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1979 Baltimore Orioles

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 / 1980

102-57, Finished 1st in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Earl Weaver (102-57)
Scored 757 runs, Allowed 582 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 98-61

Ballparks: Memorial Stadium · 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

Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-3) to Pittsburgh Pirates
Won AL Championship Series (3-1) over California Angels

American League Champs

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1978 / 1980 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 DH PH PR WAR Salary
Benny Ayala 28 R R 6' 1" 185 Feb 7, 1951 4 42 24 42 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 1 24 11 17 0 0.7 $
Mark Belanger 35 R R 6' 1" 170 Jun 8, 1944 15 101 54 101 98 0 0 0 0 0 98 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0.4 $
Al Bumbry 32 L R 5' 8" 170 Apr 21, 1947 8 148 127 148 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 146 0 151 0 9 4 2.5 $150,000
Tom Chism 25 L L 6' 1" 195 May 9, 1954 1st 6 2 6 6 0 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.1 $
Mark Corey 23 R R 6' 2" 200 Nov 3, 1955 1st 13 0 13 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 11 1 3 3 -0.1 $
Terry Crowley 32 L L 6' 0" 180 Feb 16, 1947 11 61 7 61 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 52 0 0.7 $
Rich Dauer 26 R R 6' 0" 180 Jul 27, 1952 4 142 131 142 141 0 0 0 103 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.0 $
Doug DeCinces 28 R R 6' 2" 190 Aug 29, 1950 7 120 119 120 120 0 0 0 0 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 $
Rick Dempsey 29 R R 6' 0" 190 Sep 13, 1949 11 124 112 124 124 0 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 2.4 $
Mike Flanagan 27 L L 6' 0" 185 Dec 16, 1951 5 39 38 0 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.6 $
John Flinn 24 R R 6' 0" 175 Sep 2, 1954 2 4 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Dave Ford 22 R R 6' 4" 190 Dec 29, 1956 2 9 2 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $
Kiko Garcia 25 R R 5' 11" 180 Oct 14, 1953 4 126 114 126 125 0 0 0 25 2 113 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0.8 $
Larry Harlow 27 L L 6' 2" 185 Nov 13, 1951 4 38 8 38 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 23 36 1 3 16 0.2 $
Elrod Hendricks 38 L R 6' 1" 175 Dec 22, 1940 12 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Pat Kelly 34 L L 6' 1" 185 Jul 30, 1944 13 68 38 68 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 1 24 17 30 0 0.9 $
Wayne Krenchicki 24 L R 6' 1" 180 Sep 17, 1954 1st 16 5 16 12 0 0 0 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 -0.3 $
John Lowenstein 32 L R 6' 0" 175 Jan 27, 1947 10 97 48 97 74 0 0 1 0 1 0 46 1 40 87 2 27 8 2.0 $
Dennis Martinez 24 R R 6' 1" 160 May 14, 1955 4 40 39 0 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 $
Tippy Martinez 29 L L 5' 10" 180 May 31, 1950 6 39 0 0 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Lee May 36 R R 6' 3" 195 Mar 23, 1943 15 124 115 124 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 117 9 0 -0.7 $
Scott McGregor 25 B L 6' 1" 190 Jan 18, 1954 4 27 23 0 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 $
Bob Molinaro 29 L R 6' 0" 190 May 21, 1950 4 8 0 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 1 2 2 0.0 $
Eddie Murray HOF 23 B R 6' 2" 190 Feb 24, 1956 3 159 159 159 157 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4.7 $
Jim Palmer HOF 33 R R 6' 3" 190 Oct 15, 1945 14 23 22 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $250,000
Jeff Rineer 23 L L 6' 4" 205 Jul 3, 1955 1st 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Gary Roenicke 24 R R 6' 3" 205 Dec 5, 1954 3 133 109 133 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 115 25 9 149 2 4 3 3.6 $
Ken Singleton 32 B R 6' 4" 210 Jun 10, 1947 10 159 159 159 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 136 143 16 0 0 5.3 $150,000 All-Star
Dave Skaggs 28 R R 6' 2" 200 Jun 12, 1951 3 63 46 63 63 0 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Billy Smith 25 B R 6' 2" 185 Jul 14, 1953 5 68 54 68 67 0 0 0 63 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1.4 $
Don Stanhouse 28 R R 6' 2" 185 Feb 12, 1951 8 52 0 0 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $ All-Star
Sammy Stewart 24 R R 6' 3" 200 Oct 28, 1954 2 31 3 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $
Tim Stoddard 26 R R 6' 7" 230 Jan 24, 1953 3 29 0 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $
Steve Stone 31 R R 5' 10" 175 Jul 14, 1947 9 32 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $175,000
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Al Bumbry
Billy Smith
Kiko Garcia
Larry Harlow
Mark Belanger
Dave Skaggs
Bob Molinaro
Terry Crowley

Doug DeCinces
Tom Chism
Wayne Krenchicki
Lee May
Mark Corey
Scott McGregor
Pat Kelly
Steve Stone
Jim Palmer

Tippy Martinez
Rick Dempsey
Rich Dauer
Don Stanhouse
Benny Ayala
Ken Singleton
Dennis Martinez
Steve Stone

Eddie Murray
Gary Roenicke
John Flinn
John Lowenstein
Jeff Rineer
Elrod Hendricks
Wayne Krenchicki
Mike Flanagan

Tim Stoddard
Sammy Stewart
Dave Ford

1978 / 1980 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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