2020 Baltimore Orioles season

The 2020 Baltimore Orioles season was the 120th season in Baltimore Orioles franchise history, the 67th in Baltimore, and the 29th at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The season was the Orioles' second under manager Brandon Hyde. They finished the pandemic-shortened season 25–35, their best 60-game stretch since 2017. The Orioles had their highest winning percentage since 2017 when they went 75–87. Despite these improvements, they missed the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season as they were eliminated from playoff contention on September 22.

2020 Baltimore Orioles
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Oriole Park at Camden Yards
City	Baltimore, Maryland
Record	25–35 (.417)
Divisional place	4th
Owners	Peter Angelos
General managers	Mike Elias
Managers	Brandon Hyde
Television	MASN (Gary Thorne, Jim Palmer, Mike Bordick, Jim Hunter)
Radio	WJZ-FM Baltimore Orioles Radio Network (Jim Hunter, Ben McDonald, Mike Bordick, Kevin Brown, Melanie Newman)
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Regular season standings

American League East

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AL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Tampa Bay Rays	40	20	.667	—	20‍–‍9	20‍–‍11
New York Yankees	33	27	.550	7	22‍–‍9	11‍–‍18
Toronto Blue Jays	32	28	.533	8	17‍–‍9	15‍–‍19
Baltimore Orioles	25	35	.417	15	13‍–‍20	12‍–‍15
Boston Red Sox	24	36	.400	16	11‍–‍20	13‍–‍16

American League Wild Card

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Division Leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
Tampa Bay Rays	40	20	.667
Oakland Athletics	36	24	.600
Minnesota Twins	36	24	.600

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Division 2nd Place

Team	W	L	Pct.
Cleveland Indians	35	25	.583
New York Yankees	33	27	.550
Houston Astros	29	31	.483

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Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
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

Record vs. Opponents

2020 American League record v t e Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2020
Team	BAL	BOS	NYY	TB	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	5–5	3–7	4–6	2–8	11–9
Boston	5–5	—	1–9	3–7	5–5	10–10
New York	7–3	9–1	—	2–8	5–5	10–10
Tampa Bay	6–4	7–3	8–2	—	6–4	13–7
Toronto	8–2	5–5	5–5	4–6	—	10–10

Game log

Past Games Legend
Orioles Win (#bfb)	Orioles Loss (#fbb)	Game Postponed (#bbb)	Eliminated from Playoff Contention (#933)
Bold denotes an Orioles pitcher

Future Games Legend
Home Game	Away Game

2020 Game Log: 25–35 (.417) (Home: 13–17; Away: 12–18)
July: 3–3 (Home: 1–2; Away: 2–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Box/ Streak 1 July 24 @ Red Sox 2–13 Eovaldi (1–0) Milone (0–1) — 0–1 L1 2 July 25 @ Red Sox 7–2 Cobb (1–0) Pérez (0–1) — 1–1 W1 3 July 26 @ Red Sox 7–4 LeBlanc (1–0) Weber (0–1) Sulser (1) 2–1 W2 — July 27 @ Marlins Postponed (COVID-19).[1] Makeup Date August 5 as part of doubleheader — July 28 @ Marlins Postponed (COVID-19).[1] Makeup Date August 6. — July 29 Marlins Postponed (COVID-19).[1] Makeup Date August 4. — July 30 Marlins Postponed (COVID-19).[1] Makeup Date August 5 as part of doubleheader. 4 July 29 Yankees[2] 3–9 Cole (2–0) Wojciechowski (0–1) — 2–2 L1 5 July 30 Yankees[2] 6–8 Loáisiga (1–0) Sulser (0–1) Britton (2) 2–3 L2 6 July 31 Rays 6–3 Fry (1–0) Fairbanks (1–1) Sulser (2) 3–3 W1
August: 12–16 (Home: 5–9; Away: 7–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Box/ Streak 7 August 1 Rays 5–4 (11) Lakins (1–0) Drake (0–2) — 4–3 W2 8 August 2 Rays 5–1 Phillips (1–0) Beeks (0–1) Sulser (3) 5–3 W3 — August 3 Yankees Postponed (COVID-19). Makeup Date September 4 as part of doubleheader. 9 August 4 Marlins[3] 0–4 López (1–0) Means (0–1) — 5–4 L1 10 August 5 Marlins[3] 0–1 (7) Vincent (1–0) Cobb (1–1) Kintzler (2) 5–5 L2 11 August 5 @ Marlins[lower-alpha 1][3] 1–2 (7) Moran (1–0) Wojciechowski (0–2) Tarpley (1) 5–6 L3 12 August 6 @ Marlins[lower-alpha 1][3] 7–8 Morin (1–0) Phillips (1–1) Kintzler (3) 5–7 L4 13 August 7 @ Nationals 11–0 Milone (1–1) Sánchez (0–2) — 6–7 W1 14 August 8 @ Nationals 5–3 Armstrong (1–0) Hudson (1–1) Castro (1) 7–7 W2 — August 9 @ Nationals Suspended (field issues). Orioles lead 5–2, 1 out, top of 6th inning, runners on 1st & 2nd. Completed on August 14. 15 August 11 @ Phillies 10–9 (10) Sulser (1–1) Guerra (1–2) Lakins (1) 8–7 W3 16 August 12 @ Phillies 5–4 Armstrong (2–0) Eflin (0–1) Sulser (4) 9–7 W4 17 August 13 @ Phillies 11–4 Eshelman (1–0) Arrieta (1–2) — 10–7 W5 18 August 14 @ Nationals[lower-alpha 2] 6–2 Lakins (2–0) Strasburg (0–1) — 11–7 W6 19 August 14 Nationals 3–15 Fedde (1–1) Milone (1–2) — 11–8 L1 20 August 15 Nationals 7–3 Wojciechowski (1–2) Corbin (2–1) Sulser (5) 12–8 W1 21 August 16 Nationals 5–6 Scherzer (2–1) Lakins (2–1) Hudson (4) 12–9 L1 22 August 17 Blue Jays 2–7 Ryu (2–1) Cobb (1–2) — 12–10 L2 23 August 18 Blue Jays 7–8 (10) Bass (1–0) Sulser (1–2) — 12–11 L3 24 August 19 Blue Jays 2–5 Roark (2–1) Milone (1–3) Dolis (1) 12–12 L4 25 August 20 Red Sox 1–7 Eovaldi (2–2) Wojciechowski (1–3) — 12–13 L5 26 August 21 Red Sox 5–8 Hernández (1–0) Means (0–2) Barnes (1) 12–14 L6 27 August 22 Red Sox 5–4 (10) Castro (1–0) Barnes (1–2) — 13–14 W1 28 August 23 Red Sox 5–4 Eshelman (2–0) Godley (0–3) Scott (1) 14–14 W2 29 August 25 @ Rays 2–4 Glasnow (1–1) Milone (1–4) García (1) 14–15 L1[permanent dead link] 30 August 26 @ Rays 3–4 Sherriff (1–0) Givens (0–1) Castillo (1) 14–16 L2[permanent dead link] — August 27 @ Rays Postponed (strikes due to shooting of Jacob Blake). Makeup Date: September 17. 31 August 28 @ Blue Jays 4–5 (10) Dolis (1–1) Sulser (1–3) — 14–17 L3 32 August 29 @ Blue Jays 0–5 Walker (3–2) Cobb (1–3) — 14–18 L4 33 August 30 @ Blue Jays 5–6 Bass (2–1) Sulser (1–4) — 14–19 L5 34 August 31 @ Blue Jays 4–3 (11) Valdez (1–0) Bass (2–2) — 15–19 W1
September: 10–16 (Home: 7–6; Away: 3–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Box/ Streak 35 September 1 Mets 9–5 Eshelman (3–0) Kilome (0–1) — 16–19 W2 36 September 2 Mets 4–9 Peterson (4–1) Means (0–3) — 16–20 L1 37 September 4 Yankees 5–6 (9) Holder (2–0) Lakins (2–2) Green (1) 16–21 L2 38 September 4 Yankees 6–3 (7) López (1–0) García (0–1) Valdez (1) 17–21 W1 39 September 5 Yankees 6–1 Tate (1–0) Cole (4–3) — 18–21 W2 40 September 6 Yankees 5–1 Kremer (1–0) Tanaka (1–2) — 19–21 W3 41 September 8 @ Mets 11–2 Means (1–3) Wacha (1–3) — 20–21 W4 42 September 9 @ Mets 6–7 Familia (2–0) Harvey (0–1) Díaz (3) 20–22 L1 — September 10 @ Yankees Postponed (rain). Makeup Date September 11 as part of doubleheader 43 September 11 @ Yankees 0–6 (7) Cole (5–3) Cobb (1–4) — 20–23 L2 44 September 11 @ Yankees 1–10 (7) Tanaka (2–2) Akin (0–1) — 20–24 L3 45 September 12 @ Yankees 1–2 (10) Holder (3–0) Harvey (0–2) — 20–25 L4 46 September 13 @ Yankees 1–3 Britton (1–2) Tate (1–1) Chapman (2) 20–26 L5 47 September 14 Braves 14–1 López (2–0) Toussaint (0–2) — 21–26 W1 48 September 15 Braves 1–5 O'Day (4–0) Eshelman (3–1) — 21–27 L1 49 September 16 Braves 5–1 Akin (1–1) Hamels (0–1) — 22–27 W1 50 September 17 Rays 1–3 (7) Castillo (3–0) Valdez (1–1) — 22–28 L1 51 September 17 @ Rays[lower-alpha 3] 6–10 (7) Fairbanks (5–3) Sulser (1–5) — 22–29 L2 52 September 18 Rays 1–2 Glasnow (4–1) Cobb (1–5) Sherriff (1) 22–30 L3 53 September 19 Rays 1–3 Morton (2–2) López (2–1) Thompson (1) 22–31 L4 54 September 20 Rays 2–1 Means (2–3) Yarbrough (1–4) Valdez (2) 23–31 W1 55 September 22 @ Red Sox 3–8 Pivetta (1–0) Akin (1–2) Barnes (9) 23–32 L1 56 September 23 @ Red Sox 1–9 Eovaldi (4–2) Kremer (1–1) — 23–33 L2 57 September 24 @ Red Sox 13–1 Cobb (2–5) Pérez (3–5) — 24–33 W1 58 September 25 @ Blue Jays 5–10 Pearson (1–0) López (2–2) — 24–34 L1 59 September 26 @ Blue Jays 2–5 Anderson (1–2) Means (2–4) Bass (7) 24–35 L2 60 September 27 @ Blue Jays 7–5 Lakins (3–2) Yamaguchi (2–4) Valdez (3) 25–35 W1

