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1981 Baltimore Orioles Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980 / 1982)
First Half: 31-23, Finished 2nd
Second Half: 28-23, Finished 4th
Overall: 59-46, Finished 2nd in AL East
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Scored 429 runs, Allowed 437 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 52-53
Manager: Earl Weaver (59-46)
Ballpark: Memorial Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,024,247 (8th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 100, Pitching - 99;   one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99
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1980 / 1982 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 59-46, Final Rank:2, GB: 1.0
Days in First24last on Friday, Sep 25, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
 28last on Sep 25, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead3last on Saturday, May 30, for days on which they played
Farthest Behind3.5last on Wednesday, Apr 29, for days on which they played
Most Games over .50014last on Tuesday, Sep 8
Most Games under .5003last on Tuesday, Apr 28
Longest Winning Streak8Wednesday, May 13 to Wednesday, May 20
Longest Losing Streak5Saturday, May 30 to Thursday, Jun 4
Most Runs Allowed18Thursday, Apr 23
Most Runs Scored14Tuesday, Sep 8
Longest Game (innings)12Monday, Aug 10 and Tuesday, Aug 25
Times Shutout by Opponent9 
Times Opponent Shutout10 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 59 46 429 437 .562
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 33 22 231 217 .600
Road 26 24 198 220 .520
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 7 8 58 64 .467
May 21 8 145 95 .724
June 3 7 25 50 .300
August 11 9 79 92 .550
September 14 13 109 121 .519
October 3 1 13 15 .750
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 31 23 228 209 .574
Second Half 28 23 201 228 .549
Extra-Innings
SplitWLRSRAWP
9-Inning Games 54 42 394 401 .563
ExtraInning 5 4 35 36 .556
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 21 7 105 91 .750
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 10 13 108 148 .435
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
BOS 2 2 19 17 .500
CAL 6 6 39 58 .500
CHW 3 6 37 48 .333
CLE 4 2 42 27 .667
DET 6 7 46 63 .462
KCR 5 3 21 28 .625
MIL 2 4 22 30 .333
MIN 6 0 34 161.000
NYY 7 6 48 52 .538
OAK 7 5 46 44 .583
SEA 4 2 27 27 .667
TEX 2 1 14 12 .667
TOR 5 2 34 15 .714

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

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Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
1 1 Friday, Apr 10 boxscore BAL KCR W 5 3 1-0 1 Tied Stone Gura Stewart 2:46 50,317 +
2 2 Sunday, Apr 12 boxscore BAL KCR L 2 4 1-1 4 1.0 Leonard Flanagan Quisenberry 2:33 18,624 -
3 3 Monday, Apr 13 boxscore BAL @ BOS W 5 1 2-1 2 0.5 Stoddard Crawford 2:34 8,551 +
4 4 Wednesday, Apr 15 boxscore BAL @ BOS L 2 7 2-2 3 1.5 Stanley Martinez 2:31 8,925 -
5 5 Friday, Apr 17 boxscore BAL @ KCR W 3 2 3-2 3 2.0 Martinez Leonard 2:47 30,367 +
6 6 Sunday, Apr 19 boxscore BAL @ KCR L 2 3 3-3 3 2.5 Gale Flanagan Martin 2:08 22,037 -
