The Indians play their home games at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio.

They made the playoffs after missing them in 2019 and improved upon their previous year's record of 93–69.

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.