# 2020 Colorado Rockies season

The 2020 Colorado Rockies season was the franchise's 28th in Major League Baseball. It was their 26th season at Coors Field. Bud Black returned as the Manager for his fourth season with the Rockies in 2020.
On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks in addition to the remainder of preseason 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, 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 Rockies started the season 11–3, but would lose the remaining 31 of 45 games. The team's biggest achievement was being the only team to beat the World Champion Dodgers in a series in 2020, as they won two out of three at Dodger Stadium in early September.

## Regular season
### 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 | 5–5 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 57 | 74 |
| Colorado Rockies | – | – | – | – | – |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 3–7 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 41 | 61 |
| San Diego Padres | 3–7 | 3–4 | 0–3 | 40 | 67 |
| San Francisco Giants | 6–4 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 51 | 63 |
| Total | 17–23 | 9–11 | 8–12 | 189 | 275 |
American League West :
| Opponent | Total | Home | Away | RS | RA |
| Houston Astros | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 16 | 27 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 1–2 | 1–2 | – | 13 | 14 |
| Oakland Athletics | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 17 | 8 |
| Seattle Mariners | 2–1 | – | 2–1 | 16 | 9 |
| Texas Rangers | 3–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 24 | 20 |
| Total | 9–11 | 3–7 | 6–4 | 86 | 78 |

### Transactions

* August 14, 2020: Jesús Tinoco was traded by the Rockies to the Miami Marlins in exchange for Chad Smith (minors).
* August 30, 2020: Mychal Givens was traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Colorado Rockies in exchange for Tyler Nevin (minors), Terrin Vavra (minors), and a player to be named later.
* August 31, 2020: Kevin Pillar was traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Colorado Rockies in exchange for a player to be named later and international bonus pool money.