7 7 Tuesday, Apr 21 boxscore BAL @ CHW L 1 2 3-4 6 2.0 Burns Stewart 3:02 10,715 --
8 8 Thursday, Apr 23 boxscore BAL @ CHW L 5 18 3-5 6 3.0 Dotson McGregor 3:07 0 ---
9 9 Thursday, Apr 23 boxscore BAL @ CHW L 3 5 3-6 6 3.0 Barrios Stone Farmer 2:33 6,839 ----
10 10 Saturday, Apr 25 boxscore BAL BOS W 7 2 4-6 6 2.5 Flanagan Tanana 2:29 19,634 +
11 11 Sunday, Apr 26 boxscore BAL BOS L 5 7 4-7 6 3.0 Eckersley Stoddard 2:39 24,922 -
12 12 Monday, Apr 27 boxscore BAL CHW W 5 2 5-7 5 2.5 McGregor Barrios Martinez 3:09 11,774 +
13 13 Tuesday, Apr 28 boxscore BAL CHW L 6 8 5-8 5 3.5 Dotson Stone Farmer 3:21 9,883 -
14 14 Wednesday, Apr 29 boxscore BAL CHW W 3 0 6-8 5 3.5 Martinez Trout Martinez 2:04 9,957 +
15 15 Thursday, Apr 30 boxscore BAL TOR W 4 0 7-8 4 3.0 Flanagan Todd 2:14 7,726 ++
16 16 Saturday, May 2 boxscore BAL TOR W 4 3 8-8 4 2.5 Palmer Willis 2:30 0 +++
17 17 Saturday, May 2 boxscore BAL TOR W 8 3 9-8 4 2.5 McGregor Leal 2:58 16,402 ++++
18 18 Sunday, May 3 boxscore BAL TOR L 2 4 9-9 4 2.5 Bomback Stone McLaughlin 2:54 23,898 -
19 19 Monday, May 4 boxscore BAL MIN W 4 3 10 10-9 4 2.5 Martinez Koosman 2:43 9,717 +
20 20 Tuesday, May 5 boxscore BAL MIN W 3 2 11-9 4 1.5 Flanagan Erickson Martinez 2:09 11,096 ++
21 21 Wednesday, May 6 boxscore BAL MIN W 5 4 12-9 4 1.5 Stewart O'Connor 3:04 9,085 +++
22 22 Saturday, May 9 boxscore BAL @ TEX W 7 3 13-9 1 Tied Martinez Jenkins 2:19 0 ++++
23 23 Saturday, May 9 boxscore BAL @ TEX W 4 2 14-9 1 Tied Stone Schmidt Martinez 2:23 20,188 +++++
24 24 Sunday, May 10 boxscore BAL @ TEX L 3 7 14-10 2 1.0 Darwin Flanagan Comer 2:42 13,190 -
25 25 Tuesday, May 12 boxscore BAL @ TOR L 2 5 14-11 3 1.5 Stieb Palmer 2:10 11,354 --
26 26 Wednesday, May 13 boxscore BAL @ TOR W 4 0 15-11 2 1.5 McGregor Bomback 2:13 12,568 +
27 27 Thursday, May 14 boxscore BAL @ TOR W 10 0 16-11 2 1.0 Flanagan Clancy 2:14 11,509 ++
28 28 Friday, May 15 boxscore BAL @ MIN W 9 4 17-11 2 1.0 Martinez Redfern Stewart 3:03 6,268 +++
29 29 Saturday, May 16 boxscore BAL @ MIN W 7 0 18-11 1 Tied Ford Koosman 2:13 6,302 ++++
30 30 Sunday, May 17 boxscore BAL @ MIN W 6 3 19-11 2 0.5 Palmer Erickson Stoddard 2:25 9,313 +++++
31 31 Monday, May 18 boxscore BAL OAK W 5 1 20-11 1 up 0.5 McGregor Keough 2:44 23,428 ++++++
32 32 Tuesday, May 19 boxscore BAL OAK W 6 5 21-11 1 up 0.5 Flanagan Norris Martinez 3:01 14,689 +++++++
33 33 Wednesday, May 20 boxscore BAL CAL W 5 3 22-11 1 up 1.5 Martinez Witt Martinez 2:43 16,040 ++++++++
34 34 Thursday, May 21 boxscore BAL CAL L 0 2 22-12 1 up 1.0 Rau Palmer Aase 2:26 18,599 -
35 35 Friday, May 22 boxscore BAL @ DET W 4 2 23-12 1 up 1.5 McGregor Wilcox Martinez 2:27 26,563 +
36 36 Saturday, May 23 boxscore BAL @ DET W 9 2 24-12 1 up 2.0 Flanagan Rozema Stewart 2:29 19,006 ++
37 37 Sunday, May 24 boxscore BAL @ DET L 2 8 24-13 1 up 1.0 Petry Martinez Saucier 2:44 0 -
38 38 Sunday, May 24 boxscore BAL @ DET L 3 5 24-14 1 up 1.0 Tobik Martinez 2:47 30,310 --
39 39 Monday, May 25 boxscore BAL NYY W 10 1 25-14 1 up 2.0 Palmer Guidry 2:21 42,949 +
40 40 Tuesday, May 26 boxscore BAL NYY W 6 4 26-14 1 up 2.0 Stewart Nelson 3:00 38,646 ++
