1978 Baltimore Orioles

90-71 • 0.559 Win% • 4th in AL E

📊 Season Record

90 Wins
71 Losses
0.559 Win %
4th Rank
659 R 633 RA
Diff +26

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659 Runs Scored
633 Runs Allowed
+26 Run Diff
1,051K Attendance

📈 vs. 1978 AL Average

Batting Avg .257 1% below the 1978 league average (.261)
OBP .326 equal to the 1978 league average (.325)
SLG .342 5% above the 1978 league average (.327)
Team ERA 3.56 5% better than the 1978 league average (3.76)
Runs Scored 659 3% below the 1978 league average (679 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumMemorial Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,051,722
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Avg per Game 12,984

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Ken Singleton 0.293 2 Doug DeCinces 0.286 3 Eddie Murray 0.285 4 Pat Kelly 0.274 5 Rich Dauer 0.264

Home Runs

1 Doug DeCinces 28 2 Eddie Murray 27 3 Lee May 25 4 Ken Singleton 20 5 Pat Kelly 11

RBI

1 Eddie Murray 95 2 Ken Singleton 81 3 Doug DeCinces 80 4 Lee May 80 5 Rich Dauer 46
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Eddie Murray 161 610 85 174 0 0 27 95 70 97 6 0.285
Lee May 148 556 56 137 0 0 25 80 31 110 5 0.246
Doug DeCinces 142 511 72 146 0 0 28 80 46 81 7 0.286
Ken Singleton 149 502 67 147 0 0 20 81 98 94 0 0.293
Larry Harlow 147 460 67 112 0 0 8 26 55 72 14 0.243
Rich Dauer 133 459 57 121 0 0 6 46 26 22 0 0.264
Rick Dempsey 136 441 41 114 0 0 6 32 48 54 7 0.259
Mark Belanger 135 348 39 74 0 0 0 16 40 55 6 0.213
Pat Kelly 100 274 38 75 0 0 11 40 34 58 10 0.274
Billy Smith 85 250 29 65 0 0 5 30 27 40 3 0.260
Andres Mora 76 229 21 49 0 0 8 14 13 47 0 0.214
Carlos Lopez 129 193 21 46 0 0 4 20 9 34 5 0.238
Kiko Garcia 79 186 17 49 0 0 0 13 7 43 7 0.263
Al Bumbry 33 114 21 27 0 0 2 6 17 15 5 0.237
Terry Crowley 62 95 9 24 0 0 0 12 8 12 0 0.253
Dave Skaggs 36 86 6 13 0 0 0 2 9 14 0 0.151
Gary Roenicke 27 58 5 15 0 0 3 15 8 3 0 0.259
Mike Anderson 53 32 2 3 0 0 0 3 3 10 0 0.094
Elrod Hendricks 13 18 4 6 0 0 1 1 3 3 0 0.333
Nelson Briles 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Dimmel 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Flanagan 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Flinn 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Ford 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joe Kerrigan 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dennis Martinez 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tippy Martinez 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Scott McGregor 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Palmer 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Don Stanhouse 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Earl Stephenson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Sammy Stewart 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tim Stoddard 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Jim Palmer 2.46 2 Don Stanhouse 2.89 3 Scott McGregor 3.32 4 Dennis Martinez 3.52 5 Mike Flanagan 4.03

Wins

1 Jim Palmer 21 2 Mike Flanagan 19 3 Dennis Martinez 16 4 Scott McGregor 15 5 Don Stanhouse 6

Strikeouts

1 Mike Flanagan 167 2 Dennis Martinez 142 3 Jim Palmer 138 4 Scott McGregor 94 5 Tippy Martinez 57
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Jim Palmer 21 12 2.46 38 38 0 296.0 97 138
Mike Flanagan 19 15 4.03 40 40 0 281.1 87 167
Dennis Martinez 16 11 3.52 40 38 0 276.1 93 142
Scott McGregor 15 13 3.32 35 32 1 233.0 47 94
Don Stanhouse 6 9 2.89 56 0 24 74.2 52 42
Joe Kerrigan 3 1 4.77 26 2 3 71.2 36 41
Tippy Martinez 3 3 4.83 42 0 5 69.0 40 57
Nelson Briles 4 4 4.64 16 8 0 54.1 21 30
Tim Stoddard 0 1 6.00 8 0 0 18.0 8 14
John Flinn 1 1 8.04 13 0 0 15.2 13 8
Dave Ford 1 0 0.00 2 1 0 15.0 2 5
Sammy Stewart 1 1 3.18 2 2 0 11.1 3 11
Earl Stephenson 0 0 2.79 2 0 0 9.2 5 4
Elrod Hendricks 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 2.1 1 0
Larry Harlow 0 0 67.50 1 0 0 0.2 4 1

👥 Roster (33)

Mike Anderson Mark Belanger Nelson Briles Al Bumbry Terry Crowley Rich Dauer Doug DeCinces Rick Dempsey Mike Dimmel Mike Flanagan John Flinn Dave Ford +21 more

33 players

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