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1997 Baltimore Orioles

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1996 / 1998

98-64, Finished 1st in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Davey Johnson (98-64)
Scored 812 runs, Allowed 681 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 94-68

Ballparks: Oriole Park at Camden Yards · Attendance: 3,711,132 (1st of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 96 · one-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 100

Postseason:  Lost AL Championship Series (4-2) to Cleveland Indians
Won AL Division Series (3-1) over Seattle Mariners

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1996 / 1998 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
Roberto Alomar HOF 29 B R 6' 0" 184 Feb 5, 1968 10 112 103 112 109 0 0 0 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 3.5 $6,354,379 All-Star
Brady Anderson 33 L L 6' 1" 170 Jan 18, 1964 10 151 147 151 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 124 0 124 25 3 0 3.7 $4,050,000 All-Star
Harold Baines 38 L L 6' 2" 175 Mar 15, 1959 18 44 35 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 9 0 0.4 $
Armando Benitez 24 R R 6' 4" 180 Nov 3, 1972 4 71 0 5 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 $275,000
Geronimo Berroa 32 R R 6' 0" 165 Mar 18, 1965 8 83 78 83 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 40 42 5 0 0.0 $
Mike Bordick 31 R R 5' 11" 170 Jul 21, 1965 8 153 151 153 153 0 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $2,333,333
Shawn Boskie 30 R R 6' 3" 205 Mar 28, 1967 8 29 9 3 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -1.0 $660,000
Danny Clyburn 23 R R 6' 3" 220 Apr 6, 1974 1st 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 -0.1 $
Rocky Coppinger 23 R R 6' 5" 245 Mar 19, 1974 2 5 4 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $185,000
Eric Davis 35 R R 6' 2" 165 May 29, 1962 13 42 41 42 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 30 12 1 0 1.2 $2,200,000
David Dellucci 23 L L 5' 10" 180 Oct 31, 1973 1st 17 6 17 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 9 5 4 5 0.4 $
Scott Erickson 29 R R 6' 4" 220 Feb 2, 1968 8 34 33 2 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.9 $3,300,000
Charlie Greene 26 R R 6' 1" 170 Jan 23, 1971 2 5 0 5 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $
Jeffrey Hammonds 26 R R 6' 0" 195 Mar 5, 1971 5 118 100 118 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 40 54 125 4 8 5 2.4 $490,000
Chris Hoiles 32 R R 6' 0" 195 Mar 20, 1965 9 99 96 99 91 0 87 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0 2.3 $3,600,000
Pete Incaviglia 33 R R 6' 1" 225 Apr 2, 1964 11 48 33 48 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 14 18 26 12 2 -0.3 $650,000
Mike Johnson 21 L R 6' 2" 175 Oct 3, 1975 1st 14 5 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $150,000
Scott Kamieniecki 33 R R 6' 0" 195 Apr 19, 1964 7 30 30 1 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.8 $1,535,000
Jimmy Key 36 R L 6' 1" 185 Apr 22, 1961 14 34 34 1 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 $2,340,000
Rick Krivda 27 R L 6' 1" 180 Jan 19, 1970 3 10 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $150,000
Tim Laker 27 R R 6' 2" 185 Nov 27, 1969 4 7 4 7 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Aaron Ledesma 26 R R 6' 2" 200 Jun 3, 1971 2 43 18 43 41 0 0 5 22 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1.1 $150,000
Terry Mathews 32 L R 6' 2" 200 Oct 5, 1964 6 57 0 4 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $685,000
Alan Mills 30 R R 6' 1" 190 Oct 18, 1966 8 39 0 1 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $850,000
Mike Mussina 28 L R 6' 2" 185 Dec 8, 1968 7 33 33 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.1 $6,825,000 All-Star
Randy Myers 34 L L 6' 1" 190 Sep 19, 1962 13 61 0 4 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.5 $3,950,000 All-Star
Jesse Orosco 40 R L 6' 2" 174 Apr 21, 1957 18 71 0 5 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $1,100,000
Rafael Palmeiro 32 L L 6' 0" 180 Sep 24, 1964 12 158 154 158 155 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 3.2 $5,337,021
Jeff Reboulet 33 R R 6' 0" 167 Apr 30, 1964 6 99 56 99 95 0 0 0 63 12 22 0 0 1 1 1 12 9 0.8 $200,000
Arthur Rhodes 27 L L 6' 2" 220 Oct 24, 1969 7 54 0 2 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.0 $1,600,000
Cal Ripken HOF 36 R R 6' 4" 200 Aug 24, 1960 17 162 162 162 162 0 0 0 0 162 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $6,850,000 All-Star
Nerio Rodriguez 26 R R 6' 1" 220 Mar 4, 1971 2 6 2 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Melvin Rosario 24 B R 6' 0" 191 May 25, 1973 1st 4 0 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
B.J. Surhoff 32 L R 6' 1" 185 Aug 4, 1964 11 147 140 147 137 0 0 3 0 3 0 133 0 0 133 9 4 0 3.7 $1,616,667
Tony Tarasco 26 L R 6' 0" 185 Dec 9, 1970 5 100 39 100 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 8 68 83 2 20 10 0.6 $270,000
Jerome Walton 31 R R 6' 1" 175 Jul 8, 1965 9 26 16 26 22 0 0 5 0 0 0 9 2 11 22 2 7 0 0.4 $385,000
Lenny Webster 32 R R 5' 9" 185 Feb 10, 1965 9 98 73 98 97 0 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.7 $425,000
Brian Williams 28 R R 6' 3" 205 Feb 15, 1969 7 13 0 1 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Esteban Yan 22 R R 6' 4" 255 Jun 22, 1975 2 3 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR 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.

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Jerome Walton
Harold Baines
Tony Tarasco
Aaron Ledesma
Cal Ripken
Brady Anderson
Harold Baines
Geronimo Berroa
Jeffrey Hammonds
Roberto Alomar

Mike Bordick
B.J. Surhoff
Scott Erickson
Jimmy Key
Chris Hoiles
Eric Davis
Rafael Palmeiro
David Dellucci
Pete Incaviglia

Rocky Coppinger
Randy Myers
Geronimo Berroa
Pete Incaviglia
Scott Kamieniecki
Shawn Boskie
Charlie Greene
Mike Mussina
Jeff Reboulet

Danny Clyburn
Tim Laker
Jerome Walton
Rick Krivda
Mike Johnson
Nerio Rodriguez
Lenny Webster
Tony Tarasco
Jesse Orosco
Armando Benitez
Melvin Rosario

Terry Mathews
Arthur Rhodes
Mike Johnson
Brian Williams
Esteban Yan
Alan Mills

1996 / 1998 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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