611
Ryan Buchter204.5010006.054368
Luke Bard006.756005.174407
José Quijada017.366003.264326
Kyle Keller007.712002.132221
José Suárez0238.572202.110101052
Shohei Ohtani0137.802201.237783
José Rodríguez000.001001.220010
Dillon Peters0016.201101.234302
Anthony Bemboom000.001001.000010
Team Totals26345.09606012525.1492321297199523

Source:

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Salt Lake Bees Pacific Coast League
AA Rocket City Trash Pandas Southern League
A-Advanced Inland Empire 66ers California League
A Burlington Bees Midwest League
Rookie Orem Owlz Pioneer League
Rookie AZL Angels Arizona League
Rookie DSL Angels Dominican Summer League

All coaches and rosters can be found on each team's website.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Feinsand, Mark (June 24, 2020). "Play Ball: MLB announces 2020 regular season". MLB.com. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Angels Fire Manager Brad Ausmus (Published 2019)". The New York Times. The Associated Press. September 30, 2019. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Joe Maddon returns to Anaheim as the new manager of the Angels". Los Angeles Times. October 16, 2019. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ "Opening of regular season to be pushed back". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. March 16, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  6. ↑ Feinsand, Mark (June 24, 2020). "Play Ball: MLB announces 2020 regular season". MLB.com. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
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