2020

2020 in baseball
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 2020.

Events

Professional

Asia and Australia

• Nippon Professional Baseball
  • Nippon Series: Softbank Hawks defeated the Yomiuri Giants in the Japan Series, 4-0 (Details)
    • Central League: Yomiuri Giants (Details)
    • Pacific League: Softbank Hawks (Details)
• Korea Baseball Organization: NC Dinos defeated the Doosan Bears in the Korean Series, 4-2 (Details)
• Chinese Professional Baseball League: Uni-President Lions defeated the Chinatrust Brothers in the Taiwan Series, 4-3 (Details)
• China Baseball League:
• Australian Baseball League: Adelaide Giants defeated the Melbourne Aces in the final, 2-0 (Details)

Europe

• European Cup: Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
  • French Division I: Cancelled due to COVID-19
  • Baseball-Bundesliga: Heidenheim Heideköpfe
  • Hoofdklasse Honkbal: Neptunus
    • Holland Series: Series cancelled with the Amsterdam Pirates up 2 games to 0 against Neptunus, due to COVID-19 restrictions; no champion named (Details)
  • Italian Baseball League: Unipolsai Bologna defeated ASD San Marino in the Italian Series, 4 games to 3 (Details)

North America

• Major League Baseball
  • World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers (NL) over Tampa Bay Rays (AL), 4-2 (Details)
    • American League: Tampa Bay Rays (Details)
    • National League: Los Angeles Dodgers (Details)
  • Triple-A National Championship: Cancelled due to COVID-19
  • International League: Cancelled due to COVID-19
  • Pacific Coast League: Cancelled due to COVID-19
• Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Cancelled due to COVID-19
• Cuban Serie Nacional: Matanzas over Camagüey in the finals, 4-2 (Details)

Winter Leagues

• Serie del Caribe: in San Juan, Puerto Rico: Toros del Este (Details)
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana: Toros del Este defeated the Tigres del Licey in the finals, 5-3
  • Liga Mexicana del Pacífico: Tomateros de Culiacán defeated the Venados de Mazatlán in the finals, 4-3
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Cangrejeros de Santurce defeated the Indios de Mayagüez in the finals, 4-1
  • Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional: Cardenales de Lara defeated the Caribes de Anzoátegui in the finals, 4-3

Amateur

• All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series:
• Canadian University National Invitational Baseball Tournament:
• National Collegiate Athletic Association
  • College World Series (Division I): Cancelled due to COVID-19
  • Division II Baseball Championship: Cancelled due to COVID-19
  • Division III Baseball Championship: Cancelled due to COVID-19
• NAIA College World Series: Cancelled due to COVID-19
• National Junior College Athletic Association
  • Division I Baseball World Series: Cancelled due to COVID-19
  • Division II Baseball World Series: Cancelled due to COVID-19
  • Division III Baseball World Series: Cancelled due to COVID-19
• Community College League of California: Cancelled due to COVID-19
• Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges: Cancelled due to COVID-19
• National Club Baseball Association:
  • Division 1: Cancelled due to COVID-19
  • Division 2: Cancelled due to COVID-19
  • Division 3: Cancelled due to COVID-19
• National Baseball Congress World Series: Santa Barbara Foresters (details)
• Japan High School Baseball Federation
  • National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Cancelled due to COVID-19
  • National High School Baseball Championship: Cancelled due to COVID-19
• Little League
  • Little League World Series: Cancelled due to COVID-19

International Competitions

• Olympics and Women's Baseball World Cup postponed due to COVID-19

Culture

Literature

• The Cactus League, by Emily Nemens
• Cum Posey of the Homestead Grays, by James E. Overmyer
• The Incredible Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, by Anika Orrock
• The Index of Self-Destructive Acts, by Christopher Beha
• The Inside Game, by Keith Law
• The Negro Leagues Were Major Leagues, by Todd Peterson
• The Resisters, by Gish Jen
• Stealing Home, by Eric Nusbaum
• Swing Kings, by Jared Diamond
• The Wax Pack, by Brad Balukjian

Song

• A Pitch of Broadway, by Steven Brault (album)
• "Miggy al bate", by Sibilino featuring Miguel Cabrera
• "Ode to the Mets", by The Strokes

Births

Further information: Births in 2020

Deaths

Further information: Deaths in 2020

Further Reading

• David Adler: "2020 Minor League Baseball season canceled", mlb.com, June 30, 2020. [1]
• Jared Diamond and Andrew Beaton: "The Historic Lineup of Baseball Players Who Died in 2020: In a year when seven Hall of Famers passed away, it seemed as if the sport lost a lot of its history. The numbers prove it.", The Wall Street Journal, December 31, 2020. [2]
• Tim Neverett: COVID Curveball: An Inside View of the 2020 Los Angeles Dodgers World Championship Season, Permuted Press, Brentwood, TN, 2021. ISBN 978-1637581438