# 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.

## Regular season standings
### American League East

vteAL 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

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 vs. opponents

2020 American League recordvte
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)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordBox/ Streak
1July 24@ Red Sox2–13Eovaldi (1–0)Milone (0–1)—0–1L1
2July 25@ Red Sox7–2Cobb (1–0)Pérez (0–1)—1–1W1
3July 26@ Red Sox7–4LeBlanc (1–0)Weber (0–1)Sulser (1)2–1W2
—July 27@ MarlinsPostponed (COVID-19). Makeup Date August 5 as part of doubleheader
—July 28@ MarlinsPostponed (COVID-19). Makeup Date August 6.
—July 29MarlinsPostponed (COVID-19). Makeup Date August 4.
—July 30MarlinsPostponed (COVID-19). Makeup Date August 5 as part of doubleheader.
4July 29Yankees3–9Cole (2–0)Wojciechowski (0–1)—2–2L1
5July 30Yankees6–8Loáisiga (1–0)Sulser (0–1)Britton (2)2–3L2
6July 31Rays6–3Fry (1–0)Fairbanks (1–1)Sulser (2)3–3W1 :
August: 12–16 (Home: 5–9; Away: 7–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordBox/ Streak
7August 1Rays5–4 (11)Lakins (1–0)Drake (0–2)—4–3W2
8August 2Rays5–1Phillips (1–0)Beeks (0–1)Sulser (3)5–3W3
—August 3YankeesPostponed (COVID-19). Makeup Date September 4 as part of doubleheader.
9August 4Marlins0–4López (1–0)Means (0–1)—5–4L1
10August 5Marlins0–1 (7)Vincent (1–0)Cobb (1–1)Kintzler (2)5–5L2
11August 5@ Marlins1–2 (7)Moran (1–0)Wojciechowski (0–2)Tarpley (1)5–6L3
12August 6@ Marlins7–8Morin (1–0)Phillips (1–1)Kintzler (3)5–7L4
13August 7@ Nationals11–0Milone (1–1)Sánchez (0–2)—6–7W1
14August 8@ Nationals5–3Armstrong (1–0)Hudson (1–1)Castro (1)7–7W2
—August 9@ NationalsSuspended (field issues). Orioles lead 5–2, 1 out, top of 6th inning, runners on 1st & 2nd. Completed on August 14.
15August 11@ Phillies10–9 (10)Sulser (1–1)Guerra (1–2)Lakins (1)8–7W3
16August 12@ Phillies5–4Armstrong (2–0)Eflin (0–1)Sulser (4)9–7W4
17August 13@ Phillies11–4Eshelman (1–0)Arrieta (1–2)—10–7W5
18August 14@ Nationals6–2Lakins (2–0)Strasburg (0–1)—11–7W6
19August 14Nationals3–15Fedde (1–1)Milone (1–2)—11–8L1
20August 15Nationals7–3Wojciechowski (1–2)Corbin (2–1)Sulser (5)12–8W1
21August 16Nationals5–6Scherzer (2–1)Lakins (2–1)Hudson (4)12–9L1
22August 17Blue Jays2–7Ryu (2–1)Cobb (1–2)—12–10L2
23August 18Blue Jays7–8 (10)Bass (1–0)Sulser (1–2)—12–11L3
24August 19Blue Jays2–5Roark (2–1)Milone (1–3)Dolis (1)12–12L4
25August 20Red Sox1–7Eovaldi (2–2)Wojciechowski (1–3)—12–13L5
26August 21Red Sox5–8Hernández (1–0)Means (0–2)Barnes (1)12–14L6
27August 22Red Sox5–4 (10)Castro (1–0)Barnes (1–2)—13–14W1
28August 23Red Sox5–4Eshelman (2–0)Godley (0–3)Scott (1)14–14W2
29August 25@ Rays2–4Glasnow (1–1)Milone (1–4)García (1)14–15L1
30August 26@ Rays3–4Sherriff (1–0)Givens (0–1)Castillo (1)14–16L2
