# 2020 Texas Rangers season

The 2020 Texas Rangers season was the 60th of the Texas Rangers franchise overall, their 49th in Arlington as the Rangers, and the inaugural season at the newly constructed Globe Life Field.
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 resume spring training and prepare for a July 24 Opening Day.

## Spring training

Texas Ranger pitchers and catchers reported on February 11, 2020 to spring training in Surprise, Arizona, United States.

## Regular season
### Season standings
#### American League West

vteAL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Oakland Athletics | 36 | 24 | .600 | — | 22‍–‍10 | 14‍–‍14 |
| Houston Astros | 29 | 31 | .483 | 7 | 20‍–‍9 | 9‍–‍22 |
| Seattle Mariners | 27 | 33 | .450 | 9 | 14‍–‍10 | 13‍–‍23 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 26 | 34 | .433 | 10 | 16‍–‍15 | 10‍–‍19 |
| Texas Rangers | 22 | 38 | .367 | 14 | 16‍–‍14 | 6‍–‍24 |

#### 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 | HOU | LAA | OAK | SEA | TEX | NL |
| Houston | — | 4–6 | 3–7 | 7–3 | 5–5 | 10–10 |
| Los Angeles | 6–4 | — | 4–6 | 5–5 | 4–6 | 7–13 |
| Oakland | 7–3 | 6–4 | — | 6–4 | 7–3 | 10–10 |
| Seattle | 3–7 | 5–5 | 4–6 | — | 8–2 | 7–13 |
| Texas | 5–5 | 6–4 | 3–7 | 2–8 | — | 6–14 |

## 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 |
| Isiah Kiner-Falefa | 58 | 211 | 28 | 59 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 14 | .280 | .370 |
| Nick Solak | 58 | 209 | 27 | 56 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 18 | .268 | .344 |
| Joey Gallo | 57 | 193 | 23 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 26 | 2 | 29 | .181 | .378 |
| Rougned Odor | 38 | 138 | 15 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 30 | 0 | 7 | .167 | .413 |
| Leody Taveras | 33 | 119 | 20 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 14 | .227 | .395 |
| Shin-Soo Choo | 33 | 110 | 13 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 13 | .236 | .400 |
| Todd Frazier | 31 | 108 | 11 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 10 | .241 | .380 |
| Elvis Andrus | 29 | 103 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 8 | .194 | .330 |
| Willie Calhoun | 29 | 100 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 5 | .190 | .260 |
| Ronald Guzmán | 26 | 78 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 7 | .244 | .436 |
| Jose Trevino | 24 | 76 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .434 |
| Anderson Tejeda | 23 | 75 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | .253 | .453 |
| Jeff Mathis | 24 | 62 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 5 | .161 | .355 |
| Derek Dietrich | 25 | 61 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 9 | .197 | .459 |
| Danny Santana | 15 | 55 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 7 | .145 | .273 |
| Scott Heineman | 24 | 52 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | .154 | .269 |
| Robinson Chirinos | 14 | 42 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | .119 | .143 |
| Sam Huff | 10 | 31 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | .355 | .742 |
| Rob Refsnyder | 15 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .233 |
| Sherten Apostel | 7 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .100 | .150 |
| Adolis García | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 |
| Yadiel Rivera | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 |
| Andrew Romine | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .500 |
| Team Totals | 60 | 1936 | 224 | 420 | 80 | 9 | 62 | 204 | 49 | 167 | .217 | .364 |
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 |
| Lance Lynn | 6 | 3 | 3.32 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 84.0 | 64 | 34 | 31 | 25 | 89 |
| Kyle Gibson | 2 | 6 | 5.35 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 67.1 | 73 | 44 | 40 | 30 | 58 |
| Jordan Lyles | 1 | 6 | 7.02 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 57.2 | 67 | 49 | 45 | 23 | 36 |
| Mike Minor | 0 | 5 | 5.60 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 35.1 | 35 | 23 | 22 | 13 | 35 |
| Kolby Allard | 0 | 6 | 7.75 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 33.2 | 31 | 29 | 29 | 20 | 32 |
| Jonathan Hernández | 5 | 1 | 2.90 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 31 |
| Kyle Cody | 1 | 1 | 1.59 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 22.2 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 18 |
| Wes Benjamin | 2 | 1 | 4.84 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 22.1 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 21 |
| Jimmy Herget | 1 | 0 | 3.20 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 19.2 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 17 |
| Rafael Montero | 0 | 1 | 4.08 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 17.2 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 19 |
| Taylor Hearn | 0 | 0 | 3.63 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 17.1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 23 |
| Jesse Chavez | 0 | 0 | 6.88 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 13 |
| Brett Martin | 1 | 1 | 1.84 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 14.2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 8 |
| Joely Rodríguez | 0 | 0 | 2.13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12.2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 |
| Ian Gibaut | 0 | 1 | 6.57 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 14 |
| Nick Goody | 0 | 2 | 9.00 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 11.0 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 13 |
| John King | 1 | 0 | 6.10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10.1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 9 |
| Luis García | 0 | 2 | 7.56 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 8.1 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 11 |
| Edinson Vólquez | 2 | 1 | 6.35 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Luke Farrell | 0 | 0 | 8.44 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| Demarcus Evans | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Joe Palumbo | 0 | 1 | 11.57 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| José Leclerc | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Juan Nicasio | 0 | 0 | 40.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Corey Kluber | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 38 | 5.02 | 60 | 60 | 10 | 516.2 | 479 | 312 | 288 | 236 | 489 |
Source:

## Game log

2020 Game Log 22–38 (Home: 16–14; Away: 6–24) :
July: 2–4 (Home: 2–3; Away: 0–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
1July 24Rockies1–0Lynn (1–0)Márquez (0–1)Leclerc (1)1–0W1
2July 25Rockies2–3Bard (1–0)Minor (0–1)Davis (1)1–1L1
3July 26Rockies2–5Freeland (1–0)Palumbo (0–1)Davis (2)1–2L2
4July 28Diamondbacks1–4Kelly (1–0)Gibson (0–1)Bradley (1)1–3L3
5July 29Diamondbacks7–4Hernández (1–0)Chafin (0–1)Goody (1)2–3W1
6July 31@ Giants2–9Menez (1–0)Minor (0–2)—2–4L1 :
August: 10–17 (Home: 7–7; Away: 3–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
7August 1@ Giants3–7Baragar (2–0)Lyles (0–1)—2–5L2
8August 2@ Giants9–5Hernández (2–0)Triggs (0–1)—3–5W1
9August 4@ Athletics1–5Hendriks (1–0)Vólquez (0–1)—3–6L1
10August 5@ Athletics4–6McFarland (1–0)Gibaut (0–1)Soria (2)3–7L2
11August 6@ Athletics4–6Fiers (1–0)Minor (0–3)Hendriks (4)3–8L3
12August 7Angels4–3Lyles (1–1)Canning (0–2)Montero (1)4–8W1
13August 8Angels2–0Vólquez (1–1)Sandoval (0–1)Montero (2)5–8W2
14August 9Angels7–3Lynn (2–0)Heaney (1–1)—6–8W3
15August 10Mariners2–10Dunn (1–1)Gibson (0–2)—6–9L1
16August 11Mariners4–2Vólquez (2–1)Gonzales (2–2)Montero (3)7–9W1
17August 12Mariners7–4Hernández (3–0)Swanson (0–1)Montero (4)8–9W2
18August 14@ Rockies3–2Lynn (3–0)Bard (1–1)—9–9W3
19August 15@ Rockies6–4Gibson (1–2)Márquez (2–3)Montero (5)10–9W4
20August 16@ Rockies6–10Gray (1–2)Allard (0–1)Estévez (1)10–10L1
21August 17Padres4–14Davies (3–2)Lyles (1–2)—10–11L2
22August 18Padres4–6Stammen (2–1)Minor (0–4)Quantrill (1)10–12L3
23August 19@ Padres3–6 (10)Hill (1–0)Montero (0–1)—10–13L4
24August 20@ Padres7–8 (10)Johnson (2–1)García (0–1)—10–14L5
25August 21@ Mariners4–7Margevicius (1–1)Allard (0–2)Williams (5)10–15L6
26August 22@ Mariners1–10Sheffield (2–2)Lyles (1–3)—10–16L7
27August 23@ Mariners1–4Dunn (2–1)Minor (0–5)Williams (6)10–17L8
28August 24Athletics3–2Lynn (4–0)Luzardo (2–1)Montero (6)11–17W1
29August 25Athletics3–10Manaea (2–2)Gibson (1–3)—11–18L1
30August 26Athletics1–3Fiers (4–1)Allard (0–3)Hendriks (10)11–19L2
—August 27AthleticsPostponed (Strikes due to shooting of Jacob Blake); Makeup: September 12
31August 28Dodgers6–2Hernández (4–0)McGee (2–1)—12–19W1
32August 29Dodgers4–7Treinen (3–1)Lynn (4–1)Jansen (9)12–20L1
33August 30Dodgers2–7Alexander (2–0)Gibson (1–4)—12–21L2 :
