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1972 Baltimore Orioles

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Johnny Oates* 26 85 288 253 20 66 12 1 4 21 5 7 28 31 .261 .332 .364 .696 105 92 5 0 5 2 8
2 1B Boog Powell* 30 140 539 465 53 117 20 1 21 81 4 0 65 92 .252 .346 .434 .780 129 202 13 4 1 4 14
3 2B Davey Johnson 29 118 436 376 31 83 22 3 5 32 1 1 52 68 .221 .320 .335 .655 93 126 10 4 2 2 8
4 SS Mark Belanger 28 113 313 285 36 53 9 1 2 16 6 3 18 53 .186 .236 .246 .482 42 70 3 2 4 4 1
5 3B Brooks Robinson 35 153 612 556 48 139 23 2 8 64 1 0 43 45 .250 .303 .342 .644 90 190 12 2 4 7 4
6 LF Don Buford# 35 125 485 408 46 84 6 2 5 22 8 3 69 83 .206 .326 .267 .593 76 109 5 4 3 1 10
7 CF Paul Blair 28 142 514 477 47 111 20 8 8 49 7 8 25 78 .233 .267 .358 .626 83 171 16 0 5 7 0
8 RF Merv Rettenmund 29 102 346 301 40 70 10 2 6 21 6 4 41 37 .233 .325 .339 .663 96 102 10 0 4 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 MI Bobby Grich 23 133 528 460 66 128 21 3 12 50 13 6 53 96 .278 .358 .415 .773 127 191 8 7 3 5 3
10 OF Don Baylor 23 102 363 320 33 81 13 3 11 38 24 2 29 50 .253 .330 .416 .745 118 133 9 9 2 3 0
11 RF Terry Crowley* 25 97 283 247 30 57 10 0 11 29 0 0 32 26 .231 .319 .405 .724 112 100 8 1 1 2 5
12 C Andy Etchebarren 29 71 210 188 11 38 6 1 2 21 0 2 17 43 .202 .276 .277 .553 63 52 5 3 0 2 2
13 C Elrod Hendricks* 31 33 98 84 6 13 4 0 0 4 0 1 12 19 .155 .258 .202 .460 37 17 1 0 1 1 2
14 LF Tommy Davis 33 26 88 82 9 21 3 0 0 6 2 0 6 18 .256 .307 .293 .600 77 24 3 0 0 0 0
15 LF Tom Shopay* 27 49 45 40 3 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 12 .225 .311 .225 .536 60 9 0 0 0 0 0
16 OF Rich Coggins* 21 16 43 39 5 13 4 0 0 1 0 2 1 6 .333 .350 .436 .786 130 17 0 0 3 0 0
17 CI Chico Salmon 31 17 16 16 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .063 .063 .125 .188 -46 2 1 0 0 0 0
18 RF Al Bumbry* 25 9 11 11 5 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 .364 .364 .545 .909 165 6 0 0 0 0 0
19 3B Tommy Matchick* 28 3 9 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .222 .222 .222 .444 31 2 0 0 0 0 0
20 1B Enos Cabell 22 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 C Sergio Robles 26 2 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 18 1 0 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
22 P Jim Palmer 26 36 106 98 12 22 3 1 0 8 0 0 2 36 .224 .240 .276 .516 52 27 0 0 6 0 0
23 P Mike Cuellar* 35 35 94 87 5 11 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 38 .126 .126 .195 .322 -6 17 1 0 7 0 0
24 P Pat Dobson 30 38 94 85 3 12 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 39 .141 .151 .165 .316 -7 14 2 0 8 0 0
25 P Dave McNally 29 36 84 79 4 12 2 0 2 6 0 0 3 38 .152 .183 .253 .436 27 20 0 0 2 0 0
26 P Doyle Alexander 21 35 29 25 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .080 .115 .080 .195 -42 2 1 0 3 0 0
27 P Roric Harrison 25 39 19 17 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 9 .118 .167 .353 .520 50 6 0 0 1 0 0
28 P Grant Jackson# 29 32 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 P Mickey Scott* 24 15 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .667 .000 .667 109 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 P Bob Reynolds 25 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 P Dave Leonhard 31 16 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 767 2 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Eddie Watt 31 38 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.8 154 5676 5028 519 1153 193 29 100 483 78 41 507 935 .229 .302 .339 .641 89 1704 113 36 65 40 57
Rank in 12 AL teams 12 8 11 5 4 6 5 8 4 2 11 8 8 8 10 3 2
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Jim Palmer 26 21 10 .677 2.07 36 36 0 18 3 0 274.1 219 73 63 21 70 1 184 1 1 4 1094 150 1.053 7.2 0.7 2.3 6.0 2.63
2 SP Pat Dobson 30 16 18 .471 2.65 38 36 1 13 3 0 268.1 220 89 79 13 69 7 161 4 0 6 1065 117 1.077 7.4 0.4 2.3 5.4 2.33
3 SP Mike Cuellar* 35 18 12 .600 2.57 35 35 0 17 4 0 248.1 197 78 71 21 71 4 132 0 0 3 989 121 1.079 7.1 0.8 2.6 4.8 1.86
4 SP Dave McNally* 29 13 17 .433 2.95 36 36 0 12 6 0 241.0 220 85 79 15 68 15 120 2 0 1 979 105 1.195 8.2 0.6 2.5 4.5 1.76
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
5 CL Grant Jackson* 29 1 1 .500 2.63 32 0 23 0 0 8 41.0 33 14 12 1 9 0 34 0 0 0 161 119 1.024 7.2 0.2 2.0 7.5 3.78
6 RP Doyle Alexander 21 6 8 .429 2.45 35 9 16 2 2 2 106.1 78 36 29 5 30 8 49 1 1 7 423 127 1.016 6.6 0.4 2.5 4.1 1.63
7 RP Roric Harrison 25 3 4 .429 2.30 39 2 14 0 0 4 94.0 68 24 24 2 34 9 62 4 0 8 372 136 1.085 6.5 0.2 3.3 5.9 1.82
8 RP Eddie Watt 31 2 3 .400 2.17 38 0 29 0 0 7 45.2 30 12 11 2 20 6 23 2 0 5 187 145 1.095 5.9 0.4 3.9 4.5 1.15
9 RP Mickey Scott* 24 0 1 .000 2.74 15 0 6 0 0 0 23.0 23 7 7 2 5 0 11 1 0 0 92 116 1.217 9.0 0.8 2.0 4.3 2.20
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
10 Dave Leonhard 31 0 0 4.50 14 0 2 0 0 0 20.0 20 10 10 3 12 0 7 0 0 1 92 71 1.600 9.0 1.4 5.4 3.2 0.58
11 Bob Reynolds 25 0 0 1.86 3 0 1 0 0 0 9.2 8 2 2 0 7 2 5 0 0 0 39 175 1.552 7.4 0.0 6.5 4.7 0.71
Team Totals 28.8 80 74 .519 2.53 154 154 92 62 18 21 1371.2 1116 430 386 85 395 52 788 15 2 35 5493 123 1.102 7.3 0.6 2.6 5.2 1.99
Rank in 12 AL teams 5 8 1 1 2 11 12 2 1 1 1 1 10
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary
Doyle Alexander 21 35 9 2 106.1 39 14 23 2 1 .949 3.13 1.06 3 0 0% 3 P
Don Baylor 23 90 80 58 733.1 214 205 4 5 5 .977 1 2 2.56 1.97 RF-LF-CF-1B
Mark Belanger 28 105 86 76 768.1 477 180 285 12 53 .975 8 12 5.45 4.43 SS
Paul Blair 28 139 113 111 1083.2 349 339 7 3 1 .991 18 19 2.87 2.49 CF
Don Buford 35 105 101 97 903.1 182 173 7 2 1 .989 2 2 1.79 1.71 LF
Al Bumbry 25 2 2 0 15.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1 64 3.60 3.00 RF
Enos Cabell 22 1 1 1 9.0 7 7 0 0 1 1.000 0 27 7.00 7.00 1B
Rich Coggins 21 13 10 3 86.1 36 35 1 0 1 1.000 3 49 3.75 2.12 CF-RF
Terry Crowley 25 77 69 35 555.1 179 171 7 1 7 .994 -0 -0 2.88 2.14 RF-1B-LF
Mike Cuellar 35 35 35 17 248.1 58 10 43 5 5 .914 1.92 1.51 6 8 57% 1 P
Tommy Davis 33 20 20 10 156.0 54 50 4 0 0 1.000 1 8 3.12 2.57 LF-1B-RF
Pat Dobson 30 38 36 13 268.1 50 15 33 2 2 .960 1.61 1.26 13 8 38% 0 P
Andy Etchebarren 29 70 57 45 503.1 359 334 22 3 2 .992 4 10 6.37 5.09 1 10 13 16 55% 0 C
Bobby Grich 23 130 123 96 1098.2 657 299 338 20 81 .970 10 11 5.22 4.25 SS-2B-1B-3B
Roric Harrison 25 39 2 0 94.0 18 8 10 0 0 1.000 1.72 0.46 1 5 83% 1 P
Elrod Hendricks 31 28 27 20 226.1 147 130 15 2 3 .986 2 11 5.77 5.18 1 7 7 10 59% 1 C
Grant Jackson 29 32 0 0 41.0 7 1 6 0 1 1.000 1.54 0.22 0 1 100% 1 P
Davey Johnson 29 116 111 106 995.2 599 286 307 6 81 .990 11 13 5.36 5.11 2B
Dave Leonhard 31 14 0 0 20.0 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.25 0.36 0 0 0 P
Tommy Matchick 28 3 2 1 21.0 7 2 4 1 0 .857 -0 -6 2.57 2.00 3B
Dave McNally 29 36 36 12 241.0 55 9 43 3 5 .945 1.94 1.44 7 14 67% 6 P
Johnny Oates 26 82 69 62 633.0 424 391 31 2 4 .995 2 4 6.00 5.15 4 18 24 18 43% 2 C
Jim Palmer 26 36 36 18 274.1 54 14 37 3 4 .944 1.67 1.42 14 3 18% 1 P
Boog Powell 30 133 128 112 1112.2 1201 1116 70 15 111 .988 -4 -4 9.59 8.92 1B
Merv Rettenmund 29 98 80 63 712.0 181 173 6 2 2 .989 2 3 2.26 1.66 RF-CF-LF
Bob Reynolds 25 3 0 0 9.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.93 0.33 0 2 100% 0 P
Brooks Robinson 35 152 149 142 1323.1 473 129 333 11 27 .977 18 16 3.14 3.04 3B
Sergio Robles 26 1 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.00 2.00 0 0 0 0 0 C
Chico Salmon 31 3 1 0 9.0 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 -0 -13 3.00 1.00 3B-1B
Mickey Scott 24 15 0 0 23.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.57 0.27 0 2 100% 0 P
Tom Shopay 27 4 2 1 19.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -6 1.89 1.00 LF
Eddie Watt 31 38 0 0 45.2 9 2 7 0 0 1.000 1.77 0.24 0 1 100% 0 P
Team Totals 28.5 154 1386 1102 12345.0 5866 4113 1653 100 399 .983 78 8 4.20 3.35 6 35 44 44 50% 16
Rank in 12 AL teams 11 4 2
Age G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% PO Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary
Doyle Alexander 21 29 -4 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ Traded 1
Don Baylor 23 363 9 3 0 0 1 -4 12 22 2.5 20 2.1 0.4 $ Amateur Draft 978/3
Mark Belanger 28 313 -18 0 1 0 8 6 10 7 0.3 -1 -0.1 0.4 $ Amateur Free Agent *6
Paul Blair 28 514 -8 -3 0 -2 18 -2 17 20 1.7 2 0.2 1.5 $47,000 1st Yr Draft *8
Don Buford# 35 485 -9 0 0 0 2 -5 16 4 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $60,000 Traded *7
Al Bumbry* 25 11 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.3 1 0.1 0.2 $ Amateur Draft /9
Enos Cabell 22 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent /3
Rich Coggins* 21 43 1 -2 0 0 4 0 1 4 0.4 0 0.0 0.4 $ Amateur Draft /89
Terry Crowley* 25 283 4 0 -2 0 -0 -3 9 9 1.0 8 0.8 0.2 $ Amateur Draft 93/7
Mike Cuellar* 35 94 -10 -1 -1 1 0 6 3 -2 -0.5 -2 -0.2 -0.3 $ Traded 1
