2020 in baseball

The following are the baseball events of the year 2020 throughout the world.

Years in baseball

2020 in sports

  • Rugby union
  • Snooker
    • 2019–20
    • 2020–21
  • Squash
See also: 2020 Major League Baseball season, 2020 Nippon Professional Baseball season, 2020 KBO League season, and 2020 Chinese Professional Baseball League season

Champions

Major League Baseball
Main article: 2020 Major League Baseball season

International competition

Cancelled events

The following events and seasons scheduled to be played this year were cancelled or postponed to the following year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

International Tournaments

Domestic seasons

College

Little League Tournaments

National Leagues
  • French League: Cancelled[25]

Awards and honors

Major League Baseball
  • Baseball Hall of Fame Honors
Main article: 2020 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting

Events

January

February
  • February 4 – The Philadelphia Phillies announce that they will retire Roy Halladay's number 34 on May 29, Halladay who was killed in a plane crash in November 2017 will be the ninth team member to have his number retired. It will be retired on the 10th anniversary of Halladay's perfect game.
  • February 26 – Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, NPB announced that their remaining 72 preseason games would be held behind closed doors and would not allow spectators to attend.[27]

March
  • March 9 – NPB announces the postponement the March 20 start of the regular season because of coronavirus. The league ultimately set its return date for June 19.[28]
  • March 12 – MLB cancelled the remaining spring training games and announced that the start of the regular season would be delayed indefinitely, due to the coronavirus pandemic.[29]

April

May

June
  • June 10-11 – 2020 Major League Baseball draft
  • June 19 – 2020 Nippon Professional Baseball season
  • June 23 – Major League Baseball announces its plan for a 60-game regular season, including several rule changes – most notably, the universal designated hitter. Schedules will include 40 games against division opponents and 20 games against the corresponding division in the other league, i.e. A.L. East vs. N.L. East. Players will receive a pro-rated salary of approximately 37 percent. [30]
  • June 30 – Minor League Baseball announces the cancellation of its season.[31]

July
  • July 1 – First day of MLB Summer Camps, also known as "Spring Training 2.0".
  • July 10 – NPB begins allowing up to 5,000 fans in attendance at each game.
  • July 22 – Mookie Betts signs a 12-year, $365 million contract extension with the Los Angeles Dodgers. [32]
  • July 23 – MLB announces an expanded playoff structure that includes eight teams from each league, up from five in previous seasons. [33]
  • July 23 – 2020 Major League Baseball season begins with the Washington Nationals and the New York Yankees. Dr. Anthony Fauci throws out the ceremonial first pitch at Nationals Park with no fans in attendance. Nationals outfielder Juan Soto is left off the Opening Day roster after testing positive for COVID-19. [34]
  • July 27 – Two games are postponed after as many as 13 members of the Miami Marlins test positive for COVID-19. The Marlins, who had just finished a three-game series in Philadelphia, were scheduled to return home to face the Baltimore Orioles. The Phillies' game against the New York Yankees is also postponed.[35]
  • August
  • August 13- Mookie Betts ties an MLB record with his sixth three homer game.

Upcoming events

August

September
  • September 27: end of the regular season

Postseason
  • September 29: Wild Card Series begins

The remainder of the MLB postseason schedule is to be announced.

November
  • November 13: (tentative) Day to file lists for all major and minor league levels.
  • Immediately after World Series: Eligible players become free agents
  • Second day after the end of the World Series: Trading window reopens.
  • Fifth day after the end of the World Series: Deadline for clubs to make qualifying offers to their eligible former players who become free agents.
  • Sixth day after the end of the World Series: First day free agents may sign contracts with a club other than their last club.
  • 12th day after the end of the World Series: Last day for article XX (B) free agents to accept a qualifying offer from a former club (midnight Eastern Time).

December
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Deaths

January

February
  • February 11 – Katsuya Nomura, 84, Hall of Fame NPB catcher and manager who played for 26 seasons with three teams, primarily the Nankai Hawks, and managed four teams, including Yakult Swallows, who he led to three Japan Series titles.
  • February 15 – Tony Fernández, 57, a shortstop who played for seven major league baseball franchises and winning a championship with the Toronto Blue Jays in 1993 and currently ranks first in Blue Jays history in hits and games played.[39]
  • February 28 – Johnny Antonelli, 89, left-handed pitcher primarily for the New York/San Francisco Giants who posted a 21-7 record with a National League best 2.30 ERA in 1954 while helping the team win the World Series that year.

March
  • March 26 – Jimmy Wynn, 78, outfielder nicknamed the "Toy Cannon" who hit 291 home runs in 15 major league seasons, who was most prominently known for his time with the Houston Astros.

April
  • April 6 – Al Kaline, 85, Hall of Fame right fielder who spent his entire 22-season career with the Detroit Tigers from 1953 to 1974, collecting 3,007 hits and hitting 399 home runs while winning 10 Gold Glove Awards along the way.
  • April 12 – Jim Frey, 88, manager who led the Kansas City Royals to their first pennant in 1980 and the 1984 Chicago Cubs to their first postseason appearance in 39 years and also led them to the playoffs again as their general manager five years later.
  • April 15 – Dámaso García, 63, second baseman who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball with the New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays, Atlanta Braves and Montreal Expos.

May

June

July

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