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1972 Baltimore Orioles

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1971 / 1973

80-74, Finished 3rd in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Earl Weaver (80-74)
Scored 519 runs, Allowed 430 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 90-64

Ballparks: Memorial Stadium · Attendance: 899,950 (6th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 103, Pitching - 101 · one-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 96

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1971 / 1973 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
Doyle Alexander 21 R R 6' 3" 190 Sep 4, 1950 2 35 9 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Don Baylor 23 R R 6' 1" 190 Jun 28, 1949 3 102 80 102 90 0 0 9 0 0 0 39 13 45 84 17 2 2.5 $
Mark Belanger 28 R R 6' 1" 170 Jun 8, 1944 8 113 86 113 105 0 0 0 0 0 105 0 0 0 0 1 15 0.3 $
Paul Blair 28 R R 6' 0" 168 Feb 1, 1944 9 142 113 142 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 139 0 139 11 3 1.7 $47,000
Don Buford 35 B R 5' 7" 160 Feb 2, 1937 10 125 101 125 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 105 0 0 105 24 0 0.2 $60,000
Al Bumbry 25 L R 5' 8" 170 Apr 21, 1947 1st 9 2 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 4 0.3 $
Enos Cabell 22 R R 6' 4" 170 Oct 8, 1949 1st 3 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 -0.1 $
Rich Coggins 21 L L 5' 8" 170 Dec 7, 1950 1st 16 10 16 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 8 13 2 3 0.4 $
Terry Crowley 25 L L 6' 0" 180 Feb 16, 1947 4 97 69 97 77 0 0 15 0 0 0 3 0 65 68 23 1 1.0 $
Mike Cuellar 35 L L 6' 0" 165 May 8, 1937 10 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 $
Tommy Davis 33 R R 6' 2" 195 Mar 21, 1939 14 26 20 26 20 0 0 3 0 0 0 17 0 1 18 6 0 -0.1 $
Pat Dobson 30 R R 6' 3" 190 Feb 12, 1942 6 38 36 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 $45,000 All-Star
Andy Etchebarren 29 R R 6' 1" 190 Jun 20, 1943 9 71 57 71 70 0 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0.4 $33,000
Bobby Grich 23 R R 6' 2" 180 Jan 15, 1949 3 133 123 133 130 0 0 17 48 8 78 0 0 0 0 4 2 5.8 $ All-Star
Roric Harrison 25 R R 6' 3" 195 Sep 20, 1946 1st 39 2 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $13,500
Elrod Hendricks 31 L R 6' 1" 175 Dec 22, 1940 5 33 27 33 28 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 -0.2 $
Grant Jackson 29 B L 6' 0" 180 Sep 28, 1942 8 32 0 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Davey Johnson 29 R R 6' 1" 170 Jan 30, 1943 8 118 111 118 116 0 0 0 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2.4 $61,500
Dave Leonhard 31 R R 5' 11" 165 Jan 22, 1941 6 16 0 16 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -0.2 $
Tommy Matchick 28 L R 6' 1" 173 Sep 7, 1943 6 3 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Dave McNally 29 R L 5' 11" 185 Oct 31, 1942 11 36 36 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $105,000 All-Star
Johnny Oates 26 L R 5' 11" 188 Jan 21, 1946 2 85 69 85 82 0 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 1.5 $13,500
Jim Palmer HOF 26 R R 6' 3" 190 Oct 15, 1945 7 36 36 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.6 $ All-Star
Boog Powell 30 L R 6' 4" 230 Aug 17, 1941 12 140 128 140 133 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 2.7 $90,000
Merv Rettenmund 29 R R 5' 10" 190 Jun 6, 1943 5 102 80 102 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 23 79 98 11 1 0.6 $
Bob Reynolds 25 R R 6' 0" 205 Jan 21, 1947 3 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $13,500
Brooks Robinson HOF 35 R R 6' 1" 180 May 18, 1937 18 153 149 153 152 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3.2 $110,000 All-Star
Sergio Robles 26 R R 6' 2" 190 Apr 16, 1946 1st 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Chico Salmon 31 R R 5' 10" 160 Dec 3, 1940 9 17 1 17 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 2 -0.3 $
Mickey Scott 24 L L 6' 1" 155 Jul 25, 1947 1st 15 0 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Tom Shopay 27 L R 5' 9" 160 Feb 21, 1945 4 49 2 49 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 37 10 0.0 $
Eddie Watt 31 R R 5' 10" 183 Apr 4, 1941 7 38 0 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
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

Al Bumbry

Rich Coggins

Bobby Grich

Brooks Robinson

Paul Blair

Mark Belanger

Andy Etchebarren

Don Buford

Elrod Hendricks
Sergio Robles

Terry Crowley

Tommy Davis
Johnny Oates

Doyle Alexander

Merv Rettenmund

Davey Johnson

Bobby Grich
Mickey Scott

Dave McNally

Jim Palmer

Grant Jackson

Doyle Alexander
Enos Cabell

Don Baylor

Boog Powell

Tom Shopay

Chico Salmon

Tommy Matchick

Bob Reynolds

Mike Cuellar

Tommy Davis

Pat Dobson

Eddie Watt

Dave Leonhard

Mickey Scott

Roric Harrison

1971 / 1973 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers