1998 Baltimore Orioles

79-83 • 0.488 Win% • 4th in AL E

📊 Season Record

79 Wins
83 Losses
0.488 Win %
4th Rank
817 R 785 RA
Diff +32

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⚡ Quick Stats

817 Runs Scored
785 Runs Allowed
+32 Run Diff
3,684K Attendance

📈 vs. 1998 AL Average

Batting Avg .273 1% above the 1998 league average (.271)
OBP .343 2% above the 1998 league average (.336)
SLG .388 6% above the 1998 league average (.366)
Team ERA 4.74 2% worse than the 1998 league average (4.65)
Runs Scored 817 1% above the 1998 league average (812 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumOriole Park at Camden Yards
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 3,684,560
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Avg per Game 45,488

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Eric Davis 0.327 2 Harold Baines 0.300 3 Rafael Palmeiro 0.296 4 Lenny Webster 0.285 5 Roberto Alomar 0.282

Home Runs

1 Rafael Palmeiro 43 2 Eric Davis 28 3 B. J. Surhoff 22 4 Brady Anderson 18 5 Chris Hoiles 15

RBI

1 Rafael Palmeiro 121 2 B. J. Surhoff 92 3 Eric Davis 89 4 Cal Ripken 61 5 Harold Baines 57
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Rafael Palmeiro 162 619 98 183 0 0 43 121 79 91 11 0.296
Cal Ripken 161 601 65 163 0 0 14 61 51 68 0 0.271
Roberto Alomar 147 588 86 166 0 0 14 56 59 70 18 0.282
B. J. Surhoff 162 573 79 160 0 0 22 92 49 81 9 0.279
Brady Anderson 133 479 84 113 0 0 18 51 75 78 21 0.236
Mike Bordick 151 465 59 121 0 0 13 51 39 65 6 0.260
Eric Davis 131 452 81 148 0 0 28 89 44 108 7 0.327
Lenny Webster 108 309 37 88 0 0 10 46 15 38 0 0.285
Harold Baines 104 293 40 88 0 0 9 57 32 40 0 0.300
Joe Carter 85 283 36 70 0 0 11 34 18 48 3 0.247
Chris Hoiles 97 267 36 70 0 0 15 56 38 50 0 0.262
Jeffrey Hammonds 63 171 36 46 0 0 6 28 26 38 7 0.269
Jeff Reboulet 79 126 20 31 0 0 1 8 19 34 0 0.246
Rich Becker 79 113 22 23 0 0 3 11 22 34 2 0.204
Willie Greene 24 40 8 6 0 0 1 5 13 10 1 0.150
Lyle Mouton 18 39 5 12 0 0 2 7 4 8 0 0.308
Danny Clyburn 11 25 6 7 0 0 1 3 1 10 0 0.280
Charlie Greene 13 21 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.190
Calvin Pickering 9 21 4 5 0 0 2 3 3 4 1 0.238
Ozzie Guillen 12 16 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.062
Ryan Minor 9 14 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0.429
Jesus Tavarez 8 11 2 2 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 0.182
P. J. Forbes 9 10 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.100
Jerry Hairston 6 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Willis Otanez 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.200
Sidney Ponson 31 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.500
Scott Erickson 36 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0.000
Doug Johns 31 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Gene Kingsale 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Mike Mussina 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Arthur Rhodes 45 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.500
Pete Smith 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Doug Drabek 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Armando Benitez 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joel Bennett 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Norm Charlton 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rocky Coppinger 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Radhames Dykhoff 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chris Fussell 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Juan Guzman 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Scott Kamieniecki 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jimmy Key 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Richie Lewis 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Terry Mathews 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Alan Mills 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bobby Munoz 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jesse Orosco 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Nerio Rodriguez 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Jesse Orosco 3.18 2 Mike Mussina 3.49 3 Arthur Rhodes 3.51 4 Alan Mills 3.74 5 Armando Benitez 3.82

Wins

1 Scott Erickson 16 2 Mike Mussina 13 3 Sidney Ponson 8 4 Doug Drabek 6 5 Jimmy Key 6

Strikeouts

1 Scott Erickson 186 2 Mike Mussina 175 3 Armando Benitez 87 4 Sidney Ponson 85 5 Arthur Rhodes 83
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Scott Erickson 16 13 4.01 36 36 0 251.1 69 186
Mike Mussina 13 10 3.49 29 29 0 206.1 41 175
Sidney Ponson 8 9 5.27 31 20 1 135.0 42 85
Doug Drabek 6 11 7.29 23 21 0 108.2 29 55
Doug Johns 3 3 4.57 31 10 1 86.2 32 34
Jimmy Key 6 3 4.20 25 11 0 79.1 23 53
Alan Mills 3 4 3.74 72 0 2 77.0 50 57
Arthur Rhodes 4 4 3.51 45 0 4 77.0 34 83
Armando Benitez 5 6 3.82 71 0 22 68.1 39 87
Juan Guzman 4 4 4.23 11 11 0 66.0 33 55
Jesse Orosco 4 1 3.18 69 0 7 56.2 28 50
Scott Kamieniecki 2 6 6.75 12 11 0 54.2 26 25
Pete Smith 2 3 6.20 27 4 0 45.0 16 29
Norm Charlton 2 1 6.94 36 0 0 35.0 25 41
Terry Mathews 0 1 6.20 17 0 0 20.1 8 10
Nerio Rodriguez 1 3 8.05 6 4 0 19.0 9 8
Rocky Coppinger 0 0 5.17 6 1 0 15.2 7 13
Bobby Munoz 0 0 9.75 9 1 0 12.0 6 6
Chris Fussell 0 1 8.38 3 2 0 9.2 9 8
Richie Lewis 0 0 15.43 2 1 0 4.2 5 4
Joel Bennett 0 0 4.50 2 0 0 2.0 3 0
Radhames Dykhoff 0 0 18.00 1 0 0 1.0 1 1

👥 Roster (48)

Roberto Alomar Brady Anderson Harold Baines Rich Becker Armando Benitez Joel Bennett Mike Bordick Joe Carter Norm Charlton Danny Clyburn Rocky Coppinger Eric Davis +36 more

48 players

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