2020 Cincinnati Reds
National League Wild Card Winners
LeagueNational League
DivisionCentral
BallparkGreat American Ball Park
CityCincinnati, Ohio
Record31–29 (.517)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersBob Castellini
President of baseball operationsDick Williams
General managersNick Krall
ManagersDavid Bell
TelevisionFox Sports Ohio
(Thom Brennaman (through August 19), Chris Welsh, George Grande, Jeff Brantley, Jim Day, Jeff Piecoro)
RadioWLW (700 AM)
Reds Radio Network
(Tommy Thrall, Jeff Brantley, Jim Day, Thom Brennaman, Chris Welsh, Doug Flynn (fill-in), Sam LeCure (fill-in), Danny Graves (fill-in))
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
Seasons

The 2020 Cincinnati Reds season was the 151st season for the franchise in Major League Baseball (MLB), and their 18th at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. They made the playoffs as the number 7 seed in the National League, but were swept in two games by the Atlanta Braves in the NLWCS. The Braves held the Reds scoreless for all 22 innings in the series, a MLB postseason record.

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 shortened season led to the Reds recording the lowest number of hits (390) by a team in the modern era (since 1901).[4] Their batting average of .212 was the lowest in MLB since the 1910 Chicago White Sox hit .211.[5]

Offseason

Coaching Staff

  • October 24, 2019: Named Alan Zinter hitting coach. Zinter was previously the Assistant Director of Player Development, Offense, for the San Francisco Giants the past two seasons.[6]
  • December 17, 2019: Named Joe Mather assistant hitting coach. Mather was previously the Minor League Field and Hitting Coordinator for the Arizona Diamondbacks.[7]

Signings

  • December 2, 2019: Signed free agent Mike Moustakas to a four-year, $64 million contract. Moustakas played second and third base for the Milwaukee Brewers in 2019 and is expected to play second base for the Reds.[8]
  • December 16, 2019: Signed free agent starting pitcher Wade Miley to a two-year, $15 million contract.[9]
  • January 6, 2020: Signed Japanese outfielder Shogo Akiyama to a three-year, $21 million contract.[10] Akiyama will be the first Japanese-born player to play for the Reds, who were the last team to have never had one play for them.
  • January 10, 2020: Agreed to one-year contracts with the following players, avoiding arbitration: starting pitcher Trevor Bauer, $17.5 million; reliever/outfielder Michael Lorenzen, $3.725 million; reliever Matt Bowman, $865,000; catcher Curt Casali, $1.4625 million; starting pitcher Anthony DeSclafani, $5.9 million.[11]
  • January 27, 2020: Signed free agent Nicholas Castellanos to a four-year, $64 million contract.[12]
  • January 30, 2020: Signed free agent reliever Pedro Strop to a one-year, $1.825 million contract.[13]

Standings

National League Central

NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Chicago Cubs 3426 0.567 — 19–14 15–12
St. Louis Cardinals 3028 0.517 3 14–13 16–15
Cincinnati Reds 3129 0.517 3 16–13 15–16
Milwaukee Brewers 2931 0.483 5 15–14 14–17
Pittsburgh Pirates 1941 0.317 15 13–19 6–22

If rescheduled games are the difference between the 5–8th seed in the playoffs, they are not played. The Cardinals did not play two games.

National League Wildcard

Division Leaders W L Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers 4317 0.717
Atlanta Braves 3525 0.583
Chicago Cubs 3426 0.567


Division 2nd Place W L Pct.
San Diego Padres 3723 0.617
St. Louis Cardinals 3028 0.517
Miami Marlins 3129 0.517


Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
Cincinnati Reds 3129 0.517 +2
Milwaukee Brewers 2931 0.483 —
San Francisco Giants 2931 0.483 —
Philadelphia Phillies 2832 0.467 1
Washington Nationals 2634 0.433 3
New York Mets 2634 0.433 3
Colorado Rockies 2634 0.433 3
Arizona Diamondbacks 2535 0.417 4
Pittsburgh Pirates 1941 0.317 10

