1997 Baltimore Orioles Statistics and Roster

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1997 Baltimore Orioles (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1996/1998)
98-64, Finished 1st in AL Eastern Division
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Scored 812 runs, Allowed 681 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 94-68
Managed by Davey Johnson

Ballpark: Oriole Park at Camden Yards (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 3,711,132 (1st of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 97, Pitching - 96
  (one-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 100
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

Postseason: Lost AL Championship Series (4-2) to Cleveland Indians
Won AL Division Series (3-1) over Seattle Mariners

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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   Chris Hoiles        32   99  320   45   83  15  0  12   49  51   86  .259  .375  .419   1   0   7  10   0   3   3  110
1B *Rafael Palmeiro     32  158  614   95  156  24  2  38  110  67  109  .254  .329  .485   5   2  14   5   0   6   6  113
2B #Roberto Alomar      29  112  412   64  137  23  2  14   60  40   43  .333  .390  .500   9   3  10   3   7   7   2  134
3B  Cal Ripken          36  162  615   79  166  30  0  17   84  56   73  .270  .331  .402   1   0  19   5   0  10   3   93
SS  Mike Bordick        31  153  509   55  120  19  1   7   46  33   66  .236  .283  .318   0   2  23   2  12   4   1   59
LF *B.J. Surhoff        32  147  528   80  150  30  4  18   88  49   60  .284  .345  .458   1   1   7   5   3  10  14  111
CF *Brady Anderson      33  151  590   97  170  39  7  18   73  84  105  .288  .393  .469  18  12   1  19   2   1   6  128
RF  Jeffrey Hammonds    26  118  397   71  105  19  3  21   55  32   73  .264  .323  .486  15   1   6   3   0   2   1  111
DH  Geronimo Berroa     32   83  300   48   78  13  0  10   48  40   62  .260  .347  .403   1   2   6   3   0   6   2   98
    Lenny Webster       32   98  259   29   66   8  1   7   37  22   46  .255  .317  .375   0   1  10   2   3   1   0   83
    Jeff Reboulet       33   99  228   26   54   9  0   4   27  23   44  .237  .307  .329   3   0   3   1  11   2   0   69
   *Tony Tarasco        26  100  166   26   34   8  1   7   26  25   33  .205  .313  .392   2   2   3   1   1   0   1   85
    Eric Davis          35   42  158   29   48  11  0   8   25  14   47  .304  .358  .525   6   0   2   1   0   3   0  130
    Pete Incaviglia     33   48  138   18   34   4  0   5   12  11   43  .246  .314  .384   0   0   1   3   0   1   2   84
   *Harold Baines       38   44  134   15   39   5  0   4   15  14   15  .291  .356  .418   0   0   3   0   0   1   1  104
    Aaron Ledesma       26   43   88   24   31   5  1   2   11  13    9  .352  .437  .500   1   0   1   1   1   1   0  148
    Jerome Walton       31   26   68    8   20   1  0   3    9   4   10  .294  .333  .441   0   0   3   0   2   0   0  103
   *David Dellucci      23   17   27    3    6   1  0   1    3   4    7  .222  .344  .370   0   0   2   1   0   0   1   90
    Tim Laker           27    7   14    0    0   0  0   0    1   2    9  .000  .118  .000   0   0   0   0   1   1   0  -65
    Danny Clyburn       23    2    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   #Mel Rosario         24    4    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Charlie Greene      26    5    2    0    0   0  0   0    1   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

   *Mike Mussina        28    2    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .250  .250  .250   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   33
    Scott Erickson      29    2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    2  .000  .333  .000   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   -1
    Scott Kamieniecki   33    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Jimmy Key           36    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
   *Arthur Rhodes       27    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Jesse Orosco        40    5    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0       1.000         0   0   0   0   0   0   0     
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 31.6  162 5584  812 1498 264 22 196  780 586  952  .268  .338  .429  63  26 121  65  46  59  43  103
    Rank among 14 AL teams         9    6    8  12 12   4        6   13     9     7     6  14  14                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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 *Jimmy Key           36  34   3.43  16  10  0  34   0   1   1  212.3  210   90   81  24   82  141  902   4   5  1   1 128
SP  Scott Erickson      29  34   3.69  16   7  0  33   0   3   2  221.7  218  100   91  16   61  131  922  11   5  0   5 119
SP  Mike Mussina        28  33   3.20  15   8  0  33   0   4   1  224.7  197   87   80  27   54  218  905   5   3  0   3 137
SP  Scott Kamieniecki   33  30   4.01  10   6  0  30   0   0   0  179.3  179   83   80  20   67  109  764   5   4  0   2 109
SP *Rick Krivda         27  10   6.30   4   2  0  10   0   0   0   50.0   67   36   35   7   18   29  225   0   0  2   1  70