## Game log

2020 game log: 26–34 (Home: 12–18; Away: 14–16 ) :
July: 4–2 (Home: 0–1; Away: 4–1 )
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
1July 24@ Rangers0–1Lynn (1–0)Márquez (0–1)Leclerc (1)0–1L1
2July 25@ Rangers3–2Bard (1–0)Minor (0–1)Davis (1)1–1W1
3July 26@ Rangers5–2Freeland (1–0)Palumbo (0–1)Davis (2)2–1W2
4July 28@ Athletics8–3Senzatela (1–0)Mengden (0–1)—3–1W3
5July 29@ Athletics5–1Márquez (1–1)Montas (0–1)—4–1W4
6July 31Padres7–8Stammen (1–1)Davis (0–1)Pomeranz (2)4–2L1 :
August: 13–16 (Home: 8–10; Away: 5–6 )
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
7August 1Padres6–1Freeland (2–0)Lucchesi (0–1)—5–2W1
8August 2Padres9–6Senzatela (2–0)Davies (1–1)Díaz (1)6–2W2
9August 3Giants7–6Hoffman (1–0)Peralta (1–1)Díaz (2)7–2W3
10August 4Giants5–2Márquez (2–1)Gausman (0–1)Almonte (1)8–2W4
11August 5Giants3–4Webb (1–0)Gray (0–1)Gott (3)8–3L1
12August 6Giants6–4Almonte (1–0)Garcia (0–1)Díaz (3)9–3W1
13August 7@ Mariners8–4Senzatela (3–0)Kikuchi (0–1)—10–3W2
14August 8@ Mariners5–0Hoffman (2–0)Misiewicz (0–1)—11–3W3
15August 9@ Mariners3–5Sheffield (1–2)Márquez (2–2)Williams (3)11–4L1
16August 10Diamondbacks8–12Young (1–0)Gray (0–2)Bradley (4)11–5L2
17August 11Diamondbacks8–7Estévez (1–0)Ginkel (0–1)Bard (1)12–5W1
18August 12Diamondbacks7–13Chafin (1–1)Kinley (0–1)—12–6L1
19August 14Rangers2–3Lynn (3–0)Bard (1–1)—12–7L2
20August 15Rangers4–6Gibson (1–2)Márquez (2–3)Montero (5)12–8L3
21August 16Rangers10–6Gray (1–2)Allard (0–1)Estévez (1)13–8W1
22August 17@ Astros1–2Bielak (3–0)Freeland (2–1)Taylor (1)13–9L1
23August 18@ Astros1–2 (11)Scrubb (1–0)Díaz (0–1)—13–10L2
24August 19Astros6–13Valdez (2–2)Castellani (0–1)—13–11L3
25August 20Astros8–10Raley (1–0)Márquez (2–4)Pressly (3)13–12L4
26August 21@ Dodgers1–5Buehler (1–0)Gray (1–3)—13–13L5
27August 22@ Dodgers3–4Jansen (1–0)Bard (1–2)—13–14L6
28August 23@ Dodgers3–11González (1–0)Senzatela (3–1)—13–15L7
29August 24@ Diamondbacks3–2Castellani (1–1)Widener (0–1)Bard (2)14–15W1
30August 25@ Diamondbacks5–4Díaz (1–1)Crichton (2–1)Bard (3)15–15W2
31August 26@ Diamondbacks8–7Gray (2–3)Ray (1–4)Hoffman (1)16–15W3
—August 27@ DiamondbacksPostponed (Boycotts due to Jacob Blake shooting); Makeup: September 25
32August 28Padres4–10Davies (5–2)Hoffman (2–1)—16–16L1
33August 29Padres4–3Bard (2–2)Stammen (3–2)—17–16W1
34August 30Padres2–13Paddack (3–3)Castellani (1–2)—17–17L1
35August 31Padres0–6Morejón (1–0)Márquez (2–5)—17–18L2 :
September: 9–16 (Home: 4–7; Away: 5–9 )
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
36September 1Giants5–23Gausman (2–2)Gray (2–4)—17–19L3
37September 2Giants9–6Givens (1–1)Coonrod (0–1)Bard (4)18–19W1
38September 4@ Dodgers6–10Ferguson (2–0)Estévez (1–1)—18–20L1
39September 5@ Dodgers5–2Almonte (2–0)Treinen (3–2)Bard (5)19–20W1
40September 6@ Dodgers7–6Almonte (3–0)Ferguson (2–1)Bard (6)20–20W2
41September 7@ Padres0–1Pomeranz (1–0)Estévez (1–2)—20–21L1
42September 8@ Padres5–14Clevinger (2–2)Gonzalez (0–1)—20–22L2
43September 9@ Padres3–5Davies (7–2)Senzatela (3–2)Rosenthal (9)20–23L3
44September 11Angels8–4Bard (3–2)Buttrey (1–3)—21–23W1
45September 12Angels2–5 (11)Buttrey (2–3)Kinley (0–2)Andriese (1)21–24L1
46September 13Angels3–5Heaney (4–3)Estévez (1–3)Andriese (2)21–25L2
47September 15Athletics3–1Senzatela (4–2)Manaea (4–3)—22–25W1
48September 16Athletics1–3Fiers (6–2)Márquez (2–6)Hendriks (13)22–26L1
49September 17Dodgers3–9Floro (2–0)Freeland (2–2)—22–27L2
50September 18Dodgers6–15White (1–0)Castellani (1–3)—22–28L3
51September 19Dodgers1–6Kershaw (6–2)Gonzalez (0–2)—22–29L4
52September 20Dodgers6–3Senzatela (5–2)Gonsolin (1–2)Givens (1)23–29W1
53September 21@ Giants7–2Márquez (3–6)Cueto (2–2—24–29W2
54September 22@ Giants2–5Rogers (3–3)Díaz (1–2)Coonrod (3)24–30L1
55September 23@ Giants2–7Webb (3–4)Castellani (1–4)—24–31L2
56September 24@ Giants5–4 (11)Bard (4–2)Cahill (1–2)Díaz (4)25–31W1
57September 25 (1)@ Diamondbacks0–4 (7)Gallen (3–2)Senzatela (5–3)Crichton (5)25–32L1
58September 25 (2)@ Diamondbacks5–11 (7)Clarke (3–0)Santos (0–1)—25–33L2
59September 26@ Diamondbacks10–3Márquez (4–6)Weaver (1–9)—26–33W1
60September 27@ Diamondbacks3–11Bumgarner (1–4)Freeland (2–3)—26–34L1 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Rockies team member :

## Player stats
### Batting

List does not include pitchers. Stats in bold are the team leaders.
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Walks; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; OBP = On-base percentage; SLG = Slugging; OPS = On Base + Slugging
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Trevor Story | 59 | 235 | 41 | 68 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 24 | 63 | .289 | .355 | .519 | .874 |
| Charlie Blackmon | 59 | 221 | 31 | 67 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 42 | 19 | 44 | .303 | .356 | .448 | .804 |
| Raimel Tapia | 51 | 184 | 26 | 59 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 38 | .321 | .369 | .402 | .772 |
| Nolan Arenado | 48 | 182 | 23 | 46 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 26 | 15 | 20 | .253 | .303 | .434 | .738 |
| Ryan McMahon | 52 | 172 | 23 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 26 | 18 | 66 | .215 | .295 | .419 | .714 |
| Garrett Hampson | 53 | 167 | 25 | 39 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 60 | .234 | .287 | .383 | .671 |
| Daniel Murphy | 40 | 123 | 10 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 21 | .236 | .275 | .333 | .608 |
| Matt Kemp | 43 | 117 | 18 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 41 | .239 | .326 | .419 | .745 |
| Sam Hilliard | 36 | 105 | 13 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 42 | .210 | .272 | .438 | .710 |
| Tony Wolters | 42 | 100 | 10 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 30 | .230 | .280 | .270 | .550 |
| Josh Fuentes | 30 | 98 | 14 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 29 | .306 | .320 | .439 | .759 |
| David Dahl | 24 | 93 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 28 | .183 | .222 | .247 | .470 |
| Kevin Pillar | 24 | 91 | 14 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 18 | .308 | .351 | .451 | .801 |
| Elías Díaz | 26 | 68 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 15 | .235 | .288 | .353 | .641 |
| Chris Owings | 17 | 41 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | .268 | .318 | .439 | .757 |
| Drew Butera | 28 | 39 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 11 | .154 | .190 | .205 | .396 |
| Brendan Rodgers | 7 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | .095 | .095 | .143 | .238 |
| Team Totals | 60 | 2057 | 275 | 528 | 84 | 16 | 63 | 264 | 161 | 543 | .257 | .311 | .405 | .716 |

### Pitching

List does not include position players. Stats in bold are the team leaders.
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; 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 |
| Germán Márquez | 4 | 6 | 3.75 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 81.2 | 78 | 41 | 34 | 25 | 73 |
| Antonio Senzatela | 5 | 3 | 3.44 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 73.1 | 71 | 29 | 28 | 18 | 41 |
| Kyle Freeland | 2 | 3 | 4.33 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 70.2 | 77 | 34 | 34 | 23 | 46 |
| Ryan Castellani | 1 | 4 | 5.82 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 43.1 | 37 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 25 |
| Jon Gray | 2 | 4 | 6.69 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 39.0 | 45 | 31 | 29 | 11 | 22 |
| Yency Almonte | 3 | 0 | 2.93 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 27.2 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 23 |
| Daniel Bard | 4 | 2 | 3.65 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 24.2 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 27 |
| Carlos Estévez | 1 | 3 | 7.50 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 24.0 | 33 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 27 |
| Tyler Kinley | 0 | 2 | 5.32 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 23.2 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 26 |
| Jeff Hoffman | 2 | 1 | 9.28 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 21.1 | 32 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 20 |
| Jairo Díaz | 1 | 2 | 7.65 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 20.0 | 31 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 17 |
| Chi Chi Gonzalez | 0 | 2 | 6.86 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 19.2 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 16 |
| Mychal Givens | 1 | 0 | 6.75 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9.1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
| Ashton Goudeau | 0 | 0 | 7.56 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| Antonio Santos | 0 | 1 | 16.50 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 |
| Phillip Diehl | 0 | 0 | 10.50 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
| James Pazos | 0 | 0 | 16.88 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| José Mujica | 0 | 0 | 12.46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Wade Davis | 0 | 1 | 20.77 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4.1 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 |
| Jesús Tinoco | 0 | 0 | 2.45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Joe Harvey | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| A. J. Ramos | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Tommy Doyle | 0 | 0 | 23.14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 34 | 5.59 | 60 | 60 | 16 | 526.1 | 579 | 353 | 327 | 205 | 393 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Albuquerque Isotopes | Pacific Coast League | Glenallen Hill |
| AA | Hartford Yard Goats | Eastern League | Warren Schaeffer |
| A-Advanced | Lancaster JetHawks | California League | Scott Little |
| A | Asheville Tourists | South Atlantic League | Robinson Cancel |
| A-Short Season | Boise Hawks | Northwest League | Steve Soliz |
| Rookie | Grand Junction Rockies | Pioneer League | Jake Opitz |