Record vs. opponents

2020 National League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2020

Team CHC CIN MIL PIT STL AL
Chicago —6–45–56–45–512–8
Cincinnati 4–6—6–47–34–610–10
Milwaukee 5–54–6—5–55–510–10
Pittsburgh 4–63–75–5—4–63–17
St. Louis 5–56–45–56–4—8–10

Game log

Regular season

2020 Game Log: 31–29 (Home: 16–14; Away: 15–15)
July: 2–5 (Home: 2–4; Away: 0–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordBox/Streak
1July 24Tigers7–1Gray (1–0)Boyd (0–1)—1–0W1
2July 25Tigers4–6Farmer (1–0)Iglesias (0–1)Jiménez (1)1–1L1
3July 26Tigers2–3Cisnero (1–0)Lorenzen (0–1)Jiménez (2)1–2L2
4July 27Cubs7–8Lester (1–0)Miley (0–1)Jeffress (1)1–3L3
5July 28Cubs5–8Mills (1–0)Reed (0–1)—1–4L4
6July 29Cubs12–7Gray (2–0)Hendricks (1–1)—2–4W1
—July 30CubsPostponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled to August 29.
7July 31@ Tigers2–7Turnbull (1–0)Castillo (0–1)—2–5L1
August: 13–15 (Home: 5–6; Away: 8–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordBox/Streak
—August 1@ TigersPostponed (inclement weather). Rescheduled to August 2.
8August 2@ Tigers (1)4–3 (7)Iglesias (1–0)Jiménez (0–1)—3–5W1
9August 2@ Tigers (2)4–0 (7)Bauer (1–0)Norris (0–1)—4–5W2
10August 3Indians3–2Gray (3–0)Plesac (0–1)Iglesias (1)5–5W3
11August 4Indians2–4Bieber (3–0)Jones (0–1)Hand (3)5–6L1
12August 5@ Indians0–2Clevinger (1–1)Antone (0–1)Hand (4)5–7L2
13August 6@ Indians0–13Carrasco (2–1)Castillo (0–2)—5–8L3
14August 7@ Brewers8–3Bauer (2–0)Lauer (0–1)—6–8W1
15August 8@ Brewers4–1DeSclafani (1–0)Anderson (0–1)Iglesias (2)7–8W2
16August 9@ Brewers3–9Suter (2–0)Gray (3–1)—7–9L1
17August 11Royals6–5 (10)Sims (1–0)Staumont (0–1)—8–9W1
18August 12Royals4–5Keller (2–0)Miley (0–2)Rosenthal (4)8–10L1
19August 13Pirates6–9Williams (1–3)DeSclafani (1–1)—8–11L2
20August 14Pirates8–1Gray (4–1)Kuhl (0–1)—9–11W1
—August 15PiratesPostponed (COVID-19). Rescheduled to September 4.
—August 16PiratesPostponed (COVID-19). Rescheduled to September 14.
—August 18@ RoyalsPostponed (COVID-19). Rescheduled to August 19.
21August 19@ Royals (1)0–4 (7)Keller (3–0)Castillo (0–3)Rosenthal (6)9–12L1
22August 19@ Royals (2)5–0 (7)Bauer (3–0)Harvey (0–1)—10–12W1
23August 20@ Cardinals4–5Elledge (1–0)Iglesias (1–2)—10–13L1
24August 21@ Cardinals4–2Lorenzen (1–1)Cabrera (1–1)Iglesias (3)11–13W1
25August 22@ Cardinals0–3Kim (1–0)Miley (0–3)Gallegos (1)11–14L1
26August 23@ Cardinals2–6Cabrera (2–1)Mahle (0–1)–11–15L2
27August 24@ Brewers2–4Anderson (2–2)Bauer (3–1)Hader (6)11–16L3
28August 25@ Brewers2–3Woodruff (2–2)Castillo (0–4)Hader (7)11–17L4
—August 26@ BrewersPostponed (Boycotts due to Jacob Blake shooting). Rescheduled to August 27.
29August 27@ Brewers (1)6–1 (7)Gray (5–1)Houser (1–3)—12–17W1
30August 27@ Brewers (2)6–0 (7)Sims (2–0)Lindblom (1–2)—13–17W2
31August 28Cubs6–5Mahle (1–1)Hendricks (3–4)Iglesias (4)14–17W3
32August 29Cubs (1)0–3 (7)Darvish (6–1)Bauer (3–2)Jeffress (4)14–18L1
33August 29Cubs (2)6–5 (7)Kuhnel (1–0)Kimbrel (0–1)15–18W1
34August 30Cubs1–10Rea (1–0)Castillo (0–5)—15–19L1
35August 31Cardinals5–7Hudson (1–2)DeSclafani (1–2)Gallegos (2)15–20L2
September: 16–9 (Home: 9–4; Away: 7–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordBox/Streak
36September 1Cardinals2–16Kim (2–0)Gray (5–2)—15–21L3
37September 2Cardinals4–3Iglesias (2–2)Gallegos (1–1)—16–21W1
38September 4@ Pirates (1)4–2 (7)Castillo (1–5)Brault (0–2)Iglesias (5)17–21W2
39September 4Pirates (2)3–4 (7)Howard (2–1)Bauer (3–3)Rodríguez (3)17–22L1
40September 5@ Pirates6–2Garrett (1–0)Williams (1–6)—18–22W1
41September 6@ Pirates2–3Rodríguez (1–2)Iglesias (2–3)—18–23L1
42September 8@ Cubs0–3Mills (4–3)Mahle (1–2)Jeffress (6)18–24L2
43September 9@ Cubs3–0Bauer (4–3)Darvish (7–2)Iglesias (6)19–24W1
44September 10@ Cubs5–8Ryan (1-0)Gray (5–3)Jeffress (7)19–25L1
45September 11@ Cardinals3–1Castillo (2–5)Wainwright (4–1)—20–25W1
46September 12@ Cardinals1–7Hudson (3–2)Antone (0–2)—20–26L1
47September 13@ Cardinals10–5Bradley (2–0)Gant (0–3)Iglesias (7)21–26W1
48September 14Pirates (1)3–1 (7)Iglesias (3–3)Howard (2–2)—22–26W2
49September 14Pirates (2)9–4 (7)Romano (1–0)Turley (0–2)—23–26W3
50September 15Pirates4–1Lorenzen (2–1)Musgrove (0–5)Garrett (1)24–26W4
51September 16Pirates1–0Castillo (3–5)Brubaker (1–2)Iglesias (8)25–26W5
52September 18White Sox7–1Mahle (2–2)Stiever (0–1)—26–26W6
53September 19White Sox0–5Foster (5–0)Bauer (4–4)—26–27L1
54September 20White Sox7–3Sims (3–0)Cease (5–3)—27–27W1
55September 21Brewers6–3Castillo (4–5)Woodruff (2–5)—28–27W2
56September 22Brewers2–3Anderson (4–3)Antone (0–3)Hader (11)28–28L1
57September 23Brewers6–1Bauer (5–4)Houser (1–6)—29–28W1
58September 25@ Twins7–2Lorenzen (3–1)Berríos (5–4)—30–28W2
59September 26@ Twins3–7Clippard (2–1)Castillo (4–6)—30–29L1
60September 27@ Twins5–3 (10)Iglesias (4–3)Romo (1–3)—31–29W1
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Reds team member

Postseason

2020 Postseason Game Log: 0–2 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–2)
NL Wild Card Series: 0–2 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveRecordBox/Streak
1September 30@ Braves0–1 (13)Minter (1–0)Bradley (0–1)—0–1L1
2October 1@ Braves0–5Anderson (1–0)Castillo (0–2)—0–2L2

Postseason rosters

Playoff rosters
National League Wild Card Series

Roster

2020 Cincinnati Reds
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
Nick Castellanos6021837491121434019.225.486
Eugenio Suárez571982940801538230.202.470
Joey Votto541863242801122037.226.446
Shogo Akiyama5415516386109725.245.297
Jesse Winker541492738701223128.255.544
Freddy Galvis47141183150716113.220.404
Mike Moustakas44139133290827118.230.468
Tucker Barnhart3898102030513012.204.388
Curt Casali317610173068214.224.500
Nick Senzel2370813602826.186.357
Jose Barrero2467413000211.194.194
Kyle Farmer3264417300415.266.313
Brian Goodwin204958202545.163.327
Aristides Aquino234778102816.170.319
Matt Davidson2043371031104.163.395
Phil Ervin193553000016.086.086
Josh VanMeter143432101113.059.176
Christian Colón112333100211.130.174
Mark Payton81803100012.167.222
Tyler Stephenson81745002602.294.647
Travis Jankowski161531000022.067.067
Michael Lorenzen6020000000.---.---
Team Totals6018422433907639023729239.212.403

Source:

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
Trevor Bauer541.731111073.041171417100
Luis Castillo463.211212070.06231252489
Sonny Gray533.701111056.04226232672
Tyler Mahle223.59109047.23421192160
Tejay Antone032.80134035.12011111645
Anthony DeSclafani127.2297033.24127271625
Michael Lorenzen314.28182033.23017161735
Lucas Sims302.45200025.2131071134
Raisel Iglesias432.74220823.016117531
Nate Jones016.27210018.2251313623
Amir Garrett102.45210118.11055726
Wade Miley035.6564014.115109912
Robert Stephenson009.90100010.0111111313
Cody Reed015.799009.11066810
Archie Bradley101.176007.241106
Tyler Thornburg003.867007.0633510
José De León0018.005006.0612121110
Brooks Raley009.004004.054426
Matt Davidson005.403003.142221
Joel Kuhnel106.003003.042203
Pedro Strop003.864002.113163
Sal Romano100.002001.100000
Jesse Biddle000.001000.210011
Team Totals31293.8460609504.0401243215213615

Source:

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Louisville Bats International League
AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern League
A Daytona Tortugas Florida State League
A Dayton Dragons Midwest League
A-Rookie Advanced Billings Mustangs Pioneer League
A-Rookie Advanced Greeneville Reds Appalachian League
Rookie AZL Reds Arizona League
Rookie DSL Reds Dominican Summer League

References

  1. ↑ Feinsand, Mark (March 12, 2020). "Opening Day delayed at least 2 weeks; Spring Training games cancelled". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  2. ↑ Feinsand, Mark (March 16, 2020). "Opening of regular season to be pushed back". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  3. ↑ Feinsand, Mark (June 24, 2020). "Play Ball: MLB announces 2020 regular season". MLB.com. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Team Batting Season Finder: For Single Seasons, from 1901 to 2020, Standard stats, requiring Hits <= 450, sorted by lowest Hits". Stathead. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Team Batting Season Finder: For Single Seasons, from 1901 to 2020, batting_avg<=.220, Standard statistics, Sorted by smallest Batting Average". Stathead. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Reds announce new hitting department structure". MLB.com. October 25, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
  7. ↑ Sheldon, Mark. "Reds hire Joe Mather as assistant hitting coach". Reds.com. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
  8. ↑ Sheldon, Mark. "Moustakas to Reds on 4-year deal (source)". MLB.com. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Wade Miley agrees to 2-year, $15M deal with Reds, source says". ESPN.com. December 17, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
  10. ↑ Sheldon, Mark. "Reds, Akiyama agree to 3-year, $21M deal". Reds.com. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
  11. ↑ Sheldon, Mark (January 11, 2020). "Bauer inks $17.5M pact; Reds settle arb cases". Reds.com. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
  12. ↑ Sheldon, Mark. "Reds finalize 4-year deal with Castellanos". MLB.com. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  13. ↑ Stebbins, Tim. "Pedro Strop won't be back with Cubs, agrees to deal with division rival Reds". NBCSports.com.
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