41 41 Wednesday, May 27 boxscore BAL NYY W 6 5 27-14 1 up 3.0 Martinez Gossage 2:50 42,869 +++
42 42 Friday, May 29 boxscore BAL DET W 6 5 28-14 1 up 3.0 Martinez Schatzeder Martinez 2:59 23,040 ++++
43 43 Saturday, May 30 boxscore BAL DET L 1 4 28-15 1 up 3.0 Morris Palmer 2:18 51,646 -
44 44 Sunday, May 31 boxscore BAL DET L 4 5 28-16 1 up 2.0 Lopez McGregor Saucier 2:57 28,011 --
45 45 Tuesday, Jun 2 boxscore BAL @ NYY L 3 5 11 28-17 1 up 1.5 Gossage Stewart 3:12 25,057 ---
46 46 Wednesday, Jun 3 boxscore BAL @ NYY L 0 2 11 28-18 1 up 1.0 Davis Martinez 3:33 30,162 ----
47 47 Thursday, Jun 4 boxscore BAL @ NYY L 3 12 28-19 1 Tied Nelson Ford 2:33 37,954 -----
48 48 Friday, Jun 5 boxscore BAL @ CAL W 6 4 29-19 1 Tied McGregor Witt Martinez 3:16 27,457 +
49 49 Saturday, Jun 6 boxscore BAL @ CAL L 0 10 29-20 2 1.0 Forsch Flanagan 2:26 35,064 -
50 50 Sunday, Jun 7 boxscore BAL @ CAL W 4 1 30-20 2 1.0 Martinez Frost 2:45 29,494 +
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
51 51 Tuesday, Jun 9 boxscore BAL @ OAK L 2 4 30-21 2 3.0 McCatty Palmer 2:51 0 -
52 52 Tuesday, Jun 9 boxscore BAL @ OAK L 2 3 30-22 2 3.0 Jones Stewart 2:58 31,520 --
53 53 Wednesday, Jun 10 boxscore BAL @ OAK W 3 1 31-22 2 2.0 Flanagan Langford Stoddard 2:35 18,329 +
54 54 Thursday, Jun 11 boxscore BAL @ SEA L 2 8 31-23 2 2.0 Parrott Martinez 2:19 7,478 -
55 55 Monday, Aug 10 boxscore BAL KCR W 3 2 12 32-23 2 2.0 Martinez Martin 3:18 19,850 +
56 56 Wednesday, Aug 12 boxscore BAL KCR L 0 10 32-24 2 2.0 Gura Palmer Martin 2:27 0 -
57 57 Wednesday, Aug 12 boxscore BAL KCR W 4 3 33-24 2 2.0 McGregor Wright Stoddard 2:07 19,352 +
58 58 Thursday, Aug 13 boxscore BAL KCR W 2 1 34-24 2 2.0 Flanagan Gale Stoddard 2:32 13,780 ++
59 59 Friday, Aug 14 boxscore BAL CHW L 3 5 34-25 2 2.0 Dotson Stewart Farmer 3:24 15,401 -
60 60 Saturday, Aug 15 boxscore BAL CHW W 4 0 35-25 2 1.0 Martinez Hoyt 2:36 15,323 +
61 61 Sunday, Aug 16 boxscore BAL CHW L 7 8 10 35-26 2 1.0 Farmer Ford Hickey 3:52 16,684 -
62 62 Tuesday, Aug 18 boxscore BAL @ CAL W 6 5 36-26 2 0.5 McGregor Frost Stewart 2:54 28,230 +
63 63 Wednesday, Aug 19 boxscore BAL @ CAL L 3 6 36-27 2 0.5 Renko Flanagan Aase 2:23 24,158 -
64 64 Thursday, Aug 20 boxscore BAL @ CAL L 2 6 36-28 3 1.0 Zahn Martinez 2:24 24,323 --
65 65 Friday, Aug 21 boxscore BAL @ OAK W 4 2 37-28 2 0.5 Palmer Kingman Stoddard 2:41 21,208 +
66 66 Saturday, Aug 22 boxscore BAL @ OAK L 0 2 37-29 3 1.5 Langford McGregor 2:07 26,438 -
67 67 Sunday, Aug 23 boxscore BAL @ OAK W 7 4 38-29 3 1.5 Stewart Norris 2:45 35,325 +
68 68 Monday, Aug 24 boxscore BAL @ SEA W 12 8 39-29 2 0.5 Martinez Gleaton 2:51 8,417 ++
69 69 Tuesday, Aug 25 boxscore BAL @ SEA W 6 5 12 40-29 2 0.5 Stoddard Drago Schneider 3:52 10,143 +++
70 70 Thursday, Aug 27 boxscore BAL CAL W 6 2 41-29 1 up 1.0 McGregor Forsch 2:18 16,093 ++++
71 71 Friday, Aug 28 boxscore BAL CAL L 2 9 41-30 1 up 0.5 Witt Stone 2:49 34,862 -
72 72 Saturday, Aug 29 boxscore BAL CAL W 4 3 42-30 1 up 0.5 Martinez Zahn 2:19 22,978 +
73 73 Sunday, Aug 30 boxscore BAL CAL L 1 7 42-31 2 0.5 Hassler Palmer 3:02 13,727 -
74 74 Monday, Aug 31 boxscore BAL SEA L 3 4 42-32 2 1.5 Andersen Stewart 2:53 9,415 --
