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1987 Baltimore Orioles

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1986 / 1988

67-95, Finished 6th in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Cal Ripken (67-95)
Scored 729 runs, Allowed 880 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 67-95

Ballparks: Memorial Stadium · Attendance: 1,835,692 (9th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 97, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 100

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1986 / 1988 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
Don Aase 32 R R 6' 3" 190 Sep 8, 1954 10 7 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $625,000
Tony Arnold 28 R R 5' 11" 170 May 3, 1959 2 27 0 0 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $62,500
Jeff Ballard 23 L L 6' 3" 195 Aug 13, 1963 1st 14 14 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.4 $
Eric Bell 23 L L 6' 0" 178 Oct 27, 1963 3 33 29 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $62,500
Mike Boddicker 29 R R 5' 11" 172 Aug 23, 1957 8 34 33 1 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.3 $825,000
Rick Burleson 36 R R 5' 10" 165 Apr 29, 1951 13 62 57 62 55 0 0 0 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 -0.7 $200,000
Doug Corbett 34 R R 6' 1" 185 Nov 4, 1952 8 11 0 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Luis DeLeon 28 R R 6' 1" 153 Aug 19, 1958 6 11 0 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Ken Dixon 26 B R 5' 11" 166 Oct 17, 1960 4 34 15 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.7 $155,000
Jim Dwyer 37 L L 5' 10" 165 Jun 3, 1950 15 92 63 92 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 29 32 41 29 0 1.6 $307,500
Mike Flanagan 35 L L 6' 0" 185 Dec 16, 1951 13 16 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $625,000
Ken Gerhart 26 R R 6' 0" 190 May 19, 1961 2 92 78 92 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 42 0 95 1 4 2 0.5 $62,500
Rene Gonzales 26 R R 6' 3" 180 Sep 3, 1960 3 37 15 37 35 0 0 0 6 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.3 $
Mike Griffin 30 R R 6' 4" 195 Jun 26, 1957 5 23 6 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $65,000
Jackie Gutierrez 27 R R 5' 11" 175 Jun 27, 1960 5 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 $
John Habyan 23 R R 6' 1" 195 Jan 29, 1964 3 27 13 0 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $62,500
Mike Hart 29 L L 5' 11" 185 Feb 17, 1958 2 34 24 34 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 28 1 33 0 2 2 -0.4 $62,500
Terry Kennedy 31 L R 6' 3" 220 Jun 4, 1956 10 143 135 143 142 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1.3 $1,020,000 All-Star
Mike Kinnunen 29 L L 6' 1" 185 Apr 1, 1958 3 18 0 0 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Ray Knight 34 R R 6' 1" 185 Dec 28, 1952 12 150 146 150 135 0 0 6 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 14 2 0 0.2 $600,000
Lee Lacy 39 R R 6' 1" 175 Apr 10, 1948 16 87 64 87 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 79 81 4 17 0 -0.1 $525,000
Fred Lynn 35 L L 6' 1" 185 Feb 3, 1952 14 111 103 111 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 102 0 102 7 4 0 0.9 $1,340,000
Scott McGregor 33 B L 6' 1" 190 Jan 18, 1954 12 26 15 0 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.3 $940,016
Jose Mesa 21 R R 6' 3" 170 May 22, 1966 1st 6 5 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Eddie Murray HOF 31 B R 6' 2" 190 Feb 24, 1956 11 160 160 160 156 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3.4 $2,044,757
Carl Nichols 24 R R 6' 0" 184 Oct 14, 1962 2 13 7 13 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.3 $
Tom Niedenfuer 27 R R 6' 5" 225 Aug 13, 1959 7 45 0 0 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Jack O'Connor 29 L L 6' 3" 215 Jun 2, 1958 6 29 0 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $85,000
Floyd Rayford 29 R R 5' 10" 190 Jul 27, 1957 7 20 14 20 18 0 17 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 -0.3 $248,000
Billy Ripken 22 R R 6' 1" 180 Dec 16, 1964 1st 58 58 58 58 0 0 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $62,500
Cal Ripken HOF 26 R R 6' 4" 200 Aug 24, 1960 7 162 162 162 162 0 0 0 0 0 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 $1,350,000 All-Star
Dave Schmidt 30 R R 6' 1" 185 Apr 22, 1957 7 35 14 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $435,000
Larry Sheets 27 L R 6' 3" 217 Dec 6, 1959 4 135 128 135 125 0 0 3 0 0 0 72 0 58 130 7 7 0 2.4 $145,000
John Shelby 29 B R 6' 1" 175 Feb 23, 1958 7 21 8 21 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 15 19 1 2 1 -0.1 $300,000
Nelson Simmons 24 B R 6' 1" 185 Jun 27, 1963 3 16 13 16 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 13 1 3 0 0.0 $
Pete Stanicek 24 B R 5' 11" 175 Apr 18, 1963 1st 30 28 30 20 0 0 0 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 1 0.0 $
Dave Van Gorder 30 R R 6' 2" 205 Mar 27, 1957 5 12 7 12 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.1 $
Ron Washington 35 R R 5' 11" 155 Apr 29, 1952 8 26 20 26 24 0 0 0 3 20 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 -0.1 $85,000
Alan Wiggins 29 B R 6' 2" 160 Feb 17, 1958 7 85 71 85 37 0 0 0 33 0 0 5 0 0 5 44 10 4 -1.0 $762,500
Mark Williamson 27 R R 6' 0" 155 Jul 21, 1959 1st 61 2 0 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $62,500
Mike Young 27 B R 6' 2" 195 Mar 20, 1960 6 110 97 110 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 7 0 61 47 12 0 0.4 $350,000
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
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Alan Wiggins

Billy Ripken

Floyd Rayford

Cal Ripken

Jim Dwyer

Jackie Gutierrez

Pete Stanicek

Dave Van Gorder

Terry Kennedy

Scott McGregor

Rick Burleson

Larry Sheets

Fred Lynn

Jack O'Connor

Doug Corbett

Dave Schmidt

Ray Knight

Carl Nichols

Lee Lacy

Mark Williamson

Eddie Murray

Jeff Ballard

Mike Hart

John Shelby
Ron Washington

Ken Gerhart

Ken Dixon

Don Aase

Mike Griffin
Tom Niedenfuer
Nelson Simmons

Mike Young

Eric Bell

Mike Flanagan

Luis DeLeon

Mike Kinnunen

Tom Niedenfuer

Jose Mesa

Mike Boddicker

John Habyan

Tony Arnold

Ken Dixon

Mark Williamson

Rene Gonzales

1986 / 1988 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers