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1978 Baltimore Orioles

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977 / 1979

90-71, Finished 4th in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Earl Weaver (90-71)
Scored 659 runs, Allowed 633 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-78

Ballparks: Memorial Stadium · 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 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 Rick Dempsey 28 136 498 441 41 114 25 0 6 32 7 3 48 54 .259 .327 .356 .683 98 157 11 0 3 6 2
2 1B Eddie Murray# 22 161 690 610 85 174 32 3 27 95 6 5 70 97 .285 .356 .480 .836 140 293 15 1 1 8 7
3 2B Rich Dauer 25 133 491 459 57 121 23 0 6 46 0 4 26 22 .264 .301 .353 .654 89 162 16 0 3 3 0
4 SS Mark Belanger 34 135 408 348 39 74 13 0 0 16 6 6 40 55 .213 .299 .250 .549 61 87 4 6 7 7 1
5 3B Doug DeCinces 27 142 561 511 72 146 37 1 28 80 7 7 46 81 .286 .346 .526 .872 149 269 12 2 0 2 2
6 LF Pat Kelly* 33 100 315 274 38 75 12 1 11 40 10 8 34 58 .274 .357 .445 .802 131 122 9 2 4 1 1
7 CF Larry Harlow* 26 147 521 460 67 112 25 1 8 26 14 11 55 72 .243 .324 .354 .679 97 163 9 1 3 2 3
8 RF Ken Singleton# 31 149 608 502 67 147 21 2 20 81 0 0 98 94 .293 .409 .462 .871 152 232 14 2 4 2 5
9 DH Lee May 35 148 590 556 56 137 16 1 25 80 5 2 31 110 .246 .286 .414 .700 101 230 18 1 0 2 5
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
10 2B Billy Smith# 24 85 283 250 29 65 12 2 5 30 3 0 27 40 .260 .333 .384 .717 107 96 2 1 4 1 3
11 LF Andres Mora 23 76 246 229 21 49 8 0 8 14 0 1 13 47 .214 .258 .354 .612 76 81 5 1 2 1 1
12 OF Carlos Lopez 29 129 205 193 21 46 6 0 4 20 5 7 9 34 .238 .273 .332 .605 74 64 4 1 0 2 1
13 SS Kiko Garcia 24 79 199 186 17 49 6 4 0 13 7 1 7 43 .263 .287 .339 .626 81 63 5 0 4 2 0
14 OF Al Bumbry* 31 33 134 114 21 27 5 2 2 6 5 3 17 15 .237 .346 .368 .714 107 42 4 2 1 0 0
15 DH Terry Crowley* 31 62 105 95 9 24 2 0 0 12 0 0 8 12 .253 .314 .274 .588 72 26 4 1 0 1 0
16 C Dave Skaggs 27 36 98 86 6 13 1 1 0 2 0 1 9 14 .151 .232 .186 .418 22 16 1 0 3 0 1
17 LF Gary Roenicke 23 27 70 58 5 15 3 0 3 15 0 1 8 3 .259 .348 .466 .813 134 27 3 1 1 2 0
18 OF Mike Anderson 27 53 36 32 2 3 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 10 .094 .171 .156 .328 -4 5 0 0 1 0 0
19 C Elrod Hendricks* 37 13 21 18 4 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 .333 .429 .556 .984 183 10 0 0 0 0 2
20 OF Mike Dimmel 23 8 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 P Tippy Martinez* 28 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 P Scott McGregor# 24 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 P Mike Flanagan* 26 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 P John Flinn 23 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 P Tim Stoddard 25 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 P Dave Ford 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 P Sammy Stewart 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 P Dennis Martinez 23 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 P Earl Stephenson* 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 P Nelson Briles 34 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 P Jim Palmer 32 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Don Stanhouse 27 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Joe Kerrigan 24 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.0 161 6079 5422 659 1397 248 19 154 612 75 61 552 864 .258 .326 .396 .722 108 2145 136 22 41 42 34
Rank in 14 AL teams 9 9 10 5 14 3 11 7 5 1 10 9 4 5 6 13 11
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 32 21 12 .636 2.46 38 38 0 19 6 0 296.0 246 94 81 19 97 1 138 1 1 5 1197 143 1.159 7.5 0.6 2.9 4.2 1.42
2 SP Mike Flanagan* 26 19 15 .559 4.03 40 40 0 17 2 0 281.1 271 128 126 22 87 2 167 3 1 8 1160 87 1.273 8.7 0.7 2.8 5.3 1.92
3 SP Dennis Martinez 23 16 11 .593 3.52 40 38 0 15 2 0 276.1 257 121 108 20 93 4 142 3 0 8 1140 100 1.267 8.4 0.7 3.0 4.6 1.53
4 SP Scott McGregor* 24 15 13 .536 3.32 35 32 2 13 4 1 233.0 217 98 86 19 47 3 94 1 3 3 936 106 1.133 8.4 0.7 1.8 3.6 2.00
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 Don Stanhouse 27 6 9 .400 2.89 56 0 47 0 0 24 74.2 60 28 24 0 52 6 42 0 0 3 326 122 1.500 7.2 0.0 6.3 5.1 0.81
6 RP Joe Kerrigan 24 3 1 .750 4.77 26 2 16 0 0 3 71.2 75 44 38 10 36 5 41 2 0 4 319 74 1.549 9.4 1.3 4.5 5.1 1.14
7 RP Tippy Martinez* 28 3 3 .500 4.83 42 0 16 0 0 5 69.0 77 41 37 4 40 2 57 1 1 6 318 73 1.696 10.0 0.5 5.2 7.4 1.43
8 RP Nelson Briles 34 4 4 .500 4.64 16 8 4 1 0 0 54.1 58 31 28 6 21 2 30 2 0 2 236 76 1.454 9.6 1.0 3.5 5.0 1.43
9 RP John Flinn 23 1 1 .500 8.04 13 0 5 0 0 0 15.2 24 18 14 3 13 3 8 0 0 0 84 45 2.362 13.8 1.7 7.5 4.6 0.62
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 Tim Stoddard 25 0 1 .000 6.00 8 0 3 0 0 0 18.0 22 17 12 3 8 1 14 2 0 2 84 60 1.667 11.0 1.5 4.0 7.0 1.75
11 Dave Ford 21 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 1 1 0 0 0 15.0 10 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 53 0.800 6.0 0.0 1.2 3.0 2.50
12 Sammy Stewart 23 1 1 .500 3.18 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.1 10 5 4 0 3 0 11 0 0 1 46 115 1.147 7.9 0.0 2.4 8.7 3.67
13 Earl Stephenson* 30 0 0 2.79 2 0 2 0 0 0 9.2 10 3 3 0 5 0 4 0 0 1 40 131 1.552 9.3 0.0 4.7 3.7 0.80
14 Elrod Hendricks 37 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.857 3.9 0.0 3.9 0.0 0.00
15 Larry Harlow* 26 0 0 67.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 2 5 5 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 8 9 9.000 27.0 13.5 54.0 13.5 0.25
Team Totals 26.6 90 71 .559 3.56 161 161 96 65 14 33 1429.0 1340 633 566 107 509 29 754 15 6 44 5956 99 1.294 8.4 0.7 3.2 4.7 1.48
