2020 Cleveland Indians
American League Central 2nd Place
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionCentral
BallparkProgressive Field
CityCleveland, Ohio
Record35–25 (.583)
Divisional place2nd
OwnersLarry Dolan
President of baseball operationsChris Antonetti
General managersMike Chernoff
ManagersTerry Francona
TelevisionSportsTime Ohio · WKYC
(Matt Underwood, Rick Manning)
RadioWTAM · WMMS
Cleveland Indians Radio Network
(Tom Hamilton, Jim Rosenhaus, Rick Manning)
Seasons

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.

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

AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Minnesota Twins 3624 0.600 — 24–7 12–17
Cleveland Indians 3525 0.583 1 18–12 17–13
Chicago White Sox 3525 0.583 1 18–12 17–13
Kansas City Royals 2634 0.433 10 15–15 11–19
Detroit Tigers 2335 0.397 12 12–15 11–20

American League Wild Card

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 CWS CLE DET KC MIN NL
Chicago —2–89–19–15–510–10
Cleveland 8–2—7–35–53–712–8
Detroit 1–93–7—4–64–611–7
Kansas City 1–95–56–4—5–59–11
Minnesota 5–57–36–45–5—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)
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1July 24Royals2–0Bieber (1–0)Duffy (0–1)Hand (1)1–0W1
2July 25Royals2–3 (10)Barlow (1–0)Karinchak (0–1)Holland (1)1–1L1
3July 26Royals9–2Carrasco (1–0)Bolaños (0–1)—2–1W1
–July 27White SoxPostponed (rain). Makeup date: July 28.[4]
4July 28White Sox4–3Civale (1–0)Cease (0–1)Hand (2)3–1W2
5July 28White Sox5–3Plutko (1–0)Rodón (0–1)Hill (1)4–1W3
6July 29White Sox0–4Bummer (1–0)Hand (0–1)—4–2L1
7July 30@ Twins2–0Bieber (2–0)Berríos (0–1)Karinchak (1)5–2W1
8July 31@ Twins1–4Dobnak (1–1)Clevinger (0–1)Rogers (2)5–3L1
August: 16–11 (Home: 5–5; Away: 11–6)
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9August 1@ Twins0–3Maeda (2–0)Carrasco (1–1)Rogers (3)5–4L2
10August 2@ Twins1–3Smeltzer (1–0)Civale (1–1)Romo (2)5–5L3
11August 3@ Reds2–3Gray (3–0)Plesac (0–1)Iglesias (1)5–6L4
12August 4@ Reds4–2Bieber (3–0)Jones (0–1)Hand (3)6–6W1
13August 5Reds2–0Clevinger (1–1)Antone (0–1)Hand (4)7–6W2
14August 6Reds13–0Carrasco (2–1)Castillo (0–2)—8–6W3
15August 7@ White Sox0–2Cease (2–1)Civale (1–2)Colomé (4)8–7L1
16August 8@ White Sox7–1Plesac (1–1)Anderson (0–1)—9–7W1
17August 9@ White Sox5–4 (10)Maton (1–0)Cordero (0–1)Pérez (1)10–7W2
18August 11Cubs1–7Lester (2–0)Plutko (0–1)—10–8L1
19August 12Cubs2–7Hendricks (3–1)Carrasco (2–2)—10–9L2
20August 14@ Tigers10–5Civale (2–2)Nova (1–1)—11–9W1
21August 15@ Tigers3–1Bieber (4–0)Turnbull (2–1)Hand (5)12–9W2
22August 16@ Tigers8–5Pérez (1–0)Schreiber (0–1)—13–9W3
23August 18@ Pirates6–3 (10)Wittgren (1–0)Howard (1–1)Hand (6)14–9W4
24August 19@ Pirates6–1Civale (3–2)Neverauskas (0–3)—15–9W5
25August 20@ Pirates2–0Bieber (5–0)Williams (1–4)Hand (7)16–9W6
26August 21Tigers5–10García (1–0)Plutko (1–2)—16–10L1
27August 22Tigers6–1McKenzie (1–0)Boyd (0–4)—17–10W1
28August 23Tigers4–7Norris (2–1)Carrasco (2–3)—17–11L1
