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1997 Baltimore Orioles  (1996)  (1998) 92-70, 2nd in AL Eastern Division Scored 800 runs, Allowed 677 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 94-68 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .708 Park Factor: Batting - 102 / Pitching - 101 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 101-61   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 98-64 Manager(s): Charlie Steinhice Lost to Seattle Mariners in Divisional Series, 3 games to 2.

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Brady Anderson       33  161  616  130  181  48   7  20   66  19   9   95  102  .294  .417  .492  136   8.1  1(0)e4     46  
 1B *Rafael Palmeiro      32  162  636   92  162  35   2  36  132   1   1   59  114  .255  .326  .486   98   5.3  2e11       -3  
 2B  Craig Biggio         31  149  573   93  156  24   3  15   66  36   7   71  103  .272  .378  .403   95   5.7  1e19     -135  
 OF  Geronimo Berroa      32  144  541   86  142  16   0  28   90   3   3   70  123  .262  .354  .447   82   5.2  5(0)e9    -35  
 2B #Roberto Alomar       29  119  396   70  128  22   3  13   75   7   0   53   36  .323  .398  .492   80   7.5  1e10        1  
 3B  Cal Ripken           36  162  626   62  169  43   0  16   73   2   1   40   71  .270  .320  .415   78   4.4  3e23        2  
 UT *B.J. Surhoff         32  143  546   58  151  22   3  21   75   0   2   26   57  .277  .312  .443   73   4.8            -48  
 OF  Jeffrey Hammonds     26   93  288   47   76  11   2  16   46   3   0   17   45  .264  .307  .483   43   5.4  3(0)e8    -19  
 OF *Midre Cummings       25   98  323   41   85  13   6   6   23   1   5   32   54  .263  .333  .396   41   4.5  4(+1)e2   -12  
 SS  Mike Bordick         31  111  325   34   78  10   1   9   38   0   0   16   56  .240  .278  .360   30   3.0  2e14       37  
 C  *Jesse Levis          29   75  201   24   49   9   0   1   16   2   1   32   16  .244  .345  .303   23   4.0  3(+1)e1   -48  
 C   Todd Pratt           30   38  102   11   34   5   0   5   14   0   0   11   32  .333  .415  .529   23   9.1  3(-1)e9   177  
 C   Todd Greene          26   36  105   10   33   5   0   4   12   0   0    6   19  .314  .351  .476   18   6.8  4(+1)e3   -57  
 C   Lenny Webster        32   50  141   11   29   6   1   2   13   0   0    7   35  .206  .243  .305   10   2.4  3(+1)e1  -143  
 OF  Yamil Benitez        24   17   64    9   19   4   0   2    7   0   0    3   14  .297  .319  .453    9   5.3  4(0)e13    25  
 3B  Matt Williams        31   20   68    7   17   4   0   4    9   0   0    4    8  .250  .288  .485    8   4.2  1e13      -22  
 OF #Ricky Otero          25   32   75   12   16   5   0   0    7   0   0    7   12  .213  .277  .280    6   2.7  4(+1)e5  -100  
 C   Kelly Stinnett       27    8   13    3    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    7    4  .154  .450  .231    2   5.1  4(+2)e4    12  
 OF *Dave Dellucci        23   12    8    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .250  .333  .250    0   1.9  3(+1)e16 -131  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 30                                                                           862                  -20

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

Team Pitching   Glossary
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     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  Curt Schilling       30  20  11  .645  35  35   9   0   0   0   0  263.1  203   85   83  30   66  315  2.84   93   3.2  -44  
  P  Mike Mussina         28  15  10  .600  34  34   6   0   0   0   1  228.2  187   90   88  26   58  221  3.46   81   3.2  -64  
  P  Scott Erickson       29  14  15  .483  34  34   7   0   0   0   1  222.0  231  146  111  26   78  130  4.50  117   4.6   33  
  P  Charles Nagy         30  11   9  .550  33  33   1   0   0   0   0  196.0  231  118  110  30   60  143  5.05  134   6.2   -2  
  P  Armando Reynoso      31   7   4  .636  15  15   0   0   0   0   0   90.1   85   44   42  13   28   47  4.18   45   4.5  -51  
  P  Rich DeLucia         32   5   2  .714  29   0   0   8   1   4   0   38.2   27   21   19   5   38   51  4.42   21   4.9   22  
  P *Arthur Rhodes        27   5   2  .714  49   0   0  20   4   3   0   76.2   52   19   19   4   32   88  2.23   25   3.0  -73  
  P *Randy Myers          34   4   3  .571  51   0   0  39  29   5   0   59.1   40   15   12   2   25   57  1.82   15   2.4  -57  
  P  Armando Benitez      24   4   5  .444  59   0   0  24   9   6   0   66.2   55   33   28  11   37   85  3.78   33   4.5   89  
  P  Jason Bere           26   2   1  .667   6   6   0   0   0   0   0   26.1   18   14   14   2   19   19  4.78   13   4.5  -52  
  P *Gabe White           25   2   1  .667  12   5   0   4   0   0   0   37.0   31   15   14   6    3   26  3.41   13   3.1  -92  
  P *Mark Guthrie         31   1   0 1.000  19   0   0   7   0   0   0   26.0   26   18   16   5   14   15  5.54   17   6.1   28  
  P  Ron Blazier          25   1   1  .500  10   0   0   7   0   0   0   17.2   21   12   10   4    9   19  5.09   13   6.9   18  
  P  Matt Karchner        30   1   3  .250  36   0   0  15   1   1   0   49.1   50   21   21   3   23   24  3.83   22   4.1  -30  
  P  Rocky Coppinger      23   0   0  .000   1   0   0   0   0   0   0    6.0    6    2    2   1    0    7  3.00    2   3.8 -145  
  P  Alberto Reyes        26   0   0  .000  16   0   0   5   0   1   0   16.2   11    2    2   2    8   12  1.08    5   2.8 -204  
  P  Alan Mills           30   0   1  .000   8   0   0   3   0   0   0    5.2    3    3    3   0    4    4  4.76    2   3.4 -293  
  P *Jesse Orosco         40   0   2  .000  54   0   0   7   0   0   0   31.0   24   19   15   5   27   21  4.35   17   5.0  124  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      675        -21

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Jesse Levis 542 61 73 553 24 3 4 .995 30 9 Lenny Webster 369 38 50 320 15 1 1 .997 27 5 Todd Pratt 261 29 37 242 8 2 0 .992 11 6 Todd Greene 232 27 34 220 9 0 0 1.000 23 6 Kelly Stinnett 53 7 8 44 2 0 0 1.000 3 1 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Rafael Palmeiro 1452 161 162 1431 125 12 161 .992 9.64 B.J. Surhoff 5 1 1 4 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Roberto Alomar 870 96 103 177 316 3 81 .994 5.10 Craig Biggio 587 66 66 122 205 8 49 .976 5.01 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Cal Ripken 853 99 105 45 130 18 12 .907 1.85 B.J. Surhoff 448 49 60 29 74 9 9 .920 2.07 Matt Williams 135 12 17 9 36 1 3 .978 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mike Bordick 864 99 110 155 309 6 78 .987 4.83 Cal Ripken 593 63 76 109 220 8 45 .976 4.99 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- B.J. Surhoff 717 78 89 125 6 4 1 .970 1.65 Jeffrey Hammonds 360 40 45 65 1 2 0 .971 1.65 Midre Cummings 152 17 24 29 0 0 0 1.000 1.72 Geronimo Berroa 97 11 11 12 0 2 0 .857 1.11 Yamil Benitez 81 10 10 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.33 Ricky Otero 39 4 6 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.31 Dave Dellucci 12 2 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.75 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Brady Anderson 1416 157 159 343 12 2 4 .994 2.26 Midre Cummings 25 3 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.52 Ricky Otero 16 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Geronimo Berroa 610 71 72 80 3 7 0 .922 1.23 Midre Cummings 586 64 72 89 5 0 1 1.000 1.44 Jeffrey Hammonds 153 15 24 27 2 1 1 .967 1.70 Ricky Otero 108 12 13 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 Dave Dellucci 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1997 Draft

Round 1 (#20):	Geronimo Berroa
Round 3 (#66):	Armando Reynoso
Round 4 (#82):	Todd Pratt
Round 5 (#101):	Rich DeLucia
Round 6 (#115):	Gabe White

Transactions

• 1997 preseason: released rookie Nerio Rodriguez
• 1997-01: acquired Alberto Reyes as a free agent
• 1997-02: acquired Midre Cummings as a free agent
• 1997-03: acquired Jason Bere as a free agent
• 1997-13: released Jason Bere
• 1997-13: acquired Yamil Benitez as a free agent
• 1997-20: traded BAA#3 to KCA for Matt Williams
• 1997-20: released Yamil Benitez
• 1997-21: released Ron Blazier
• 1997-21: acquired Kelly Stinnett as a free agent
• 1997-26: traded Arthur Rhodes to SEA for SEA#2
• 1997 postseason: released Todd Greene, Jesse Levis

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