2020 Texas Rangers season

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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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]

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

AL West
W
L
Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 36 24 0.600 22–10 14–14
Houston Astros 29 31 0.483 7 20–9 9–22
Seattle Mariners 27 33 0.450 9 14–10 13–23
Los Angeles Angels 26 34 0.433 10 16–15 10–19
Texas Rangers 22 38 0.367 14 16–14 6–24


American League Wild Card

Division Leaders
W
L
Pct.
Tampa Bay Rays 40 20 0.667
Oakland Athletics 36 24 0.600
Minnesota Twins 36 24 0.600
Division 2nd Place
W
L
Pct.
Cleveland Indians 35 25 0.583
New York Yankees 33 27 0.550
Houston Astros 29 31 0.483
Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)
W
L
Pct. GB
Chicago White Sox 35 25 0.583 +3
Toronto Blue Jays 32 28 0.533
Seattle Mariners 27 33 0.450 5
Los Angeles Angels 26 34 0.433 6
Kansas City Royals 26 34 0.433 6
Baltimore Orioles 25 35 0.417 7
Boston Red Sox 24 36 0.400 8
Detroit Tigers 23 35 0.397 8
Texas Rangers 22 38 0.367 10


Record against opponents

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

Roster

2020 Texas Rangers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

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:[1]

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:[2]

