2020 Los Angeles Angels season

2020 Los Angeles Angels
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1961);
	West Division (since 1969);
Location
	Angel Stadium (since 1966); Anaheim, California (since 1966);
Results
Record	26–34 (.433)
Divisional place	4th
Other information
Owner(s)	Arte Moreno
Manager(s)	Joe Maddon
Local television	Fox Sports West ; (Victor Rojas, Mark Gubicza)
Local radio	KLAA (AM 830); KSPN (AM 710); Angels Radio Network; (Terry Smith, Mark Langston, José Mota) ; Spanish: KWKW (AM 1330)
Stats	ESPN.com; BB-reference
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The 2020 Los Angeles Angels' season was the 60th season of the Los Angeles 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 last 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)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record	Streak
1	July 24	@ Athletics	3–7 (10)	Smith (1–0)	Robles (0–1)	—	0–1	L1
2	July 25	@ Athletics	4–1	Bundy (1–0)	Manaea (0–1)	Robles (1)	1–1	W1
3	July 26	@ Athletics	4–6	Petit (1–0)	Ohtani (0–1)	Hendriks (1)	1–2	L1
4	July 27	@ Athletics	0–3	Smith (2–0)	Canning (0–1)	Soria (1)	1–3	L2
5	July 28	Mariners	10–2	Buchter (1–0)	Sheffield (0–1)	—	2–3	W1
6	July 29	Mariners	7–10	Shaw (1–0)	Barnes (0–1)	Altavilla (1)	2–4	L1
7	July 30	Mariners	5–8	Gonzales (1–1)	Bundy (1–1)	—	2–5	L2
8	July 31	Astros	6–9	Bielak (2–0)	Andriese (0–1)	Scrubb (1)	2–6	L3

August: 10–18 (Home: 4–8; Away: 6–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record	Streak
9	August 1	Astros	5–4 (10)	Buchter (2–0)	Rodríguez (0–1)	—	3–6	W1
10	August 2	Astros	5–6 (11)	Taylor (1–0)	Barnes (0–2)	—	3–7	L1
11	August 4	@ Mariners	5–3	Heaney (1–0)	Dunn (0–1)	Buttrey (1)	4–7	W1
12	August 5	@ Mariners	6–7	Gonzales (2–1)	Teherán (0–1)	Edwards Jr. (1)	4–8	L1
13	August 6	@ Mariners	6–1	Bundy (2–1)	Walker (1–2)	—	5–8	W1
14	August 7	@ Rangers	3–4	Lyles (1–1)	Canning (0–2)	Montero (1)	5–9	L1
15	August 8	@ Rangers	0–2	Vólquez (1–1)	Sandoval (0–1)	Montero (2)	5–10	L2
16	August 9	@ Rangers	3–7	Lynn (2–0)	Heaney (1–1)	—	5–11	L3
17	August 10	Athletics	10–9	Peña (1–0)	Petit (1–1)	Buttrey (2)	6–11	W1
18	August 11	Athletics	6–0	Bundy (3–1)	Fiers (1–1)	—	7–11	W2
19	August 12	Athletics	4–8	Bassitt (2–0)	Canning (0–3)	—	7–12	L1
20	August 14	Dodgers	4–7	Kershaw (2–1)	Sandoval (0–2)	Jansen (5)	7–13	L2
21	August 15	Dodgers	5–6 (10)	McGee (2–0)	Middleton (0–1)	Jansen (6)	7–14	L3
22	August 16	Dodgers	3–8	Alexander (1–0)	Teherán (0–2)	—	7–15	L4
23	August 17	Giants	7–6	Buttrey (1–0)	Gott (1–2)	—	8–15	W1
24	August 18	Giants	2–8	García (1–1)	Bundy (3–2)	—	8–16	L1
25	August 19	@ Giants	2–7	Cueto (2–0)	Sandoval (0–3)	—	8–17	L2
26	August 20	@ Giants	5–10	Gausman (1–1)	Suárez (0–1)	—	8–18	L3
27	August 21	@ Athletics	3–5	Fiers (3–1)	Heaney (1–2)	Hendriks (9)	8–19	L4
28	August 22	@ Athletics	4–3	Andriese (1–1)	Bassitt (2–1)	Buttrey (3)	9–19	W1
29	August 23	@ Athletics	4–5 (10)	Hendriks (2–0)	Buttrey (1–1)	—	9–20	L1
30	August 24	@ Astros	4–11	Valdez (3–2)	Sandoval (0–4)	—	9–21	L2
31	August 25 (1)	@ Astros	3–6 (7)	Javier (3–1)	Suárez (0–2)	Pressly (4)	9–22	L3
32	August 25 (2)	@ Astros	12–5 (7)	Peña (2–0)	Bielak (3–2)	—	10–22	W1
—	August 26	@ Astros	Postponed (Hurricane Laura); Makeup: September 5
33	August 28	Mariners	3–2	Heaney (2–2)	Margevicius (1–2)	Buttrey (4)	11–22	W2
34	August 29	Mariners	16–3	Bundy (4–2)	Sheffield (2–3)	—	12–22	W3
35	August 30	Mariners	1–2 (10)	Williams (1–1)	Quijada (0–1)	Ramírez (1)	12–23	L1
36	August 31	Mariners	1–2	Gonzales (4–2)	Andriese (1–2)	—	12–24	L2

September: 14–10 (Home: 8–4; Away: 6–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Record	Streak
37	September 2	Padres	4–11	Hill (2–0)	Buttrey (1–2)	—	12–25	L3
38	September 3	Padres	2–0	Heaney (3–2)	Clevinger (1–2)	Peña (1)	13–25	W1
39	September 4	Astros	6–5 (11)	Andriese (2–2)	Raley (0–1)	—	14–25	W2
40	September 5 (1)	Astros	10–9 (7)	Peña (3–0)	Paredes (1–2)	—	15–25	W3
41	September 5 (2)	@ Astros	7–6	Ramirez (1–0)	Castellanos (0–1)	Buttrey (5)	16–25	W4
42	September 6	Astros	9–5	Mayers (1–0)	Valdez (3–3)	—	17–25	W5
43	September 8	@ Rangers	1–7	Lynn (5–2)	Heaney (3–3)	—	17–26	L1
44	September 9	@ Rangers	3–7	King (1–0)	Teherán (0–3)	—	17–27	L2
45	September 10	@ Rangers	6–2	Bundy (5–2)	Gibson (1–5)	—	18–27	W1
46	September 11	@ Rockies	4–8	Bard (3–2)	Buttrey (1–3)	—	18–28	L1
47	September 12	@ Rockies	5–2 (11)	Buttrey (2–3)	Kinley (0–2)	Andriese (1)	19–28	W1
48	September 13	@ Rockies	5–3	Heaney (4–3)	Estévez (1–3)	Andriese (2)	20–28	W2
49	September 15	Diamondbacks	8–9	Mella (1–0)	Andriese (2–3)	Crichton (2)	20–29	L1
50	September 16	Diamondbacks	6–9	Clarke (2–0)	Bundy (5–3)	Crichton (3)	20–30	L2
51	September 17	Diamondbacks	7–3	Canning (1–3)	Young (2–4)	—	21–30	W1
52	September 18	Rangers	6–2	Barría (1–0)	Benjamin (1–1)	—	22–30	W2
53	September 19	Rangers	4–3	Mayers (2–0)	Martin (0–1)	—	23–30	W3
54	September 20	Rangers	2–7	Cody (1–1)	Teherán (0–4)	—	23–31	L1
55	September 21	Rangers	8–5	Bundy (6–3)	Gibson (2–6)	Mayers (1)	24–31	W1
56	September 22	@ Padres	4–2	Canning (2–3)	Davies (7–4)	Mayers (2)	25–31	W2
57	September 23	@ Padres	5–2	Sandoval (1-4)	Morejón (2-2)	Peña (2)	26–31	W3
58	September 25	@ Dodgers	5–9	Graterol (1–2)	Andriese (2–4)	—	26–32	L1
59	September 26	@ Dodgers	6–7	Gonsolin (2–2)	Robles (0–2)	Kolarek (1)	26–33	L2
60	September 27	@ Dodgers	0–5	May (3–1)	Sandoval (1–5)	—	26–34	L3

Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Angels team member

American League West

AL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Oakland Athletics	36	24	0.600	—	22–10	14–14
Houston Astros	29	31	0.483	7	20–8	9–23
Seattle Mariners	27	33	0.450	9	14–10	13–23
Los Angeles Angels	26	34	0.433	10	16–15	10–19
Texas Rangers	22	38	0.367	14	16–14	6–24

American League Leaders

Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
Tampa Bay Rays	40	20	0.667
Oakland Athletics	36	24	0.600
Minnesota Twins	36	24	0.600

Division 2nd Place	W	L	Pct.
Cleveland Indians	35	25	0.583
New York Yankees	33	27	0.550
Houston Astros	29	31	0.483

Wild Card teams (Top two qualify for postseason)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Chicago White Sox	35	25	0.583	+3
Toronto Blue Jays	32	28	0.533	—
Seattle Mariners	27	33	0.450	5
Los Angeles Angels	26	34	0.433	6
Kansas City Royals	26	34	0.433	6
Baltimore Orioles	25	35	0.417	7
Boston Red Sox	24	36	0.400	8
Detroit Tigers	23	35	0.397	8
Texas Rangers	22	38	0.367	10

Record against opponents

2020 American League Records Source: AL Standings Head-to-head
Team	HOU	LAA	OAK	SEA	TEX	NL
Houston	—	4–6	3–7	7–3	5–5	10–10
Los Angeles	6–4	—	4–6	5–5	4–6	7–13
Oakland	7–3	6–4	—	6–4	7–3	10–10
Seattle	3–7	5–5	4–6	—	8–2	7–13
Texas	5–5	6–4	3–7	2–8	—	6–14

Roster

2020 Los Angeles Angels

Roster

Pitchers

35 Matt Andriese

39 Luke Bard

40 Jacob Barnes

51 Jaime Barría

32 Cam Bedrosian

46 Ryan Buchter

37 Dylan Bundy

31 Ty Buttrey

47 Griffin Canning

28 Andrew Heaney

68 Kyle Keller

60 Mike Mayers

99 Keynan Middleton

61 Hoby Milner

17 Shohei Ohtani

64 Félix Peña

52 Dillon Peters

65 José Quijada

24 Noe Ramirez

57 Hansel Robles

63 José Rodríguez

43 Patrick Sandoval

54 José Suárez

49 Julio Teherán

Catchers

12 Anthony Bemboom

19 José Briceño

16 Jason Castro

33 Max Stassi

Infielders

8 Franklin Barreto

22 David Fletcher

9 Jahmai Jones

9 Tommy La Stella

5 Albert Pujols

6 Anthony Rendon

4 Luis Rengifo

2 Andrelton Simmons

7 Elliot Soto

23 Matt Thaiss

25 Jared Walsh

Outfielders

59 Jo Adell

18 Brian Goodwin

21 Michael Hermosillo

27 Mike Trout

10 Justin Upton

3 Taylor Ward

Manager

70 Joe Maddon

Coaches

83 Matt Wise (bullpen)

55 Brian Butterfield (third base)

75 Mickey Callaway (pitching)

92 Manny Del Campo (bullpen catcher)

62 Jesús Feliciano (first base)

86 Mike Gallego (bench)

93 Jason Brown (bullpen catcher)

88 John Mallee (assistant hitting)

85 Ryan Garko (coaching assistant)

82 José Molina (catching)

77 Jeremy Reed (hitting)

87 Paul Sorrento (hitting instructor)

Farm system

Level	Team	League
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.

References

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

External links

Los Angeles Angels Official Site
2020 Los Angeles Angels season at Baseball Reference

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[:3-1] Feinsand, Mark (June 24, 2020). "Play Ball: MLB announces 2020 regular season". MLB.com. Retrieved June 24, 2020.

[:0-2] "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.