# 2020 Arizona Diamondbacks season

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. 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.
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.
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

vteNL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 43 | 17 | .717 | — | 21‍–‍9 | 22‍–‍8 |
| San Diego Padres | 37 | 23 | .617 | 6 | 21‍–‍11 | 16‍–‍12 |
| San Francisco Giants | 29 | 31 | .483 | 14 | 19‍–‍14 | 10‍–‍17 |
| Colorado Rockies | 26 | 34 | .433 | 17 | 12‍–‍18 | 14‍–‍16 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 25 | 35 | .417 | 18 | 16‍–‍14 | 9‍–‍21 |

### National League Wild Card

vteDivision Leaders :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 43 | 17 | .717 |
| Atlanta Braves | 35 | 25 | .583 |
| Chicago Cubs | 34 | 26 | .567 |
vteDivision 2nd Place :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| San Diego Padres | 37 | 23 | .617 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 30 | 28 | .517 |
| Miami Marlins | 31 | 29 | .517 |
vteWild Card teams (Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| Cincinnati Reds | 31 | 29 | .517 | +2 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 29 | 31 | .483 | — |
| San Francisco Giants | 29 | 31 | .483 | — |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 28 | 32 | .467 | 1 |
| Washington Nationals | 26 | 34 | .433 | 3 |
| New York Mets | 26 | 34 | .433 | 3 |
| Colorado Rockies | 26 | 34 | .433 | 3 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 25 | 35 | .417 | 4 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 19 | 41 | .317 | 10 |

## Record vs. opponents

2020 National League recordvte
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2020 :
| Team | AZ | 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

National League West :
| Opponent | Total | Home | Away | RS | RA |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | – | – | – | – | – |
| Colorado Rockies | 5–5 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 74 | 57 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 2–8 | 2–5 | 0–3 | 34 | 55 |
| San Diego Padres | 5–5 | 3–0 | 2–5 | 34 | 46 |
| San Francisco Giants | 2–8 | 1–2 | 1–6 | 27 | 47 |
| Total | 14–26 | 9–11 | 5–15 | 169 | 205 |
American League West :
| Opponent | Total | Home | Away | RS | RA |
| Houston Astros | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 31 | 28 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 2–1 | – | 2–1 | 21 | 21 |
| Oakland Athletics | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 16 | 13 |
| Seattle Mariners | 1–2 | 1–2 | – | 10 | 17 |
| Texas Rangers | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 22 | 11 |
| Total | 11–9 | 7–3 | 4–6 | 100 | 90 |

