2020 Seattle Mariners season

2020 Seattle Mariners
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkT-Mobile Park
CitySeattle, Washington
Record27–33 (.450)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersBaseball Club of Seattle, LP, represented by CEO John Stanton
ManagerScott Servais
TelevisionRoot Sports Northwest
(Dave Sims, Aaron Goldsmith, Mike Blowers)
RadioESPN-710
Seattle Mariners Radio Network
(Rick Rizzs, Aaron Goldsmith, Dave Sims)

The 2020 Seattle Mariners season was the 44th season in franchise history. The Mariners played their 21st full season (22nd overall) at T-Mobile Park, their home ballpark. The Mariners extended the longest active playoff drought in the four major North American professional sports leagues, having not made the postseason since 2001. They also entered this season as the only team not to win a league pennant.

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] The 2020 MLB season saw the adoption of many temporary rules, including universal DH, 7-inning scheduled doubleheaders, and extra innings starting with a runner on second base. All affiliated minor league seasons were canceled, leaving top prospects and depth players at the team's alternate training site in Tacoma, Washington, on an expanded roster.[4]

The Mariners, led by their Black players, postponed a game against the San Diego Padres in late August following the shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin.[5][6] A three-game series against the Oakland Athletics at the start of September was postponed due to positive COVID-19 testing by the Athletics.[7] A September 15 game against the San Francisco Giants in Seattle was postponed due to poor air quality caused by wild fires.[8]

The Mariners finished the season 27–33, in third place in the American League (AL) West and five games out of a Wild Card spot.[9] Center fielder Kyle Lewis won the AL Rookie of the Year Award, the fourth player in franchise history to win the award.[10] Shortstop J. P. Crawford and first baseman Evan White won Gold Glove Awards.[11] Marco Gonzales led Seattle pitchers in wins and innings pitched, led the AL in walks per nine innings pitched, and led MLB in strikeout-to-walk ratio.[12]

Standings

American League West

AL 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

Division leaders
Team W L Pct.
Tampa Bay Rays 40 20 .667
Oakland Athletics 36 24 .600
Minnesota Twins 36 24 .600
Division 2nd place
Team W L Pct.
Cleveland Indians 35 25 .583
New York Yankees 33 27 .550
Houston Astros 29 31 .483
Wild 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 record
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

