1988 Baltimore Orioles Statistics and Roster

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1988 Baltimore Orioles (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1987/1989)
54-107, Finished 7th in AL Eastern Division
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Scored 550 runs, Allowed 789 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 55-106
Managed by Cal Ripken and Frank Robinson

Ballpark: Memorial Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,660,738 (10th of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 97, Pitching - 98
  (one-year): Batting - 94, Pitching - 96
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1988 Stats (1987/1989) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / Gamelogs: Bat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  #Mickey Tettleton    27   86  283   31   74  11  1  11   37  28   70  .261  .330  .424   0   1   9   2   1   2   2  113
1B #Eddie Murray        32  161  603   75  171  27  2  28   84  75   78  .284  .361  .474   5   2  20   0   0   3   8  136
2B  Billy Ripken        23  150  512   52  106  18  1   2   34  33   63  .207  .260  .258   8   2  14   5   6   3   0   48
3B  Rick Schu           26   89  270   22   69   9  4   4   20  21   49  .256  .316  .363   6   4   7   3   0   0   0   93
SS  Cal Ripken          27  161  575   87  152  25  1  23   81 102   69  .264  .372  .431   2   2  10   2   0  10   7  128
LF #Pete Stanicek       25   83  261   29   60   7  1   4   17  28   45  .230  .313  .310  12   6   9   4   5   1   0   78
CF *Fred Lynn           36   87  301   37   76  13  1  18   37  28   66  .252  .312  .482   2   2   7   0   1   4   1  122
RF *Joe Orsulak         26  125  379   48  109  21  3   8   27  23   30  .288  .331  .422   9   8   7   3   8   3   2  113
DH *Larry Sheets        28  136  452   38  104  19  1  10   47  42   72  .230  .302  .343   1   6  11   6   0   4   4   83
   *Jim Traber          26  103  352   25   78   6  0  10   45  19   42  .222  .261  .324   1   2   8   1   1   3   3   66
   *Terry Kennedy       32   85  265   20   60  10  0   3   16  15   53  .226  .269  .298   0   0  13   1   2   2   0   61
    Ken Gerhart         27  103  262   27   51  10  1   9   23  21   57  .195  .256  .344   7   3   3   2   2   4   0   69
    Rene Gonzales       27   92  237   13   51   6  0   2   15  13   32  .215  .263  .266   2   0   5   3   5   2   0   51
   *Brady Anderson      24   53  177   17   35   8  1   1    9   8   40  .198  .232  .271   6   4   1   0   7   0   0   43
   *Keith Hughes        24   41  108   10   21   4  2   2   14  16   27  .194  .294  .324   1   0   3   0   0   2   1   76
    Craig Worthington   23   26   81    5   15   2  0   2    4   9   24  .185  .267  .284   1   0   2   0   0   0   0   57
   *Jeff Stone          27   26   61    4   10   1  0   0    1   4   11  .164  .215  .180   4   1   3   0   1   0   0   14
   *Jim Dwyer           38   35   53    3   12   0  0   0    3  12   11  .226  .364  .226   0   0   0   0   0   1   3   72
    Carl Nichols        25   18   47    2    9   1  0   0    1   3   10  .191  .235  .213   0   0   3   0   1   1   0   29
    Wade Rowdon         27   20   30    1    3   0  0   0    0   0    6  .100  .100  .100   1   1   3   0   0   0   0  -43
    Butch Davis         30   13   25    2    6   1  0   0    0   0    8  .240  .240  .280   1   0   2   0   0   0   0   48
    Tito Landrum        33   13   24    2    3   0  1   0    2   4    6  .125  .250  .208   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   32
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.7  161 5358  550 1275 199 20 137  517 504  869  .238  .303  .359  69  44 140  32  40  45  31   88
    Rank among 14 AL teams        14   14   14  14 13   7        8    8    14    13    14  13  10                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Jeff Ballard        24  25   4.40   8  12  0  25   0   6   1  153.3  167   83   75  15   42   41  654   2   6  2   2  89
SP  Jose Bautista       23  33   4.30   6  15  0  25   5   3   0  171.7  171   86   82  21   45   76  721   4   7  5   3  91
SP  Jay Tibbs           26  30   5.39   4  15  0  24   1   1   0  158.7  184  103   95  18   63   82  708   8   3  3   2  72
SP  Mike Boddicker      30  21   3.86   6  12  0  21   0   4   0  147.0  149   72   63  14   51  100  636   3  11  4   5 101
SP  Oswaldo Peraza      25  19   5.55   5   7  0  15   0   1   0   86.0   98   62   53  10   37   61  392   4   2  4   2  70

CL  Tom Niedenfuer      28  52   3.51   3   4 18   0  42   0   0   59.0   59   23   23   8   19   40  252   0   2  0   3 111
RP  Doug Sisk           30  52   3.72   3   3  0   0  29   0   0   94.3  109   43   39   3   45   26  410   3   2  0   6 105
RP *Mark Thurmond       31  43   4.58   1   8  3   6  15   0   0   74.7   80   43   38  10   27   29  322   0   2  0   3  85
RP  Don Aase            33  35   4.05   0   0  0   0  16   0   0   46.7   40   22   21   4   37   28  209   1   0  0   5  96
RP  Dave Schmidt        31  41   3.40   8   5  2   9  11   0   0  129.7  129   58   49  14   38   67  541   3   3  0   5 115

    Mark Williamson     28  37   4.90   5   8  2  10  11   2   0  117.7  125   70   64  14   40   69  507   5   2  3   8  80
    Mike Morgan         28  22   5.43   1   6  1  10   6   2   0   71.3   70   45   43   6   23   29  299   5   1  0   1  72
    Bob Milacki         23   3   0.72   2   0  0   3   0   1   1   25.0    9    2    2   1    9   18   91   0   0  0   0 541
   *Scott McGregor      34   4   8.83   0   3  0   4   0   0   0   17.3   27   18   17   3    7   10   82   0   0  0   0  44
    Curt Schilling      21   4   9.82   0   3  0   4   0   0   0   14.7   22   19   16   3   10    4   76   2   1  0   1  40
    John Habyan         24   7   4.30   1   0  0   0   1   0   0   14.7   22   10    7   2    4    4   68   1   0  1   0  91
    Pete Harnisch       21   2   5.54   0   2  0   2   0   0   0   13.0   13    8    8   1    9   10   61   1   0  0   1  70
    Gregg Olson         21  10   3.27   1   1  0   0   4   0   0   11.0   10    4    4   1   10    9   51   0   0  1   1 119
   *Bill Scherrer       30   4  13.50   0   1  0   0   0   0   0    4.0    8    6    6   2    3    3   23   0   0  2   0  29
    Dickie Noles        31   2  24.30   0   2  0   2   0   0   0    3.3   11   10    9   2    0    1   23   0   1  0   0  16
   *Gordon Dillard      24   2   6.00   0   0  0   1   0   0   0    3.0    3    2    2   1    4    2   15   0   0  0   0  65
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.3 161   4.54  54 107 26 161 141  20   7 1416.0 1506  789  714 153  523  709 6141  42  43 25  48  86
    Rank among 14 AL teams         14  14   1 14          10  13     14   13   14       13    8   14
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- MTettleton 665 75 80 361 31 3 1 .992 9 20 64 23 TKennedy 648 75 79 332 23 2 3 .994 6 18 64 25 CNichols 102 11 13 66 12 1 2 .987 3 4 8 8 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1416 161 161 759 66 6 6 .993 18 42 136 56 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.57 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EMurray 888 103 103 867 106 11 101 .989 9.86 JTraber 473 51 57 459 58 5 51 .990 9.84 RSchu 31 4 4 38 2 0 1 1.000 11.61 LSheets 21 2 3 20 3 0 3 1.000 9.86 RGonzales 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1416 161 161 1386 169 16 156 .990 9.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 *5.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BRipken 1264 146 149 309 440 12 110 .984 5.33 RGonzales 76 8 14 17 29 1 6 .979 5.45 PStanicek 75 7 16 21 20 2 5 .953 4.87 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1416 161 161 347 489 15 121 .982 5.31 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 *2.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RSchu 582 68 72 56 108 11 7 .937 2.53 RGonzales 572 63 80 45 153 7 19 .966 3.12 CWorthingto 221 26 26 20 53 3 4 .961 2.97 WRowdon 35 4 8 5 13 1 1 .947 4.63 BRipken 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1416 161 161 127 327 22 31 .954 2.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 *4.69 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CRipken 1409 161 161 284 480 21 119 .973 4.88 RGonzales 7 0 2 1 3 0 1 1.000 5.14 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1416 161 161 285 483 21 120 .973 4.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *2.26 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PStanicek 504 59 65 127 4 2 2 .985 2.34 LSheets 320 37 42 74 7 3 0 .964 2.28 JOrsulak 257 29 37 69 0 0 0 1.000 2.42 KGerhart 168 17 30 44 1 1 1 .978 2.41 JStone 116 14 18 22 3 1 1 .962 1.93 WRowdon 19 3 5 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.89 TLandrum 17 1 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.06 JTraber 10 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 BDavis 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 JDwyer 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1416 161 161 343 16 7 4 .981 2.28 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 *2.91 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FLynn 508 60 64 177 0 1 0 .994 3.14 KGerhart 431 49 57 133 3 3 0 .978 2.84 BAnderson 390 43 49 154 1 3 0 .981 3.57 JOrsulak 86 9 14 27 1 0 0 1.000 2.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1416 161 161 491 5 7 0 .986 3.15 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *2.24 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JOrsulak 478 49 76 131 4 5 2 .964 2.54 LSheets 271 34 36 68 3 1 0 .986 2.35 KHughes 251 29 31 60 4 2 2 .970 2.29 FLynn 152 18 21 41 1 1 0 .977 2.48 JTraber 66 8 8 18 1 0 0 1.000 2.59 KGerhart 54 6 10 13 0 1 0 .929 2.15 BDavis 52 7 8 15 1 0 1 1.000 2.77 TLandrum 50 6 8 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.34 CNichols 19 3 3 5 1 0 0 1.000 2.84 JStone 14 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 RGonzales 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 JDwyer 3 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1416 161 161 371 15 10 5 .975 2.45 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.47 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- JOrsulak 821 87 117 228 6 5 2 .979 2.56 FLynn 660 78 83 216 1 2 0 .991 2.96 KGerhart 654 72 93 192 3 5 1 .975 2.68 LSheets 591 71 76 139 9 4 0 .974 2.25 PStanicek 504 59 65 128 4 2 2 .985 2.35 BAnderson 390 43 49 156 1 3 0 .981 3.62 KHughes 251 29 31 59 4 2 2 .969 2.26 JStone 130 15 21 23 3 1 1 .963 1.80 JTraber 76 9 11 22 1 1 0 .958 2.72 TLandrum 67 7 12 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.01 BDavis 54 7 10 16 1 0 1 1.000 2.83 WRowdon 19 3 5 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.42 CNichols 19 3 3 5 1 0 0 1.000 2.84 JDwyer 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40 RGonzales 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1416 161 161 1205 35 25 9 .980 2.63 161 161 161 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 *1.78 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JBautista 171 25 33 27 11 1 3 .974 1.99 JTibbs 158 24 30 17 18 0 0 1.000 1.98 JBallard 153 25 25 9 13 0 3 1.000 1.29 MBoddicker 147 21 21 12 15 2 0 .931 1.65 DSchmidt 129 9 41 18 20 1 2 .974 2.64 MWilliamson 117 10 37 9 14 1 0 .958 1.76 DSisk 94 0 52 9 16 3 1 .893 2.39 OPeraza 86 15 19 8 11 3 1 .864 1.99 MThurmond 74 6 43 3 8 1 0 .917 1.33 MMorgan 71 10 22 9 9 0 1 1.000 2.27 TNiedenfuer 59 0 52 3 5 1 1 .889 1.22 DAase 46 0 35 2 3 0 1 1.000 0.96 BMilacki 25 3 3 4 3 0 1 1.000 2.52 SMcGregor 17 4 4 1 5 0 0 1.000 3.12 CSchilling 14 4 4 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 JHabyan 14 0 7 5 1 0 0 1.000 3.67 PHarnisch 13 2 2 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.77 GOlson 11 0 10 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.45 BScherrer 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 DNoles 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 GDillard 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1416 161 161 139 157 14 14 .955 1.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- EMurray 58 LSheets 50 JTraber 30 JDwyer 17 RSchu 9 WRowdon 5 KGerhart 3 FLynn 2 BDavis 1 KHughes 1 TLandrum 1 BRipken 1 PStanicek 1 JStone 1 ------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Murray .284

On-base % Ripken .372

Slugging % Murray .474

OPS Murray .835

Games Murray and Ripken 161

At Bats Murray 603

Plate Appearances (approx.) Ripken 689

Runs Ripken 87

Hits Murray 171

Total Bases Murray 286

Doubles Murray 27

Triples Schu 4

Home Runs Murray 28

RBI Murray 84

Bases on Balls Ripken 102

Strikeouts Murray 78

Stolen Bases Stanicek 12

Singles Murray 114

Adjusted OPS+ Murray 136

Runs Created Murray 101

Adjusted Batting Runs Murray 29

Batting Wins Murray 2.9

Extra-Base Hits Murray 57

Times on Base Ripken 256

Offensive Win% Ripken .634

Hit By Pitch Sheets 6

Sac. Hits Orsulak 8

Sac. Flies Ripken 10

Intentional Walks Murray 8

Grounded into Double Plays Murray 20

Caught Stealing Orsulak 8

Power/Speed Number Murray and Orsulak 8.5

At Bats per Strikeout Ripken 8.3

At Bats per Home Run Murray 21.5

Outs Murray 457

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ERA Bautista 4.30

Wins Ballard and Schmidt 8

Won-Loss % Schmidt .615

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Bautista 1.258

Hits Allowed/9IP Bautista 8.97

Bases on Balls/9IP Bautista 2.36

Strikeouts/9IP Bautista 3.98

Games Niedenfuer and Sisk 52

Saves Niedenfuer 18

Innings Bautista 171.7

Strikeouts Boddicker 100

Games Started Ballard and Bautista 25

Comp. Games Ballard 6

Shutouts Ballard and Milacki 1

Home Runs Allow. Bautista 21

Bases On Balls Allow. Tibbs 63

Hits Allowed Tibbs 184

SO to Walk Bautista 1.69

Losses Bautista and Tibbs 15

Earned Runs Allow. Tibbs 95

Wild Pitches Tibbs 8

Hit Batsmen Boddicker 11

Batters Faced Bautista 721

Games Finished Niedenfuer 42

Adjusted ERA+ Bautista 91

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries

Eddie Murray $ 2,142,904

Cal Ripken $ 1,700,000

Fred Lynn $ 1,540,000

Scott McGregor $ 1,066,171

Mike Boddicker $ 850,000

Terry Kennedy $ 850,000

Tom Niedenfuer $ 850,000

Don Aase $ 675,000

Dave Schmidt $ 625,000

Larry Sheets $ 540,000

Mark Thurmond $ 435,000

Doug Sisk $ 410,000

Mike Morgan $ 375,000

Jim Dwyer $ 300,000

Rick Schu $ 165,000

Jeff Stone $ 160,000

Joe Orsulak $ 120,000

Mark Williamson $ 85,000

Ken Gerhart $ 83,000

Billy Ripken $ 80,000

Jim Traber $ 80,000

Rene Gonzales $ 75,000

Wade Rowdon $ 72,500

Carl Nichols $ 65,000

Brady Anderson $ 62,500

Jose Bautista $ 62,500

Oswaldo Peraza $ 62,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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