2016 Baltimore Orioles season

The 2016 Baltimore Orioles season was the 116th season in franchise history, the 63rd in Baltimore, and the 25th at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. They improved on their 2015 record of 81–81, finishing 89–73. and advanced to the playoffs on the last day of the season, October 2, where they lost to the Blue Jays in the American League Wild Card Game 5–2 in 11 innings; this was the Orioles' third postseason appearance in five years.

2016 Baltimore Orioles
American League Wild Card
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record89–73 (.549)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
OwnersPeter Angelos
General managersDan Duquette
ManagersBuck Showalter
Local televisionMASN
WJZ-TV (CBS 13)
(Gary Thorne, Jim Palmer, Mike Bordick, Jim Hunter)
Local radioWJZ-FM
Baltimore Orioles Radio Network
(Joe Angel, Jim Hunter, Fred Manfra, Ben McDonald, Mike Bordick)
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Right fielder Mark Trumbo won the MLB and American League home run championships with 47; 2016 was the fourth consecutive year in which an Oriole won the home run crown following Chris Davis in 2013, Nelson Cruz in 2014 and Davis again in 2015. Closer Zach Britton recorded a perfect 47 saves in 47 opportunities; Britton set an all-time record of 43 consecutive appearances without allowing an earned run. Britton's 0.54 ERA was the lowest ever recorded by a pitcher with at least 50 innings pitched. This season was their last winning season until 2022, and their last playoff appearance until 2023.

Offseason

Regular season

Contracts

April 7: St. Louis Cardinals traded LHP Jayson Aquino to Baltimore Orioles for cash.
April 15: Claimed RHP Scott McGough off waivers from Miami Marlins.
April 18: Traded LF Alfredo Marte to Philadelphia Phillies for player TBD.
April 25: Claimed RHP David Hale off waivers from Colorado Rockies.

May 7: Contract of SS Paul Janish selected from AAA Norfolk.
May 9: RHP Scott McGough sent outright to AAA Norfolk.
May 16: Toronto Blue Jays claimed DH Jimmy Paredes off waivers from Baltimore Orioles.
May 23:Baltimore Orioles traded LHP Brian Matusz to Atlanta Braves for RHP Brandon Barker and LHP Trevor Belicek.
May 24: Cincinnati Reds traded RHP Franderlin Romero to Baltimore Orioles for Future Considerations; Contract of LHP Ashur Tolliver selected from AA Bowie.
May 25: Baltimore Orioles signed free agent LHP Brian Duensing to a minor league contract.

June 2: Contract of LHP Brian Duensing selected from AAA Norfolk; Baltimore Orioles signed free agents LHP Hector Jimenez and RHP Wally Vrolijk to a minor league contracts.
June 21: SS Paul Janish sent outright to AAA Norfolk.
June 30: Contract of RHP Chaz Roe selected from AAA Norfolk.
June 31: Contract of RHP Sidney Ponson selected from AAA Norfolk.

July 3: Contract of LHP Ariel Miranda selected from AAA Norfolk.
July 12: Contract of LHP Donnie Hart selected from AA Bowie.
July 19: Contract of OF Julio Borbón selected from AA Bowie.
July 28: OF Henry Urruita sent outright to AA Bowie.
July 29: OF Julio Bourbon sent outright to AA Bowie; signed free agent RHP Logan Ondrusek.
July 31: Baltimore Orioles traded LHP Ariel Miranda to Seattle Mariners for LHP Wade Miley.

August 1: Baltimore Orioles traded C Jonah Heim to Tampa Bay Rays for 2B Steve Pearce.
August 2: Baltimore Orioles activated Steve Pearce and LHP Wade Miley.
August 7: Atlanta Braves claim RHP Chaz Roe off waivers from Baltimore Orioles.
August 27: Contract of CF Julio Borbon selected from AA Bowie.
August 28: Baltimore Orioles signed free agent RHP Tommy Hunter.
August 30: CF Julio Borbon and RHP Logan Ondrusek sent outright to AA Bowie.
August 31: Pittsburgh Pirates traded LHP Kyle Lobstein to Baltimore Orioles for LHP Zach Phillips; Claimed CF Drew Stubbs off waivers from Texas Rangers.

September 3: LHP Kyle Lobstein sent outright to AAA Norfolk.
September 15: Miami Marlins claimed Odrisamer Despaigne off waivers from Baltimore Orioles; Contract of SS Paul Janish selected from AAA Norfolk.
September 18: Contract of 1B Trey Mancini selected from AAA Norfolk.

October 7: LHP Jed Bradley claimed off waivers from the Atlanta Braves.
October 13: SS Paul Janish sent outright to AAA Norfolk.

Callups & optional assignments

April 1: C Francisco Pena optioned to AAA Norfolk.
April 7: LHP Jayson Aquino optioned to AA Bowie.
April 15: RHP Scott McGough optioned to AAA Norfolk.
April 25: RHP David Hale and IF Ryan Flaherty optioned to AAA Norfolk.