Game log

2020 Game Log 22–38 (Home: 16–14; Away: 6–24)
July: 2–4 (Home: 2–3; Away: 0–1)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Streak
1 July 24 Rockies 1–0 Lynn (1–0) Márquez (0–1) Leclerc (1) 1–0 W1
2 July 25 Rockies 2–3 Bard (1–0) Minor (0–1) Davis (1) 1–1 L1
3 July 26 Rockies 2–5 Freeland (1–0) Palumbo (0–1) Davis (2) 1–2 L2
4 July 28 Diamondbacks 1–4 Kelly (1–0) Gibson (0–1) Bradley (1) 1–3 L3
5 July 29 Diamondbacks 7–4 Hernández (1–0) Chafin (0–1) Goody (1) 2–3 W1
6 July 31 @ Giants 2–9 Menez (1–0) Minor (0–2) 2–4 L1
August: 10–17 (Home: 7–7; Away: 3–10)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Streak
7 August 1 @ Giants 3–7 Baragar (2–0) Lyles (0–1) 2–5 L2
8 August 2 @ Giants 9–5 Hernández (2–0) Triggs (0–1) 3–5 W1
9 August 4 @ Athletics 1–5 Hendriks (1–0) Vólquez (0–1) 3–6 L1
10 August 5 @ Athletics 4–6 McFarland (1–0) Gibaut (0–1) Soria (2) 3–7 L2
11 August 6 @ Athletics 4–6 Fiers (1–0) Minor (0–3) Hendriks (4) 3–8 L3
12 August 7 Angels 4–3 Lyles (1–1) Canning (0–2) Montero (1) 4–8 W1
13 August 8 Angels 2–0 Vólquez (1–1) Sandoval (0–1) Montero (2) 5–8 W2
14 August 9 Angels 7–3 Lynn (2–0) Heaney (1–1) 6–8 W3
15 August 10 Mariners 2–10 Dunn (1–1) Gibson (0–2) 6–9 L1
16 August 11 Mariners 4–2 Vólquez (2–1) Gonzales (2–2) Montero (3) 7–9 W1
17 August 12 Mariners 7–4 Hernández (3–0) Swanson (0–1) Montero (4) 8–9 W2
18 August 14 @ Rockies 3–2 Lynn (3–0) Bard (1–1) 9–9 W3
19 August 15 @ Rockies 6–4 Gibson (1–2) Márquez (2–3) Montero (5) 10–9 W4
20 August 16 @ Rockies 6–10 Gray (1–2) Allard (0–1) Estévez (1) 10–10 L1
21 August 17 Padres 4–14 Davies (3–2) Lyles (1–2) 10–11 L2
22 August 18 Padres 4–6 Stammen (2–1) Minor (0–4) Quantrill (1) 10–12 L3
23 August 19 @ Padres 3–6 (10) Hill (1–0) Montero (0–1) 10–13 L4
24 August 20 @ Padres 7–8 (10) Johnson (2–1)
García
(0–1)
10–14 L5
25 August 21 @ Mariners 4–7 Margevicius (1–1) Allard (0–2) Williams (5) 10–15 L6
26 August 22 @ Mariners 1–10 Sheffield (2–2) Lyles (1–3) 10–16 L7
27 August 23 @ Mariners 1–4 Dunn (2–1) Minor (0–5) Williams (6) 10–17 L8
28 August 24 Athletics 3–2 Lynn (4–0) Luzardo (2–1) Montero (6) 11–17 W1
29 August 25 Athletics 3–10 Manaea (2–2) Gibson (1–3) 11–18 L1
30 August 26 Athletics 1–3 Fiers (4–1) Allard (0–3) Hendriks (10) 11–19 L2
August 27 Athletics Postponed (Strikes due to shooting of Jacob Blake); Makeup: September 12
31 August 28 Dodgers 6–2 Hernández (4–0) McGee (2–1) 12–19 W1
32 August 29 Dodgers 4–7 Treinen (3–1) Lynn (4–1) Jansen (9) 12–20 L1
33 August 30 Dodgers 2–7 Alexander (2–0) Gibson (1–4) 12–21 L2
September: 10–17 (Home: 7–4; Away: 3–13)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Streak
34 September 1 @ Astros 6–5 (10) Hernández (5–0) Taylor (1–1) Montero (7) 13–21 W1
35 September 2 @ Astros 1–2 Javier (4–1) Allard (0–4) Pressly (7) 13–22 L1
36 September 3 @ Astros 4–8 Greinke (3–0) Lynn (4–2) 13–23 L2
37 September 4 @ Mariners 3–6 Kikuchi (2–2) Cody (0–1) 13–24 L3
38 September 5 @ Mariners 3–5 Gerber (1–0) Hernández (5–1) Ramírez (2) 13–25 L4
39 September 6 @ Mariners 3–4 Dunn (3–1) Lyles (1–4) Hirano (1) 13–26 L5
40 September 7 @ Mariners 4–8 Gonzales (5–2) Allard (0–5) Ramírez (3) 13–27 L6
41 September 8 Angels 7–1 Lynn (5–2) Heaney (3–3) 14–27 W1
42 September 9 Angels 7–3 King (1–0) Teherán (0–3) 15–27 W2
43 September 10 Angels 2–6 Bundy (5–2) Gibson (1–5) 15–28 L1
44 September 11 Athletics 6–10 Fiers (5–2) García (0–2) 15–29 L2
45 September 12 (1) Athletics 5–2 (7) Benjamin (1–0) Jefferies (0–1) Montero (8) 16–29 W1
46 September 12 (2) Athletics 1–10 (7) Bassitt (4–2) Allard (0–6) 16–30 L1
47 September 13 Athletics 6–3 Lynn (6–2) Montas (3–4) 17–30 W1
48 September 15 @ Astros 1–4 Urquidy (1–1) Goody (0–1) Pressly (10) 17–31 L1
49 September 16 @ Astros 1–0 Gibson (2–5) Pressly (1–3) 18–31 W1
50 September 17 @ Astros 1–2 Valdez (4–3) Lyles (1–5) Raley (1) 18–32 L1
51 September 18 @ Angels 2–6 Barría (1–0) Benjamin (1–1) 18–33 L2
52 September 19 @ Angels 3–4 Mayers (2–0) Martin (0–1) 18–34 L3
53 September 20 @ Angels 7–2 Cody (1–1) Teherán (0–4) 19–34 W1
54 September 21 @ Angels 5–8 Bundy (6–3) Gibson (2–6) Mayers (1) 19–35 L1
55 September 22 @ Diamondbacks 0–7 Smith (2–0) Lyles (1–6) 19–36 L2
56 September 23 @ Diamondbacks 3–7 Mella (2–0) Goody (0–2) 19–37 L3
57 September 24 Astros 4–12 Javier (5–2) Lynn (6–3) 19–38 L4
58 September 25 Astros 5–4 (10) Martin (1–1) Paredes (3–3) 20–38 W1
59 September 26 Astros 6–1 Herget (1–0) Bielak (3–3) 21–38 W2
60 September 27 Astros 8–4 Benjamin (2–1) De Jong (0–1) 22–38 W3
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Rangers team member

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
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

References

  1. ^ Mark Feinsand (March 12, 2020). "Opening Day delayed at least 2 weeks; Spring Training games cancelled". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  2. ^ "Opening of regular season to be pushed back". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. March 16, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  3. ^ Feinsand, Mark (June 24, 2020). "Play Ball: MLB announces 2020 regular season". MLB.com. Retrieved June 24, 2020.

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