September: 10–17 (Home: 7–4; Away: 3–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordStreak
34September 1@ Astros6–5 (10)Hernández (5–0)Taylor (1–1)Montero (7)13–21W1
35September 2@ Astros1–2Javier (4–1)Allard (0–4)Pressly (7)13–22L1
36September 3@ Astros4–8Greinke (3–0)Lynn (4–2)—13–23L2
37September 4@ Mariners3–6Kikuchi (2–2)Cody (0–1)—13–24L3
38September 5@ Mariners3–5Gerber (1–0)Hernández (5–1)Ramírez (2)13–25L4
39September 6@ Mariners3–4Dunn (3–1)Lyles (1–4)Hirano (1)13–26L5
40September 7@ Mariners4–8Gonzales (5–2)Allard (0–5)Ramírez (3)13–27L6
41September 8Angels7–1Lynn (5–2)Heaney (3–3)—14–27W1
42September 9Angels7–3King (1–0)Teherán (0–3)—15–27W2
43September 10Angels2–6Bundy (5–2)Gibson (1–5)—15–28L1
44September 11Athletics6–10Fiers (5–2)García (0–2)—15–29L2
45September 12 (1)Athletics5–2 (7)Benjamin (1–0)Jefferies (0–1)Montero (8)16–29W1
46September 12 (2)Athletics1–10 (7)Bassitt (4–2)Allard (0–6)—16–30L1
47September 13Athletics6–3Lynn (6–2)Montas (3–4)—17–30W1
48September 15@ Astros1–4Urquidy (1–1)Goody (0–1)Pressly (10)17–31L1
49September 16@ Astros1–0Gibson (2–5)Pressly (1–3)—18–31W1
50September 17@ Astros1–2Valdez (4–3)Lyles (1–5)Raley (1)18–32L1
51September 18@ Angels2–6Barría (1–0)Benjamin (1–1)—18–33L2
52September 19@ Angels3–4Mayers (2–0)Martin (0–1)—18–34L3
53September 20@ Angels7–2Cody (1–1)Teherán (0–4)—19–34W1
54September 21@ Angels5–8Bundy (6–3)Gibson (2–6)Mayers (1)19–35L1
55September 22@ Diamondbacks0–7Smith (2–0)Lyles (1–6)—19–36L2
56September 23@ Diamondbacks3–7Mella (2–0)Goody (0–2)—19–37L3
57September 24Astros4–12Javier (5–2)Lynn (6–3)—19–38L4
58September 25Astros5–4 (10)Martin (1–1)Paredes (3–3)—20–38W1
59September 26Astros6–1Herget (1–0)Bielak (3–3)—21–38W2
60September 27Astros8–4Benjamin (2–1)De Jong (0–1)—22–38W3 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Rangers team member :

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League |
| AAA | Nashville Sounds | Pacific Coast League |
| AA | Frisco RoughRiders | Texas League |
| A-Advanced | Down East Wood Ducks | Carolina League |
| A | Hickory Crawdads | South Atlantic League |
| A-Short Season | Spokane Indians | Northwest League |
| Rookie | AZL Rangers | Arizona League |
| Rookie | DSL Rangers | Dominican Summer League |