Game log

Regular season

2020 game log: 27–33 (Home: 16–14; Away: 11–19)
July: 4–4 (Home: 1–0; Away: 3–4)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Streak
1 July 24 @ Astros 2–8 Verlander (1–0) Gonzales (0–1) — 0–1 L1
2 July 25 @ Astros 2–7 McCullers Jr. (1–0) Walker (0–1) — 0–2 L2
3 July 26 @ Astros 7–6 Altavilla (1–0) Devenski (0–1) Williams (1) 1–2 W1
4 July 27 @ Astros 5–8 Bielak (1–0) Graveman (0–1) Osuna (1) 1–3 L1
5 July 28 @ Angels 2–10 Buchter (1–0) Sheffield (0–1) — 1–4 L2
6 July 29 @ Angels 10–7 Shaw (1–0) Barnes (0–1) Altavilla (1) 2–4 W1
7 July 30 @ Angels 8–5 Gonzales (1–1) Bundy (1–1) — 3–4 W2
8 July 31 Athletics 5–3 Walker (1–1) Manaea (0–2) Williams (2) 4–4 W3
August: 11–18 (Home: 6–8; Away: 5–10)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Streak
9 August 1 Athletics 2–3 (10) Soria (1–0) Altavilla (1–1) Hendriks (2) 4–5 L1
10 August 2 Athletics 2–3 Bassitt (1–0) Graveman (0–2) Hendriks (3) 4–6 L2
11 August 3 Athletics 1–11 Montas (1–1) Sheffield (0–2) — 4–7 L3
12 August 4 Angels 3–5 Heaney (1–0) Dunn (0–1) Buttrey (1) 4–8 L4
13 August 5 Angels 7–6 Gonzales (2–1) Teherán (0–1) Edwards Jr. (1) 5–8 W1
14 August 6 Angels 1–6 Bundy (2–1) Walker (1–2) — 5–9 L1
15 August 7 Rockies 4–8 Senzatela (3–0) Kikuchi (0–1) — 5–10 L2
16 August 8 Rockies 0–5 Hoffman (2–0) Misiewicz (0–1) — 5–11 L3
17 August 9 Rockies 5–3 Sheffield (1–2) Márquez (2–2) Williams (3) 6–11 W1
18 August 10 @ Rangers 10–2 Dunn (1–1) Gibson (0–2) — 7–11 W2
19 August 11 @ Rangers 2–4 Vólquez (2–1) Gonzales (2–2) Montero (3) 7–12 L1
20 August 12 @ Rangers 4–7 Hernández (3–0) Swanson (0–1) Montero (4) 7–13 L2
21 August 14 @ Astros 1–11 Valdez (1–2) Cortes Jr. (0–1) — 7–14 L3
22 August 15 @ Astros 1–2 Javier (2–1) Margevicius (0–1) Pressly (2) 7–15 L4
23 August 16 @ Astros 2–3 Pressly (1–1) Swanson (0–2) — 7–16 L5
24 August 17 @ Dodgers 9–11 Ferguson (1–0) Magill (0–1) Jansen (7) 7–17 L6
25 August 18 @ Dodgers 1–2 Treinen (2–1) Altavilla (1–2) — 7–18 L7
26 August 19 Dodgers 6–4 Walker (2–2) Santana (1–1) Williams (4) 8–18 W1
27 August 20 Dodgers 1–6 Kershaw (3–1) Kikuchi (0–2) — 8–19 L1
28 August 21 Rangers 7–4 Margevicius (1–1) Allard (0–2) Williams (5) 9–19 W1
29 August 22 Rangers 10–1 Sheffield (2–2) Lyles (1–3) — 10–19 W2
30 August 23 Rangers 4–1 Dunn (2–1) Minor (0–5) Williams (6) 11–19 W3
31 August 25 @ Padres 8–3 Gonzales (3–2) Paddack (2–3) — 12–19 W4
— August 26 @ Padres Postponed (strikes due to shooting of Jacob Blake); Makeup: August 27
32 August 27 @ Padres (1) 7–10 (7) Johnson (3–1) Williams (0–1) — 12–20 L1
33 August 27 @ Padres (2) 8–3 (7) Kikuchi (1–2) Richards (1–2) — 13–20 W1
34 August 28 @ Angels 2–3 Heaney (2–2) Margevicius (1–2) Buttrey (4) 13–21 L1
35 August 29 @ Angels 3–16 Bundy (4–2) Sheffield (2–3) — 13–22 L2
36 August 30 @ Angels 2–1 (10) Williams (1–1) Quijada (0–1) Ramírez (1) 14–22 W1
37 August 31 @ Angels 2–1 Gonzales (4–2) Andriese (1–2) — 15–22 W2
September: 12–11 (Home: 9–6; Away: 3–5)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Streak
— September 1 Athletics Postponed (COVID-19); Makeup: September 14
— September 2 Athletics Postponed (COVID-19); Makeup: September 14
— September 3 Athletics Postponed (COVID-19); Makeup: September 26
38 September 4 Rangers 6–3 Kikuchi (2–2) Cody (0–1) — 16–22 W3
39 September 5 Rangers 5–3 Gerber (1–0) Hernández (5–1) Ramírez (2) 17–22 W4
40 September 6 Rangers 4–3 Dunn (3–1) Lyles (1–4) Hirano (1) 18–22 W5
41 September 7 Rangers 8–4 Gonzales (5–2) Allard (0–5) Ramírez (3) 19–22 W6
42 September 8 @ Giants 5–6 Rogers (2–3) Misiewicz (0–2) Watson (2) 19–23 L1
43 September 9 @ Giants 1–10 Anderson (2–3) Margevicius (1–3) — 19–24 L2
44 September 11 @ Diamondbacks 3–4 Young (2–3) Kikuchi (2–3) Crichton (1) 19–25 L3
45 September 12 @ Diamondbacks 7–3 Sheffield (3–3) Gallen (1–2) — 20–25 W1
46 September 13 @ Diamondbacks 7–3 Sadler (1–0) Weaver (1–7) — 21–25 W2
47 September 14 (1) Athletics 6–5 (7) Gonzales (6–2) Soria (2–2) Hirano (2) 22–25 W3
48 September 14 (2) Athletics 0–9 (7) Minor (1–5) Yacabonis (0–1) — 22–26 L1
— September 15 Giants Postponed (Bad Air Quality); Makeup: September 17
49 September 16 Giants[13] 3–9 Cahill (1–1) Newsome (0–1) — 22–27 L2
50 September 17 Giants[13] 4–6 Garcia (1–1) Graveman (0–3) Selman (1) 22–28 L3
51 September 18 Padres[14] 1–6 Paddack (4–4) Kikuchi (2–4) — 22–29 L4
52 September 19 Padres 4–1 Sheffield (4–3) Altavilla (1–3) Hirano (3) 23–29 W1
53 September 20 Padres 4–7 (11) Rosenthal (1–0) Sadler (1–1) — 23–30 L1
54 September 21 Astros 6–1 Gonzales (7–2) McCullers Jr. (3–3) — 24–30 W1
55 September 22 Astros 1–6 Valdez (5–3) Sadler (1–2) — 24–31 L1
56 September 23 Astros 3–2 Margevicius (2–3) Greinke (3–3) Hirano (4) 25–31 W1
57 September 25 @ Athletics 1–3 (10) Diekman (2–0) Gerber (1–1) — 25–32 L1
58 September 26 (1) @ Athletics 5–1 (8) Graveman (1–3) Hendriks (3–1) — 26–32 W1
59 September 26 (2) Athletics 12–3 (7) Dunn (4–1) Blackburn (0–1) — 27–32 W2
60 September 27 @ Athletics 2–6 Petit (2–1) Hirano (0–1) — 27–33 L1
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Mariners team member