May 3: IF Ryan Flaherty recalled from AAA Norfolk.
May 7: RHP Scott McGough designated for assignment; LHP T.J. McFarland optioned to AAA Norfolk; LHP T.J. McFarland recalled from AAA Norfolk.
May 8: LHP T.J. McFarland optioned to AAA Norfolk.
May 31: C Francisco Pena recalled from AAA Norfolk.

June 1: LHP T.J. McFarland recalled from AAA Norfolk; LHP Ashur Tolliver optioned to AAA Norfolk.
June 2: RHP Mike Wright optioned to AAA Norfolk.
June 3: RHP Mike Wright recalled from AAA Norfolk.
June 14: RHP Odrisamer Despaigne recalled from AAA Norfolk.
June 18: LHP T.J. McFarland and RHP Mike Wright optioned to AAA Norfolk.
June 21: RHP Oliver Drake recalled from AAA Norfolk.
June 22: LHP Ashur Tolliver recalled from AAA Norfolk.
June 25: LHP T.J. McFarland recalled from AAA Norfolk.
June 26: LHP T.J. McFarland optioned to AAA Norfolk.
June 27: LHP Ashur Tolliver optioned to AAA Norfolk.
June 28: LHP T.J. McFarland recalled from AAA Norfolk.
June 30: RHP Oliver Drake and C Francisco Pena optioned to AAA Norfolk.

July 3: RHP Tyler Wilson optioned to AAA Norfolk.
July 4: LHP Ariel Miranda optioned to AAA Norfolk; RF Dariel ALvarez recalled from AAA Norfolk; LHP Jayson Aquino recalled from AA Bowie.
July 7: RF Dariel ALvarez optioned to AAA Norfolk; LHP Jayson Aquino optioned to AA Bowie.
July 8: RHP Mike Wright recalled from AAA Norfolk.
July 9: RHP Mike Wright optioned to AAA Norfolk; RHP Jason Garcia recalled from AA Bowie.
July 11: RHP Jason Garcia optioned to AA Bowie.
July 19: OF Henry Urrutia designated for assignment.
July 22: RF Dariel ALvarez recalled from AAA Norfolk.
July 23: RHP Tyler Wilson recalled from AAA Norfolk.
July 24: LHP Donnie Hart optioned to AA Bowie.
July 26: RF Dariel ALvarez optioned to AAA Norfolk; CF Julio Bourbon designated for assignment.
July 29: RHP Chaz Roe designated for assignment.

August 2: RHP Odrisamer Despaigne and RHP Tyler Wilson optioned to AAA Norfolk.
August 12: RHP Logan Ondrusek optioned to AA Bowie; LHP Donnie Hart recalled from AA Bowie.
August 13: RHP Tyler Wilson recalled from AAA Norfolk.
August 20: RHP Tyler Wilson optioned to AAA Norfolk; C Francisco Pena & RHP Odrisamer Despaigne recalled from AAA Norfolk.
August 21: RHP Parker Bridwell recalled from AAA Norfolk; RHP Odrisamer Despaigne optioned to AAA Norfolk.
August 22: C Caleb Joseph optioned to AAA Norfolk.
August 24: RHP Mike Wright recalled from AAA Norfolk.
August 25: RHP Parker Bridwell optioned to AAA Norfolk; RHP Logan Ondrusek recalled from AA Bowie.
August 26: RHP Logan Ondrusek designated for assignment.
August 27: RHP Mike Wright optioned to AAA Norfolk.
August 28: LHP T.J. McFarland and CF Julio Borbon designated for assignment; RHP Oliver Drake recalled from AAA Norfolk.
August 29: LHP T.J. McFarland optioned to AAA Norfolk.
August 31: LHP Ashur Tolliver designated for assignment.

September 2: CF Michael Bourn and CF Drew Stubbs activated; C Caleb Joseph, LHP Jayson Aquino, and RHP Tyler Wilson recalled from AAA Norfolk.
September 5: RHP Odrisamer Despaigne designated for assignment.
September 15: RHP Mike Wright recalled from AAA Norfolk; LHP Chris Lee recalled from AA Bowie.

October 3: RF Dariel Alvarez, RHP Parker Bridwell, LF Christian Walker, and LHP T.J. McFarland recalled from AAA Norfolk; RHP Jason Garcia recalled from AA Bowie.
October 4: SS Paul Janish, C Francisco Pena, RF Dariel Alvarez, LF Christian Walker, LHP Wade Miley, RHP Vance Worley, RHP Tyler Wilson, RHP Mike Wright, RHP Kevin Gausman, LHP T.J. McFarland, RHP Parker Bridwell, RHP Jason Garcia, RHP Yovani Gallardo, LHP Jayson Aquino, and RHP Oliver Drake reassigned to the minor leagues.
October 5: SS Paul Janish, C Francisco Pena, RF Dariel Alvarez, LF Christian Walker, LHP Wade Miley, RHP Vance Worley, RHP Tyler Wilson, RHP Mike Wright, RHP Kevin Gausman, LHP T.J. McFarland, RHP Parker Bridwell, RHP Jason Garcia, RHP Yovani Gallardo, LHP Jayson Aquino, and RHP Oliver Drake activated.
October 7: SS Paul Janish designated for assignment.

Injuries etc.

April 3: LHP Brian Matusz (left intercostal strain), RHP Kevin Gausman (right shoulder strain), and DH Jimmy Paredes (left wrist sprain) placed on 15-day disabled list, retroactive to March 25.
April 23: RHP Yovani Gallardo (tendinitis) placed on 15-day disabled list; LHP Brian Matusz activated from 15-day disabled list.
April 25: RHP Kevin Gausman activated from 15-day disabled list.

May 3: IF JJ Hardy (left foot fracture) placed on 15-day disabled list, retroactive to May 2.
May 31: C Caleb Joseph (testicular injury) placed on 15-day disabled list.

June 3: RHP Darren O'Day (right hamstring strain) placed on 15-day disabled list.
June 14: RHP Vance Worley (right groin strain) placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to June 13.
June 18: SS J.J. Hardy and RHP Yovani Gallardo activated from 15-day disabled list.
June 19: Roster status of 3B Manny Machado changed (suspension).
June 22: LHP Brian Duensing (left elbow inflammation) placed in 15-day disabled list, retroactive to June 20.
June 24: 3B Manny Machado activated (suspension).
June 30: RHP Vance Worley and C Caleb Joseph activated from 15-day disabled list; LHP T.J. McFarland (left knee inflammation) placed on the 15-day disabled list.

July 3: LHP Brian Duensing (left elbow inflammation) transferred from 15-day disabled list to 60-day disabled list.
July 4: DH Pedro Alvarez placed on the bereavement list.
July 7: DH Pedro Alvarez activated from the bereavement list.
July 19: OF Hyun Soo Kim (right hamstring strain) placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to July 11.
July 22: LF Joey Rickard (right thumb ligament injury) placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to July 21, 2016.
July 23: RHP Ubaldo Jiménez placed on the paternity list.
July 24: RHP Darren O'Day activated from 15-day disabled list.
July 26: OF Hyun Soo Kim activated from 15-day disabled list; RHP Ubaldo Jiménez activated from the paternity list .

August 13: RHP Darren O'Day (right shoulder rotator cuff strain) placed on 15-day disabled list, retroactive to August 12.
August 20: C Matt Weiters placed on the paternity list.
August 22: C Matt Weiters activated from the paternity list.
August 24: RHP Chris Tillman (right shoulder bursitis) placed on 15-day disabled list, retroactive to August 21.
August 26: LHP T.J. McFarland activated from 15-day disabled list.
August 31: LF Joey Rickard (right thumb ligament injury) transferred from 15-day disabled list to 60-day disabled list.

September 5: LHP Brian Duensing activated from the 60-day disabled list.
September 11: RHP Chris Tillman activated from the 15-day disabled list.
September 15: LHP Chris Lee (left shoulder strain) placed on 60-day disabled list.
September 18: RHP Darren O'Day activated from the 15-day disabled list; 1B Steve Pearce (right flexor mass strain) placed on 60-day disabled list.
September 27: LHP Wade Miley placed on the paternity list.
September 30: LHP Wade Miley activated from the paternity list.

Season highlights
  • The Orioles started the season 7–0, the best start in team history.[1]
  • The Orioles set the Major League record for most home runs hit by a team for the month of June with 56, breaking the previous record of 55 set by the 1996 Oakland Athletics.[2]
  • The Orioles tied the Major League record for most home runs hit by a team for the month of August with 55.
  • The Orioles became the only team in Major League history to hit 55+ home runs in two separate months.
  • Hit 250+ home runs for the 2nd time in franchise history (1996), becoming the first franchise to hit at least 250 home runs in a season twice.
  • First team since 1947-1950 Pittsburgh Pirates to have the Major League home run leader for four consecutive seasons.
  • First AL team to have three different consecutive Major League home run leaders.
  • Mark Trumbo led the Majors with 47 home runs.
  • Zach Britton led the AL with 47 saves.

Season standings

American League East
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 9369 0.574 — 47–34 46–35
Toronto Blue Jays 8973 0.549 4 51–30 38–43
Baltimore Orioles 8973 0.549 4 50–31 39–42
New York Yankees 8478 0.519 9 48–33 36–45
Tampa Bay Rays 6894 0.420 25 36–45 32–49

American League Wild Card
Division Leaders W L Pct.
Texas Rangers 9567 0.586
Cleveland Indians 9467 0.584
Boston Red Sox 9369 0.574


Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
Toronto Blue Jays 8973 0.549 —
Baltimore Orioles 8973 0.549 —
Detroit Tigers 8675 0.534 2½
Seattle Mariners 8676 0.531 3
New York Yankees 8478 0.519 5
Houston Astros 8478 0.519 5
Kansas City Royals 8181 0.500 8
Chicago White Sox 7884 0.481 11
Los Angeles Angels 7488 0.457 15
Oakland Athletics 6993 0.426 20
Tampa Bay Rays 6894 0.420 21
Minnesota Twins 59103 0.364 30

