2020 Texas Rangers season

2020 Texas Rangers
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1961)
West Division (since 1972)
Location
Globe Life Field (since 2020)
Arlington (since 1972)
Results
Record	22–38 (.367)
Divisional place	5th
Other information
Owner(s)	Ray Davis & Bob R. Simpson
Manager(s)	Chris Woodward
Local television	Fox Sports Southwest (Dave Raymond, C.J. Nitkowski, Tom Grieve)
Local radio	KRLD 105.3 FM (English) (Eric Nadel, Matt Hicks, Dave Raymond) KZMP 1540 AM (Spanish) (Eleno Orlenas, Jerry Romo)
Stats	ESPN.com BB-reference
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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. 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

American League West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Houston Astros	0	0	nan	—	0–0	0–0
Los Angeles Angels	0	0	nan	—	0–0	0–0
Oakland Athletics	0	0	nan	—	0–0	0–0
Seattle Mariners	0	0	nan	—	0–0	0–0
Texas Rangers	0	0	nan	—	0–0	0–0

American League Wild Card

Division Leaders	W	L	Pct.
Baltimore Orioles	0	0	nan
Chicago White Sox	0	0	nan
Houston Astros	0	0	nan

Wild Card teams (Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)	W	L	Pct.	GB
Boston Red Sox	0	0	nan	—
Cleveland Indians	0	0	nan	—
Detroit Tigers	0	0	nan	—
Kansas City Royals	0	0	nan	—
Los Angeles Angels	0	0	nan	—
Minnesota Twins	0	0	nan	—
New York Yankees	0	0	nan	—
Oakland Athletics	0	0	nan	—
Seattle Mariners	0	0	nan	—
Tampa Bay Rays	0	0	nan	—
Texas Rangers	0	0	nan	—
Toronto Blue Jays	0	0	nan	—

Record against opponents

2020 American League Records Source: AL Standings Head-to-head
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 39 Kolby Allard 75 Wes Benjamin 30 Jesse Chavez 73 Kyle Cody 67 Demarcus Evans 60 Luke Farrell 45 Luis García 63 Ian Gibaut 44 Kyle Gibson 41 Nick Goody 52 Taylor Hearn 64 Jimmy Herget 72 Jonathan Hernández 79 John King 28 Corey Kluber 25 José Leclerc 35 Lance Lynn 24 Jordan Lyles 59 Brett Martin 23 Mike Minor 48 Rafael Montero 40 Juan Nicasio 62 Joe Palumbo 57 Joely Rodríguez 36 Edinson Vólquez		Catchers 61 Robinson Chirinos 74 Sam Huff  2 Jeff Mathis 56 Jose Trevino Infielders  1 Elvis Andrus 82 Sherten Apostel 32 Derek Dietrich 21 Todd Frazier 11 Ronald Guzmán  9 Isiah Kiner-Falefa 12 Rougned Odor 14 Rob Refsnyder 33 Yadiel Rivera  6 Andrew Romine 38 Danny Santana 71 Anderson Tejeda		Outfielders  5 Willie Calhoun 17 Shin-Soo Choo 13 Joey Gallo 53 Adolis García 16 Scott Heineman 15 Nick Solak 65 Leody Taveras 76 Eli White		Manager  8 Chris Woodward Coaches 27 Tony Beasley (third base) 99 Callix Crabbe (assistant hitting) 66 Josh Frasier (bullpen catcher) 64 Doug Mathis (bullpen)  4 Héctor Ortiz (catching coordinator) 18 Luis Ortiz (hitting) 43 Corey Ragsdale (first base) 47 Julio Rangel (pitching) 22 Don Wakamatsu (bench)

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 (Boycotts due to Jacob Blake shooting); 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

See also: Minor League Baseball

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

External links

• 2020 Texas Rangers season at Baseball-Reference.com
• 2020 Texas Rangers fullseason schedule and
• Statistics at MLB.com