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1978 Baltimore Orioles
Record: 62-98
Finish: 4th in AL Central Division
Runs Scored: 547
Runs Allowed: 789
Exp W-L: 54-106
 
Ballpark: Camden Yards
Attendance: 1,662,090
Manager: Matt Ida II

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 81-56, 1st in the American League
AA: 69-68, 8th in the American League
A: 66-71, 7th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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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 *Willie Crawford 31 153 556 61 140 21 3 7 51 16 8 41 86 .252 .304 .338 .642 53.5 5.7 1.7
SS  Alan Bannister 26 158 537 59 161 22 5 2 54 22 11 48 37 .300 .357 .371 .728 67.8 12.4 5.8
LF  Bobby Mitchell 34 156 543 66 131 28 6 19 66 1 3 31 121 .241 .279 .420 .699 59.7 7.2 2.1
CF #Rod Gaspar 32 152 495 52 116 9 0 7 36 6 4 62 47 .234 .319 .295 .614 47.9 4.5 3.7
CF  Jimmy Wynn 36 156 486 47 91 15 5 9 44 6 6 72 114 .187 .293 .294 .587 41.1 0.8 2.1
C *Ernie Whitt 26 146 478 56 139 17 2 15 59 4 0 66 35 .291 .376 .429 .805 76.9 16.8 7.5
3B  Carmen Fanzone 34 151 493 38 103 8 1 10 54 0 0 40 98 .209 .270 .290 .560 36.8 0.0 2.8
SS  Rich Dauer 25 149 496 38 105 21 1 4 31 0 0 25 14 .212 .249 .282 .531 29.9 0.0 6.3
3B *Dave May 34 121 347 39 84 15 1 12 41 3 3 34 53 .242 .312 .395 .706 39.6 5.7 0.8
SS *John Donaldson 35 121 300 26 101 12 3 0 29 17 9 25 38 .337 .387 .397 .783 42.2 9.3 1.1
3B  Bob Robertson 31 83 213 22 34 6 0 9 15 0 1 20 58 .160 .233 .315 .548 14.5 0.0 0.6
SS  Jerry Davanon 32 72 145 14 34 9 3 1 13 0 2 15 22 .234 .304 .359 .663 16.0 2.1 1.5
C #Biff Pocoroba 24 28 106 13 31 8 0 4 15 0 0 9 6 .292 .348 .481 .829 16.2 3.6 1.5
C *Duke Sims 37 29 83 4 13 0 0 0 5 0 0 6 21 .157 .213 .157 .370 1.0 0.0 1.3
SS  Ed Brinkman 36 29 53 3 7 2 0 0 7 0 0 3 5 .132 .179 .170 .348 0.1 0.0 0.1
1B *Gonzalo Marquez 32 18 35 5 15 3 0 0 2 0 0 5 4 .429 .500 .514 1.014 8.0 2.1 0.1
  Team Totals 31.6 1722 5366 543 1305 196 30 99 522 75 47 502 759 .243 .308 .346 .654 551.2 70.2 39.2
  Rank among 12 AL teams 12 12 12 10 10 8 12 7 5 7 8 11 11 10 10 11  
* - 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
 Stan Perzanowski 27 9 23 .281 35 35 0 261.3 293 146 16 100 89 5.03 9.0
 Joe Coleman 31 10 18 .357 33 33 0 244.3 253 109 31 92 164 4.02 16.6
*Bob Knepper 24 12 12 .500 30 30 0 216.7 242 104 23 72 77 4.32 13.0
 Bert Blyleven 27 9 12 .429 27 27 0 205.3 216 94 17 65 86 4.12 13.2
*Buddy Schultz 27 9 13 .409 30 30 0 198.0 205 99 17 77 94 4.50 10.9
 Ed Farmer 28 7 8 .467 54 0 10 93.3 121 61 8 66 44 5.88 1.5
 Hal Reniff 39 4 6 .400 47 0 6 62.3 64 30 3 38 21 4.33 5.1
 Don Newhauser 30 0 2 .000 28 0 6 47.0 49 21 4 21 24 4.02 3.8
 Francisco Barrios 25 2 2 .500 5 5 0 36.7 38 21 2 18 18 5.16 1.4
 Fergie Jenkins 35 0 0 .000 13 0 0 32.3 41 15 5 9 18 4.18 2.1
 Tom Griffin 30 0 2 .000 24 0 1 31.0 54 34 3 22 12 9.87 0.0
Team Totals 29.4 62 98 .388 326 160 23 1428.3 1576 734 129 580 647 4.63 76.5
Rank among 12 AL teams 12 12 8 12 10 12 6 11 7 10 11  
* - 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 .987 32.1
E.Whitt 1075.3 119 125 524 60 9 2 .985 36.3
B.Pocoroba 199.2 20 21 106 9 1 0 .991 33.3
D.Sims 185.3 23 25 103 5 1 0 .991 21.4
R.Dauer 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1460.8 162 172 733 74 11 2 .987 34.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.57
C.Fanzone 1176.3 138 138 1460 106 10 151 .994 11.98
J.Donaldson 125.0 12 22 145 9 3 17 .981 11.09
G.Marquez 72.0 9 12 80 7 0 13 1.000 10.88
E.Whitt 27.0 0 12 38 2 0 6 1.000 13.33
B.Robertson 14.0 1 5 13 3 0 2 1.000 10.29
E.Brinkman 7.0 0 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
W.Crawford 5.0 0 2 9 0 0 0 1.000 16.20
B.Pocoroba 0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1427.1 160 195 1752 127 13 189 .993 11.85
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.89
A.Bannister 1160.3 129 143 284 536 19 131 .977 6.36
J.Davanon 188.0 22 28 47 83 1 17 .992 6.22
C.Fanzone 67.0 9 10 15 31 1 10 .979 6.18
J.Donaldson 12.0 0 6 3 9 0 1 1.000 9.00
R.Dauer 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1428.3 160 188 349 660 21 160 .980 6.36
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.95
R.Gaspar 1206.0 141 142 78 316 10 36 .975 2.94
J.Donaldson 85.0 8 19 3 20 1 1 .958 2.44
R.Dauer 77.0 9 10 4 14 3 5 .857 2.10
B.Robertson 21.0 2 4 4 5 0 0 1.000 3.86
A.Bannister 15.0 0 8 3 3 0 0 1.000 3.60
D.May 11.3 0 7 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.38
J.Davanon 10.0 0 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.80
E.Brinkman 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1428.3 160 195 92 364 14 42 .970 2.87
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 5.24
R.Dauer 1132.7 139 139 190 494 16 93 .977 5.43
J.Davanon 135.0 12 26 28 51 6 15 .929 5.27
D.May 95.0 9 16 20 43 1 9 .984 5.97
J.Donaldson 49.7 0 24 12 27 1 10 .975 7.07
W.Crawford 5.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Brinkman 5.0 0 3 0 4 0 0 1.000 7.20
B.Mitchell 3.0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1.000 9.00
A.Bannister 3.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1428.3 160 215 251 622 24 128 .973 5.50
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.04
B.Mitchell 1317.3 153 153 314 6 1 1 .997 2.19
J.Donaldson 73.0 7 14 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.10
E.Brinkman 17.0 0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.18
W.Crawford 6.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
J.Wynn 5.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
B.Robertson 4.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75
A.Bannister 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1426.3 160 182 343 6 1 1 .997 2.20
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.64
J.Wynn 1186.7 141 146 324 6 7 1 .979 2.50
B.Robertson 163.0 18 29 46 1 0 1 1.000 2.60
D.May 51.7 1 17 11 0 1 0 .917 1.92
W.Crawford 10.0 0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
E.Brinkman 9.0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00
R.Gaspar 8.0 0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.63
Team Total 1428.3 160 206 395 7 8 2 .980 2.53
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.13
W.Crawford 1210.7 136 139 273 8 7 3 .976 2.09
B.Robertson 96.7 11 11 28 0 0 0 1.000 2.61
J.Wynn 73.0 9 9 11 2 0 0 1.000 1.60
D.May 36.0 4 7 7 1 0 1 1.000 2.00
R.Gaspar 7.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
B.Mitchell 3.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
C.Fanzone 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Bannister 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1428.3 160 172 323 11 7 4 .979 2.10
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.00
S.Perzanowski 261.3 35 35 19 39 2 2 .967 2.00
J.Coleman 244.3 33 33 12 41 3 6 .946 1.95
B.Knepper 216.7 30 30 14 30 2 1 .957 1.83
B.Blyleven 205.3 27 27 19 33 3 6 .945 2.28
B.Schultz 198.0 30 30 5 38 3 3 .935 1.95
E.Farmer 93.3 0 54 7 11 0 0 1.000 1.74
H.Reniff 62.3 0 47 2 10 1 0 .923 1.73
D.Newhauser 47.0 0 28 5 6 1 0 .917 2.11
F.Barrios 36.7 5 5 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.96
F.Jenkins 32.3 0 13 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.39
T.Griffin 31.0 0 24 3 3 0 0 1.000 1.74
Team Total 1428.3 160 326 88 222 15 18 .954 1.95
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Bannister .300
On-Base Pct Whitt .376
Slugging Pct Whitt .429
OPS Whitt .805
XR Whitt 76.9
Games Bannister 158
At-Bats Crawford 556
Runs Mitchell 66
Hits Bannister 161
Total Bases Mitchell 228
Singles Bannister 132
Doubles Mitchell 28
Triples Mitchell 6
Homeruns Mitchell 19
RBIs Mitchell 66
Stolen Bases Bannister 22
Caught Stealing Bannister 11
Walks Wynn 72
Strikeouts Mitchell 121
ERA Coleman 4.02
Wins Knepper 12
Losses Perzanowski 23
Winning Pct Knepper .500
Saves Farmer 10
Games Pitched Farmer 54
Games Started Perzanowski 35
Complete Games Perzanowski 10
Shutouts Blyleven 2
Innings Pitched Perzanowski 261.3
Hits Allowed Perzanowski 293
Homeruns Allowed Coleman 31
Strikeouts Coleman 164
Walks Allowed Perzanowski 100
Walks per 9IP Blyleven 2.8
Hits per 9IP Schultz 9.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Coleman 6.0
WHiP Blyleven 1.37
OAVG Coleman .265
OOBP Blyleven .328
OSLG Perzanowski .381
OOPS Blyleven .724
Team All-Stars
Ernie Whitt
Player Salaries
Joe Coleman $ 9,500,000
Willie Crawford $ 5,400,000
Jimmy Wynn $ 4,700,000
Bert Blyleven $ 3,000,000
Stan Perzanowski $ 2,371,429
John Donaldson $ 956,000
Hal Reniff $ 600,006
Rod Gaspar $ 450,000
Jerry Davanon $ 350,000
Don Newhauser $ 350,000
Bob Robertson $ 350,000
Dave May $ 350,000
Fergie Jenkins $ 300,000
Rich Dauer $ 300,000
Ed Brinkman $ 300,000
Francisco Barrios $ 300,000
Ed Farmer $ 300,000
Alan Bannister $ 300,000
Jeff Holly $ 300,000
Bob Knepper $ 300,000
Gonzalo Marquez $ 300,000
Bobby Mitchell $ 300,000
Buddy Schultz $ 300,000
Dave Tomlin $ 300,000
Ernie Whitt $ 300,000
Tom Griffin $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Traded Rob Belloir
$5,484,695		 Kansas City Jimmy Wynn
John Morris
2/4 Traded John Morris
Bob Bailey		 Pittsburgh John Pacella
Ed Farmer
2/6 Signed     Don Newhauser
2/13 Signed     Hal Reniff
2/14 Traded Bill Moran Cleveland (A) Joe Coleman
2/15 Signed     Fergie Jenkins
2/22 Signed     Rod Gaspar
2/26 Signed     Carmen Fanzone
2/26 Signed     Bobby Mitchell
3/4 Traded Jim Kern
Jerry Terrell		 San Diego Bill Castro
3/4 Traded Tom Egan Cleveland (A) Rico Carty
Tim Corcoran
4/3 Signed     John Donaldson
4/3 Signed     Dave Tomlin
6/1 Traded Biff Pocoroba Pittsburgh John Hale
6/1 Signed     Jeff Holly
7/22 Released Rico Carty    
7/31 Traded Norm Miller Kansas City Duke Sims
Mike Ramsey
9/1 Released Mike Kekich    
10/29 Released Duke Sims    
10/29 Released Carmen Fanzone    
 
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