2020 Oakland Athletics season

2020 Oakland Athletics
Division	Western Division
Ballpark	Oakland Coliseum
City	Oakland, California
Owners	John Fisher
Managers	Bob Melvin
Television	NBC Sports California (Glen Kuiper, Ken Korach, Vince Cotroneo, Ray Fosse, Mark Mulder, Eric Chavez, Shooty Babitt, Dallas Braden)
Radio	KNEW (July 30 onward) (Ken Korach, Vince Cotroneo, Ray Fosse, Coco Crisp)
Seasons

The 2020 Oakland Athletics season is the 120th season for the Oakland Athletics franchise, all as members of the American League, and their 53rd season in Oakland (all at Oakland Coliseum).

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.

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

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

2020 Game Log 14–6 (Home: 9–3; Away: 5–3)
July: 3–4 (Home: 3–3; Away: 0–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Streak 1 July 24 Angels 7–3 (10) Smith (1–0) Robles (0–1) — 1–0 W1 2 July 25 Angels 1–4 Bundy (1–0) Manaea (0–1) Robles (1) 1–1 L1 3 July 26 Angels 6–4 Petit (1–0) Ohtani (0–1) Hendriks (1) 2–1 W1 4 July 27 Angels 3–0 Smith (2–0) Canning (0–1) Soria (1) 3–1 W2 5 July 28 Rockies 3–8 Senzatela (1–0) Mengden (0–1) — 3–2 L1 6 July 29 Rockies 1–5 Márquez (1–1) Montas (0–1) — 3–3 L2 7 July 31 @ Mariners 3–5 Walker (1–1) Manaea (0–2) Williams (2) 3–4 L3
August: 11–2 (Home: 6–0; Away: 5–2) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Streak 8 August 1 @ Mariners 3–2 (10) Soria (1–0) Altavilla (1–1) Hendriks (2) 4–4 W1 9 August 2 @ Mariners 3–2 Bassitt (1–0) Graveman (0–2) Hendriks (3) 5–4 W2 10 August 3 @ Mariners 11–1 Montas (1–1) Sheffield (0–2) — 6–4 W3 11 August 4 Rangers 5–1 Hendriks (1–0) Vólquez (0–1) — 7–4 W4 12 August 5 Rangers 6–4 McFarland (1–0) Gibaut (0–1) Soria (2) 8–4 W5 13 August 6 Rangers 6–4 Fiers (1–0) Minor (0–3) Hendriks (4) 9–4 W6 14 August 7 Astros 3–2 (13) Wendelken (1–0) Sneed (0–1) — 10–4 W7 15 August 8 Astros 3–1 Montas (2–1) Valdez (0–2) Hendriks (5) 11–4 W8 16 August 9 Astros 7–2 Luzardo (1–0) Javier (1–1) Smith (1) 12–4 W9 17 August 10 @ Angels 9–10 Peña (1–0) Petit (1–1) Buttrey (2) 12–5 L1 18 August 11 @ Angels 0–6 Bundy (3–1) Fiers (1–1) — 12–6 L2 19 August 12 @ Angels 8–4 Bassitt (2–0) Canning (0–3) — 13–6 W1 20 August 14 @ Giants 8–7 (10) Soria (2–0) García (0–1) Hendriks (6) 14–6 W2 21 August 15 @ Giants – — 22 August 16 @ Giants – — 23 August 17 @ Diamondbacks – — 24 August 18 @ Diamondbacks – — 25 August 19 Diamondbacks – — 26 August 20 Diamondbacks – — 27 August 21 Angels – — 28 August 22 Angels – — 29 August 23 Angels – — 30 August 24 @ Rangers – — 31 August 25 @ Rangers – — 32 August 26 @ Rangers – — 33 August 27 @ Rangers – — 34 August 28 @ Astros – — 35 August 29 @ Astros – — 36 August 30 @ Astros – —
September: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Record Streak 37 September 1 @ Mariners – — 38 September 2 @ Mariners – — 39 September 3 @ Mariners – — 40 September 4 Padres – — 41 September 5 Padres – — 42 September 6 Padres – — 43 September 7 Astros – — 44 September 8 Astros – — 45 September 9 Astros – — 46 September 10 Astros – — 47 September 11 @ Rangers – — 48 September 12 @ Rangers – — 49 September 13 @ Rangers – — 50 September 15 @ Rockies – — 51 September 16 @ Rockies – — 52 September 18 Giants – — 53 September 19 Giants – — 54 September 20 Giants – — 55 September 22 @ Dodgers – — 56 September 23 @ Dodgers – — 57 September 24 @ Dodgers – — 58 September 25 Mariners – — 59 September 26 Mariners – — 60 September 27 Mariners – —
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Athletics team member

Roster

Oakland Athletics roster
Active roster				Inactive roster		Coaches/Other
Pitchers Starting rotation 68 Joey Estes 38 JP Sears Bullpen 29 Austin Adams 54 Scott Alexander 63 Hogan Harris 56 Dany Jiménez 47 Michael Kelly 48 T. J. McFarland 46 Luis Medina 37 Jack O'Loughlin 40 Mitch Spence Closer(s) 19 Mason Miller		Catchers 23 Shea Langeliers 52 Kyle McCann 21 Tyler Soderstrom Infielders  5 J. D. Davis  6 Aledmys Díaz 20 Zack Gelof 12 Max Schuemann 31 Abraham Toro Outfielders 22 Miguel Andújar 33 JJ Bleday 15 Seth Brown 28 Daz Cameron Designated hitters 25 Brent Rooker		Pitchers 66 Brady Basso 45 Osvaldo Bido 58 Paul Blackburn 35 Joe Boyle 70 Lucas Erceg 65 Tyler Ferguson 39 Kyle Muller 81 Royber Salinas 36 Ross Stripling 57 Alex Wood Infielders 10 Nick Allen 77 Brett Harris 49 Ryan Noda Outfielders  4 Lawrence Butler  1 Esteury Ruiz		Manager  7 Mark Kotsay Coaches 18 Mike Aldrete (hitting) 51 Darren Bush (bench) 90 Wilkin Castillo (bullpen catcher) 41 Chris Cron (assistant hitting)  8 Bobby Crosby (first base) 14 Scott Emerson (pitching) 88 Ramón Hernández (coach and interpreter) 71 Dan Hubbs (bullpen) 91 Dustin Hughes (bullpen catcher) 59 Marcus Jensen (quality control)  3 Eric Martins (third base) 60-day injured list 17 Trevor Gott  2 Darell Hernáiz 16 Sean Newcomb 30 Ken Waldichuk 25 active, 15 inactive 7-, 10-, or 15-day injured list # Personal leave Roster and coaches updated June 3, 2024 Transactions • Depth chart → All MLB rosters

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Las Vegas Aviators	Pacific Coast League
AA	Midland RockHounds	Texas League
A-Advanced	Stockton Ports	California League
A	Beloit Snappers	Midwest League
A-Short Season	Vermont Lake Monsters	New York–Penn League
Rookie	AZL Athletics	Arizona League
Rookie	DSL Athletics	Dominican Summer League

External links

• 2020 Oakland Athletics season at Baseball Reference