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1998 Baltimore Orioles

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1997 / 1999

79-83, Finished 4th in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ray Miller (79-83)
Scored 817 runs, Allowed 785 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-78

Ballparks: Oriole Park at Camden Yards · Attendance: 3,684,650 (1st of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 98, Pitching - 97 · one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 94

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1997 / 1999 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 30 B R 6' 0" 184 Feb 5, 1968 11 147 143 147 144 0 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 3.4 $6,343,771 All-Star
Brady Anderson 34 L L 6' 1" 170 Jan 18, 1964 11 133 121 133 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 130 0 130 1 5 2 0.7 $5,441,843
Harold Baines 39 L L 6' 2" 175 Mar 15, 1959 19 104 76 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 28 0 0.7 $1,275,000
Rich Becker 26 L L 5' 10" 180 Feb 1, 1972 6 79 26 79 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 13 44 62 2 24 6 -0.4 $
Armando Benitez 25 R R 6' 4" 180 Nov 3, 1972 5 71 0 6 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $1,100,000
Joel Bennett 28 R R 6' 1" 160 Jan 31, 1970 1st 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Mike Bordick 32 R R 5' 11" 170 Jul 21, 1965 9 151 144 151 150 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.0 $3,583,333
Joe Carter 38 R R 6' 3" 215 Mar 7, 1960 16 85 66 85 50 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 47 50 32 16 1 -0.7 $3,151,380
Norm Charlton 35 B L 6' 3" 195 Jan 6, 1963 10 36 0 3 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $650,000
Danny Clyburn 24 R R 6' 3" 220 Apr 6, 1974 2 11 7 11 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 5 10 1 1 2 -0.1 $170,000
Rocky Coppinger 24 R R 6' 5" 245 Mar 19, 1974 3 6 1 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Eric Davis 36 R R 6' 2" 165 May 29, 1962 14 131 112 131 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 64 75 54 16 1 3.1 $2,500,000
Doug Drabek 35 R R 6' 1" 185 Jul 25, 1962 13 23 21 1 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.7 $1,663,162
Radhames Dykhoff 23 L L 6' 0" 205 Sep 27, 1974 1st 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Scott Erickson 30 R R 6' 4" 220 Feb 2, 1968 9 36 36 2 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 $3,700,000
P.J. Forbes 30 R R 5' 10" 160 Sep 22, 1967 1st 9 1 9 8 0 0 0 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 -0.1 $
Chris Fussell 22 R R 6' 2" 185 May 19, 1976 1st 3 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Charlie Greene 27 R R 6' 1" 170 Jan 23, 1971 3 13 6 13 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Willie Greene 26 L R 5' 11" 180 Sep 23, 1971 7 24 11 24 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 14 1 10 2 -0.1 $
Ozzie Guillen 34 L R 5' 11" 150 Jan 20, 1964 14 12 3 12 7 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 -0.4 $450,000
Juan Guzman 31 R R 5' 11" 190 Oct 28, 1966 8 11 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $
Jerry Hairston 22 R R 5' 10" 190 May 29, 1976 1st 6 2 6 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 -0.2 $170,000
Jeffrey Hammonds 27 R R 6' 0" 195 Mar 5, 1971 6 63 46 63 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 24 29 60 7 7 7 0.8 $1,333,333
Chris Hoiles 33 R R 6' 0" 195 Mar 20, 1965 10 97 81 97 87 0 83 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 10 0 1.4 $3,600,000
Doug Johns 30 R L 6' 2" 185 Dec 19, 1967 3 31 10 2 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $250,000
Scott Kamieniecki 34 R R 6' 0" 195 Apr 19, 1964 8 12 11 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $2,850,000
Jimmy Key 37 R L 6' 1" 185 Apr 22, 1961 15 25 11 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $5,390,825
Gene Kingsale 21 B R 6' 3" 190 Aug 20, 1976 2 11 0 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 1 0 7 -0.1 $
Richie Lewis 32 R R 5' 6" 175 Jan 25, 1966 7 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Terry Mathews 33 L R 6' 2" 200 Oct 5, 1964 7 17 0 3 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $865,000
Alan Mills 31 R R 6' 1" 190 Oct 18, 1966 9 72 0 4 72 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $1,000,000
Ryan Minor 24 R R 6' 7" 225 Jan 5, 1974 1st 9 2 9 8 0 0 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.1 $
Lyle Mouton 29 R R 6' 4" 240 May 13, 1969 4 18 11 18 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 12 18 1 3 1 0.1 $
Bobby Munoz 30 R R 6' 7" 237 Mar 3, 1968 6 9 1 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Mike Mussina 29 L R 6' 2" 185 Dec 8, 1968 8 29 29 1 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.6 $6,755,492
Jesse Orosco 41 R L 6' 2" 174 Apr 21, 1957 19 69 0 5 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $1,100,000
Willis Otanez 25 R R 6' 1" 200 Apr 19, 1973 1st 3 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 -0.1 $170,000
Rafael Palmeiro 33 L L 6' 0" 180 Sep 24, 1964 13 162 161 162 159 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 6.2 $6,515,828 All-Star
Calvin Pickering 21 L L 6' 5" 255 Sep 29, 1976 1st 9 6 9 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0.1 $
Sidney Ponson 21 R R 6' 1" 220 Nov 2, 1976 1st 31 20 2 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $170,000
Jeff Reboulet 34 R R 6' 0" 167 Apr 30, 1964 7 79 33 79 74 0 0 0 28 23 28 0 0 0 0 0 6 8 0.5 $450,000
Arthur Rhodes 28 L L 6' 2" 220 Oct 24, 1969 8 45 0 2 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $2,850,000
Cal Ripken HOF 37 R R 6' 4" 200 Aug 24, 1960 18 161 161 161 161 0 0 0 0 161 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $6,400,000 All-Star
Nerio Rodriguez 27 R R 6' 1" 220 Mar 4, 1971 3 6 4 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Pete Smith 32 R R 6' 2" 185 Feb 27, 1966 11 27 4 1 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
B.J. Surhoff 33 L R 6' 1" 185 Aug 4, 1964 12 162 147 162 158 0 0 1 0 0 0 157 0 0 157 0 8 1 1.4 $1,716,667
Jesus Tavarez 27 B R 6' 0" 170 Mar 26, 1971 5 8 3 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 9 0 0 2 0.2 $
Lenny Webster 33 R R 5' 9" 185 Feb 10, 1965 10 108 79 108 102 0 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12 0 1.0 $740,000
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.

P.J. Forbes

Harold Baines

Calvin Pickering

Cal Ripken

Brady Anderson

Ryan Minor

Willie Greene
Jeffrey Hammonds

Roberto Alomar

Ozzie Guillen
Jerry Hairston

Mike Bordick

Doug Drabek

B.J. Surhoff

Rich Becker

Scott Erickson

Jimmy Key

Chris Hoiles

Eric Davis

Rafael Palmeiro

Pete Smith

Rocky Coppinger

Joel Bennett
Radhames Dykhoff

Joe Carter

Scott Kamieniecki

Lyle Mouton
Bobby Munoz
Jesus Tavarez

Charlie Greene

Mike Mussina

Jeff Reboulet

Norm Charlton

Richie Lewis

Jerry Hairston
Nerio Rodriguez

Gene Kingsale

Danny Clyburn

Lenny Webster

Sidney Ponson

Jesse Orosco

Armando Benitez

Terry Mathews

Chris Fussell
Willis Otanez

Arthur Rhodes

Doug Johns

Pete Smith

Juan Guzman

Alan Mills

1997 / 1999 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers