1993 Baltimore Orioles season

The 1993 Baltimore Orioles season was the 93rd baseball season in Orioles history. It involved the Orioles finishing tied with the Detroit Tigers for 3rd place in the American League East with a record of 85-77. They also hosted the 1993 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.

1993 Baltimore Orioles
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record85–77 (.525)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
OwnersPeter Angelos
General managersRoland Hemond
ManagersJohnny Oates
Local televisionWMAR-TV/WDCA
(Jon Miller, Brooks Robinson, Scott Garceau)
Home Team Sports
(Mel Proctor, John Lowenstein, Jim Palmer)
Local radioWBAL (AM)
(Chuck Thompson, Jon Miller, Fred Manfra)
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Offseason

Regular season

The Orioles hosted the 1993 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. It was the 64th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL) at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 9–3. Orioles pitcher Mike Mussina was voted onto the All-Star team, but did not pitch in the game due to his injury.

There was a controversial incident towards the end of the game when Mussina chose to warm-up in the bullpen, despite the fact AL manager Cito Gaston had told him prior to the game that he would not pitch during the contest because of his injury issues and in case the game went into extra innings.[4] Orioles fans believed Mussina was warming up in preparation to come in and pitch the ninth inning and when Gaston put Duane Ward in to pitch the ninth inning, the fans at Camden Yards spent the rest of the game booing Gaston very loudly and many chanted the popular slogan saying "Cito Sucks" which could be heard years later in Baltimore anytime Baltimore played Toronto. Gaston was never treated well by Baltimore fans for the rest of his managerial career and he was subject to death threats for not pitching Mussina in the game.[5] Many believe Mussina threw on his own as a way of publicly showing up Gaston because he was angry at not pitching in the game.[4]

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Toronto Blue Jays 9567 0.586 — 48–33 47–34
New York Yankees 8874 0.543 7 50–31 38–43
Baltimore Orioles 8577 0.525 10 48–33 37–44
Detroit Tigers 8577 0.525 10 44–37 41–40
Boston Red Sox 8082 0.494 15 43–38 37–44
Cleveland Indians 7686 0.469 19 46–35 30–51
Milwaukee Brewers 6993 0.426 26 38–43 31–50

Record vs. opponents
1993 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —6–77–54–88–55–87–58–58–46–710–27–54–85–8
Boston 7–6—7–57–55–86–75–75–87–56–79–37–56–63–10
California 5–75–7—7–65–74–86–77–54–96–66–76–76–74–8
Chicago 8–45–76–7—9–37–56–79–310–34–87–69–48–56–6
Cleveland 5–88–57–53–9—6–77–58–54–86–78–43–97–54–9
Detroit 8–57–68–45–77–6—5–78–56–64–98–47–56–66–7
Kansas City 5–77–57–67–65–77–5—5–77–66–66–77–67–68–4
Milwaukee 5–88–55–73–95–85–87–5—7–54–97–54–84–85–8
Minnesota 4–85–79–43–108–46–66–75–7—4–88–54–97–62–10
New York 7–67–66–68–47–69–46–69–48–4—6–67–53–95–8
Oakland 2–103–97–66–74–84–87–65–75–86–6—9–45–85–7
Seattle 5–75–77–64–99–35–76–78–49–45–74–9—8–57–5
Texas 8–46–67–65–85–76–66–78–46–79–38–55–8—7–5
Toronto 8–510–38–46–69–47–64–88–510–28–57–55–75–7—

Notable transactions
  • June 29, 1993: Mike Bielecki was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.[6]
  • August 15, 1993: Mike Bielecki was released by the Orioles.[6]
  • September 30, 1993: Scott Coolbaugh was released by the Orioles.[3]

Roster
1993 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Game log

Regular season
1993 regular season game log: 85–77 (Home: 48–33; Away: 37–44)
April: 8–13 (Home: 5–5; Away: 3–8)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordStreak
—April 21White SoxPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: April 22)
May: 13–16 (Home: 5–7; Away: 8–9)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordStreak
June: 20–7 (Home: 12–3; Away: 8–4)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordStreak
July: 14–12 (Home: 8–5; Away: 6–7)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordStreak
64th All-Star Game in Baltimore, Maryland
August: 15–14 (Home: 11–4; Away: 4–10)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordStreak
September: 13–14 (Home: 5–8; Away: 8–6)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordStreak
—September 25TigersPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 26)
October: 2–1 (Home: 2–1; Away: 0–0)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordStreak
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Orioles team member

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Pos Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
CChris Hoiles126419801302802982.3101
1BDavid Segui146450541232701060.2732
2BHarold Reynolds14548564122204447.25212
3BLeo Gómez712443048701025.1970
SSCal Ripken Jr.162641871652632490.2571
LFBrady Anderson142560871473681366.26324
CFMike Devereaux131527721323131475.2503
RFMark McLemore14858181165275472.28421
DHHarold Baines118416641302202078.3130

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
Tim Hulett852604078150223.3001
Jack Voigt641523245111623.2961
Mike Pagliarulo33117243890621.3250
Glenn Davis301138203019.1770
Jeffrey Hammonds33105103280319.3054
Sherman Obando319282520315.2720
Jeff Tackett38878153009.1720
Damon Buford537918185029.2282
Mark Parent225471420412.2590
Paul Carey18471101003.2130
Luis Mercedes1024172001.2921
Lonnie Smith924851023.2080
Mark Leonard1015111003.0670
Chito Martínez815000000.0000
Manny Alexander30100000.---0

Starting pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS IP R ER BB K
Ben McDonald13143.393434220.1928386171
Fernando Valenzuela8104.943231178.2104987978
Mike Mussina1464.462525167.2848344117
Rick Sutcliffe10105.752928166.01121067480
Jamie Moyer1293.432525152.063583890
Arthur Rhodes566.51171785.262624949

Relief pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G SV IP R ER BB K
Gregg Olson021.60502945.0981844
Alan Mills543.23454100.139365168
Todd Frohwirth673.8370396.147414450
Mark Williamson754.9148088.054482545
Jim Poole212.1555250.118122129
Brad Pennington326.5534433.025242539
John O'Donoghue014.5811019.212101016
Kevin McGehee005.945016.2111177
Mike Oquist003.865011.25548
Anthony Telford009.82307.18816
Mike Cook000.00203.00023
Jeff Tackett000.00101.00010

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Bobby Miscik
AA Bowie Baysox Eastern League Don Buford
A Frederick Keys Carolina League Pete Mackanin
A Albany Polecats South Atlantic League Mike O'Berry
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Andy Etchebarren
Rookie GCL Orioles Gulf Coast League Oneri Fleita

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Notes
  1. Sherman Obando at Baseball-Reference
  2. Billy Ripken at Baseball-Reference
  3. Scott Coolbaugh at Baseball-Reference
  4. Altman, Billy. "The All-Star Game: Should Everyone Get to Play?" Archived November 2, 2007, at the Wayback Machine Village Voice, July 17, 2002
  5. Elliott, Bob. "Elliott on Baseball" Toronto Sun, September 5, 2004
  6. Mike Bielecki at Baseball-Reference
  7. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References
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