Rank in 14 AL teams 5 10 5 1 2 2 11 2 3 4 4 7 5
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
Mike Anderson 27 47 4 2 109.2 25 24 0 1 0 .960 0 5 1.97 0.48 LF-RF-CF
Mark Belanger 34 134 109 86 985.1 602 184 409 9 76 .985 26 32 5.42 4.43 SS
Nelson Briles 34 16 8 1 54.1 7 2 4 1 0 .857 0.99 0.38 4 4 50% 0 P
Al Bumbry 31 28 28 23 242.0 69 66 2 1 0 .986 -3 -14 2.53 2.13 CF-LF
Terry Crowley 31 3 17 0 4.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 60 4.50 0.10 LF-1B-DH
Rich Dauer 25 130 116 101 1034.1 550 222 321 7 69 .987 4 5 4.72 3.88 2B-3B-DH
Doug DeCinces 27 141 140 110 1184.2 460 138 308 14 38 .970 11 11 3.39 3.14 3B-2B
Rick Dempsey 28 135 130 122 1145.2 726 636 79 11 14 .985 7 7 5.62 5.30 7 32 62 55 47% 2 C
Mike Dimmel 23 7 0 0 9.0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 0 13 2.00 0.29 RF-LF-CF
Mike Flanagan 26 40 40 17 281.1 46 6 38 2 1 .957 1.41 1.10 11 11 50% 5 P
John Flinn 23 13 0 0 15.2 5 1 3 1 0 .800 2.30 0.31 0 0 0 P
Dave Ford 21 2 1 0 15.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 1.50 2 1 33% 0 P
Kiko Garcia 24 75 52 26 446.2 278 87 175 16 35 .942 3 8 5.28 3.40 SS-2B
Larry Harlow 26 140 115 103 1038.0 326 312 7 7 2 .979 -5 -5 2.77 2.28 0 0 0 CF-RF-LF-P
Elrod Hendricks 37 7 3 2 30.1 22 19 2 1 0 .955 0 0 6.23 3.00 0 1 2 1 33% 0 C-P
Pat Kelly 33 80 74 44 613.2 131 123 4 4 1 .969 -7 -14 1.86 1.55 LF-RF-CF
Joe Kerrigan 24 26 2 0 71.2 21 1 19 1 3 .952 2.51 0.77 6 3 33% 0 P
Carlos Lopez 29 114 47 24 529.2 157 148 7 2 2 .987 1 2 2.63 1.18 CF-RF
Dennis Martinez 23 40 38 15 276.1 79 27 51 1 6 .987 2.54 1.95 24 11 31% 2 P
Tippy Martinez 28 42 0 0 69.0 21 8 13 0 1 1.000 2.74 0.50 1 5 83% 1 P
Lee May 35 4 141 4 32.0 37 34 2 1 3 .973 -0 -15 10.12 0.26 1B-DH
Scott McGregor 24 35 32 13 233.0 51 11 38 2 5 .961 1.89 1.40 6 6 50% 6 P
Andres Mora 23 69 62 39 527.2 136 129 4 3 0 .978 5 11 2.27 1.93 LF
Eddie Murray 22 160 161 159 1420.0 1625 1507 112 6 144 .996 -0 -0 10.26 10.06 1B-3B-DH
Jim Palmer 32 38 38 19 296.0 72 27 43 2 5 .972 2.13 1.84 18 17 49% 1 P
Gary Roenicke 23 20 14 8 127.0 23 22 1 0 0 1.000 -4 -40 1.63 1.15 LF
Ken Singleton 31 141 144 55 1088.0 253 246 1 6 0 .976 -8 -9 2.04 1.67 RF-LF-DH
Dave Skaggs 27 35 28 22 255.1 168 149 17 2 2 .988 1 5 5.85 4.74 0 11 17 12 41% 2 C
Billy Smith 24 84 64 60 612.0 362 147 210 5 43 .986 5 10 5.25 4.20 2B-SS
Don Stanhouse 27 56 0 0 74.2 19 6 11 2 2 .895 2.05 0.30 7 7 50% 2 P
Earl Stephenson 30 2 0 0 9.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1 0 0% 0 P
Sammy Stewart 23 2 2 0 11.1 4 1 2 1 0 .750 2.38 1.50 0 1 100% 1 P
Tim Stoddard 25 8 0 0 18.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.50 0.38 1 2 67% 0 P
Team Totals 27.2 161 1449 1055 12861.0 6284 4287 1887 110 452 .982 36 3 4.32 3.28 7 44 81 68 46% 22
Rank in 14 AL teams 14 5 1
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
