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1961 Baltimore Orioles

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1960 / 1962

95-67, Finished 3rd in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Paul Richards (78-57) and Lum Harris (17-10)
Scored 691 runs, Allowed 588 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 93-69

Ballparks: Memorial Stadium · Attendance: 951,089 (5th of 10)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 96 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 97

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1960 / 1962 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Jerry Adair 24 R R 6' 0" 175 Dec 17, 1936 4 133 115 133 131 0 0 0 107 2 27 0 0 0 0 0 6 2.0 $
Steve Barber 23 L L 6' 0" 195 Feb 22, 1938 2 37 34 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.8 $
Jackie Brandt 27 R R 5' 11" 165 Apr 28, 1934 5 139 134 139 136 0 0 0 0 1 0 21 120 34 136 0 4 3.8 $ All-Star
Marv Breeding 27 R R 6' 0" 175 Mar 8, 1934 2 90 62 90 80 0 0 0 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 12 -0.2 $
Hal Brown 36 R R 6' 2" 180 Dec 11, 1924 11 27 23 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 $20,000
Jim Busby 34 R R 6' 1" 175 Jan 8, 1927 12 75 26 75 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 71 0 71 4 13 0.0 $
Clint Courtney 34 L R 5' 8" 180 Mar 16, 1927 11 22 10 22 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.2 $
Walt Dropo 38 R R 6' 5" 220 Jan 30, 1923 13 14 9 14 12 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1 $
Chuck Essegian 29 R R 5' 11" 200 Aug 9, 1931 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Chuck Estrada 23 R R 6' 1" 185 Feb 15, 1938 2 33 31 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $
Jack Fisher 22 R R 6' 2" 215 Mar 4, 1939 3 36 25 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Hank Foiles 32 R R 6' 0" 195 Jun 10, 1929 8 43 32 43 38 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0.2 $
Jim Gentile 27 L L 6' 3" 210 Jun 3, 1934 4 148 137 148 144 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 7.2 $15,000 All-Star
Dick Hall 30 R R 6' 6" 200 Sep 27, 1930 9 30 13 30 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.5 $
Ron Hansen 23 R R 6' 3" 190 Apr 5, 1938 4 155 150 155 155 0 0 0 7 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 $
Whitey Herzog HOF 29 L L 5' 11" 182 Nov 9, 1931 6 113 86 113 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 73 98 23 0 1.5 $
Billy Hoeft 29 L L 6' 3" 180 May 17, 1932 10 35 12 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.9 $
Dick Hyde 32 R R 5' 11" 170 Aug 3, 1928 6 15 0 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Gordon Jones 31 R R 6' 0" 185 Apr 2, 1930 8 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Charlie Lau 28 L R 6' 0" 190 Apr 12, 1933 5 17 13 17 17 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Jim Lehew 23 R R 6' 0" 185 Aug 19, 1937 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
John Papa 20 R R 5' 11" 190 Dec 5, 1940 1st 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Milt Pappas 22 R R 6' 3" 190 May 11, 1939 5 26 23 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 $
Dave Philley 41 B R 6' 0" 188 May 16, 1920 17 99 18 99 26 0 0 1 0 0 0 22 0 3 25 79 0 -0.7 $
Boog Powell 19 L R 6' 4" 230 Aug 17, 1941 1st 4 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 0 -0.4 $
Brooks Robinson HOF 24 R R 6' 1" 180 May 18, 1937 7 163 162 163 163 0 0 0 2 163 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 $20,000 All-Star
Earl Robinson 24 R R 6' 1" 190 Nov 3, 1936 2 96 53 96 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 78 82 22 6 1.3 $
Barry Shetrone 22 L R 6' 2" 190 Jul 6, 1938 3 3 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0.0 $
Russ Snyder 27 L R 6' 1" 190 Jun 22, 1934 3 115 74 115 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 27 22 108 10 10 0.1 $
Gene Stephens 28 L R 6' 3" 175 Jan 20, 1933 9 32 18 32 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 5 6 30 3 0 -0.1 $
Wes Stock 27 R R 6' 2" 188 Apr 10, 1934 3 35 1 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Marv Throneberry 27 L L 6' 1" 190 Sep 2, 1933 5 56 18 56 26 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 15 15 32 0 -0.6 $
Gus Triandos 30 R R 6' 3" 205 Jul 30, 1930 9 115 108 115 114 0 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.3 $
Hoyt Wilhelm HOF 38 R R 6' 0" 190 Jul 26, 1922 10 51 1 51 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 $ All-Star
Dick Williams HOF 32 R R 6' 0" 190 May 7, 1929 10 103 75 103 90 0 0 20 0 2 0 75 2 1 75 21 4 -1.7 $
Frank Zupo 21 L R 5' 11" 182 Aug 29, 1939 3 5 0 5 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.1 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Marv Breeding
Clint Courtney
Ron Hansen
Jim Gentile
Brooks Robinson
Whitey Herzog
Jerry Adair
Gene Stephens
Marv Throneberry

Russ Snyder
Chuck Essegian
Dick Williams
Gus Triandos
Steve Barber
Earl Robinson
Hoyt Wilhelm
Jim Busby
Walt Dropo

Wes Stock
Gordon Jones
Billy Hoeft
Dave Philley
Chuck Estrada
Jackie Brandt
Hal Brown
Dick Hall

Boog Powell
Milt Pappas
Hank Foiles
Dick Hyde
Jim Lehew
John Papa
Barry Shetrone
Charlie Lau
Frank Zupo
Jack Fisher

1960 / 1962 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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