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1979 Baltimore Orioles Pitching Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 / 1980)
102-57, Finished 1st in AL East
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Scored 757 runs, Allowed 582 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 98-61
Manager: Earl Weaver (102-57)
Ballpark: Memorial Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,681,009 (6th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 95;   one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 96
Won AL Pennant
Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-3) to Pittsburgh Pirates
Won AL Championship Series (3-1) over California Angels
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1978 / 1980 Pitching Statistics

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 Dennis Martinez 24 15 16 .484 3.66 40 39 0 18 3 0 292.1 279 129 119 28 78 1 132 1 2 9 1206 110 1.221 8.6 0.9 2.4 4.1 1.69
2 SP Mike Flanagan* 27 23 9 .719 3.08 39 38 0 16 5 0 265.2 245 107 91 23 70 1 190 3 0 6 1085 130 1.186 8.3 0.8 2.4 6.4 2.71
3 SP Steve Stone 31 11 7 .611 3.77 32 32 0 3 0 0 186.0 173 91 78 31 73 1 96 1 0 3 781 106 1.323 8.4 1.5 3.5 4.6 1.32
4 SP Scott McGregor* 25 13 6 .684 3.35 27 23 3 7 2 0 174.2 165 70 65 19 23 0 81 2 1 1 706 120 1.076 8.5 1.0 1.2 4.2 3.52
5 SP Jim Palmer 33 10 6 .625 3.30 23 22 1 7 0 0 155.2 144 66 57 12 43 0 67 0 0 1 639 122 1.201 8.3 0.7 2.5 3.9 1.56
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
6 CL Don Stanhouse 28 7 3 .700 2.85 52 0 46 0 0 21 72.2 49 24 23 4 51 7 34 1 1 2 307 141 1.376 6.1 0.5 6.3 4.2 0.67
7 RP Sammy Stewart 24 8 5 .615 3.52 31 3 10 1 0 1 117.2 96 47 46 11 71 4 71 5 1 5 498 114 1.419 7.3 0.8 5.4 5.4 1.00
8 RP Tippy Martinez* 29 10 3 .769 2.88 39 0 23 0 0 3 78.0 59 29 25 0 31 4 61 1 0 6 318 139 1.154 6.8 0.0 3.6 7.0 1.97
9 RP Tim Stoddard 26 3 1 .750 1.71 29 0 15 0 0 3 58.0 44 12 11 3 19 2 47 0 0 3 228 235 1.086 6.8 0.5 2.9 7.3 2.47
10 RP Dave Ford 22 2 1 .667 2.10 9 2 5 0 0 2 30.0 23 7 7 2 7 0 7 0 0 0 116 191 1.000 6.9 0.6 2.1 2.1 1.00
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
11 John Flinn 24 0 0 0.00 4 0 4 0 0 0 2.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 1.125 6.8 0.0 3.4 0.0 0.00
12 Jeff Rineer* 23 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Totals 27.1 102 57 .642 3.28 159 159 107 52 10 30 1434.1 1279 582 522 133 467 20 786 14 5 36 5897 123 1.217 8.0 0.8 2.9 4.9 1.68
Rank in 14 AL teams 1 14 1 2 1 8 7 1 1 1 5 5 10116
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
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Pitching Ratios*

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Age IP Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB Opp DP %
*Mike Flanagan 27 265.2 81% 2.1% 17.5% 6.5% 6.5% 29% 1.23 73% 178 29 16%
John Flinn 24 2.2 27% 0.0% 0.0% 9.1% 0.0% 0% 1.00 91% 5 0 0%
Dave Ford 22 30.0 55% 1.7% 6.0% 6.0% 7.8% 39% 0.98 84% 20 3 15%
Dennis Martinez 24 292.1 52% 2.3% 11.0% 6.5% 6.6% 28% 1.16 79% 206 24 12%
*Tippy Martinez 29 78.0 65% 0.0% 19.2% 9.8% 3.5% 19% 1.44 70% 57 6 11%
*Scott McGregor 25 174.2 79% 2.7% 11.5% 3.3% 7.5% 32% 0.67 81% 104 10 10%
Jim Palmer 33 155.2 54% 1.9% 10.5% 6.7% 5.2% 23% 0.77 80% 106 12 11%
*Jeff Rineer 23 1.0 100% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.00 100% 2 1 50%
Don Stanhouse 28 72.2 43% 1.3% 11.1% 16.7% 3.9% 25% 1.35 69% 80 14 18%
Sammy Stewart 24 117.2 42% 2.2% 14.3% 14.3% 5.2% 27% 1.24 67% 105 13 12%
Tim Stoddard 26 58.0 45% 1.3% 20.6% 8.3% 5.3% 27% 2.00 69% 39 9 23%
Steve Stone 31 186.0 43% 4.0% 12.3% 9.4% 8.5% 38% 1.10 73% 113 13 12%
League Average 56% 2.3% 11.7% 8.6% 7.1% 29% 1.09 76% 11%
Team Total 59% 2.3% 13.3% 7.9% 6.3% 29% 1.08 75% 1015 134 13%
Age IP Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB Opp DP %