Record vs. Opponents
2016 American League record

Source: MLB Standings Grid - 2016
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET HOU KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore —8–114–35–15–21–64–24–25–110–93–41–613–63–49–1014–6
Boston 11–8—3–44–22–55–22–44–34–311–85–14–312–73–39–1014–6
Chicago 3–44–3—8–117–123–35–142–512–73–35–24–34–34–25–19–11
Cleveland 1–52–411–8—14–43–414–56–110–92–54–23–45–12–54–313–7
Detroit 2–55–212–74–14—4–27–122–415–43–34–34–36–12–43–413–7
Houston 6–12–53–34–32–4—3–413–65–22–413–611–83–34–152–511–9
Kansas City 2–44–214–55–1412–74–3—1–515–42–51–63–45–21–62–410–10
Los Angeles 2–43–45–21–64–26–135–1—2–41–612–78–113–49–104–39–11
Minnesota 1–53–47–129–104–152–54–154–2—2–52–44–23–45–21–68–12
New York 9–108–113–35–23–34–25–26–15–2—4–33–311–83–47–128–12
Oakland 4–31–52–52–43–46–136–17–124–23–4—7–125–29–103–37–13
Seattle 6–13–43–44–33–48–114–311–82–43–312–7—4–27–123–313–7
Tampa Bay 6–137–123–41–51–63–32–54–34–38–112–52–4—4–211–810–10
Texas 4–33–32–45–24–215–46–110–92–54–310–912–72–4—3–413–7
Toronto 10–910–91–53–44–35–24–23–46–112–73–33–38–114–3—13–7

