1993 Baltimore Orioles season

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1993  Baltimore Orioles
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Oriole Park at Camden Yards
City Baltimore
Record85–77 (.525)
Divisional place3rd
Owners Peter Angelos
General managers Roland Hemond
Managers Johnny Oates
Television WMAR-TV/WDCA
(Jon Miller, Brooks Robinson, Scott Garceau)
Home Team Sports
(Mel Proctor, John Lowenstein, Jim Palmer)
Radio WBAL (AM)
(Chuck Thompson, Jon Miller, Fred Manfra)
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The 1993 Baltimore Orioles season was the 93rd baseball season in Orioles history. It involved the Orioles finishing tied with the Detroit Tigers for third place in the American League East with a record of 85-77. They also hosted the 1993 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

The Orioles hosted the 1993 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. It was the 64th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL) at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 9–3. Orioles pitcher Mike Mussina was voted onto the All-Star team, but did not pitch in the game due to his injury.

There was a controversial incident towards the end of the game when Mussina chose to warm-up in the bullpen, despite the fact AL manager Cito Gaston had told him prior to the game that he would not pitch during the contest because of his injury issues and in case the game went into extra innings. [4] Orioles fans believed Mussina was warming up in preparation to come in and pitch the ninth inning and when Gaston put Duane Ward in to pitch the ninth inning, the fans at Camden Yards spent the rest of the game booing Gaston very loudly and many chanted the popular slogan saying "Cito Sucks" which could be heard years later in Baltimore anytime Baltimore played Toronto. Gaston was never treated well by Baltimore fans for the rest of his managerial career and he was subject to death threats for not pitching Mussina in the game. [5] Many believe Mussina threw on his own as a way of publicly showing up Gaston because he was angry at not pitching in the game. [4]

Season standings

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Toronto Blue Jays 95670.586—48–3347–34
New York Yankees 88740.543750–3138–43
Baltimore Orioles 85770.5251048–3337–44
Detroit Tigers 85770.5251044–3741–40
Boston Red Sox 80820.4941543–3837–44
Cleveland Indians 76860.4691946–3530–51
Milwaukee Brewers 69930.4262638–4331–50

Record vs. opponents

1993 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —6–77–54–88–55–87–58–58–46–710–27–54–85–8
Boston 7–6—7–57–55–86–75–75–87–56–79–37–56–63–10
California 5–75–7—7–65–74–86–77–54–96–66–76–76–74–8
Chicago 8–45–76–7—9–37–56–79–310–34–87–69–48–56–6
Cleveland 5–88–57–53–9—6–77–58–54–86–78–43–97–54–9
Detroit 8–57–68–45–77–6—5–78–56–64–98–47–56–66–7
Kansas City 5–77–57–67–65–77–5—5–77–66–66–77–67–68–4
Milwaukee 5–88–55–73–95–85–87–5—7–54–97–54–84–85–8
Minnesota 4–85–79–43–108–46–66–75–7—4–88–54–97–62–10
New York 7–67–66–68–47–69–46–69–48–4—6–67–53–95–8
Oakland 2–103–97–66–74–84–87–65–75–86–6—9–45–85–7
Seattle 5–75–77–64–99–35–76–78–49–45–74–9—8–57–5
Texas 8–46–67–65–85–76–66–78–46–79–38–55–8—7–5
Toronto 8–510–38–46–69–47–64–88–510–28–57–55–75–7—

Notable transactions

Roster

1993 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

Regular season

1993 regular season game log: 85–77 (Home: 48–33; Away: 37–44)
April: 8–13 (Home: 5–5; Away: 3–8)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordStreak
1April 5 Rangers
2April 7 Rangers
3April 9@ Mariners
4April 10@ Mariners
5April 11@ Mariners
6April 12@ Rangers
7April 13@ Rangers
8April 14@ Rangers
9April 16 Angels
10April 17 Angels
11April 18 Angels
12 April 207:35 p.m. EDT White Sox L 1–2 (14) Pall (1–1) Mills (0–1)–4:2445,8914–8 L1
—April 21 White Sox Postponed (Rain)(Makeup date: April 22)
13 April 226:05 p.m. EDT White Sox 2–3 McDowell (4–0) Olson (0–1) Hernández (2)2:4422,3174–9 L2
14April 23@ Royals
15April 24@ Royals
16April 25@ Royals
17 April 268:05 p.m. EDT @ White Sox L 0–7 Álvarez (1–0) Valenzuela (0–2)–2:4719,4775–12 L2
18 April 278:06 p.m. EDT @ White Sox L 4–9 McDowell (5–0) Sutcliffe (2–2)–2:4822,0225–13 L3
19April 28 Twins
20April 29 Twins
21April 30 Royals
May: 13–16 (Home: 5–7; Away: 8–9)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordStreak
22May 1 Royals
23May 2 Royals
24May 4@ Twins
25May 5@ Twins
26May 6@ Blue Jays
27May 7@ Blue Jays
28May 8@ Blue Jays
29May 9@ Blue Jays
30May 10 Red Sox
31May 11 Red Sox
32May 12 Red Sox
33May 14@ Tigers
34May 15@ Tigers
35May 16@ Tigers
36May 17 Indians
37May 18 Indians
38May 19 Indians
39May 20 Indians
40May 21 Brewers
41May 22 Brewers
42May 23 Brewers
43May 24@ Yankees
44May 25@ Yankees
45May 26@ Yankees
46May 27@ Yankees
47May 28@ Angels
48May 29@ Angels
49May 30@ Angels
50May 31@ Athletics
June: 20–7 (Home: 12–3; Away: 8–4)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordStreak
51June 1@ Athletics
52June 2@ Athletics
53June 4 Mariners
54June 5 Mariners
55June 6 Mariners
56June 7 Athletics
57June 8 Athletics
58June 9 Athletics
59June 10@ Red Sox
60June 11@ Red Sox
61June 12@ Red Sox
62June 13@ Red Sox
63June 14@ Brewers
64June 15@ Brewers
65June 16@ Brewers
66June 18@ Indians
67June 19@ Indians
68June 20@ Indians
69June 22 Tigers
70June 23 Tigers
71June 24 Tigers
72June 25 Yankees
73June 26 Yankees
74June 27 Yankees
75June 28 Blue Jays
76June 29 Blue Jays
77June 30 Blue Jays
July: 14–12 (Home: 8–5; Away: 6–7)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordStreak
78 July 18:07 p.m. EDT @ White Sox W 1–0 Moyer (4–3) McDowell (12–5) Olson (22)2:1125,69142–36 W2
79 July 28:06 p.m. EDT @ White Sox L 1–12 Fernandez (9–4) Mussina (9–4)–2:3827,99742–38 L1
80 July 37:07 p.m. EDT @ White Sox W 9–6 Williamson (5–1) Bere (3–3) Olson (23)3:1241,97243–38 W1
81 July 42:37 p.m. EDT @ White Sox L 1–3 Bolton (1–4) McDonald (4–8) Hernández (15)2:1131,41143–39 L1
82July 5@ Royals
83July 6@ Royals
84July 7@ Royals
85 July 87:36 p.m. EDT White Sox L 5–12 Bere (4–3) Sutcliffe (8–4)–3:0445,49645–40 L1
86 July 97:37 p.m. EDT White Sox W 15–6 McDonald (5–8) Bolton (1–5)–3:3446,20546–40 W1
87 July 103:19 p.m. EDT White Sox W 6–0 Valenzuela (4–7) Álvarez (8–5)–2:4845,36847–40 W2
88 July 111:39 p.m. EDT White Sox L 5–11 McDowell (13–6) Moyer (5–4)–2:5445,99947–41 L1
64th All-Star Game in Baltimore, Maryland
89July 15 Twins
90July 16 Twins
91July 17 Twins
92July 18 Twins
93July 19 Royals
94July 20 Royals
95July 21 Royals
96July 22@ Twins
97July 23@ Twins
98July 24@ Twins
99July 25@ Twins
100July 27@ Blue Jays
101July 28@ Blue Jays
102July 30 Red Sox
103July 31 Red Sox
August: 15–14 (Home: 11–4; Away: 4–10)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordStreak
104August 1 Red Sox
105August 2 Brewers
106August 3 Brewers
107August 4 Brewers
108August 5 Brewers
109August 6 Indians
110August 7 Indians
111August 8 Indians
112August 9@ Tigers
113August 10@ Tigers
114August 11@ Tigers
115August 12@ Tigers
116August 13@ Yankees
117August 14@ Yankees
118August 15@ Yankees
119August 16@ Mariners
120August 17@ Mariners
121August 18@ Mariners
122August 20 Rangers
123August 21 Rangers
124August 22 Rangers
125August 23 Rangers
126August 24 Angels
127August 25 Angels
128August 26 Angels
129August 27@ Rangers
130August 28@ Rangers
131August 29@ Rangers
132August 31@ Angels
September: 13–14 (Home: 5–8; Away: 8–6)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordStreak
133September 1@ Angels
134September 2@ Angels
135September 3@ Athletics
136September 4@ Athletics
137September 5@ Athletics
138September 6 Mariners
139September 7 Mariners
140September 8 Mariners
141September 10 Athletics
142September 11 Athletics
143September 12 Athletics
144September 13@ Red Sox
145September 14@ Red Sox
146September 15@ Red Sox
147September 17@ Brewers
148September 18@ Brewers
149September 19@ Brewers
150September 20@ Indians
151September 21@ Indians
152September 22@ Indians
153September 24 Tigers
—September 25 Tigers Postponed (Rain)(Makeup date: September 26)
154 (1)September 26 Tigers
155 (2)September 26 Tigers
156September 27 Yankees
157September 28 Yankees
158September 29 Yankees
159September 30 Blue Jays
October: 2–1 (Home: 2–1; Away: 0–0)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordStreak
160October 1 Blue Jays
161October 2 Blue Jays
162October 3 Blue Jays
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement
Bold = Orioles team member

