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
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Toronto Blue Jays 9567.586—48‍–‍3347‍–‍34
New York Yankees 8874.543750‍–‍3138‍–‍43
Baltimore Orioles 8577.5251048‍–‍3337‍–‍44
Detroit Tigers 8577.5251044‍–‍3741‍–‍40
Boston Red Sox 8082.4941543‍–‍3837‍–‍44
Cleveland Indians 7686.4691946‍–‍3530‍–‍51
Milwaukee Brewers 6993.4262638‍–‍4331‍–‍50

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

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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