Roster

2020 Seattle Mariners
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other Batters

Manager

Coaches

Statistics

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; K = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; OBP = On base percentage; SLG = Slugging percentage;

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB K AVG OBP SLG TB
Austin Nola 29 98 15 30 5 1 5 19 0 9 17 .306 .373 .531 52
Evan White 54 182 15 32 7 0 8 26 1 18 84 .176 .252 .346 63
Shed Long 34 117 10 20 5 0 3 9 4 11 37 .171 .242 .291 34
J. P. Crawford 53 204 33 52 7 2 2 24 6 23 39 .255 .336 .338 69
Kyle Seager 60 203 35 49 12 0 9 40 5 32 33 .241 .355 .433 88
José Marmolejos 35 107 12 22 4 0 6 18 0 7 32 .206 .261 .411 44
Kyle Lewis 58 206 37 54 3 0 11 28 5 34 71 .262 .364 .437 90
Phil Ervin 18 39 5 8 3 0 0 4 0 8 14 .205 .340 .282 11
Tim Lopes 46 143 16 34 12 0 2 15 5 6 34 .238 .278 .364 52
Dylan Moore 38 137 26 35 9 0 8 17 12 14 43 .255 .358 .496 68
Ty France 23 86 10 26 5 1 2 13 0 6 22 .302 .362 .453 39
Dee Strange-Gordon 33 75 12 15 1 0 0 3 3 5 13 .200 .268 .213 16
Luis Torrens 18 59 5 15 4 0 1 6 0 6 13 .254 .323 .373 22
Daniel Vogelbach 18 53 3 5 1 0 2 4 0 11 13 .094 .250 .226 12
Sam Haggerty 13 50 7 13 4 0 1 6 4 4 16 .260 .315 .400 20
Mallex Smith 14 45 2 6 2 0 0 3 2 2 13 .133 .170 .178 8
Joseph Odom 18 39 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 4 20 .128 .209 .128 5
Braden Bishop 12 30 2 5 2 0 0 4 1 2 10 .167 .242 .233 7
Jake Fraley 7 26 3 4 1 1 0 0 2 2 11 .154 .241 .269 7
Joe Hudson 9 17 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .176 .263 .176 3
Donovan Walton 5 13 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 5 .154 .214 .231 3
Team totals 60 1929 254 435 88 5 60 244 50 207 545 .226 .309 .370 713

