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1996 Baltimore Orioles

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1995 / 1997

88-74, Finished 2nd in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Davey Johnson (88-74)
Scored 949 runs, Allowed 903 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-77

Ballparks: Oriole Park at Camden Yards · Attendance: 3,646,950 (1st of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 100, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 94

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1995 / 1997 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
Manny Alexander 25 R R 5' 10" 150 Mar 20, 1971 4 54 16 53 38 1 0 0 7 7 21 3 0 0 3 1 4 18 -1.6 $190,000
Roberto Alomar HOF 28 B R 6' 0" 184 Feb 5, 1968 9 153 150 153 142 0 0 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 0 5.2 $4,279,379 All-Star
Brady Anderson 32 L L 6' 1" 170 Jan 18, 1964 9 149 145 149 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 143 0 143 2 4 0 6.6 $3,613,333 All-Star
Armando Benitez 23 R R 6' 4" 180 Nov 3, 1972 3 18 0 0 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $155,000
Bobby Bonilla 33 B R 6' 3" 210 Feb 23, 1963 11 159 158 159 116 0 0 9 0 4 0 0 0 108 108 44 1 0 0.9 $5,100,000
Brent Bowers 25 L R 6' 3" 200 May 2, 1971 1st 21 10 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 21 0 0 2 0.3 $
Rocky Coppinger 22 R R 6' 5" 245 Mar 19, 1974 1st 23 22 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $109,000
Archie Corbin 28 R R 6' 4" 190 Dec 30, 1967 2 18 0 0 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $109,000
Cesar Devarez 26 R R 5' 10" 175 Sep 22, 1969 2 10 4 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.2 $
Mike Devereaux 33 R R 6' 0" 195 Apr 10, 1963 10 127 75 127 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 29 62 126 10 19 6 -0.5 $900,000
Scott Erickson 28 R R 6' 4" 220 Feb 2, 1968 7 34 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 $2,900,000
Jeffrey Hammonds 25 R R 6' 0" 195 Mar 5, 1971 4 71 65 71 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 1 11 76 1 3 0 0.1 $300,000
Jimmy Haynes 23 R R 6' 4" 185 Sep 5, 1972 2 26 11 0 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.6 $115,000
Chris Hoiles 31 R R 6' 0" 195 Mar 20, 1965 8 127 120 127 126 0 126 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2.6 $3,350,000
Jeff Huson 31 L R 6' 3" 180 Aug 15, 1964 8 17 6 17 15 0 0 0 12 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 3 -0.1 $320,000
Pete Incaviglia 32 R R 6' 1" 225 Apr 2, 1964 10 12 9 12 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 7 4 3 0 0.2 $
Gene Kingsale 19 B R 6' 3" 190 Aug 20, 1976 1st 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 $
Rick Krivda 26 R L 6' 1" 180 Jan 19, 1970 2 22 11 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Terry Mathews 31 L R 6' 2" 200 Oct 5, 1964 5 14 0 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Roger McDowell 35 R R 6' 1" 175 Dec 21, 1960 12 41 0 0 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $750,000
Kent Mercker 28 L L 6' 1" 175 Feb 1, 1968 8 14 12 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $2,825,000
Mike Milchin 28 L L 6' 3" 180 Feb 28, 1968 1st 13 0 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $109,000
Alan Mills 29 R R 6' 1" 190 Oct 18, 1966 7 49 0 0 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $600,000
Eddie Murray HOF 40 B R 6' 2" 190 Feb 24, 1956 20 64 61 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 3 0 0.1 $
Mike Mussina 27 L R 6' 2" 185 Dec 8, 1968 6 36 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.9 $4,000,000
Jimmy Myers 27 R R 6' 1" 190 Apr 28, 1969 1st 11 0 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Randy Myers 33 L L 6' 1" 190 Sep 19, 1962 12 62 0 1 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 $2,600,000
Jesse Orosco 39 R L 6' 2" 174 Apr 21, 1957 17 66 0 0 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $750,000
Rafael Palmeiro 31 L L 6' 0" 180 Sep 24, 1964 11 162 162 162 159 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4.1 $5,406,603
Mark Parent 34 R R 6' 5" 215 Sep 16, 1961 11 18 11 18 18 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $109,000
Luis Polonia 32 L L 5' 8" 155 Dec 10, 1963 10 58 42 58 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 2 34 18 13 1 -1.6 $250,000
Arthur Rhodes 26 L L 6' 2" 220 Oct 24, 1969 6 28 2 1 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $300,000
Billy Ripken 31 R R 6' 1" 180 Dec 16, 1964 10 57 29 57 55 0 0 1 30 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 -0.1 $250,000
Cal Ripken HOF 35 R R 6' 4" 200 Aug 24, 1960 16 163 163 163 163 0 0 0 0 6 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 $6,650,000 All-Star
Nerio Rodriguez 25 R R 6' 1" 220 Mar 4, 1971 1st 8 1 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Brian Sackinsky 25 R R 6' 4" 220 Jun 22, 1971 1st 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Keith Shepherd 28 R R 6' 2" 205 Jan 21, 1968 4 13 0 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $
Mark Smith 26 R R 6' 3" 205 May 7, 1970 3 27 21 27 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 8 20 6 6 0 0.4 $130,000
Garrett Stephenson 24 R R 6' 4" 195 Jan 2, 1972 1st 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
B.J. Surhoff 31 L R 6' 1" 185 Aug 4, 1964 10 143 140 143 131 0 0 2 0 106 0 27 0 0 27 10 3 0 3.0 $1,416,667
Tony Tarasco 25 L R 6' 0" 185 Dec 9, 1970 4 31 23 31 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22 23 6 6 1 -0.8 $230,000
David Wells 33 L L 6' 3" 187 May 20, 1963 10 34 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.3 $3,200,000
Esteban Yan 21 R R 6' 4" 255 Jun 22, 1975 1st 4 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Gregg Zaun 25 B R 5' 10" 170 Apr 14, 1971 2 50 28 50 49 0 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $140,000
Todd Zeile 30 R R 6' 1" 190 Sep 9, 1965 8 29 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
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.

Tony Tarasco

Billy Ripken

Manny Alexander

Cal Ripken

Brady Anderson

Mike Devereaux

Jeffrey Hammonds

Roberto Alomar

Todd Zeile

B.J. Surhoff

Scott Erickson

Kent Mercker
Mike Milchin

Chris Hoiles

Mark Parent
Gregg Zaun

Rafael Palmeiro

Bobby Bonilla

Rocky Coppinger
Keith Shepherd

Randy Myers

Luis Polonia

Brent Bowers
Jeff Huson

Roger McDowell

Eddie Murray

Mark Smith

Mike Mussina

David Wells

Rick Krivda

Nerio Rodriguez

Gene Kingsale

Archie Corbin

Esteban Yan

Keith Shepherd

Jimmy Myers

Jesse Orosco

Armando Benitez

Jimmy Haynes

Terry Mathews

Garrett Stephenson

Arthur Rhodes

Pete Incaviglia

Brian Sackinsky

Cesar Devarez

Nerio Rodriguez

Alan Mills

1995 / 1997 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers