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1978 Baltimore Orioles Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977 / 1979)
90-71, Finished 4th in AL East
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Scored 659 runs, Allowed 633 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-78
Manager: Earl Weaver (90-71)
Ballpark: Memorial Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,051,724 (10th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 94, Pitching - 93;   one-year: Batting - 91, Pitching - 91
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1977 / 1979 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

Team Roster & Games By Position

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Mike Anderson 27 R R 6' 2" 200 Jun 22, 1951 8 53 4 53 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 2 6 47 0 8 2
Mark Belanger 34 R R 6' 1" 170 Jun 8, 1944 14 135 109 135 134 0 0 0 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Nelson Briles 34 R R 5' 11" 200 Aug 5, 1943 14 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Al Bumbry 31 L R 5' 8" 175 Apr 21, 1947 7 33 28 33 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 17 0 28 0 5 0
Terry Crowley 31 L L 6' 0" 180 Feb 16, 1947 10 62 17 62 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 17 45 0
Rich Dauer 25 R R 6' 0" 180 Jul 27, 1952 3 133 116 133 130 0 0 0 87 52 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
Doug DeCinces 27 R R 6' 2" 194 Aug 29, 1950 6 142 140 142 141 0 0 0 12 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Rick Dempsey 28 R R 6' 0" 190 Sep 13, 1949 10 136 130 136 135 0 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2
Mike Dimmel 23 R R 6' 0" 180 Oct 16, 1954 2 8 0 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 7 0 0 7
Mike Flanagan 26 L L 6' 0" 195 Dec 16, 1951 4 40 0 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
John Flinn 23 R R 6' 0" 175 Sep 2, 1954 1st 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Ford 21 R R 6' 4" 190 Dec 29, 1956 1st 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kiko Garcia 24 R R 5' 11" 180 Oct 14, 1953 3 79 52 79 75 0 0 0 3 0 74 0 0 0 0 0 4 7
Larry Harlow 26 L L 6' 2" 185 Nov 13, 1951 3 147 115 146 140 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 133 5 139 0 10 8
Ellie Hendricks 37 L R 6' 1" 175 Dec 22, 1940 11 13 3 12 7 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
Pat Kelly 33 L L 6' 1" 185 Jul 30, 1944 12 100 74 100 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 73 1 8 80 0 22 3
Joe Kerrigan 24 R R 6' 5" 205 Jan 30, 1954 3 26 0 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carlos Lopez 29 R R 6' 0" 190 Sep 27, 1948 3 129 47 129 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 89 114 0 15 33
Dennis Martinez 23 R R 6' 1" 185 May 14, 1955 3 40 0 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tippy Martinez 28 L L 5' 10" 180 May 31, 1950 5 43 0 1 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Lee May 35 R R 6' 3" 205 Mar 23, 1943 14 148 141 148 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 137 7 0
Scott McGregor 24 B L 6' 1" 190 Jan 18, 1954 3 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andres Mora 23 R R 6' 0" 180 May 25, 1955 3 76 62 76 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 0 0 69 0 14 0
Eddie Murray HOF 22 B R 6' 2" 200 Feb 24, 1956 2 161 161 161 160 0 0 157 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 All-Star
Jim Palmer HOF 32 R R 6' 3" 196 Oct 15, 1945 13 38 0 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Gary Roenicke 23 R R 6' 3" 205 Dec 5, 1954 2 27 14 27 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 10 1
Ken Singleton 31 B R 6' 4" 213 Jun 10, 1947 9 149 144 149 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 139 141 5 5 0
Dave Skaggs 27 R R 6' 2" 200 Jun 12, 1951 2 36 28 36 35 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Billy Smith 24 B R 185 Jul 14, 1953 4 85 64 85 84 0 0 0 83 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Don Stanhouse 27 R R 6' 2" 195 Feb 12, 1951 7 56 0 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Earl Stephenson 30 L L 6' 3" 175 Jul 31, 1947 4 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sammy Stewart 23 R R 6' 3" 208 Oct 28, 1954 1st 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Stoddard 25 R R 6' 7" 250 Jan 24, 1953 2 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR

1977 / 1979 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played