—August 27@ RaysPostponed (strikes due to shooting of Jacob Blake). Makeup Date: September 17.
31August 28@ Blue Jays4–5 (10)Dolis (1–1)Sulser (1–3)—14–17L3
32August 29@ Blue Jays0–5Walker (3–2)Cobb (1–3)—14–18L4
33August 30@ Blue Jays5–6Bass (2–1)Sulser (1–4)—14–19L5
34August 31@ Blue Jays4–3 (11)Valdez (1–0)Bass (2–2)—15–19W1 :
September: 10–16 (Home: 7–6; Away: 3–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordBox/ Streak
35September 1Mets9–5Eshelman (3–0)Kilome (0–1)—16–19W2
36September 2Mets4–9Peterson (4–1)Means (0–3)—16–20L1
37September 4Yankees5–6 (9)Holder (2–0)Lakins (2–2)Green (1)16–21L2
38September 4Yankees6–3 (7)López (1–0)García (0–1)Valdez (1)17–21W1
39September 5Yankees6–1Tate (1–0)Cole (4–3)—18–21W2
40September 6Yankees5–1Kremer (1–0)Tanaka (1–2)—19–21W3
41September 8@ Mets11–2Means (1–3)Wacha (1–3)—20–21W4
42September 9@ Mets6–7Familia (2–0)Harvey (0–1)Díaz (3)20–22L1
—September 10@ YankeesPostponed (rain). Makeup Date September 11 as part of doubleheader
43September 11@ Yankees0–6 (7)Cole (5–3)Cobb (1–4)—20–23L2
44September 11@ Yankees1–10 (7)Tanaka (2–2)Akin (0–1)—20–24L3
45September 12@ Yankees1–2 (10)Holder (3–0)Harvey (0–2)—20–25L4
46September 13@ Yankees1–3Britton (1–2)Tate (1–1)Chapman (2)20–26L5
47September 14Braves14–1López (2–0)Toussaint (0–2)—21–26W1
48September 15Braves1–5O'Day (4–0)Eshelman (3–1)—21–27L1
49September 16Braves5–1Akin (1–1)Hamels (0–1)—22–27W1
50September 17Rays1–3 (7)Castillo (3–0)Valdez (1–1)—22–28L1
51September 17@ Rays6–10 (7)Fairbanks (5–3)Sulser (1–5)—22–29L2
52September 18Rays1–2Glasnow (4–1)Cobb (1–5)Sherriff (1)22–30L3
53September 19Rays1–3Morton (2–2)López (2–1)Thompson (1)22–31L4
54September 20Rays2–1Means (2–3)Yarbrough (1–4)Valdez (2)23–31W1
55September 22@ Red Sox3–8Pivetta (1–0)Akin (1–2)Barnes (9)23–32L1
56September 23@ Red Sox1–9Eovaldi (4–2)Kremer (1–1)—23–33L2
57September 24@ Red Sox13–1Cobb (2–5)Pérez (3–5)—24–33W1
58September 25@ Blue Jays5–10Pearson (1–0)López (2–2)—24–34L1
59September 26@ Blue Jays2–5Anderson (1–2)Means (2–4)Bass (7)24–35L2
60September 27@ Blue Jays7–5Lakins (3–2)Yamaguchi (2–4)Valdez (3)25–35W1 :
* 1 2 Games moved to Oriole Park at Camden Yards for safety concerns due to the COVID-19 pandemic "hot spot" in Florida.
* ↑ Completion of game suspended on August 9. Game moved to Oriole Park at Camden Yards with Washington serving as the "home" team.
* ↑ Game moved to Oriole Park at Camden Yards with Tampa Bay serving as the "home" team.

## 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 |
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 |
| 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 |
Source:

## Farm system

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.
| Level | Team | League |
| 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.