2020 Los Angeles Angels season explained

Los Angeles Angels
Season:	2020
League:	American League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Angel Stadium
City:	Anaheim, California
Record:	26–34 (.433)
Divisional Place:	4th
Owners:	Arte Moreno
Managers:	Joe Maddon
Television:	Fox Sports West (Victor Rojas, Mark Gubicza)
Radio:	KLAA (AM 830) KSPN (AM 710) Angels Radio Network (Terry Smith, Mark Langston, José Mota) Spanish: KWKW (AM 1330)
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The 2020 Los Angeles Angels season was the 60th season of the 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 fourth 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. 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

|- style="background:#fbb;"| 1 || July 24 || @ Athletics || 3–7 || Smith (1–0) || Robles (0–1) || — || 0–1 || L1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 2 || July 25 || @ Athletics || 4–1 || Bundy (1–0) || Manaea (0–1) || Robles (1) || 1–1 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 3 || July 26 || @ Athletics || 4–6 || Petit (1–0) || Ohtani (0–1) || Hendriks (1) || 1–2 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 4 || July 27 || @ Athletics || 0–3 || Smith (2–0) || Canning (0–1) || Soria (1) || 1–3 || L2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 5 || July 28 || Mariners || 10–2 || Buchter (1–0) || Sheffield (0–1) || — || 2–3 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 6 || July 29 || Mariners || 7–10 || Shaw (1–0) || Barnes (0–1) || Altavilla (1) || 2–4 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 7 || July 30 || Mariners || 5–8 || Gonzales (1–1) || Bundy (1–1) || — || 2–5 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 8 || July 31 || Astros || 6–9 || Bielak (2–0) || Andriese (0–1) || Scrubb (1) || 2–6 || L3|-|- style="background:#cfc;"| 9 || August 1 || Astros || 5–4 || Buchter (2–0) || Rodríguez (0–1) || — || 3–6 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 10 || August 2 || Astros || 5–6 || Taylor (1–0) || Barnes (0–2) || — || 3–7 || L1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 11 || August 4 || @ Mariners || 5–3 || Heaney (1–0) || Dunn (0–1) || Buttrey (1) || 4–7 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 12 || August 5 || @ Mariners || 6–7 || Gonzales (2–1) || Teherán (0–1) || Edwards Jr. (1) || 4–8 || L1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 13 || August 6 || @ Mariners || 6–1 || Bundy (2–1) || Walker (1–2) || — || 5–8 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 14 || August 7 || @ Rangers || 3–4 || Lyles (1–1) || Canning (0–2) || Montero (1) || 5–9 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 15 || August 8 || @ Rangers || 0–2 || Vólquez (1–1) || Sandoval (0–1) || Montero (2) || 5–10 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 16 || August 9 || @ Rangers || 3–7 || Lynn (2–0) || Heaney (1–1) || — || 5–11 || L3|- style="background:#cfc;"| 17 || August 10 || Athletics || 10–9 || Peña (1–0) || Petit (1–1) || Buttrey (2) || 6–11 || W1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 18 || August 11 || Athletics || 6–0 || Bundy (3–1) || Fiers (1–1) || — || 7–11 || W2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 19 || August 12 || Athletics || 4–8 || Bassitt (2–0) || Canning (0–3) || — || 7–12 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 20 || August 14 || Dodgers || 4–7 || Kershaw (2–1) || Sandoval (0–2) || Jansen (5) || 7–13 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 21 || August 15 || Dodgers || 5–6 ||McGee (2–0) ||Middleton (0–1) || Jansen (6) || 7–14 || L3|- style="background:#fbb;"| 22 || August 16 || Dodgers || 3–8 || Alexander (1–0) || Teherán (0–2) || — || 7–15 || L4|- style="background:#cfc;"| 23 || August 17 || Giants || 7–6 || Buttrey (1–0) || Gott (1–2) || — || 8–15 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 24 || August 18 || Giants || 2–8 || García (1–1) || Bundy (3–2) || — || 8–16 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 25 || August 19 || @ Giants || 2–7 || Cueto (2–0) || Sandoval (0–3) || — || 8–17 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 26 || August 20 || @ Giants || 5–10 || Gausman (1–1) || Suárez (0–1) || — || 8–18 || L3|- style="background:#fbb;"| 27 || August 21 || @ Athletics || 3–5 || Fiers (3–1) || Heaney (1–2) || Hendriks (9) || 8–19 || L4|- style="background:#cfc;"| 28 || August 22 || @ Athletics || 4–3 || Andriese (1–1) || Bassitt (2–1) || Buttrey (3) || 9–19 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 29 || August 23 || @ Athletics || 4–5 || Hendriks (2–0) || Buttrey (1–1) || — || 9–20 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 30 || August 24 || @ Astros || 4–11 || Valdez (3–2) || Sandoval (0–4) || — || 9–21 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 31 || August 25 || @ Astros || 3–6 || Javier (3–1) || Suárez (0–2) || Pressly (4) || 9–22 || L3|- style="background:#cfc;"| 32 || August 25 || @ Astros || 12–5 || Peña (2–0) || Bielak (3–2) || — || 10–22 || W1|- style="background:#bbb;"| — || August 26 || @ Astros || colspan=7 | Postponed (Hurricane Laura); Makeup: September 5|- style="background:#cfc;"| 33 || August 28 || Mariners || 3–2 || Heaney (2–2) || Margevicius (1–2) || Buttrey (4) || 11–22 || W2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 34 || August 29 || Mariners || 16–3 || Bundy (4–2) || Sheffield (2–3) || — || 12–22 || W3|- style="background:#fbb;"| 35 || August 30 || Mariners || 1–2 || Williams (1–1) || Quijada (0–1) || Ramírez (1) || 12–23 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 36 || August 31 || Mariners || 1–2 || Gonzales (4–2) || Andriese (1–2) || — || 12–24 || L2|-|- style="background:#fbb;"| 37 || September 2 || Padres || 4–11 || Hill (2–0) || Buttrey (1–2) || — || 12–25 || L3|- style="background:#cfc;"| 38 || September 3 || Padres || 2–0 || Heaney (3–2) || Clevinger (1–2) || Peña (1) || 13–25 || W1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 39 || September 4 || Astros || 6–5 || Andriese (2–2) || Raley (0–1) || — || 14–25 || W2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 40 || September 5 || Astros || 10–9 || Peña (3–0) || Paredes (1–2) || — || 15–25 || W3|- style="background:#cfc;"| 41 || September 5 || @ Astros || 7–6 || Ramirez (1–0) || Castellanos (0–1) || Buttrey (5) || 16–25 || W4|- style="background:#cfc;"| 42 || September 6 || Astros || 9–5 || Mayers (1–0) || Valdez (3–3) || — || 17–25 || W5|- style="background:#fbb;"| 43 || September 8 || @ Rangers || 1–7 || Lynn (5–2) || Heaney (3–3) || — || 17–26 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 44 || September 9 || @ Rangers || 3–7 || King (1–0) || Teherán (0–3) || — || 17–27 || L2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 45 || September 10 || @ Rangers || 6–2 || Bundy (5–2) || Gibson (1–5) || — || 18–27 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 46 || September 11 || @ Rockies || 4–8 || Bard (3–2) || Buttrey (1–3) || — || 18–28 || L1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 47 || September 12 || @ Rockies || 5–2 || Buttrey (2–3) || Kinley (0–2) || Andriese (1) || 19–28 || W1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 48 || September 13 || @ Rockies || 5–3 || Heaney (4–3) || Estévez (1–3) || Andriese (2) || 20–28 || W2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 49 || September 15 || Diamondbacks || 8–9 || Mella (1–0) || Andriese (2–3) || Crichton (2) || 20–29 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 50 || September 16 || Diamondbacks || 6–9 || Clarke (2–0) || Bundy (5–3) || Crichton (3) || 20–30 || L2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 51 || September 17 || Diamondbacks || 7–3 || Canning (1–3) || Young (2–4) || — || 21–30 || W1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 52 || September 18 || Rangers || 6–2 || Barría (1–0) || Benjamin (1–1) || — || 22–30 || W2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 53 || September 19 || Rangers || 4–3 || Mayers (2–0) || Martin (0–1) || — || 23–30 || W3|- style="background:#fbb;"| 54 || September 20 || Rangers || 2–7 || Cody (1–1) || Teherán (0–4) || — || 23–31 || L1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 55 || September 21 || Rangers || 8–5 || Bundy (6–3) || Gibson (2–6) || Mayers (1) || 24–31 || W1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 56 || September 22 || @ Padres || 4–2 || Canning (2–3) || Davies (7–4) || Mayers (2) || 25–31 || W2|- style="background: #cfc;"| 57 || September 23 || @ Padres || 5–2 || Sandoval (1-4) || Morejón (2-2) || Peña (2) || 26–31 || W3|- style="background:#fbb;"| 58 || September 25 || @ Dodgers || 5–9 || Graterol (1–2) || Andriese (2–4) || — || 26–32 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 59 || September 26 || @ Dodgers || 6–7 || Gonsolin (2–2) || Robles (0–2) || Kolarek (1) || 26–33 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 60 || September 27 || @ Dodgers || 0–5 || May (3–1) || Sandoval (1–5) || — || 26–34 || L3|-|- style="text-align:center;"| Legend:      = Win      = Loss      = Postponement
Bold = Angels team member

Season standings

American League Leaders

Record against opponents

Roster

2020 Los Angeles Angels
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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

bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="20%"	Player	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	G	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	AB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	R	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	H	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	2B	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	3B	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	HR	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	RBI	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	SB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	BB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	AVG	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	SLG
David Fletcher	49	207	31	66	13	0	3	18	2	20	.319	.425
Mike Trout	53	199	41	56	9	2	17	46	1	35	.281	.603
Anthony Rendon	52	189	29	54	11	1	9	31	0	38	.286	.497
Shohei Ohtani	44	153	23	29	6	0	7	24	7	22	.190	.366
Albert Pujols	39	152	15	34	8	0	6	25	0	9	.224	.395
Justin Upton	42	147	20	30	5	0	9	22	0	11	.204	.422
Jo Adell	38	124	9	20	4	0	3	7	0	7	.161	.266
Andrelton Simmons	30	118	19	35	7	0	0	10	2	8	.297	.356
Tommy La Stella	28	99	15	27	8	0	4	14	1	15	.273	.475
Jared Walsh	32	99	19	29	4	2	9	26	0	5	.293	.646
Brian Goodwin	30	95	12	23	7	1	4	17	1	12	.242	.463
Taylor Ward	34	94	16	26	6	2	0	5	2	8	.277	.383
Max Stassi	31	90	12	25	2	0	7	20	0	11	.278	.533
Luis Rengifo	33	90	12	14	1	0	1	3	3	14	.156	.200
Jason Castro	18	52	5	10	4	0	2	6	0	10	.192	.385
Anthony Bemboom	21	48	9	10	1	0	3	5	0	7	.208	.417
Matt Thaiss	8	21	3	3	0	0	1	1	0	4	.143	.286
Franklin Barreto	6	17	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	.118	.118
Michael Hermosillo	7	8	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	.250	.250
Jahmai Jones	3	7	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.429	.429
Elliot Soto	3	6	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.500
José Briceño	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200
Team Totals	60	2020	294	501	97	8	85	285	21	239	.248	.430

Source:https://baseball-reference.com/teams/LAA/2020-batting.shtml

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

bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="20%"	Player	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	W	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	L	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	ERA	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	G	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	GS	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	SV	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	IP	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	H	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	R	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	ER	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	BB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	SO
Andrew Heaney	4	3	4.46	12	12	0	66.2	63	35	33	19	70
Dylan Bundy	6	3	3.29	11	11	0	65.2	51	27	24	17	72
Griffin Canning	2	3	3.99	11	11	0	56.1	54	29	25	23	56
Patrick Sandoval	1	5	5.65	9	6	0	36.2	37	26	23	12	33
Jaime Barría	1	0	3.62	7	5	0	32.1	27	13	13	9	27
Matt Andriese	2	4	4.50	16	1	2	32.0	21	17	16	11	33
Julio Teherán	0	4	10.05	10	9	0	31.1	39	35	35	16	20
Mike Mayers	2	0	2.10	29	0	2	30.0	18	10	7	9	43
Félix Peña	3	0	4.05	25	0	2	26.2	27	12	12	8	29
Ty Buttrey	2	3	5.81	27	0	5	26.1	28	18	17	9	18
Noé Ramirez	1	0	3.00	21	0	0	21.0	15	7	7	9	14
Jacob Barnes	0	2	5.50	18	0	0	18.0	19	13	11	4	24
Hansel Robles	0	2	10.26	18	0	1	16.2	19	20	19	10	20
Cam Bedrosian	0	0	2.45	11	0	0	14.2	10	4	4	6	11
Hoby Milner	0	0	8.10	19	0	0	13.1	13	12	12	6	13
Keynan Middleton	0	1	5.25	13	0	0	12.0	12	8	7	6	11
Ryan Buchter	2	0	4.50	10	0	0	6.0	5	4	3	6	8
Luke Bard	0	0	6.75	6	0	0	5.1	7	4	4	0	7
José Quijada	0	1	7.36	6	0	0	3.2	6	4	3	2	6
Kyle Keller	0	0	7.71	2	0	0	2.1	3	2	2	2	1
José Suárez	0	2	38.57	2	2	0	2.1	10	10	10	5	2
Shohei Ohtani	0	1	37.80	2	2	0	1.2	3	7	7	8	3
José Rodríguez	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.2	2	0	0	1	0
Dillon Peters	0	0	16.20	1	1	0	1.2	3	4	3	0	2
Anthony Bemboom	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0
Team Totals	26	34	5.09	60	60	12	525.1	492	321	297	199	523

Source:https://baseball-reference.com/teams/LAA/2020-pitching.shtml

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

All coaches and rosters can be found on each team's website.

See also

• Los Angeles Angels
• Angel Stadium

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Feinsand. Mark. June 24, 2020. Play Ball: MLB announces 2020 regular season. June 24, 2020. MLB.com.
2. News: The Associated Press. 2019-09-30. Angels Fire Manager Brad Ausmus (Published 2019). en-US. The New York Times. 2020-10-12. 0362-4331.
3. Web site: 2019-10-16. Joe Maddon returns to Anaheim as the new manager of the Angels. 2020-10-12. Los Angeles Times. en-US.
4. Web site: Opening Day delayed at least 2 weeks; Spring Training games cancelled . Mark Feinsand . March 12, 2020 . MLB.com . Major League Baseball . March 14, 2020.
5. Web site: Opening of regular season to be pushed back . March 16, 2020 . MLB.com . Major League Baseball . March 16, 2020.
6. Web site: Play Ball: MLB announces 2020 regular season . Mark . Feinsand . MLB.com . June 24, 2020 . June 24, 2020.