## 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)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
1July 24@ Padres2–7Paddack (1–0)Bumgarner (0–1)—0–1L1
2July 25@ Padres1–5Lamet (1–0)Ray (0–1)—0–2L2
3July 26@ Padres4–3Bradley (1–0)Yates (0–1)—1–2W1
4July 27@ Padres2–6Quantrill (1–0)Weaver (0–1)—1–3L1
5July 28@ Rangers4–1Kelly (1–0)Gibson (0–1)Bradley (1)2–3W1
6July 29@ Rangers4–7Hernández (1–0)Chafin (0–1)Goody (1)2–4L1
7July 30Dodgers3–6Stripling (2–0)Ray (0–2)Báez (1)2–5L2
8July 31Dodgers5–3Rondón (1–0)Treinen (0–1)Bradley (2)3–5W1 :
August: 11–16 (Home: 8–8; Away: 3–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
9August 1Dodgers2–11Urías (1–0)Weaver (0–2)—3–6L1
10August 2Dodgers0–3Kershaw (1–0)Kelly (1–1)Jansen (2)3–7L2
11August 4Astros2–8Javier (1–0)Bumgarner (0–2)—3–8L3
12August 5Astros14–7Ray (1–2)McCullers Jr. (1–1)—4–8W1
13August 6Astros5–4Guerra (1–0)Pressly (0–1)—5–8W2
14August 7@ Padres0–3Davies (2–1)Weaver (0–3)Yates (2)5–9L1
15August 8@ Padres3–2Kelly (2–1)Paddack (2–1)Bradley (3)6–9W1
16August 9@ Padres5–9Lamet (2–0)Bumgarner (0–3)—6–10L1
17August 10@ Rockies12–8Young (1–0)Gray (0–2)Bradley (4)7–10W1
18August 11@ Rockies7–8Estévez (1–0)Ginkel (0–1)Bard (1)7–11L1
19August 12@ Rockies13–7Chafin (1–1)Kinley (0–1)—8–11W1
20August 14Padres5–1Kelly (3–1)Lamet (2–1)—9–11W2
21August 15Padres7–6Crichton (1–0)Johnson (1–1)Bradley (5)10–11W3
22August 16Padres5–4Clarke (1–0)Pagán (0–1)Bradley (6)11–11W4
23August 17Athletics4–3Crichton (2–0)Soria (2–1)—12–11W5
24August 18Athletics10–1Weaver (1–3)Montas (2–2)—13–11W6
25August 19@ Athletics1–4Luzardo (2–0)Kelly (3–2)Hendriks (8)13–12L1
26August 20@ Athletics1–5Manaea (1–2)Young (1–1)—13–13L2
27August 21@ Giants2–6Webb (2–2)Ray (1–3)—13–14L3
28August 22@ Giants1–5Anderson (1–1)Grace (0–1)—13–15L4
29August 23@ Giants1–6Baragar (3–1)Weaver (1–4)—13–16L5
30August 24Rockies2–3Castellani (1–1)Widener (0–1)Bard (2)13–17L6
31August 25Rockies4–5Díaz (1–1)Crichton (2–1)Bard (3)13–18L7
32August 26Rockies7–8Gray (2–3)Ray (1–4)Hoffman (1)13–19L8
—August 27RockiesPostponed (Boycotts due to Jacob Blake shooting); Makeup: September 25
33August 28Giants7–4Gallen (1–0)Anderson (1–2)—14–19W1
34August 29Giants2–5García (2–1)Weaver (1–5)Rogers (2)14–20L1
35August 30Giants1–4Watson (1–0)Crichton (2–2)Coonrod (1)14–21L2 :
September: 11–14 (Home: 7–5; Away: 4–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
36September 1@ Dodgers3–6Urías (3–0)Young (1–2)Jansen (10)14–22L3
37September 2@ Dodgers2–3 (10)Jansen (2–0)Guerra (1–1)—14–23L4
38September 3@ Dodgers1–5Kershaw (5–1)Weaver (1–6)—14–24L5
39September 4@ Giants6–5Bergen (1–0)Anderson (1–3)Ginkel (1)15–24W1
40September 5@ Giants3–4Barager (4–1)Bumgarner (0–1)Watson (1)15–25L1
41September 6@ Giants2–4Baragar (5–1)Young (1–3)Rogers (3)15–26L2
42September 7@ Giants2–4Gausman (3–2)Gallen (1–1)Coonrod (2)15–27L3
43September 8Dodgers9–10 (10)Jansen (3–0)López (0–1)—15–28L4
44September 9Dodgers4–6 (10)McGee (3–1)Ginkel (0–2)Treinen (1)15–29L5
45September 10Dodgers5–2Smith (1–0)Gonsolin (0–1)Bergen (1)16–29W1
46September 11Mariners4–3Young (2–3)Kikuchi (2–3)Crichton (1)17–29W2
47September 12Mariners3–7Sheffield (3–3)Gallen (1–2)—17–30L1
48September 13Mariners3–7Sadler (1–0)Weaver (1–7)—17–31L2
49September 15@ Angels9–8Mella (1–0)Andriese (2–3)Crichton (2)18–31W1
50September 16@ Angels9–6Clarke (2–0)Bundy (5–3)Crichton (3)19–31W2
51September 17@ Angels3–7Canning (1–3)Young (2–4)—19–32L1
52September 18@ Astros6–3Gallen (2–2)García (0–1)Crichton (4)20–32W1
53September 19@ Astros2–3Paredes (3–2)Weaver (1–8)Pressly (11)20–33L1
54September 20@ Astros2–3Taylor (2–1)Guerra (1–2)Pressly (12)20–34L2
55September 22Rangers7–0Smith (2–0)Lyles (1–6)—21–34W1
56September 23Rangers7–3Mella (2–0)Goody (0–2)—22–34W2
57September 25Rockies4–0 (7)Gallen (3–2)Senzatela (5–3)Crichton (5)23–34W3
58September 25Rockies11–5 (7)Clarke (3–0)Santos (0–1)—24–34W4
59September 26Rockies3–10Márquez (4–6)Weaver (1–9)—24–35L1
60September 27Rockies11–3Bumgarner (1–4)Freeland (2–3)—25–35W1 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Diamondbacks team member :

## 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:

### 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:

## Minor league affiliations

| 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 |
| Rookie | AZL D-backs | Arizona League | Scottsdale, Arizona |
| Rookie | DSL D-backs | Dominican Summer League | Boca Chica, Dominican Republic |