Tommy Davis 33 88 -2 0 -1 0 1 -1 3 0 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded 7/39
Pat Dobson 30 94 -10 0 -1 0 0 6 3 -2 -0.5 -2 -0.2 -0.3 $45,000 Traded 1
Andy Etchebarren 29 210 -7 -2 1 -1 4 4 7 6 0.4 2 0.2 0.2 $33,000 Amateur Free Agent 2
Bobby Grich 23 528 18 1 1 0 10 5 17 52 5.8 42 4.3 1.5 $ Amateur Draft 643/5
Roric Harrison 25 19 -1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $13,500 Traded 1
Elrod Hendricks* 31 98 -6 -1 0 0 2 2 3 0 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Traded 2
Grant Jackson# 29 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded 1
Davey Johnson 29 436 -2 -1 0 -1 11 3 15 25 2.4 14 1.4 1.0 $61,500 Amateur Free Agent *4
Dave Leonhard 31 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Tommy Matchick* 28 9 -1 0 0 0 -0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ Traded /5
Dave McNally 29 84 -6 0 0 0 0 6 3 3 0.1 3 0.3 -0.2 $105,000 Amateur Free Agent 1
Johnny Oates* 26 288 2 -3 -1 1 2 5 9 15 1.5 13 1.3 0.2 $13,500 Amateur Draft 2
Jim Palmer 26 106 -5 1 0 1 0 7 3 7 0.7 7 0.7 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Boog Powell* 30 539 17 1 0 -1 -4 -8 18 23 2.7 27 2.8 -0.1 $90,000 Amateur Free Agent *3
Merv Rettenmund 29 346 1 1 -2 -2 2 -4 11 6 0.6 5 0.5 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent 98/7
Bob Reynolds 25 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $13,500 Traded /1
Brooks Robinson 35 612 -4 -3 0 -1 18 4 20 34 3.2 16 1.7 1.5 $110,000 Amateur Free Agent *5
Sergio Robles 26 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded /2
Chico Salmon 31 16 -3 0 0 0 -0 0 1 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ Traded /35
Mickey Scott* 24 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Traded 1
Tom Shopay* 27 45 -2 0 1 0 -0 0 2 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ Rule 5 Draft /7
Eddie Watt 31 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ Amateur Free Agent 1
Team Total 28.8 5676 -46 -9 -1 -5 78 30 185 235 22.2 154 15.8 6.4 $592,000
Age PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Acquired Pos. Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired
Doyle Alexander 21 106.1 9 36 44 6 1.0 8 0.8 $ Traded
Mike Cuellar* 35 248.1 35 78 104 15 1.0 26 3.2 $ Traded
Pat Dobson 30 268.1 36 89 112 15 1.0 23 2.9 $ Traded
Roric Harrison 25 94.0 2 24 40 5 .8 16 1.3 $ Traded
Grant Jackson* 29 41.0 0 14 17 2 1.0 3 0.1 $ Traded
Dave Leonhard 31 20.0 0 10 9 1 .7 -1 -0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent
Dave McNally* 29 241.0 36 85 96 15 1.1 11 1.5 $ Amateur Free Agent
Jim Palmer 26 274.1 36 73 112 16 1.0 39 4.9 $ Amateur Free Agent
Bob Reynolds 25 9.2 0 2 4 1 .3 2 0.1 $ Traded
Mickey Scott* 24 23.0 0 7 10 1 .7 3 0.2 $ Traded
Eddie Watt 31 45.2 0 12 19 3 1.2 7 0.6 $ Amateur Free Agent
Team Total 28.8 1371.2 154 430 567 80 1.0 137 15.3 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1971 / 1973 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics