1996 Baltimore Orioles season

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1996  Baltimore Orioles
American League Wild Card Winners
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Oriole Park at Camden Yards
City Baltimore, Maryland
Record88–74 (.543)
Divisional place2nd
Owners Peter Angelos
General managers Pat Gillick
Managers Davey Johnson
Television WJZ-TV
Home Team Sports
(Mel Proctor, Josh Lewin, Mike Flanagan, Jim Palmer)
Radio WBAL (AM)
(Chuck Thompson, Jon Miller, Fred Manfra)
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The 1996 Baltimore Orioles season in which the Orioles finishing second in the American League East with a record of 88 wins and 74 losses and qualifying for the post-season as the Wild Card team. The Orioles broke the all-time record for most home runs hit by a team (set at 240 by the 1961 New York Yankees) with 257. During the season, four Orioles scored at least 100 runs, four drove in at least 100 runs and seven hit at least 20 home runs. The Orioles pitching staff allowed 209 home runs, 1,604 hits and had an ERA of 5.15. The Orioles defeated the Cleveland Indians in the ALDS and then lost in the ALCS to the New York Yankees.

Contents

Offseason

Oriole Park at Camden Yards, September 1996 Oriole Park at Camden Yards 1996.png
Oriole Park at Camden Yards, September 1996

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Season standings

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 92700.568—49–3143–39
Baltimore Orioles 88740.543443–3845–36
Boston Red Sox 85770.525747–3438–43
Toronto Blue Jays 74880.4571835–4639–42
Detroit Tigers 531090.3273927–5426–55

Record vs. opponents

1996 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —7–66–64–85–711–29–39–37–53–109–47–53–10–18–5
Boston 6–7—8–46–61–1112–13–97–56–67–68–57–66–68–5
California 6–64–8—6–64–96–64–87–54–87–66–75–84–97–5
Chicago 8–46–66–6—5–810–37–66–76–76–75–75–78–47–5
Cleveland 7–511–19–48–5—12–07–67–610–33–96–68–44–87–5
Detroit 2–111–126–63–100–12—6–64–86–65–84–86–64–96–7
Kansas City 3–99–38–46–76–76–6—4–96–74–85–77–56–65–8
Milwaukee 3–95–75–77–66–78–49–4—9–46–67–54–96–75–7
Minnesota 5–76–68–47–63–106–67–64–9—5–76–76–67–58–5
New York 10–36–76–77–69–38–58–46–67–5—9–33–95–78–5
Oakland 4–95–87–67–56–68–47–55–77–63–9—8–57–64–8
Seattle 5–76–78–57–54–86–65–79–46–69–35–8—10–35–7
Texas 10–3–16–69–44–88–49–46–67–65–77–56–73–10—10–2
Toronto 5–85–85–75–75–77–68–57–55–85–88–47–52–10—

Game log

1996 Game Log: 88–74 (Home: 43–38; Away: 45–36)
April: 14–12 (Home: 10–6; Away: 4–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 2 Royals 4–2Mussina (1–0)AppierMyers (1)46,8181–0
2April 3 Royals 7–1Wells (1–0)Gubicza—40,0682–0
3April 4 Royals 5–3Rhodes (1–0)PichardoMyers (2)38,7533–0
4April 5@ Twins 2–1Mercker (1–0)GuardadoMyers (3)22,7444–0
5April 6@ Twins 3–8RadkeHaynes (0–1)—22,3344–1
6April 7@ Twins 4–2Mussina (2–0)RobertsonMyers (4)14,5805–1
7April 10 Indians 3–2 (10)Orosco (1–0)Tavarez—45,0976–1
8April 11 Indians 14–4Erickson (1–0)HershiserRhodes (1)43,1897–1
9April 12 Twins 3–2Mussina (3–0)Robertson—42,6028–1
10April 13 Twins 7–6Benitez (1–0)Mahomes—42,6449–1
11April 14 Twins 1–4RodriguezHaynes (0–2)Stevens42,6609–2
12April 16 Red Sox 6–1Wells (2–0)Clemens—40,01710–2
13April 17 Red Sox 6–5 (12)Rhodes (2–0)Maddux—40,25811–2
14April 18 Red Sox 7–10MoyerMussina (3–1)Slocumb47,28311–3
15April 19@ Rangers 7–26CookMercker (1–1)Vosberg41,18411–4
16April 20@ Rangers 3–8GrossHaynes (0–3)—45,35811–5
17April 21@ Rangers 6–9OliverWells (2–1)—39,45611–6
18April 22@ Indians 3–6NagyErickson (1–1)Mesa42,23611–7
19April 23@ Indians 8–9OgeaMussina (3–2)Mesa40,77011–8
20April 24@ Royals 11–8Mercker (2–1)Haney—13,96212–8
21April 25@ Royals 3–2Rhodes (3–0)ValeraMyers (5)16,09013–8
22April 26 Rangers 4–5BrandenburgWells (2–2)Henneman44,02213–9
23April 27 Rangers 2–4WittErickson (1–2)Vosberg47,31113–10
24April 28 Rangers 4–5 (10)HerediaMcDowell (0–1)Henneman47,32713–11
25April 29 Rangers 8–7Haynes (1–3)HellingMyers (6)41,50314–11
26April 30 Yankees 10–13NelsonShepherd (0–1)Wetteland43,11714–12
May: 14–10 (Home: 8–5; Away: 6–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
27May 1 Yankees 6–11 (15)PettitteMercker (2–2)—47,47214–13
28May 3 Brewers 8–2Erickson (2–2)Bones—41,03715–13
29May 4 Brewers 10–5Mussina (4–2)Sparks—44,17516–13
30May 5 Brewers 1–13McDonaldHaynes (1–4)—46,02716–14
31May 7@ White Sox 2–3FernandezWells (2–3)Hernandez16,13016–15
32May 8@ White Sox 2–11BaldwinErickson (2–3)—14,97416–16
33May 9@ White Sox 6–4Mussina (5–2)AlvarezMyers (7)14,50717–16
34May 10@ Brewers 10–7 (12)Orosco (2–0)GarciaMcDowell (1)9,52018–16
35May 11@ Brewers 5–3 (10)Rhodes (4–0)PottsMyers (8)21,08119–16
36May 12@ Brewers 4–6MirandaErickson (2–4)Fetters14,33319–17
37May 13@ Athletics 4–3Krivda (1–0)JohnsMyers (9)8,20420–17
38May 14@ Athletics 9–1Mussina (6–2)Reyes—8,46621–17
39May 17 Mariners 14–13Mills (1–0)Charlton—47,25922–17
40May 18 Mariners 3–7MilackiMercker (2–3)—46,43422–18
41May 19 Mariners 8–7Mussina (7–2)HurtadoMyers (10)47,56523–18
42May 20 Angels 13–1Wells (3–3)Grimsley—43,49224–18
43May 21 Angels 2–5BoskieKrivda (1–1)Percival39,97424–19
44May 22 Angels 10–5Haynes (2–4)AbbottMcDowell (2)45,81725–19
45May 24 Athletics 5–4 (10)McDowell (1–1)Reyes—45,02426–19
46May 25 Athletics 3–6JohnsWells (3–4)Groom47,35326–20
47May 26 Athletics 6–1Mercker (3–3)ChouinardMcDowell (3)47,40127–20
48May 28@ Mariners 12–8Rhodes (5–0)GuettermanHaynes (1)23,23528–20
49May 29@ Mariners 8–9CharltonMyers (0–1)—20,25328–21
50May 31@ Angels 3–10LangstonWells (3–5)—21,60328–22
June: 14–14 (Home: 6–6; Away: 8–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
51June 1@ Angels 3–8BoskieHaynes (2–5)—35,35028–23
52June 2@ Angels 14–1Erickson (3–4)Abbott—33,70429–23
53June 4 Tigers 10–7Mussina (8–2)GohrMyers (11)43,72730–23
54June 5 Tigers 6–4Rhodes (6–0)MyersMyers (12)43,08731–23
55June 6 Tigers 13–6Krivda (2–1)Lira—46,26932–23
56June 7 White Sox 2–8FernandezErickson (3–5)—47,20932–24
57June 8 White Sox 1–2BaldwinMercker (3–4)Hernandez47,63432–25
58June 9 White Sox 9–12KarchnerMussina (8–3)Hernandez47,35232–26
59June 10@ Tigers 3–8OlivaresWells (3–6)—10,65532–27
60June 11@ Tigers 12–9Coppinger (1–0)Lira—10,87433–27
61June 12@ Tigers 10–7Rhodes (7–0)LewisMyers (13)12,04334–27
62June 13@ Royals 2–10LintonMercker (3–5)—20,10834–28
63June 14@ Royals 6–1Mussina (9–3)Gubicza—28,50235–28
64June 15@ Royals 6–7 (16)MagnanteKrivda (2–2)—24,78435–29
65June 16@ Royals 13–5Coppinger (2–0)JacomeMills (1)19,43736–29
66June 17 Rangers 1–1 (6)—45,58136–29
67June 18 Rangers 0–7OliverMercker (3–6)—47,31836–30
68June 19 Rangers 2–3WittMussina (9–4)Russell45,58136–31
69June 20 Rangers 3–2Wells (4–6)GrossMyers (14)21,74837–31
70June 21 Royals 9–3Rhodes (8–0)Haney—47,64438–31
71June 22 Royals 5–3Erickson (4–5)Montgomery—47,53439–31
72June 23 Royals 0–4AppierKrivda (2–3)—47,60839–32
73June 24@ Rangers 8–3Mussina (10–4)Witt—39,70140–32
74June 25@ Rangers 2–5GrossWells (4–7)Henneman41,68540–33
75June 26@ Rangers 5–6CookOrosco (2–1)Henneman38,98440–34
76June 27@ Yankees 2–3RogersErickson (4–6)Wetteland34,16140–35
77June 28@ Yankees 7–4Rhodes (9–0)RiveraMyers (15)43,51541–35
78June 29@ Yankees 3–4PettitteMussina (10–5)Wetteland45,29541–36
79June 30@ Yankees 9–1Wells (5–7)Mendoza—40,20042–36
July: 11–16 (Home: 5–13; Away: 6–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
80July 1@ Blue Jays 7–4Coppinger (3–0)HentgenMyers (16)43,37743–36
81July 2@ Blue Jays 8–2Erickson (5–6)Quantrill—32,15044–36
82July 3@ Blue Jays 2–5GuzmanKrivda (2–4)Timlin32,36544–37
83July 4 Red Sox 8–6Mussina (11–5)WakefieldMyers (17)47,07545–37
84July 5 Red Sox 3–7SeleWells (5–8)—47,23745–38
85July 6 Red Sox 4–3Coppinger (4–0)ClemensMyers (18)47,50046–38
86July 7 Red Sox 5–7HudsonMyers (0–2)Slocumb47,53246–39
87July 11 Yankees 2–4KeyMussina (11–6)Wetteland46,76046–40
88July 13 Yankees 2–3NelsonWells (5–9)Wetteland—46–41
89July 13 Yankees 5–7GoodenRhodes (9–1)Wetteland46,45146–42
90July 14 Yankees 1–4PettitteErickson (5–7)Wetteland47,65846–43
91July 15 Blue Jays 8–6Haynes (3–5)Timlin—43,19247–43
92July 16 Blue Jays 0–6GuzmanMussina (11–7)—45,85147–44
93July 17 Blue Jays 11–10Coppinger (5–0)Timlin—45,95548–44
94July 18@ Red Sox 6–3Wells (6–9)SeleMyers (19)33,01449–44
95July 19@ Red Sox 2–13MoyerErickson (5–8)—32,26249–45
96July 20@ Red Sox 0–2WakefieldCoppinger (5–1)Slocumb33,59049–46
97July 21@ Red Sox 10–6 (10)Myers (1–2)Stanton—34,42350–46
98July 22 Twins 5–9RobertsonHaynes (3–6)Trombley42,12950–47
99July 23 Twins 2–3AguileraWells (6–10)Naulty42,00650–48
100July 24 Twins 4–11RodriguezErickson (5–9)—46,18150–49
101July 25 Indians 7–10NagyCoppinger (5–2)—47,02550–50
102July 26 Indians 9–14AssenmacherMussina (11–8)—46,75150–51
103July 27 Indians 14–2Wells (7–10)Hershiser—47,36051–51
104July 28 Indians 3–6 (13)MesaStephenson (0–1)—46,27351–52
105July 30@ Twins 16–4Coppinger (6–2)Rodriguez—16,70852–52
106July 31@ Twins 9–3Mussina (12–8)Trombley—15,89753–52
August: 19–11 (Home: 7–4; Away: 12–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
107August 1@ Twins 4–2Wells (8–10)RobertsonMyers (20)20,37954–52
108August 2@ Indians 1–11HershiserErickson (5–10)—42,46554–53
109August 3@ Indians 9–4Orosco (3–1)Ogea—42,44855–53
110August 4@ Indians 2–14AndersonCoppinger (6–3)—42,34955–54
111August 5@ Indians 13–10Wells (9–10)Assenmacher—40,86356–54
112August 6@ Brewers 13–3Mussina (13–8)McDonald—17,07557–54
