List of Baltimore Orioles Opening Day starting pitchers

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Camden Yards has been the Orioles' home ball park since 1992. CamdenYards 2005-05-08.jpg
Camden Yards has been the Orioles' home ball park since 1992.

The Baltimore Orioles are a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise based in Baltimore, Maryland. They play in the American League East division. The Orioles started playing in Baltimore in 1954, after moving from St. Louis, where they were known as the St. Louis Browns. [1] The first game of the new baseball season for a team is played on Opening Day, and being named the Opening Day starter is an honor, which is often given to the player who is expected to lead the pitching staff that season, [2] though there are various strategic reasons why a team's best pitcher might not start on Opening Day. [3] The Orioles have used 33 different Opening Day starting pitchers in their 60 seasons since moving to Baltimore. The 33 starters have a combined Opening Day record of 22 wins, 18 losses and 17 no decisions. [4] [5] [6] [7] No decisions are only awarded to the starting pitcher if the game is won or lost after the starting pitcher has left the game. [8]

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The first Opening Day for the Orioles was played in Detroit against the Detroit Tigers on April 13, 1954. [5] [9] Don Larsen was the Orioles' Opening Day starting pitcher that day, in a game the Orioles lost 30. [5] [9] Jim Palmer and Mike Mussina have made the most Opening Day starts for the Baltimore Orioles, with six apiece. Palmer has a record of five wins and one loss in his Opening Day starts, and Mussina has a record of three wins, two losses and one no decision. Dave McNally made five Opening Day starts for the Orioles, with a record of three wins and no losses. Other Oriole pitchers who have made multiple Opening Day starts are Steve Barber, Rodrigo López, and Jeremy Guthrie, with three apiece, and Milt Pappas, Dennis Martínez, Mike Flanagan, Mike Boddicker, and Rick Sutcliffe, with two apiece. Flanagan's two Opening Day starts occurred eight years apart, in 1978 and 1986. [4]

Palmer has the most Opening Day wins for the Orioles, with five. McNally's record of three wins and no losses in Opening Day starts gave him a 1.000 winning percentage, the highest in Orioles history. Flanagan's record of no wins and two losses is the lowest winning percentage of any Orioles' Opening Day starting pitcher. Flanagan and Mussina are the only pitchers to have two losses for the Orioles in Opening Day starts. [4]

The Orioles have played in two home ballparks. Memorial Stadium was their home park until 1991, and Camden Yards has been their home park since 1992. Orioles' Opening Day starting pitchers had a record of eight wins, eight losses and eight no decisions in 24 Opening Day starts in Memorial Stadium. They have a record of ten wins, four losses and two no decisions in 15 Opening Day starts at Camden Yards. This makes their aggregate record in Opening Day starts at home 18 wins, 12 losses and 10 no decisions. Their record in Opening Day starts on the road is four wins, six losses and seven no decisions, for an aggregate Opening Day record of 22 wins, 18 losses and 16 no decisions. [4] [5] [6] [7] [9] [10] [11] The Orioles played in the World Series in 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1979 and 1983, winning in 1966, 1970 and 1983. [12] Their Opening Day starting pitchers in those years were Steve Barber (1966), Dave McNally (1969, 1970 and 1971), Jim Palmer (1979) and Dennis Martínez (1983). [4]

Key

Memorial Stadium was the Orioles' home ball park through 1991. Memorial Stadium (Baltimore).jpg
Memorial Stadium was the Orioles' home ball park through 1991.
SeasonEach year is linked to an article about that particular Orioles season.
WWin
LLoss
ND (W) No decision by starting pitcher; Orioles won game
ND (L)No decision by starting pitcher; Orioles lost game
Final
Score
Game score with Orioles runs listed first
LocationStadium in italics for home game
Pitcher (#)Number of appearances as Opening Day starter with the Orioles
*Advanced to the post-season
** AL Champions
World Series Champions

Pitchers

Don Larsen was the first Opening Day starting pitcher for the Orioles in 1954, the year they moved from St. Louis. DonLarsen.jpg
Don Larsen was the first Opening Day starting pitcher for the Orioles in 1954, the year they moved from St. Louis.
Mike Mussina, shown here with the New York Yankees, made six Opening Day starts for the Orioles. Mike-mussina.jpg
Mike Mussina, shown here with the New York Yankees, made six Opening Day starts for the Orioles.
Mike Boddicker made two Opening Day starts for the Orioles. Mike Boddicker.jpg
Mike Boddicker made two Opening Day starts for the Orioles.
Rodrigo Lopez made three Opening Day starts for the Orioles in 2003, 2005 and 2006. Rodrigo Lopez by Keith Allison.jpg
Rodrigo López made three Opening Day starts for the Orioles in 2003, 2005 and 2006.
Rick Sutcliffe, shown here with the Chicago Cubs, made two Opening Day starts for the Orioles. Rick Sutcliffe.jpg
Rick Sutcliffe, shown here with the Chicago Cubs, made two Opening Day starts for the Orioles.
SeasonPitcherDecisionFinal
score
OpponentLocationRef(s)
1954 Don Larsen L03 Detroit Tigers Tiger Stadium [4] [5] [9] [13]
1955 Lou Kretlow L512 Washington Senators Griffith Stadium [4] [6] [10] [14]
1956 Bill Wight L18 Boston Red Sox Fenway Park [15]
1957 Hal Brown ND (W)76 Washington Senators Griffith Stadium [16]
1958 Connie Johnson ND (W)61 Washington Senators Memorial Stadium [17]
1959 Jack Harshman L29 Washington Senators Griffith Stadium [18]
1960 Jerry Walker ND (W)32 Washington Senators Memorial Stadium [19]
1961 Milt Pappas L27 Los Angeles Angels Memorial Stadium [20]
1962 Billy Hoeft ND (L)67 New York Yankees Yankee Stadium [21]
1963 Steve Barber W31 Washington Senators District of Columbia Stadium [22]
1964 Milt Pappas (2)ND (W)53 Chicago White Sox Comiskey Park [23]
1965 Steve Barber (2)L35 Chicago White Sox Memorial Stadium [24]
1966 Steve Barber (3)ND (W)54 Boston Red Sox Fenway Park [25]
1967 Dave McNally ND (W)63 Minnesota Twins Memorial Stadium [26]
1968 Tom Phoebus W31 Oakland Athletics Memorial Stadium [27]
1969** Dave McNally (2)ND (L)45 Boston Red Sox Memorial Stadium [28]
1970 Dave McNally (3)W82 Cleveland Indians Cleveland Stadium [29]
1971** Dave McNally (4)W32 Washington Senators Memorial Stadium [30]
1972 Pat Dobson W31 New York Yankees Memorial Stadium [31]
1973* Dave McNally (5)W100 Milwaukee Brewers Memorial Stadium [32]
1974* Jim Palmer W32 Detroit Tigers Memorial Stadium [33]
1975 Jim Palmer (2)W100 Detroit Tigers Tiger Stadium [34]
1976 Jim Palmer (3)W10 Boston Red Sox Memorial Stadium [35]
1977 Jim Palmer (4)L12 Texas Rangers Memorial Stadium [36]
1978 Mike Flanagan L311 Milwaukee Brewers County Stadium [37]
1979** Jim Palmer (5)W53 Chicago White Sox Memorial Stadium [38]
1980 Jim Palmer (6)W53 Chicago White Sox Comiskey Park [39]
1981 Steve Stone W53 Kansas City Royals Memorial Stadium [40]
1982 Dennis Martínez ND (W)135 Kansas City Royals Memorial Stadium [41]
1983 Dennis Martínez (2)L27 Kansas City Royals Memorial Stadium [42]
