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1998 Baltimore Orioles Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1997 / 1999)
79-83, Finished 4th in AL East
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Scored 817 runs, Allowed 785 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 84-78
Manager: Ray Miller (79-83)
Ballpark: Oriole Park at Camden Yards (ballparks.com)
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 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
Roberto Alomar 30 B R 6' 0" 185 Feb 5, 1968 11 147 143 147 144 0 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 $6,343,771.00 All-Star
Brady Anderson 34 L L 6' 1" 185 Jan 18, 1964 11 133 121 133 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 130 0 130 0 5 2 $5,441,843.00
Harold Baines 39 L L 6' 2" 195 Mar 15, 1959 19 104 76 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 28 0 $1,275,000.00
Rich Becker 26 L L 5' 10" 199 Feb 1, 1972 6 79 26 79 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 13 44 61 0 24 6
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 $1,100,000.00
Joel Bennett 28 R R 6' 1" 171 Jan 31, 1970 1st 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Bordick 32 R R 5' 11" 175 Jul 21, 1965 9 151 144 151 150 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $3,583,333.00
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 22 16 1 $3,151,380.00
Norm Charlton 35 B L 6' 3" 205 Jan 6, 1963 10 36 0 3 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $650,000.00
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 8 1 1 2 $170,000.00
Rocky Coppinger 24 R R 6' 5" 245 Mar 19, 1974 3 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eric Davis 36 R R 6' 3" 185 May 29, 1962 14 131 112 131 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 64 72 43 16 1 $2,500,000.00
Doug Drabek 35 R R 6' 1" 185 Jul 25, 1962 13 23 1 1 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,663,162.00
Radhames Dykhoff 23 L L Sep 27, 1974 1st 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scott Erickson 30 R R 6' 4" 224 Feb 2, 1968 9 36 2 2 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,700,000.00
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
Chris Fussell 22 R R 6' 2" 200 May 19, 1976 1st 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Willie Greene 26 L R 5' 11" 184 Sep 23, 1971 7 24 11 24 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 14 0 10 2
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 $450,000.00
Juan Guzman 31 R R 5' 11" 195 Oct 28, 1966 8 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jerry Hairston 22 R R 5' 10" 175 May 29, 1976 1st 6 2 6 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
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 53 0 7 7 $1,333,333.00
Chris Hoiles 33 R R 6' 0" 213 Mar 20, 1965 10 97 81 97 87 0 83 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 0 $3,600,000.00
Doug Johns 30 R L 6' 2" 185 Dec 19, 1967 3 31 1 2 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $250,000.00
Scott Kamieniecki 34 R R 6' 0" 195 Apr 19, 1964 8 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,850,000.00
Jimmy Key 37 R L 6' 1" 190 Apr 22, 1961 15 25 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $5,390,825.00
Gene Kingsale 21 B R 6' 3" 170 Aug 20, 1976 2 11 0 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 7
Richie Lewis 32 R R 5' 6" 175 Jan 25, 1966 7 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terry Mathews 33 L R 6' 2" 225 Oct 5, 1964 7 17 0 3 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $865,000.00
Alan Mills 31 R R 6' 1" 192 Oct 18, 1966 9 72 0 4 72 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,000,000.00
Ryan Minor 24 R R 6' 7" 240 Jan 5, 1974 1st 9 2 9 8 0 0 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
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 16 0 3 1
Bobby Munoz 30 R R 6' 7" 252 Mar 3, 1968 6 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Mussina 29 L R 6' 2" 185 Dec 8, 1968 8 29 1 1 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $6,755,492.00
Jesse Orosco 41 R L 6' 2" 185 Apr 21, 1957 19 69 0 5 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,100,000.00
Willis Otanez 25 R R 6' 1" 215 Apr 19, 1973 1st 3 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 $170,000.00
Rafael Palmeiro 33 L L 6' 0" 188 Sep 24, 1964 13 162 161 162 159 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 $6,515,828.00 All-Star
Calvin Pickering 21 L L 6' 5" 275 Sep 29, 1976 1st 9 6 9 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
Sidney Ponson 21 R R 6' 1" 225 Nov 2, 1976 1st 31 2 2 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $170,000.00
Jeff Reboulet 34 R R 6' 0" 169 Apr 30, 1964 7 79 33 79 74 0 0 0 28 23 28 0 0 0 0 0 6 8 $450,000.00
Arthur Rhodes 28 L L 6' 2" 206 Oct 24, 1969 8 45 0 2 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,850,000.00
Cal Ripken HOF 37 R R 6' 4" 225 Aug 24, 1960 18 161 161 161 161 0 0 0 0 161 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $6,400,000.00 All-Star
Nerio Rodriguez 27 R R 6' 1" 195 Mar 4, 1971 3 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pete Smith 32 R R 6' 2" 200 Feb 27, 1966 11 27 1 1 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B.J. Surhoff 33 L R 6' 1" 200 Aug 4, 1964 12 162 147 162 158 0 0 1 0 0 0 157 0 0 157 0 8 1 $1,716,667.00
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 8 0 0 2
Lenny Webster 33 R R 5' 9" 191 Feb 10, 1965 10 108 79 108 102 0 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 0 $740,000.00
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.

1997 / 1999 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played