# 2020 Cleveland Indians season

The 2020 Cleveland Indians season was the 120th season for the franchise. It was the eighth season under the leadership of manager Terry Francona and fifth under general manager Mike Chernoff. The Indians play their home games at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio. They made the playoffs after missing them in 2019 and improved upon their previous year's record of 93–69. They were swept out of the playoffs, losing both games of the ALWCS to the New York Yankees, extending their postseason losing streak to eight games.
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, commissioner Rob 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 24 Opening Day.

## Season standings
### American League Central

vteAL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| 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 |

### American League Wild Card

vteDivision Leaders :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 40 | 20 | .667 |
| Oakland Athletics | 36 | 24 | .600 |
| Minnesota Twins | 36 | 24 | .600 |
vteDivision 2nd Place :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| Cleveland Indians | 35 | 25 | .583 |
| New York Yankees | 33 | 27 | .550 |
| Houston Astros | 29 | 31 | .483 |
vteWild 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 against opponents

2020 American League recordvte
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2020 :
| Team | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIN | NL |
| 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 |

## Game log
### Regular season

2020 Game Log: 35–25 (Home: 18–12; Away: 17–13) :
July: 5–3 (Home: 4–2; Away: 1–1)
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1July 24Royals2–0Bieber (1–0)Duffy (0–1)Hand (1)1–0W1
2July 25Royals2–3 (10)Barlow (1–0)Karinchak (0–1)Holland (1)1–1L1
3July 26Royals9–2Carrasco (1–0)Bolaños (0–1)—2–1W1
–July 27White SoxPostponed (rain). Makeup date: July 28.
4July 28White Sox4–3Civale (1–0)Cease (0–1)Hand (2)3–1W2
5July 28White Sox5–3Plutko (1–0)Rodón (0–1)Hill (1)4–1W3
6July 29White Sox0–4Bummer (1–0)Hand (0–1)—4–2L1
7July 30@ Twins2–0Bieber (2–0)Berríos (0–1)Karinchak (1)5–2W1
8July 31@ Twins1–4Dobnak (1–1)Clevinger (0–1)Rogers (2)5–3L1 :
August: 16–11 (Home: 5–5; Away: 11–6)
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9August 1@ Twins0–3Maeda (2–0)Carrasco (1–1)Rogers (3)5–4L2
10August 2@ Twins1–3Smeltzer (1–0)Civale (1–1)Romo (2)5–5L3
11August 3@ Reds2–3Gray (3–0)Plesac (0–1)Iglesias (1)5–6L4
12August 4@ Reds4–2Bieber (3–0)Jones (0–1)Hand (3)6–6W1
13August 5Reds2–0Clevinger (1–1)Antone (0–1)Hand (4)7–6W2
14August 6Reds13–0Carrasco (2–1)Castillo (0–2)—8–6W3
15August 7@ White Sox0–2Cease (2–1)Civale (1–2)Colomé (4)8–7L1
16August 8@ White Sox7–1Plesac (1–1)Anderson (0–1)—9–7W1
17August 9@ White Sox5–4 (10)Maton (1–0)Cordero (0–1)Pérez (1)10–7W2
18August 11Cubs1–7Lester (2–0)Plutko (0–1)—10–8L1
19August 12Cubs2–7Hendricks (3–1)Carrasco (2–2)—10–9L2
20August 14@ Tigers10–5Civale (2–2)Nova (1–1)—11–9W1
21August 15@ Tigers3–1Bieber (4–0)Turnbull (2–1)Hand (5)12–9W2
22August 16@ Tigers8–5Pérez (1–0)Schreiber (0–1)—13–9W3
23August 18@ Pirates6–3 (10)Wittgren (1–0)Howard (1–1)Hand (6)14–9W4
24August 19@ Pirates6–1Civale (3–2)Neverauskas (0–3)—15–9W5
25August 20@ Pirates2–0Bieber (5–0)Williams (1–4)Hand (7)16–9W6
26August 21Tigers5–10García (1–0)Plutko (1–2)—16–10L1
27August 22Tigers6–1McKenzie (1–0)Boyd (0–4)—17–10W1
28August 23Tigers4–7Norris (2–1)Carrasco (2–3)—17–11L1
29August 24Twins2–3Maeda (4–0)Civale (3–3)Rogers (7)17–12L2
30August 25Twins4–2Bieber (6–0)Alcalá (1–1)Hand (8)18–12W1
31August 26Twins6–3Maton (2–0)Romo (0–1)Hand (9)19–12W2
32August 28@ Cardinals14–2Hill (1–0)Ponce de Leon (0–3)Plutko (1)20–12W3
33August 29@ Cardinals2–1 (12)Wittgren (2–0)Reyes (1–1)Hand (10)21–12W4
34August 30@ Cardinals2–7Wainwright (3–0)Civale (3–4)—21–13L1
35August 31@ Royals1–2Barlow (2–1)Karinchak (0–2)Holland (2)21–14L2 :
September: 14–11 (Home: 9–5; Away: 5–6)
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36September 1@ Royals10–1Plesac (2–1)Harvey (0–2)—22–14W1
37September 2@ Royals5–0McKenzie (2–0)Junis (0–1)—23–14W2
38September 4Brewers1–7Burnes (2–0)Maton (2–1)—23–15L1
39September 5Brewers4–3Hand (1–1)Hader (0–1)—24–15W1
40September 6Brewers4–1Bieber (7–0)Anderson (2–3)Hand (11)25–15W2
41September 7Royals5–2Plesac (3–1)Keller (3–2)Hand (12)26–15W3
42September 8Royals5–8Holland (3–0)Cimber (0–1)Barlow (2)26–16L1
43September 9Royals0–3Duffy (3–3)Carrasco (2–4)Holland (3)26–17L2
44September 10Royals1–11Singer (2–4)Civale (3–5)—26–18L3
45September 11@ Twins1–3Maeda (5–1)Bieber (7–1)Rogers (9)26–19L4
46September 12@ Twins4–8Hill (2–1)Plesac (3–2)—26–20L5
47September 13@ Twins5–7Thielbar (2–0)McKenzie (2–1)Romo (4)26–21L6
48September 15@ Cubs5–6Jeffress (4–1)Pérez (1–1)—26–22L7
49September 16@ Cubs2–3 (10)Adam (2–1)Maton (2–2)—26–23L8
50September 17@ Tigers10–3Bieber (8–1)Mize (0–2)—27–23W1
51September 18@ Tigers1–0Plesac (4–2)Alexander (2–2)Hand (13)28–23W2
52September 19@ Tigers2–5Cisnero (3–3)Maton (2–3)Garcia (3)28–24L1
53September 20@ Tigers7–4Carrasco (3–4)Boyd (2–7)—29–24W1
54September 21White Sox7–4Civale (4–5)Fry (0–1)Hand (14)30–24W2
55September 22White Sox5–3 (10)Maton (3–3)Foster (5–1)—31–24W3
56September 23White Sox3–2Hand (2–1)González (1–2)—32–24W4
57September 24White Sox5–4Hill (2–0)Rodón (0–2)Hand (15)33–24W5
58September 25Pirates4–3Plutko (2–2)Stratton (2–1)—34–24W6
59September 26Pirates0–8Musgrove (1–5)Civale (4–6)—34–25L1
60September 27Pirates8–6Karinchak (1–2)Turley (0–3)Hand (16)35–25W1 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Indians team member :

### Postseason

2020 Postseason: 0−2 (Home 0−2; Away 0−0) :
American League Wild Card Series: 0−2 (Home 0–2; Away 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecord
1September 29Yankees3–12Cole (1–0)Bieber (0–1)—0–1
2September 30Yankees9–10Chapman (1–0)Hand (0–1)—0–2 :

## Postseason rosters

Playoff rosters :
American League Wild Card Series
Pitchers: 26 Triston McKenzie 27 Cam Hill 33 Brad Hand 34 Zach Plesac 38 Cal Quantrill 39 Óliver Pérez 43 Aaron Civale 57 Shane Bieber 59 Carlos Carrasco 62 Nick Wittgren 88 Phil Maton 90 Adam Cimber 99 James Karinchak
Catchers: 9 Sandy León 17 Austin Hedges 55 Roberto Pérez
Infielders: 6 Mike Freeman 7 César Hernández 11 José Ramírez 12 Francisco Lindor 41 Carlos Santana
Outfielders: 0 Delino DeShields Jr. 4 Bradley Zimmer 8 Jordan Luplow 30 Tyler Naquin 31 Josh Naylor 35 Oscar Mercado
Designated hitters: 32 Franmil Reyes :

## Player stats
### Batting

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 |
| 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 |

### 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; K = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K |
| 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 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| 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) |