113August 7@ Brewers 12–2Erickson (6–10)Karl—20,28758–54
114August 8@ Brewers 6–4Coppinger (7–3)D'AmicoMyers (21)18,62059–54
115August 9@ White Sox 3–4 (10)SimasMyers (1–3)—23,99559–55
116August 10@ White Sox 13–4Mussina (14–8)AlvarezMcDowell (4)26,77260–55
117August 11@ White Sox 5–8TapaniMills (1–1)Hernandez27,08860–56
118August 13 Brewers 4–3Corbin (1–0)LloydMyers (22)44,46161–56
119August 14 Brewers 8–5Milchin (1–0)BonesMyers (23)47,48062–56
120August 15@ Athletics 18–5Mussina (15–8)Adams—14,02663–56
121August 16@ Athletics 14–3Erickson (7–10)Wasdin——64–56
122August 16@ Athletics 5–4 (10)Myers (2–3)Mohler—15,64565–56
123August 17@ Athletics 1–3PrietoCoppinger (7–4)Acre20,23165–57
124August 18@ Athletics 6–9WengertWells (9–11)—18,12265–58
125August 20 Mariners 4–1Mussina (16–8)WagnerMyers (24)47,67966–58
126August 21 Mariners 10–5Erickson (8–10)Hitchcock—47,19867–58
127August 22 Mariners 3–10MoyerCoppinger (7–5)—47,38067–59
128August 23 Angels 0–2BoskieWells (9–12)Percival47,29167–60
129August 24 Angels 5–4Mussina (17–8)AbbottMyers (25)46,48768–60
130August 25 Angels 0–13SpringerErickson (8–11)—47,23968–61
131August 26 Athletics 12–11 (10)Myers (3–3)Acre—43,36169–61
132August 27 Athletics 3–1Wells (10–12)PrietoMyers (26)43,64170–61
133August 28 Athletics 0–3WengertMussina (17–9)—45,28270–62
134August 29@ Mariners 6–9CharltonMyers (3–4)—24,91570–63
135August 30@ Mariners 5–2Coppinger (8–5)HitchcockMills (2)44,53271–63
136August 31@ Mariners 7–6Erickson (9–11)BosioBenitez (1)42,09272–63
September: 16–11 (Home: 7–4; Away: 9–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
137September 1@ Mariners 1–5MulhollandWells (10–13)—50,01572–64
138September 2@ Angels 12–8Mussina (18–9)Boskie—20,28773–64
139September 3@ Angels 2–10HarrisCoppinger (8–6)—15,92473–65
140September 4@ Angels 4–2Erickson (10–11)SpringerMyers (27)18,20474–65
141September 6 Tigers 4–5 (12)CummingsMathews (0–1)—46,70874–66
142September 7 Tigers 6–0Mussina (19–9)Thompson—47,13175–66
143September 8 Tigers 6–2Mills (2–1)Eischen—47,08276–66
144September 9 Tigers 5–4Erickson (11–11)OlivaresMyers (28)42,56277–66
145September 10 White Sox 5–1Wells (11–13)Tapani—43,32078–66
146September 11 White Sox 7–6 (10)Mills (3–1)Hernandez—43,32079–66
147September 12 White Sox 3–11FernandezMussina (19–10)—47,34279–67
148September 13@ Tigers 7–4Erickson (12–11)MillerMills (3)11,17880–67
149September 14@ Tigers 7–6Mathews (1–1)CummingsMyers (29)15,38681–67
150September 15@ Tigers 16–6Corbin (2–0)Van Poppel—13,76482–67
151September 18@ Yankees 2–3 (10)RiveraMills (3–2)—40,77582–68
152September 19@ Yankees 3–9RogersMussina (19–11)——82–69
153September 19@ Yankees 10–9Mathews (2–1)RiveraMyers (30)54,88883–69
154September 20 Blue Jays 1–5HentgenKrivda (2–5)Spoljaric47,02683–70
155September 21 Blue Jays 6–3Coppinger (9–6)WilliamsMyers (31)47,27084–70
156September 22 Blue Jays 5–4Erickson (13–11)FlenerBenitez (2)46,03585–70
157September 23 Brewers 7–8 (10)JonesMathews (2–2)Fetters46,54285–71
158September 24@ Red Sox 8–13GordonWells (11–14)Mahomes28,55785–72
159September 25@ Red Sox 6–2Krivda (3–5)WakefieldBenitez (3)28,43286–72
160September 26@ Blue Jays 4–1Coppinger (10–6)WilliamsBenitez (4)30,14187–72
161September 27@ Blue Jays 2–3FlenerErickson (13–12)Timlin30,11687–73
162September 28@ Blue Jays 3–2 (10)Myers (4–4)Spoljaric—36,31688–73
163September 29@ Blue Jays 1–4HentgenRodriguez (0–1)Timlin38,26788–74
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Tie
Bold = Orioles team member

