1978 Baltimore Orioles season

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1978  Baltimore Orioles
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Memorial Stadium
City Baltimore, Maryland
Record90–71 (.559)
Divisional place4th
Owners Jerold Hoffberger
General managers Hank Peters
Managers Earl Weaver
Television WJZ-TV
(Chuck Thompson, Bill O'Donnell, Brooks Robinson) [1]
Radio WBAL (AM)
(Chuck Thompson, Bill O'Donnell)
←  1977 Seasons 1979  →

The 1978 Baltimore Orioles season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Orioles finishing fourth in the American League East with a record of 90 wins and 71 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 100630.613—55–2645–37
Boston Red Sox 99640.607159–2340–41
Milwaukee Brewers 93690.5746½54–2739–42
Baltimore Orioles 90710.559951–3039–41
Detroit Tigers 86760.53113½47–3439–42
Cleveland Indians 69900.4342942–3627–54
Toronto Blue Jays 591020.3664037–4422–58

Record vs. opponents

1978 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —7–84–68–19–67–82–87–85–56–911–09–17–48–7
Boston 8–7—9–27–37–812–34–610–59–27–95–57–33–711–4
California 6–42–9—8–76–44–79–65–512–35–59–69–65–107–3
Chicago 1–83–77–8—8–22–98–74–78–71–97–87–811–44–6
Cleveland 6–98–74–62–8—5–105–65–105–56–94–68–11–910–4
Detroit 8–73–127–49–210–5—4–67–84–64–116–48–27–39–6
Kansas City 8–26–46–97–86–56–4—6–47–86–510–512–37–85–5
Milwaukee 8–75–105–57–410–58–74–6—4–710–59–15–56–412–3
Minnesota 5–52–93–127–85–56–48–77–4—3–79–66–96–96–4
New York 9–69–75–59–19–611–45–65–107–3—8–26–56–411–4
Oakland 0–115–56–98–76–44–65–101–96–92–8—13–26–97–4
Seattle 1–93–76–98–71–82–83–125–59–65–62–13—3–128–2
Texas 4–77–310–54–119–13–78–74–69–64–69–612–3—4–7
Toronto 7–84–113–76–44–106–95–53–124–64–114–72–87–4—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster

1978 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Rick Dempsey 146441114.259632
1B Eddie Murray 161610174.2852795
2B Rich Dauer 133459121.264646
3B Doug DeCinces 142511146.2862880
SS Mark Belanger 13534874.213016
LF Pat Kelly 10027475.2741140
CF Larry Harlow 147460112.243826
RF Ken Singleton 149502147.2932081
DH Lee May 148556137.2462580

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Billy Smith 8525065.260530
Andrés Mora 7622949.214814
Carlos López 12019346.238420
Kiko Garcia 7918649.263013
Al Bumbry 3311427.23726
Terry Crowley 629524.253012
Dave Skaggs 368613.15102
Gary Roenicke 275815.259315
Mike Anderson 53323.09403
Elrod Hendricks 13186.33311
Mike Dimmel 800----00

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jim Palmer 38296.021122.46138
Mike Flanagan 40281.119154.03167
Dennis Martínez 40276.116113.52142
Scott McGregor 35233.015133.3294
Sammy Stewart 211.1113.1811

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Nelson Briles 1654.1444.6430
Dave Ford 215.0100.005

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Don Stanhouse 5669242.8942
Tippy Martinez 423354.8357
Joe Kerrigan 263134.7741
John Flinn 131108.048
Tim Stoddard 80106.0014
Earl Stephenson 20002.794
Larry Harlow 100067.501
Elrod Hendricks 10000.000

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Ken Boyer, Al Widmar and Frank Robinson
AA Charlotte O's Southern League Lance Nichols
A Miami Orioles Florida State League Jimmy Williams
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League J. R. Miner

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Miami

Notes

  1. ↑ 1978 Media Guide (PDF). Baltimore Orioles. p. 48. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  2. ↑ Elrod Hendricks page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Bryn Smith page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Ken Rudolph page at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Tony Muser page at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ 1978 Baltimore Orioles Roster by Baseball Almanac
  7. ↑ 100 Things Orioles Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die, Dan Connolly, Triumph Books, Chicago, 2015, ISBN 978-1-62937-041-5, p.11
  8. ↑ Cal Ripken page at Baseball Reference
  9. ↑ Bobby Bonner page at Baseball Reference
  10. ↑ Mike Boddicker page at Baseball Reference [ permanent dead link ]

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