Source[15]

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
Marco Gonzales 7 2 3.10 11 11 0 69.2 59 27 24 7 64
Justus Sheffield 4 3 3.58 10 10 0 55.1 52 23 22 20 48
Yusei Kikuchi 2 4 5.17 9 9 0 47.0 41 27 27 20 47
Justin Dunn 4 1 4.34 10 10 0 45.2 31 23 22 31 38
Nick Margevicius 2 3 4.57 10 7 0 41.1 38 21 21 14 36
Taijuan Walker 2 2 4.00 5 5 0 27.0 21 13 12 8 25
Taylor Williams 1 1 5.93 14 0 6 13.2 12 9 9 7 19
Yohan Ramírez 0 0 2.61 16 0 3 20.2 9 6 6 20 26
Anthony Misiewicz 0 2 4.05 21 0 0 20.0 20 9 9 6 25
Joey Gerber 1 1 4.02 17 0 0 15.2 13 8 7 5 6
Yoshihisa Hirano 0 1 5.84 13 0 4 12.1 18 9 8 8 11
Kendall Graveman 1 3 5.79 11 2 0 18.2 15 13 12 8 15
Ljay Newsome 0 1 5.17 5 4 0 15.2 20 9 9 1 9
Brady Lail 0 0 4.80 7 0 0 15.0 12 8 8 7 11
Dan Altavilla 1 2 7.71 13 0 1 11.2 12 11 10 7 14
Matt Magill 0 1 6.10 11 0 0 10.1 9 7 7 6 11
Casey Sadler 1 2 4.50 7 0 0 10.0 7 7 5 4 12
Walker Lockett 0 0 4.32 5 0 0 8.1 12 4 4 1 3
Taylor Guilbeau 0 0 1.17 8 0 0 7.2 8 1 1 6 3
Erik Swanson 0 2 12.91 9 0 0 7.2 11 12 11 2 9
Nestor Cortes Jr. 0 1 15.26 5 1 0 7.2 12 14 13 6 8
Brandon Brennan 0 0 3.68 5 0 0 7.1 7 3 3 5 7
Zac Grotz 0 0 14.73 5 0 0 7.1 11 12 12 11 4
Bryan Shaw 1 0 18.00 6 0 0 6.0 13 12 12 6 4
Carl Edwards Jr. 0 0 1.93 5 0 1 4.2 2 1 1 1 6
Aaron Fletcher 0 0 12.46 6 0 0 4.1 7 6 6 7 7
Seth Frankoff 0 0 16.88 2 0 0 2.2 6 5 5 2 0
Jimmy Yacabonis 0 1 3.86 2 1 0 2.1 2 1 1 3 1
Tim Lopes 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 1.0 2 2 2 1 0
Team totals 27 33 5.03 60 60 15 516.2 482 303 289 230 469

Source[16]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Tacoma Rainiers Pacific Coast League
AA Arkansas Travelers Texas League
A-Advanced Modesto Nuts California League
A West Virginia Power South Atlantic League
A-Short Season Everett AquaSox Northwest League
Rookie AZL Mariners Arizona League
Rookie DSL Mariners 1 Dominican Summer League
Rookie DSL Mariners 2 Dominican Summer League

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