1984 Scott McGregor L25 Chicago White Sox Memorial Stadium [43]
1985 Storm Davis ND (W)42 Texas Rangers Memorial Stadium [44]
1986 Mike Flanagan (2)L46 Cleveland Indians Memorial Stadium [45]
1987 Mike Boddicker ND (W)21 Texas Rangers Memorial Stadium [46]
1988 Mike Boddicker (2)L012 Milwaukee Brewers Memorial Stadium [47]
1989 Dave Schmidt ND (W)54 Boston Red Sox Memorial Stadium [48]
1990 Bob Milacki ND (W)76 Kansas City Royals Royals Stadium [49]
1991 Jeff Ballard L19 Chicago White Sox Memorial Stadium [50]
1992 Rick Sutcliffe W20 Cleveland Indians Oriole Park at Camden Yards [51]
1993 Rick Sutcliffe (2)L47 Texas Rangers Oriole Park at Camden Yards [52]
1994 Mike Mussina W63 Kansas City Royals Oriole Park at Camden Yards [53]
1995 Mike Mussina (2)ND (L)15 Kansas City Royals Kauffman Stadium [54]
1996* Mike Mussina (3)W42 Kansas City Royals Oriole Park at Camden Yards [55]
1997* Jimmy Key W42 Kansas City Royals Oriole Park at Camden Yards [56]
1998 Mike Mussina (4)L14 Kansas City Royals Oriole Park at Camden Yards [57]
1999 Mike Mussina (5)W107 Tampa Bay Devil Rays Oriole Park at Camden Yards [58]
2000 Mike Mussina (6)L14 Cleveland Indians Oriole Park at Camden Yards [59]
2001 Pat Hentgen ND (W)21 Boston Red Sox Oriole Park at Camden Yards [60]
2002 Scott Erickson W103 New York Yankees Oriole Park at Camden Yards [61] [62]
2003 Rodrigo López ND (W)65 Cleveland Indians Oriole Park at Camden Yards [63] [64]
2004 Sidney Ponson W72 Boston Red Sox Oriole Park at Camden Yards [65] [66]
2005 Rodrigo López (2)W40 Oakland Athletics Oriole Park at Camden Yards [67] [68]
2006 Rodrigo López (3)W96 Tampa Bay Devil Rays Oriole Park at Camden Yards [69] [70]
2007 Érik Bédard L47 Minnesota Twins Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome [71] [72]
2008 Jeremy Guthrie L26 Tampa Bay Rays Oriole Park at Camden Yards [73] [74]
2009 Jeremy Guthrie (2)W105 New York Yankees Oriole Park at Camden Yards [11]
2010 Kevin Millwood ND (L)34 Tampa Bay Rays Tropicana Field [7]
2011 Jeremy Guthrie (3)W31 Tampa Bay Rays Tropicana Field [75]
2012* Jake Arrieta W32 Minnesota Twins Oriole Park at Camden Yards [76]
2013 Jason Hammel W43 Tampa Bay Rays Tropicana Field [77]
2014* Chris Tillman W2–1 Boston Red Sox Oriole Park at Camden Yards [78]
2015 Chris Tillman (2)W6–2 Tampa Bay Rays Tropicana Field [79]
2016* Chris Tillman (3)W3–2 Minnesota Twins Oriole Park at Camden Yards [80]
2017 Kevin Gausman ND (W)3–2 Toronto Blue Jays Oriole Park at Camden Yards [81]
2018 Dylan Bundy ND (W)3–2 Minnesota Twins Oriole Park at Camden Yards [82]
2019 Andrew Cashner L2–7 New York Yankees Yankee Stadium [83]
2020 Tommy Milone L2–13 Boston Red Sox Fenway Park [84]
2021 John Means W3–0 Boston Red Sox Fenway Park [85]
2022 John Means (2)ND (L)1–2 Tampa Bay Rays Tropicana Field [86]
2023* Kyle Gibson W10–9 Boston Red Sox Fenway Park [87]
2024 Corbin Burnes W11–3 Los Angeles Angels Oriole Park at Camden Yards [88]

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