1987 Baltimore Orioles
Record: 99-61
Finish: 1st in AL Central Division
Runs Scored: 871
Runs Allowed: 687
Exp W-L: 97-63
 
Ballpark: Camden Yards
Attendance: 2,271,567
Manager: Matt Ida II

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 80-57, 1st in the American League
AA: 84-53, 2nd in the American League
A: 68-69, 5th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost AL League Series 2-4 to Boston (A) Red Sox
Won Divisional Series 4-3 over Kansas City Royals
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
RF  Lonnie Smith 31 156 642 118 200 32 10 18 91 65 34 48 95 .312 .365 .477 .842 106.4 22.8 2.8
3B  Bob Horner 29 156 574 106 167 48 2 30 126 0 0 86 66 .291 .378 .538 .917 108.7 24.9 3.0
CF #Paul Householder 28 154 559 84 179 37 4 14 96 8 8 80 97 .320 .403 .476 .879 100.2 23.5 4.7
CF  Tony Armas 33 153 606 90 191 32 4 20 102 6 5 27 111 .315 .342 .480 .822 88.2 18.2 0.0
2B  Kiko Garcia 33 150 511 73 152 27 4 6 75 5 9 70 72 .297 .382 .401 .783 76.8 16.2 7.9
C #Biff Pocoroba 33 136 479 81 135 34 1 12 69 0 2 46 20 .282 .342 .432 .774 64.3 11.7 4.5
CF *Dan Briggs 34 119 458 67 153 15 2 6 61 6 1 23 59 .334 .368 .415 .782 68.1 14.9 2.2
1B #Chili Davis 27 108 413 66 124 30 2 19 80 0 0 66 65 .300 .393 .521 .914 78.4 18.4 1.8
SS #Howard Johnson 26 126 350 52 60 13 3 10 44 16 5 36 89 .171 .246 .311 .557 30.6 0.2 7.2
2B #Bip Roberts 23 95 228 36 64 12 3 0 18 22 8 23 32 .281 .348 .360 .707 28.7 4.7 2.9
CF #Jerry White 34 69 217 31 60 5 2 1 15 4 2 31 44 .276 .367 .332 .699 28.6 5.3 1.2
1B  Sixto Lezcano 33 55 170 21 36 10 0 2 19 1 0 26 48 .212 .316 .306 .622 17.7 2.0 0.9
C  Alex Trevino 29 40 146 17 38 8 0 0 13 0 2 12 30 .260 .314 .315 .630 14.3 1.7 1.2
1B  Ivan Calderon 25 46 130 19 32 8 1 3 13 0 1 8 30 .246 .290 .392 .682 13.0 1.7 0.6
1B *Claudell Washington 32 56 75 7 12 4 0 1 15 1 0 2 18 .160 .179 .253 .433 2.0 0.0 0.2
SS #Tony Bernazard 30 12 19 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 .158 .238 .316 .554 1.5 0.0 0.2
  Team Totals 30.0 1631 5577 870 1606 316 39 142 838 134 77 586 880 .288 .355 .435 .790 827.4 166.4 41.1
  Rank among 12 AL teams 4 1 1 4 2 5 1 2 11 2 7 1 1 1 1 1  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Don Demola 34 21 5 .808 35 35 0 243.0 203 78 24 49 206 2.89 21.4
 Tommy Boggs 31 16 9 .640 35 35 0 227.0 213 89 20 38 149 3.53 14.8
 Charlie Lea 30 15 13 .536 34 34 0 215.7 231 106 19 52 116 4.42 9.8
 Jay Howell 31 13 6 .684 30 30 0 194.0 183 87 10 74 109 4.04 10.9
*Dave Righetti 28 7 9 .438 26 26 0 131.0 133 79 10 78 103 5.43 1.5
*Jesse Orosco 30 10 5 .667 78 0 8 129.7 115 46 11 51 128 3.19 13.2
 John Pacella 30 5 5 .500 59 0 1 100.0 97 50 4 54 71 4.50 4.2
 Steve Farr 30 7 6 .538 70 0 46 69.3 75 29 7 28 53 3.76 8.9
 Tom Edens 26 2 1 .667 25 0 0 38.0 45 21 3 20 17 4.97 1.1
 Curt Brown 27 2 1 .667 22 0 0 36.7 39 9 2 9 19 2.21 3.3
 Keith Macwhorter 31 1 1 .500 12 0 0 23.7 35 18 7 6 15 6.85 0.0
*Bill Scherrer 29 0 0 .000 16 0 0 20.3 25 10 2 8 19 4.43 0.4
Team Totals 29.8 99 61 .619 442 160 55 1428.3 1394 622 119 467 1005 3.92 89.5
Rank among 12 AL teams 1 1 1 1 8 3 5 2 4 1 2  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 34.1
B.Pocoroba 1100.3 122 129 805 49 8 0 .991 32.7
A.Trevino 328.0 38 38 238 10 5 0 .980 30.3
Team Total 1428.3 160 167 1043 59 13 0 .988 32.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.40
C.Davis 942.0 106 107 1066 79 7 113 .994 10.94
S.Lezcano 358.0 44 45 387 33 7 32 .984 10.56
J.White 83.0 10 12 80 11 0 14 1.000 9.87
C.Washington 25.0 0 12 27 2 0 1 1.000 10.44
I.Calderon 8.3 0 3 10 1 0 1 1.000 11.88
B.Pocoroba 6.0 0 4 7 1 0 2 1.000 12.00
K.Garcia 5.0 0 3 9 1 0 2 1.000 18.00
D.Briggs 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1428.3 160 187 1586 129 14 165 .992 10.81
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.79
K.Garcia 844.0 95 96 171 361 13 84 .976 5.67
B.Roberts 489.3 58 61 88 196 8 40 .973 5.22
H.Johnson 63.0 5 12 15 20 0 4 1.000 5.00
T.Bernazard 18.0 2 2 3 6 0 1 1.000 4.50
S.Lezcano 9.0 0 5 2 3 0 1 1.000 5.00
B.Horner 5.0 0 2 3 2 1 0 .833 9.00
Team Total 1428.3 160 178 282 588 22 130 .975 5.48
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.65
B.Horner 1320.3 148 153 75 251 26 27 .926 2.22
C.Washington 79.0 9 10 3 8 0 1 1.000 1.25
B.Roberts 16.0 2 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.25
H.Johnson 9.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
A.Trevino 4.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1428.3 160 167 81 262 26 28 .930 2.16
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.16
H.Johnson 874.7 103 109 147 369 18 80 .966 5.31
K.Garcia 426.0 50 50 73 181 11 31 .958 5.37
B.Roberts 91.7 6 27 9 28 0 8 1.000 3.63
T.Bernazard 31.7 1 10 7 9 1 2 .941 4.55
S.Lezcano 4.3 0 1 2 1 0 1 1.000 6.24
Team Total 1428.3 160 197 238 588 30 122 .965 5.20
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.86
D.Briggs 962.7 109 114 181 5 0 1 1.000 1.74
I.Calderon 291.0 34 36 53 1 1 1 .982 1.67
J.White 100.0 11 13 26 0 0 0 1.000 2.34
S.Lezcano 56.0 6 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.45
C.Washington 7.7 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Roberts 7.0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Smith 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Householder 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1428.3 160 183 270 6 1 2 .996 1.74
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.50
P.Householder 1292.0 146 146 364 3 0 3 1.000 2.56
J.White 121.3 14 15 26 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
S.Lezcano 5.3 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.07
C.Washington 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Davis 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Briggs 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Smith 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
T.Armas 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1428.3 160 168 395 3 0 3 1.000 2.51
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.02
L.Smith 1289.7 145 154 251 3 7 0 .973 1.77
J.White 108.0 14 14 31 0 0 0 1.000 2.58
P.Householder 15.7 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.72
S.Lezcano 8.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
T.Armas 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
I.Calderon 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Washington 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1428.3 160 176 286 3 7 0 .976 1.82
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.04
D.Demola 243.0 35 35 21 34 0 4 1.000 2.04
T.Boggs 227.0 35 35 12 24 4 3 .900 1.43
C.Lea 215.7 34 34 16 33 3 2 .942 2.04
J.Howell 194.0 30 30 15 29 0 4 1.000 2.04
D.Righetti 131.0 26 26 9 28 0 5 1.000 2.54
J.Orosco 129.7 0 78 8 22 0 1 1.000 2.08
J.Pacella 100.0 0 59 8 21 0 5 1.000 2.61
S.Farr 69.3 0 70 6 18 1 0 .960 3.12
T.Edens 38.0 0 25 1 4 1 0 .833 1.18
C.Brown 36.7 0 22 1 5 1 0 .857 1.47
K.Macwhorter 23.7 0 12 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.28
B.Scherrer 20.3 0 16 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.21
Team Total 1428.3 160 442 99 227 10 24 .970 2.05
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Briggs .328
On-Base Pct Householder .403
Slugging Pct Horner .538
OPS Horner .917
XR Horner 108.7
Games Smith, Horner 156
At-Bats Smith 642
Runs Smith 118
Hits Smith 200
Total Bases Horner 309
Singles Smith 140
Doubles Horner 48
Triples Smith 10
Homeruns Horner 30
RBIs Horner 126
Stolen Bases Smith 65
Caught Stealing Smith 34
Walks Horner 86
Strikeouts Armas 111
ERA Demola 2.89
Wins Demola 21
Losses Lea 13
Winning Pct Demola .808
Saves Farr 46
Games Pitched Orosco 78
Games Started Boggs, Demola 35
Complete Games Boggs, Demola 2
Shutouts Boggs, Demola 1
Innings Pitched Demola 243.0
Hits Allowed Lea 231
Homeruns Allowed Demola 24
Strikeouts Demola 206
Walks Allowed Righetti 78
Walks per 9IP Boggs 1.5
Hits per 9IP Demola 7.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Demola 7.6
WHiP Demola 1.04
OAVG Demola .225
OOBP Demola .266
OSLG Demola .346
OOPS Demola .612
Team All-Stars
Tony Armas
Don Demola
Steve Farr
Kiko Garcia
Bob Horner
Paul Householder
Jay Howell
Lonnie Smith
Player Salaries
Bob Horner $ 7,200,000
Tony Armas $ 6,100,111
Biff Pocoroba $ 5,000,000
Chili Davis $ 4,750,000
Tommy Boggs $ 4,600,000
Don Demola $ 4,500,500
Kiko Garcia $ 3,100,000
Paul Householder $ 3,021,429
Jay Howell $ 2,500,000
Lonnie Smith $ 2,400,000
Sixto Lezcano $ 2,000,000
Dave Righetti $ 2,000,000
John Pacella $ 1,994,286
Jerry White $ 1,800,000
Dan Briggs $ 1,100,000
Jesse Orosco $ 750,000
Claudell Washington $ 500,005
Bill Scherrer $ 300,000
Tony Bernazard $ 300,000
Curt Brown $ 300,000
Ivan Calderon $ 300,000
Alex Trevino $ 300,000
Howard Johnson $ 300,000
Steve Farr $ 300,000
Bip Roberts $ 300,000
Charlie Lea $ 300,000
Keith Macwhorter $ 300,000
Tom Edens $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Traded Dwight Evans Boston (N) Jeff Heathcock
2/23 Signed     Claudell Washington
2/27 Signed     Jerry White