Game log
Legend
Orioles Win Orioles Loss Game Postponed Clinched Playoff Spot
Bold denotes an Orioles pitcher
Baltimore Orioles 2016 Season Game Log — Season Record: 89–73 (.549)
April: 14–9 (Home: 9–2 ; Away: 5–7)
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1April 4Twins3–2Britton (1–0)Jepsen (0–1)—45,7851–0W1
2April 6Twins4–2Gallardo (1–0)Gibson (0–1)Britton (1)12,6222–0W2
3April 7Twins4–2Jiménez (1–0)Hughes (0–1)O'Day (1)11,1423–0W3
4April 8Rays6–1Tillman (1–0)Archer (0–2)—17,3044–0W4
—April 9RaysPostponed (rain). Makeup date June 25 as part of doubleheader.
5April 10Rays5–3Brach (1–0)Odorizzi (0–1)Britton (2)23,1015–0W5
6April 11@ Red Sox9–7Brach (2–0)Kimbrel (0–1)Britton (3)37,1606–0W6
7April 12@ Red Sox9–5Wright (1–0)Buchholz (0–1)—31,1147–0W7
8April 13@ Red Sox2–4Kelly (1–0)Jiménez (1–1)Kimbrel (2)31,0117–1L1
9April 14@ Rangers3–6Wilhelmsen (1–0)Tillman (1–1)Tolleson (3)22,8207–2L2
10April 15@ Rangers11–5Worley (1–0)Wilhelmsen (1–1)—32,6288–2W1
11April 16@ Rangers4–8Kela (1–0)McFarland (0–1)—39,4938–3L1
—April 17@ RangersPostponed (rain). Makeup date June 20
12April 19Blue Jays3–4Stroman (3–0)Wright (1–1)Osuna (5)16,7838–4L2
13April 20Blue Jays4–3 (10)Givens (1–0)Biagini (0–1)—15,4049–4W1
14April 21Blue Jays3–2O'Day (1–0)Cecil (0–3)Britton (4)17,64410–4W2
15April 22@ Royals2–4Young (1–3)Gallardo (1–1)Davis (7)29,54610–5L1
16April 23@ Royals8–3Wilson (1–0)Medlen (1–1)—39,90011–5W1
17April 24@ Royals1–6Ventura (2–0)Wright (1–2)—34,74811–6L1
18April 25@ Rays0–2Archer (1–4)Gausman (0–1)Colomé (4)12,99611–7L2
19April 26@ Rays1–3Romero (1–0)Jiménez (1–2)Colomé (5)10,98811–8L3
20April 27@ Rays3–1Tillman (2–1)Moore (1–2)Britton (5)11,85012–8W1
21April 28White Sox10–2Givens (2–0)Danks (0–4)—14,56813–8W2
22April 29White Sox6–3Brach (3–0)Rodon (1–3)Britton (6)19,91214–8W3
23April 30White Sox7–8Jones (2–0)Britton (1–1)—29,15214–9L1
May: 14–13 (Home: 8–8 ; Away: 6–5)
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24May 1White Sox1–7Sale (6–0)Jiménez (1–3)—28,80314–10L2
25May 3Yankees4–1Tillman (3–1)Severino (0–4)O'Day (2)16,08315–10W1
26May 4Yankees0–7Sabathia (2–2)Wilson (1–1)—15,99815–11L1
27May 5Yankees1–0 (10)Britton (2–1)Barbato (1–2)—19,59816–11W1
—May 6AthleticsPostponed (rain). Makeup date May 7 as part of doubleheader.
28May 7Athletics4–8Hill (4–3)Wright (1–3)—15,11016–12L1
29May 7Athletics5–2Jiménez (2–3)Hahn (1–1)Britton (7)29,86217–12W1
30May 8Athletics11–3Tillman (4–1)Graveman (1–4)—43,69018–12W2
—May 9@ TwinsPostponed (rain). Makeup date July 28.
31May 10@ Twins5–3O'Day (2–0)Jepsen (2–4)Britton (8)21,58619–12W3
32May 11@ Twins9–2Wilson (2–1)Hughes (1–6)—25,09420–12W4
33May 12Tigers7–5Worley (2–0)Wilson (0–1)Britton (9)14,91821–12W5
34May 13Tigers1-0Tillman (5-1)Verlander (2-4)Britton (10)30,48822–12W6
35May 14Tigers9–3Wright (2–3)Sánchez (3–4)Brach (1)32,17423–12W7
36May 15Tigers5–6Saupold (1–0)O'Day (2–1)Rodríguez (9)37,89023–13L1
37May 17Mariners0–10Miley (4–2)Jiménez (2–4)—14,47723–14L2
38May 18Mariners5–2Tillman (6-1)Walker (2–3)Britton (11)21,26724–14W1
39May 19Mariners2–7Karns (4–1)Wilson (2–2)—35,01224–15L1
40May 20@ Angels9–4Givens (3–0)Álvarez (1–2)—40,98725–15W1
41May 21@ Angels3–1Brach (4–0)Smith (1–3)Britton (12)40,13726–15W2
42May 22@ Angels2–10Weaver (4–3)Jiménez (2–5)—41,28026–16L1
43May 24@ Astros2–3 (13)Feliz (2–1)Bundy (0–1)—24,78326–17L2
44May 25@ Astros3–4Neshek (2–0)Wilson (2–3)Gregerson (10)25,61826–18L3
45May 26@ Astros2–4McCullers (1–1)Gausman (0–2)Giles (1)23,82626–19L4
46May 27@ Indians6–4Bundy (1–1)McAllister (2–2)Britton (13)21,05427–19W1
47May 28@ Indians4–11Salazar (5–3)Jiménez (2–6)—21,11027–20L1
48May 29@ Indians6–4Tillman (7–1)Manship (0–1)Britton (14)18,56528–20W1
49May 30Red Sox2–7Wright (5–4)Willson (1–4)—43,92628–21L1
50May 31Red Sox2–6Rodríguez (1–0)Gausman (0–3)—17,66428–22L2
June: 19–9 (Home: 14–3 ; Away: 5–6)
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51June 1Red Sox13–9Brach (5–0)Buchholz (3–6)Britton (15)20,75029–22W1
52June 2Red Sox12–7Givens (4–0)Ross (0–1)—21,53430–22W2