29August 24Twins2–3Maeda (4–0)Civale (3–3)Rogers (7)17–12L2
30August 25Twins4–2Bieber (6–0)Alcalá (1–1)Hand (8)18–12W1
31August 26Twins6–3Maton (2–0)Romo (0–1)Hand (9)19–12W2
32August 28@ Cardinals14–2Hill (1–0)Ponce de Leon (0–3)Plutko (1)20–12W3
33August 29@ Cardinals2–1 (12)Wittgren (2–0)Reyes (1–1)Hand (10)21–12W4
34August 30@ Cardinals2–7Wainwright (3–0)Civale (3–4)—21–13L1
35August 31@ Royals1–2Barlow (2–1)Karinchak (0–2)Holland (2)21–14L2
September: 14–11 (Home: 9–5; Away: 5–6)
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36September 1@ Royals10–1Plesac (2–1)Harvey (0–2)—22–14W1
37September 2@ Royals5–0McKenzie (2–0)Junis (0–1)—23–14W2
38September 4Brewers1–7Burnes (2–0)Maton (2–1)—23–15L1
39September 5Brewers4–3Hand (1–1)Hader (0–1)—24–15W1
40September 6Brewers4–1Bieber (7–0)Anderson (2–3)Hand (11)25–15W2
41September 7Royals5–2Plesac (3–1)Keller (3–2)Hand (12)26–15W3
42September 8Royals5–8Holland (3–0)Cimber (0–1)Barlow (2)26–16L1
43September 9Royals0–3Duffy (3–3)Carrasco (2–4)Holland (3)26–17L2
44September 10Royals1–11Singer (2–4)Civale (3–5)—26–18L3
45September 11@ Twins1–3Maeda (5–1)Bieber (7–1)Rogers (9)26–19L4
46September 12@ Twins4–8Hill (2–1)Plesac (3–2)—26–20L5
47September 13@ Twins5–7Thielbar (2–0)McKenzie (2–1)Romo (4)26–21L6
48September 15@ Cubs5–6Jeffress (4–1)Pérez (1–1)—26–22L7
49September 16@ Cubs2–3 (10)Adam (2–1)Maton (2–2)—26–23L8
50September 17@ Tigers10–3Bieber (8–1)Mize (0–2)—27–23W1
51September 18@ Tigers1–0Plesac (4–2)Alexander (2–2)Hand (13)28–23W2
52September 19@ Tigers2–5Cisnero (3–3)Maton (2–3)Garcia (3)28–24L1
53September 20@ Tigers7–4Carrasco (3–4)Boyd (2–7)—29–24W1
54September 21White Sox7–4Civale (4–5)Fry (0–1)Hand (14)30–24W2
55September 22White Sox5–3 (10)Maton (3–3)Foster (5–1)—31–24W3
56September 23White Sox3–2Hand (2–1)González (1–2)—32–24W4
57September 24White Sox5–4Hill (2–0)Rodón (0–2)Hand (15)33–24W5
58September 25Pirates4–3Plutko (2–2)Stratton (2–1)—34–24W6
59September 26Pirates0–8Musgrove (1–5)Civale (4–6)—34–25L1
60September 27Pirates8–6Karinchak (1–2)Turley (0–3)Hand (16)35–25W1
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)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecord
1September 29Yankees3–12Cole (1–0)Bieber (0–1)—0–1
2September 30Yankees9–10Chapman (1–0)Hand (0–1)—0–2

Postseason rosters

Playoff rosters
American League Wild Card Series

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 Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

 Manager

Coaches

Farm system

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)

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. ↑ Feinsand, Mark (June 24, 2020). "Play Ball: MLB announces 2020 regular season". MLB.com. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  4. ↑ "White Sox-Tribe postponed; DH on Tuesday". mlb.com. MLB Advanced Media. July 27, 2020. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
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