1. Games moved to Oriole Park at Camden Yards for safety concerns due to the COVID-19 pandemic "hot spot" in Florida.
2. Completion of game suspended on August 9. Game moved to Oriole Park at Camden Yards with Washington serving as the "home" team.
3. Game moved to Oriole Park at Camden Yards with Tampa Bay serving as the "home" team.

Roster

2020 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers 45 Keegan Akin 43 Shawn Armstrong 48 Richard Bleier 49 Cody Carroll 50 Miguel Castro 17 Alex Cobb 73 Tom Eshelman 51 Paul Fry 60 Carson Fulmer 60 Mychal Givens 56 Hunter Harvey 41 David Hess 52 Branden Kline 64 Dean Kremer 70 Travis Lakins 23 Wade LeBlanc 48 Jorge López 47 John Means 69 Tommy Milone 58 Evan Phillips 66 Tanner Scott 54 Cole Sulser 55 Dillon Tate 62 César Valdez 29 Asher Wojciechowski 85 Bruce Zimmermann		Catchers 36 Bryan Holaday 28 Pedro Severino 15 Chance Sisco Infielders 57 Hanser Alberto 19 Chris Davis  2 Dilson Herrera 11 José Iglesias 39 Renato Núñez 14 Rio Ruiz 87 Ramón Urías 74 Pat Valaika 13 Andrew Velazquez		Outfielders 21 Austin Hays  6 Ryan Mountcastle 31 Cedric Mullins 25 Anthony Santander 35 Dwight Smith Jr. 24 D. J. Stewart 38 Mason Williams		Manager 18 Brandon Hyde Coaches 26 Doug Brocail (pitching) 34 Tim Cossins (field coordinator/catching)  3 José Flores (third base) 32 Fredi González (coach) 27 José Hernández (assistant hitting) 40 Darren Holmes (bullpen) 30 Don Long (hitting)  9 Anthony Sanders (first base)

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	BB	SB	AVG	SLG
Hanser Alberto	54	219	35	62	15	0	3	22	3	5	.283	.393
Renato Núñez	52	195	29	50	10	0	12	31	0	17	.256	.492
Rio Ruiz	54	185	25	41	11	0	9	32	1	17	.222	.427
Pedro Severino	48	160	17	40	5	1	5	21	1	16	.250	.388
Anthony Santander	37	153	24	40	13	1	11	32	0	10	.261	.575
José Iglesias	39	142	16	53	17	0	3	24	0	3	.373	.556
Pat Valaika	52	141	24	39	4	0	8	16	0	8	.277	.475
Cedric Mullins	48	140	16	38	4	3	3	12	7	8	.271	.407
Ryan Mountcastle	35	126	12	42	5	0	5	23	0	11	.333	.492
Austin Hays	33	122	20	34	2	0	4	9	2	8	.279	.393
Chance Sisco	36	98	11	21	4	0	4	10	0	17	.214	.378
DJ Stewart	31	88	13	17	2	0	7	15	0	20	.193	.455
Dwight Smith Jr.	21	63	9	14	3	0	2	6	1	7	.222	.365
Andrew Velazquez	40	63	11	10	1	1	0	3	4	10	.159	.206
Chris Davis	16	52	3	6	3	0	0	1	0	3	.115	.173
Bryan Holaday	20	31	5	5	1	0	0	4	0	2	.161	.194
Ramón Urías	10	25	3	9	2	0	1	3	0	2	.360	.560
Mason Williams	10	18	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.111	.222
Dilson Herrera	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Team Totals	60	2026	274	523	102	7	77	264	19	164	.258	.429

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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
Alex Cobb	2	5	4.30	10	10	0	52.1	52	27	25	18	38
John Means	2	4	4.53	10	10	0	43.2	36	22	22	7	42
Jorge López	2	2	6.34	9	6	0	38.1	43	30	27	12	28
Asher Wojciechowski	1	3	6.81	10	7	0	37.0	45	29	28	15	31
Thomas Eshelman	3	1	3.89	12	4	0	34.2	34	17	15	9	16
Tommy Milone	1	4	3.99	6	6	0	29.1	33	18	13	4	31
Keegan Akin	1	2	4.56	8	6	0	25.2	27	17	13	10	35
Travis Lakins	3	2	2.81	22	0	1	25.2	25	11	8	13	25
Cole Sulser	1	5	5.56	19	0	5	22.2	17	18	14	17	19
Wade LeBlanc	1	0	8.06	6	6	0	22.1	27	20	20	8	13
Paul Fry	1	0	2.45	22	0	0	22.0	22	7	6	9	29
Tanner Scott	0	0	1.31	25	0	1	20.2	12	5	3	10	23
Dean Kremer	1	1	4.82	4	4	0	18.2	15	10	10	12	22
Dillon Tate	1	1	3.24	12	0	0	16.2	9	7	6	5	14
Miguel Castro	1	0	4.02	16	0	1	15.2	17	7	7	5	24
Shawn Armstrong	2	0	1.80	14	0	0	15.0	9	6	3	3	14
Evan Phillips	1	1	5.02	14	0	0	14.1	14	8	8	10	20
César Valdez	1	1	1.26	9	0	3	14.1	7	3	2	3	12
Mychal Givens	0	1	1.38	12	0	0	13.0	7	2	2	6	19
Hunter Harvey	0	2	4.15	10	0	0	8.2	8	6	4	2	6
Bruce Zimmermann	0	0	7.71	2	1	0	7.0	6	6	6	2	7
David Hess	0	0	6.43	3	0	0	7.0	10	5	5	2	1
Branden Kline	0	0	1.80	3	0	0	5.0	2	1	1	3	7
Carson Fulmer	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	3.2	0	0	0	2	4
Richard Bleier	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	4
Cody Carroll	0	0	54.00	3	0	0	2.0	9	12	12	5	3
Bryan Holaday	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0.1	2	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	25	35	4.51	60	60	11	518.2	489	294	260	192	487

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Farm System

See also: Minor League Baseball

Due to safety concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, it was announced on June 30, 2020 that the 2020 Minor League Baseball season would not be played.^[4]

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Norfolk Tides	International League
AA	Bowie Baysox	Eastern League
A-Advanced	Frederick Keys	Carolina League
A	Delmarva Shorebirds	South Atlantic League
Short-Season A	Aberdeen IronBirds	New York–Penn League
Rookie	GCL Orioles	Gulf Coast League
Rookie	DSL Orioles	Dominican Summer League

COVID-19 Outbreak

On July 27, 2020, both away games against the Miami Marlins were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, because there was a COVID outbreak in the Miami Marlins organization, and later the Orioles′ home games were also postponed. As a result, the Orioles played the New York Yankees on July 29–30.

References

1. Footer, Alyson (July 27, 2020). "Marlins-O's, Yanks-Phils games postponed". mlb.com. MLB Advanced Media. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
2. "Marlins won't play thru Sun.; BAL to play NYY". mlb.com. MLB Advanced Media. July 28, 2020. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
3. "Marlins-O's series game times announced". orioles.com. August 3, 2020. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
4. Adler, David (June 30, 2020). "2020 Minor League Baseball season canceled". MLB.com. Retrieved June 30, 2020.

External links

• 2020 Baltimore Orioles season at official site
• 2020 Baltimore Orioles season at Baseball Reference