53June 3Yankees6–5Givens (5–0)Betances (2–3)Britton (16)25,22031–22W3
54June 4Yankees6–8Nova (4–3)Wilson (2–5)Chapman (9)33,17031–23L1
55June 5Yankees3–1McFarland (1–1)Betances (2–4)Britton (17)28,80732–23W1
56June 6Royals4–1Wright (3–3)Duffy (1–1)Britton (18)14,87833–23W2
57June 7Royals9–1Jiménez (3–6)Ventura (4–4)—28,11034–23W3
58June 8Royals4–0Tillman (8–1)Vólquez (5–6)Brach (2)19,17835–23W4
59June 9@ Blue Jays6–5Bundy (2-1)Osuna (2-1)Britton (19)41,44836–23W5
60June 10@ Blue Jays3–4 (10)Storen (1-2)Brach (5-1)—44,43936–24L1
61June 11@ Blue Jays6–11Happ (7-3)McFarland (1-2)—47,65136–25L2
62June 12@ Blue Jays9–10Sanchez (6–1)Jiménez (3–7)Grilli (3)47,24936–26L3
63June 14@ Red Sox3–2Tillman (9–1)Price (7–4)Britton (20)38,00937–26W1
64June 15@ Red Sox4–6Wright (8–4)Gausman (0–4)Kimbrel (15)36,23337–27L1
65June 16@ Red Sox5–1Wilson (3–5)Rodríguez (1–2)—36,75738–27W1
66June 17Blue Jays3–13Happ (8–3)Wright (3–4)—38,30638–28L1
67June 18Blue Jays4–2Gallardo (2–1)Dickey (4–8)Britton (21)41,90139–28W1
68June 19Blue Jays11–6Tillman (10–1)Stroman (6–3)—39,02440–28W2
69June 20@ Rangers3–4Tolleson (2–2)Gausman (0–5)Dyson (14)35,36640–29–L1
70June 21Padres7–10Quackenbush (5–3)Givens (5–1)Rodney (15)23,87640–30L2
71June 22Padres7–2Jiménez (4–7)Johnson (0–5)—23,78541–30W1
72June 24Rays6–3Tolliver (1–0)Moore (3–5)Britton (22)44,95642–30W2
73June 25Rays5–0Gausman (1–5)Andriese (6–1)—18,22943–40W3
74June 25Rays8–6McFarland (2-2)Ramírez (7–6)Britton (23)33,04044–30W4
75June 26Rays12–5Wilson (4–5)Smyly (2–8)38,61145–30W5
76June 28@ Padres11–7Jiménez (5–7)Johnson (0–6)—31,51546–30W6
77June 29@ Padres12–6Gallardo (3–1)Friedrich (4–3)—25,22147–30W7
78June 30@ Mariners3–5Walker (4–6)Tillman (10–2)Cishek (19)23,71547–31L1
July: 12–14 (Home: 6–3 ; Away: 6–11)
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79July 1@ Mariners2–5LeBlanc (1–0)Gausman (1–6)Cishek (20)33,00647–32L2
80July 2@ Mariners6–12Paxton (2–3)Wilson (4–6)Karns (1)29,36247–33L3
81July 3@ Mariners4–9Iwakuma (8–6)Jiménez (5–8)—31,40547–34L4
82July 4@ Dodgers5–7Blanton (4–2)Despaigne (0–1)Jansen (25)47,37847–35L5
83July 5@ Dodgers4–1Tilman (11–2)Maeda (7–6)Britton (24)45,37348–35W1
84July 6@ Dodgers6–4 (14)Givens (6–1)Hatcher (5–4)Britton (25)40,89949–35W2
85July 8Angels5–9Shoemaker (4–9)Jiménez (5–9)—44,31749–36L1
86July 9Angels3–2Brach (6–1)Smith (1–4)Britton (26)43,28850–36W1
87July 10Angels4–2Tilman (12–2)Lincecum (1–3)Britton (27)32,96351–36W2
ASGJuly 12@ Petco ParkAL 4–2 NLKluberCuetoBritton42.386—Box
88July 15@ Rays4–3Givens (7–1)Archer (4–13)Britton (28)17,67252–36W3
89July 16@ Rays2–1Tillman (13–2)Moore (5–7)Britton (29)18,63853–36W4
90July 17@ Rays2–5Odorizzi (4–5)Bundy (2–2)Colomé (20)16,16153–37L1
91July 18@ Yankees1–2Nova (7–5)Gausman (1–7)Chapman (19)31,10253–38L2
92July 19@ Yankees1–7Eovaldi (8–6)Worley (2–1)—31,19253–39L3
93July 20@ Yankees0–5Pineda (4–9)Gallardo (3–2)—35,68153–40L4
94July 21@ Yankees4–1Tillman (14–2)Sabathia (5–8)Britton (30)42,47654–40W1
95July 22Indians5–1Bundy (3–2)Bauer (7–4)Britton (31)39,35855–40W2
96July 23Indians5–2Gausman (2–7)Tomlin (10–3)Britton (32)31,94656–40W3
97July 24Indians5–3O'Day (3–1)Allen (2–4)—37,82157–40W4
98July 25Rockies3–2 (10)Roe (1–0)Lyles (2–3)—19,36158–40W5
99July 26Rockies3–6Bettis (9–6)Tillman (14–3)Estévez (9)23,67758–41L1
100July 27Rockies1–3Gray (7–4)Bundy (3–3)Estévez (10)20,32458–42L2
101July 28@ Twins2-6Pressly (5–5)Despaigne (0–2)—22,56958–43L3
102July 29@ Blue Jays5-6Estrada (6–4)Gausman (2–8)Osuna (21)46,11258–44L4
103July 30@ Blue Jays1–9Happ (14-3)Gallardo (3–3)—47,30558–45L5
104July 31@ Blue Jays6–2 (12)Givens (8–1)Morales (0–1)—46,79259–45W1
August: 13–16 (Home: 6–8 ; Away: 7–8)
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105August 2Rangers5–1Bundy (4–3)Darvish (2–3)O'Day (3)22,23060–45W2
106August 3Rangers3–2Gausman (3–8)Hamels (12–3)Britton (33)24,55261–45W3
107August 4Rangers3–5Griffin (5–1)Miley (7–9)Dyson (23)28,76261–46L1
108August 5@ White Sox7–5Gallardo (4–3)González (2–6)Britton (34)26,55362–46W1
109August 6@ White Sox2–4Jones (5–2)Tillman (14–4)Robertson (27)28,49162–47L1
110August 7@ White Sox10–2Bundy (5–3)Shields (5–14)—31,04063–47W1
111August 8@ Athletics2–3Graveman (8–7)Gausman (3–9)Madson (23)10,40763–48L1
112August 9@ Athletics1–2Neal (2–1)Miley (7–10)Madson (24)13,57363–49L2
113August 10@ Athletics0–1Detwiler (1–0)Gallardo (4–4)Axford (2)13,48163–50L3
114August 11@ Athletics9–6Tillman (15–4)Triggs (1–0)Britton (35)16,61064–50W1
115August 12@ Giants5–2Bundy (6–3)Cain (4–7)Britton (36)41,47965–50W2
116August 13@ Giants2–6Bumgarner (11–7)Gausman (3–10)Casilla (27)41,45665–51L1
117August 14@ Giants8–7Brach (7–1)Casilla (2–4)Britton (37)41,26866–51W1
118August 16Red Sox3–5Ziegler (3–6)Brach (7–2)Kimbrel (21)26,01466–52L1
119August 17Red Sox1–8 (7)Price (11–8)Bundy (6–4)—26,16066–53L2
120August 18Astros13–5Gausman (4–10)Musgrove (1–1)—20,28867–53W1
121August 19Astros8–15Devenski (2–4)Jiménez (5–10)—34,42267–54L1
122August 20Astros2–12Fiers (9–6)Tillman (15–5)—39,37367–55L2
123August 21Astros3–5Keuchel (8-12)Gallardo (4-5)Giles (3)29,73467-56L3
124August 22Nationals4–3 Bundy (7–4)Cole (0–1)Britton (38)31,66068–56W1
125August 23Nationals8–1Gausman (5–10)López (2–2)Worley (1)26,69769–56W2
126August 24@ Nationals10–8Miley (8–10)Roark (13–7)—39,10070–56W3
127August 25@ Nationals0–4Scherzer (14–7)Jiménez (5–11)—39,72270–57L1
128August 26@ Yankees4–14Cessa (4–0)Gallardo (4–6)—38,42370–58L2
129August 27@ Yankees5–13Layne (1–1)Bundy (7–5)—38,84370–59L3
130August 28@ Yankees5–0Gausman (6–10)Sabathia (8–11)—38,00271–59W1
131August 29Blue Jays1–5Estrada (8–6)Miley (8–11)—15,53271–60L1
132August 30Blue Jays5–3Brach (8–2)Grilli (5–4)Britton (39)16,08372–60W1
133August 31Blue Jays3–5Sanchez (13–2)Gallardo (4–7)—16,16172–61L1
September/October: 17–12 (Home: 7–7 ; Away: 10–5)
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134September 2Yankees8–0Bundy (8–5)Green (2–4)—24,22673–61W1
135September 3Yankees2–0Gausman (7–10)Sabathia (8–12)Britton (40)30,85574–61W2
136September 4Yankees2–5Severino (2–8)Miley (8–12)Betances (8)31,16174–62L1
137September 5@ Rays7–3Jimenez (6–11)Andriese (6–7)—12,25675–62W1
138September 6@ Rays11–2Gallardo (5–7)Odorizzi (9–6)—12,20776–62W2
139September 7@ Rays7–6Boxberger (3–0)Givens (8–2)Colomé (31)10,53776–63L1
140September 9@ Tigers3–4Wilson (3–0)Brach (8–3)Rodríguez (40)32,14076–64L2
141September 10@ Tigers11–3Jiménez (7–11)Zimmermann (9–6)—77–64W1
142September 11@ Tigers3–1Tillman (16–5)Verlander (14–8)Britton (41)33,06978–64W2
143September 12@ Red Sox2–12Price (16–8)Miley (8–13)—37,55178–65L1
144September 13@ Red Sox6–3Bundy (9–5)Pomeranz (10–12)Britton (42)38,04179–65W1
145September 14@ Red Sox1–0Gausman (8–10)Porcello (20–4)Britton (43)37,97380–65W2
146September 15Rays6–7Snell (6–8)Gallardo (5–8)Colomé (33)19,23380–66L1
147September 16Rays5–4Brach (9–3)Boxberger (4–2)Britton (44)30,09481–66W1
148September 17Rays2–5Andriese (8–7)Tillman (16–6)Colomé (34)27,82381–67L1
149September 18Rays2–1Brach (10–3)Garton (1–1)Britton (45)28,42782–67W1
150September 19Red Sox2–5Porcello (21–4)Bundy (9–6)—18,45682–68L1
151September 20Red Sox2–5Rodríguez (3–7)Gausman (8–11)Kimbrel (28)20,38782–69L2
152September 21Red Sox1–5Buchholz (8–10)Jiménez (7–12)—20,86582–70L3
153September 22Red Sox3–5Price (17–8)Worley (2–2)Kimbrel (29)26,78882–71L4
154September 23Diamondbacks3–2 (12)Drake (1–0)Koch (1–1)—37,81583–71W1
155September 24Diamondbacks6–1Miley (9–13)Ray (8–14)—40,61084–71W2
156September 25Diamondbacks2–1Bundy (10–6)Shipley (4–5)Britton (46)31,22985–71W3
157September 27@ Blue Jays1–5Sanchez (14–2)Gausman (8–12)—44,76285–72L1
158September 28@ Blue Jays3–2Duensing (1–0)Osuna (3–3)Britton (47)44,66886–72W1
159September 29@ Blue Jays4–0Jiménez (8–12)Stroman (9–10)—47,79187–72W2
160September 30@ Yankees8–1Gallardo (6–8)Pineda (6–12)—33,95588–72W3
161October 1@ Yankees3–7Clippard (4–6)Brach (10–4)—33,22288–73L1
162October 2@ Yankees5–2Gausman (9–12)Cessa (4–4)—33,27789–73W1

    Post-season

    Wild Card Game
    Main article: 2016 American League Wild Card Game

    The Orioles faced the Toronto Blue Jays in the Wild Card Game, losing 5–2 in 11 innings.

    Post-season Game Log
    Baltimore Orioles 2016 Post-season Game Log
    American League Wild Card Game vs. Toronto Blue Jays
    DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceSeriesBox
    October 4@ Blue Jays2–5 (11)Liriano (1–0)Jiménez (0–1)—49,9340–1

    Postseason rosters
    Playoff rosters
    American League Wild Card Game

    Accolades
    AL Sporting News Comeback Player of the Year Award
    AL Silver Slugger Award – DH

    All-Star Game

    The following Orioles were selected to participate in the 2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game:

    Roster
    2016 Baltimore Orioles
    Roster
    Pitchers Catchers

    Infielders

    Outfielders

    Other batters

    		 Manager

    Coaches

    Team leaders

    Source

    Player stats

    Batting

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

    Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB AVG SLG
    Manny Machado1576401051884013796048.294.533
    Adam Jones152619861641902983239.265.436
    Jonathan Schoop162615821643812582121.267.454
    Mark Trumbo1596139415727147108251.256.533
    Chris Davis157566991252103884188.221.459
    Matt Wieters124423481031711766132.243.409
    J.J. Hardy11540543109290948026.269.407
    Pedro Álvarez10933743842002249137.249.504
    Hyun Soo Kim953053692161622136.302.420
    Joey Rickard852573269130519418.268.377
    Nolan Reimold104203254591615122.222.365
    Ryan Flaherty74157163470315217.217.318
    Caleb Joseph49132723300007.174.197
    Steve Pearce2560913203608.217.400
    Michael Bourn2446513102826.283.435
    Francisco Peña144058001302.200.275
    Paul Janish143136100003.194.226
    Drew Stubbs202213000114.136.136
    Trey Mancini51435103500.3571.071
    Julio Borbon61314000000.308.308
    Dariel Álvarez2301100001.333.667
    Pitcher Totals1622313000002.130.130
    Team Totals16255247441413265625371019468.256.443

    Source:

    Pitching

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

    Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB SO
    Kevin Gausman9123.6130300179.2183767247174
    Chris Tillman1663.7730300172.0155737266140
    Ubaldo Jiménez8125.4429251142.1150938672125
    Yovani Gallardo685.4223230118.012674716185
    Dylan Bundy1064.0236140109.2109524942104
    Tyler Wilson465.272413094.011057552455
    Vance Worley223.53354186.28437343556
    Brad Brach1042.05710279.05723182592
    Mike Wright345.791812074.28153482650
    Mychal Givens823.13660074.25928263696
    Zach Britton210.546904767.038741874
    Wade Miley256.171111054.07038371555
    Darren O'Day313.77340331.02513131338
    Odrisamer Despaigne025.60160027.13218171517
    TJ McFarland226.93160024.2331919107
    Donnie Hart000.49220018.11211612
    Oliver Drake104.00140018.011118721
    Brian Duensing104.05140013.11366310
    Tommy Hunter002.19120012.1143336
    Chaz Roe103.729009.2844711
    Logan Ondrusek009.957006.197734
    Brian Matusz0012.007006.0118871
    Ashur Tolliver105.795004.254335
    Parker Bridwell0013.502003.155513
    Jayson Aquino000.003002.110003
    Ariel Miranda0013.501002.043304
    Ryan Flaherty0018.001001.032200
    Team Totals89734.22162162541432.014087156715451248

    Source:

    Farm system
    See also: Minor League Baseball
    Level Team League Manager
    AAA Norfolk Tides International League Ron Johnson
    AA Bowie Baysox Eastern League Gary Kendall
    A-Advanced Frederick Keys Carolina League Keith Bodie
    A Delmarva Shorebirds South Atlantic League Ryan Minor
    A-Short Season Aberdeen IronBirds New York–Penn League Luis Pujols
    Rookie GCL Orioles Gulf Coast League Orlando Gómez
    Rookie DSL Orioles 1 & 2 Dominican Summer League Elvis Morel & Nelson Norman

    References
    1. Snyder, Matt. "For the first time in Orioles history, they are 6-0". cbssports.com. CBS Sports. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
    2. Ghiroli, Brittany (July 1, 2016). "O's what a month: Orioles set June HR mark". MLB.com. Seattle: Major League Baseball Advanced Media. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
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