CL *Randy Myers         34  61   1.51   2   3 45   0  57   0   0   59.7   47   12   10   2   22   56  241   3   0  0   2 291
RP  Armando Benitez     24  71   2.45   4   5  9   0  26   0   0   73.3   49   22   20   7   43  106  307   1   1  0   5 179
RP *Jesse Orosco        40  71   2.32   6   3  0   0  12   0   0   50.3   29   13   13   6   30   46  205   1   0  1   0 189
RP  Terry Mathews       32  57   4.41   4   4  1   0  19   0   0   63.3   63   35   31   8   36   39  285   3   0  0   2 100
RP *Arthur Rhodes       27  53   3.02  10   3  1   0   6   0   0   95.3   75   32   32   9   26  102  378   2   4  0   5 145

    Shawn Boskie        30  28   6.43   6   6  1   9   8   0   0   77.0   95   57   55  14   26   50  349   1   2  0   1  68
    Mike Johnson        21  14   7.94   0   1  2   5   5   0   0   39.7   52   36   35  12   16   29  183   1   1  0   2  55
    Alan Mills          30  39   4.89   2   3  0   0  11   0   0   38.7   41   23   21   5   33   32  192   2   1  0   1  90
    Brian Williams      28  13   3.00   0   0  0   0   8   0   0   24.0   20    8    8   0   18   14  110   1   0  0   0 146
    Nerio Rodriguez     26   6   4.91   2   1  0   2   1   0   0   22.0   21   15   12   2    8   11   98   1   1  0   0  89
    Rocky Coppinger     23   5   6.30   1   1  0   4   1   0   0   20.0   21   14   14   2   16   22   95   1   1  0   1  70
    Esteban Yan         22   3  15.83   0   1  0   2   0   0   0    9.7   20   18   17   3    7    4   58   1   2  0   0  28
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.7 162   3.91  98  64 59 162 154   8  10 1461.0 1404  681  635 164  563 1139 6219  43  30  4  31 112
    Rank among 14 AL teams          2   1  14  1           8   2      2    1    1        3    8    4

    * - 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 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- CHoiles 729 85 87 602 28 0 4 1.000 3 16 74 20 LWebster 676 73 97 532 36 3 5 .995 4 26 68 29 TLaker 39 4 7 28 0 1 0 .966 0 0 6 1 MRosario 11 0 4 7 0 1 0 .875 0 1 1 0 CGreene 5 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1461 162 162 1173 64 5 9 .996 7 43 149 50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.31 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RPalmeiro 1356 151 155 1304 112 10 124 .993 9.40 ALedesma 28 3 5 30 1 0 4 1.000 9.96 CHoiles 26 3 4 20 3 0 1 1.000 7.96 BSurhoff 26 3 3 21 3 0 4 1.000 8.31 JWalton 25 2 5 23 1 0 1 1.000 8.64 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1461 162 162 1398 120 10 134 .993 9.35 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *4.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RAlomar 896 103 109 203 300 6 66 .988 5.05 JReboulet 416 44 63 83 130 5 28 .977 4.60 ALedesma 148 15 22 32 41 2 8 .973 4.44 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1461 162 162 318 471 13 102 .984 4.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 *2.67 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CRipken 1401 162 162 98 314 22 25 .949 2.65 ALedesma 32 0 11 5 7 1 1 .923 3.38 JReboulet 22 0 12 1 6 1 0 .875 2.86 BSurhoff 5 0 3 0 2 0 1 1.000 3.60 CHoiles 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1461 162 162 104 329 24 27 .947 2.67 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *4.55 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MBordick 1335 151 153 223 424 13 95 .980 4.36 JReboulet 113 11 22 20 27 1 4 .979 3.72 ALedesma 7 0 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.86 CRipken 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1461 162 162 246 453 14 99 .980 4.31 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.06 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BSurhoff 1135 128 133 246 11 2 3 .992 2.04 JHammonds 207 23 31 55 2 2 0 .966 2.47 JWalton 59 7 9 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.53 TTarasco 37 3 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.70 PIncaviglia 12 1 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.46 DDellucci 7 0 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 5.14 DClyburn 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1461 162 162 324 13 4 3 .988 2.08 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 *2.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BAnderson 1096 123 124 276 1 3 0 .989 2.27 JHammonds 319 36 40 94 1 1 0 .990 2.68 TTarasco 30 1 8 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.60 JWalton 16 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.81 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1461 162 162 387 2 4 0 .990 2.40 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *2.18 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JHammonds 375 40 54 91 1 2 0 .979 2.21 TTarasco 356 35 68 86 4 1 2 .989 2.28 GBerroa 318 40 40 71 1 3 0 .960 2.04 EDavis 244 29 30 39 0 1 0 .975 1.43 PIncaviglia 79 9 14 18 0 1 0 .947 2.05 DDellucci 42 4 6 15 2 0 0 1.000 3.64 JWalton 37 4 11 14 0 0 0 1.000 3.41 JReboulet 9 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 HBaines 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1461 162 162 336 8 8 2 .977 2.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 *2.32 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BSurhoff 1135 128 133 249 11 2 3 .992 2.06 BAnderson 1096 123 124 279 2 3 0 .989 2.31 JHammonds 901 99 114 237 4 5 0 .980 2.41 TTarasco 423 39 81 102 4 1 1 .991 2.26 GBerroa 318 40 40 71 1 3 0 .960 2.04 EDavis 244 29 30 39 0 1 0 .975 1.43 JWalton 112 13 19 29 0 0 0 1.000 2.33 PIncaviglia 91 10 18 20 0 1 0 .952 1.97 DDellucci 49 4 9 19 1 0 0 1.000 3.67 JReboulet 9 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 DClyburn 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1461 162 162 1047 23 16 4 .985 2.20 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 *1.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MMussina 224 33 33 18 25 0 0 1.000 1.72 SErickson 221 33 34 17 43 6 6 .909 2.44 JKey 212 34 34 12 37 2 2 .961 2.08 SKamienieck 179 30 30 15 30 3 4 .937 2.26 ARhodes 95 0 53 4 16 1 1 .952 1.89 SBoskie 77 9 28 6 11 0 1 1.000 1.99 ABenitez 73 0 71 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.49 TMathews 63 0 57 5 10 1 0 .937 2.13 RMyers 59 0 61 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.60 JOrosco 50 0 71 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.61 RKrivda 50 10 10 6 5 0 1 1.000 1.98 MJohnson 39 5 14 3 4 0 1 1.000 1.59 AMills 38 0 39 3 4 2 0 .778 1.63 BWilliams 24 0 13 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.12 NRodriguez 22 2 6 0 5 0 0 1.000 2.05 RCoppinger 20 4 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.90 EYan 9 2 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1461 162 162 96 205 15 16 .953 1.85 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- GBerroa 42 HBaines 35 PIncaviglia 26 BAnderson 25 EDavis 12 BSurhoff 9 CHoiles 8 DDellucci 5 JHammonds 4 RPalmeiro 3 RAlomar 2 TTarasco 2 JWalton 2 JReboulet 1 LWebster 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 Anderson .288

On-base % Anderson .393

Slugging % Palmeiro .485

OPS Anderson .862

Games Ripken 162

At Bats Ripken 615

Plate Appearances (approx.) Anderson 696

Runs Anderson 97

Hits Anderson 170

Total Bases Palmeiro 298

Doubles Anderson 39

Triples Anderson 7

Home Runs Palmeiro 38

RBI Palmeiro 110

Bases on Balls Anderson 84

Strikeouts Palmeiro 109

Stolen Bases Anderson 18

Singles Ripken 119

Adjusted OPS+ Anderson 128

Runs Created Anderson 117

Adjusted Batting Runs Anderson 28

Batting Wins Anderson 2.5

Extra-Base Hits Anderson and Palmeiro 64

Times on Base Anderson 273

Offensive Win% Anderson .647

Hit By Pitch Anderson 19

Sac. Hits Bordick 12

Sac. Flies Ripken and Surhoff 10

Intentional Walks Surhoff 14

Grounded into Double Plays Bordick 23

Caught Stealing Anderson 12

Power/Speed Number Anderson 18.0

At Bats per Strikeout Surhoff 8.8

At Bats per Home Run Palmeiro 16.2

Outs Palmeiro 480

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ERA Mussina 3.20

Wins Erickson and Key 16

Won-Loss % Rhodes .769

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Mussina 1.117

Hits Allowed/9IP Mussina 7.89

Bases on Balls/9IP Mussina 2.16

Strikeouts/9IP Mussina 8.73

Games Benitez and Orosco 71

Saves Myers 45

Innings Mussina 224.7

Strikeouts Mussina 218

Games Started Key 34

Comp. Games Mussina 4

Shutouts Erickson 2

Home Runs Allow. Mussina 27

Bases On Balls Allow. Key 82

Hits Allowed Erickson 218

SO to Walk Mussina 4.04

Losses Key 10

Earned Runs Allow. Erickson 91

Wild Pitches Erickson 11

Hit Batsmen Erickson and Key 5

Batters Faced Erickson 922

Games Finished Myers 57

Adjusted ERA+ Mussina 137

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries

Cal Ripken $ 6,850,000

Mike Mussina $ 6,825,000

Roberto Alomar $ 6,354,379

Rafael Palmeiro $ 5,337,021

Brady Anderson $ 4,050,000

Randy Myers $ 3,950,000

Chris Hoiles $ 3,600,000

Geronimo Berroa $ 3,300,000

Scott Erickson $ 3,300,000

Jimmy Key $ 2,340,000

Mike Bordick $ 2,333,333

Eric Davis $ 2,200,000

Harold Baines $ 1,925,000

B.J. Surhoff $ 1,616,667

Arthur Rhodes $ 1,600,000

Scott Kamieniecki $ 1,535,000

Jesse Orosco $ 1,100,000

Alan Mills $ 850,000

Terry Mathews $ 685,000

Shawn Boskie $ 660,000

Pete Incaviglia $ 650,000

Jeffrey Hammonds $ 490,000

Lenny Webster $ 425,000

Jerome Walton $ 385,000

Armando Benitez $ 275,000

Tony Tarasco $ 270,000

Jeff Reboulet $ 200,000

Rocky Coppinger $ 185,000

Mike Johnson $ 150,000

Rick Krivda $ 150,000

Aaron Ledesma $ 150,000

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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