| 2020 Cleveland Indians | ||||
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| American League Central 2nd Place | ||||
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| 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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The2020Cleveland Indians season was the 120th season for the franchise. It was the eighth season under the leadership of managerTerry Francona and fifth under general managerMike Chernoff. The Indians play their home games atProgressive Field inCleveland, Ohio. They made the playoffs after missing them in2019 and improved upon their previous year's record of 93–69. They were swept out of the playoffs, losing both games of theALWCS to theNew York Yankees, extending their postseason losing streak to eight games.
On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the ongoingCOVID-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 theCDC to restrict events of more than 50 people for eight weeks.[2] On June 23, commissionerRob 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 24Opening Day.[3]
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| 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 |
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
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| Tampa Bay Rays | 40 | 20 | .667 |
| Oakland Athletics | 36 | 24 | .600 |
| Minnesota Twins | 36 | 24 | .600 |
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
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| Cleveland Indians | 35 | 25 | .583 |
| New York Yankees | 33 | 27 | .550 |
| Houston Astros | 29 | 31 | .483 |
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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| 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 |
| Team | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIN | NL | ||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||
| 2020 Game Log: 35–25 (Home: 18–12; Away: 17–13) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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July: 5–3 (Home: 4–2; Away: 1–1)
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August: 16–11 (Home: 5–5; Away: 11–6)
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September: 14–11 (Home: 9–5; Away: 5–6)
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| Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement Bold = Indians team member | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 Postseason: 0−2 (Home 0−2; Away 0−0) |
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American League Wild Card Series
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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 |
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| 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 |
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 |
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| 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 |
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| Roster | |||||||||
| Pitchers | Catchers Infielders | Outfielders | Manager Coaches
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| Level | Team | League | Manager |
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| 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) |