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1996 Baltimore Orioles Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1995 / 1997)
88-74, Finished 2nd in AL East
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Scored 949 runs, Allowed 903 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-77
Manager: Davey Johnson (88-74)
Ballpark: Oriole Park at Camden Yards (ballparks.com)
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
Postseason:  Lost AL Championship Series (4-1) to New York Yankees
Won AL Division Series (3-1) over Cleveland Indians
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1995 / 1997 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Manny Alexander 25 R R 5' 10" 165 Mar 20, 1971 4 54 16 53 38 1 0 0 7 7 21 3 0 0 3 0 4 18 $190,000.00
Roberto Alomar 28 B R 6' 0" 185 Feb 5, 1968 9 153 150 153 142 0 0 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 0 $4,279,379.00 All-Star
Brady Anderson 32 L L 6' 1" 185 Jan 18, 1964 9 149 145 149 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 143 0 143 2 4 0 $3,613,333.00 All-Star
Armando Benitez 23 R R 6' 4" 180 Nov 3, 1972 3 18 0 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $155,000.00
Bobby Bonilla 33 B R 6' 3" 240 Feb 23, 1963 11 159 158 159 116 0 0 9 0 4 0 0 0 108 108 44 1 0 $5,100,000.00
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
Rocky Coppinger 22 R R 6' 5" 245 Mar 19, 1974 1st 23 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $109,000.00
Archie Corbin 28 R R 6' 4" 190 Dec 30, 1967 2 18 0 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $109,000.00
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
Mike Devereaux 33 R R 6' 0" 195 Apr 10, 1963 10 127 75 127 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 29 62 112 7 19 6 $900,000.00
Scott Erickson 28 R R 6' 4" 224 Feb 2, 1968 7 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,900,000.00
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 70 1 3 0 $300,000.00
Jimmy Haynes 23 R R 6' 4" 185 Sep 5, 1972 2 26 0 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $115,000.00
Chris Hoiles 31 R R 6' 0" 213 Mar 20, 1965 8 127 120 127 126 0 126 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 $3,350,000.00
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 $320,000.00
Pete Incaviglia 32 R R 6' 1" 230 Apr 2, 1964 10 12 9 12 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 7 3 3 0
Gene Kingsale 19 B R 6' 3" 170 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 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terry Mathews 31 L R 6' 2" 225 Oct 5, 1964 5 14 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roger McDowell 35 R R 6' 1" 182 Dec 21, 1960 12 41 0 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $750,000.00
Kent Mercker 28 L L 6' 2" 195 Feb 1, 1968 8 14 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,825,000.00
Mike Milchin 28 L L 6' 3" 190 Feb 28, 1968 1st 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $109,000.00
Alan Mills 29 R R 6' 1" 192 Oct 18, 1966 7 49 0 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $600,000.00
Eddie Murray HOF 40 B R 6' 2" 200 Feb 24, 1956 20 64 61 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 3 0
Mike Mussina 27 L R 6' 2" 185 Dec 8, 1968 6 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $4,000,000.00
Jimmy Myers 27 R R 6' 1" 190 Apr 28, 1969 1st 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Randy Myers 33 L L 6' 1" 215 Sep 19, 1962 12 62 0 1 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,600,000.00
Jesse Orosco 39 R L 6' 2" 185 Apr 21, 1957 17 66 0 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $750,000.00
Rafael Palmeiro 31 L L 6' 0" 188 Sep 24, 1964 11 162 162 162 159 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 $5,406,603.00
Mark Parent 34 R R 6' 5" 225 Sep 16, 1961 11 18 11 18 18 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $109,000.00
Luis Polonia 32 L L 5' 8" 152 Oct 12, 1963 10 58 42 58 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 2 34 15 13 1 $250,000.00
Arthur Rhodes 26 L L 6' 2" 206 Oct 24, 1969 6 28 0 1 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $300,000.00
Billy Ripken 31 R R 6' 1" 186 Dec 16, 1964 10 57 29 57 55 0 0 1 30 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 $250,000.00
Cal Ripken HOF 35 R R 6' 4" 225 Aug 24, 1960 16 163 163 163 163 0 0 0 0 6 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $6,650,000.00 All-Star
Nerio Rodriguez 25 R R 6' 1" 195 Mar 4, 1971 1st 8 0 8 8 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 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Keith Shepherd 28 R R 6' 2" 205 Jan 21, 1968 4 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 3 6 0 $130,000.00
Garrett Stephenson 24 R R 6' 4" 185 Jan 2, 1972 1st 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B.J. Surhoff 31 L R 6' 1" 200 Aug 4, 1964 10 143 140 143 131 0 0 2 0 106 0 27 0 0 27 10 3 0 $1,416,667.00
Tony Tarasco 25 L R 6' 1" 205 Dec 9, 1970 4 31 23 31 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22 23 4 6 1 $230,000.00
David Wells 33 L L 6' 4" 225 May 20, 1963 10 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,200,000.00
Esteban Yan 21 R R 6' 4" 230 Jun 22, 1975 1st 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 $140,000.00
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
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

1995 / 1997 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played