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

PosPlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBIAVGSB
C Chris Hoiles 126419801302802982.3101
1B David Segui 146450541232701060.2732
2B Harold Reynolds 14548564122204447.25212
3B Leo Gómez 712443048701025.1970
SS Cal Ripken Jr. 162641871652632490.2571
LF Brady Anderson 142560871473681366.26324
CF Mike Devereaux 131527721323131475.2503
RF Mark McLemore 14858181165275472.28421
DH Harold Baines 118416641302202078.3130

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBIAVGSB
Tim Hulett 852604078150223.3001
Jack Voigt 641523245111623.2961
Mike Pagliarulo 33117243890621.3250
Glenn Davis 301138203019.1770
Jeffrey Hammonds 33105103280319.3054
Sherman Obando 319282520315.2720
Jeff Tackett 38878153009.1720
Damon Buford 537918185029.2282
Mark Parent 225471420412.2590
Paul Carey 18471101003.2130
Luis Mercedes 1024172001.2921
Lonnie Smith 924851023.2080
Mark Leonard 1015111003.0670
Chito Martínez 815000000.0000
Manny Alexander 30100000.---0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

PlayerWLERAGGSIPRERBBK
Ben McDonald 13143.393434220.1928386171
Fernando Valenzuela 8104.943231178.2104987978
Mike Mussina 1464.462525167.2848344117
Rick Sutcliffe 10105.752928166.01121067480
Jamie Moyer 1293.432525152.063583890
Arthur Rhodes 566.51171785.262624949

Relief pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

PlayerWLERAGSVIPRERBBK
Gregg Olson 021.60502945.0981844
Alan Mills 543.23454100.139365168
Todd Frohwirth 673.8370396.147414450
Mark Williamson 754.9148088.054482545
Jim Poole 212.1555250.118122129
Brad Pennington 326.5534433.025242539
John O'Donoghue 014.5811019.212101016
Kevin McGehee 005.945016.2111177
Mike Oquist 003.865011.25548
Anthony Telford 009.82307.18816
Mike Cook 000.00203.00023
Jeff Tackett 000.00101.00010

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Bobby Miscik
AA Bowie Baysox Eastern League Don Buford
A Frederick Keys Carolina League Pete Mackanin
A Albany Polecats South Atlantic League Mike O'Berry
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Andy Etchebarren
Rookie GCL Orioles Gulf Coast League Oneri Fleita

[7]

Notes

  1. ↑ Sherman Obando at Baseball-Reference
  2. ↑ Billy Ripken at Baseball-Reference
  3. 1 2 Scott Coolbaugh at Baseball-Reference
  4. 1 2 Altman, Billy. "The All-Star Game: Should Everyone Get to Play?" Archived November 2, 2007, at the Wayback Machine Village Voice, July 17, 2002
  5. ↑ Elliott, Bob. "Elliott on Baseball" [usurped] Toronto Sun, September 5, 2004
  6. 1 2 Mike Bielecki at Baseball-Reference
  7. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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