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1969 Baltimore Orioles  (1968)  (1970) 94-68, 1st in AL Eastern Division Scored 782 runs, Allowed 645 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 96-66 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .732 Park Factor: Batting - 97 / Pitching - 96 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 103-59   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 109-53 Manager(s): Mike Skiffington Defeated Minnesota Twins in Championship Series, 3 games to 2. Defeated New York Mets in World Series, 4 games to 2.

Team Batting (ordered by runs created)    Glossary        Team Schedule and Splits            Photos

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF  Frank Robinson       33  161  604  101  176  16   5  33  113   5   2   81   65  .291  .386  .498  118   7.1  2(+1)e4   -71  
 1B *Boog Powell          27  155  604   99  181  34   0  29  103   1   0   60   77  .300  .359  .500  107   6.5  3e8       -83  
 OF  Paul Blair           25  161  658   94  176  22   8  26  107  18   2   37   68  .267  .309  .444   87   4.5  1(-1)e6   -52  
 OF #Don Buford           32  156  628   97  163  27   2  10   68  14  12   89   73  .260  .356  .357   82   4.5  2(0)e5   -101  
 SS  Mark Belanger        25  147  550   79  154  17   3   1   46   5   0   49   59  .280  .338  .327   65   4.1  2e26      -31  
 2B  Davey Johnson        26  154  560   57  147  39   0   7   53   1   2   42   54  .262  .313  .370   62   3.8  2e14      -60  
 3B  Brooks Robinson      32  140  514   63  120  11   1  21   76   0   1   30   62  .233  .277  .381   51   3.3  1e14      -35  
 C  *Elrod Hendricks      28  102  326   40   73   7   0  14   36   0   0   52   53  .224  .332  .374   44   4.6  4(0)e1    -10  
 OF  Merv Rettenmund      26   91  205   42   64   9   7   5   28   2   1   26   28  .312  .388  .498   40   7.4  2(-1)e3   153  
 C   Andy Etchebarren     26   82  181   19   48  10   0   3   22   0   1   19   32  .265  .351  .370   24   4.8  3(-1)e6    21  
 SS  Larry Brown          29   45  139   14   42   5   1   1   16   2   0   11    6  .302  .351  .374   18   5.0  4e32      127  
 OF  Curt Motton          28   56   98   11   18   1   0   4   15   4   0   17   13  .184  .302  .316   11   3.7  4(+2)e3  -353  
 OF *Vada Pinson          30   86   81   16   25   3   1   1   11   0   0    4   11  .309  .341  .407   10   5.0  2(-1)e1    62  
 PH  Jose Cardenal        25   46   35   11   11   1   0   1    3   5   1    3    4  .314  .368  .429    4   4.5            110  
 C   Don Pavletich        30   16   37    6    8   1   0   3    6   0   0    2   10  .216  .256  .486    4   3.8  4(+2)e14    1  
 PH *Dave May             25   12   11    6    4   1   0   1    4   0   0    2    2  .364  .462  .727    3  15.2            517  
 C  *Clay Dalrymple       32   20   49    7    3   0   0   2    7   0   0    9    5  .061  .207  .184    2   1.2  2(+2)e8  -337  
 2B  Bobby Knoop          30    3    4    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .500  .500  .500    1  13.5  2e16      381  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           740                  -47

     * - 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 *Mike Cuellar         32  22  10  .688  39  39  12   0   0   0   6  291.0  218   95   88  27   84  183  2.72   91   2.8    0  
  P *Dave McNally         26  17  11  .607  40  40   8   0   0   0   1  290.1  240  120  111  33   89  198  3.44  104   3.2  -37  
  P  Jim Palmer           23  13   6  .684  26  23   7   2   0   0   2  182.2  137   71   59  12   60  139  2.91   58   2.9  -14  
  P  Dick Selma           25   9  10  .474  28  28   3   0   0   0   1  184.1  170  109   91  23   84  157  4.44   92   4.5   43  
  P *Pete Richert         29   8   4  .667  46   0   0  21   4   2   0   56.2   42   16   16   7   16   60  2.54   18   2.9  -14  
  P  Bill Wilson          26   6   4  .600  39   0   0  19   2   1   0   61.1   52   21   19   4   30   52  2.79   23   3.5  -74  
  P  Tom Phoebus          27   5   7  .417  18  18   1   0   0   0   0  114.1  126   84   73  17   59   75  5.75   75   5.9   89  
  P  Jim Hardin           25   5   7  .417  28  14   2   6   0   0   0  115.1  123   62   54  18   31   53  4.21   64   5.1   37  
  P  Dick Hall            38   4   6  .400  57   0   0  32  12   5   0   71.1   62   20   17   5   11   37  2.14   21   2.7   25  
  P  Dave Leonhard        28   3   1  .750  51   0   0  21   3   0   0   84.2   60   34   28   3   33   32  2.98   24   2.5  -94  
  P  Eddie Watt           28   2   2  .500  37   0   0  28  16   5   0   42.2   44   13   11   2    8   26  2.32   15   3.3   45  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      590          1

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Elrod Hendricks 845 97 99 624 38 0 5 1.000 25 22 Andy Etchebarren 451 43 75 338 19 6 1 .983 12 9 Clay Dalrymple 124 14 17 84 10 4 0 .959 15 7 Don Pavletich 75 8 11 59 2 1 0 .984 4 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Boog Powell 1334 146 148 1335 96 6 114 .996 9.65 Frank Robinson 157 16 19 149 15 4 10 .976 9.38 Elrod Hendricks 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00 Curt Motton 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 Don Pavletich 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Davey Johnson 1333 145 149 376 395 12 79 .985 5.21 Larry Brown 110 13 14 50 28 0 9 1.000 6.38 Don Buford 45 4 6 15 13 1 4 .966 5.64 Bobby Knoop 7 0 2 1 5 0 0 1.000 7.36 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Brooks Robinson 1180 129 133 103 209 9 20 .972 2.38 Don Buford 286 32 32 30 54 5 5 .944 2.64 Jose Cardenal 19 0 5 1 9 0 0 1.000 4.74 Larry Brown 9 1 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mark Belanger 1289 140 144 221 496 32 84 .957 5.01 Larry Brown 188 20 22 39 55 5 11 .949 4.50 Davey Johnson 18 2 2 2 15 1 1 .944 8.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Don Buford 1052 118 118 190 8 3 1 .985 1.69 Merv Rettenmund 227 23 43 47 2 0 1 1.000 1.95 Curt Motton 170 17 24 35 1 1 0 .973 1.91 Jose Cardenal 34 3 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 Vada Pinson 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 Frank Robinson 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Paul Blair 1476 161 161 395 16 8 3 .981 2.51 Merv Rettenmund 14 1 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 5.79 Jose Cardenal 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Frank Robinson 1267 144 144 246 5 6 2 .977 1.78 Merv Rettenmund 159 17 20 27 3 0 1 1.000 1.69 Vada Pinson 54 1 24 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.51 Jose Cardenal 7 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Dave May 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1969 Draft

Round 1 (#14):	Dick Selma
Round 2 (#34):	Vada Pinson
Round 3 (#54):	Bill Wilson
Round 4 (#71):	Bobby Knoop

Transactions

• 1969-17: traded Clay Dalrymple, BAA#3 to CHA for Don Pavletich, MON#4
• 1969 postseason: released Bobby Knoop

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