Mike Anderson 27 36 -5 0 0 1 0 -1 1 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ Free Agency 7/98
Mark Belanger 34 408 -17 0 1 1 26 7 13 31 3.0 5 0.5 2.5 $ Amateur Free Agent *6
Al Bumbry* 31 134 1 0 -1 0 -3 -1 4 0 0.0 3 0.3 -0.3 $ Amateur Draft 87
Terry Crowley* 31 105 -3 0 0 -1 0 -2 3 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ Free Agency D/73
Rich Dauer 25 491 -8 -3 2 -2 4 3 16 13 1.2 8 0.8 0.4 $ Amateur Draft 45/D
Doug DeCinces 27 561 31 0 2 -2 11 4 19 65 6.8 54 5.6 1.2 $ Amateur Draft *54
Rick Dempsey 28 498 -1 -1 -1 0 7 8 16 28 2.8 21 2.2 0.6 $ Traded *2
Kiko Garcia 24 199 -5 2 1 -1 3 3 6 9 0.9 6 0.6 0.3 $ Amateur Draft 6/4
Larry Harlow* 26 521 -3 -3 -2 0 -5 -2 17 2 0.2 7 0.7 -0.5 $ Amateur Free Agent *8/971
Elrod Hendricks* 37 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ Free Agency /21
Pat Kelly* 33 315 11 -2 1 -1 -7 -4 10 8 0.9 15 1.6 -0.7 $ Traded 7/98
Carlos Lopez 29 207 -7 -1 1 0 1 -2 7 -1 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ Traded *98
Lee May 35 590 -3 0 3 -2 -0 -14 20 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ Traded *D/3
Andres Mora 23 246 -9 -1 3 0 5 -3 8 3 0.3 -2 -0.2 0.5 $ Purchased 7
Eddie Murray# 22 690 31 -1 -2 0 -0 -10 22 39 4.1 40 4.1 0.0 $ Amateur Draft *3/5D
Gary Roenicke 23 70 3 -1 -1 0 -4 -1 2 -2 -0.2 2 0.2 -0.4 $ Traded 7
Ken Singleton# 31 608 38 -1 0 -1 -8 -7 20 40 4.3 49 5.1 -0.8 $150,000 Traded *9/D7
Dave Skaggs 27 98 -9 -1 0 0 1 2 3 -4 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $ Amateur Draft 2
Billy Smith# 24 283 2 0 0 1 5 2 9 20 2.1 14 1.5 0.6 $ Free Agency 4/6
Team Total 28.0 6081 49 -13 7 -7 36 -18 197 251 25.7 215 22.3 3.4 $150,000
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
Nelson Briles 34 54.1 8 31 28 1 .8 -3 -0.4 $ Purchased
Mike Flanagan* 26 281.1 40 128 139 7 1.0 11 1.3 $ Amateur Draft
John Flinn 23 15.2 0 18 7 0 1.0 -11 -1.4 $ Amateur Draft
Dave Ford 21 15.0 1 0 8 0 1.0 8 0.9 $ Amateur Draft
Larry Harlow* 26 0.2 0 5 0 0 .0 -5 -0.3 $ Amateur Free Agent
Elrod Hendricks 37 2.1 0 0 1 0 .0 1 0.1 $ Free Agency
Joe Kerrigan 24 71.2 2 44 37 2 .7 -7 -1.0 $ Traded
Dennis Martinez 23 276.1 38 121 141 7 1.0 20 2.3 $ Amateur Free Agent
Tippy Martinez* 28 69.0 0 41 35 2 1.0 -6 -1.2 $ Traded
Scott McGregor* 24 233.0 32 98 118 6 1.0 20 2.2 $ Traded
Jim Palmer 32 296.0 38 94 148 7 1.0 54 6.1 $ Amateur Free Agent
Don Stanhouse 27 74.2 0 28 38 2 2.2 10 0.9 $ Traded
Earl Stephenson* 30 9.2 0 3 5 0 .1 2 0.1 $ Purchased
Sammy Stewart 23 11.1 2 5 6 0 .7 1 0.1 $ Amateur Free Agent
Tim Stoddard 25 18.0 0 17 10 0 .5 -7 -0.6 $ Free Agency
Team Total 26.6 1429.0 161 633 721 34 1.0 88 9.1 $
Age IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Acquired

1977 / 1979 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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