75 75 Tuesday, Sep 1 boxscore BAL SEA W 1 0 43-32 2 1.5 Stone Abbott Martinez 1:54 8,572 +
76 76 Wednesday, Sep 2 boxscore BAL SEA W 3 2 11 44-32 2 0.5 Stoddard Rawley 3:14 9,672 ++
77 77 Thursday, Sep 3 boxscore BAL OAK L 0 10 44-33 3 1.0 McCatty Palmer 2:53 14,915 -
78 78 Friday, Sep 4 boxscore BAL OAK L 4 5 11 44-34 3 1.5 Underwood Stoddard Beard 4:16 15,733 --
79 79 Saturday, Sep 5 boxscore BAL OAK W 5 3 45-34 3 1.5 Stone Langford Martinez 2:40 19,742 +
80 80 Sunday, Sep 6 boxscore BAL OAK W 8 4 46-34 3 1.5 Martinez Owchinko 3:19 15,581 ++
81 81 Monday, Sep 7 boxscore BAL CLE W 9 2 47-34 3 1.5 Palmer Waits 2:46 21,377 +++
82 82 Tuesday, Sep 8 boxscore BAL CLE W 14 5 48-34 2 1.0 McGregor Barker 3:07 8,193 ++++
83 83 Wednesday, Sep 9 boxscore BAL CLE L 5 8 48-35 2 1.5 Blyleven Stone 3:01 10,637 -
84 84 Thursday, Sep 10 boxscore BAL CLE L 1 4 48-36 3 2.0 Denny Stewart Spillner 2:46 10,616 --
85 85 Friday, Sep 11 boxscore BAL @ MIL W 2 1 49-36 3 2.0 Martinez Haas 2:45 20,987 +
86 86 Saturday, Sep 12 boxscore BAL @ MIL L 3 6 49-37 3 2.0 Lerch Palmer Fingers 2:19 25,398 -
87 87 Sunday, Sep 13 boxscore BAL @ MIL L 0 5 49-38 3 3.0 Vuckovich Stone 2:34 19,599 --
88 88 Tuesday, Sep 15 boxscore BAL @ CLE W 7 6 50-38 3 2.5 Martinez Stanton 2:57 5,397 +
89 89 Thursday, Sep 17 boxscore BAL @ CLE W 6 2 51-38 2 1.5 McGregor Barker Stoddard 2:53 3,272 ++
90 90 Friday, Sep 18 boxscore BAL MIL L 1 5 51-39 3 2.5 Vuckovich Flanagan Easterly 2:40 17,190 -
91 91 Saturday, Sep 19 boxscore BAL MIL L 8 11 51-40 4 2.5 Fingers Martinez 3:32 18,380 --
92 92 Sunday, Sep 20 boxscore BAL MIL W 8 2 52-40 4 1.5 Palmer Caldwell 2:16 17,457 +
93 93 Monday, Sep 21 boxscore BAL DET L 1 5 52-41 5 1.5 Wilcox McGregor 2:54 10,899 -
94 94 Tuesday, Sep 22 boxscore BAL DET L 3 6 52-42 5 2.5 Cappuzzello Stewart 2:42 9,904 --
95 95 Wednesday, Sep 23 boxscore BAL DET W 1 0 53-42 5 1.5 Martinez Petry 2:32 12,054 +
96 96 Thursday, Sep 24 boxscore BAL @ NYY W 5 1 54-42 3 1.0 Palmer Guidry 2:09 21,007 ++
97 97 Friday, Sep 25 boxscore BAL @ NYY W 1 0 55-42 1 Tied McGregor John 2:01 33,427 +++
98 98 Saturday, Sep 26 boxscore BAL @ NYY L 4 6 55-43 3 1.0 Davis Stone 2:48 31,993 -
99 99 Sunday, Sep 27 boxscore BAL @ NYY L 2 5 55-44 4 1.5 Righetti Martinez 2:31 44,481 --
100 100 Monday, Sep 28 boxscore BAL @ DET W 7 3 56-44 3 1.0 Stewart Cappuzzello 2:42 26,991 +
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
101 101 Tuesday, Sep 29 boxscore BAL @ DET L 0 14 56-45 4 1.0 Morris McGregor Rozema 2:33 31,204 -
102 102 Thursday, Oct 1 boxscore BAL @ DET W 5 4 10 57-45 2 1.0 Stoddard Saucier 3:07 15,763 +
103 103 Friday, Oct 2 boxscore BAL NYY L 0 9 57-46 3 2.0 Righetti Stewart 2:05 25,748 -
104 104 Saturday, Oct 3 boxscore BAL NYY W 3 0 58-46 2 2.0 McGregor John 1:55 28,575 +
105 105 Sunday, Oct 4 boxscore BAL NYY W 5 2 59-46 2 1.0 Flanagan Reuschel Stoddard 2:14 29,169 ++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
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Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

1980 / 1982 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits