2020 Arizona Diamondbacks
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkChase Field
CityPhoenix, Arizona
Record25–35 (.417)
Divisional place5th
OwnersKen Kendrick
General managersMike Hazen
ManagersTorey Lovullo
TelevisionFox Sports Arizona
(Steve Berthiaume, Bob Brenly, Greg Schulte)
RadioKMVP-FM (98.7)
(Greg Schulte, Tom Candiotti, Mike Ferrin)
KHOV-FM (105.1, Spanish)
StatsESPN.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.

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, 2020 Traded LHP Robbie Ray and Cash Considerations to Toronto for LHP Travis Bergen
August 31, 2020 Traded RHP Archie Bradley and Cash Considerations to Cincinnati for OF Josh VanMeter and Stuart Fairchild
August 31, 2020 Traded OF Starling Marte to Miami for LHP Caleb Smith, RHP Humberto Mejía and a Player to be named later
August 31, 2020 Traded 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 43 17 0.717 — 21–9 22–8
San Diego Padres 37 23 0.617 6 21–11 16–12
San Francisco Giants 29 31 0.483 14 19–14 10–17
Colorado Rockies 26 34 0.433 17 12–18 14–16
Arizona Diamondbacks 25 35 0.417 18 16–14 9–21


National League Wild Card

Division Leaders 		W L Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers 43 17 0.717
Atlanta Braves 35 25 0.583
Chicago Cubs 34 26 0.567


Division 2nd Place 		W L Pct.
San Diego Padres 37 23 0.617
St. Louis Cardinals 30 28 0.517
Miami Marlins 31 29 0.517


Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) 		W L Pct. GB
Cincinnati Reds 31 29 0.517 +2
Milwaukee Brewers 29 31 0.483 —
San Francisco Giants 29 31 0.483 —
Philadelphia Phillies 28 32 0.467 1
Washington Nationals 26 34 0.433 3
New York Mets 26 34 0.433 3
Colorado Rockies 26 34 0.433 3
Arizona Diamondbacks 25 35 0.417 4
Pittsburgh Pirates 19 41 0.317 10

Record vs. opponents

2020 National League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2020

Team ARI COL LAD SD SF AL
Arizona — 5–5 2–8 5–5 2–8 11–9
Colorado 5–5 — 3–7 3–7 6–4 9–11
Los Angeles 8–2 7–3 — 6–4 6–4 16–4
San Diego 5–5 7–3 4–6 — 8–2 13–7
San Francisco 8–2 4–6 4–6 2–8 — 11–9

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

Roster

2020 Arizona Diamondbacks
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
Christian Walker 57 218 35 59 18 1 7 34 1 19 .271 .459
David Peralta 54 203 19 61 10 1 5 34 1 13 .300 .433
Eduardo Escobar 54 203 22 43 7 3 4 20 1 15 .212 .335
Nick Ahmed 57 199 29 53 10 1 5 29 4 18 .266 .402
Kole Calhoun 54 190 35 43 9 0 16 40 1 28 .226 .526
Ketel Marte 45 181 19 52 14 1 2 17 1 7 .287 .409
Starling Marte 33 122 23 38 8 1 2 14 5 10 .311 .443
Carson Kelly 39 122 11 27 5 0 5 19 0 6 .221 .385
Daulton Varsho 37 101 16 19 5 2 3 9 3 12 .188 .366
Stephen Vogt 26 72 6 12 5 0 1 7 0 8 .167 .278
Tim Locastro 33 69 15 20 4 1 2 7 4 8 .290 .464
Josh Rojas 17 61 9 11 0 0 0 2 1 7 .180 .180
Jon Jay 18 50 5 8 1 0 1 4 0 3 .160 .240
Jake Lamb 18 43 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 6 .116 .140
Pavin Smith 12 37 7 10 0 1 1 4 1 5 .270 .405
Josh VanMeter 12 36 6 7 2 0 1 5 0 4 .194 .333
Wyatt Mathisen 9 27 5 6 0 0 2 5 0 5 .222 .444
Andrew Young 12 26 3 5 2 0 1 4 0 5 .192 .385
Ildemaro Vargas 8 20 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .150 .150
Kevin Cron 8 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000
Team Totals 60 1997 269 482 101 12 58 255 23 181 .241 .391

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
Zac Gallen 3 2 2.75 12 12 0 72.0 55 24 22 25 82
Luke Weaver 1 9 6.58 12 12 0 52.0 63 39 38 18 55
Alex Young 2 4 5.44 15 7 0 46.1 51 30 28 14 39
Taylor Clarke 3 0 4.36 12 5 0 43.1 35 23 21 21 40
Madison Bumgarner 1 4 6.48 9 9 0 41.2 47 31 30 13 30
Merrill Kelly 3 2 2.59 5 5 0 31.1 26 9 9 5 29
Robbie Ray 1 4 7.84 7 7 0 31.0 31 27 27 31 43
Stefan Crichton 2 2 2.42 26 0 5 26.0 22 7 7 9 23
Junior Guerra 1 2 3.04 25 0 0 23.2 17 10 8 15 21
Héctor Rondón 1 0 7.65 23 0 0 20.0 25 18 17 11 23
Taylor Widener 0 1 4.50 12 0 0 20.0 14 10 10 12 22
Yoan López 0 1 5.95 20 0 0 19.2 21 15 13 9 16
Riley Smith 2 0 1.47 6 0 0 18.1 15 3 3 5 18
Kevin Ginkel 0 2 6.75 19 0 1 16.0 21 13 12 13 18
Caleb Smith 0 0 2.45 4 3 0 11.0 5 3 3 6 12
Archie Bradley 1 0 4.22 10 0 6 10.2 13 5 5 3 12
Keury Mella 2 0 1.80 11 0 0 10.0 10 3 2 3 10
Travis Bergen 1 0 4.05 7 0 1 6.2 4 3 3 8 8
Andrew Chafin 1 1 8.10 11 0 0 6.2 9 6 6 4 10
Artie Lewicki 0 0 5.40 2 0 0 3.1 7 2 2 1 5
Joel Payamps 0 0 3.00 2 0 0 3.0 2 2 1 3 2
Joe Mantiply 0 0 15.43 4 0 0 2.1 3 4 4 4 2
Matt Grace 0 1 54.00 3 0 0 1.0 5 6 6 2 2
Silvino Bracho 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 1.0 2 2 2 0 1
Carson Kelly 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Jeremy Beasley 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.1 2 0 0 0 1
Team Totals 25 35 4.84 60 60 13 518.1 506 295 279 235 524

Source:[2]

Minor league affiliations

Main article: List of Arizona Diamondbacks minor league affiliates
Level Team League Location
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

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Opening of regular season to be pushed back". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. March 16, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  3. ^ "MLB, Rob Manfred begin implementing return for 2020 season". Arizona Sports. June 24, 2020. Retrieved June 24, 2020.

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