Team Batting Against*

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Age IP G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
*Mike Flanagan 27 265.2 39 1084 998 107 245 45 2 23 9 7 70 190 .245 .296 .364 .660 .281 363 29 3 9 4 1
John Flinn 24 2.2 4 11 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .222 .273 .222 .495 .200 2 0 0 0 1 0
Dave Ford 22 30.0 9 116 105 7 23 6 1 2 0 1 7 7 .219 .265 .352 .618 .216 37 3 0 3 1 0
Dennis Martinez 24 292.1 40 1205 1102 129 279 43 8 28 32 11 78 132 .253 .300 .383 .683 .263 422 24 1 12 12 1
*Tippy Martinez 29 78.0 39 318 281 29 59 9 2 0 2 5 31 61 .210 .288 .256 .544 .265 72 6 1 2 3 4
*Scott McGregor 25 174.2 27 706 665 70 165 29 5 19 7 2 23 81 .248 .273 .392 .665 .256 261 10 2 10 6 0
Jim Palmer 33 155.2 23 639 586 66 144 19 2 12 6 4 43 67 .246 .295 .346 .641 .258 203 12 0 5 5 0
*Jeff Rineer 23 1.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
Don Stanhouse 28 72.2 52 306 242 24 49 7 1 4 5 3 51 34 .202 .334 .289 .624 .212 70 14 1 4 8 7
Sammy Stewart 24 117.2 31 498 414 47 96 13 2 11 9 7 71 71 .232 .349 .353 .702 .254 146 13 5 5 3 4
Tim Stoddard 26 58.0 29 228 208 12 44 8 1 3 5 2 19 47 .212 .278 .303 .580 .259 63 9 0 1 0 2
Steve Stone 31 186.0 32 781 698 91 173 32 3 31 13 16 73 96 .248 .320 .436 .755 .248 304 13 1 8 1 1
League Average .270 .334 .409 .743 .286
Team Total 326 5894 5310 582 1279 211 27 133 88 58 467 786 .241 .302 .366 .668 .258 1943 134 14 59 44 20
Age IP G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB

Team Starting Pitching*

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Age IP G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
*Mike Flanagan 27 265.2 39 38 23 9 6 3 4 29 9 .763 2 3 16 5 27 71% 58 99 15 19 8 16 6 4.9 5.0 7.0
Dave Ford 22 30.0 9 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 .500 1 0 0 0 2 100% 54 55 52 1 0 0 2 5.5 4.9 6.0
Dennis Martinez 24 292.1 40 39 15 16 8 3 8 19 20 .487 3 4 18 3 22 56% 54 88 24 23 7 22 7 4.0 3.9 7.5
*Scott McGregor 25 174.2 27 23 13 6 4 3 1 15 8 .652 1 2 7 2 11 48% 54 79 27 20 9 4 11 5.1 4.8 6.8
Jim Palmer 33 155.2 23 22 10 6 6 1 2 15 7 .682 0 3 7 0 13 59% 54 78 29 12 4 8 8 5.8 5.4 7.0
Sammy Stewart 24 117.2 31 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 3 100% 67 79 59 25 14 0 2 6.4 5.7 8.0
Steve Stone 31 186.0 32 32 11 7 14 1 0 20 12 .625 3 5 3 0 13 41% 51 81 26 32 10 12 13 4.7 4.8 5.8
League Average .496 48% 49 99 5 4.7 4.7 6.3
Team Total 326 159 76 44 39 11 15 102 57 .642 10 17 52 10 91 57% 55 99 15 168 67 62 49 4.8 4.7 6.9
Age IP G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max

Team Relief Pitching*

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Age IP G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
*Mike Flanagan 27 265.2 39 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 7 1.013 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.0
John Flinn 24 2.2 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 9 0.080 0 0 4 1 0 3 3 1 0 2 0 0 2.0
Dave Ford 22 30.0 9 7 5 1 1 3 2 1 67% 3 0 6 2 33% 6 1.035 4 1 2 5 1 1 3 4 7 0 7 0 7.7
Dennis Martinez 24 292.1 40 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 67% 7 1.022 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.0
*Tippy Martinez 29 78.0 39 39 23 10 3 8 3 5 38% 12 4 37 11 30% 7 1.248 15 11 13 15 6 18 26 13 23 10 24 7 6.0
*Scott McGregor 25 174.2 27 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 4 0.948 0 2 2 0 0 4 4 0 4 0 4 0 13.0
Jim Palmer 33 155.2 23 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.877 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
*Jeff Rineer 23 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 6 1.225 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Don Stanhouse 28 72.2 52 52 46 7 3 27 21 6 78% 27 0 51 22 43% 9 2.279 30 9 12 31 7 14 30 22 25 13 25 14 4.2
Sammy Stewart 24 117.2 31 28 10 5 5 2 1 1 50% 4 2 31 14 45% 6 1.048 10 9 9 6 8 14 18 10 22 3 25 1 10.0
Tim Stoddard 26 58.0 29 29 15 3 1 6 3 3 50% 11 5 28 14 50% 7 1.391 12 2 15 19 3 7 16 13 17 6 20 5 6.0
League Average 65% 36% 1.032 5.7
Team Total 326 167 107 26 13 46 30 16 65% 58 12 169 68 40% 1.086 72 35 59 78 25 64 103 64 99 36 106 27 6.2
Age IP G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR

Team Baserunning/Situational*

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Age IP PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
*Mike Flanagan 27 265.2 1085 245 23 0 7 17 6 7 16 39 23 3 59% 14 6 1 374 9 7 56% 8 6 1 1 0 0 11 5 13 0
John Flinn 24 2.2 11 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Dave Ford 22 30.0 116 23 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 5 3 0 60% 1 0 0 39 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Dennis Martinez 24 292.1 1206 279 28 0 10 12 16 12 16 60 34 6 57% 10 9 2 423 32 11 74% 29 11 3 0 0 0 6 0 33 0
*Tippy Martinez 29 78.0 318 59 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 22 11 2 50% 6 6 1 122 2 5 29% 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
*Scott McGregor 25 174.2 706 165 19 0 3 13 6 11 8 22 13 0 59% 10 1 0 237 7 2 78% 7 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 0
Jim Palmer 33 155.2 639 144 12 0 10 7 5 6 6 24 14 0 58% 8 1 1 212 6 4 60% 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
*Jeff Rineer 23 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Don Stanhouse 28 72.2 307 49 4 1 21 2 2 2 2 32 19 3 59% 5 2 2 141 5 3 63% 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
Sammy Stewart 24 117.2 498 96 11 0 18 5 6 7 4 30 13 7 43% 4 5 2 179 9 7 56% 9 6 0 1 0 0 6 0 19 0
Tim Stoddard 26 58.0 228 44 3 0 6 2 1 0 3 8 5 1 63% 4 3 1 83 5 2 71% 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 0
Steve Stone 31 186.0 781 173 31 0 3 22 9 11 20 27 11 5 41% 13 3 0 248 13 16 45% 12 16 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
League Average 56% 65%
Team Total 5897 1279 133 1 89 80 53 57 76 271 147 27 54% 75 36 10 2069 88 58 60% 82 55 6 2 0 1 26 6 124 0
Age IP PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu

Team Neutralized Pitching

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Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact Gact
*Mike Flanagan 27 16 12 .571 3.44 254.0 254 108 97 24 73 182 3 1.287 9.0 2.6 6.4 2.49 0.9 39 39
John Flinn 24 0 0 0.00 2.0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2.500 13.5 9.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 4 4
Dave Ford 22 2 1 .667 2.17 29.0 23 8 7 2 7 7 0 1.034 7.1 2.2 2.2 1.00 0.6 9 9
Dennis Martinez 24 15 16 .484 4.08 280.0 291 141 127 29 81 126 1 1.329 9.4 2.6 4.1 1.56 0.9 40 40
*Tippy Martinez 29 5 3 .625 3.24 75.0 61 30 27 0 32 59 1 1.240 7.3 3.8 7.1 1.84 0.0 39 39
*Scott McGregor 25 10 8 .556 3.71 170.0 174 78 70 20 24 79 2 1.165 9.2 1.3 4.2 3.29 1.1 27 27
Jim Palmer 33 9 7 .563 3.66 150.0 149 68 61 12 44 65 0 1.287 8.9 2.6 3.9 1.48 0.7 23 23
*Jeff Rineer 23 0 0 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 1
Don Stanhouse 28 4 3 .571 3.13 69.0 50 27 24 4 52 32 1 1.478 6.5 6.8 4.2 0.62 0.5 52 52
Sammy Stewart 24 6 6 .500 4.05 109.0 98 54 49 11 72 66 5 1.560 8.1 5.9 5.4 0.92 0.9 31 31
Tim Stoddard 26 5 1 .833 1.96 55.0 45 13 12 3 19 45 0 1.164 7.4 3.1 7.4 2.37 0.5 29 29
Steve Stone 31 9 10 .474 4.24 176.0 181 92 83 32 76 91 1 1.460 9.3 3.9 4.7 1.20 1.6 32 32
Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact Gact

Team Cumulative Pitching

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Age Yrs 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 ERA+
*Mike Flanagan 27 5 60 40 .600 3.63 137 122 9 52 9 1 876.2 843 380 354 69 266 9 569 8 2 21 3619 103 1.265 8.7 0.7 2.7 5.8 2.14 103
John Flinn 24 2 1 1 .500 6.87 17 0 9 0 0 0 18.1 26 18 14 3 14 3 8 0 0 0 95 52 2.182 12.8 1.5 6.9 3.9 0.57 52
Dave Ford 22 2 3 1 .750 1.40 11 3 6 0 0 2 45.0 33 7 7 2 9 0 12 0 0 0 169 275 0.933 6.6 0.4 1.8 2.4 1.33 275
Dennis Martinez 24 4 46 36 .561 3.67 126 92 20 39 5 4 763.0 716 344 311 59 243 10 399 12 2 23 3161 103 1.257 8.4 0.7 2.9 4.7 1.64 103
*Tippy Martinez 29 6 24 10 .706 3.19 194 2 106 0 0 35 316.1 274 128 112 9 181 16 222 5 6 26 1360 115 1.438 7.8 0.3 5.1 6.3 1.23 115
*Scott McGregor 25 4 31 25 .554 3.57 94 62 17 21 6 5 536.1 518 232 213 46 105 5 236 10 4 8 2185 105 1.162 8.7 0.8 1.8 4.0 2.25 105
Jim Palmer 33 14 225 122 .648 2.66 447 420 11 194 51 3 3275.1 2691 1081 968 228 1092 34 1927 29 8 75 13282 132 1.155 7.4 0.6 3.0 5.3 1.76 132
*Jeff Rineer 23 1 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Don Stanhouse 28 8 36 51 .414 3.73 256 66 138 11 2 57 708.2 648 329 294 41 424 42 395 14 3 29 3117 98 1.513 8.2 0.5 5.4 5.0 0.93 98
Sammy Stewart 24 2 9 6 .600 3.49 33 5 10 1 0 1 129.0 106 52 50 11 74 4 82 5 1 6 544 114 1.395 7.4 0.8 5.2 5.7 1.11 114
Tim Stoddard 26 3 3 2 .600 2.81 38 0 18 0 0 3 77.0 68 30 24 7 27 3 61 2 0 5 317 139 1.234 7.9 0.8 3.2 7.1 2.26 139
Steve Stone 31 9 78 79 .497 4.06 268 220 14 34 6 1 1475.0 1420 738 666 155 588 19 886 33 5 24 6322 95 1.361 8.7 0.9 3.6 5.4 1.51 95
Age Yrs 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 ERA+

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.


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