Detailed records

Roster

1996 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

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

PosPlayerGABHHRRBIAvg.
C Chris Hoiles 1274071052573.258
1B Rafael Palmeiro 16262618139142.289
2B Roberto Alomar 1535881932294.328
3B B. J. Surhoff 1435371572182.292
SS Cal Ripken Jr. 16364017826102.278
LF Jeffrey Hammonds 7124856927.226
CF Brady Anderson 14957917250110.297
RF Bobby Bonilla 15959517128116.287
DH Eddie Murray 64230591034.257

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Other batters

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

PlayerGABHHRRBIAvg.
Mike Devereaux 12732374834.229
Luis Polonia 5817542214.240
Billy Ripken 5713531212.230
Todd Zeile 2911728519.239
Gregg Zaun 5010825113.231
Tony Tarasco 31842019.238
Mark Smith 277819410.244
Manny Alexander 5468704.103
Brent Bowers 21391203.308
Pete Incaviglia 12331028.303
Mark Parent 1833626.182
Jeff Huson 1728902.321
César Devarez 1018200.111
Gene Kingsale 30000.---

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Pitching

PositionNameGames PitchedGames StartedERAWinsLossesSavesInnings PitchedStrikeouts
Starting Pitchers
Mike Mussina [12] 36364.8119110243.1204
Scott Erickson [13] 34345.0213120222.1100
David Wells [14] 34345.1411140224.1130
Rocky Coppinger [15] 23225.181060135.0104
Kent Mercker [16] 14127.7636058.022
Relief Pitchers
Jesse Orosco [17] 6603.4031055.252
Roger McDowell [18] 4104.2511459.120
Arthur Rhodes [19] 2804.0891153.062
Alan Mills [20] 4904.2832354.252
Archie Corbin [21] 1802.3020027.120
Keith Shepherd [22] 1308.7101020.217
Terry Mathews [23] 1403.3822018.213
Armando Benítez [24] 1803.7710414.120
Jimmy Myers [25] 1107.0700014.06
Esteban Yan [26] 405.790009.17
Mike Milchin [27] 1305.7310011.010
Garrett Stephenson [27] 3012.790106.13
Brian Sackinsky [28] 303.860004.22
Jimmy Haynes [29] 26118.2936089.065
Rick Krivda [30] 22114.9635081.254
Nerio Rodríguez [31] 814.3201016.212
Manny Alexander [32] 1067.500000.20
Closer
Randy Myers [2] 6203.53443158.274

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Return of Eddie Murray

On July 21, 1996, the Baltimore Orioles re-acquired longtime Oriole Eddie Murray from the Cleveland Indians in exchange for pitcher Kent Mercker. [33] Murray, a member of the 1983 World Series Champion Baltimore Orioles, would subsequently hit his 500th career home run later in the season. As a commemoration of this event, an orange seat was installed in the outfield stands where Murray's 500th home run landed. The Orioles had a record of 49 wins and 46 losses before the trade, and 39–28 after the trade, not including the playoffs. During the 1996 playoffs, Eddie Murray hit .333 and hit a home run while producing 3 RBI.

The trade for Eddie Murray sparked the Orioles to have a better record after his arrival, than before. One can attribute that to his great leadership, which is well documented, as a Sporting News correspondent, Michael P. Geffner said, "To think of Murray as anything other than a great player these days is not to have a dissenting opinion anymore but to be dead wrong, blind not only to the inner game but to an understanding of what truly raises baseball to something classic and beautiful--when the game is executed purely and seamlessly. Which is Eddie Murray to a T.". [34] The Orioles success after the trade can also be attributed to the theory of "Power, worth, and recognition, [35] " which Thomas S. Parish who is an associate professor of psychology at Upper Iowa University, Fayette, Iowa, describes as a type of motivation where athletes attempt to out do or "show off" to each other, which leads to better statistics, and more wins. In Eddie Murray's last at-bat with the Orioles he hit a home run off of New York Yankee pitcher, Andy Pettitte.

ALDS

Game 1, October 1

Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Maryland

Team123456789 R H E
Cleveland0102001004100
Baltimore11200510X10101
WP: David Wells (1-0)   LP: Charles Nagy (0-1)
Home runs:
Cle: Manny Ramírez (1)
Bal: Brady Anderson (1), B. J. Surhoff (1, 2), Bobby Bonilla (1)

Game 2, October 2

Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Maryland

Team123456789 R H E
Cleveland000003010482
Baltimore10003003X790
WP: Armando Benítez (1-0)   LP: Eric Plunk (0-1)   Sv: Randy Myers (1)
Home runs:
Cle: Albert Belle (1)
Bal: Brady Anderson (2)

Game 3, October 4

Jacobs Field, Cleveland, Ohio

Team123456789 R H E
Baltimore010300000482
Cleveland12010041X9100
WP: Paul Assenmacher (1-0)   LP: Jesse Orosco (0-1)
Home runs:
Bal: B. J. Surhoff (3)
Cle: Manny Ramírez (2), Albert Belle (2)

Game 4, October 5

Jacobs Field, Cleveland, Ohio

Team123456789101112 R H E
Baltimore0200000010014141
Cleveland000210000000371
WP: Armando Benítez (2-0)   LP: José Mesa (0-1)   Sv: Randy Myers (2)
Home runs:
Bal: Rafael Palmeiro (1), Bobby Bonilla (2), Roberto Alomar (1)
Cle: None

ALCS

GameScoreDate
1 Baltimore 4, New York 5October 9
2 Baltimore 5, New York 3October 10
3 New York 5, Baltimore 2October 11
4 New York 8, Baltimore 4October 12
5 New York 6, Baltimore 4October 13

Jeffrey Maier incident

During Game 1 of the ALCS, New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter hit a deep fly ball to right field. Orioles outfielder Tony Tarasco camped under the ball and prepared to make a catch. However, a 12-year-old boy seated in the first row of the bleachers named Jeffrey Maier reached over the wall and caught the ball just above Tarrasco, costing the Orioles an out. Although it was fan interference, the umpire ruled the ball to be a home run. While Maier became a hero to Yankees fans, he immediately became a "symbol of the Orioles futility." [36] The Orioles would go on to lose the series in five games.

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Marv Foley
AA Bowie Baysox Eastern League Bob Miscik and Tim Blackwell
A High Desert Mavericks California League Joe Ferguson
A Frederick Keys Carolina League Tim Blackwell and Julio Garcia
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Bobby Dickerson
Rookie GCL Orioles Gulf Coast League Tommy Shields

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Bluefield [37]

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