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1955 Baltimore Orioles  (1954)  (1956) 74-80, 4th in American League Scored 611 runs, Allowed 683 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 68-86 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .713 Park Factor: Batting - 90 / Pitching - 91 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 67-87   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 57-97 Manager(s): Pat Carr

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF  Roy Sievers          28  151  562   92  147  25   4  33   98   1   0   78   71  .262  .355  .496  101   6.3  4(+3)e4    -2  
 1B *Dale Long            29  131  432   55  119  26  14  11   53   0   0   71   59  .275  .378  .477   77   6.5  4e20      -21  
 C   Gus Triandos         24  135  477   51  125  17   4  18   73   0   0   32   62  .262  .308  .428   60   4.4  4(+1)e7     4  
 UT  Gene Freese          21  136  464   55  117  30  10   9   77   2   0   30   59  .252  .306  .418   58   4.2            -12  
 OF *Cal Abrams           31  123  339   58   78  17   4   7   31   3   0   96   74  .230  .401  .366   58   5.7  4(0)e6     -5  
 SS #Willy Miranda        29  146  539   57  144  15   4   3   38   2   0   43   62  .267  .318  .327   56   3.6  1e34       21  
 OF  Chuck Diering        32  128  398   44   98  20   6   1   30   1   5   64   69  .246  .350  .334   50   4.4  1(0)e11    -5  
 3B  Billy Cox            35  125  355   31   81  13   6   8   39   1   3   33   27  .228  .292  .366   33   3.0  3e15       68  
 OF  Jim Dyck             33   56  170   26   52  16   1   0   24   1   0   27   10  .306  .396  .412   29   6.3  4(+2)e4    50  
 OF *Gil Coan             33   84  233   20   50  11   0   2   17   5   3   18   37  .215  .278  .288   20   2.9  4(+2)e6   -21  
 2B *Bobby Young          30   88  217   20   52   3   1   2   15   1   2    7   16  .240  .263  .290   16   2.5  3e14       35  
 C  *Rube Walker          29   50  119    8   32   7   0   4   11   0   0   10   13  .269  .321  .429   15   4.4  3(+1)e4    48  
 OF *Faye Throneberry     24   73  160   17   32   7   5   2   13   0   0   13   44  .200  .259  .344   14   2.9  3(-1)e14 -193  
 2B  Fred Marsh           31   66  168   22   42   3   0   0   10   0   0   14   20  .250  .308  .268   13   2.8  3e15        8  
 OF  Roman Mejias         24   47   88   16   22   6   0   1   10   0   2    4    9  .250  .283  .352    7   2.8  4(-1)e25   50  
 C   Ray Katt             28   23   63    7   14   1   2   1    6   0   0    1   10  .222  .234  .349    3   1.9  4(0)e4      3  
 SS  Billy Hunter         27   50   76    6   13   2   0   0    5   0   0    6    6  .171  .229  .197    3   1.3  2e34     -141  
 OF *Gale Wade            26   17   21    3    3   1   0   0    0   0   0    3    2  .143  .250  .190    1   1.8  4(+1)e25 -133  
 2B *Don Leppert          24    8    9    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .111  .111  .111    0    .4  3e62     -133  
 PH  Hank Majeski         38    6    6    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -555  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           621                   -1

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary

     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Jim Wilson           33  19  11  .633  36  36   4   0   0   0   1  258.0  207   89   70  17   88  105  2.44   92   3.2  -59  
  P *Bill Wight           33  11  11  .500  44  14   3  14   2   3   1  150.1  170   75   61  13   48   79  3.65   80   4.7   77  
  P *Ed Lopat             37  10   8  .556  31  18   1   8   0   1   1  150.1  160   70   63  23   27   38  3.77   73   4.3  -73  
  P  George Zuverink      30   7   3  .700  45   6   1  21   3   3   0  103.0  108   55   40  14   36   51  3.50   54   4.8   -3  
  P *Johnny Schmitz       34   7  12  .368  42  22   4   9   1   0   0  179.2  222  118   97  18   62   69  4.86  117   5.8   44  
  P  Sal Maglie           38   6  10  .375  23  23   1   0   0   0   0  141.2  149   70   63  17   61   73  4.00   75   4.7  -63  
  P  Sam Jones            29   6  11  .353  41  17   2  12   1   1   0  148.1  108   88   78  12  125  129  4.73   68   4.1  -29  
  P  Bob Feller           36   4   4  .500  55   2   0  45  28   8   0   84.1   71   27   24   3   36   32  2.56   33   3.6  -14  
  P  Erv Palica           27   4   7  .364  36  14   1  11   0   0   0  133.0  124   64   55   8   77   49  3.72   59   4.0  -76  
  P *Ted Gray             30   0   0  .000   1   0   0   1   0   0   0    1.0    1    0    0   0    0    1  0.00    0   2.2 -568  
  P  Duane Pillette       32   0   1  .000   6   0   0   3   0   0   0    7.0    6    4    4   0    4    3  5.14    2   2.7 -287  
  P *Art Schallock        31   0   2  .000  19   2   0  13   1   0   0   31.0   39   23   19   0   19   14  5.52   20   5.9   -4  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 32                                                                                      678        -24

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Gus Triandos 1024 114 123 557 45 16 3 .974 36 15 Rube Walker 247 27 32 126 5 2 1 .985 6 1 Ray Katt 117 13 15 71 1 2 0 .973 5 1 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dale Long 996 108 116 1128 123 12 115 .990 11.31 Roy Sievers 376 44 47 412 36 3 46 .993 10.72 Gus Triandos 15 2 2 11 3 0 0 1.000 8.40 Cal Abrams 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gene Freese 511 59 66 147 168 9 54 .972 5.55 Bobby Young 460 48 71 134 163 3 39 .990 5.81 Fred Marsh 399 46 53 139 144 6 45 .979 6.38 Don Leppert 10 1 3 2 2 0 1 1.000 3.60 Willy Miranda 6 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 Billy Cox 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Billy Cox 861 89 117 59 237 5 15 .983 3.09 Gene Freese 469 60 60 33 113 12 7 .924 2.80 Roy Sievers 24 2 5 1 8 0 0 1.000 3.38 Jim Dyck 17 1 5 1 7 0 0 1.000 4.24 Gus Triandos 14 2 3 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.57 Hank Majeski 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Bobby Young 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Willy Miranda 1235 139 141 274 536 28 110 .967 5.90 Billy Hunter 145 15 23 40 57 4 17 .960 6.02 Chuck Diering 7 0 4 3 5 0 1 1.000 9.82 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Roy Sievers 876 103 111 195 4 3 0 .985 2.04 Jim Dyck 373 44 46 88 4 1 1 .989 2.22 Cal Abrams 59 1 19 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.53 Faye Throneberry 36 2 11 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 Gil Coan 19 2 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.95 Roman Mejias 18 1 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 Chuck Diering 7 1 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Chuck Diering 851 88 103 243 2 4 0 .984 2.59 Cal Abrams 502 62 63 121 6 2 0 .984 2.28 Gale Wade 26 3 4 8 0 3 0 .727 2.77 Roman Mejias 9 1 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gil Coan 494 57 64 80 1 3 0 .964 1.48 Cal Abrams 319 30 47 55 0 2 0 .965 1.55 Faye Throneberry 299 31 47 51 4 6 1 .902 1.65 Roman Mejias 138 17 18 26 1 1 0 .964 1.76 Chuck Diering 138 19 20 17 0 1 0 .944 1.11 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1955 Draft

Round 1 (#5):	Sal Maglie
Round 2 (#19):	Duane Pillette
Round 3 (#33):	Johnny Schmitz
Round 4 (#46):	Billy Hunter
Round 5 (#59):	Ray Katt
Round 6 (#72):	Bobby Young

Transactions

• 1955-01: traded Jim King, Wally Westlake to CHA for Faye Throneberry, Gil Coan
• 1955-01: traded Herb Score to CIN for Sam Jones, CIN#1
• 1955-03: acquired Roman Mejias as a free agent
• 1955-09: acquired Gale Wade as a free agent
• 1955 postseason: released Dale Long

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