2020 Los Angeles Angels season

The 2020 Los Angeles Angels' season was the 60th season of the Los Angeles Angels franchise in the American League and the 55th in Anaheim. The Angels were managed by Joe Maddon, in his first season as manager of the Angels. The Angels played their home games at Angel Stadium as members of Major League Baseball's American League West Division. Los Angeles opened the season on July 24 at the Oakland Athletics and finished the season at the Los Angeles Dodgers.

2020 Los Angeles Angels
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record26–34 (.433)
Divisional place4th
Other information
Owner(s)Arte Moreno
Manager(s)Joe Maddon
Local televisionFox Sports West
(Victor Rojas, Mark Gubicza)
Local radioKLAA (AM 830)
KSPN (AM 710)
Angels Radio Network
(Terry Smith, Mark Langston, José Mota)
Spanish: KWKW (AM 1330)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
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The Angels finished the season 26–34 to finish in last place in the division.

The season was shortened to a 60-game schedule due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

Previous season

The Angels finished the 2019 season 72–90 to finish in last place in the West Division. On September 30, 2019, the Angels fired manager Brad Ausmus after only one season with the Angels.[2]

Coaching changes

After the club had fired Ausmus, speculation increased that the Angels would hire Joe Maddon, who had previously a bench coach with the Angels and spent 20 years in the Angels' system.[2] On October 16, the Angels named Maddon the team's new manager.[3]

COVID-19 effects on season

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.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6]

Regular season

Game log
2020 season game log: 26–34 (Home: 14–16; Away: 12–18)
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Angels team member

American League West
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Oakland Athletics 3624 0.600 — 22–10 14–14
Houston Astros 2931 0.483 7 20–8 9–23
Seattle Mariners 2733 0.450 9 14–10 13–23
Los Angeles Angels 2634 0.433 10 16–15 10–19
Texas Rangers 2238 0.367 14 16–14 6–24

American League Leaders
Division Leaders W L Pct.
Tampa Bay Rays 4020 0.667
Oakland Athletics 3624 0.600
Minnesota Twins 3624 0.600


Division 2nd Place W L Pct.
Cleveland Indians 3525 0.583
New York Yankees 3327 0.550
Houston Astros 2931 0.483


Wild Card teams
(Top two qualify for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
Chicago White Sox 3525 0.583 +3
Toronto Blue Jays 3228 0.533 —
Seattle Mariners 2733 0.450 5
Los Angeles Angels 2634 0.433 6
Kansas City Royals 2634 0.433 6
Baltimore Orioles 2535 0.417 7
Boston Red Sox 2436 0.400 8
Detroit Tigers 2335 0.397 8
Texas Rangers 2238 0.367 10

Record against opponents
2020 American League Records

Source: AL Standings Head-to-head

Team HOU LAA OAK SEA TEX NL
Houston —4–63–77–35–510–10
Los Angeles 6–4—4–65–54–67–13
Oakland 7–36–4—6–47–310–10
Seattle 3–75–54–6—8–27–13
Texas 5–56–43–72–8—6–14

Roster
2020 Los Angeles Angels
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

 Manager

Coaches

  • 92 Manny Del Campo (bullpen catcher)
  • 93 Jason Brown (bullpen catcher)

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Salt Lake Bees Pacific Coast League
AA Rocket City Trash Pandas Southern League
A-Advanced Inland Empire 66ers California League
A Burlington Bees Midwest League
Rookie Orem Owlz Pioneer League
Rookie AZL Angels Arizona League
Rookie DSL Angels Dominican Summer League

All coaches and rosters can be found on each team's website.

See also

References
  1. Feinsand, Mark (June 24, 2020). "Play Ball: MLB announces 2020 regular season". MLB.com. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  2. "Angels Fire Manager Brad Ausmus (Published 2019)". The New York Times. The Associated Press. September 30, 2019. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  3. "Joe Maddon returns to Anaheim as the new manager of the Angels". Los Angeles Times. October 16, 2019. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  4. 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.
  5. "Opening of regular season to be pushed back". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. March 16, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  6. Feinsand, Mark (June 24, 2020). "Play Ball: MLB announces 2020 regular season". MLB.com. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
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